The Shafferland Shuffle

This has been a crazy week. Not crazy in terms of busy so much as just crazy. I'll tell you more about it in time, but for now, here's a peek at a few of the happenings of our week.

* Our church has seen a steady increase in people returning to in-person worship, but I could not find people who were able to greet prior to the service! It was like the week no one wanted! So Ryan and I got up early, divided between two doors, and greeted people before the early service. I was so thankful for a breeze, since we were masked up. (I found that many people didn't recognize me with a mask on. Made me laugh!) Oh and guess who has poison ivy?? I guess hiking got the best of him, so Sunday afternoon we made our annual trip to the pharmacy for poison ivy meds.

* Monday brought about my first actual Monday to be in the office since we returned to work! (Memorial Day and our vacation weekend made me miss the last two Mondays.) My office overlooks this really pretty little courtyard and some volunteers came to work on it that day, so it looked like an entirely different place after that! After work, I made some Dashing Dish enchiladas, and we enjoyed our evening at home.

* As you know, we've been doing a lot of home improvement stuff during quarantine, and one of my Pinterest inspired dreams was to do a feature wall in our living room that had bookcases and a shiplap background behind our fireplace. When we painted our living room, we didn't paint the majority of that wall, because we were going to cover it up. Well, guess what? IKEA emailed Ryan this week to say the bookcases he'd tried to buy were not yet in stock and maybe never would be. Well isn't that delightful!!?! So while we figure out a plan B, he just went ahead and painted the rest of the wall. At least the place looks finished now. And Braeya "snooze-pervised."

* We were so excited on Wednesday to find that our rose bushes have bloomed! All of them! They are so pretty. (These are bushes that existed before we moved here, so we just enjoy them each year on the previous owners' dime!) And lookie what I sneaked into my afternoon! A caramel frappe! It was a HOT day, and coffee sounded better on ice that day.

* Because of some scheduling changes, Thursday was the last day for Ryan's WHOLE proning team to be together. This weekend was his last shift on that temporary assignment, but Thursday was the last time this specific crew worked together. They had lunch together and got some ice cream to celebrate. These ladies have become dear friends to him even in the short time he's known them. He's really going to miss them! When I got home from work, I discovered the tiniest presence of TOMATOES ON OUR PLANTS!!! I was so excited, so of course I had to take a picture! And it was a perfect night for a walk - and a perfect sunset to go with it!

* Friday evening, we got to have dinner with Ryan's boss and his wife. They've been wanting to have us over forever, but you know - virus. So we made plans early in the week to hang out with them that night at their house, and they made the most amazing and delicious meal for us. Her dessert was picture perfect! And it seems that someone was kind of happy to see us!!! Oh, our sweet girl.

* Yesterday we did a little work at my parents' house, installing blinds and such. And then we started pulling stuff out of our attic for a garage sale! For the past year we've been stashing away stuff for a sale, but with all the virus stuff, we weren't sure if they were going to be allowed in our area. They are! So we decided to start organizing and pricing stuff. Turns out we've stashed away more than we thought. Whoopsie!! We squeezed in a quick lawn mowing, too, since we had time!