The Shafferland Shuffle

 

Happy Sunday!! I hear some parts of the country are getting snow already! Are you? We aren't into snow just yet, but the temps did take a nosedive this week. Brrrrr!!! Here are a few of the things we did this week in Shafferland!

* Last Sunday morning the WillowBridge team worked a booth at a church to share the work we do with the people of the church. (We did wear masks - we just took them off for the picture.) Ryan wanted breakfast for lunch, and he made THE most perfectly round and browned pancakes. I told him he needed to open a restaurant because his breakfast skills are so fabulous. Last Sunday was a really nice day, so we went for a walk in the afternoon; our beautiful meadow is so full of fall!

* Monday morning we had to run some errands after our transportation run. It was a foggy morning out there, but so pretty!! Monday was also the start of my five day sugar detox, which meant a hearty cobb salad for lunch (no dressing...it had sugar) and lots of water throughout the day! It also meant Monday night football for Ryan! I will say that football games are helping me keep track of what day it is!

* I spent part of Tuesday morning writing new devos for our tenants. We're doing a series on lessons learned from the Israelites' journey through the Red Sea. That afternoon we recorded our interview for Gateway Woods (the one featured on the Saturday Six yesterday) and then we went on a walk to take advantage of the still-good temps. And look at this perfect avocado I cut into for dinner that night. I so rarely get one of this perfection!

* Wednesday was a busy day of work, and that evening we had our annual photos taken. We missed our dear Barb that has taken our pictures the last three years, but we appreciated one of our new friends taking it for us. The colors were so pretty on the trees, too! We came home and had a meeting with Tim and Justine - and then I settled in with my evening snack - apples, nut butter, and unsweetened coconut!

* Thursday was the first day of our weekend, and we spent part of the day at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore looking for supplies for our renovation work on Abby the RV. Of course the first thing Ryan found was a sled...lol! We did find some supplies and then we came home for another sugar-free meal. (The recipes for the detox were really good! I loved them!)

* Friday was demo day in Miss Abby! I took all the hardware off the cabinets and cleaned them, and Ryan took out the couch and chair and ripped up the carpet. (We actually had to mask up for that - it was pretty old carpet!) It definitely has to get worse before it gets better, and we're there!) We were thankful for all we were able to get done, though! Big step toward making her ours!

* We went back on duty yesterday, and we spent quite a bit of time with one of our tenants - just hanging out and talking. We got to play with the baby, too, who is a sweetheart. And he was HUNGRY for his lunch!! It was my first day off the sugar detox, and though I didn't stray far from the eating plan, I did have one piece of toast, which (weirdly enough) was the one thing I craved all week. That night we went to the grocery store, and when we arrived, we realized the list was at home. He thought I grabbed it and I thought he grabbed it. So we made a game out of it! How many things can we remember from the list? Out of 21 things, we remembered 19. I though that was pretty good. We also "remembered" 6 things not on the list. LOL!!