The Shafferland Shuffle

 

Good morning, and HAPPY EXTRA HOUR OF SLEEP SUNDAY!!!!! If you forgot about the time change, check your clock before you go to church to make sure you're going at the correct time! :) And while I enjoy my extra hour, here are some little gems from our week for you to read about.

* Last Sunday I took a true day of rest. I called it Jammies and Jesus. We had just come off a long stretch of extra long work weeks and not too many days off, and we were finally in a three day weekend. We had gotten home from my speaking engagement late the night before, and I was exhausted. Ryan had an appointment that afternoon he had to be at, but otherwise, we were home resting, spending time with the Lord, and napping. And I may have done a little scrapbooking. It was absolutely soul-refreshing, and I was grateful for it. 

* We were back on duty Monday, but Ryan took some of his free time to begin painting Abby's cabinet doors. He set up a little workshop for himself in the storage room in the basement, and it's working out splendidly! I was busy catching up on administrative work in the office, and Braeya was busy catching up on naps. You know - because our day of rest on Sunday wasn't quite enough for her. ;) 

* I spent some time writing for work on Tuesday - in my sweet little home office. I really do love writing in there! Ryan, unfortunately, had to go back to the dentist for some fillings, and that was a ROUGH visit for him. He was in quite a bit of pain for a few days! So when he got home and went back to work that evening, he stuck to non-talking, non-eating computer work.

* Wednesday we took one of our tenants to the BMV to take her permit test. I quizzed her on signs all the way there - and she did great! AND she passed! We were so proud of her. That night we had a birthday party here at WillowBridge - for WillowBridge. It turned a year old in October, so we wanted to celebrate what God had done over the past year. 

* Thursday was the first day of our weekend, and Ryan donated plasma that day. While he was busy with that, I designed our Christmas card! I needed some creative work in my life. He spent more time painting Abby's cabinets that evening; oh, goodness, I can't wait to see her all put together! I worked on my new Daily Grace Bible study that night and really enjoyed learning new-to-me aspects of The Lord's Prayer.

* We went to vote Friday morning. We had tried to do it a few days earlier, but the lines around here are so long, and when we're on duty, we just can't risk standing in line for a couple of hours, getting to the front, and then getting a tenant call that would kick us out of line. So we got up crazy early in the morning and went to stand in the pre-opening line. We waited about an hour, and it was so so so cold out there. (The cold wasn't as bad as the wind.) I'll tell you more about it next week, but anyway, we were able to vote and then had a little breakfast date! And then that afternoon, some friends of ours from our Kokomo/Marion days came to visit us. We had so much fun showing them around WillowBridge and Grabill!

* We went back on duty yesterday and had to get up early to make coffee and set up for a volunteer group coming through. (They used WillowBridge as their meeting point.) I happened to catch a gorgeous sunrise when we got up! We worked with Tim and Justine throughout the day and had just enough time to start priming the cabinet frames in Abby! Trying to knock out some painting before it gets colder!