Sunday Snapshots

 

                I’m writing this recap on Saturday night. Ryan has worked so hard all day, and Lexi took zero naps so she could walk beside me and help me in all my endeavors. Both of them are crashed on the couch, and I’m watching a Christmas movie on TV while I work. It’s quiet and cozy and sweet. My heart is full and happy.

                In fact, the week has been full…full of stories! One of my friends said to me that my emails to her this week were like a collection of short stories. The life of a writer is never dull, I guess. Always full of stories that can be fodder. I’ll save the mind-blowing stories, but here are some of the fun moments from the week.

Last Sunday afternoon, I traveled back to Kokomo for Ryan’s Grandma’s birthday party. The party wasn’t put together until after Ryan already committed to helping lead a GriefShare holiday session, so he went to that, and I represented at the party. Ryan’s dad even made the birthday cake from scratch! I was impressed!

We woke up Monday to measurable snowfall. (In fact, the roads were so slick that our schools canceled that day.) I’m not ready for snow yet, but I was grateful that I was able to work from home until the late afternoon, so at least I could appreciate it! By the time I had to venture forth, the roads were in much better shape.

Tuesday night I hopped on Instagram to post a picture of a dessert I made for Ryan’s GriefShare dinner, and that’s when I learned via posts I saw there…that we could see the Northern Lights! I scurried right outside in my jammies to see if I could get some pictures, and I DID!!!

Lexi received a much-needed haircut this week. Poor girl was so shaggy that we couldn’t even see her eyes anymore! (Her haircuts are always timed the same, but sometimes her hair seems to grow faster than others.) Anyway, it was a delight to see her pretty face again. (The haircut itself was fraught with delays that nearly made me late to church, but the result on Miss Lexi was pretty.)

Ryan brought in all the Christmas tubs so I could commence decorating. Lexi wanted to help so much, so she sat on the porch furniture to observe the commute of the Christmas tubs. Made her entire day.

There is a relatively new coffee truck in our area…I think it opened this summer. It parked at Swiss Village on Friday, and Ryan treated me to a fun drink for my Christmas decorating extravaganza! He was also able to come home a little early on Friday, and it was GORGEOUS outside. It was warm and sunny and he had the best time pulling the dead landscaping out, organizing the garage, and pulling the fall décor off the porch. I was so glad he had a great day for that. Meanwhile, I got busy decorating inside!

Ryan helped a friend roof his house yesterday – it was pretty warm outside, but he said it was the windiest day he’d ever roofed. I finished the bulk of our decorating and ran to the store to grab a couple little things I needed to finish up. Whilst there, I was publicly shamed by a woman (I don’t even know) in line for choosing to decorate. That was a little crazy!