T1, On your birthday we called your grandparents and they asked us what the schedule was for the day. “Um, I think we’re going to go to Costco?” It was a little bit confusing for them that we weren’t celebrating your birthday on the anniversary of your birth, or even the same weekend, but we’re [...]

I woke up with a birthday hangover yesterday. Not the kind induced by alochol. The kind that makes you realize “My day-to-day life is kind of uneventful and my birthday was AWESOME.” It was my favorite kind of day from beginning to end. We ate breakfast together, something we almost never do, and certainly not [...]

26 was magnificent. Here I am with some of my favorite people in the whole world, the girls who made my college experience what it was. I love them and miss them so much. Spending a weekend with them was one of the highlights of my 26th year. Today I turn 27, and I think [...]

This year I tried to simplify a little bit (it was still a lot of work, Christmas cards are always a lot of work). I wrote up the letter below, printed it on printer paper, folded it into third, and tucked in a filmstrip of three photos, two of which you can see below. Last [...]

I’m not crafty. How many craft tutorials have you seen on That Wife. 1, maybe? This is why successively completing even the simplest crafts make me feel rather clever. Here is my Christmas card wreath. You’ve probably seen a similar one by Martha Stewart on Pinterest, which is where I got the idea.   I found an ugly embroidery [...]