This Christmas marks me and Jonathan's third married Christmas. THIRD. That's crazy. As you probably know, we spent our first two years of married life living in Ohio, where we knew no one (at first) and had no family. It was extremely important to me that our house there felt like home for both of… Continue reading A Note On Christmas Trees
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Tech Week
Ahhhh, tech week. Ask anyone who has ever been in theater, and they will cringe at those two words. It's the week before you open. There are lights and costumes and props and microphones and people all in places there never were before. And you weren't totally confident in your memorization of lines as it… Continue reading Tech Week
State Cookies + Archie Griffin
Sometimes, you just feel like making cookies from scratch. And you have cookie cutters to represent the states you live in. And so you make state-shaped cookies from scratch. What? I tried a new recipe - the hubs didn't love it, but I did! Whenever you are rolling out dough and using cookie cutters, you… Continue reading State Cookies + Archie Griffin
Yellow Springs, OH
Over the weekend, the hubs and I went on an Ohio adventure with a couple of our friends. A small town called Yellow Springs was hosting their annual Street Festival. Yellow Springs only has about 3,500 residents, but this festival had over 250 vendors, with plenty of food options spread throughout. We had a great… Continue reading Yellow Springs, OH
Commencement at THE Ohio State University
Guys, you have never ever seen a commencement so large! Over 11,000 students graduated on Sunday...it took a half an hour just for all of the graduates to file into the stadium and to their seats. Archie gave a great commencement speech, and another wife and I sat up in the boonies getting sufficiently sunburned… Continue reading Commencement at THE Ohio State University