Merry Christmas from the Meidells! I hope you know how grateful I am that you still keep showing up here, even though blogging has supposedly been “dead” for many years now. I appreciate every single one of you, and I hope you have a restful end to your 2021! Yesterday (Christmas Eve), we spent all …
How do I sum up this year? Do I even try? A pandemic. Two moves. An election. Protests. Living apart from my husband due to his work. An earthquake. Living with family. Buying a new home. Selling our old one. Saying goodbye to the place we’d called home for over a decade. Saying hello to …
Here’s what I imagined our family Christmas card would look like this year (and by family Christmas card, I mean my annual “blog card,” since I’ve only ever mailed out one Christmas card in my life): I imagined I’d be ready to go into labor any minute, or *maybe* that I would be in the …
I tried to send out traditional Christmas cards in the mail one year but decided it way too much hassle, so for the majority of the years since we’ve been married, I’ve been doing our family Christmas card via the blog instead. Tacky? Maybe. But I’m all about things that save us money and stress! …
Merry Christmas to All, and May the Happiest Blessings of the Season Be With You! Love from Matt, Torrie, Raven, and Baby #2 (who will give us a nice little Christmas in July!) I’m sure that few people will be surprised by our news (especially seeing as I’m the WORST at hiding pregnancy), but we’re …
After trying to get into the Christmas card tradition a couple years ago, I decided the stress it caused me wasn’t worth it. So consider this the yearly update for the Meidell fam. Update on Work: This was a big year for us in terms of work decisions! This year, I decided to quit my …
Sometimes we have traditions we feel like we “should” do but that don’t really get us excited–for me, that includes sending out Christmas cards. Now, don’t get me wrong: I love getting Christmas card updates from family and friends, and I think it’s a great way to force yourself to remain in touch with people …
Here’s the card I actually managed to print and send out to a few people this year. (Note to self: next year, I definitely need to print out more copies.) This was the first year in history that I actually followed through with my goal to do the “Christmas card thing,” and I have to …
