Toni of Wifely Steps is celebrating five years of the wife life (and the blog life!) and this is my way of joining in on all the anniversary fun at her site.

When I made the decision a couple of months ago to start blogging, I decided that Wifely Steps would be a writing prompt. Toni’s Peaches ‘n Cream March ‘08 Blog Carnival became one of my first posts and connected me to a lot of other curly friends who have since then come back to visit me. Plus, it gave me a chance to finally try the recipe for my Peach Be With You Cupcakes–one that I had wanted to kitchen-test for the longest time! Joining the carnival was a shot in the dark for me because I had just started blogging, but that shot hit a lot of blogging birds.

Aside from the fun and insightful posts on Wifely Steps, the blog continues to hold top spot on my Bloglines list because Toni, being a blockmate from college, is a lifeline to a city that I truly miss. Being a curly girl on the other side of the world is not so tough when I can still read about life in Manila.

They say that the traditional fifth year anniversary gift is WOOD. For all the crafting I do, I can’t quite fashion anything from lumber (hammers are scary!), so I’m going with the modern anniversary gift for a momentous fifth year—SILVERWARE. And since I know squat about HTML, all I can make is a fun sparkly badge! (Pinilit talaga.) I’m TRYING! Teehee. Plus, look closely, it’s a boy-and-girl salad server set by Patrick Meyer (check Uncommon Goods for details), jazzed up with a curly catchphrase.!

So, all the best to Toni and her H, and here’s to more years of Wifely Steps (maybe they’ll have made all the Twilight books into movies over your next five!)