By Emily on January 6, 2013
“Make your home as comfortable and attractive as possible and then get on with living. There’s more to life than decorating.” —Albert Hadley After all of the drama and exhaustion of my move in August, I hit a wall about three days after move-in. Too much stuff, too little space for it, one couch too [...]
Posted in a few of my favorite things, around the house, Austin, design, moving | Tagged 2013, moving, nesting, new year, settling in, to do list
By Emily on September 19, 2012
It’s official. I’m back in school mode (or at least desperately trying to be). I’ve been sick for the last week, a weird mix of symptoms that seems to change everyday. Every morning there’s a new surprise – mostly fairly unpleasant, really. Is it an ear infection? Strep? Common, lingering cold? I don’t know. And [...]
Posted in a few of my favorite things, adventures in cooking, around the house, new house | Tagged battening down the hatches, chicken tortilla soup, laundry, productivity, school mode, settling in, slow cooker
By Emily on September 5, 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRfuAukYTKg”
Same old, same old: too many thoughts, too little time (or maybe just focus?) so I thought I’d take a tip from Dani at Sometimes Sweet and attempt a Currently post. Reply in comments and tell me what you’re currently up to! Reading: It’s been a somewhat bookish couple of weeks. In addition to reading [...]
Posted in around the house, Austin, blogs I read and like, books, jobs schmobs
By Emily on August 18, 2012
I’m sitting in a very crowded Starbucks in Austin, watching the rain pour outside the windows. This is not the kind of midday rain I’m accustomed to. But then again, the last week or so has been marked by all kinds of things I’m not accustomed to. And I’m doing OK. Moving is a bitch. [...]
Posted in around the house, Austin, Missoula, moving | Tagged curious creatures, moving, speed bumps, transitions
By Emily on July 22, 2012
In just one week, everything will be packed and the UHaul will be loaded. That is the reality because it has to be. But when I look around my house, at the total catastrophe of stuff everywhere, and the piles of papers I still haven’t sorted, and just how many things still need to go [...]
Posted in around the house, moving | Tagged Austin, moving, nightmare, packing
By Emily on July 20, 2012
Ironic that my last post, about finding the time to prioritize writing, was written six weeks ago. It’s quite possibly been the busiest six weeks of my life. Handed over board president reins after a hectic, but I think fairly successful, year. Three weeks in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Lichtenstein, Sweden. One last week of working. [...]
Posted in around the house, Missoula, moving, travel, working | Tagged Austin, Missoula, moving, packing, running, summer, travel
By Emily on May 27, 2012
…baby, I’m about to have me some fun. (thanks for that, R. Kelly) It’s raining and chilly here. Go figure. I’ve spent the day thus far under the covers, finishing the third Hunger Games book, and then Skype-ing with some friends in Portugal. Always nice to see their smiling faces. Last night, a friend and [...]
Posted in adventures in cooking, around the house, books, moving | Tagged fitting in fun, Hunger Games, long weekend, R. Kelly, The Cutting Edge, the ever-growing to do list
By Emily on April 29, 2012
+ The Moveable Type Truck made a stop in town two Fridays ago for just a couple of hours. My sister and I hustled down there to meet Kyle on the tail end of her ten month tour of the U.S. We were lucky to catch her on one of her last few stops before [...]
Posted in around the house, books, design, Missoula, things that make me smile | Tagged Hunger Games, letterpress, Moveable Type, Sookie Stackhouse, springtime, The Killing, tulips
By Emily on December 28, 2011
I feel like I have so much I want to tell you! It’s been hard to decide where to begin. This sort of echoes my general, near-constant state of attempting to “catch up,” but seeing as how the majority of my most recent posts have been random updates, and random updates aren’t all that interesting, [...]
Posted in around the house, letter writing, moving, seasons | Tagged January, magazines, new year, organizing, pressure
By Emily on December 15, 2011
So I have this huge mirror: My mom bought it for me. I’m a big fan. It needs a little more crack-filling and a fair amount of sanding. Then comes the fun part: painting. It’s been sitting, propped up against the non-functional fireplace in the living room, for a long time as I’ve debated what [...]
Posted in around the house, blogs I read and like, colors, getting crafty | Tagged another project, colors, decorating, painting, polling the populace
I like writing, photography, reading, music, design, typography, paper products, days in the seventies and sparkly snow, Spanish wine and cans of PBR. I spent a year in Córdoba, Spain, working as a language and culture assistant through the Spanish government, traveling, and writing about it here. After a few years back in my home state of Montana, I moved to Austin, Texas, where I like to go exploring, take pictures of my food, write letters, dream of far-off places, and think about concepts of home.
