Sunday night shake down

Emily: I want something more tonight. I want some social interaction.
Lauren: You should blog about it.
Emily: No, I don't want to blog about how lame I am.

Blogs are a chance to create whatever version of yourself you want (the above photo portrays me in my summer attire and life on Martha's Vineyard where I'm about to drink a glass of freshly squozen lemonade, pick wild blackberries and build sandcastles on the beach with 2 gorgeous Labradors running in the waves). Blogs allow you to brand yourself; it's like making your own magazine, TV show, or line of designer furniture. Thus far I try to make myself look interesting, cool, smart and pretty, also that I do brave things. But really, we all know that I'm grouchy in the mornings, my hair is graying, I am not as slim as the pictures portray taken with a "high eye level" and at a close focus (it just shaves the edge of your body right off the picture plane) and Lissa knows I'm always the last in the water. Perhaps this goes without saying, that blogs are a chance to create an alternate version of your life.

An update from the more true to life version of myself: I am still searching for a job, I have 2 friends that live in Boise which are both out of town right now (aside from family), I have acne sometimes, and I spend a lot of time internally conflicted, yet I am receiving mountains of blessings and goodwill continually showers down on me. Side note (a plea for attention, from you- the reader): someone today at church asked if I had been riding on a motorcycle last week, I felt cool saying "yes, it was me you saw."

Ballet days

ballerina down.

summer loves

My summer loves include getting ready for church with Lauren, a new dress, and this new delicious pumpkin bar I discovered. The icing has browned butter in it, which makes it extra delicious. Here is the original recipe, although I omitted the dried cranberries, doubled the vanilla, and used 1 c. whole wheat flour and 1/2c. white flour. Also, I added the pecans on top (staying true to my Southern heritage).

Also, I got a sunburn, and that is not part of the "summer loves" list.

Bless You- Women of Gee's Bend

I am too instant gratification oriented to really enjoy quilting. I started this ordeal before I left for Bolivia, gruelingly piecing little strips of cotton that came out of a scrap bag from Whitney and cursing the craft. Whitney and I looked at Gee's Bend quilts for ideas, but in the end my quilt just came out the way it wanted to be: no set symmetrical pattern, not exactly square, and machine quilted. A younger, more purist version of myself, circa 1996 when I sewed a dress a week- resulting in a closet full of floral printed cotton dresses- would have insisted on hand quilting, but I wanted to get this baby birthed. I think this quilt will serve as a reminder of this transition time in my life, and if I don't ever find a job and become a thriving professional, I will be the most crafty and cozy looking bum down on Main Street and 9th.  

justin bieber baby baby bangs

I should not have tried to cut my own bangs- as the little tiny banglets are back. I was trying to trim them in a diagonal fashion, but ended up taking off too much.  Hank today told me that we had the same haircut. But, we don't.

 I still have a ponytail in the back.

merrits i love you too!

This Boise hot spot is open 24 hours a day serving delicious homemade eats and the ever popular fried scones. lauren and i had to stop by on our way home one night and get some "dutch babies," perfect with fresh lemon squeezed on the top. make sure to wash them down with plenty of water.

Reaching Out to the Universe

This is a photograph of me trying to lure Ruby out of the water. She claimed she was "a mermaid." As she sat, hunched down in the water, bum sticking out, I thought she looked more like she was pooping than she did a mermaid. As it turns out, I was right.
Lauren, Me, Whit
Hank in a Dora the Explorer Diaper
Ruby the mermaid
Lolo
Happy Birthday America! On the way from Salt Lake City to Boise Erin and I stopped in Burley, Idaho at the Dollar Tree to make a more festive vehicle. The irony of this picture is that I'm holding a canadian maple leaf cookie next to the American flag.

The title of this post comes from where I am right now in my life. I am looking for a place to live. A job. A future. May the universe bless me!