Fresh starts and new pizazz

Well hello. 

It's just me, your elusive neighborhood blogger, back from who-knows-where doing who-knows-what.  Again.

It seems like lately I'm writing into an echo chamber.  I apologize for my absence, post something guilt ridden and half hearted, and repeat the process over when I seemingly inevitably disappear yet again.  And to be perfectly truthful, I am quite sick of that ceaseless pattern. 

Alright, scratch all that out.  I don't want it to be that way anymore, and I've got a fresh idea!

I want to write you about things that are important to me, things that are "me".  I have a tendency of convincing myself that no one who doesn't already know me well really wants to hear what I have to say.  This causes me to keep things at surface value, revealing my true depth only to those closest to me.  And in doing so, I rob myself of the opportunity of writing in my own voice-of using my own words and not just a parody of someone else's.

Anyway, I am sooo tired of doing that here on my blog.  MY blog!  Of all places, here I should be totally me.

And so this is my proposed solution: I want to write my posts as posts that I would want to read, not lame copies of another's vision.

 

My new official motto

 

 I was looking through a list earlier of various post ideas I've either scribbled down or begun to draft and then abandoned, I want to share a few of them with you to give you an idea of what I have in mind.

"The World Needs More Happy"

 "Admit it...Things we all did as kids"

"I wanna see the world...Or not"

"Why I don't like Mr. Darcy"

"Hometown Vignettes"

"All the words I would say..."

And I even have a couple series I'd like to write.

"Reclaiming Beauty: Modesty in a modern world"

"Pages Through Time"

"What Defines Gentleman: Reigniting chivalry in the 20th century man"

"On Being a Lady: Timeless femininity for the 20th century woman"

This certainly isn't an exhaustive list, but I think you catch my drift.  Regardless, I want to hear what you think!  Are any of those ideas things you'd like to read?  Do you have any suggestions or ideas to add?  Please, don't hesitate to throw your thoughts into the comments!  We're in this together, I want to hear from you :)

Always,

~Emma

Brothers and sisters...

Happy Siblings Day to my brother and sister (and brother-in-law, too!) 

You guys are so absolutely positively wonderful and I'm so very blessed to have you in my life!

I thought the following to be rather true of us and they made my think of you :)

 

 

 

 

(No, names mentioned...you know who you are)

 

 

 

 

xoxo

 ~Emma

Bits and Pieces: February/March '18

Hi there!  Remember me??

I haven't a valid excuse, so I shan't invent one...

Instead, I thought I'd give a pictorial account of my adventures/excursions/mischief that has evidently kept me so thoroughly occupied as of late. (Or something like that).

New chapel veils I hope to review soon...

Bacon and puff pancake for Shrove Tuesday....

One of my latest projects I did in February (more on that to come.)

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At the end February, my brother and I went up to NY for a week to help our sister and brother-in-law move into their new place!  It was a lot of hard work, but also fun to be doing it together.  And seeing my niece was a nice bonus, too :)  Here are some pictures from the trip...

A little sleepy...

Now these, I will have you know, are the best swings ever!!!

Trying for an artistic angle...how'd I do? ;)

 Being silly with her Uncle Matthew!

Part of the view heading home again after a busy week...

Woohoo!

A warm welcome home from the greeting committee!

Homemade Lenten pretzels...mmm

When will I learn to read one book at a time???

Hopefully the last snow of the season!

It is awfully pretty, though...

Benjamin caught being nice for a change!

 

 St. Patrick's Day! Only a few days late...

Okay, so I pinky promise you I'll have a "real" post up very soon!  This has been an especially busy time for me and, as you can tell, life kind of pushed blogging to the back burner.  That doesn't mean I haven't thought of you, though, because I have!  That's partly the reason for the excessive flood of pictures, so I'd have something to share of my adventures!  I hope you enjoyed :)

 Happy Feast of Saint Joseph! 

Always,

~Emma

 p.s. Please let me know if you have trouble viewing any of the pictures, either on the blog or email version, as I was having a difficult time uploading them.