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That Was The Week That Was: Week Thirty-Eight

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In which Emma realizes that the world just looks better through Instagram. Continue reading »

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That Was The Week That Was: Week Thirty-Seven

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In which Emma announces her intentions to (finally) (maybe) actually get organized and then posts a bunch of pictures of her cats sleeping and looking at things with scorn. Continue reading »

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That Was The Week That Was: Week Thirty-Six

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In which Emma shares some hard-learned lessons and also some pictures of stuff. Continue reading »

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That Was The Week That Was: Week Thirty-Five

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In which Emma shows pictures of awesome things rather than complaining about being sick, and then does the whole photo-a-day thing, natch. Continue reading »

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“What Would Give Me Pleasure in My Average Moments”

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In which Emma makes the huge confession that she likes to take pictures, and not just with words. Shhhh. Continue reading »

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That Was The Week That Was: Week Thirty-Three

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In which Emma has a crazy busy week and takes pictures of it. Continue reading »

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That Was The Week That Was: Week Thirty-Two

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In which Emma shares what she’s learned over the week and shows some pictures, too. Continue reading »

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That Was The Week That Was: Week Thirty-One

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In which Emma captions photos and tells some jokes that aren’t jokes because she is too tired to tell if something is actually funny or not. Continue reading »

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That Was The Week That Was: Week Thirty

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In which Emma talks about looking back and then looks back at the photos for the week. Continue reading »