Thursday.  A Hair-Washing Day.  {I’m an Every-Other kind of gal unless I’ve been exercising outside in the Texas heat.} Thus, my wake-up call comes at 6:24.  This particular morning, The Boom decides she’s not feeling the snooze button and whines and frantically wiggles her bum until I haul myself out of bed to let her out.  I start the coffee.  6 cups… all mine!  Evs shuffles to the guest room to catch 30 more minutes of Zzz’s since my bathroom …

It’s a Sunday, and Sunday at home means sleeping in. We’ve been traveling so much lately, so slowly waking up in our quiet apartment and staying in bed as long as we please feels like the best kind of indulgence.

I stretch and head out to water the garden. There’s something so peaceful about beginning my days watching water fall onto plants, with the city waking up below me. Starting the day with an exhale makes my small corner of the …

Evs and I have been renting an adorable (baby blue!) painted brick cottage for about a year and a half. It really has been the perfect newlywed house for us – we love the vintage charm + the updated features!

However, while we probably could talk our landlord into selling, we’ve finally come to the realization that this house just isn’t going to be the recipient of our first mortgage payment.  Our current gripes:

Space – The number of bedrooms in …

Most newlyweds have a few wedding items decorating their home long after the wedding madness has died down: framed photos, an album, perhaps a dried bouquet. My wedding souvenirs are a little more… unusual. Here’s what reminds me of our big day, day after day:

One of my favorite details from our wedding, the infamous fabric pomanders, still live on! Perched on top of my desk, these puffy balls of fun look down at me every day while I’m …

In many ways, Mr. Mojito and I are very much alike. We love math, Snoopy and the Peanuts gang, delicious food, lazy Sundays, our old cars, living in suburbia, and Cowboys football. We’re OCD neat freaks, simpletons, and nerds to our core.

But there are many ways in which we are different, especially in regards to how we communicate and deal with arguments.

He’s patient and kind and caring and collected and reserved. I’m loud and vocal …

Hello, lovely ladies! You may recognize me as the bride who became a wife in a garden by the river on a rainy August day. And for those of you who aren’t familiar with my fondness for the Gocco, Ray LaMontagne, and red umbrellas, allow me to introduce myself.

I’m Emily, and I met Nick – the love of my life – in a science lab in 2007. He was a graduate student in a white lab coat, and I was …

{Peacock at David Austin Gardens, Easter Sunday 2010}

It’s been so long that some of you might not even remember me… It’s been almost 10 months since I got married and graduated to blogging here at EAD Living. But somewhere in that 10 months I got made redundant from my job, got offered a job some 200 miles away from my previous home in London, England, moved to said new location and started my new job. In between came house hunting (we …

Our first wedding anniversary is quickly approaching – I cannot believe that its already been one year since we said “I do!”  {See the full wedding recap here, if you’re curious!}

{Historic Covered Bridge in Oregon’s Williamette Valley}

Our big celebration will take place during our week-long trip to Oregon at the very end of the month, but we still deserve a few small tokens to commemorate our very first year on March 28th, yes?

Yes!

While I’m not always a stickler for antiquated …

Not long after my husband and I were married I shared with you my reasoning behind why I didn’t change my last name and today I figured it might be time to share with you why I got married. I’m sure it seems pretty straightforward to most of you, but as it turns out there is at least some degree of confusion among people as to why two individuals might decide to get married. My reasoning behind marriage was pretty …

My New Year’s resolution is to just do – no more procrastinating, putting things off or wavering with my decisions. It is time to get things done – in our house, at work, with my blogs, etc. Another incentive for getting our house in shape, is my mother-in-law and sister-in-law upcoming visit. It is crunch time to get our house organized and looking fantastic. The last time Nick’s mother visited we’d only been here a month so it was half …