Oct
10
For the third time in my life, I am about to leave the United States and move to another country. This time, I’m Helsinki bound (previous trips were to France & England). Unlike my previous two adventures, this time I’m not just uprooting myself, but my two young children. We leave for Helsinki next month …
Dec
17
Hi, my name is Julie, and I’m a holiday addict. You know, the kind who can’t resist adorable Christmas ornaments, or holiday cards on clearance sale. The kind who has a ten-year supply of wire ribbon for wrapping presents and who starts listening to Christmas songs the day after Halloween. Yeah, one of those. I …
Mar
09
This morning I stepped on the scale five times and each time I wrote down a different number on my white board. What, you might ask, was I doing? No, not weighing myself after each Krispy Kreme doughnut… Weighing my garbage and recycling. Ever since reading about the lady who carried all of her trash …
Mar
02
Approximately 200 people are diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) each week–that’s about one person every hour of every day. In 2001, one of those people was my father-in-law, Dave (pictured here with his wife, my mother-in-law, Patty, and their four grandchildren). After 11 years of on-again, off-again symptoms (very typical for his “course” or type …
Jan
28
So many people have asked me for my sandwich bread recipe that I decided I’d better blog it When we started to evaluate our grocery expenses, I realized I was spending $10-15 per week on organic bread. I can make it myself for pennies a loaf (especially now that I’m buying flour in bulk!), so …
Jan
24
In mid-September, our family began what has turned out to be a fun and educational adventure in local eating. After months of canning, drying, and freezing every fruit and vegetable we could get our hands on, after many talks with other local folks committed to eating Colorado-grown food, after many, many trips to the Farmer’s …
Dec
01
I’m a bit of a worrier. Combine that with the company Matt & I work for announcing huge layoffs, war dragging on abroad, friends losing their jobs left and right, the economy spiraling ever downward, and finances therefore tightening, all at a time when I’d rather be shopping for fun things for my children, and …
Nov
08
We’re dog-sitting Durango’s buddy Peanut–an older, calmer version of our crazy pooch–this week and the kids are full of puppy love as a result: Peanut and Durango Lily laying on a finally-worn-out Durango Gabriel wants to snuggle D too!
Nov
04
Before I tune in to see what songs President Obama (!!) chooses to celebrate this momentous evening, I’m going to provide a couple of songs for what I think the soundtrack of Election ’08 should be. I, personally, am feeling like this: But I know some people, even some people I really love, are probably …
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