I'm a midwesterner (Ohio) turned city dweller (New York), now living in a home on the range (Colorado) - at least until my girls go to college. Then I'm headed straight back to New York.
BlogHer bio: Julie has always been full of contradictions. She’s been an honor student, harpist, punk rocker, cheerleader, Air Force officer, record company employee, a wife and a mother to a Goose and a Mouse. You may need a map to follow her train of thought, but at least it makes some pretty interesting stops.
Cool Mom Picks bio: Julie is the mother of two girls, living and writing in the wild, wild West. She's the modern reincarnation of a 1950's mom, advocating a return to the lost arts of embroidery, baking, handwritten thank you notes, and turning the cell phone off during dinner. She also likes rap music.
The Soccer Mom Vote bio: Julie is a political misfit who is determined to find some sort of middle ground that isn't just a diluted version of either one of the two major political parties. Continually bewildered by the inconsistencies in those two parties' platforms, she's hard-pressed to choose one side or the other, but has historically voted Republican in the interest of taking home more of her hard-earned paychecks. But with the rising influence of religious groups over the Republican party, muddying issues in which religion has no relevance, she's been re-thinking her stance on many major issues.
