by Julia | Jun 14, 2012 | Life Fuel, Soul, Stress
Honestly, who leaves a Christmas tree up for six weeks? My husband, Kyle, and I reluctantly took our huge, ten-foot Christmas tree down after its epic six-week stint through Thanksgiving, Christmas and the New Year. We went big this season, with it being Kyle’s...
by Julia | Jun 14, 2012 | Life Fuel, Soul, Stress
Five months ago, I was on a plane home from a MUCH needed four-day boost in Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain. I’m positive that seasonal depression is real, especially after living in Germany for a year!! The weather forecast? Rain, clouds, and 3 hours of...
by Julia | Jun 14, 2012 | Life Fuel, Soul
This past fall, my husband and I were crazy enough to host four people in six weeks!! It was a blast, but also an interesting learning curve to figure out “proper hospitality” as newlyweds. We do happen to currently live in Germany, too, so it adds an...
by Julia | Jun 14, 2012 | Food Basics, Food Fuel
We’ve all been hit with the organic food wave. I fought it for a while, not wanting to join the wheatgrass shot-drinking, “Coexist” sticker hippies. Isn’t it just a fad any way? An apple is an apple…is an apple, right!? Last summer,...
by Julia | Jun 14, 2012 | Food Basics, Food Fuel
For all of you milk-chugging lovers out there, I can’t say I’ve ever been a huge fan. As a teenager, rather than spending the money my parents gave me to buy milk at lunch, I deviously saved it to spend on clothes instead. I mean, we all know that what we...
by Julia | Jun 14, 2012 | Life Fuel, Stress
I popped out of the womb an OCD, Type-A perfectionist. The endless list-making, goal setting, and routine behaviors (fortunately or unfortunately) started at a very young age. I craved and still crave routine. As an 8-yr-old, I quickly established amazing rapport with...
by Julia | Jun 14, 2012 | Body Composition, Diet Dogma & Weight Loss, Food Fuel, Healthy Living, Life Fuel, Sports Fuel
Tell me it’s not true that you, or anyone you know, has NOT been on a diet. Atkins Diet South Beach Diet Weight Watchers Grapefruit Diet Pritikin Diet Nutrisystem Cabbage Soup Diet Zone Diet HCG Diet (Fill in the blank) Diet. Am I right here!? Seriously, diet...