http://juliekendall.com/blog jewelz from julie! Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:23:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Craig and I are trying to make it to North Carolina for Jes and Paul's final wedding party the weekend of August 15. Funds are really tight so I thought I'd just see if anybody out there happens to know someone that might have a couple of buddy passes that ... http://juliekendall.com/blog/2009/07/23/just-thought-id-ask/ In case you are offended by the "h" word in the title post, let me tell you I mean it literally. Here's why.... Right after my dad died I experienced my first bout of depression. Soooo not fun. Because "chemical imbalance" runs in my family (hey....those of you who know me, ... http://juliekendall.com/blog/2009/06/29/well-hell/ Craig and I took a short motorcycle ride to Boulder yesterday. The weather was GORGEOUS. Whenever I ride my motorcycle, I'm always way more aware of my surroundings (a survival must). I was amazed at all I saw. Here are the highlights... 1. Six sky divers. Both tandem and solo. 2. A ... http://juliekendall.com/blog/2009/06/22/what-i-saw-yesterday/ Yeah...REALLY bad day in the retail world today. Kid's climbing all over my check out counter (seriously...had to pull one kid out of the bag rack), kids poking ink pens into my card swiper (saying the whole time....what does this do....WAM with pen....what does this do....WAM...with the pen. It took ... http://juliekendall.com/blog/2009/06/19/some-respectplease/ Ok...it's been MONTHS! I'm just gonna give you the man-version of all the changes that have taken place. 1. Moved to Longmont Co. about an hour north and west from our old home. Bittersweet yay. 2. I went to work at Michaels Craft Store part-time. Fluctuating Yay. 3. Jes Kendall married Paul Jensen. ... http://juliekendall.com/blog/2009/06/13/reboot/ Several of you have asked about our housing situation so I'm going to attempt to explain. This is the shortened version because the long version is just to complicated. In a nut shell, Craig and I are having to walk away from our house, "losing" all the money we have ... http://juliekendall.com/blog/2009/03/09/here-we-goagain/ No...seriously...you won't believe it. I certainly don't. I spent most of my day working out all the kinks to enroll in Front Range Community College to become a certified phlebotomist. Before you start thinking that I'm going to be sucking some poor souls brains out, I said PHLEbotomist...as in phlebotomy...NOT ... http://juliekendall.com/blog/2009/02/27/youll-never-believe-what-i-did-today/ Things at the Kendall house hold are...interesting. We are daily walking down a path that has quite a few bends in it. Without really getting into anything specific, we are facing some challenging and thrilling days ahead (who isn't these days;). We may be selling our house and moving into ... http://juliekendall.com/blog/2009/02/07/a-days-worth-of-life/ Just wanted to say that I'm swamped right now with house stuff and unpacking from our 10 day trip. I'm also readjusting to living at altitude. So hang in there with me....I'll be back as soon as I can! http://juliekendall.com/blog/2009/01/28/be-back-soon/ So far, the New Year has had mixed reviews for us. Craig's computer picked up a really bad virus (and trust me...he has LOADS of virus protection software on his computers). So he is now having to wipe everything out and rebuild from scratch. In our line of work....that's NOT ... http://juliekendall.com/blog/2009/01/01/interesting-new-year/