- Yes, I took this picture with my new Mac. I’m really into it right now, even though I don’t know what the hell I’m doing. Which explains why the picture is such an odd color. I don’t really know what I’m doing with any program right now. I really need to go to a class or some sort of seminar. Because I know this computer can do a whole lot more than I even know is possible. #iwanttobeyoungandhipandmacsmart.
- Plantain chips. Get the f*ck out of my house.
- So get this. The other night, I needed a little chocolate fix, but chocolate by itself didn’t sound right. SO I took some chipotle dark chocolate that the wonderful George from Civilized Caveman sent me, mixed it with coconut butter and just a lil bit of raw honey, melted and placed in into the fridge. Now I have chocolate bark on hand in times of need. Meaning, as I type this.
- Scarves. I freaking love scarves. If it weren’t for scarves, I would truly hate Colorado. It snowed here yesterday and having to clean my car off made me REAL annoyed. Ok, not really. But my fingers were cold. But I had to clean it off next to the molester van…that hasn’t moved in 4 days. What the hell. Selfish assh*le.
- I freaking LOVE leggings with boots and long shirts. I don’t exactly love wearing jeans, as you know, but I can handle leggings. Especially if the shirt is covering up my big bootie. Someone told me that it just brings more attention to my butt, but it feels right, so I’m going with it. Fall outfits are the best. Snow is the worst.
- I want booties. Not more butt, but the shoe kind of booties. They are so damn cute.
- My new crockpot. My friend Aaron was incredibly kind to send me an awesome new crockpot, since mine wasn’t doing so hot. This thing has a locking lid and you can even measure the temperature of food. So high tech. I have so many things to figure out how to use now. Thanks Aaron, you’re the best.
- Dating but not actually wanting to date. Wait, what? I don’t know. But I always seem to be into that. I like the thought of dating, but don’t want to try to date more. I’m such a girl. A confusing, dumb girl.
- Parting my hair on the opposite side than I’ve parted it in 24 years. My hair doesn’t want to do it, but I’m forcing it to. I look weird. But I’m kind of digging it.
- My sweet potato brownies in the freezer. Found out, that after you bake these amazing brownies, place them in the freezer and they become extra chewy. Wicked awesome.
Oh and guess what?! I just saw I made it into the Huffington Post for my poutine recipe!! Woot woot!!
OMG!! YOU ARE FREAKN AWESOME! Wait sorry to yell!. I also hate jeans! and love leggins and boots and scarves!! lol haah thanks for all yours awesome posts! and telln it like it is!! love it!! love you!!! u rock!!! sista!
I love you Brownies – I freeze mine too!
I think they are even more flavorful.
Gotta have a good strong cup of coffee too *Smile*
Thank you for all that you do!
Nancy
PS, the above MAC shot . . . you are adorable!
so hysterical:).
loving your blog<3
xx
Krista
So rad about the Huffington Post! You go lady! Isn’t parting your hair on the other side so weird at first? I switched a year ago and I remember it kinda aching (in that way that it aches to let your hair down after it’s been tied up all day). I had to do a lot of training to get my hair to work on the other side. Damn cowlick.
You are so rad. I hope you know how rad you are. Keep it up, the people appreciate your wisdom. Eliza
Wore leggings with booties (both the shoe and the appendage) AND a scarf today PLUS a flannel shirt… Not gonna lie, felt puh-retty trendy, and also so flippin comfortable, I just want fall to last forever. Also, I’m jealous of your new crock pot. I have managed to break 3 crock pots in the last year (to be fair, my bf broke 1 of them while trying to shove a frozen duck into it, but really, who breaks a crock pot), so I’m not allowed to have a fancy one anymore. Sigh.
Coincidence that number 7 made you think of number 8? Yeah, probably :)
On my top 10…making my favorite people happy.
No, YOU’RE the best!
Hey you get a years worth of free Apple lessons with most Macs! Check it out! They’re really good AND you might find a cute teacher :)
I love your ten things! I admit, I scrolled back up to the picture to check out your hair/part, its cut off from the picture! bet it looks cute :) I also love doing fun things like that, scarves rock
LOVE the recipes!
Love, love, LOVE this. Have you checked out Toms desert wedges? Basically they are booties and so effing cute! Comfy too. I want all the colors…you should too.
But seriously…plantain chips are better than any other chips. I’ll eat the whole bag in one sitting. fail.
Have a great weekend Juli!
OMG plaintain chips! I bought them once from Trader Joe’s in nowhere-land, but now all the Trader Joe’s near me don’t have them :( oh for three at the moment.
Anyway yes boots and booties, yes yes please. I like them in suede :)
Congratulations on making it into the Huffington Post. AWESOME!!!
43 years old and wore leggings and boots for the first time this week. I’m 6’1 and used to look good in jeans before my legs and ass got Crossfitted. Discovered leggings at H&M (now at Cherry Creek Mall!) for $5 and a little stretchy black mini-skirt for $10. wear those with an old David Bowie t-shirt and $300 Frye Campus boots and bam! No one notices my huge trapezoids :) Cute and Comfy. Were are you getting your leggings?
Good luck with the hair parting. I tried it a year and a half ago when I cut all my hair off (side note: there’s just something about getting married that makes a woman chop all her hair off) and it was a disaster. And people would look at me with a puzzled look on their face and go “Why do you look weird?” Not good for your self esteem.
I’m obsessed with leggings too! My favorite pair are my lululemon leggings, they are thee best leggings I’ve ever worn! I try to wear regular pants and jeans and I just can’t!
Which leggings do you buy? I was checking them out on the website, they look SO soft and comfy!
I wear the wunder unders…I think that’s what they are called, I know it’s something close to that. They are long but they will tailor them at the store for free if you need them to. They are a little pricy esp for leggings but I promise you, it is well worth it!
i loooooove wunder unders. that’s pretty much all i wear nowadays
Love my MacBook Pro… but it was a bit of a learning curve from Winduh-ows. If there’s an Apple Store nearby, they offer free training for any new Apple owners. I took a crash-course for my iPhone and my MacBook Pro, even though I didn’t buy them through the Apple Store. Cheap is good; free is better ;)
Interesting poutine recipe. Being French Canadian, and a bit of a poutine connaisseur… I think you can improve on your recipe with the addition of chicken drippings… maybe blended with some cauliflower and broth to make it more gravy like. Ooooo! That sounds soo good… I’ll have to try it :)
What kind of crockpot did you get, I need a new one. I feel like mine gets too hot and no matter what I put in it it all tastes the same.
Hamilton Beach!
I second the Hamilton Beach recommendation, particularly their programmable one. It’s ridiculously easy to use, huge, and generally awesome.
I’ll be visiting CO (C-Springs) in a few weeks. Not looking forward to snow since Boston weather has been spectacular recently. Scarves, leggings, boots. Got it. And can’t forget my nanos.
You are so cute.
What kind of CP were you gifted?! I am in the market….
And booties – I buy them all the time off of haute look. Last pair was $29 and I am OBSESSED with them.
Last but not least – Please tell me you have the Vinyassa Scarf from Lulu – just buy it. I wear it out to dinner and after the gym and to work. And sometimes, just sometimes I wash it….
It’s a Hamilton Beach Crockpot! And I love Hautelook!! AND HELL YES I HAVE THE VINYASSA SCARF! Just bought a second one. best scarf in the world. straight up.
I love love love you blog.
I am new to paleo and yours is my favorite website to look for recipes!
I am also a huge fan of scarves and leggings. I don’t know why, but wearing leggings always puts me in a better mood. I am also a scarf horder I bet I have like 20 and I am always buying more because they are the eeriest way to change up an outfit. I just found this awesome website that has really amazing deals on scarves (and other accessories) http://www.purpleboxjewelry.com/ and they are almost always having some kind of sale!
Anyway, keep up the good work, I CAN NOT WAIT for your cookbook!
I just LOVE your site and your sense of humor! Thank you so much for all your dedication and recipes that help all us paleo peeps! Greatly appreciated.
You kill me!!! Love your rants…
Keep being you! :)
BTW…great recipes. Make your stuff at my firehouse and even guys who don’t appreciate good food love your recipes.
Damn you Colorado and not having a garage!!!! I TOO had to scrape inches of snow off my car today and yesterday. Everyone’s all excited about snow and winter is the best and blah blah blah. I am unhappy.
My food processor broke last night while grinding macadamia nuts. I feel your pain on broken kitchen appliances.
The Apple store at Park Meadows mall has all kinds of classes for beginners. That’s how I learned to really use my iPad. You can sign up online through their store site.
I pinned this the other day and am trying it out, thought you might want to to. Anyone with acne will try anything.
PS. I don’t know why you’re single, you’re so dang cute. Are you really that awkward?! :p
http://healthydiaries.com/2012/07/17/how-i-improved-my-skin-acne-scaring-overall-complexion/
I would just like to tell you that your blog is helping me and my husband a lot as we transfer over to eating paleo! Your fun and inspiring! Switching to paleo was not very easy for me and your blog is making it much better. So glad I found it!
Oh man! Platain chips! If those are anything like plantain chips they’ve gotta be amazing! Sorry (er, not really? Lol), I had to. I believe I’ve already made it clear that I think you’re awesome as balls.
lol damnit christopher. changed it. you’re funny.
I know. And you’re attractive :P
I’m really glad that you replied after changing it, otherwise I’d just look like the idiot who can’t read a clearly properly typed out word like “plantain”.
That’s false bravado btw, I only pretend to be cocky sometimes, haha
Show off that booty! I love leggings too. The problem is finding long enough shirts to wear them with. And having a climate friendly toward the outfit. Come visit Phoenix. We can totally hook you up with no snow. :)
Ok, I shouldn’t do this to you, but I will anyways. If you are in to leggings, check out blackmilkclothing.com. They should be called crack milk because they are incredibly addictive, but they are wonderful. Don’t say I didn’t warn you!
Speaking of places you are — I am on the mailing list for this east coast CSA that delivers to a few states (Florida, Georgia, and Alabama I think). Anyway, every week they send out an email with the next week’s selection, along with a recipe that uses one or more of the veg. Okay, so that was a super long intro but to make it short — last week they had your pumpkin cashew curry over coconut rice in the email newsletter! Seriously! *high five*
what?!?! that’s so cool! Thanks for telling me Rachel!
You look beautiful in the photo! Thanks for your posts – you’re my dose of girl talk. :)
Feel free to post as many pictures as you like as long as you are smiling! Those pick up the long days at work!
Just wanted to say your posts make me laugh and I look forward to reading them every day and if a new one isn’t up I read old ones! Agree with the leggings…i have to go that route too…but if it means I can lift heavier why not!
Have my first competition tomorrow…super super nervous…any advice????
it’s just like any other workout! you’ll do great, stay calm and always smile!
I don’t really know you but gosh I really like you!! You make me smile and laugh and you are a great source of encouragement to me. Thank you for your honesty, humility and sarcasm. Your recipes are amazing and my friends and family love them and they don’t even follow a paleo lifestyle. I agree winter is amazing for scarves, leggings and boots. I am also loving leg warmers this year!
My boss just got back from colorado and i told him i was totally jealous! And that he needed to keep an eye out for some Paleo friendly people/bakeries/goodies. He said he couldnt find anything paleo but “they looked like your kind of people”. Perhaps I should move?
We are about to get a hurricane…I would take snow over a hurricane anyday…I just want to ski!!
Love your blog!!
Juli~
You look fabulous with your hair down! Very pretty!
Also, thanks much for the Civilized Caveman link, looks beautiful!
Congrats on the Huffington Post post!
Jami
ps There is a chocolate macaroon with your name on it at the shop. Can you hear it calling to you? “Eat me, Juli…please, wait no longer, give in to my calling! YUM!”
Ummmm I do the same thing with dating. Literally just the word alone gives me hives…..yet I went on one the other night and agreed to another with the same guy. Seriously – what sense does that make?!?! I blame the fact that we have vaginas for this discrepancy.
Juli-
You’re adorable. As a girl with an actual big butt (like, boot cut jeans are my skinny jeans)–you’re fine.
That being said–I’m a hit with the Hispanic and Black men, but HOLY CRAP–I don’t care what you’re ethnicity is, I just want to stay in, read a book, cook some meat, and drink some wine. If this Paleo diet is supposed to give all of us all this energy–why don’t I have the energy to date? (Does Paleo have adverse effects on libido? Cavemen wanted to procreate–what’s my problem?!) And-I date. I just hate it.
I hate jeans too and would live in sweatpants like I did in college….stupid grown up professional world. But I have the opposite problem; no butt. I was actually jean shopping today and my hubby actually made that comment too after I tried some on…awesome haha.
oh girl. Wanting to date but not actually wanting to date? Story of my single 24 years of life! :)
and jeans? hatttttte them. Nopants are the best pants
Will help out with Point 8, if you can visit Australia?
zOMG! Extra chewy brownies!?!?!?!!?!
I have to find an egg substitute and make these. Or else…I MAY DIE.
Scarves are awesome, but beanies/toques/floppy toques are awesomer.
<3 you.
- pat :)
ps. check your email ;)
I love boots with leggings! I have really muscular legs, I was a gymnast for 15 years, and I rock them proudly. I hate pants that are tight on my tummy at all so leggings and I are in mad love!
OK. I need a recipe for stuffed baby bell peppers…’cause I bought a bag of them at BJs, along with 4 pounds of ground beed, and a full cart of other fruits, veggies, and meat, as I was preparing for this Sandy gal that was coming around the East coast.
Only recently started eating peppers so not real sure how to cook them. But they are a little sweet so I can tolerate them MUCH more than cauliflower and broccoli!
Here’s my dilemna….is it bad that I don’t want to go to ANY OTHER blog but yours for paleo stuffed peppers. And you don’t disappoint. Your recipes are f’ing awesome, even when I mix two like today: On the Go Egg Bites with shredded sweet potatoe, apple, and bacon and the herbs from the pork patties.
https://paleomg.com/stuffed-peppers-with-spanish-sticky-rice/try out that recipe Stephanie!
LOL, love your sense of humor!! “Molester van” Good one! Keep up with your sense of humor!
You seriously crack me up. You are awesome.
I am friggin’ addicted to your brownies! I have altered the recipe somewhat by eliminating the honey and increasing the coconut oil to 1/3-1/2 cup. Amazing!! I will try the freezer trick…Great idea!!!
So I’m not the only one who’s discovered the sweet-potato-brownie-in-freezer trick? They’re almost better frozen than fresh from the oven! I discovered this because I froze my brownies to keep myself from eating too many, only to find they taste better that way. Whoops.
You’re in CO. I’m in CO. I so badly want to start doing CrossFit. Can you recommend some good gyms on the Front Range?
There are a TON of gyms around town, you’d have to give me a closer location than just the front range
I laughed so hard. :D Starting the paleo diet tomorrow, went to Trader Joe’s tonight and spent a fortune on food! Whoop whoop! Skinny jeans here I come!