Basic, Never Boring
Julie is a writer, educator, and organizer at heart, living in the Green Mountains of Vermont with her husband + two young boys. She is the owner of WRITES WELL WITH OTHERS, offering virtual services in copywriting, content strategy, and marketing. Julie is passionate about an active outdoor lifestyle and she practices yoga and barre. When not outside hiking, biking, skiing, snowshoeing, canoeing, or swimming with her family, you’ll find her cooking yummy fresh meals, binge-watching Netflix or Hulu shows, listening to true crime podcasts, or reading giant books.
The Jane the Virgin final season is finally here, y’all!!! via GIPHY If you aren’t watching Jane the Virgin- what is wrong with you?!? This show has got it all. A loveable main character, a nemesis to love/hate, a close knit family, parenting challenges, and major eye candy in the form of Justin Baldoni (or…
Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell, the comedy power couple, recently launched an all-natural, plant-based baby products line at Walmart called “Hello Bello.” We were able to grab some of the products in-store and order others online (Ebates currently has 5% cash back too). The online shipping took quite a bit longer than you might expect…
What we’re reading… Girl Stop Apologizing Some of our contributors picked up the latest read from Rachel Hollis. With only a few days in, one contributor shared, “My first impression was that (while she was narrating) her heart wasn’t in it like when she was narrating GWYF. But now I feel like she is perfectly…
What we’re reading… Different: The Story of an Outside-the-Box Kid and the Mom Who Loved Him by Sally Clarkson and Nathan Clarkson. I just started this book a few days ago. It is told by both the mother and the son (who is now an adult). They each give their own perspective on how they…
A few weeks ago, someone in a Facebook group in which I’m a member, posed the question: “When you were little, what did you want to be when you grew up?” Throughout my childhood and into my high school years, when posed this question, I remember always bouncing between two things: a lawyer or an…
We’ve had quite the year! We launched Ur Basic Mom just one year ago as a collaborative blog about the daily struggles and laughs in momming. Since then, we’ve grown to a team of 20 and we’ve had posts shared all over the country. Our incredible reach and impact is a real testament to both…
Dear Santa, I’ve been a very good stay-at-home mom this year. I’ve packed all the lunches, washed and folded all of the laundry, prepared homemade dinners, bandaged cuts, kissed skinned knees, organized play dates, scrubbed toilets, made beds, found toys, food shopped on a budget, handled school pick-up and drop-off, scheduled all doctors appointments… and…
Happy Halloween, everyone, from the Ur Basic Mom team! In honor of the most fun (well maybe second most fun) holiday for kids, we’ve asked our contributors to share their best Halloween costumes, EVER. Check out the Ur Basic Mom team’s best Halloween costumes… in no particular order: Annie- Ur Basic ‘Pooh’ Mom My mom…
Julie talks the shows she loves.
What’s better than reading a good book on the beach, at the pool, or at the lake? Just kidding! You’re a parent. You can’t do that! When you’re a parent if you find time to actually read a book… it better be worth it. Better yet, follow Jessica’s advice and listen to an audiobook! Either…