Julie
@envirojules.bsky.social
Cooking and gardening, bemused milspouse, toddler mom, highway builder. She/her
3/4 members of the family have been hit and now I've got a norovirus Sword of Damocles hanging over my head
she just puked all over me so I guess at least we know now
December 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
3/4 members of the family have been hit and now I've got a norovirus Sword of Damocles hanging over my head
Setlist for murdering a bunch of 30something white girls on a dance floor: Cupid shuffle, electric slide, YMCA, Macarena, Pink Pony Club back to back
My thighs are on fire
My thighs are on fire
November 23, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Setlist for murdering a bunch of 30something white girls on a dance floor: Cupid shuffle, electric slide, YMCA, Macarena, Pink Pony Club back to back
My thighs are on fire
My thighs are on fire
Day 1, Hour 2 of solo parenting weekend: the 3 year old is living down to every stereotype about her age that exists. She believes "independent play" is a crime against children. 5 year old wants nothing to do with his sister in this state and wants to make a chocolate cake from scratch at 8 AM
November 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Day 1, Hour 2 of solo parenting weekend: the 3 year old is living down to every stereotype about her age that exists. She believes "independent play" is a crime against children. 5 year old wants nothing to do with his sister in this state and wants to make a chocolate cake from scratch at 8 AM
My professional vocabulary failed me today and I angrily told a contractor to unfuck something
My boss and coworker who heard were like 😳😳
My boss and coworker who heard were like 😳😳
November 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM
My professional vocabulary failed me today and I angrily told a contractor to unfuck something
My boss and coworker who heard were like 😳😳
My boss and coworker who heard were like 😳😳
Boss: do you want me to be there for (contentious phone call with the contractor)? I think you've got it handled
Me: I've got it- unless you hear me start cussing
Me: I've got it- unless you hear me start cussing
November 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Boss: do you want me to be there for (contentious phone call with the contractor)? I think you've got it handled
Me: I've got it- unless you hear me start cussing
Me: I've got it- unless you hear me start cussing
My 3 YO decided she wanted to take sips of bathwater and spit them into a bottle and she perfectly mimicked the posture of a dude with a dip spit bottle 🤮
November 6, 2025 at 1:10 AM
My 3 YO decided she wanted to take sips of bathwater and spit them into a bottle and she perfectly mimicked the posture of a dude with a dip spit bottle 🤮
Thanking every possible deity that this didn't happen on the stretch of highway I am currently in charge of
October 28, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Thanking every possible deity that this didn't happen on the stretch of highway I am currently in charge of
Reposted by Julie
Happy Friday to @envirojules.bsky.social and me
October 18, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Happy Friday to @envirojules.bsky.social and me
Jokes from the kindergartner:
Hey mom, I know what 33 plus 34 is!
Me: oh yeah?
Him: sixty seven....siiiix seeeeven
Hey mom, I know what 33 plus 34 is!
Me: oh yeah?
Him: sixty seven....siiiix seeeeven
October 14, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Jokes from the kindergartner:
Hey mom, I know what 33 plus 34 is!
Me: oh yeah?
Him: sixty seven....siiiix seeeeven
Hey mom, I know what 33 plus 34 is!
Me: oh yeah?
Him: sixty seven....siiiix seeeeven
A beautiful Mississippi morning to sit on the porch with the kids and drink tea
...with the sound of gunshots rolling across the hills from someone's backyard target practice at 7 AM
...with the sound of gunshots rolling across the hills from someone's backyard target practice at 7 AM
September 1, 2025 at 12:34 PM
A beautiful Mississippi morning to sit on the porch with the kids and drink tea
...with the sound of gunshots rolling across the hills from someone's backyard target practice at 7 AM
...with the sound of gunshots rolling across the hills from someone's backyard target practice at 7 AM
I'm not sure there's anything more simultaneously satisfying and frustrating than condensing hours of work into a simple, elegant final product
August 14, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I'm not sure there's anything more simultaneously satisfying and frustrating than condensing hours of work into a simple, elegant final product
School receptionist: how can I help you?
Me: uhh kindergarten starts next week and we have not been told of the start and end times???? Need to make childcare arrangements??
Her: oh you find that out at the open house the day before school starts
IN WHAT WORLD IS <24 HOURS NOTICE ACCEPTABLE
Me: uhh kindergarten starts next week and we have not been told of the start and end times???? Need to make childcare arrangements??
Her: oh you find that out at the open house the day before school starts
IN WHAT WORLD IS <24 HOURS NOTICE ACCEPTABLE
July 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
School receptionist: how can I help you?
Me: uhh kindergarten starts next week and we have not been told of the start and end times???? Need to make childcare arrangements??
Her: oh you find that out at the open house the day before school starts
IN WHAT WORLD IS <24 HOURS NOTICE ACCEPTABLE
Me: uhh kindergarten starts next week and we have not been told of the start and end times???? Need to make childcare arrangements??
Her: oh you find that out at the open house the day before school starts
IN WHAT WORLD IS <24 HOURS NOTICE ACCEPTABLE
Go away for a weekend and the garden explodes, it is known
July 28, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Go away for a weekend and the garden explodes, it is known
Carpentry is my passion
July 27, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Carpentry is my passion
Why am I cursed to always work with people who don't eat lunch??
July 17, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Why am I cursed to always work with people who don't eat lunch??
Doing a work project this week where the contractor is emptying and discarding dozens of 5 gallon buckets, and it has awakened an atavistic desire in me to horde them like a dragon
GIVE US THE FREE BUCKETS, PRECIOUSSS
GIVE US THE FREE BUCKETS, PRECIOUSSS
July 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Doing a work project this week where the contractor is emptying and discarding dozens of 5 gallon buckets, and it has awakened an atavistic desire in me to horde them like a dragon
GIVE US THE FREE BUCKETS, PRECIOUSSS
GIVE US THE FREE BUCKETS, PRECIOUSSS
Dear @moist.dad just called the dinner I made "really really good chow hall food (complimentary)"
Made the parentheses with his hands and everything
Made the parentheses with his hands and everything
July 8, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Dear @moist.dad just called the dinner I made "really really good chow hall food (complimentary)"
Made the parentheses with his hands and everything
Made the parentheses with his hands and everything
"less K-pop demon fighting, more putting on pants please"
- phrases I did not expect to be saying as a parent
- phrases I did not expect to be saying as a parent
July 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
"less K-pop demon fighting, more putting on pants please"
- phrases I did not expect to be saying as a parent
- phrases I did not expect to be saying as a parent
Cooked the best lamb I've ever eaten with @moist.dad, opened a great bottle of red to go with it, and now I'm nursing a glass while watching my kids play in the rain while contemplating buying an unnecessary kei truck
The world may be shit but right now on this front porch life is sublime
The world may be shit but right now on this front porch life is sublime
June 29, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Cooked the best lamb I've ever eaten with @moist.dad, opened a great bottle of red to go with it, and now I'm nursing a glass while watching my kids play in the rain while contemplating buying an unnecessary kei truck
The world may be shit but right now on this front porch life is sublime
The world may be shit but right now on this front porch life is sublime
Gardener Julie: yay, another pop up midday rain shower, my plants are so happy!!
Engineer Julie: can we stop this shit already, we can't repave the interstate in the rain
Engineer Julie: can we stop this shit already, we can't repave the interstate in the rain
June 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Gardener Julie: yay, another pop up midday rain shower, my plants are so happy!!
Engineer Julie: can we stop this shit already, we can't repave the interstate in the rain
Engineer Julie: can we stop this shit already, we can't repave the interstate in the rain
Is there a better single bite of dessert than hot fresh cobbler with cold vanilla ice cream? Not in my book.
Local peaches and blueberries doing excellent work
Local peaches and blueberries doing excellent work
June 9, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Is there a better single bite of dessert than hot fresh cobbler with cold vanilla ice cream? Not in my book.
Local peaches and blueberries doing excellent work
Local peaches and blueberries doing excellent work
I, who have lived with cats for most of my life, am somehow very allergic to miss Cocoa Puff
Worth it
Worth it
May 31, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I, who have lived with cats for most of my life, am somehow very allergic to miss Cocoa Puff
Worth it
Worth it
Me: so we just need to do processes A then B to finish up this project
Contractor: um we are scheduled to do B before A, it should be fine tho
Me: okay please send that to me in writing
C: sure, np
...
C: we have postponed process B and will be starting work on A on Monday
Contractor: um we are scheduled to do B before A, it should be fine tho
Me: okay please send that to me in writing
C: sure, np
...
C: we have postponed process B and will be starting work on A on Monday
May 30, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Me: so we just need to do processes A then B to finish up this project
Contractor: um we are scheduled to do B before A, it should be fine tho
Me: okay please send that to me in writing
C: sure, np
...
C: we have postponed process B and will be starting work on A on Monday
Contractor: um we are scheduled to do B before A, it should be fine tho
Me: okay please send that to me in writing
C: sure, np
...
C: we have postponed process B and will be starting work on A on Monday
First garden veggies of the year - shishito peppers and extra thin "filet" green beans- turned into a delicious snack by blistering them and serving with garlic sherry aioli
May 29, 2025 at 11:12 PM
First garden veggies of the year - shishito peppers and extra thin "filet" green beans- turned into a delicious snack by blistering them and serving with garlic sherry aioli
The skin of my fingers is still burning after a 45 minute ride home and I have no regrets
May 26, 2025 at 1:29 AM
The skin of my fingers is still burning after a 45 minute ride home and I have no regrets