Julie's Journal

“Tis the season, and make it a great smelling one with the Glade Holiday Collection! The collection is offered in Apple Cinnamon and the limited-edition Bayberry Spice, and have seasonal designs of falling stars or festive gift packages on the red or green candle holders. The collection features new, refillable Glade Scented Oil Candles decorative glass holder, refillable Glade Scented Oil Candle tins, and Glade 4 oz. jar candles. They are available from now through December located in your grocery store, Target or Walmart, at the suggested retail price of $3.49. I got the Bayberry Spice and it smells wonderful!

Follow the instructions below to win one a Glade surprise candle from the Holiday Collection, just like a surprise Christmas gift.

Glade Holiday Candle Collection Surprise Candle Giveaway
Each one of the following is worth one entry into the giveaway – make sure to leave comments so I can include each thing you do!

1. MANDATORY FOR CONTEST ENTRY Go to the Glade Holiday Candle Collection website and tell me what your favorite Glade home fragrance product is in my comments.
2. Become a fan of Julie’s Journal on Facebook
3. Add me as a friend on Facebook (I friend back!)
4. Follow @JustJulie on Twitter. (I follow back!)
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6. Tweet: Enter to win the Glade Holiday Candle Collection Giveaway from @JustJulie http://bit.ly/12fyFk

Contest ends Tuesday December 8, 2009 at 12:00 noon PST. I will choose one random winner from all the entries and notify you by email. You have 48 hours to respond. Special thanks to Family Review Network for sending me a Glade Holiday Candle to review and for sponsoring this giveaway.

WINNER #95 Dagmara

I’ve got another great giveaway from Angela Moore, and it’s just in time for the holidays. Her hand blown – hand painted ornaments are just adorable! She sent me the Margarita Mambo one and I can’t wait to get my tree up and hang it! If you are looking to add a new ornament to your collection, or need a gift to give someone, these ornaments are just perfect, priced at only $10.00.

Angela Moore Hand Painted Ornament Giveaway – If you are the winner you get to choose which ornament you want from the ornament collection (subject to availability)
Each one of the following is worth one entry into the giveaway – make sure to leave comments so I can include each thing you do!

1. MANDATORY FOR CONTEST ENTRY Go to the Angela Moore website and tell me what your favorite ornament from her collection is in my comments.
2. Follow @ArtToWear on Twitter.
3. Become a fan of Angela Moore on Facebook
4. Blog about my giveaway and link back to my post.
5. Become a fan of Julie’s Journal on Facebook
6. Follow @JustJulie on Twitter. (I follow back!)
7. Add me as a friend on Facebook (I friend back!)
8. Subscribe to receive Julie’s Journal in your email
9. Tweet: Enter to win the Angela Moore Hand Painted Ornament Giveaway from @JustJulie http://bit.ly/12fyFk

Contest ends Monday November 30, 2009 at 12:00 noon PST. I will choose one random winner from all the entries and notify you by email. You have 48 hours to respond. Special thanks to Angela Moore for sponsoring this giveaway.

WINNER #71 – kristy

I’ve been asked so many questions about moving to Boston that I thought it would be easier to just write a blog post about it. We need to go back a couple years to where this journey all started, and I need to be vague about it for reasons I will explain later.

I interviewed for a blogging job a couple years back (in which I didn’t get) with a guy who was starting up a new business. During the interview we talked a little about Michael and how he was a software developer at Zappos. He wanted to meet him as well, so they set up a time to meet. At the time, Michael wasn’t a good fit for his company, and they both went their separate ways.

A few weeks back at a BlogWorld Expo event we happened to run into him again. We talked for a little while, and I went my own way to hang out with my friends, that were at the party, while Michael sat back and talked with him for hours. Come to find out his company was very successful and he sold it for a big chunk of money. With this money he was planning on starting a new company, and Michael and him decided to talk more about it.

Several meetings took place over the next few weeks and Michael’s excitement grew like crazy. He was pulled into the project at a pretty high level and he’s been gung ho about it ever since. This guy (who I just can’t name names at this time) had been pitching his new company idea around Silicon Valley and Boston, and some big players in the venture capital world were starting to take notice.

So last week our current boss told us that he was running out of money, and that he would have to let go of two of us, with Michael staying on helping with the platform that he created. The very next day, things were finalized with the new company, and my old boss asked me to come back and work part time. So we went in the next day, explained that Michael was going to take on this new project, sealed a salary for the two of us to work at home part time, and Michael now has the extra time to focus on the new project.

Which brings us current to day. This last two months has been a whirlwind of emotions, that is one thing I can say! For obvious reasons I can’t say what the new project is, or who the players are that are involved, but I can say that it’s pretty big, exciting, and super crazy. Depending on which VC guy they decide to go with determines where we will be moving to, but at this time, all roads point to Boston.

Now to answer the questions that I’ve gotten:

• When will you be moving?: This is all up in the air, but most likely next year in the Spring.
• Where is Michael working?: Can’t say – disclosure agreements prohibit that during the alpha phase
• What will Michael be doing?: Programming of course! Again the need to be vague is important at this point.
• Will your boys move with you?: Okay, I have to admit this was quite possibly the oddest question of them all, and I’ve heard it over and over again! I just don’t understand why this would even be questionable. Abso-fucking-lutely my boys are moving with us. I realize my oldest son is 18 and does have the right to stay in Las Vegas, but why on earth would I leave my 15 year old MINOR child behind? I don’t know, maybe I’m reading into that question more than I should be, but I have 100% legal sole custody of my children, and they stay with their mother. ‘Nuff said.

So with that, Boston looks and feels almost like another planet to me. I’m super stoked to actually move where there are TREES and greenery, but I know nothing, and I mean NOTHING about the East Coast. In fact, I just learned yesterday that New York City was SOUTH of Boston. For some reason I thought it was north. Shrugs…like I said, I know nothing, but how flipping exciting is it to research and learn new things about it. I’m having a ball reading all about the city, things to do, where to live, etc…

It’s a new chapter in the book of life, and boy have I got enough material for a epic novel! More to come soon…

Help build Dole Share the Goodness interactive mosaic poster by uploading your favorite photos of holiday memories. It’s quick and easy and with every photo you upload, you’ll be entered for a chance to win $5,000 for yourself and $5,000 for your local food bank.

But wait! There’s more! When you send an eCard to friends and family, inviting them to see your pic and share their own photos, and one of them is the grand prize winner, you will also win $2,000!

And just for sharing this with my readers, Dole is going to donate $25 in my name to my local food bank, which is ThreeSquare. So get to sharing and Share the Goodness with Dole!

I got the chance to try [me]&Goji Cereal awhile back when they offered to send me a free sample to try, and we really love it! They are a custom cereal company where you can create a cereal or granola from 50+ all natural ingredients. They then mix your custom cereal, and ship it directly to your doorstep.

The idea behind [me] & goji is simple: We collect the healthiest foods from around the world and you fuse them in combinations that satisfy your unique tastes and nutritional needs right down to the last chia seed. Our library of ingredients is like the table of contents for a world’s healthiest foods list. want proof? Starting your day with [me] & goji means starting your day with the confidence of knowing you possess the essential building blocks for exceptional health: vitamins, minerals, fiber, essential fatty acids, antioxidants, phytonutrients…all for under $1 a bowl!

We’ve tried a couple other custom cereal making sites, and this one is the best tasting one so far. My custom cereal included, golden granola, choco goji, raspberry, almond and pine nuts. It was just the right mixture of crunchy and sweet, making it super delicious, and my kids LOVED it also. I urge you to give it a try, it’s a great bargain and so healthy for you!

The guys at [me]&Goji have been generous enough to offer my readers a discount code so you can try it yourself. Just login into [me]&Goji Cereal and use the coupon code JUSTJULIE for a 10% discount on your order. This offer is good until 11/16/2009.

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