February 7, 2007
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My Protected List
House Cleaning
(it had to be done eventually)
The time has come for me to clean up my protected list. It is looooong and there are a number of readers on there who have never once commented or perhaps never read me after asking to be added (incidentally, I am not asking for comments, I have no problems with those who rarely comment).
So you know the drill, leave a note if you read and want to be on my protected list. I will not respond directly but instead will add you to the list if I feel comfortable sharing the private parts of my life with you.
Sorry, I know this is a pain but I have never done this before and am feeling a bit exposed lately.
Comments (180)
Love your new banner!!
Please add me… I love reading you, you are my warm little nest to escape to on the internet.
I often only get a few moments a day for xanga (if at all) and am forced to read via the subscription browser… I am sure you understand. I hope that despite my sporadic commentary you still feel comfortable with me.
Keep Me please :o) I read and post and comment.
I understand your need for privacy and would be very happy if you chose to keep me on your protected list.
Ooooh, keep me please!
Me please.
~Kerry
me please
My day just wouldn’t be the same without you!! Please keep me
I do read your postings daily, and enjoy your ideas, inspiring thoughts and comments. I fully understand the protected list, so the choice is yours, and ours to accept.
Please, me.
Me, me, me! I love the beautiful things you share with us!
I definitely read and rarely comment. Please add me???
fyi, I love the booger picking photo up top…my toddler makes the saem sort of face when she picks hers LOL
I’m scarce with the commenting but I read everyday. I’d like to stay on the list if you’re okay with that.
I’d like to stay on……
Please add me to your list!! I so enjoy your blog, your words, your photos, your humor, your life
Thanks
Amy
Me!
Me,me,me,me,me,me,me (raising hand and sitting on the edge of my seat!)
I hope you aren’t having problems again with subs.(((hugs)))
Hi Julie! I read your blog every single day and you are such an inspiration to me and a breath of fresh air and authenticity! I’d love to be added to your protected list. =)
If you haven’t figured out by my many comments, I read you as often as you post!
May I please be included. That is, if you’ll have me. I so enjoy your posts and get a lot from them.
i love reading!
sigh… this music…my mom used to sing all the time… (boulder to birmingham)
Please add me, of course.
Love the new banner photos! (snort)
me please.
I’ll show you mine if you show me yours.
me too! please, please….i read you as often as i can, our children are very close in age (a boy and a girl as well) and it keeps me smiling to see the similarities they engage in!
Please add me, I read your blog all the time and I am one of those people who rarely comment, but I Oh so enjoy your adventures and love your pictures!!
please, me! I rarely comment, but love reading your blog everyday. yours is the blog that inspires me most.
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me please dahling!
me please…I find inspiration in your educational travels. Plus I feel like you are my musical twin, I swear I own every cd you have played lately!
Oh please add me!
I refer to you as “the lady who writes the blog that I adore”
I would love to be added to the protected list, but I will totally understand if I’m not.
Kim (North Carolina homeschooling mom to Jake (6.5 years old) and Zack (3.5 years old)
me too, me too!
Please add me – I do not comment, but I find so much encouragement and realness from reding your blog daily! You are such an inspiration – a wonderful, beautiful woman, and I love the authenticity you raise your children with – you rock!!!
Please keep me around
Heather
me please!
me
I read often and comment occasionally. I’d love to be added if possible.
Me too!
I’d like to be added if you feel comfortable adding me.
Me please.
Hoping that I am still allowed anyway.
ME please
I’d love to be added. I’m not a huge comment leaver, but I do enjoy your blog.
moi, moi, moi!!
I love your site – I never comment, but I find you inspiring in so many ways!
Karen
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Would love to be included but do what you gotta do for you!
I read your protected. Please keep me!
Me please! ; )
I don’t comment as much as I would like, but have been a faithful reader for severeal months and would love to be added. I love all your quotations that capture a moment perfectly.
Oh pretty please keep me. I comment you a buncha times.
I swear I’m not a weird cyber-stalker.
really.
Ok. I AM weird, but the other one–definitely not.
Julie I alwasy enjoy your blog. but I understand you are not going to be able to keep everyone are you? if you need to exclude me I understand…who am I anyway? I never comment LOL I usually read the blogs on my blackberry thinking I will comment when I get on the computer and then I forget
well, it goes without saying, since i’m a reader and a commenter and lover of gnomes, right?
Keep me please! Love the new banner… Love that picture of your little girl! She is so precious!
Hugs’n'Smooches!
Me please : )
Please add me! I’ve been very pleased to have you as a regular subscription, and you’ve inspired me to ‘dabble’ more in photography.
So yes, you’ve truly inspired someone.
keep me, me me me!!!!
Wow, lots of comments to be added. It leaves me wondering how big IS your current protected? Holey moley!
Of course I want to be added. I read you every day. And I trust that you feel safe with my presence.
me please!!
me too, please. I’m one of those “shyness keeps me from commenting” types
me me! please :>
I’d love to be on the list. Thanks!
I read everyday, have posted little as of late due to tragity in my life that I hope I can talk about soon, but I also rarely comment. You are an inspiration and a joy. Your blog brightens my day. Like someone else said above me, the choice is yours but I do hope to be put on your protected list.
keep me on, i love my daily dose of sunshine from your world
I think I am on your protected and would love to remain there, my dear!
Damn! I just subcribed the other day. Yes please if you feel comfy add me. Otherwise I will continue to read your unprotected stuff when you post it.
Me, please.
Banner photos rock! Me please, too.
P.S. Hope you are okay.
meeeeee pleeeeeeeeeze!
I am sorry that I don’t comment often, but I do enjoy reading what you share. Thanks for taking the time to do that for us.
ha! the new banner is cute! I’d like to be added please. I know Im fairly new to viewing you but I find you to be an inspiration on not getting caught up in all the wants in life.
Please consider me,
Me
Please keep me too!
I’m sure I’ll get lost in the shuffle, but keep me on the list!!
I am an avid reader! I love seeing updates about all your “boobettes”!
Oh, I would love to be kept on your list. Somedays I just need my Julie fix. And thanks for sharing with us. I know you’ve touched a lot of people.
I would be really sad not to read your protected posts.
your entries made me smile when i was cramming for my neuro exam.
I read………..
I would like to be added, please. CLMama and Tigermama can vouch for me! I really enjoy reading about your life.
Hi Julie,
I am a regular reader of your blog, I love your unschooling adventures. I’m Deva, and I frequent the Wooly Wonder forums and I post pics at flickr.com/photos/pezdiva under the same user name. I don’t blog, yet, so I understand if you are not ready to add me to your list. I keep many of my photos protected at flickr, but I feel a picture is worth a thousand words and if you have an account and want to check me out more, that is one way to do it. Add me as a contact and I will add you to my list – if you want.
So, here I am. I would love to be added but I understand your need for space and privacy too.
Me too please
Hi, I would like to be on your list, please.
I’m here.
My day wouldn’t be the same without a little bit of you in it.
you know I love ya! I’d be pleased ‘n’ proud to be on your list.
I read everything you post–I think your blog is one of the most beautiful ones I’ve seen. I don’t usually comment, mostly because you have so many I figure you wouldn’t notice mine! But I’d love to be on the list!
Oh, I hope I make the list! You are so inspiring to me!!
xo
i love to read your posts and hear of the wonderful things you have been doing. i’m not feeling so great right now and may not comment very often at the moment. but i read your blog every day and it makes me smile. please include me in your list…
I read you daily. Hope you keep me!!
Add me please! I try and comment every time I read, and I love to read your stuff!!
Just started reading and am not a big commentor but love your site- beautiful, inspirational. Me too?
Well, I followed Diana Jenner here one day and found that you were here as well as on LiveJournal, and I don’t want to miss out on all your secrets, on imagining that you are whispering just to me (and the 93 other people who’ve commented before me, jeez, I don’t know, maybe you’re too popular, nah…). Hey somebody mentioned that you had a piece published in one of the unschooling mags recently, yay you!
So, yes, can I be your friend here, there and everywhere?
Yikes, please keep me on your list, I love reading your blog
me, me
Love your blog. I hope you’ll add me to your list.
I am guilty of hardly ever commenting, but I do read you quite often!
I have a blog at sarafoop.livejournal.com, if you have an LJ name I’d be happy to put you on my friends list.
I’d like to stay on your protected list. Thanks!
Keep me, keep me!!
wow, you have quite a following! Congrats!
Its my first time!.. If you want to add, you can.I will probably read the blogs and Try to comment as much as possible!
Me!!
please, me! I rarely comment, but love reading your blog everyday.I love the freedom your kids have..You are a dream family.
Please add me
I scream you scream we all scream for Juliepersons! (And some are even in the I love Julie persons blog ring to prove our love for your bolg)
i love to read your blog…
your boob-ettes bring me much joy…and it’s finally getting around to being springtime and garden planning time!
Well, I gave it much thought. Three or fours seconds at least. And I have come to the conclusion that I would love to continue to snoop in you extra fun life!!
I LOVE reading your blog every day, and find it very inspiring. I totally understand if there’s a few posts that you want to keep private but I hope that I’ll be able to access most of your posts!!!! They make me smile, make me think and really inspire me! Cheers, Erica (unschooling, stay-at-home mom to a 6 1/2 year old girl, 3 1/2 year old girl and due for her third homebirth on or around Valentine’s Day)
Me! Me! Pick Me! I love reading your blog, your photography is inspiration and what can I even say about Lactation Nation? Look forward to your humor and fresh attitude everday.
i read you every single day. have you ever seen the movie Hook? do you know when peter remembers how to fly by finding his happy thought? the way you love your children is a happy thought to me. please keep me!
i would like to be added, if you are comfortable with that. I have only commented once, but reading your entries and looking at your beautiful photography has become a part of my day. Thanks for sharing!
I really enjoy reading your blog. Please add me!
How’s your life going
How’s your life going
Me please. With sugar on top?
Please keep me – I read often and try to comment as much as I can. Love the photos
Although I have only commented recently-I have been reading daily for a long time. I really enjoy your blog!! Please add me to your protected list!!
<3 me
Please keep me on your list! Thanks so much!
me please
I love reading your words and pictures…You inspire me, and although I may not always comment (as I am kind of shy) I do read you daily. Please add me
Me please, I adore you!
Me, please…you give me artistic inspiration!
I religiously read 3 blogs and you are one of them!
Thanks again for the felted dolls, my midwife loved them!
Me please…
Wow. You are one popular mama! I do so enjoy your posts, so if you have the room, I’d love to stay on your list!
Me? You have quite a fan club here!
Please add me I do not comment alot but I read all the time.
I love your blog, it’s a wonderful way for me to wake up in the morning; reading it really brightens my day and I’d really like to keep reading.
please keep me on your protected list
I love reading your journal!
me please *grin*
I hope you will leave me on your list. I don’t comment all that often but I visit nearly everyday. Everyone else says what I would’ve said!! LOL
*wave*
You are a blogging inspiration for me
Please add me
me please
I’m new, but I have been reading. I’m not sure if I’ve commented before, but I found you through reading Kali Mama. I would like to be included, but understand if you don’t.
i actually don’t know that this means, not being a Xanga blogger! i found your wonderful blog via one of the yahoo homeschooling lists i subscribe to (i think waldorf homeschooling? or naturekiddos?) and i check it almost daily for the joy i see in the little bits of your day. i don’t even know if a comment will show, not having a blog here, and don’t know what “protected” means, but i would really value being able to continue to read your entries and see your beautiful pictures…and hear about another family who loves to contra dance!! thank you
debbie in virginia, unschooling with my two beans, eliza (4.5) and anika (21 months tomorrow)
debbie@octheater.com
ok, so now i have an account! hm…not sure how that worked, but if i ever get over my technophobia i’ll be able to blog away…
debbie
I read often yet rarely comment as I generally have a baby attached and a toddler on the other knee.I’m an old MDC mama (mommasuz) and I read because I’m very much inspired by the way you live your life. Plus, I love the nursing army
I totally understand.
Now, I NEVER post. I never blog either, so why would you pick me? Hmmm. I read your site all the time. I have three kids. I have never unschooled or even considered unschooling. My kids like school- well my two at home, my daughter is away now at college : ( But I still like reading your blog. You must know you are fascinating! I live in Seattle. I have seen you comment on my sister’s blog (jessyiam). I would miss reading about your life…it’s kind of like a novel! : )
me please! ; )
I’m a new subscriber and I enjoy your site (all 3 of my kids have been homeschooled their entire lives). I’d enjoy being on your protected list.
Please add me to your list, or keep me there, whichever the case may be :p
Doh! Ignore hippie_mama, she’s a raving fool LOL. Actually, she’s me, but it took me a moment to realize i’m subscribed to your blog with THIS username, so….yeah, AmannFamilyHomeschool wants to be on your list, not hippie_mama…or just put her on too, just in case i lose my mind and can’t keep them straight in the future (quite likely), whichever…argh!
Oh My Gosh Mama…. you’re at 145! You inspire all!
You must write a book someday. We all love to hear your words!
I love reading your posts, you are very inspiring (I really appreciated seeing your mess last week, btw!) and you make my day, even though I never comment. I would love to be kept on your list (is there another list besides being subscribed?), but understand whatever you decide. (I no longer blog on zanga, but have a myspace, should you care to know more about me – it is only fair, after all!
)
I hope you will add me to your protected list, I know I am not a daily blogger but I dont know what Id do without my Julie fix! Cause I love Juliepersons! Have a great day mama!
I would like to be added, if that’s okay with you.
I’d love to be a part of your list!
I would love to be added – reading your blog is such a joy and always brings a smile to my face.
Oh, please add me to your list. I have read yours for quite awhile and then lately haven’t been able to with life things going on and now I want to read again and just in time to ask to be added to your list of readers. I love reading it.
Julie – it’s me Beret! Please keep me on the list. I check everyday and love your blog. I tried a couple of times to email direct but didn’t seem to work.
me
i havent been around much but still love to read your blog when i do (or when i get it in my email).
I read you.
I rarely comment, but I do make sure and read my subs even when I haven’t got the energy to interact.
You know I would be lost without you (although Isee I’m not the only one
)
See! we LOVE you!!!!
I love your blog! Please add me! BTW…love the new pics at the top
Thanks for adding me. I love reading your blog!
pretty please?
Hello friend. Please add me to your protected list. I must say Thanks for being you. You make me smile. I look forward to seeing how the world is in Julies world. Do what you have to do. Being too exposed can bring people who you don’t want or need to your life. So Cheers to cleaning up. Your on a roll. I need to follow suit. Hugs and snuggles:)
newbie to your blog and would like to stay
I read faithfully but never comment…it is completely your choice whether or not to add me to your protected list, but I just thought that I should show my appreciation for your beautiful pictures and entries. I love coming to your site…it reminds me of everything that is safe and warm and homey. I’m currently away at college, and the love that I can feel through your words and photographs immediately makes me feel at peace with the world again. I should’ve commented long ago and told you how sometimes, just reading your posts help me make it through the day. Thank you.
Hi, I know i’ve never commented you before but i’d like to plead my case (haha)
I honestly only go on xanga anymore to read yours and the theologan cafe mans. You have inspired me soo much. I am a senior in high school and have always wanted to be homeschooled and thought about homeschooling my kids. I found your xanga on here and I read about unschooling. I did some research because I was interested. It is so interesting! I love how you live. I love reading about how you live. I adore your photography. I just want you to know that I greatly look up to you and I think what you are doing is wonderful. Anywho good luck w/ your cleaning, your kids, and your husband, oh! and your felt mammas….I just thought you should know that you’re effect people you don’t even know.
Liz
So grateful I’m on your list.
Lisa
oh, I would like to remain on the list…your whole site is great.
I would like to be added. I never really comment, but I do read.
Oh dear, I am still on the list. Ignore the previous comment.
me please! <3
me pretty please
love in Christ
I enjoy reading your posts and would love to be added to your protected list.
I’d like to be on your list please.
I know.. I’m a lurker and I never comment but I do enjoy your pictures. Please add me if you feel comfortable enough to do so.
Please, i would love to keep reading your blog. I have just returned from vacations and I’m catching up. I’m Mabel, Mab ind MDC, from buenos aires, argentina, mama of Manuel (4 yo) and pregnant with little being (22 weeks). I’m in Omelay’s and Melissatulip’s list also. Thanks a lot. Your posts and pictures are a huge and much needed inspiration to me. Hugs
Please add me. I never have time to post, but I read. I don’t post in my Xanga though, if you want to know about me, I’m a crazy Mom of 3–our kids ages overlap, mine are 7 (Dec 99) 5 (Jan 02) and 3 (Jan 04–same day as my 5 year old) and they are girl, boy and girl who learn the way they want to and I learn with them and they give me joy everyday!
Hi. I’m hoping you will add me but completely understand if you don’t. I’ve loved reading your blog but am not sure that I’ve posted comments. I rarely do on anyone’s blog but I am trying to be better at that.
This music is soooo beautiful and makes me remember some very special times in my life.
Jill
julie-
you inspire me. i’d like to be on your protected list. i started a xanga blog a long time ago – but life got in the way. your search for joy every day helps me on my journey.
julia
Hello Julie, please keep me on your protected list. With the new changes in my life, I should be back to blogging regularly. Thanks for checking up on me recently.
I’m a little behind in reading this, but could I please stay on your list? Pretty please?