Hello!!
My name is Julie Downs and I am the owner of Long Lake Lifestyle. I am happy you found my blog and I hope you follow me along my journey of highlighting lake life, Long Lake Lifestyle product details, and my crazy little thoughts that run through my lovely mind.
I'd like you to meet my family since I'm sure you will be hearing about each person. I'm Julie!! My husband is Steve and deserves kudos for dealing with me for the past 22 years of his life! My oldest son is Riley (9 years). He is one determine child and knows what he likes and knows how to go after the things he loves! Anton is my youngest (7 years old). He is my carefree child and a jokester. He is my child that keeps me on my feet. Both of my children are extremely active naturally. There truly is never a dull moment in our household.
My name is Julie Downs and I am the owner of Long Lake Lifestyle. I am happy you found my blog and I hope you follow me along my journey of highlighting lake life, Long Lake Lifestyle product details, and my crazy little thoughts that run through my lovely mind.
I'd like you to meet my family since I'm sure you will be hearing about each person. I'm Julie!! My husband is Steve and deserves kudos for dealing with me for the past 22 years of his life! My oldest son is Riley (9 years). He is one determine child and knows what he likes and knows how to go after the things he loves! Anton is my youngest (7 years old). He is my carefree child and a jokester. He is my child that keeps me on my feet. Both of my children are extremely active naturally. There truly is never a dull moment in our household.
So what's going on with me currently? Almost two weeks ago I moved from my lake home back to our other home so my 9 year old (Riley) could start tackle football practice! I'm trying to accept things, but let me tell you... I miss the lake and I miss our calm evenings where catching turtles and fish was our biggest stress! There was no running around and the only driving I did was heading to the grocery store once a week! Now I feel like I have turned into a bus driver. I applaud all of you that have been taking your kids to practices and lessons over the years. For me this is all new. To date I consciously made a point to raise my children the way I was raised. Remember back in the day when kids came home from school and all they had to do was their homework and then play, play and play until the sun came down! We bought our lake home for this same reason! We realized a couple of years ago that we have about 10 years to spend with our kids. We wanted a place we could go to on the weekends and live in the summer to relax and enjoy nature! To read more about our story click here... (our story). Last night my youngest son (Anton- 7 years old) said "I hate that Riley joined a team" and I said "why" and he said "Because now all the focus is on him and football". It made me want to cry because over the last week I've been processing internally the family dynamics that have changed and I have been trying to accept the changes with an open mind since Riley LOVES football to date. I just feel like in the last week Riley has matured & is in heaven (which is awesome), Anton lost his playmate & is getting carted here and there each night. I'm trying to figure out my new schedule and adjust to being away from the lake. The lake brings me peace. When I am by the lake I'm relaxed and life is just so simple! Here life just feels more hectic. I need to find the balance here that I feel when surrounded by the lake! Anyway! That's where I am today! I will find the peace again! I went through this change last year too!
So what's going on with this blog? I'm not sure (smile)! Blogging is the thing to do and my mission is to keep you entertained! I'm the type of person where I don't have many limits so I apologize in advance if I ever offend you! I know I ramble, but that's just who I am! I should have started this blog a while ago or even in June so I could have shared our time at the lake this summer, but there will always be time for that in the years ahead! I live in Wisconsin so you will get a feel of where I am at and the seasons that are going on around me! Right now even though it's mid-August it feels like fall, but that hasn't stopped me! In my mind I will continue to play hard at the lake on the weekends and enjoy the last few weeks of Summer!! I will talk more about Long Lake Lifestyle in my next post! Today I just wanted to say hello! Follow me as long as you'd like and please communicate with me regarding what you like, what you don't, what you want more of, etc... See you on the lake!! Julie
So what's going on with this blog? I'm not sure (smile)! Blogging is the thing to do and my mission is to keep you entertained! I'm the type of person where I don't have many limits so I apologize in advance if I ever offend you! I know I ramble, but that's just who I am! I should have started this blog a while ago or even in June so I could have shared our time at the lake this summer, but there will always be time for that in the years ahead! I live in Wisconsin so you will get a feel of where I am at and the seasons that are going on around me! Right now even though it's mid-August it feels like fall, but that hasn't stopped me! In my mind I will continue to play hard at the lake on the weekends and enjoy the last few weeks of Summer!! I will talk more about Long Lake Lifestyle in my next post! Today I just wanted to say hello! Follow me as long as you'd like and please communicate with me regarding what you like, what you don't, what you want more of, etc... See you on the lake!! Julie