Mommybloggers: Okay, Julie, are you ready for the tough, hard hitting questions?

Julie: *laughing* Bring it!

Mommybloggers: With two girls your house must be over-run with estrogen. How does your husband Kyle handle this?

Julie: He loves it. I can't say enough about what an incredible father he is. He's the one who was hell-bent on having children as soon as I said the word, and yet I always figured that he'd be like most fathers - ready to play, but unwilling to handle the drudgery.

Boy, was I wrong. He loves it all. He sincerely enjoys playing with them - although when he plays Barbies, he makes his Barbie pretend to drink beer and then shriek "Oh I'm so drunk!" - but he also gives baths, changes diapers, takes them out on errands with him, and so forth. He incorporates them into every aspect of his life, just like we moms do instinctively.

Mommybloggers: What are you passionate about? Share your passions with us.

Julie: I often feel like a slacker because I don't have an enormously ambitious dream that I'm working toward. I don't aspire to be a CEO or an Oscar-winning actress or a bestselling novelist. Nor do I put my stock in being Mother of the Year. I'm not even really good at keeping up with friends and family.

So, while I hate to say it, I think I'm too lazy to be truly passionate about anything.

Mommybloggers: Using only 7 words, describe yourself so that our readers can get to know the real Julie.

Julie: What you see is what you get.

Mommybloggers: Tell us a secret.

Julie: I'm an open book. What do you want to know?

Mommybloggers: Okay, if we dropped in for coffee is there a room that is off limits because it is too private/messy/not for guests?

Julie: The master bedroom closet and bathroom. They aren't toxic waste dumps, but I still can't find a way to clean the soap scum off the slate tiles in the shower.

Mommybloggers: Rate yourself on a scale of 1- 10 on your housekeeping skills. 1 being the worst--please NEVER drop in on me and 10 being--bring it!

Julie: You can eat off of my floor! I'm usually about a 9, which is ironic considering what a slob I was until I moved into my own apartment. Now I have to remind myself to chill out.

Mommybloggers: We're told you used to be an Air Force officer. What was it like being a woman in the military? Do you feel it makes you better equipped to deal with the PTA alpha moms?

Julie: I loved being in the Air Force and being assigned to the Pentagon. I was fortunate to have some incredible opportunities there, and I'm honored to have been entrusted with some tremendous responsibilities. I had a lot of support from both men and women, and I'm not sure that I'll ever get such a sense of personal satisfaction and accomplishment from my work again.

That said, I did have a tough time with one supervisor in particular, and there were other occasions when people openly doubted my ability to handle my responsibilities - simply because a lieutenant had never held the position before. But I showed 'em.

Women in the military aren't the sisterhood that you'd think we would be. I've written before about the inherent distrust, even though I've had fellow female officers who were wonderful mentors to me. I wish the PTA were comprised of dads. I think I'd actually want to be a part of it then.

Mommybloggers: What one thing would you tell your 15 year old self if you can talk to her today?

Julie: Well, she'd be almost 16, and she'd be into skaters and - oh hell, do I really have to think about this?

I'd tell her that if she really wants to be punk rock, do what's right for HER - not necessarily what she thinks will make her more well-liked. And that in order to pass engineering courses, she'll need to study. Hard.

Mommybloggers: At last count you write for a gabillion blogs How do you find time and is there ever a moment in the day where your mind is not thinking "That would make a great blog entry!"?

Julie: I neglect my children. They can recite SpongeBob episodes from memory.

I write at just about every opportunity, and I can usually concentrate amidst the chaos. Writing copy for Cool Mom Picks requires quiet, and so do pieces in which I discuss religion or politics. I also wait to handle correspondence (mostly Cool Mom Picks and Parent Bloggers) until it's quiet.

Blogging while intoxicated is frowned upon (but it does happen now and then).

Mommybloggers: Is there anything that is off limits for you blog? Anything you won't write about?

Julie: I don't write anything that I wouldn't say to someone's face. That's been my rule from the beginning. I always assume that anyone could find it and read it.

I haven't written much about my own post-partum depression, although I've commented on others' blogs where they've had the courage to discuss their own struggles.

Mommybloggers: You've mentioned that once you kick your girls to the curb..we mean college...you can't wait to get back to Manhattan. Tell us what it is about New York that has you pining for it already?

Julie: It just suits me. New York has a way of life that works for some people, but not for most. Although we spent some difficult times there - 9/11, major job changes and salary cuts - we persevered and succeeded. Our time in New York represents a significant achievement for both of us - triumph over adversity.

Tracy loved it there too. I remember taking her to pick apples in Rockland County one day, and she stood in the orchard and cried about how she wanted to ride the carousel in Central Park. Even now, she routinely asks why we can't move back to New York. And she refuses to watch "Free To Be You and Me" because she misses New York.