Meet Amy

I have struggled with the answer when asked, "What do you do?" and it isn't work-related. Ultimately, we settled on that I find things and untangle things. But I also read (a lot), pretend to wake surf, and watch Hallmark films.

Amy's bookshelf: 2024

The Weekend Away
it was amazing
So so good! Orla and Kate are long-time best friends off on a girls' weekend away. Kate is a bit of a player who is trying to get back at her soon-to-be-ex, causing her to spend frivolously and do drugs and hook-ups. Orla is a new mom ex...
tagged: 2024, audible-books, five-stars, thriller, and thoughtful
Written Off
really liked it
tagged: 2024, cozy, easy, and four-stars
Maybe Next Time
really liked it
Parts were a screaming 5 and parts were like “what?” And just irritated me. It is a Groundhog Day premise about a family of four - the mom is caught up in her own life and missing all that is going on around her with her kids and then he...
tagged: 2024, audible-books, fiction, four-stars, and thoughtful

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Oh the things I learned this week

As a parent, we expect our children to learn a lot of important lessons during their time with us. I think that sometimes we forget that we are also learning and unless we realize what we are learning, we won’t be able to improve. This week has been filled with lessons that I have learned. […]

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L.E.N.S competition – Bokeh

This is my favorite bokeh photo so I thought I’d enter it into L.E.N.S contest over at

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I Heart Faces – Over Head

Be sure and check out the other “over head” images at I Heart Faces

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time flies, and when it doesn’t…

Remember back when I gave a beautiful piece of art away? Well, I just wanted to say a little something more about my amazing cousin.

Cassandra was just featured on Mormon.org. And one of the things she said, I need to quote here on my post. Remember yesterday, when we discussed […]

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You can only do something if you are willing to try it

I grew up swimming, hiking, biking, camping and just playing outside. We didn’t have four-wheelers, or snow mobiles. There were a few occasions that we would join our friends on their boat. For my family, our summer fun was found as inexpensively as possible and was typically powered by our own energy.

When I married […]

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