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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Independence Day Here We Come!!!!

My family has been known to WAY over do the 4th of July. It started out as a low key family get together. Now, it is a full blown production with games, a trophy, a special guest and ensemble numbers of little kids and grown ups. The word around the family is that this year […]

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Grown up night on the boat…

Our girls don’t like it when the grown ups go out on the boat alone, but we do. It is a time when we get to play, enjoy the water, the boat AND have conversation. When the kids are on the boat, my time is spent watching the kids or taking pictures of […]

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I Heart Faces – Pets

This is my favorite picture of Zero. It shows his energy and desire to play – CONSTANTLY. Zero is the cutest, the sweetest, the playful-est, the smartest little miniature schnauzer around.

This week, I heart faces, is focusing on Pets. I really miss having a pet but I love that […]

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The end of dance season…

Rather than loading all of these pictures full size, I thought I’d give a gallery a try. These were my favorite images from the girls’ final dance performance. I have other pictures of them, that I love, but decided this time around, I’d pick some of the girls in the more advance companies that performed.

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Things to be prepared with when going camping…

Yuba Lake - Boat in Campsite

This last weekend, we went camping. We fancy ourselves as “campers” but realized it has been 3 years since our last camping trip with all four of us. Scott has taken Jade to the church’s Father-Kid Camp Out (yes, I know it is typically a Father-Son Camp Out, but I’m […]

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