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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Back2Blogging Post #2

Today’s prompt for the SITS Girls Back2Blogging is Re-upload a post you wish more people had read and explain why it was important to you. There are a lot of wonderful posts to be read from today’s prompt.

While I was thinking about the posts that I have written that […]

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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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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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Being a Parent - Joy or Pain?

I look around at all of the mothers and fathers that I know. I look at them and wonder if they are truly “happy” in their life and their situation. As I look, I think back to something that Matthew Townsend shared during the Casual Bloggers Conference back in May. It makes me think. […]

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Busy Busy Busy – a tip for fitting in as much as possible

As you know, Scott and I both have full time office jobs. They are both jobs that we work more than 40 hours a week and both jobs require us to stare at our computers all day. I work in a cubical with no view. Scott works in an office with a […]

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