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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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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Tuesday Tips- Live and Love as if there is no tomorrow

Many many years ago, I had the opportunity to work for an amazing young woman. Julie was a fantastic boss and we quickly became friends. I got to know her outside of work because I was a friend of her boyfriend, now husband. Quite a few years ago, her son […]

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Wordful Wednesday - Seizing the Moment

I work full-time. I’m often asked, how we manage to do all that we can. Well, I think the biggest thing we do is “seize the day” – every day.

Monday was not the ideal day to take the boat out. The weather was cold and windy. It was a holiday […]

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I'm a mom and I love video games

I always hear mom’s complaining about their kids playing video games. I’ve never understood the “motherly” distaste for these games. Of course I understand that some kids and husbands only want to play video games and they “forget” to have conversations or they “forget” to play outside or they “forget” […]

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My CBC Recap and who I am...

Although I have been blogging for 3 years over at Singing and Spinning, I have only been doing this site since the first part of March. I don’t get thousands of hits a day or even a week. But I love blogging. It is important to me to share how I am trying to balance […]

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