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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Secretariat, Triple Crown Winner

Over the years, we have paid a little bit of attention to horse racing. It is one of my favorite sports to watch live or on tv. Yet, we don’t make it a priority. We keep talking about taking our girls to the horse races, and hopefully next summer we will make it happen.

While […]

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Stewart Falls – our first hike of the season

It is so pathetic but this weekend was the first time we managed to go on a hike. We have been very hesitant about how Ivy would do with a hike (since she isn’t really the biggest trooper). So I went with my sister and her 3 kids. She used my backpack to […]

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I read some blogs this week, and I liked it

As part of this great 31 Day Challenge to Build a Better Blog, I’m supposed to write a post that shares some link love. I always love going to other blogger’s “link love” posts and I’m super thrilled when I find one of my posts included. So this week, and who knows, maybe it will […]

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Dan’s Chocolate Cake

Many of you have commented on how delicious Dan’s cake looks and wondered if it was as tasty as it was beautiful. The answer is yes. And the best part about it is that it is super easy to make…

Use any chocolate cake recipe (Dan used a devil’s food […]

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The Winner of Three Loves…

Thank you to everyone that entered this giveaway. It was fun getting to learn the loves of each of you.

According to Random.org, the winner of “Three Loves” by Cassandra Barney is….

Congratulations!!! Please send me your mailing address by going to my “contact us” page.

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