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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Little girls like bugs...

Some girls like dolls and other girls play dress-up. My girls? They dig up pill bugs and then save them in a cup. And they collect grasshoppers and store them in a real bug catcher toy from target. And then they leave them around the house. Lucky me.

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I Heart Flowers

I love spring flowers and my favorite is my bleeding heart. I’m so glad that I took pictures of my bleeding heart before the wind beat the heck out of it today. Yesterday it was perky and today it is heavily weighed down – nearly lying flat. I guess I was lucky Scott told me […]

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Deep in Competition Season and a Decision

Every Spring we jump with both feet into dance and gymnastics competitions.

Both girls love dancing and have really grown through their competitions. We don’t do the big conventions yet, just the basic competitions. Ivy competes recreational (less than 3 hours a week of dance) and Jade competes novice (she dances 5.5 hours a […]

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Eating Healthy Sucks

Eating healthy presents so many challenges. So many challenges that thinking about it makes my head spin.

Over the past few years, I have done the HCG diet each spring. I don’t do it to lose 20-40 lbs. Instead, I do it because it is an amazing cleanse that helps me lose the 10+ […]

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8 Year Old Birthday Party

Okay, so I only hinted about Jade’s birthday party about 2 months ago, but I am finally getting around to sharing her birthday with you. As far as birthdays go, this is one that I am particularly proud of. Not because I am so awesome, but because she could not have been happier with how […]

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