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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Traditions. We're full of 'em.

One of the many things that I love about the family that I grew up in is our commitment to traditions. Even after some of them could have or should have died a natural death. While we hold tight to our old traditions, we also embrace new ones. Or at least we’ll give them a […]

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Veteran's Day 2011

Today I shared a moment of silence with my 3rd grader and all of the other parents that attended the Veteran’s Day program.

I got all choked up and held back tears.

Thank you! Thank you veterans for serving our great country. Thank you for fighting for freedom and liberty. Thank you for […]

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Ode to Mothers

This photo celebrates one of my favorite things about “motherhood”. This is my cousin’s adorable little boy. I took this picture while the bigger kids were hunting for Easter eggs but he was too little to care. His mom was holding him quietly playing with him. I fell in love with […]

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The BEST Christmas gift EVER!!!

Scott and I aren’t much into the Black Friday shopping. We did it our first year married and got so frustrated that everything we got up super early for was sold out by the time we got through the lines. Granted that was nearly 10 years ago and Black Friday wasn’t quite as big of […]

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Veteran's Day 2010

Today is Veteran’s Day.

Growing up I knew very few who had served to protect our country.

In high school I had a close friend in the National Guard.

Then I met my husband. He was born in Germany on a military base while his dad served […]

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