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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Oh the Fourth of July, how my family loves you

The other day, I mentioned that my family SOOOO overdoes the 4th of July. But this year we actually scaled it down a bit. By scaled down, I mean we didn’t have a fierce competition with assigned teams and a trophy. Instead we watched some of the World Cup, did a craft, had […]

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Grown up night on the boat…

Our girls don’t like it when the grown ups go out on the boat alone, but we do. It is a time when we get to play, enjoy the water, the boat AND have conversation. When the kids are on the boat, my time is spent watching the kids or taking pictures of […]

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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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Allergies got the best of us...

I’ve posted about my sweet, cute, hyper yet cuddly puppy before. There have been comments about how adorable her is and how some of you have been considering getting a puppy yourself. Some have commented that they are a lot of work and that you are not up for it or rather that you have […]

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What weights 4.5 million lbs and moves at a snail's pace but only at the night?

Last week, I was wordful about “Seizing the Moment“. This week, we had another one of those moments. Sunday night, at ten PM, the Freeway was closed so that the new overpass could be put in place. I followed @pioneercrossing on twitter and found out when they were going […]

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