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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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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Play Games and Stay Young - Wordful Wednesday

There are many things that I love about my sweet husband. But I’ll share with you one of my favorite things. He LOVES to play with the girls. He loves to tease them and wrestle with them. He plays video games with them and board games too. He and Jade have been playing […]

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Cinderella Outgrew Her Glass Slippers

Last week, Jade’s first grade class put on an adorable 10 minute play. Jade was Fairy Godmother #2 (there were 3 of them).

I have to say what an adorable play and all of the kids did an awesome job. They spoke up, they had their lines memorized, the did a […]

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Cookies, Flowers and Little Girls

Scott was out of town last Thursday through Saturday. We were looking forward to some fun girl time.

We’d been planning what to do all week. I offered taking them to a movie, baking cookies, going to the Tulip festival or playing in the yard.

Both girls voted for […]

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Today is the Day - Wordful Wednesday

I feel extremely lucky.

And very blessed.

I don’t say it often enough.

Nor do I show it as much as I could.

Maybe it is time that I do.

Today is the day that I get to celebrate being married to the man of my dreams.

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