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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A Bad Weekend

A friend of mine came up to me and said, “I’m in a really bad mood today. I had an awful weekend and I’m sure I’m going to have a bad week because of it.”

I guess that is one approach.

But wouldn’t it be better to say, “Man, I had a crappy weekend. Hopefully […]

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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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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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"He Was Lost, and Is Found"

Lesson 18

Luke 15, 17 and Matthew 18

As I was preparing my lesson, I discovered something that really hurt my family’s feelings. It isn’t something that I feel I should share, but it is something that made it very difficult for me to get back into the groove of my lesson. As I […]

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