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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Flying friends

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I do like working and I feel like I am a better mom when I am working. But right now, I am LOVING being home with my girls.

It has been five working days now since I was let go. We have had a great time and a productive time. And because I have a super amazing mom, I have had some special guidance on some fun crafts.

The other day we made “flying friends”. I don’t know if they actually fly because my girls put them on their fingers, in their hair and have decorated their rooms with them.

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You start out with fun colored paper cut into squares. We had 3 inch and 5 inch squares.

Accordion fold them from corner to corner. (you will need two squares per butterfly).

Fold a pipe cleaner in half, pinch the middle of the two accordion squares and wrap the pipe cleaner around it. Be sure the pipe cleaner is twisted tight on both sides of the paper.

Curl the pipe cleaner tails like butterfly antenna.

Spread out the wings and pop them out just enough they stay open.

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7 comments to Flying friends

  • those turned out great!! my daughter would love ’em

  • Brandie
    Twitter: rudyrukus

    Those look so fun. I’m thinking my girls would die to make them.

  • Grandma
    Twitter: Lorelieandrusgmail.com

    I love the concentration on the girls’ faces. They did a great job creating beautiful flying friends!

  • You have such a positive attitude!

    Amy
    Twitter: familytrifecta
    Reply:

    Thanks – I really am loving this time. It is good they are going back to school in a few weeks or I’d be tempted not to look. 🙂

  • Emily
    Twitter: emihill

    Those are so adorable (and so are the flying friends). 😉

    Amy
    Twitter: familytrifecta
    Reply:

    thanks 🙂 they are adorable and the flying friends are fun and easy.