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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Cake Boss Birthday Party

Ivy is eight years old. And in our family we get to have a friend birthday party every even year and a family party on the odd years. Lucky for me it means that I only have to plan a birthday party once a year.

This year Ivy picked a “Cake Boss” theme. She […]

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Sharing my Faith

Faith is an interesting concept. It is one that I struggle with and I watch friends and family struggle with as well. But faith is something very personal. Your faith is something that no one can argue with nor understand. But there are times when we feel the need to share our believes as well […]

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First Science Fair Project

Wow, the science fair is A LOT of work!!! No matter how much of it you make your child do on their own, you are still wrangled in to doing a ton to help.

Jade’s first science fair project is on balance and how our sense affect it. For her project she had to write […]

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Setting goals for 2014

Over the years, one of my oldest and dearest friends has done a great job of setting an example of making goals and achieving them. I didn’t realize that when he has been setting goals, he hasn’t just listed them out but he has created a document with categories, motivation driving the specific goals and […]

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