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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Sugar Sugar

Two weeks ago today Jade and I were having a conversation about soda, sugar, obesity and energy. We talked about what happens to sugar when you digest it and what happens to your energy level. Jade was amazed at what sugar can do to your body.

During the conversation Jade said that she’s bigger than […]

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When it comes to balance...

… sometimes you have to be willing to let some things go.

My uncle painted a painting called “The Responsible Woman“. I look at it every single day, as it is the picture hanging above my dresser.

When I look at it, I’m reminded that I am not the only mom or woman with […]

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This is me...

This is me. It is me on a day off of work when I spent the day playing with my girls and taking pictures of them. It is my favorite kind of day. The kind that doesn’t get to happen often enough.

My little sister took this picture and she gave […]

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Additional tool for a budget

Last week, I shared how we have started a budget and that it is KILLING me. I gave a link to a very helpful tool. One that can go on your iPhone, you iGoogle page or you can use the full version on the wonderful world wide web.

Today I want to share another tool […]

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A Tool for a budget

I hate budgets.

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A budget gives me a pit in my stomach.

It makes my mood crash into a dark hole.

But I know that it is important.

I would like to quit working full time, in a few years, and be able to volunteer at my girls’ schools

But without […]

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