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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That big 4-0 is just around the corner

And I know this because my BFF just did it in January. I try hard not to think about the next birthday and what it represents to me until after she’s reached the milestone with grace. Then suddenly I start freaking out and never accept it as happily as she did. For about a month […]

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School is in session...

I’ve been a bit absent lately. I am going to do my best to do a better job of being present in my little corner of the web. It has been an interesting and fun few weeks. But the point of this post is to share something that we do each year to […]

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Flying friends

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 […]

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First Time in Dallas - and some iPhone photos

I’m so tired but I wanted to post some pictures from my first night in Dallas. It is crazy that with as much as I have traveled in my lifetime, I have never been out of the airport in Dallas.

My first impression flying in was “Holy cow there are a LOT of big beautiful […]

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Carl Bloch exhibit

Today my parents took the girls to the BYU Museum of Art to see the amazing Carl Bloch exhibit. I am so sad that I couldn’t join them.

Here are a few of the absolutely stunning, breath-taking and inspiring paintings they got to see….

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