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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Oh the things I learned this week

As a parent, we expect our children to learn a lot of important lessons during their time with us. I think that sometimes we forget that we are also learning and unless we realize what we are learning, we won’t be able to improve. This week has been filled with lessons that I have learned. […]

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Swimming, it is rare…

… that I get to be the one playing in the pool with my little girls. Typically I arrive dressed from work to pick them up, or I sit on the deck with my camera in tow. But over the holiday weekend, I didn’t go dressed from work and I put my camera […]

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Busy Busy Busy – a tip for fitting in as much as possible

As you know, Scott and I both have full time office jobs. They are both jobs that we work more than 40 hours a week and both jobs require us to stare at our computers all day. I work in a cubical with no view. Scott works in an office with a […]

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Things to be prepared with when going camping…

Yuba Lake - Boat in Campsite

This last weekend, we went camping. We fancy ourselves as “campers” but realized it has been 3 years since our last camping trip with all four of us. Scott has taken Jade to the church’s Father-Kid Camp Out (yes, I know it is typically a Father-Son Camp Out, but I’m […]

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Three Loves - What would yours be? and a giveaway!!!

We all spend our lives finding things that we love. We fall in love with people. Sometimes we fall in love with a special kind of chocolate. Maybe we love an activity or a book. Or we could love a movie.

My first two loves are easy. My family and my faith. I struggle defining […]

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