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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Thank You - Writer's Workshop Prompt

So I’m really late in posting this but I decided better late than never.

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"Springtime" in my neighborhood

Yesterday morning I woke up and it was SNOWING!!!

I’m so ready for spring and I don’t think we’re even going to get it. It will be summer before we get to enjoy the pleasant warmth – not heat – of spring.

So incase you though “April Showers bring May Flowers” – in my neck […]

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A Letter to Teenage Jade

I know that Jade is just turning 8, but in reading the prompts from Mama Kat’s Workshop, I thought that now is as good of a time as any to write a letter for Jade to read when she is that dreaded 13-19 year old. (I did say dreaded as those were some of my […]

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Why do I write??

I’m not an amazing writer.

I’m not funny.

I don’t write for awards or money.

So why do I write?

1. Document our lives

2. Remember the little things

3. Share the lessons I’ve learned

4. Work through challenges

5. Share ideas with friends and family

6. Leave a piece of me for […]

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Thoughts on Thanksgiving

For some reason this post is being very difficult for me to write. I’m not sure if it is because Thanksgiving just feels different this year or if it is because I’m overwhelmed by all that we have been blessed with.

Last week, my sister-in-law had a PET scan. She learned […]

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