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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I love finding cool things

At Jade’s school we are supposed to volunteer for at least 40 hours a year. When you and your better half both work full-time, it is really hard to find the time to get those 40 hours in. So I try to chaperon field trips as often as I can make it work. Unfortunately I […]

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I Heart Faces - Silhouettes

Tonight we will be saying a thoughtful prayer for our family in California. Tomorrow my sister-in-law will have some testing done to see if her treatment has been working. We are anxious, scared, nervous, hopeful and prayerful. Hopefully we’ll get great news and we’ll be able to have more fun days on the beach with […]

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The days are too short

And I realized today that I haven’t taken a single picture this month. I told Scott and he asked if I was feeling okay.

We believe in making memories whenever possible. But the last 10 days we’ve been lazy and tired. Everyone has been fighting off the flu or a cold.

It makes me long […]

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Veteran's Day 2010

Today is Veteran’s Day.

Growing up I knew very few who had served to protect our country.

In high school I had a close friend in the National Guard.

Then I met my husband. He was born in Germany on a military base while his dad served […]

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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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