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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It’s the start of a new year

Today was our first day of school.

It was also the first time in a while that I’ve had to have both girls ready for their day before I leave for work.

See, we’ve had a nanny for the past 4 years.

When Ivy was super young […]

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I used to obsess…

… about the strangest things.

One of the many things that I obsessed about as a child was based partially on stories from the news but also from my imagination. To this day, I still question what parts of my memories were based on reality and which were based on my imagination.

I was 13 […]

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Yahoo Shine- Reinvented

One of the really cool things that I got to do while I was at BogHer10 was get filmed for Yahoo Shine. They had a whole set built, lights, cameras, a make-up artist and we were miked. Then they edited them and are publishing them on their site. Mine will go live at the beginning […]

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The Party

Jade loves to entertain and decorate. We will often find blankets, towels or stuffed animals hanging from different places is the house by ribbons or pipe cleaners. She’s actually pretty good about cleaning up her mess afterwards (well, days after).

This week the girls have been focused on having a PARTY. […]

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My Blue Eyed Girl

Growing up, my family had brown-eyed girls and blue-eyed boys. To me, that was what was normal. Then I met Scott. He had brown eyes and his mom had blue. That was totally backwards. But, I always wished I had blue eyes so I figured I might end up with a blue-eyed girl […]

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