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February 9, 2015 by Amy, Using Our Words 2 Comments

Dear beloved friends and family members, valued clients, hard-working house rebuild team, and brands offering me the opportunity of a lifetime to promote you, While I was going to write a long explanation of where I’ve been (which included me holding things ranging from cocktails to barf bowls — entirely unrelated, by the way), I […]

Filed Under: Mom Musings Tagged With: blogging, Hawaii, health, Kauai, kid-free vacation, organization, sick

The Best of Intentions for 2015

January 5, 2015 by Amy, Using Our Words 5 Comments

For the past few years, our family has spent New Year’s Day at the beach with good friends. I can’t help but find a pure kind of joy there. In the feeling of a fresh start as I look out at the unlimited horizon. In the sound of our kids squealing with delight as the […]

Filed Under: featured, Mom Musings Tagged With: family, hope, intent, New Year, new year's resolution, organization, peaceful, word of the year, words, writing

At the End of the Day

November 12, 2014 by Amy, Using Our Words 6 Comments

Here I sit, with my to-do list staring me down, taunting me. Reminding me that things aren’t getting checked off fast enough—or at all, for that matter. As if that’s not bad enough, it’s glaringly obvious that I’ve overlooked adding some rather important things to said list. If only I could remember what they were…

Filed Under: featured, Mom Musings, Popular Tagged With: organization, priorities, working mom

Home Sweet Mess

August 14, 2014 by Amy, Using Our Words 2 Comments

Last night we arrived home from a week away to a beautifully clean house—made beds, cleared counters, and sparkling toilets. Not because we left it that way, mind you, but because I’m spoiled (yes, I know I’m spoiled) enough to have a cleaning service come a couple times a month, and they happened to come […]

Filed Under: featured, Mom Musings Tagged With: clean, mess, organization, perspective, play, siblings, summer

One Thing I Learned at BlogHer ’14

July 28, 2014 by Amy, Using Our Words 10 Comments

Yesterday, as I pulled into the grocery store parking lot, I did what any person in her right mind would do. I turned off the car and pulled out my phone to see if anyone had emailed me (or liked my Instagram photos, or commented on my Facebook posts, or favorited my tweets) in the […]

Filed Under: featured, Mom Musings, Tips & Ideas Tagged With: Arianna Huffington, balance, blogging, BlogHer, BlogHer '14, conference, Guy Kawasaki, motherhood, organization, schedule

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I’m Amy, the girl next door. I’m your average obsessive mom/ happy wife/ freelance copywriter/ slice-of-life blogger/ social media addict/ chocolate lovin’ wino. Read More…

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