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Hi. I'm Amanda...a happy wife and mom to three awesome guys. We've lived here in Fort Collins for more than 20 years and are proud to call it home. Before moving to CO, I worked at a city attorney's office, making use of my law and Master's degrees from Duke. After settling in Fort Collins, I homeschooled my three (now teenage and older) sons and was delighted to experience music classes, soccer, karate, swim team, archery, Science Olympiad, First Lego League, parkour, and climbing (not all at the same time!). From 2005-10, I was also a contributing editor for a national scrapbooking magazine, authoring a book and a couple of monthly columns. From 2009-10, I founded and ran the Good Grief Blog. I enjoy learning new things, spending time with my family, volunteering with The Matthews House, traveling and indoor rock climbing.

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Apr132023

Thankful Thursday

DateThursday, April 13, 2023 at 04:11PM

So. I did a thing. Last week I had my first official interview since 1999. Seriously. ;P And this week, I was fortunate enough to be offered the job! It's a part time position (only 12 hours a week) with a local non-profit, coordinating their homework helpers after-school program at two facilities. 

I've been handling the pre-work stuff yesterday and today and will start officially next week. I'll be helping kids (K-8th grade) with homework and planning/running activities. The groups will be fairly small and somewhat personalized to the kids and volunteers involved, so I don't know much more at the moment. The program continues through the summer, too (but the program name changes since there isn't homework over the summer). 

So...yay! I'm feeling like this will be a good fit and is almost exactly what I'm looking for right now. To celebrate (and because Whole Foods' ads online have me totally figured out, lol), I picked up a Mango Yuzu Chantilly Cake. It's only available for a limited time and is delicious!!

And that's what I'm thankful for today...this awesome opportunity to reenter the workforce (and the yummy cake). :) 

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