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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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Friday
Jul052024

Four on Friday

Hope everyone had a lovely Fourth of July! We stayed home together...ate good food, played some games & watched a movie. It wasn't the most exciting, but it was good. :) I realized, too, that it's been ten years since we went to see fireworks. Apparently we're fine with that, as none of my guys wanted to venture out yesterday even after I pointed that out.

In other news, here are four random things to share that make me happy...

1. Moms' Night Out. Last Sunday, I was able to get together with a group of mom friends. Yay! We all homeschooled our kids together, and it was great catching up and hearing about how everyone and their kids were. 

A few weren't able to make it and we all agreed that we need to get together more frequently, but it was awesome. So happy to have these women in my life! 

2. Werther's Candies. During our road trip, I happened to grab some Werther's candies for snack bags. I hadn't had them in ages. I realize some might consider them "old people" candy but apparently I really like them. :) 

3. Lucky Ducky. On Monday, when we went out for Asher's birthday, I had this drink...

It's called the Lucky Ducky and it was yummy...and bigger than anticipated, lol. It was fun drinking out of a bathtub. :)

4. King of Tokyo. We enjoy playing games here. We tend to get in ruts, though. Recent favorites have been Ticket to Ride and 7 Wonders. Yesterday, then, we decided to play three games we hadn't played in ages. One of them was King of Tokyo and I got to be Gigasaur...

I died first but it was good. :) So happy to be able to enjoy time together with my guys, even when I lose. 

Okay, that's enough for now. Happy weekend to everyone! 

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