Category: Today With Amanda

  • What we Read This Week: 3/23-3/29

    What we Read This Week: 3/23-3/29

    We were so busy this week! We mostly read school/bedtime books and listened to audiobooks. Even in a book-loving family like ours, you’ll have light weeks like this one!

  • Friday With Amanda: 03/27/26

    Friday With Amanda: 03/27/26

    Our Friday starts early. Around midnight there was a thunderstorm which brought Evie into my bedroom. She does not like storms. Never has. Phita is in a special bed in our room for safety reasons. Basically it looks like if a hospital bed and a crib could have a twin-sized baby. It’s been fantastic for…

  • Wednesday With Amanda: 3/25/26

    Wednesday With Amanda: 3/25/26

    Our Wednesday begins around five-thirty. Phita started the day off having seizures. I had to give her an extra medication to help them stop. Once she was settled, I did my morning routine and sat down to write. Teeny joined me around seven and helped me make breakfast. She was very excited to crack eggs…

  • What we Read This Week: 3/16-3/22

    What we Read This Week: 3/16-3/22

    Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday: Friday: W were running errands all day and only read our bedtime books! But we did listen to The Circle C Ranch books and Thornton Burgess on audio! Saturday: It was my mom’s birthday! We spent the day with her and only read our bedtime books again! We listened to the…

  • Thrift Haul 03/19/26

    Thrift Haul 03/19/26

    This thrift haul actually spans four different stores in two different towns! They were all either $.99, $.58 or $.25ish. I say ish because the store that prices kid books at a quarter actually had all books 50% off when we went! They added the total and then divided that in half! Some of these…

  • Tuesday With Amanda: 3/17/26

    Tuesday With Amanda: 3/17/26

    Happy Tuesday! And happy St. Patrick’s day! Our Tuesday begins around seven, I shut the alarm off several times this morning. Whoops! I finally got up and got ready for the day, took my supplements and exercised. I did math with Lou Bae and got Phita’s morning meds ready. Evie and Teeny played in the…