I’m Amy aka AmyD, around the internets anyway. I’m closer to 40 than I’d like but I’m embracing it because the alternative is an adventure I’m not quite ready to have yet.

It’s been a crazy ride. This site has been around for roughly 8 years and I’ve gone through about a million different personalities and various versions of what I allow to be or not be for public consumption. The voice from 5 years ago is dramatically different than the voice I have now. But then, I’ve been through a bit more since then.

I’m happily married to an ex-bad boy / outlaw biker type who keeps me on my toes because he says if he didn’t I probably wouldn’t want him anymore. He’s probably right. I love that he’s a wicked, sexy combination of Ronnie James Dio, Toby Keith, and Ward Cleaver with just a dash of Larry the Cable Guy. God, how I wish I were joking there, but it’s true.

To be honest, I’ve spent my life wound so tightly that I ended up with a panic disorder on anti-depressants that weren’t doing a damn bit of good. My hubs was kind enough to spend years trying to unwind me and in 2011 I finally relented and let him go back to motorcycles. We bought a Harley Davidson Road King and I found out that where anti-depressants stop a Harley steps in and gets the job done with no nasty side effects.

After that, I chopped my hair off, dyed it about a dozen different shades and have settled on my natural dark brown with a platinum streak that reminds me to lighten the hell up and stop taking all this stuff so damned seriously all the time.

It’s not all bikes and road trips though. We have three kids, one out of the nest and 2 girls at home. Our girls are our life and always come first and that in itself is a roller coaster ride that we love every second of.

In the end, I’m a woman trying to evolve into some kind of unattainable perfection. Until that moment of enlightenment I’m sarcastic, opinionated, reserve the right to use foul language profusely when necessary, and usually always have something to say no matter how completely asinine it might be.

Punctuation is not my strong suit and I admit it, so if it is War and Peace or Wuthering Heights you are looking for… keep moving.

I do my level best to provide correct spelling and grammar because I know I recognize it when I see it and don’t want someone thinking “holy cow! What an uneducated dipshit” when they read my (well intentioned) mistakes. I over use … and regularly abuse ( ), -, ” “, and !!! but that’s me and most of the time I write just like I talk, which is a tip I took from Stephen King (“Stephen King on Writing” it’s a great read).

My family is unconventional, my kids are taught to be opinionated and informed, so some of the stories you’ll hear about on this blog might raise your hair a bit, but trust me, I’ve got very well-adjusted kids… My motto is “Normal People Worry Me.” because they absolutely do.