As I was reviewing Quickbooks for my 2022 business year to prepare for taxes, I was quite astonished at my overall revenue. In 2022 my business made $597K. Yet, beyond my personal small salary from the business, I had very little to show for it. The more money the blog made, the more money I …
Author: Amy
What Makes an Interesting or Remarkable Life?
Live the story you want to tell When my oldest son graduated high school, there was a major pivot in my life. Even though I still had two kids at home, I knew my life had changed forever. My kids at home were busy, I had just sold the business that I had been building …
Top Places I Use to Get Website Traffic and Backlinks
The first blog I built (from 2008-2018) I was able to get 1M+ page views per month. The second blog I built I went from 0-30K Page views per month. The third blog I built I took it from 10k-50K page views per month. And finally, the blog I’m building now, I went from 0-500K …
Vacation to Cusco Peru {Full Itinerary}
We just returned from an epic vacation to Cusco, Peru! We’ve been trying to take the kids on one trip per year, just to stay connected to them. And, until we have grandkids, we can pretty much go anywhere in the world! So, we decided about 6 months ago to let the kids choose a …
My Word Of Wisdom Personal Revelation
Disclaimer: I want to preface this post with I am LDS. A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and this is my personal interpretation of the Word of Wisdom. As a practicing 50 year old Mormon, I grew up learning about the commandments in the Word of Wisdom. Originally given …
Saying Goodbye to Super Healthy Kids
After 11 years, I’m saying goodbye to Super Healthy Kids, and the amazing team that helped grow it to where it is today. I started blogging at Super Healthy Kids when my kids were young and I was excited to connect and share the journey with other parents who wanted to raise healthy kids. I love …
Appetite and The Temptations of Christ While Fasting
We can follow the example of Jesus Christ to overcome the temptation to eat food we shouldn’t and control our appetite. Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash While Jesus was fasting 40 days in Matthew 4: 1-11, he was tempted by Satan in three ways. A temptation of appetite A temptation of pride or vanity. A temptation for …
The Haunted Half in Provo Utah
I have just run the St. George Marathon, and I’m signed up for the Thankful 13 in just one month. So, I was not planning to run any races between the two. However, the day before this run in Provo, Utah (Utah county), friend who I worked with many years ago started texting me to …
St. George Marathon Recap 2018
My best marathon ever!! The last time I ran St. George was 2001. My time was about 4:51. 10 years later, I ran a marathon in South Jordan (SoJo). It felt like the worst day of my life. I think my time was around 5:20, but worse than that, I didn’t enjoy it at all. …
Race recaps 2018
RECAP OF SUMMER RACING AF CANYON HALF MARATHON UTAH SUPER SPARTAN BRECKENRIDGE SPARTAN BEAST BIG COTTONWOOD CANYON HALF MARATHON