• About
  • Speaking
  • Consulting
  • Amber Hinds

  • Journal
  • Press
  • Contact

Amber Hinds

Read Blog Posts

moving a family of 5
Georgetown, TX
Life
/
July 15, 2018

Logistics of a Cross-Country Move for a Family of 5 With One Week Notice

The last time I published a post, it was about why we spontaneously decided to move to Texas.  This week I thought it might be interesting to share HOW we made that cross-country move happen in almost no time at all. Deciding to Move in[...]

Read More
2 Comments
Share
Georgetown, TX
Life
/
June 5, 2018

If It’s Not Working, Fix It

Chris and I have been married for 11 years.  In those 11 years, we have lived in 5 states all across the country - one, twice. That means we've moved a lot.  In fact, for every state we've lived in, we've lived in twice as many hou[...]

Read More
6 Comments
Share
meg appleby interview
Fort Collins, CO
Business Ownership
/
March 21, 2018

Work-Life Balance Interview: Meg Appleby

Last July, as I was working figuring out how to better balance my life, I started interviewing other people who seemed like they have it all together.  I always had the intent of sharing these interviews with you, so I recorded them for bot[...]

Read More
0 Comments
Share
Granger, TX
Life
/
March 7, 2018

Spring on the Farm

It's beginning to feel a lot like spring around here.  As much as I think that I've enjoyed living places with 4 seasons, I'll admit that I've also been enjoying living in a place where tank tops and dresses are possible during late Februar[...]

Read More
1 Comment
Share
Work Life Balance Project
Fort Collins, CO
Business Ownership
/
December 31, 2017

The Work/Life Balance Project

I'm writing this post as we drive down the highway in the middle of Tennessee. We're headed back home from a visit to my mom's house outside Detroit.  This would seem like a normal Christmas voyage, except two things are different: "hom[...]

Read More
0 Comments
Share
Fort Collins, CO
Business Ownership, Motherhood
/
August 19, 2017

Maternity Leave for Small Business Owners

On May 9th, I gave birth to our third daughter, Adelaide, while running on just an hour of sleep, following a 10 hour work day into the wee hours of the morning.  Adelaide was born at noon; I rested, ate food, worked to get our breastfeedin[...]

Read More
6 Comments
Share
Fort Collins, CO
Birth
/
June 20, 2017

Adelaide’s Birth Story

Adelaide is 6 weeks old today.  I started writing this blog post two weeks ago, but today it's getting posted, no matter what. After both Nora's birth and Zara's birth, I had their stories written within a week, but this time around it's[...]

Read More
2 Comments
Share
Go Code Colorado Water Bottles
Fort Collins, CO
Business Ownership
/
April 9, 2017

Go Code Colorado: Amazing Experience, Challenging for Parents & Entrepreneurs

Last year, I competed in Go Code Colorado, a combination business startup and app development competition hosted by the Colorado Secretary of State's office.  This weekend is "challenge weekend" for the annual competition, so I though[...]

Read More
0 Comments
Share
Previous
Next

Life Right Now

aucoeur

View

Jan 22

12 2
Open
It's that time again... Girl Scout cookies! And this year we have two selling. Help them meet their cookies sales goals by ordering online. 

If you live nearby, choose girl delivery and help get cookie boxes out of our garage... Otherwise we're going to be giving them Girl Scout  Cookies for birthday and Christmas presents all year.

Addie's link: https://tinyurl.com/2os3rmdy

Zara's link: https://tinyurl.com/2nev4fs3

aucoeur

View

Nov 30

17 2
Open
Bus stop selfie with Nora. This week she moved from her tiny charter school with only 18 eighth graders to the public middle school with over 200. And now she rides the bus.

The charter school wasn't challenging her enough, has a huge percentage of students who are disruptive in the classroom, and has been having trouble keeping teachers. Last year she loved it. But this year it was one thing after another, so right before Thanksgiving she and I went to go tour our neighborhood  middle school, and she immediately wanted to make the switch.

We've never had a kid in public school and I was nervous about how the transition would go from such a small school to a big one, but so far she's loving it and is glad she decided to move schools. It helps that she knows kids there already from her dance team. Hopefully she'll still be happy when she starts getting homework. Coming from a no homework school that may be a shock to us all.

aucoeur

View

Nov 16

7 0
Open
My three year old girl. 💕

aucoeur

View

Nov 1

11 0
Open
Halloween 2022. Two witches, a murderous cat, and a creepy Victorian doll. 

Zara's costume was my favorite this year - Nora did her makeup and she wore my flower girl dress from my mom and step-dad's wedding. She might have worn it better. 😂

aucoeur

View

Oct 16

18 0
Open
Visiting my sweet tiny niece. I had the honor of being the doula at her birth and helping her come into the world. Her parents did amazingly (especially her mama) and everyone is excited to have another little girl in the family.
  • Start Reading
  • Explore Topics
  • Get in Touch
  • Subscribe

COPYRIGHT © 2020 AMBER HINDS. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Site Powered by Pix & Hue.