Live, Laugh, Love, Bake.

My daughter Lucy is an amazing young lady. Seriously, she is the kindest, most caring, and gentle old soul that I have ever known. She's sweet and funny and always sees the good in people, even when they don't deserve it! She's been like that her entire life and she's almost 15. So that says a lot. Unfortunately, this gets her walked all over more often than not. It gets her made fun of and ridiculed. It gets her treated like crap. And you know what happens when you're made fun of and treated like crap by your peers on a daily basis for years?  Your self esteem plummets. You question everything about yourself. You second guess eve...

CHOOO-CHOOO!!  ALLLLLLLL ABOOOOOOARD!! This broad is back on track! After having months and months of morning sickness in which the only foods that didn't make me sick were the crappy carbs that I had given up, I've had my baby and am officially back to kicking ass. After all those carbs, let me tell you, it wasn't pretty. I gained back so SO much of the weight that I had lost. Granted yes, I was pregnant, but the amount of weight I gained was ridiculous and not healthy. And maaaaan did it mess with my head and my self esteem. In a major way! I'm only officially A little over one week back into keto, but I am feeling so much be...

"When I see you smileI can face the worldOh you know I can do anythingWhen I see you smileI see a ray of lightOh I see it shiningright through the rainWhen I see you smileBaby when I see you smile at me" ~song by John Waite~ ...

 So, if you follow my blog, I'm sure you've noticed it's been really quiet over here.  Well, first, things got busy. And I was seriously feeling miserable and exhausted while pregnant. Busy + Exhausted + Miserable = quiet Ry. That's just the way it is. Lol I couldn't even think straight long enough to pop on here and string together one small paragraph.  Then, I went in for my twice weekly Dr appt at 37 weeks and my blood pressure was a bit high again, so the Dr said "yeeeeah, we're just going to play it extra safe and send you to go get induced. TODAY.  The whole car ride home my 6 year old kept exclaiming "Oh mama! This is SO ex...