Perfect Morning?

I woke up this morning so exhausted I had no idea what day it was.  I scanned my brain....nothing.

Ok.. Wednesday...got it.  Writing, get boys to school, client call, CrossFit, vet appointment, work on pregnancy program, group coaching call and Henry's horse...

Rita Mastrangelo is a nutrition coach.   But she is also a mom of an autistic son.  Up until a year ago, therapies and government-run support programs were her primary resource for managing her son's autism symptoms.   Then with the help of a functional medicine doctor,...

Ragamuffin puppy

Bonny is asleep next to me.  She looks like a ragamuffin with her wild wet fur.  We have a nice morning routine now that she sleeps through the night.  Around 630, I let her out, she eats breakfast, plays for 5 min then passes out next to me while I...

Magic

This weekend had some frustrating moments.  My boys were impossible on Friday and Saturday... and Sunday morning I found out we would have 3 less days of post deployment leave with Josh.  I'll spare you the details, but 3 days less after 7 months apart definitely felt like...

Turn turn turn...

I am sitting on the couch...drinking coffee...trying not to sneeze.  It is allergy season and as beautiful as the flowers and trees are... I am allergic to pollen.

If I sneeze, I will likely spill coffee on my macbook and pee myself.  The slam dunk of...

Honesty...even when hard

I didn't write you this morning...I got terrible news about a friend and didn't know what to say.

Over the past year, I have become far more comfortable sharing real life....talking about it with you....and being open about highs and lows.

Writing has returned to...

Poop Sandwich

Let me tell you about the pregnancy sandwich.   Not a literal one...even though a good turkey and bacon sandwich sounds pretty legit.  I call it... the poopy awesome poopy sandwich.

I probably should write menus for a living.

Here are the ingredients in order of...

Be Like Bonny

I'm working on leash training Bonny.  She wants nothing to do with it.  Yesterday I took for a half mile walk at a local park.  She figured out she could escape her collar and run away through the grass.  Lucky for me, Logan was there to chase her because...

Important Thoughts...

Yesterday I made a post about my body weight.  I posted what it is....right now.  184.

Some people were sad because my pregnancy body weight is the same or less than their current weight.  They felt ashamed or diminished because they KNOW my current...

Lazy List

I ate a box of gluten free macaroni and cheese yesterday... and honestly not much else.

It was not my best nutrition day.  Ironically if you remember, this happened a few weeks ago.  And I clearly did not apply my own rule.  "Not in my house." The rule is that if...

The Itch

Yesterday morning we got to Facetime with Josh.  The kids almost missed the bus and my entire day was shifted to the right by an hour, but it was worth it.   The ship was in Bahrain for a few days....which I can share now....after the fact.

Bahrain is a small island...

Glitter Thong

Ok... so my admin alerted me that I skipped like 20 days in my pregnancy journal counter.   We went from day 103 to 120 something overnight.  Yup...that sounds about right in my head.

Pregnancy brain is real... and "What day is it?" seems like a legitimate...