The Luckiest No Matter What!

During the month of February, I wrote some kind of note, card, email, or letter each day to someone.  I knew when I decided to TRY something new every month for my #oneword2020, this task was absolutely going to be one of the months. I picked February because it felt like the perfect time to spread some extra love. Not just because Valentine's Day is during the month, but because I personally find February to be difficult sometimes.  It feels forever since the warm fuzzy feeling of the holidays.  It feels like forever since your last gathering with family and friends because people seem to want to do NOTHING in January. It feels like forever since the sun's been out (although we've had a decent amount of sunlight this particular February). It feels like forever since everyone in your house was healthy at the same time. And it feels like forever since it's been warm... like really warm. WHERE ARE YOU SPRING?! WHERE ARE YOU SUMMER?! Writing kind notes sounde...

I was just reading something the other day about how "fine" moms (and parents in general) are supposed to be. I really see some truth to that. We are supposed to be fine as we juggle career and motherhood with patience and plenty of energy, that we don't actually have, to go around to everything and everyone. We are supposed to be fine as our executive functioning goes through the roof- managing everyone's schedule, trying to get everyone where they need to go at any given moment, making sure all winter gear is packed, cooking, cleaning, laundry, etc, etc, etc.  We are supposed to be fine as we work so hard to remember SO many individual little things things like how one child needs an extra snack for an after school activity, another has a basketball game on Sunday to make up, another has a speech appointment or how one of your children has a Valentine's party on Wednesday, another on Thursday, and another on Friday.  We are supposed to be fine as we r...

The average American tosses 4.4 pounds of trash every day. You multiply that by the six people that live in my house and that's a whole lot of trash!  The Hundts are really trying to reduce our waste footprint. This isn't easy and takes a lot of intentionality and thought. We are surrounded every day by things trying to make our lives 'easier,' but the opportunity cost is usually that easy equals more waste: frozen meals, take out, plastic silverware, buying things in bulk, online shopping, etc, etc, etc. I am so guilty of every single one of those things (especially the take out and the online shopping- does it make anyone else's head spin how much packaging is in both of those things?!) Over the last year or so, especially, we've really been trying to reduce and also buy products that are better for the environment and less wasteful. Here are a few products that have been really successful for our #halfdozenhundts crew: 1.) Glass Straws:  My boys love d...