It's never too late to start doing more eco friendly things in and around your home. As the cold months are looming or in some places not so cold, there are ways to make your living healthier, sustainable and reduce unnecessary wastes and remove toxins from your home and life. It's necessary to maintain efficiency in your home year round and not wait for things to deteriorate. By then, of course, it'll be too late and you'll find you'll have a big expense to deal with. 6 Ways to be More Eco Friendly In and Around Your Home 1. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Reduce, reuse and recycle. Follow these 3 R's and you're on your way to being green. When it comes to reusing items, use your imagination and creativity. Even though you don't want to end up being a pack rat, save some glass jars or empty toilet paper rolls for craft ideas for the holidays. You can also collect these and give them to your child's school for fun projects. Look for other things that you could put to use in your home or … [Read more...]
An O-mazing Weekend
Have you ever had a simply amazing weekend outing with your family that you just didn’t want to end? When, at the conclusion of the outing, have you looked back over the adventure and wondered “how did this weekend go by so fast”? While immersed in an exciting family escapade, has it seemed so far removed from your daily life events that you found yourself forgetting all the crazy, yucky conflicts back at home? While away, did you get that complete feeling in your heart like “yeah…. That’s what I’m talking about”? Am I making sense? Well, here at the Hott house, we just returned from a quick family outing. No, we didn’t fly off to some exotic island. We didn’t spend the day at Disney World. Nope. We didn’t even go very far from home. But we did do something for the very first time! You may find this crazy; especially since there were 40,000 other people at the same place with us. Yes. It.was.packed! But, you see… for thousands of other families, this is something … [Read more...]
PD Praise
Michael J. Fox. Muhammad Ali. George Wallace. Vincent Price. Pope John Paul II. Janet Reno. Hummmmm….. What do all these folks have in common? They all have Parkinson’s Disease. And, so does my husband, Dan Hott. Parkinson’s Disease, or “PD”, is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that impairs motor skills. Belonging to a group of movement disorders, PD is a chronic illness for which there is no cure. Symptoms of PD are characterized by muscle rigidity, tremor, a slowing and eventual loss of physical movement. Since this crazy thing called Parkinson’s moved in with us the summer of 2008, this 47-year-old-grey-haired-hott-mama-of-four has had countless conversations with God concerning this topic. So much of my prayer time is centered on trying to understand it all, I sometimes worry that I might be giving God a headache. Do you know what I mean? Sometimes, I feel like a pest. You know? Like when your children ask over and over for something. … [Read more...]
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