Kalena Langford

Spent the day getting things done with @Mtt and Rowyn (while Brigsby kept his grandparents busy). One of the highlights was spending a leisurely 30 or so mins at Lowe’s looking at boards and drinking coffee. Adulting. And then also, this pretty sky after picking B up.

Saw this Starbuck’s hack a few days ago. Tried it today. A regular coffee with pumpkin cream cold foam. Not too sweet. Grande was less than $3.

My favorite (and most frequent) use of Siri is requesting a timer. I use it every time I bake and for speed clean ups around the house.

I’ve had these clear bags in my Amazon cart for months. I noticed the price went down today (lower than Prime Day), so I finally pulled the trigger. I’ve been packing small things in Ziplock bags for travel, so I think I’ll love these. They have good reviews. Hope I can add one!

A sweet hug from my boy yesterday in yet another dirty mirror (guess what’s on my cleaning list this week).

I recently did a poll on my Instagram Story asking if anyone would be interested in me sharing some of the clean health, beauty, and cleaning products I use. I received more feedback than I expected (based on the few previous polls I’ve done), which was exciting to me because finding and using (and seeing the benefits of) cleaner products is something I consider a passion of mine. And the positive response validated my desire to start sharing more about that (on Instagram and here).

Before I start putting any products or advice out there, I wanted to quickly share my reason for transitioning to cleaner products over the last several years. Really, it’s three main things:

1. For the health of my children
2. To take the best care of my body (my temple that God has given me) that I can
3. And, because I feel a PERSONAL conviction in taking the knowledge I now have (and am constantly trying to take in) about the dangers and waste of conventional products and BEING INTENTIONAL about applying it to my life the best I can

Those all kind of go hand in hand, and there are multiple (overlapping) reasons within the ones I just listed. I’m actually working on a longer post about it. But for now, that’s it in a nutshell. I also just want to say that, in the grand scheme of things, I know very little. But I’m trying to do better about really researching things. So, my purpose in sharing is just to make others aware and offer suggestions about what has worked for me and what I like.

That all being said, there were several people (in a related, but different Instagram Story poll) that also relayed that they were unaware of the dangers of chemicals in conventional products. So, I wanted to touch on that quickly. Basically, there are many toxins and carcinogens in soooooo many health, beauty, and cleaning products on the market. Even in some products that are marketed as “all natural.” And it’s the potential for the build-up of these toxins in our bodies (and the ill effects of that that may not be seen for many years) by using multiple products containing them that I want to avoid.

I want to be my best self and take care of my body and my babies’ bodies the best I can (I know I already said that, but it’s important enough for me to repeat). Taking the time to research and invest in quality and clean products is one way I know to do that. It’s taken time (over three years now) to figure out the best places to learn from and what products align with what I’m comfortable using (and all the information is constantly evolving). One of my favorite blogs to follow along is Branch Basics (also my favorite multi-use cleaner!). One good post to start with is this one.

I’m hoping to compile a big list soon of everything I use. I think it will be a good way for me to keep track of what I use and like and the products I still need to improve. And it will be a good way for me to easily share everything I use with anyone who is interested.

We had a weird, but good several days out of town last week. One of the highlights of our trip was just finding an empty park and letting Brigsby play. Here are a few of my favorite pictures from our Saturday at a random (to us, at least) park in Longview, TX.

Picked up some boudin quesadillas for dinner tonight. They’re delicious and spicy. Brigsby wanted some. Ate a few bites. Then pointed to his mouth and said, “It’s hot in here.” Asked for some more water, then finished off two pieces. My lil’ Cajun food lovin’ boy, sha!

In case you were wondering, a medium coffee (16 oz.) from McDonald’s with a little of my own creamer fits perfectly in a 20 oz Yeti leaving a little room so it doesn’t splash out.

We just planned out multiple trips for the next few months. @mtt booked them all on points! That includes multiple hotels and 3 round trip flights. 🙌🏼