Oh, my god, there are people with a JACKHAMMER outside of my house. I'm going to go insane.

The piercing beep of the garbage truck woke me up, and while I was in the bathroom getting ready for work, there was such an unusual uproar of barking animals that I actually checked my watch in case homicide detectives come around again.

What the din, man?

I have to admit, I really can't see myself buying huge pallets of bottled water for everyday consumption as many of my friendshere do, short of the water supply getting contaminated. Even then, if a small filter'd work, I'd prefer that. And it isn't really high & mighty principles:

1. I'd be overrun by bottles (I drink 2+ liters a day.) And I'm not telling you how many plastic water and soda bottles are batting around the car from when I've run out of water when I was out and about. 2. That shit is HEAVY. I'm not hauling it to the car, then up the stairs...No. 3. Where the hell would I store it? I don't have anyplace to stash the volume of water I consume weekly. I've already got gallons of emergency water for when the water goes out temporarily atop the cabinets . 4. That's expensive. I mean, c'mon. I'm the cheapskate who carries an empty waterbottle through security and fills it up at the drinking fountain on the other side. Like I'm gonna pay if I can avoid it?

LA water is not tasty. I filter it all at home-for drinking (and ice) and cooking. I buy Smart Water by the boxful because I drink it when exercising. And beefing up on electrolytes is recommended to help against migraines. I mightily prefer Smart Water to Pedialyte or sports drinks.

What is your wish for the day? (Other than free good tasting water and a jackhammer ban, I mean)

Mine is that people would stop telling me I'm sending them something wrong or incomplete until they have actually looked at what I am sending them.

My wish for the day is that the construction dudes upstairs would stop dropping things DIRECTLY ABOVE MY HEAD. Or, you know, that my PMS rage would chill. Either. Both. I can haz mimosa now?

I'd like my head to stop hurting, but that will surprise no one.

We have a Brita Filter pitcher that we use for drinking and making ice cubes. I use tap water for cooking, and when I forget to buy a new filter cartridge, we drink tap water (Julia is the only one who complains of a taste change -- I think it's a mind over matter issue for her).

We bought refillable sports-style bottles for the kids, for their sports needs. They come with a cold stick that you keep in the freezer until you're going to use it. On a game or practice day, I fill up the water bottle, refrigerate it, then put the cold stick in (it screws into the inside of the cover and hangs down into the beverage) right before they leave, or I fill up the bottle with a combination of ice and water, if I forget to refrigerate the water ahead of time. I don't refrigerate my Brita pitcher, because I like water at room temperature. I drink more of it that way, too.

We still buy individual sized bottles of water here and there, but it's the exception, not the rule.

eta...

This is similar to the refillable bottles I'm talking about: [link]

It keeps the water pretty cold, provided you start with cold water and a well frozen freeze stick. I don't think I paid that much, and I'm not sure our bottles are that large.

ita, I wish for your head to stop hurting too.

ION--we bought this as our homebuying gift to ourselves. I am over the moon with excitement. [link]

Robin, that set is beautiful.

It really is.