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.
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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.
I buy a small amount of bottled water for transit and work, but I usually refill the bottle from the water fountain when I'm at the office. When I'm at home, I'll drink from the tap.
What is your wish for the day?
For the painkillers to kick in, I think.
OMG. Annoying new across the hall guy is talking about his girlfriend again.
I want to add a wish of the day and make him go away.
Ok, so... does anyone know the origin of "OMGWTFBBQ"?
I thought that "OMGWTF [fill in the blank]" became much more commonly used circa S1 Lost, when Cleolinda, in her recap of one of the episodes, said "OMGWTF POLARBEAR?!?"
And I assumed, perhaps incorrectly, that some smartass eventually tacked "BBQ" on the end of "OMGWTF," because, y'know, abbreviations yay!
I could be full of shit about the entire thing, though.
Robin's new dining room set is beautiful.
You're going to post pictures of it in your new dining room when it's all set up, right?
great furniture!
My wish for the day is for Grace to be home before Labor Day without a tracheotomy or colostomy (I really just want the wholes to her insides to be ones that nature, not doctors, made). My other wish is for ita's head to stop hurting.
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.
I
totally
do this, but I think I learned that trick from you. I buy a lot of water bottles, but it tends to be when I am out and thirsty and am water-free. It's what I buy in lieu of buying a soda.
Damn. Noah's out cold. I need to wake his butt up and feed him soon. Little stinker.
Robin, that's beautiful. It's going to look great in your new house!
