Today’s word of the day is bottle. I go through so many bottles of water a day it’s ridiculous. To make my coffee, to drink, tumbler after tumbler full, which I flavor with MIO sugar-free water enhancer. (but I get the Walmart brands. They are cheaper.

I used to like the lemonade flavors- and still do, but they cause my stomach to create too much acid, leading to mouth sores. I stick with berry flavors or fruit now. Anything to make me drink more.

This leads to a dilemma. The nephrologist wants me to cut down so I don’t start having kidney problems…something that sounds weird to me. But the climate is so dry here in Colorado, I’m probably drinking more. To solve this, I buy two-litter bottles of Fresca and switch out at least one tumbler…usually after dinner.

Today I’ll be starting a new bottle of MIO that is raspberry black tea flavored. I don’t particularly love that flavor, so maybe I won’t drink as much, we’ll see.

I wish my husband would stop wasting money on bottled water, its such a waste. I’ve asked him to put a filter on the kitchen faucet, but he doesn’t want to for whatever reason. Oh well. Sorry for my part in filling the landfills with plastic bottles. 😞