I had this issue that involved a lot of (probably debatable) needs, but primarily consisted of these two:

• I need to drink more water.
• I need to stop using so many plastic water bottles.

We live in the county, so our water comes from a well. To some, this may sound like a good thing, but I’ve never had much luck with wells. The water has always tasted metallic, like iron. YUCK!

And since I haven’t been drinking water regularly (um, many days, none :(), it takes a lot for me to get a taste for it.

So I’ve been thinking for a while now that I should find a filtered water bottle, but I haven’t put much effort into the search until the last month or so. I was specifically checking out the Bobble and the Power Bottle. I just hadn’t decided anything.

Fast-forward to the other day.

Kevin and I were at the mall. In the sale shelves near the upstairs Belk entrance, I found this water bottle. It’s perfect! It’s filtered and it has a freezer stick that unscrews. And it was on sale!

I used my handy-dandy barcode scanner to make sure it was a good deal. Yep! I got both the bottle and two replacement filters for less than $14. WIN!

My goal right now is to drink at least one of these bottles a day. And then I can work up. Three bottles would be more than the recommended eight eight-ounce glasses.

In the picture, you can see Atticus’ amazing Towers of Blocks. He calls them cake.

And you can see one of my major activities of the day: sorting through my Gmail inbox. I had dozens of emails from teachers requesting tests, quizzes, and other materials via my teaching website in the last month. Now, I’m down to 14. (Sorry, guys!!)