A Water Bottle You Can Drink To

Danielle — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 04:34:00 +0000

Forgoing the lattes is starting to pay off. A little over two weeks out and I’m down six pounds. I dared to try on a pair of pants that hasn’t fit me in a couple of months, and they fit! I was ecstatic and proceeded to dance around the living room, frightening the cat so badly that I think she’ll need therapy.

One of the hardest things for me to do while dieting – aside from getting on the treadmill – is drinking enough water. Even though we have no fewer than six gallons of Ozarka in our kitchen, I still seem to forget to drink water – or anything else. So you can imagine my interest when I read about a new, “interactive”, water bottle. Billed as the “water bottle that nags you”, HydroCoach calculates the amount of water you need, the amount of water you consume, the time it takes for you to drink your water (so you can pace yourself), and your average water consumption. Although it isn’t as quite interactive as the Shockulate Vault that delivers a mild electric shock to would-be diet cheaters (or my personal favorite, the device that delivers a similar shock to snoring spouses), it does seem like a neat idea. Not neat enough for me to part with $30, the suggested retail price, but still – neat.

Now if they would come up with one that would nag my kids to clean their rooms, they’d have my money in a heartbeat.

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Danielle — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 04:24:00 +0000

Today was the first day back to school for my kids. Of course, I was inundated with a mountain of paperwork to fill out and supply lists to fulfill. I was encouraged to see that my sophomore’s English teacher recommended that students have either CD-RWs or a USB flash drive to cart their files around. Luckily, I had been researching flash drives for me, so I knew that I wanted to get her a U3 smart drive. Because U3 drives can run software like Open Office, Think Free, ACDSee, Skype, Zinio, and more, there’s no worries about whether or not the host computer has the right software installed. Best of all, your history comes with you instead of staying behind on the computer.

After doing a little price research, I logged in to my favorite shopping site, Ebay. I found my daughter a 1GB Ativa U3 drive for $24.35 including shipping and insurance. Not a bad deal at all. Now I just need to see if I can find one for me.

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A Water Bottle You Can Drink To

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