New Shoes and Staying Hydrated

So anyone who knows me even a little bit, and pays even minimal attention will notice I don't go ANYWHERE without my water bottle.  I honestly don't know when or why this started.  Ever since I can remember I've carried a water bottle with me every where.  I feel like it probably started when I went out to school in Rexburg Idaho right after graduating high school and discovered dry air.

Being from Kentucky I'm used to lots of humidity and when I moved out west I had the hardest time breathing and functioning without constant water.  One of my freshmen roommates joked that people from back east must have gills because having visited the east during summer she couldn't breathe because the air was too thick... I don't know how people don't just shrivel up without the humidity.

On my mission I had people always asking me why I had to have a water bottle, while I was serving in Buenos Aires Argentina and they have plenty of humidity, I was walking so much I needed to stay hydrated.  So all in all it's become just a habit to always have it with me.

Whenever I've started a new diet program or tried to get tips on how to make some changes to be healthier one of my biggest pet peeves has always been when someone tells me to drink more water... trust me I don't know how I could drink more than I already do, my water bottle isn't just for show, I fill it up fairly often!

So since I have been carrying a bottle around with me for the better part of 10 years I feel like I'm an expert on water bottles.  I've had a wide variety of different bottles, I've decided I prefer the kind that has a straw, I hate having a wide opening water bottle because without fail I always drip water all over me.  I'm not the most coordinated person (big shock I know!!). I have used bottle that claim to be drip free, unbreakable, and all kinds of claims.  But I want to let you all know I think I have found THE PERFECT water bottle.  Honestly, why else would I be writing such a long blog post about how much I love this water bottle.

My sister Trish actually told me about this, she has one just like it and loves her bottle and told me about how it really keeps drinks cold. And let me tell you how amazing this is!! I often like to sit in the sauna when I've finished my swim workouts, and because I take my water bottle every where, it comes into the sauna with me of course!  The bottle is metal and dark so it gets super hot to the point I can hardly touch it within a couple minutes of being in the sauna, but the water is always cold.  To prove this point, last Wednesday night I filled my bottle with ice and water before going to bed, and I woke up at 5am to go swimming.  It still had ice in it that morning and after I finished my swim I went to the sauna and sat in there for about 15 or 20 minutes, and by the time I came out of the sauna I had drank all the water in my bottle, but there was still ice in there from the ice I had put in there the night before!!  HOW AWESOME IS THAT!!!

Anyways if you are trying to find a way to get in more water I highly recommend carrying a water bottle with you, and if you are in the market for a new water bottle I highly recommend this one:

I got it at TJ Maxx and there are a bunch of different colors and styles.  I'm a big fan :)

Also on a slightly different note, my trusty old tennis shoes have finally bit the dust so I bought these snazzy new ones.  I went to Blue Mile and they were super friendly, they let me try on several different types of shoes and what really sold me was their return policy.  I can wear these shoes as much as I want over the next 30 days and if I decide they just aren't for me I can return them with a full refund, even if they are well worn and muddy.  I don't plan to abuse this policy, but I love that I have this option in case I realize these aren't the shoes for me.   But I hope they are because they are dang cute don't you think?