What is in your cup?

[Latinandgreek]

I just had my first Tim Hortons' coffee in about 2 1/2 years. I'm trying to avoid caffeine while nursing but I had a terrible headache today, and coffee really did the trick! I will try some electrolyte replacement drinks to see if they quench my thirst, it is never-ending! I know that I need to take more liquids whole nursing but I've been drinking 4-5 litres everyday since perhaps month 2 of my pregnancy, and am still always thirsty. I did try a few sports drinks at one point but they didn't seem to help much, perhaps the sugar content was too much for me. I generally only drink water, tea or coffee, and have done so for the past decade or so.

[cromag]

Tea for me! Number 3 right now.

I only drink coffee while driving long distances. And then only from large Styrofoam cups that fit in my minivan's cup holders.

[ProfCrash]

Originally Posted by Latinandgreek

I just had my first Tim Hortons' coffee in about 2 1/2 years. I'm trying to avoid caffeine while nursing but I had a terrible headache today, and coffee really did the trick! I will try some electrolyte replacement drinks to see if they quench my thirst, it is never-ending! I know that I need to take more liquids whole nursing but I've been drinking 4-5 litres everyday since perhaps month 2 of my pregnancy, and am still always thirsty. I did try a few sports drinks at one point but they didn't seem to help much, perhaps the sugar content was too much for me. I generally only drink water, tea or coffee, and have done so for the past decade or so.

Did I miss an announcement? How old is your baby? Boy or girl? Congrats!

Nunn is a great sugar free electrolyte replacement.

[bjones6416]

Originally Posted by ProfCrash

Did I miss an announcement? How old is your baby? Boy or girl? Congrats!

Nunn is a great sugar free electrolyte replacement.

Lol I just sent her a pm saying the same thing!

[kindlekitten]

Originally Posted by ProfCrash

Did I miss an announcement? How old is your baby? Boy or girl? Congrats!

Nunn is a great sugar free electrolyte replacement.

Ditto

[Latinandgreek]

Originally Posted by ProfCrash

Did I miss an announcement? How old is your baby? Boy or girl? Congrats!

Nunn is a great sugar free electrolyte replacement.

Originally Posted by bjones6416

Lol I just sent her a pm saying the same thing!

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

Ditto

Haha thanks everyone! No, I didn't make an announcement, sorry! I've been very busy as my husband was away for work throughout pretty much my whole pregnancy and has actually just returned home only recently and I spent most of my pregnancy trying to catch up with work (I finished a book that I co-authored, wrote an article and am preparing to send in my thesis next week, finally! I've been swamped! Ugh, I the more that I look at the thesis the more I find wrong with it...) and have been busy with the baby as well. I've posted very infrequently and was actually internetless for a while. I gave birth to a baby boy 3 months ago! We've named him Alex.

[Stitchawl]

Back in the Saddle Again by Autry, Gene
I'm back in the saddle again
Out where a friend is a friend
Where the longhorn cattle feed
On the lowly gypsum weed
Back in the saddle again

Ridin' the range once more
Totin' my old .44
Where you sleep out every night
And the only law is right
Back in the saddle again

Whoopi-ty-aye-oh
Rockin' to and fro
Back in the saddle again
Whoopi-ty-aye-yay
I go my way
Back in the saddle again

( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80NoPLp-Zl0 )


Oh, it's SOOOO nice to be home!!!

Good morning, everyone. A nice breeze blowing through the house, a big mug of Dimlah "Ceylon" tea and real croissants that I didn't have to make... wow! My fingers are almost bleeding from an all-nigh jam session with all my old musician friends, but it hurts soooo good..... I haven't done that in almost 5 years! Oh yeah... I'm back in the saddle again!

Originally Posted by wannabee

should the leaf remain loose or have one of those net things inside?

As Charlie said, space for the leaves to breath is more important that anything. I can't be bothered trying to keep those permanent filter things clean, so I use empty pot-sized teabags that I can fill, use, then throw away. But it took me a few tries to find a brand of these that didn't taste like paper.

Originally Posted by dreams

Stitchawl - Dollar stores there too? I wonder if Felicity is meowing because she smells something or another cat smell that was left behind?

It's possible, but I think it's that she misses my wife who had to go back to Japan for two weeks to finish up some legal affairs. I often see her sitting, staring at the door as if waiting for my wife to come in. Then she comes over to me, meows as if to say 'where IS she?!? And I say 'yeah, cat... I miss her too." When my wife is around, Felicity is almost always within a meter or two of her, all day long.

The day is done, I'm home, and I have my coffee and M&M's. Life is good again.

You never did tell us your favorite color....

Originally Posted by pdurrant

We just had a brief hailstorm. In the middle of June. The weather is weird this year.

I can ONLY hail in warmer weather. In cold weather it will be sleet (frozen rain.) Hail is a droplet of water that freezes in the upper atmosphere and starts to fall. When it reaches lower altitudes the warm rising air carries it back up where it gets another coating of moisture, freezes and starts to fall again. This falling and rising over and over again is what give hail its 'jaw breaker' appearance when you cut a hailstone in half. Unless the temperatures are warm in the lower atmosphere, there won't be rising air currents to carry the pellet back up. When it's colder on the ground, all you get is a single drop of frozen water... sleet.

Originally Posted by Latinandgreek

I did try a few sports drinks at one point but they didn't seem to help much, perhaps the sugar content was too much for me.

It's good to keep in mind that the ONLY nutrient that the body's cells can use is sugar, and only glucose at that! Just about everything you take in get converted to it. It takes longer to convert long-chain carbos to glucose, and even longer to convert fats and proteins, but the cells won't let anything else in except glucose. There are many 'sugars' that don't taste 'sweet.' That's why it's important to try to find a sports drink that works best, flavor-wise, for your taste. Most use glucose or dextrose because it's so fast acting, but you can find fructose and maltose drinks too, and they don't taste so sugary.


Time to go out and explore my world.


Stitchawl

[Latinandgreek]

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

It's good to keep in mind that the ONLY nutrient that the body's cells can use is sugar, and only glucose at that! Just about everything you take in get converted to it. It takes longer to convert long-chain carbos to glucose, and even longer to convert fats and proteins, but the cells won't let anything else in except glucose. There are many 'sugars' that don't taste 'sweet.' That's why it's important to try to find a sports drink that works best, flavor-wise, for your taste. Most use glucose or dextrose because it's so fast acting, but you can find fructose and maltose drinks too, and they don't taste so sugary.


Time to go out and explore my world.


Stitchawl

Hmmm I THINK that makes me feel better about the two pieces of cake that I just had...

[dreams]

Originally Posted by Latinandgreek

Haha thanks everyone! No, I didn't make an announcement, sorry! I've been very busy as my husband was away for work throughout pretty much my whole pregnancy and has actually just returned home only recently and I spent most of my pregnancy trying to catch up with work (I finished a book that I co-authored, wrote an article and am preparing to send in my thesis next week, finally! I've been swamped! Ugh, I the more that I look at the thesis the more I find wrong with it...) and have been busy with the baby as well. I've posted very infrequently and was actually internetless for a while. I gave birth to a baby boy 3 months ago! We've named him Alex.

*I was going to post like the others and ask if I had also missed your announcement.*
!! Congratulations!!

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

You never did tell us your favorite color....

No favorite, as they all taste the same to me.

In fact, I have my fresh cup of coffee and M&M's next to me right now.

[Billi]

Originally Posted by Latinandgreek

I gave birth to a baby boy 3 months ago! We've named him Alex.

Congratulation, Latinandgreek, and welcome to little Alex in our world!

[cromag]

Congrats, Latinandgreek!

[orlok]

Originally Posted by Latinandgreek

I gave birth to a baby boy 3 months ago! We've named him Alex.

Many congratulations! I like the name Alex. Is that short for Alexander, or is it just Alex?

[hidari]

congrats....having a beer...Sapporo Classic only brewed and sold in Hokkaido, Japan.....

[VydorScope]

Congrats Latinandgreek!!!!

[ProfCrash]

Welcome Alex! You have a great Mom.

Working on some Sencha here.