Things I'd never thought of before . . .

Okay, so I was just lookin' around the Ozarka site today because we get our water delivered and I needed to find out when the next delivery date was. . . lo and behold. . . I noticed something. As a public health student, I'm always hearing about flouride in the water. It's a huge thing in public health because it was one of the earliest examples of the US Public Health system at work. I mean, we know that flouride in the water helps to reduce the number of cavities kiddos have so why not put it in the water? It also helps to remineralize adult teeth so, voila! Why not add it?

However. . . if you drink mainly bottled water. . . you're not getting flouride!! (hence the increase in childhood tooth decay over the last ten years, incidentally)

So today I called Ozarka and upgraded us (for an extra 1.00 per month) to FLOURIDATED bottled water!

Muy importante! It's just something I'd never thought of until today.

Incidentally, adults should also drink flouridated water . . . just an FYI.

Gourmet cooking for baby

Okay, so maybe we just HOPE it will be gourmet cooking. Whatever it is, the cooking bug has certainly hit the DeHart household. We are HOOKED on cooking reality shows. We started watching The Next Food Network Star on Sunday. Then, last night was (probably the most fun show of our lineup) Hell's Kitchen and Top Chef starts on Wednesday. It's a culinary lineup that will hopefully inspire us to try new things. We've already decided that in order to save some money and enjoy our new digs, Friday nights at the new house are going to be date night but with a twist. Instead of going out and spending 60 bucks at dinner and a movie, we're going to stay in and have a cooking night. That way we can learn new things that will hopefully make us culinary masters as our child grows up. When he/she is old enough, it'll be family cooking night!

Another lifestyle change I'm going to be making: holy moley, I'm joining the YMCA in Norman. They actually have a water fitness class that is just for pregnant women and new mommies. It works on strengthening the muscles you need during delivery and then after you have the baby, it helps you get those muscles back in shape! Mine are in a shape now but it's a very abstract, chunky, round-ish shape. :)

Scott and I are both looking at the move to the new house as a way to leave old habits behind and step into a new lifestyle. For example: I'm going to try and keep my plants alive instead of letting them die of thirst. We're also going to do better about laundry, load the dishwasher directly instead of letting dishes pile up in the sink, mow the grass with some frequency, etc. People can change and we're going to be living proof of that.