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A New Year, a fresh start! And what better way to start out fresh? Posts of water, specifically WET.


Here are a few facts about water:


1. Roughly 70 percent of an adult’s body is made up of water.


2. At birth, water accounts for approximately 80 percent of an infant’s body weight.

3. A healthy person can drink about three gallons (48 cups) of water per day.
Drinking too much water too quickly can lead to water intoxication. Water intoxication occurs when water dilutes the sodium level in the bloodstream and causes an imbalance of water in the brain.Water intoxication is most likely to occur during periods of intense athletic performance.

4. While the daily recommended amount of water is eight cups per day, not all of this water must be consumed in the liquid form. Nearly every food or drink item provides some water to the body.


5. Soft drinks, coffee, and tea, while made up almost entirely of water, also contain caffeine. Caffeine can act as a mild diuretic, preventing water from traveling to necessary locations in the body.


6. Pure water (solely hydrogen and oxygen atoms) has a neutral pH of 7, which is neither 
acidic nor basic.


7.  Water dissolves more substances than any other liquid. Wherever it travels, water carries chemicals, minerals, and nutrients with it.

8. Somewhere between 70 and 75 percent of the earth’s surface is covered with water.


9. Much more fresh water is stored under the ground in aquifers than on the earth’s surface.
The total amount of water on the earth is about 326 million cubic miles of water.

10. Of all the water on the earth, humans can used only about three tenths of a percent of this water. Such usable water is found in groundwater aquifers, rivers, and freshwater lakes.


11. By the time a person feels thirsty, his or her body has lost over 1 percent of its total water amount.


12. The weight a person loses directly after intense physical activity is weight from water, not fat.



Water is so much a part of us and so involved in our daily lives . . . no wonder we are drawn to it.

Thanks to Carmi at Written Inc for hosting 

Thematic Photographic. For more pictures on

the theme of WET, click HERE.

ABC WEDNESDAY ~W~

Wow ... last week I missed ABC Wednesday ... and almost missed the posting for today.

W is for warm weather and water. Warm weather and water go together like ice cream and cake. They are welcomed with open arms ... looked forward to and enjoyed.

Ahhh... to be a kid again!

Even in a BIG City like Chicago you can find a place to play.

But the backyard pool is just as fun!

 You don't have to be in water to be having fun with water.

All you really need is warm weather to enhance the wonder of water.

To find my post featuring the letter W visit

ABC Wednesday

ABC WEDNESDAY ~U~

Thanks to the ABC Team: Denise, Roger, Barb, Jay, Gattina, Sylvia, and Troy for providing this Meme.
YES, it is that time again for ABC WEDNESDAY.

Today's letter is U. My word for today is ... UNDERWATER.

First, let me say, of all my family members (5 of us), I am the one that is most unlikely to be in water.

#1. I don't like water in my face. (I am sure this is due to some undeniably, horrific experience that I had as a child ... even if I can no longer remember it.)

#2. I am NOT a strong swimmer. So, if you are with me in the water, don't look to me to save you if something should happen. It's all I can do to save myself.

With that being said ... If you have looked at my blog or any of my ABC Wednesday post, you know that for our 30th Anniversary, my husband and I went on a cruise. It was an unforgettable experience!
It was also the only cruise that "we" will ever take. Where we went was up to me. I chose a cruise, with hundreds of people on board. His choice would be some uncrowded place where he could nap the days away (and yes, he did do some of that.) All our excursions were geared towards him. All excursions included water.

Knowing I would be in the water and wanting to document this unique experience was one of my goals.
I researched and then bought a little Pentax Optio W60, point and shoot waterproof Camera.

At first I was uneasy about the whole thing, after all, I had to be underwater. Taking pictures in the ocean is a great undertaking, the fish are moving, you are moving, and the water is moving.

As you can see, the fish seem unconcerned, even unaware of people in the water.

This truly was an ULTIMATE vacation.

For more U words got to ABC WEDNESDAY.