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[NovemberRain]

Hi Orange Rabbit! 

I used to drink Diet Coke in the morning, first thing. Then I'd go through a drive thru on my way to work and get a very large Diet Coke. Then I'd drink more for lunch. I would drink it all day long. Then I'd drink it when I got home. I also kept some by my bed on my nightstand in case I woke up thirsty. I did this for YEARS. So did my friends. No water, no milk, no juice. Just Diet Coke.    Unless I had cold cereal, then I'd have milk, but only then. 



Then we heard things about Aspartame. I knew I didn't like the way Diet Coke tasted with Aspartame as much as I did before they began using it. It was SO much better before they used Aspartame! I don't know what they used, probably Sweet N' Low (saccharin). 

Well, I finally realized how dehydrated I was, since that's ALL I drank. I looked it up and saw the symptoms and I also read an article somewhere about how so many teens and young adults are dehydrated due to all the diet soda they drink. 

Well, I found that you can buy Diet Coke that is made with Splenda. I am sure there are similar warnings about it, but I have found that I do not get that dehydrated feeling when I drink a Diet Coke that is made with Splenda. Sometimes it's hard to find, and it tastes different, but now I like it much better than the Diet Coke with Aspartame. I know many say there are risks with all artificial sweeteners. But I have to say I like it much better than Aspartame. 

I have cut back on how much I drink. Instead I drink a lot of Iced Tea, but I still use artificial sweeteners. I use Sweet N' Low with my Iced Tea.    

Abigail 

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Well, I don't drink coffee, but can I still come here? 

It isn't that I do not like the taste (and smell) of coffee. I LOVE IT! But I don't like drinking things that are hot. I prefer cold drinks with lots of ice and a straw!

As for coffee, I love Frappuccinos! And thankfully coffee also comes in the form of...ICE CREAM! I have some Dreyer's Coffee flavor ice cream in the freezer calling my name right NOW! I often put chocolate chips in it. It is REALLY good that way! There is a brand I always forget the name of, I think Vons has it, called Java Chip. Oh my goodness. It isn't as sweet as Dreyer's Coffee ice cream, but it tastes like well, COFFEE! It is out of this world! I also love chocolate and See's chocolates has a coffee flavored "Mocha" chocolate (looks like a "Bordeaux" but is a rectangle) that is "coffee flavored" and they also have a coffee chocolate in their Truffles selection.  

I'm going to go have some of my coffee ice cream right now, and read! And YES, this will be my breakfast! 

Abigail

Hi Abigail,  

Of course you can come if you do not drink coffee .

Ice always has hot water on for hot tea and of course he has Ice for the chilled drinks you love, ice coffee, etc.

And you know what you don't really have to drink anything to come and sit a spell and talk.

We love to talk about nothing and also something so that has got to fit in with you, eh? 


Hi Roses, Charon , Fire, IceWizard, willie33, Slick, and our very own movie star Ms. Hepburn. 

and others I have not mentioned on the recent pages......BIG HELLO's

Thank you, Linville!

And I'm glad Ice will be available!    I put ice in everything. Even my milk!    Even when it's winter and cold out and raining, I'll be drinking Iced Tea in a HUGE plastic glass I have. 

"Plastic Glass"? That sounds funny. Isn't that an oxymoron? 

I love to talk about nothing (as I'm sure you've noticed) and also something, so yes, that definitely fits in with me.   

Thanks for the welcome! Let me know what you want me to bring to your Cafe! Chips? Salsa? Chocolate? I'm a "snacker" so I'll just bring all kinds of snacks! Virtual Snacks have no calories. 

Abigail