Praise God! It ‘ s Raining!

For those of us in the Atlanta metro area rainstorms are an opportunity to raise our voices in praise and thanksgiving. This "100 Year Drought" we are suffering through has me watching every drop of water that we use in our house. As I brush my teeth, I'm thinking about just how much water we all waste if we let the water run as we brush. As I wash clothes, I'm trying to cram as much into my washing machine to get the most use of that run of water as possible. We are waiting to run the dishwasher until it's bursting at the seams with dirty dishes (and using paper plates more often than not)

But…

The one conservation thing I can't do… I just simply CANNOT handle… is the non-flushing. The local radio stations have started this campaign, "If it's yellow, leave it mellow; if it's brown, flush it down." I am not even going to touch on the eeewwww factor of just the little slogan. But, I just can't get over this whole concept… don't flush!?! Are you serious?!?!?

That's one of the beauties of modernization (besides air conditioning, which I can't survive without) We don't have to deal with that "stuff" being left around. It's supposed to be gone when you are done! I am just so grossed out by the whole concept. LEAVE IT? ICK! How unclean it would feel to walk into a bathroom and see yellow water just as you are preparing to do your "business."

let's face it…

We all pretend like the only people who use the "potty" that we frequent is ourself. If you start to think about how many other people used it, you'd just get too creeped out. But to walk in and find something someone left behind? Just to save a few gallons of water?

NO THANK YOU!

I'll skip a shower a week, go without in some other ways… but I will not stop flushing… that's just yuk.