Water Boy

Moving homes two months ago meant not only a new address but running water as well. The last one year in our former home was a little rough...the water just stopped running out of the taps (save two) and the toilets didn't fill with water. This means we become water recycling gurus which is a great environmental discipline of course.

Water has never ever been more precious and sacred to me than in this past year where, when waking up each morning we wondered, "Will we have water today?" Because the answer was never totally clear, we took extra measures to ensure that by the end of the day we would at least have enough water for dishes and one toilet flush. We learned to stand in buckets while taking bucket baths then used that collected water for flushing toilets (using the system "If it's yellow let it mellow, if it's brown flush it down"). When brushing teeth or washing faces the water ran only momentarily but was otherwise turned off. Shane's bedtime bath times were often a mere inch or two of water.

But that was before, because today we live like kings. There are two huge tanks of water on our roof top filled to the brim, and from every tap water flows (not trickles). We no longer stand in buckets nor do we take bucket showers. We flush the toilets every time and when guests come over I say with glee, "Please do wash your hands!!"

We have learned a valuable lesson on the preciousness of water, and will continue to guard our use of water even though we can splurge on occasion free of guilt or consequence (at least until summer again!). You can probably guess who is loving our new source of water more than anyone.Here's a quick video of our Baby Boy enjoying luxurious, running, cool, (somewhat) clean, plentiful Water.