If The Saxons Can Do It, Why Can't We?

Catchy title, huh. I've been thinking on that one for a while now.

I know, I know. You're thinking to yourself, "WTF?".

I have a point, I swear.

It's.....

...wait a second, I know it.

Give me a minute.

Oh, gotcha.

I was taking a shower the other day and came to the realization that I only shower every other day.

And then, that got me started on what's the norm when it comes to showers.

What is the norm?

My ex husband used to shower daily. Despite the fact that the the only hair he had on his body was a short high and tight and whatever was in his pants.

He didn't smell if he went a day without one. In fact, to my neanderthal nose, he smelled good. All warm and toasty and male.

And then that reminded me of an incident that we had an argument over.

I still say I was right.

I was about 7 months pregnant and we were finishing up the painting of the interior walls of the house in almost every room. While in the middle of painting our room, I realized that we needed something else from Home Depot and asked him if he would go and buy it so we could finish that day.

He said sure and then proceeded to say he was just gonna grab a quick shower before heading over to the HOME DEPOT.

You know, where's it's practically mandatory to have something paint stained or ripped or dust covered in order to just gain entry.

He was going to take a shower to go to Home Depot just to grab something real quick in order to finish up PAINTING when he got back.

Seriously stupid. For real. Right?

We actually argued over this for like 15 minutes. In the end, he showered and came back and by the time he came back, my pregnant ass was all ensconced in the couch with a pint of chocolate ice cream. No way was I getting back up. I made him finish it all on his own.

Now, the whole showering every other day thing is what I grew up doing. I'm not trying to jump on the "green" bandwagon by saving water, but it did make me realize that that is exactly what I was doing.

And then it got me to thinking about what else I do and I quickly realized, not much. But I'm working on resolving that.

My aunt, however, has been "green" all her life. However, it's really not "green". It's just the way she grew up.

She reuses plastic containers until they're falling apart. She washes out Ziploc bags and dries them to use them again. They have a compost pile. She finds uses for almost every kind of packaging. She recycles bows from presents and if the paper is large enough, she'll smooth out and save wrapping paper. She'll take leftovers and mix them up or fry them up or smashes them up to make a new dish.

Those are just some small examples of what she does.

Now, I know this sounds extreme, but really, I've actually read where people do this in an effort to conserve and to recycle.

Where am I going with all this?

No clue.

I just thought it was a neat title and didn't want to waste it.

Oh, and the Saxons reference? That's just because I've been reading "The Mists of Avalon" and they talk about the enemy Saxons. And I just watched "King Arthur" with Kiera and Clive and the Saxons are in there and were extremely dirty compared to Clive and company.

What are your showering habits? Do you look down on people that go a day without showering? Are you obsessive over cleanliness?

Later,

Mama Dawg