Saturday Afternoon

I did the lunch dishes this afternoon.  I used .875 gallons (one gallon less 2 cups) of water.  I used two metal camping type basins.  I used about a half gallon in one and a half gallon in the other.  I used a small amount of dish soap.  After I was done I took the soapy water outside and used it to water some of my plants.  Then I poured the rinse water in the basin that had the soapy water to rinse it out.  Again, I poured that on my plants.  It is amazing how much one gallon of water can do.

I flushed the toilet this afternoon.  It used 1.34 gallons of water (we have a water saving tank).  This may gross some people out, but you don't have to flush the toilet every time.  It also helps if you use one ply toilet paper.  My kids think I am nuts, but I now hate using two ply because it doesn't last long.

I am in the process of washing a shipment of buttons that I received in.  So far I have used two cups of water for that.  The water came from two partial bottles that I found in the truck.  Once they have been open and sat around a while I don't like to drink them, but I can always find a use for the water.

On another note, I have drunk 3 cups of water so far today.  I have been inside most of the day, or my consumption would be a whole lot more.