Showering During The Drought

It has been getting nasty here, the past month or so. You can feel the tension between the haves and the have nots, the people who refuse to believe we don't have much water and those who are hyper aware of the lack of it, in the state of California.

I personally vacillate between being hyper aware and conserving and not wanting to lose my lawn and plants (due to not having the money to replace them with anything else). It's a hard road to travel.

I am lucky, after having a talking to with my family, we have managed to bring our water usage down. All showers that happen here, must be rushed. No more standing under a stream of water and just enjoying the sensation of having water streaming over your hot, tired body. Not happening here at the angel house.

On the other hand, I water my lawn and plants every other day. This is not exactly what our water company wants us to do, since that is one extra day every second week...but nothing picky, my house will lose every plant I have, if I cut back even more. I am not yet ready to do that. Especially since the Fall is here. There is still a small chance God will give us rain in the rainy season and I want there to be plants to drink the water that comes. (Oh Please God, make it so!)

Back to the showers, or lack thereof. :-)

What I learned when I was in Upstate New York last year, is that my hair does just fine with a shampoo that is also a conditioner. It is called Herbal Essences Body Envy 2 in 1. I first found it and used it, when I traveled and I have been known to leave the half full bottle with my sister, when I have to travel by plane. Giving her orders to not use the rest, because I will be back to get it.

When I was getting toward the end of my time in Oswego, Walmart, the store that had the shampoo, stopped selling it. So when I got back to LA, I bought a large amount from Amazon.com. I still have about 8 bottles and that means I will have enough for awhile. I did just see that Walmart does now have the shampoo again. Yay team!

So this is how my shower goes, now days. I fill my bucket with water, which I talked about on an earlier post, HERE. Then I get in and get my hair wet. Put the shampoo/conditioner on and immediately begin washing down my body, while I start rinsing my hair. By the time I am finished soaping up, about half the shampoo/conditioner is out and then I finish rinsing my hair, my body and the water gets shut! Tops, 5 minutes.

Though I must admit, am definitely wishing for the old days...