Let’s Be Honest
UPDATE: Turns out I have nothing to feel bad about. According to Treehugger even if you’re careful about how you hand wash your dishes modern dishwashers use less water, soap, and energy. I love my dishwasher even more, so much so that I think he needs a name. Suggestions?
Hello again! I’m back at home. My trip was fine. I was able to help my grandfather recover from surgery. He’s doing very, very well. Seems the new hip is working just fine. But here’s what I really wanted to talk about today…
We bought a dishwasher. It’s a two-year old portable Maytag that we got on Craig’s List for $150. As I was thinking over the purchase I had a split-second moment of guilt…after all, hand washing dishes (done properly) uses less energy and water. But let’s be honest…Mr. E and I never get around to actually DOING the dishes! And let’s be honest about this too: you can’t always make the perfect choice. Mr. E and I both struggle to find the time and energy to do dishes. The dishes pile up. The kitchen looks worse and worse. And we get depressed. We also end up eating out way more than we should because cooking means we have to clean dishes. That’s bad for our sanity, and our wallets. So we got a dishwasher. And we’re thrilled. And you know what…we can’t be perfect environmentalists. Trying to be perfect would be a useless pursuit and it would just drive us batty. My point is this; forgive yourself for being human. As long as you’re still trying to be better, as long as you never give up, then I say you’re doing great!
