Personally

Candelaria Silva — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 09:07:22 -0500

I feel that having too much consciousness and being too consciencious can be a downfall in terms of weighing every decision and action.

I, too, wonder about water usage. When I wash dishes I wash a dish pan full and then turn on the water to rinse them off. When my husband washes dishes, he keeps the water running and I'm trying to break him out of the habit.

I realize that I wash dishes more largely because I like to get the dishes done and I tend to keep moving until I sit down for good to attend to the things I want to do and not chores.

Having been reared to be a neatnik in a home where the women did the work, it's difficult not to break that training. On the other hand, I recognize that there are lots of things I expect my husband to do because he is the man and in my home men did certain things, many of which I still don't know how to do.

Gender equity is important and we make strives and lose ground simultaneously in the word. In my home, however, I have always strived to make sure that everyone is pulling together in the management, maintenance and beautifying of this oasis out of a base of love. I try not to bring politics into it.

Good and plenty!

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