Issues before Tissues
06/29/2004 01:05 p.m.
Having read a few references to this with different couples, I think about this subject when I'm cleaning the toilet. For men and women who live together and grapple over how the toilet lid is left when not in use, down or up, to me the solution is simple. Whoever cleans the toilet the most often (or in some cases, every time) should get their druthers. Of course, the other person has to train their brain to remember.

To me, though it can be a little annoying, and I might gripe, or yell if I forget to check and get a cold surprise, when I land, I'm even more annoyed if I start to suspect I'm the only one cleaning it. Or the chief toilet bowl washer. (Now how about the spin of the toilet paper roll, do you hang it over or under? To me, if those are your big issues, wait til life gets really heavy. We could probably make a chapbook on toilet controversies, like soft cushiony seat, a bit warmer, (which I want but hubby doesn't) versus hard and cold? And what about the colourful plush covers you can get, if your hubby will put up with them? They do slide a bit. It goes on and on, and all from one little room (or two, in this house). To think, when we camp, it's outhouses or a walk to the comfort station.

On another note, I'm so proud of my mom. At 85, and not very strong physically now, she was determined to get out and vote last night in our federal election, and happy that we took her in the car with us for her exercise of her right. She was beaming after she voted. Every day she listens to the local radio talk show of Lowell Green, as well as other shows at night across the country, and she is often stirred up on an issue when I arrive to see her each morning.

I'm not pleased with how the election went, especially overall in my town, but I did my part to have a voice. So did Mom.
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