No Dirty Dishes | Pad Patter 5.18.23

Hubby is the dishwasher in our home, he loads the dishwasher or does it by hand is there is to be load shedding.
I love to sit and watch tv and am knitting my daughter a scraf/shawl.

 

Growing up Mom was the dishwasher and I was the dish dryer. We had a system that worked well.

Living alone, if I don't do it, it doesn't get done. Now that I have a dishwasher, dishes get put in after I eat but I don't run it every night. For while it was twice a week or when it was full if I was eating out a lot (pre-dental issues). Lately it has been about every 2 days especially if I have used the air fryer. I empty it the next morning before I fix my morning breakfast drink (so I can start putting dirty glasses in it again!)

 

My daughter usually washes the dishes M-F, not that there are many normally, and I wash them on the weekends.

After work, I'll watch a couple of old episodes of Grey's Anatomy until the sun goes down behind the trees, then I'll go out and mow the backyard. I mowed the front and sides yesterday evening. I rarely have the energy to mow my entire yard in one go anymore, plus my mower's battery is only good for about an hour, hour and a quarter before it needs to be recharged.

 

Right now, oldest is the dishwasher and youngest is the putterawayer.
That will change when Shayne leaves for college... sniff, sniff.

We've actually put off getting a new dishwasher cause of the boys, haha! I sense we will be doing it come September.

 

I'm glad you posted this today because my sink is full and now I won't feel guilty about not dealing with it today. I haven't felt well this week, so I'm taking it slow and doing the minimum to get by.

It's Megan's job to unload the dishwasher and Rob or I load it. Rob doesn't like the dishwasher running while he watches sports, so he is usually the one to set a delayed start, and I'm the one who washes everything that can't go in the dishwasher.

 

I LOVE loading and unloading the dishwasher. Because every dish and every spoon I put in and take out mean a dish and a spoon I didn't need to wash by hand.

 

Hubby and I both load dishes, but I do kinda get twitchy when it isn't loaded "my way" Then the boys are in charge of putting the dishes away. I was all the hand washing stuff most of the time.

but... if I'm gonna ignore the dishes, I'm going to curl up on the couch with my kindle!

 

My hubby washes and I put away but we use a lot of paper plates to avoid too many dishes...lol! I love to play on my laptop or my phone while I sit in my spot on the couch and watch TV. I used to be able to do only 1 thing at a time but then cell phones...now I have to be doing all the things at the same time!

 

I didn't know this day existed ... but my plan for today is to clean out the toy room ... I'd rather do dishes lol