If there’s one household chore that is my pet hate, it’s doing the dishes.

I was chatting to a friend on-line telling him about how I spent most of my Saturday washing up my dishes;   I have already washed up three racks of dishes and there’s still more!!! also dried up those three racks full of dishes and packed it away. *proud moment*

Thank goodness it rained today, else I would have been out again and again not done the dishes. Or maybe it rained because I done the dishes?

First Rack:  all my dinner plates, some mugs and glasses

Second Rack:  all my dessert bowls, my smaller pudding bowls, other glass bowls, some big Pyrex dishes

Third Rack:   glass jug, chopping boards, more glass bowls, some cutlery

I still have to do loads of plastic containers (Tupperware), and not forgetting each container’s lid; that’s besides the two pots and a pan and most likely the dinner plates we just used for supper.

*sad face*

If I did not have this much crockery available to use, I would not have this mountain of dishes to do every time. I think that three sets of plates i.e. 18 of each size plate, at least 20 mugs, 20 glasses, at least six wine glasses, about 20 of each cutlery, two pots, two pans , is just too much for one person to have.

So yes, I only wash up once all or most of my crockery is dirty. This might sound disgusting to you but at least I rinse before I pile. Still not justifiable I know.

This was taken back in August 2006

I suddenly want to curse the company ‘Unilever‘ that makes ‘Sunlight Dishwashing Liquid‘.

The song in their advert goes / went like this:  “Sun-light, Sun-light and wa-ter, Sun-light and wa-ter, it’s all that you need” – bull shit! Do they know how much effort goes into washing up? The ‘Sunlight Dishwashing Liquid‘ ain’t gonna get the dishes piled up onto the rack, nor dry them off or pack them away. I hate their song!

I am considering having only four of everything – four plates, four knives, four glasses etc. Either that or look into the possibility of purchasing a Dishwasher.

Tags: cleaning, dishwashing liquid, household chores, tidy up, washing dishes

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