Dirty
The Call: And There are More Dishes to Wash — Cheryl
About a month before Stella was born (a little more than three years ago), the dishwasher broke. The fridge got taken out by lightning a week or two before that. We bought a new refrigerator, but the dishwasher sits unused and unusable. Dennis, who is great at repairing just about anything, tried to fix it but was unsuccessful. I’ve toyed with the idea of getting that mediocre Frigidaire dish scrubber fixed or replaced, but we still have to renovate the majority of the first floor (including the kitchen), and I just can’t bring myself to spend money on an appliance we’ve lived without for years now — even though it means that the counter near the sink almost always holds at least one dirty glass, dish or peanut-butter-coated knife.
The Response: Obscured — Jessica
It’s hard to see the beautiful things around you when your window is dirty. Maybe I should clean them more often?
I can’t believe you’ve been without a dishwasher for three years. I think I would die! Or we would be eating off of paper plates for every meal! ; ) I had one that broke three times before I finally threw it out and got a new one. Each one of those breakdowns had me or the kids handwashing for about a week or two. And that was all I could take. I like the sepia take on the dishes though…they look very nice!
Yes, I sometimes think I’m crazy, but the dishes get done, and when the kids do them after dinner, they have some really good, or just plain goofy, conversations. I actually don’t mind washing dishes (as long as nobody’s bugging me for this or that), because it gives me time to think.
That flower out your window looks like it might be a pretty one, and it’s nice not to have go outside to see it. I’d break down and wash the window (but that would probably be the only one to get washed).