Re: philosophy and methods of washing dishes

songbird wrote:

  i do have things to chat about yet it will have to
wait until tomorrow, but this evening was great because
i finally got Mom to leave the dishes on the counter
instead of piling them in the sink.
 
  saves me a lot of time and detergent/bleach water if
i can do it myself, etc.
 
  progress is nice when it happens.  :)
 
  if your answer contains things like "dishwashing
machine" or "someone else" you can skip on the reply
because you're not talking about the same thing and
you could just instead be whistlin' dixie...
 
 
  songbird

One of my essentials is a very small dish rack, just right to sit in
one of the 2 sides or then sink or can be placed on a towel beside it.
That way I can have one with hot soapy water, one with rinse, stack
then when done, put the rack in the sink (out of the way) as it dries.

At the time when I got it, small ones like that were very hard to find.
I'm not sure if they are common now.

I may use a machine most of the time (we take 1 load every other day)
but it's nice when in 'wash as you go' times hit!