In My Heart On Thursday

(My 100th post, woohoo!)

"Never make a principle out of your experience; 

let God be as original with other people as he is with you."

-Oswald Chambers

The Butter Dish...Seriously?

There is an order to all things...especially washing the dishes.  Is anybody listening?  The order goes like this:

1. Cups and glasses
2. All plastics (exception: the salad bowl coated in oil dressing from last night's dinner)
3. Silverware

The above three items can all go in the first load of bubbly water.

4. Plates and bowls of the non-plastic variety

5. Any mixing bowls, baking items, etc not completely covered in anything disgusting.

Anytime after beginning items #4 & #5 it is acceptable and necessary to evaluate the state of your bubbly water.  Don't be stubborn or lazy-Drain and re-fill, the world is not going to end.

6. Any greasy plastics, disgusting items from #5-THIS is when you'd wash the butter dish, NOT with #1-3.

7. All your pans

Same instructions as with #4 & #5.  Check your sponge or washcloth, too-rinsing isn't helping? Grab a new one!

I guarantee this is the proper order for washing dishes.  Follow it and your clean dishes won't be sticky or covered in a slippery film.  Follow it and I'll quit wondering how a family that grew up with a strict dish schedule neglected to learn how to properly clean the dishes they were scheduling.  Follow it and I'll quit throwing half the "clean" dishes back into the sink without being used.

Oh, but, since I HATE doing dishes, thank you...carry on...

In My Heart On Thursday

"A woman is like a tea bag.  You never know how strong she is until she gets into hot water."

-Eleanor Roosevelt

Happy Independence Day!

“I am certain that, however great the hardships and the trials which loom ahead, 

our America will endure and the cause of human freedom will triumph”

-Cordell Hull, Secretary of State 1933-1944

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