Dishes and Diapers
It’s so weird to have a dishwasher! It sits in the corner of my dining area/breakfast nook (because it’s about half the size of my entire kitchen) and every time I walk into the kitchen I see it and say, “Oh! Well hello there!”
Usually major appliances come and go with the rest of an entire apartment so it’s weird to make this shift without moving. I keep doing my usual groan at seeing my sink full of dishes until I realize that, oh wait! I have a dishwasher now!!! I can’t quite accept that I won’t actually be washing them by hand at some point. Even when I actually put the dishes in the dishwasher I feel some hesitation, like I’m doing something that’s somehow wrong.
This morning I gleefully bought dishwasher detergent and I even splurged and bought the more expensive orange scented one.
In other news, I asked my two year old if he wanted to go without his diaper and pants and pee in the potty today and he said yes so I optimistically left him bare and thus far he’s peed in the potty seven times (my five year old is eagerly keeping count) with only one tiny accident. I make a huge fuss every time he does it, hopefully to solidify this as a good thing.
I’m kind of shocked that he’s taken to it so suddenly and quickly, but I knew he was ready. I guess we may well be on our way to no more diapers at our house. I guess that means I am almost out of babies. I feel like I should be sad about that but oh god I am so not!
December 29th, 2008 at 2:54 am
Oh my goodness I am desperate for a dishwasher, especially for when the baby comes. We just can’t fit one in our teeny kitchen though. I’m insistent that wherever we next live we must have one. I’m not sure about the environmental impact but I’m suitably desperate.