Julie's Journal

Do you wash your dishes by hand; use a dishwasher, or both? I wash my dishes by hand then put them in the dishwasher.

To me, the dishwasher is nothing more than a sanitation device. It couldn’t possibly clean the dishes as well as I can by hand right??!! Well I’ve been proven wrong, but I’m not going to tell my kids. I want them to believe that my way of washing them first is the best way.

J.R. was on dish duty the other night and I didn’t feel well enough to get up out of bed and inspect his work. He didn’t start it as it wasn’t full. Yesterday morning I washed the dishes in the sink by hand then went to load them in the dishwasher. The ones he had loaded were still in there, unwashed, and smelly. YUCK!

I decided to test out my theory and run the dishwasher without re-doing his work. I couldn’t wait to show him how they do not come clean if you don’t pre wash them! YEAH! Control freak at her finest.

Imagine my surprise when I went to unload it this morning and all the dishes were crystal clean and they even smelt clean. I’m not sure if I can break my habit of pre washing them, but at least I know now that when the boys don’t do things my way things still work out.