In this podcast, I’m sharing tips for making the most of your dishwashing routine.
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Blog Posts Mentioned in this Podcast:
Why I Have to Run My Dishwasher Every Night
How Long Does It Actually Take to Empty the Dishwasher?
More Tips and a link to find out how much it costs to run YOUR dishwasher!
Making the Most of Your Dishwasher
Does a Dishwasher Need to be Cleaned?
Admitting It’s Time to Let Go (photos of my rusty cookie sheet)
E-books: 28 Days to Hope for Your Home AND Drowning in Clutter?
Very good post! I have a portable dishwasher that does an ok job, but I’m going to try some of the tips you mentioned to see if I can boost its performance.
My mother in law likes doing the dishes ( ::head explosion:: ). We had my 1 year old’s birthday party this week and I told her we could use our dishwasher but she chose to wash all my dishes by hand.
I don’t have slob tendencies usually but your blog is still a favorite of mine and I eagerly await each new podcast. Listening to them encourages me to clean, thank you :)!
Dana, Thank you for reinforcing the fact that it’s not the presence of a dishwasher that makes the difference, but the presence of a routine/ daily habit instead. I am the reader/listener who wrote to you a month or so ago about my dishwasher being on the fritz and how I realized that it doesn’t take as much time as I thought it would to tackle days worth of dishes. Well, fast forward to today when I have a new routine without a dishwasher (because it’s not in the budget to replace the broken dishwasher right now), and I hand wash ou dishes every day and I have them under control in 10 minutes or less. Thank you again! Keep blogging, and I’ll keep following!
I love hearing this!
I love that the concept of containers is directly related to the more spiritual discipline of contentment. Preach on, Dana!
I have always been the gal pre-washing the dishes, AND the one saying hand washing is better for the environment. Boy was I wrong on both fronts. I recently started listening to the podcast (from the beginning) and started running the dishwasher every night. Once I got through this episode, I stopped prewashing and my dishes have never looked better. It seems crazy that they’d look cleaner this way, but they do! And less work for me! 🙂