I'm so tired of doing dishes!
By KindredSoul
@KindredSoul (126)
United States
March 12, 2018 2:40am CST
I live in a 100 year old house in the Northwest. It's a cute little place. It's cozy, warm and it's a nice temporary place for a year or so. Unfortunately, there is no dishwasher. I'm from San Diego, CA. I've learned to conserve on a great many things. Needless to say, I don't like disposable utensils for daily use.
Oh, well! The dishes still need to be done!
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@KindredSoul (126)
• United States
12 Mar 18
Great! Then both you and @hereandthere can do the dishes and I'll do all the cooking and baking! :-)
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@KindredSoul (126)
• United States
13 Mar 18
@FrancoisBezuidenhout I haven't made Black Forest Cake, but I've made chocolate cake that is very similar. My cakes had been called such but until I looked it up it didn't know what a Black Forest was. :-)
As for the cheesecake I haven't made one, but there is no reason I can't learn to.
@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
12 Mar 18
i'd rather wash the dishes and do the laundry and clean the bathroom than iron clothes, cook and dust.
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@KindredSoul (126)
• United States
12 Mar 18
Okay! I love to cook and bake! You do the cleaning and I'll do the cooking. LOL!
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
12 Mar 18
@KindredSoul gladly! i'll even set and clear the table!
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@Bhebelen14 (5194)
• Philippines
13 Mar 18
I wash the dished 3 time a day after meal, it's kinda normal to me because even when I was young this is my daily chores at home.
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@KindredSoul (126)
• United States
13 Mar 18
Oh yes. Me too. I grew up in a military family. The household was run like a ship. Children were slave labor and they were to be seen and not heard. I'm just not responsible with my time sometimes, especially when I find new sites like myLot! Life is just filled with so much great stuff to do and learn!
BUT! I am being mindful and watching my time today. I have far too much to do. Unfortunately, dishes falls into the category of "it can wait". Obviously, I still do them but my days go by soooo quickly that I often like I'm doing them all the time. Hahaha!
@sw8sincere (5204)
• Philippines
12 Mar 18
Same here. I get lazy washing the dishes too.
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@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
12 Mar 18
I am not into washing dishes but I had to do it since I am living away from my parents. 
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@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
13 Mar 18
@KindredSoul It is nice to see our kids helping around at home and doing something special for us. And when they are grown up, we wish they are young and miss them a lot. 
@KindredSoul (126)
• United States
13 Mar 18
@mlgen1037 Oh yes. I'm asked what was my favorite age. They are all my favorite ages. I had a good kid. He made being a mom easy and fun. I knew I wasn't going to look forward to him leaving, but knew it was going to happen, I cherished every moment we had. Good times!
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@KindredSoul (126)
• United States
12 Mar 18
While my son was living at home he would do the kitchen clean up unless he made dinner. Then his stepbrother would clean up. He didn't make dinner often but it was always so pleasant when he would. But he is all grown up now. (Sigh)
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@Melanie_Marie (1871)
• New Baltimore, Michigan
12 Mar 18
You know what? We have a dishwasher and I still prefer washing dishes by hand. I wash all my pots and pans that way. I don't really care for our dishwasher, I don't like the smell on the dishes once they run through a cycle. Kind of a dirty water smell (??) I don't know about our dishwasher, I just do my own dishes, pots, and pans by hand. (And I use plastic silverware that I hoard in my room.)
Tip: If you wash the dishes immediately after use, they won't pile up and then it won't seem like such a nagging job. I'll cook something and then I wash everything right after. Then I have food for 3 days, and everything has been washed. And I'm all done.
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@KindredSoul (126)
• United States
12 Mar 18
Yeah, when I cook it is with the week in mind. In that case, I use quite a bit of cookware and kitchen utensils. I just try to do too much at once. I will make 3 or 4 different meals and as soon as they cool I prep them to be frozen.
And in the midst of all of that, I'm still working monitoring and researching.
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@Swayamsiddha (4354)
• New Delhi, India
12 Mar 18
Welcome to mylot. What is your profession?
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@KindredSoul (126)
• United States
12 Mar 18
Thank you. Well, I started off as a Virtual Assistant/Consultant. But my one path seems to have transformed into multiple paths. I've been called a Virtual Vixen or a Social Media Maiden. Both fit, I guess.
@anikoonline (3250)
• Hungary
12 Mar 18
I think washing the dishes is not a good kind of household chores (I've never talked to anyone that would like it), but we have to do.
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