Chose the computer over dirty dishes

It's really nice of them to do the dishes. Do they get a tip?

@lovebuglena yes, they get a 20 minute play on the tablet... but they are doing the dishes because they are scheduled to do it. And i don't have trouble telling them to stick on their schedule.

I finally tackled them but then there was a new batch waiting for me...

@lovebuglena That is very true as well. I hope you're able to get things done.

@dodo19 For now I am still online. Spending money. I got tickets to two Broadway shows.

True. But putting things off for later could mean it will never get done.

It's frustrating that I have a dishwasher but can't really use it.

As long as they are taken care of, you can put them off for a bit.

Those dishes are the enemy today. I don't even want to look at them...

@JohnRoberts They are screaming at me... "don't touch me"

@lovebuglena They are haunting you, stalking you....

@lovebuglena yeah i try nit to extend to the coubtertips but it has happened!

Eventually the sink runs out of room, and so does the counter tops.

I have a dishwasher. Washed the dishes once and there was black stuff (forget what that's called) floating in the water that accumulated on top of the cups and other things. Also, though makes no sense, after I turned it on that one time the ceiling started leaking. But it was the ceiling in the kitchen above the dishwasher not the ceiling on the floor below. Since then have not tried the dishwasher ever again. And since my hubby hardly ever washes dishes I am the dishwasher. I don't mind it as a whole but sometimes the last thing I want to do is wash dishes, especially if there is a sink full of them.

@lovebuglena Your dishwasher is an excellent dish drainer, then, should you decide to use it. That black stuff--eewww! Could that be from the sewage system? The only time I've seen stuff like that is when the pipes back up. I don't use my drying feature both to save money and so that the steam doesn't damage the ceiling and humidify my small apartment. When I was washing dishes I'd often put a drop of Dawn on one and go at it with a damp sponge. That drop of soap was good for several dishes then I'd rinse them and put them in the drainer. That way they never piled up--well, not much--and I didn't get discourage with a big stack. You seem to have it all under control so you just let them sit until you're good and ready to do them. They're not hurting anything sitting there!

@dragon54u It could be from the fact that the dishwasher hadn't been used for a long time... I wash dishes every day, sometimes more than once a day... There are only two people in the house and often enough it seems like more people live here with all the stuff that needs to be washed.

They sure do. And then when I am finally rid of them they come back... again and again and again...

@lovebuglena You are lucky, we don't have that many anymore now that its the two of us and I keep everything pretty well cleaned up but it would be nice for help once in a while

Once in a while my husband will wash them, without me having to ask him to do it. It surprises me when that happens.

That's a smart thing to do. I do that sometimes. But then there are those days when I wanna go online first but then I realize it was a mistake because instead of a few minutes it turns into hours.

Sometimes I can't focus on the dishes when I want to mylot.

@lovebuglena hahaha!!! It means you are really addicted to myLot..

One of these days I just might switch to disposable ones... But that can get pretty expensive.