Dishwashing and all that goes with it
Efficiency—I am such an innefficient dish washer and kitchen cleaner! It probably takes me twice as long as it needs to because I keep jumping around putting food away then cleaning out the sink, then loading the dishwasher, then drying dishes, then starting dishwater, then loading the dishwasher, then washing dishes, then putting food away, then drying dishes. Sigh. I think I learned this from living in a very cramped kitchen in which I HAD to go from job to job just to get it done—sort of a put-food-away-so-I-can-clean-out-the-sink-so-I-can-wash-some-dishes-so-
I'll-have-room-to-put-the-rest-of-the-food-away-so-I-can-wipe-off-the-counter
-so-I'll-have-a-place-to-put-dry-dishes-so-I-can-clean-out-the-dishdrainer-so
-I-can-wash-the-rest-of-the-dishes thing. We have a spacious kitchen now so it's time to adopt new practices!
Cleanliness—obviously! We don't want dishes with spots of food left on them. Or gunk around the sink faucet. Or crumbs of the countertop. So we need habits of cleanliness!
Carefulness—so we make sure everything is clean, everything gets done, nothing gets broken, and we don't make a swimming pool on the kitchen floor.
Thoroughness—every dish, every crumb, every drop of water around the sink. No stopping short!
2 comments:
Have spent many of my own years in small quarters I had to laugh at your discription of kitchen cleaning. In our present situation it also involves running to and fro from the bathroom since that is the only sink in the house. Mind you it's not far from the kitchen but still sometimes I don't get it quite as together as I would like.
I think raising a child really helps in the thuroughness department because you find yourself looking at things and going, "If (my) child were to do this job like I have done it would I accept it or would I make them do it over again?" I have been known to hear my own lectures play over in my head and as a result do things better than I might otherwise have done them.
That's a good point about child-training. Maybe I should try that! I am sure I would want things done very differently than the way I do them. Hmmmm.
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