For those of you who remember my post on what order to clean the kitchen and would like to know the answer, I have a definitive answer here. Not that it always happens that way.
Kellen is taking a nap today; that's why I had the chance to surf the Internet for a few minutes.
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Boy, that lady has it all figured out. And she had enough time left over after handwashing the dishes to write a very detailed article about it.
Yeah, I'm guessing she doesn't watch much TV. Well, neither do I, and I still don't have much extra time on my hands. Go figure.
My best friend recently aske me why I just didn't do my dishes after each meal. I smiled and said "Have a third child, then maybe you'll get it." She's about to have her second. I imagine that when my children are all potty trained and can clean their own hands and faces I will stay much more on top of my kitchen. At least now I know what order to doit in!
that is precisely how I clean my kitchen after each meal... especially the handwashing part! Seriously, where is this gal from?
Mine actually goes a little more like this:
1.Have each child attempt to take their own dishes to the sink. Have oldest child in the rear so he can pick up any large crumbs dropped by his siblings.
2. Cross your fingers that no dishes are broken on the trip.
3. Follow closely behing the 3-year old so as to dig the silverware he accidently threw away out of the trash can.
4. Frantically load the dishwasher while the baby plays with the dirty silverware in the basket thingy... hoping he will avoid the knives... at least the sharp ones!
5. Stop momentarily to spank a couple of bottoms for pulling eachothers ears (a new family favorite for torchering younger brothers).
6. When dishes are loaded, run soapy water in the large pots/pans and leave them in the sink so that maybe hubby will get the hint and scrub them later.
7. Wipe off table with your hand real quick just to be sure that no homework is going to stick to it later.
8. Grab the dustbuster and get any crumbs that are big enough for baby to come along and eat later.
9. Next morning, 6am, head back into the kitchen to make pb&j sandwiches for lunches... stop and scrub the pots and pans from the night before!
good times, my friend.... good times! but in all seriousness, I wouldnt trade it for the world!
Summer, I like to leave the crumbs. That way if Bonnie gets hungry she knows where to find food. Thanks for your input! Hey, it beats putting them in front of the TV.
Congratulations on Kellen's nap! Hope he's getting back into it!
This actually is the way I have been cleaning up after meals for the past forty years or so.
I have one more comment. My approach is to clean from the outside in. You keep moving things toward the sink and dishwasher and when you actually turn the dishwasher on, you're done. For that meal.
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