Ah. There's a spot on the side of my bottom level that perfectly fits either 2 9x9's or 1 13x9. I thought for a second there was something I didn't know about low-thermal-expansion borosilicate glass.
she at least did put it face down, but yeah took up a ton of space, blocked a bunch of area, and didn't fit everything in. Normally we put that big pan in the dish washer because it's a piece of shit that isn't teflon coated so who cares.The smaller pan should have been washed. But in this case, either the big pan or baking dish should have been hand washed to be able to fit the rest of the stuff in the washer. Don't see any reason why knives need to be hand washed if they don't have a wooden handle. Every time she loads the washer it is an adventure and every time I try to show her how to do it better I'm an asshole.
many women have this affliction. My mother is OCD about the dishwasher so I didn't know this was a problem until I got to college and experienced other women loading a dishwasher.
My wife pretty much refuses to put silverware in the silverware slot the furthest back in the dishwasher. I find it fucking bizarre. Of course she also makes our 10 year old unload the dishwasher. He does about as good of a job as our dog would.
It's still proudly displayed and if it does make the chopping block, it will likely go to my office along with my Paul Allen business cards and the New Robert Palmer Tape (still in shrinkwrap)
I’m absolutely OCD about loading the dishwasher. I’ve got to at least rinse and lightly brush everything before maximizing dishwasher space. I’ve got a system for unloading too, which my wife loves to ignore.
my mom fully washes everything before putting it into the dishwasher. soap scrub, everything. Then complains endlessly about how much time she spends doing dishes.
I think it’s the fear of the taint (lol). If the dishwasher doesn’t do its job and you notice one item that’s unclean, you’ve got to do it all over again.
Team 'restaurant style to go plastic boxes ' from Costco. 50 for like $10. Throw em away if you don't feel like washing them or forget to clean them out before they get nasty
You’re not going to want to put your Cutco knives in the dishwasher but you can because they have a lifetime warranty!
My wife is a stickler for making sure the plate is completely clean before it goes in the dishwasher. Read an article the other day that you aren't supposed to pre-clean dishes before putting them in the dishwasher. I guess dishwasher soap is designed to cling to food on dirty dishes and most modern dishwashers have sensors to detect how dirty the water is and scale back on the cleaning in the absence of food particles. Dishes potentially can come out of the washer with as many germs on them as they did when they went in if you pre-clean them.
Related to the Marie Kondo show; my future BFF hired a storage consultant who came in and organized our entire kitchen and closets. It was fantastic. AMA.
Heading to work out but honestly, its a shit ton of containers and things like that. Some are cool, but she organized my bar area, the pantry, the bar stock area, and a couple closets. The closets I have managed to mess up a bit, but I will try and get some pics later and post them.
Lady Tegg periodically reorganizes everything so I have no fucking clue where anything is until just before she decides to do it again.
My gf doesn’t do this, she is too busy trying to play Tetris with our fridge but my mom has this disease.
If my wife ever mysteriously disappears it will be because I was told one time too many "Where it's supposed to be" to my inquiry about where some common household item is.
this has to be better than my mrs, who literally has no idea where anything is and never puts anything back where she found it.... me "babe, where are the scissors?" her "in the drawer in the kitchen" me " which drawer?" her "the one they are always in" me " you mean this second one where there have always been 4 pair of scissors, but right now there are none at all?" her stomping into the kitchen, looks in drawer, stomps around looking in multiple drawers, all over the house, finally finds one pair of scissors on the dresser, "fine here you go, are you happy?" me "no, they werent where they are suppose to be" next day Me, "babe, where is the sharpie marker I keep in the drawer close to the vacuum sealer?" ...........................rinse repeat
I straight up asked the wife if she is the kind of person who moves things around as a hobby or if she was refining her organization towards some perfect setup. Her answer and my experience do not align irl. I will say, when we moved in and organized the kitchen (where both of us need to be able to locate items), it was quite a lesson in the differences in logic between the sexes. Ex. Moi: the canned fruit should go down here with the veggies, right? Her: nah, needs to go in the cabinet with the flour/baking supplies. Moi:? Her: well I might use it for pie filling. Happy hunting gents, we're fighting a losing battle. Caveat: she is a helluva dishwasher loader, can't win/lose 'em all.
Last night my wife is giving our daughter a bath. My daughter has this bath paint stuff you put on the side of the tub that she can play with. I walk in as my wife is handing her one of her makeup brushes to use as a "paint brush" Me: "Is that paint stuff not going to destroy your makeup brush?" Her: "so...." Me: "Don't they cost money?" ( I have no idea how much makeup stuff cost, I'm just assuming it's all too expensive) Her: "Well, I don't really ever wear makeup so what does it matter?" Me: "Yet somehow our bathroom counter is always destroyed with it..."
When we got married, my wife relegated my autographed American Psycho movie poster to the closet until we find a house cause she thinks it’s creepy and doesn’t want to have to explain it to the very few guests we have. I tried the “but Reese Witherspoon signed it” plea but to no avail. Unbeknownst to her it’s going over the fireplace at the new house for all the suffering I’ve endured in our home search. NFL playoffs on? Open house time! “Ooooh I love this house”... next day ehhhhh
Walking open houses is the worst. You got a realtor who is absolutey desperate to sell the damn thing hyping it up and the significant other nodding excitedly while you are noticing the numerous flaws all over the place. Point it alll out as you leave the house: NO, it’s really nice. 24 hours later.... Her: Did you check the bottom the pool for cracks? Me: you mean the numerous obvious cracks that mean there is almost certainly a major leak. The ones I pointed out when we left? Her: no you didn’t. Me: this is why open houses are dumb.
Here are some of the pics of what she did. Back Mixer area.... the gf loves vodka water and mio so we have tons of them. It was a lot more organized and straight before I got a hold of it. I was in a rush to take the pics. Spoiler This area was my "dont know where to put it area". It had a ton of stuff randomly shoved in these cubbies, she got baskets to put stuff in and labeled them. One is napkins and plates for parties, and the other is gift stuff like ribbons and tape. Spoiler Its a little messy now, but she added a bunch of lazy susans for storing things to get to. They are now under every sink and in the pantry. Each tub has a purpose, breakfast, snacks, breads, ziplocks, etc. Spoiler Spoiler I hope this helps. My bff would kill me if she knew I was posting this without cleaning up the stuff first lol. YOLO
No offense taken, i snapped a couple pics of three spots quickly before leaving this morning. It probably doesn't convey the extent of the work they did. They spent around 4 hours working on everything. I am a fairly neat person so it wasn't a wreck, but there was zero logic to where things were. I had a drawer in the kitchen with pens, cords, chargers, keys, etc. Just random shit, they organized it all and put it in various logical spots. The pantry was just a hodgepodge of stuff. Now its in labeled spots. Example, is I left Stevia's in the box they came in, she bought a bunch of small mason jars to put different types of sweeteners, which is near the Coffee/Tea tub. Its probably hard to convey on here.
Not going to lie, I am thinking about changing careers. I'm going to read that book again and then Spark Joy into my wallet.
Ah didn't realize that was the name of her book. I've just heard her name bandied about. And yes I do need a good woman. Can't believe I didn't get many matches on Tider with that sweet pic I posted of myself on here last year.