If I washed dishes everyday, I wouldn't need a dishrack. But I generally have several forks and a couple of plates and bowls. I microwave a lot of left overs.
I am trying to wash as I go, to combat the horrible problem of not washing dishes for several weeks and then having things growing in my sink. So I actually boxed up most of my dishes, and have just enough for one meal and wash while my coffee is brewing or wash the pots and pans as I go along. Right now I cook almost every night, and take the leftovers for lunch.
Or on top of the dishes if there aren't a lot in the dishrack.
Oh, yeah. If there aren't a lot of dishes in the rack, I can slide a sauce pan in there, or perch a pot on top of the bowls. Or sometimes I just dry the pot/pan as soon as I wash it, so I can put it back in the pantry and get it out of the way.
wash while my coffee is brewing
Invariably, I wash the previous night's dishes while my oatmeal is cooking.
That's smart Sophia. Let me try to remember where I got my mat and see if I can google up something similar.
[link] Or very like it. Pretty sure I picked up mine as an impulse buy at the grocery store.
I dry pots and pans in the sink.
I never put plates and such on the fish rack because I have a dishwasher, so my dish rack is all pots and mixing bowls and odd things . When cooking for myself I tried to only use 1 or 2 pots/pans/mixing bowls b/c I hate washing. I would rinse and reuse for next part of meal if cooking multiple things.
And now we have a fire of our own, I can see it at the far end of the lake.
Am psyching myself up to go home to see my parents, and stupid shit like "where will I sleep?" and "should I get a hotel room" and "can I sleep in my bed knowing it had been Chris' bed for the past year and a half" and "will it be torture for my mom to wash the bedding" and "how awful is it to have her erase his presence from my room to make room for me" is running through my head? Will my going up be more of a strain? Are they super pissed that I didn't go up straight away (because I got stinking drunk and have only just gotten over my hangover)?
