I really do love my husband. That needs to be said first and foremost. I love him, but…
When did rinsing a dish, that once had pizza or anything vaguely saucy, cheesy or greasy on it, become optional? This sauce doesn’t jump off of the plate because it sees soap and water. The sauce would have come off the plate easily last night if he had taken 5 seconds to rinse the damned thing! Instead I had to spend 5 minutes with hot water scorching the skin off of my hands.
And he wonders how many different kinds of hand lotion I actually need. We obviously don’t have an automatic dishwasher. And I try not to complain about the fact that I have become the dishwasher since becoming unemployed. I get that he’s tired, and I am genuinely sorry about this. But does me scrubbing away at a hardend piece of cheese for 10 minutes really make us even? No, he’s still tired and I’m just more pissed off than I was before starting the dishes.
A little water, baking soda and an overnight soak gets all burned-on crap out of my pans. I learned that one when living with roommates who didn’t care if they destroyed my cookware. Here’s another lesson learned: don’t buy nice stuff until you live by yourself or get married.
My favorite hand lotion is Neutrogena Hand Cream. It’s a little pricy, but it last forever because “Just a dab heals dry skin” according to the container.
This post reminded me of an episode of The Cosby Show when Cliff Huxtable was trying to get Theo to appropriately handle his dirty dishes.
BTW, I tagged you (thank Pammy Girl for that). You can see my latest post at http://trixfiend.wordpress.com/2008/01/26/excuse-me-i-quirked/ for instructions. I will not be offended if you choose not to participate (nor will anything bad happen to you!)
I’ll have to try to find that episode on DVD and show it to my husband on repeat!
Grits are another thing that have to be washed off before they cool! It’s like the meld into the ceramic or plastic of the bowl if you let them get cold.
Pammy Girl, Baking soda? Interesting.
Jeremy: it’s true. In fact, I was on the phone last night and burned the rice I was cooking in a saucepan. I scraped out what I could and soaked the rest overnight. This morning I cleaned out the pan and dumped in a bunch of baking soda. Should be clean as a whistle in a few hours.
Ok, bringing on the baking soda. Pammy Girl, you may have saved me from hurting or maiming my husband! Thank you!
Egg on the tip of a spatula is a monster. Some times it gets missed in the rinsing since it’s right on the end. It’s like an evil plot.
Egg is a pain! It gets stuck on the end of the spatula and sometime in between the tines of the fork. I love egg but hate it at the same time. It has to be an evil plot.
hahahaaaa! Men, mine’s the same way.
Eggs, pizza/spaghetti sauce, and mustard! Oh mustard is a bitch to get off when it’s dried.
Oh my gosh, I forgot about mustard. I hate mustard! It never comes off.