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Post by CourageouslyLion SeeksSerenity on Feb 26, 2009 3:24:38 GMT -5
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Post by dayeanu on Feb 26, 2009 9:35:18 GMT -5
Threeg, I have done the bathtub laundry thing, too. I used a new, clean toilet plunger to "agitate." Rinsing was the hard part.
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Post by dayeanu on Feb 26, 2009 9:46:22 GMT -5
I still remember how shocked I was the first time I heard the concept of throwing away dishes. I was the world's worst at saving leftovers, and then in a moment of righteous rage, I would clean out the refrigerator. And set all the plastic tubs of leftovers on the kitchen counter. And a week or two later, another cleaning binge would strike, and I would spend days emptying out the grossest, nastiest stuff, AND then try to clean up those plastic containers.
One day I decided to try watching tv while I cleaned the plastic containers. I flipped on the tv to the one channel we got back then, and the televangelist Kenneth Copeland was on. I promise you, this is no lie, I turned the tv on and he said, "throw away all those plastic tubs. God can provide for you better than that!"
I, of course, was stunned. After giving it some serious thought, I decided Bro. Copeland was right, and I started throwing away those plastic tubs full of nasty rotten gunk. It was hard, at first, but after awhile, I was o.k. with it.
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Post by dayeanu on Feb 26, 2009 9:57:24 GMT -5
Up to that point, no telling how many hours I had spent cleaning out tubs of food that had spoiled in the refrigerator and then sat to rot on my counter for weeks. I would try to get all the stains and smells out. Would spend hours working on just one nasty plastic container.
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Post by AnnieOkie on Feb 26, 2009 10:09:19 GMT -5
Yep, those plastic containers.....why do we spend so much time worrying about saving them? Just this week, I saved a Manwich bowl (with lid! : ....hopefully it will be useful. I have recently been putting some leftovers (steamed broccoli, things like that) into zip-loc bags. They are easy to reheat or to toss if the leftovers sit too long.
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Post by puppybox on Feb 26, 2009 17:41:36 GMT -5
ROTFL and LOVING the evangelist calling upon the followers to throw out leftovers.
AMEN
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Post by dayeanu on Feb 26, 2009 22:57:24 GMT -5
AMEN!
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Post by Meme on Feb 26, 2009 23:13:16 GMT -5
yes- when we had to redo our kitchen - we did dishes in the tub and back when I had my first baby and no washer- did the diapers in the tub with the plunger sadly if dishes have hung around for long there is no way to scrape any thing off first before soaking- it is good to catch as much garbage as you can before it goes down the drain - if you off set the plug while the water is draining- you can catch a majority of the garbage at the bottom of the tub- tub water is the same as sink water- a tub is just a bigger sink-- --alas- it does hurt the back so breaks would be required- --------
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Post by messyang on Feb 26, 2009 23:28:30 GMT -5
Awesome post! I have even washed a dish or two while taking a bath. (Not a moldy dish, mind you...) I use paper plates, but then the dog grabs them out of the garbage, and I find them all over the house. Sometimes, squalor begets squalor. But again, GREAT post!
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Post by gettingsomewhere on Feb 27, 2009 9:39:45 GMT -5
i am loving this AMNESTY. thank you. and thanks for great advice lioness.
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Post by ivorytower on Feb 27, 2009 20:46:00 GMT -5
I think the bathtub idea may occur naturally to people who live in apartments or houses with a bathtub on the same floor as the kitchen. I've done bathtub dishes twice in the past when I lived in a house where the bathroom was on the ground floor, just off the kitchen. Dishes on every surface and filling the sink, and, a clear bathtub just a few feet away. Obvious. At the time I felt as if I were the only person in the world who would do such a thing (because, of course, I was the only person in the world who would let things get to that state!) As I recall I did the process in the bathtub, washing the crud off first then rinsing and refilling the tub with clean water to wash them again.
I now have a kitchen sink that's a bit larger than standard and when things have built up I've used the whole sink instead of a washing up bowl.
Right now I'm keeping up with the dishes but this thread's reminded me it's a thin line between neat and squalorous.
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Post by glorianna on Mar 1, 2009 15:13:05 GMT -5
Drivermom, I've done that too! I got d restaurant dish tub, filled it with hot suds and put it on the counter by the sink. It is big enough so I could empty both sinks into it. This let me clean the sinks themselves. My main bad habit is being unable to let go of old stored food in the fridge. I am in denial about not eating leftovers. I hardly ever do but I keep kidding myself about it. Soon, I'm running out of dishes because everything is storing something in the refrigerator. The cleanout can be ugly. I've learned to wait a while, even overnight, soaking. The dishes practically wash themselves after a hot soak. The best solution to this delima (sp) is to always keep a rule that "anything" considered a "leftover" is far from ....gone... when it is 3 days old. Never, ever eat any "leftover" food that is more than 3 days old. Meal planning is your best defense in having lots of leftovers and don't be afraid to toss out unused food. When I make a box of macaroni and cheese, we eat apprx. 1/4 of it. I know we will 'NEVER' eat the leftovers so that goes right into the trash. I know it's a waste but doing things like that keeps the "clutter" out of my refrigerator. It would make no difference if I kept that mac and cheese in the fridge for a week, it still would not be eaten. We have a rule in our house that the refrigerator must be cleaned out each week. That is either done on Wednesday (trash day) or the day we buy new groceries. It's a pain but one dh and I stick to because we don't want to get sick from eating old food and growing bacteria inside our refrigerator. Also, I find that putting a cap full of clorox in the dishwater along with scalding hot water helps to loosen and remove odors and food from bowls of food that have set in the fridge. Just rinse them well and you have clean dishes again.
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Post by houseworkhater on Mar 1, 2009 23:21:01 GMT -5
You only eat ONE QUARTER of a box of mac & cheese, and you are a WE? ( , but I am serious. Sorry for the T/J but this fascinates my compulsive eater's nature!)
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Post by dayeanu on Mar 1, 2009 23:58:10 GMT -5
Moggyfan, I thought the same thing, I could eat the whole box! Family size!
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Post by Meme on Mar 2, 2009 2:02:59 GMT -5
the box who is a friend of the girl who lives with Oma eats a whole box to himself- sigh- I need to send him away to you all to eat your leftovers before they hit the fridge-- we were joking to night and said that we will have to order 2 plates for his wedding meal and a key I noticed is to have one sink filled with hot soapy water and wash as you go and if not enough time to clean when washing - set the prewash in the other sink so that you will only have to do a quick wash later- I find that this cuts down the squalor look and smell sometimes things happen where I can not clean wash the first time but at least I have a head start and not a lot of dishes with dried on guck-
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