tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5602915421357912126.post5917118312804454663..comments2023-09-29T08:06:39.289-04:00Comments on Conference Call on Mute: Wednesday WisdomStaceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12682866063792535916noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5602915421357912126.post-11991683596536175602010-04-29T08:11:40.514-04:002010-04-29T08:11:40.514-04:00I unload by region of storage. So plates and othe...I unload by region of storage. So plates and other dishes for the cabinet about the dishwasher go first, followed by the adjacent cabinets. I save pots and pans for last because they go furthest away. Efficient? Not so sure!<br /><br />Perfectly reasonable topic for a blog post (and you obviously generated lots of comments!). :)Gretchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09799810968401019676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5602915421357912126.post-78038188956874792010-04-29T08:02:10.559-04:002010-04-29T08:02:10.559-04:00Good question, Helen. DH and I both very consiste...Good question, Helen. DH and I both very consistently put utensils with the pointy parts down. He also won't let me put any real (aka sharp) knives in the dishwasher...they must be washed by hand. Ditto for any pots and pans or big bowls. It's a "waste of space" but sometimes I sneak them in if there is room and it needs to be run anyway.Staceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12682866063792535916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5602915421357912126.post-10808985689957554952010-04-29T07:45:16.799-04:002010-04-29T07:45:16.799-04:00I do the top first because I dread doing the botto...I do the top first because I dread doing the bottom! Ha! Most of the time I wait for my husband to do it anyway since I'm the cook of the house it's only fair.SkinnyMeghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13606660046717315661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5602915421357912126.post-3527951909336860142010-04-28T18:18:08.801-04:002010-04-28T18:18:08.801-04:00hmm....I'm trying to think. I think I do a mi...hmm....I'm trying to think. I think I do a mixture of all the things mentioned due to still wet plastic, etc- but I do have a really old dishwasher and sometimes if I do the bottom first, and it's heavy on top, the whole machine will come tipping out...I got another one for you- Utensils, do you put them knives and forks pointing up or down?Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10511387809521387614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5602915421357912126.post-50752857858227570462010-04-28T13:41:45.626-04:002010-04-28T13:41:45.626-04:00I'm a tops down woman. I wonder if that means ...I'm a tops down woman. I wonder if that means something about my working style?Ellie's Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06372312560375152975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5602915421357912126.post-80071786242877128182010-04-28T13:29:11.599-04:002010-04-28T13:29:11.599-04:00Random - chaos - here. No method to the madness. S...Random - chaos - here. No method to the madness. So I guess I was made to the the mother of boys?Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07729524163430608531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5602915421357912126.post-20832306554067554162010-04-28T11:13:48.407-04:002010-04-28T11:13:48.407-04:00I always do the top first because... that's ho...I always do the top first because... that's how my mother did it. If I do glasses, then dishes and silverware, I'm in one spot. Then the bigger stuff can be put away after the washer is closed. I'm perpetuating the cycle too, teaching the Oldest and the Middle Child to do it the same way. As far as Hubby unloading it, he does it the same way, but then leaves half of the clean stuff on the counter for the Kitchen Fairy to put away. Just like with the handwashed plastic containers. Ugh!WorkingMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06401988118652082969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5602915421357912126.post-41311535388951517432010-04-28T11:08:36.022-04:002010-04-28T11:08:36.022-04:00Bottom first, because sometimes the stuff on top (...Bottom first, because sometimes the stuff on top (like tupperware) has a little bit of water left on it. Also sometimes little plastic Ikea cups get upturned and fill with water .I don't want that water getting on the bottom stuff.LauraChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14322568136833382134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5602915421357912126.post-30289674262217854312010-04-28T10:47:27.720-04:002010-04-28T10:47:27.720-04:00I do the top down - hate bending over.I do the top down - hate bending over.Mommy, Esq.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00228638552586921228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5602915421357912126.post-75920002314979471172010-04-28T10:26:29.619-04:002010-04-28T10:26:29.619-04:00I unload the bottom first, for a couple reasons. ...I unload the bottom first, for a couple reasons. First off, b/c Holden likes to unload it for me and sharp knives need to be expelled from the dishwasher immediately. Second, because we usually have a sink full of dirties that need loaded, and I can load the bottom with dirties before unloading the cleans out of the top. Efficient? probably not but I feel like it is.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13967089207573722905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5602915421357912126.post-4408203050440149672010-04-28T09:42:15.639-04:002010-04-28T09:42:15.639-04:00I agree with your theory about getting the "h...I agree with your theory about getting the "heavy" stuff first. Then you're just doing the bitsy stuff after. <br /><br />My DH avoids unloading the dishwasher, if possible. He'd just take stuff out as he needs it and would happily live like this if I didn't screech at him like a harpy to unload it AND reload it.<br /><br />Lately, though, I have to put away the silverware first b/c LO wants to take it all out and lay it on the floor.Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559246059391809008noreply@blogger.com