Today is No Dirty Dishes Day

The object of this "holiday" is to not simply to wait until tomorrow to do the dishes or to use plastic bowls/plates/utensils, but to not create any dirty dishes ... at all. Unless you're only going to eat food from a vending machine, it's hard not to dirty a dish.

My new house doesn't have a dishwasher. I figured it would be one of my first purchases after I moved in, but it turns out I don't really mind washing dishes! I loathe unloading a dishwasher, but oddly enough, washing dishes by hand, drying them and putting them away doesn't bother me in the least. I hate dishes in the sink ... clean or dirty ... so I tend to keep the kitchen tidier now that I don't have a dishwasher.

Last night I made a triple-batch of my chicken and dumplings, and I plan on eating them to my hearts content ... in a real bowl with a real spoon. Life is too precious to worry about dirtying a few dishes, so I won't be "celebrating" this holiday!