Dirty Dishes and Other Non-Freaky Stuff

I meant to do a whole post today on my new “open concept” dishes cabinet.

Except that when I went to take some pictures of the dishes cabinet, this is what I found:

Where, pray tell, are all the dishes???

Either somebody stole them, or they are hiding elsewhere…

Silly dishes! Silly me! I hadn’t unloaded the dishwasher yet today. Or last night.

Hence…

The purpose, therefore, of my post today is to tell you that sometimes I choose one thing over another. And I, as a mommy, wife, friend, home-maker, and blogger NEVER manage to do it ALL.

Last night I ran the dishwasher during dinner. Those were the breakfast and lunch dishes. Therefore, when my husband and kids cleared off the dinner dishes, they all had to go directly into the sink. The dishwasher was busy. And I avoid hand-washing like the plague. No joke. I’d rather get “the plague” than wash that sink full of dishes by hand. {What, exactly IS the plague, anyway??}

By the time the dishwasher was done with its cycle, I was occupied with a fun project in a nearby room. If you follow me on instagram (@angieinthethickofit) you saw this last night:

I finally hung up our family picture and declared that wall in our front room “done for now.” This pictures makes me so happy. Except that nobody here plays the piano or the guitar. Well, the Manchild plays a little bit on both. But still… now we can pretend to be musicians and perhaps take some lessons!

Anyhow, by the time the dishwasher told me it was ready for a second load, my husband was also telling me it was time for me to stop puttering around the house and just lie on the couch with him. I did. We pretended to watch the Avengers for the 14th time. Each time we attempt to watch this movie with the kids, they are so loud (baking treats, riding scooters around us, stealing chocolate from the pantry, etc.) that we don’t actually get to hear the words. Ever. But we snuggled.

And then we all went nighty night. The End.

Therefore- the dishes cabinet doesn’t look like this today:

But it will again someday… for a few fleeting seconds. I’ll try to take some pictures of it then. And we’ll talk about the mysteries of the world, including why I threw away all my green dishes. (You are dying to know. Tell yourself that.)

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And now I’ll be off to do the dishes, naturally :-)

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