Dear Person Who Cleaned My Kitchen Last Night | #resignation
Dear Person Who Cleaned My Kitchen Last Night,
I’m not exactly sure who attempted the clean the kitchen as I put the baby to bed early last night, I just want to say thank you for your help.
I appreciate the fact that some dishes (especially baking dishes) need to be soaked before cleaning. I noticed two of them soaking in the sink this morning. Thank you for helping in that way. I went ahead and washed them, and the baked on food came right off!
I also went ahead and looked around the rest of the kitchen and decided to handwash all of these dishes while I was making breakfast, finding socks for the boys, signing their agendas, cleaning up Chai tea from the half full mug (pictured in the upper right corner) that Jett decided to bring to me, watching the clock, and sorting laundry (that’s for another post), making sure the boys picked up their room, and keeping Jett off of the back porch in his bare feet in this cold weather.
Things took a turn for the better when I decided to look for my clean strainer in the dishwasher (surely with that many unclean dishes around the kitchen, it was started), only to find that the dishwasher was only half full and the dishes inside were not clean.
Also, hat you don’t know is that I got up in the middle of the night to get a drink of water and saw one of the dishes that was in the sink soaking on the stove, full of the left over casserole in it.
Thank you for your attempt, however, I have found that no matter who cleans my kitchen, I end up cleaning it again the following morning.
Please accept my resignation from the position of Chief Cook and Tea Cup Washer effective immediately.
Best wishes to you and the rest of the family. I pray that you find someone within the family (preferably bearded) to take over soon.
Thank you,
Mom and/or Wife (whomever this pertains to)
This has been my week. I told my fiance that I quit and he is officially in charge of everything or nothing, because I can’t handle any more half done projects.
YES! This exactly. Half done projects… everywhere!
My biggest weakness is the idea that if I don’t do things they don’t get done right. So I don’t ask for help, and instead run around like a crazy woman because of everything I have to get done.
I do most things but luckily my husband does help out if he see’s I need it. Sometimes I wish he would just take over for a break for myself lol without showing I need help to get his attention!
Most of the time, our teen does the kitchen, and I always end up having to clean up after her. Always, but lately, I’ve had to clean up after the hubby a lot too. So tonight, he gets to do things on his own!
I think I need to send a letter like this to my husband. He says “I’ll take care of it,” but what he means is “I’ll leave it sitting there until you’re so annoyed by my inaction that you do it yourself.” He thinks he’s clever, but… I’ve got him figured out. 🙂
I sometimes feel the same way! I like my kitchen cleaned a certain way, though, so even if I get help I usually want to re-do it all.
My hubby is the worst when it comes to half way cleaning things. He will pick up all of the dishes and rinse them off but he leaves them in the sink instead of putting them in the dishwasher.
My husband is really good to help actually, but I want things done my way, so I either go back over what he’s done, or don’t ask for his help at all. I should get over this, but we’ve been together almost 23 years, so I’m not sure if I can change now. 🙂
I’m OCD with the dishes, I really prefer my husband not to do them.
My ex is staying with us for awhile & been doing most of the dishes. I am sort of anal about how things are done, but when your crazy busy, sometimes you just have to let the control freak in you take a vaca…lol
awww, so sorry it meant more work for you in the end.
It’s ok! Such is life!
I absolutely understand! Thankfully my husband has started to really step up and helps with our morning routine before he leaves for work, as well as our bedtime routine after a ten hour workday. I need to let him know yet again how grateful I am!
LOL, thankfully my husband is great at helping out. The kids don’t really ‘load’ the dishwasher well though.
Is it better to do it halfway or not at all? LOL.
Haha true, true.
IT drives me crazy when my MIL washes my dishes because I always have to rewash them. I always find food still on the plate. Kinda gross.
Yeah, that’s pretty bad for a grown woman!
This happens to me too…my husband NEVER does dishes. EVER. He loads the dishwasher and then puts it back in its place (we have a separate dishwasher that rolls) so that I THINK he did dishes…yeah, it sucks. I feel ya.
Having 2 dishwashers would be fantastic for a family of 6.. hmmmm!!!