TIP: CLEAN OR DIRTY DISHWASHER

It could be the pregnancy brain syndrome that I have which has caused me to be a little forgetful than I used to be.  These days, sometimes I would wash the clean dishes twice or forget to run the dishwasher for the dirty dishes.  Opppsss.

With the baby coming soon, the brain that may not return to the pre-pregnancy state right away, and the more helping hands that will be coming, I thought I need a quick solution to avoid this confusion about "Are those dirty or clean dishes in the dishwasher?"


So what is the solution?


I created "CLEAN" sign on one side of an index card and "DIRTY" sign on the other.  Then I placed the card in a ziplock that I taped to the dishwasher.  Our dishwasher's surface is made of aluminum.  Thus, magnetic signs won't do.  Of course what I have right now is NOT in any way a fancy sign.  But it does the work for our family for now.


We put the CLEAN sign as soon as we turn on the dishwasher.

CLEAN dishes sign

And the DIRTY sign once we unload the dishes from the dishwasher to the cabinets.

DIRTY dishes sign

With this simple "system," my brain doesn't need to work that hard hahaha.  And the helping hands don't need to be too confused to help out.  :-)


May you find this tip helpful.