Yesterday, I was brainstorming ideas for a blog post relevant to the holidays. Tossing around the words
holidays,
Christmas,
clean, and
soaps in the ole noggin recalled a childhood event I thought would be great to share. My company's tag line is Getting Clean Never Looked So Good but I am going to explain how one day getting clean never looked so
BAD.
One year, my parents decided to have Christmas dinner at our house and Christmas fell on my week to wash the dishes. Not a good thing at all since I have a really big family. I begged and pleaded with my parents to let me use the dishwasher which we
NEVER used ever.
In our house, the children were the dishwashers and the appliance itself was purely for decoration. Although they said no several times at first, they finally gave in after our family left that evening leaving dirty dishes in the sink, the family room, and the dining room.
I was as thrilled as I could be until I realized, I didn't know how to use the dishwasher! Upon figuring out what buttons to press, I loaded the dishwasher with all the dirty dishes that would fit, poured Joy dishwashing liquid into the dispenser, closed the dishwasher door, and turned it on.
I skipped away to my bedroom when all of a sudden I heard,
"Lisa!" in only the tone of voice you knew meant trouble. I ran back to the kitchen with my sisters following to find my father standing in the kitchen with soap suds pouring out of the dishwasher all across the kitchen floor.
That day I learned there
IS a difference between dishwashing liquid for the sink and dishwashing detergent for the dishwasher. My work load
TRIPLED. Since we could not figure out how to stop the dishwasher, the entire time it was running, I had to stay in the kitchen with a mop to soak up the suds and water to keep the water and suds from reaching the carpeted rooms surrounding the kitchen. Basically, the kitchen floor ended up being mopped
for about 3-4 hours until I got it completely dry.
And that ladies and gentleman is how
NOT to get clean during the holidays.
Do you have a funny holiday story? We'd love to hear it. Please share in the comments. Thanks!
