Our dishwasher died over the weekend. We spent 45+ minutes last night hand washing, drying & putting away our dirty dishes from the end of last week and the weekend.
I’m a little crunchy in that I feel genuinely bad about using paper/plastic plates and throwing them away. I guess I just feel like if we have plates why create the garbage unnecessarily?! Plus I’ve been so excited about having real china since we received them as wedding gifts. I don’t mind using paper/plastic at parties or tailgating, but if we’re home, we use real ones. Also, I don’t hand wash. My mom is the queen of making it all fit in the dishwasher & she’s taught me a thing or two. I don’t think dishes get cleaned as well if not in the dishwasher & I get grossed out by dirty dishes, especially ones that have been sitting around. That said, husband cleans the few items in our house that must be hand washed & he doesn’t plan to spending time all week cleaning dishes. I foresee a week of picking up food out, eating microwaved food on the container or eating on the dreaded paper plates!
So, our options are: find someone to check out our 15 year old Maytag dishwasher to see if it can be repaired or buy a new one! I’m voting to buy a new one because I don’t feel its cost effective to repair one that old. Any one bought a new one recently or know of any deals right now at Lowes/Sears/HH Gregg??
2 replies on “Dishwasher Dilema”
Hi Suz! Actually, this is a fantastic weekend to buy an appliance because they ALWAYS go on sale on the 4th. That is when we bought our new washer and dryer last year and saved alot.
We just bought one at Sears and got a FANTASTIC deal. If your hubs is handy, he can probably easily install it himself. We got a whirlpool and it's super quiet and MUCH nicer than our old one.