the proper way to clean a kitchen

The Proper Way to Clean a Kitchen

By Ann Stevens, Martha Stewart, Toni Stevens and me

1. Cleaning the kitchen begins before you begin eating. There should always be a properly set table, which means serving food on platters and bowls rather than plating it restaurant style. This allows you to let the pots and pans soak during dinner.

2. Completely clear the table, that way the dining room can look neat while you are cleaning,

3. Wash dishes from least dirty to most dirty.

4. Dry dishes ****

5. Put dishes away ****

6. Clean table with soapy rag.

7. Clean countertops.

8. Clean stove.

9. Sweep floor.

10. Put dirty dish cloths in hamper.

11. Empty trash can.

12. Set out dish cloths for the next day's use.

Now admittedly I don't do these things all of the time. But at a minimum, I put the dishes away.

It is not, I repeat it is not, under any circumstances appropriate to leave clean dishes all over the countertop and sink. One would think that certain people, who are always touting their neatness, and telling other certain people how messy they are would know this. It would be as natural as breathing to a neat person to put away the dishes.

But apparently not.

Certain people have lots of little idiosyncrasies (or idiosycrazies) that they need to have in a certain way in order to function. Like doors closed, lights at a certain level, blinds drawn, clutter put away, etc. Other certain people have very few idiosyncrasies. Very few.

Just one.

One.

Put the dishes away dammit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!