Here is "A Handy Habit."
As a wife, I know that dinner takes
longer than the most enjoyable part (eating).
Dinner preparation and the clean-up is also part of the meal! I like washing and drying the dishes and
putting them in their places, but I like preparing the meal more and enjoy far
more eating the meal with my husband!
Here is how I found a handy habit to cut down on the mundane
dish-washing task and to help make dinner time with my husband more enjoyable.
After I was married, I was visiting
a friend of mine who was also married. I
asked about her dish-washing habits, to which she answered that she washed them
as she goes. The simple motive behind
this, to not have such a big mess at the end of the day or at the end of the
meal, was enough to get me to want to do the same! I tried, and it was a little hard to adapt
for myself, until I implemented my personal idea with it.
My way I added is to actually fill
the sink about a fourth or third full with hot water and a squirt of dish soap
as soon as I come into the kitchen, before beginning any food preparation. It makes the idea of having to wash one dish
at a time after they are used easier, as the water is right there and
ready. I have done these “water in the
sink” and “wash dishes as you do” ideas for several days now, and dinner has
been much more enjoyable with my husband.
“Dishes” is not just something that is dragging in the back of my mind
during dinner, making after-dinner thoughts drudgery. I want to continue this habit!
My ideas for the dish-washing habit is all the more "cemented" to wash and clean as you go, and this is so supported and encouraged by my wonderful husband. I am so grateful for his support in so many ways! Imagine the wives who have to cook, clean, impress, and resolve problems all alone! Not me. My husband is very involved. My encouragement is that for those wives who might feel that they "do everything" and "don't get any help" is to involve your husband! A good first step if you already have the reputation with your husband to be complaining and bitter and you want to change and have and feel peace on this matter is to ask his advice kindly. Only when you get over your complaining and bitterness and your husband knows it then it actually is okay to ask politely (say please), for help. It is not only okay to ask. God says to ask and it will be given you. Matthew 7:7.
My ideas for the dish-washing habit is all the more "cemented" to wash and clean as you go, and this is so supported and encouraged by my wonderful husband. I am so grateful for his support in so many ways! Imagine the wives who have to cook, clean, impress, and resolve problems all alone! Not me. My husband is very involved. My encouragement is that for those wives who might feel that they "do everything" and "don't get any help" is to involve your husband! A good first step if you already have the reputation with your husband to be complaining and bitter and you want to change and have and feel peace on this matter is to ask his advice kindly. Only when you get over your complaining and bitterness and your husband knows it then it actually is okay to ask politely (say please), for help. It is not only okay to ask. God says to ask and it will be given you. Matthew 7:7.
