Slacker, pt. 4 — The dishwasher

My boss at The Daily Press once told me she didn't think women's lib really got going until household dishwashers becamme commonplace. OK, so I'm not a member of the fairer sex, and I think I'm pretty open minded, but the dishwasher thing is *so* right. The Wife, the Apple Lady, and MIL went to Duluth and came home with a bunch of baby stuff and a DISHWASHER. A really nice one, too.

So of course, ever the gadget and gizmo guy, I spent an hour reading all the instructions and warnings and cautions that came with the thing, then setting it up and making a test run, then doing a real run with actual dishes. Which actually got clean.

Since then, I've been surfing the net for dishwasher detergent reccomendations (I'm using Cascade lemon gel at the moment; anyone have any other suggestions?), rinse agent reviews, and of course, actually using the machine to wash dishes.

Yee haw! Thanks a million, MIL!