Hurricanes and Dishwashers…
Hurricane Sandy is in the process of hurling herself towards us. We spent the weekend preparing for the incoming storm by doing the usual things…stocking up on water and food, taking inventory of our candles and flashlights. Daddy even made a little space in the basement just in case of a worst case scenario. Even still, we’re not really worried. I’ve lived here for 8 years now and at least once a year we prepare for a storm like this and as of yet, we’ve never really had an issue. For that I’m very thankful. I’d rather be prepared and have nothing happen than vice versa. Besides, putting away the summer furniture, empty planters and outside toys needs to be done anyway.
In between storm preparations and emergency broadcast calls, and well, other various weekend tasks, we have decided to get a dishwasher. It’s been almost 5 years since we moved in to this house and we haven’t had a dishwasher during that time. Yup, that’s right, we’ve been washing by hand the whole time. My hands have paid the price too. I have been dealing with excruciating eczema on my hands for the past two years. They blister and itch so bad that I have to scratch them even though the blisters burst and my fingers bleed. Then they dry out and crack and bleed some more. Washing dishes makes them worse and with the winter coming up we just need to finally get a dishwasher.
You would think it would be easy to just choose a dishwasher but it’s not. I went online and did all the research. I only looked at ones that have excellent multiple ratings and narrowed it down. Then compared the selected ones…etc. Eventually I found the one I really liked but noticed it said not returnable, which was a little alarming because what if it doesn’t fit? After an email and some IM chats with Home Depot it turns out it probably wouldn’t fit. Most built in dishwashers measure 24 inches wide and at least 34 inches high. Our spot is 23 and 7/8 inches wide and 33 and 7/8 inches high. Actually, I kind of lied, we do have a dishwasher, it just doesn’t work but that means a dishwasher can actually fit the space. So I had to start my search all over again, but it’s a bit confusing because they have various height measurements for the dishwashers…there’s the cutout height, the minimum height, the maximum height and the assembled height and of course, they’re all different.
Soooo….after a weekend of research, we’re back where we started. No dishwasher!
We will have to talk to someone after the storm. We might not have power anyway, so at least we’re really skilled at washing dishes by hand!
