Drying Dishes

Drying Dishes
Originally uploaded by Brazil Bean Brewed

For many people out there drying dishes doesn't really seem to be a big problem in your household. Many back home have dishwashers that do the drying for them or you have lots of counter space in order to dry dishes. In our house drying dishes and drying clothes becomes a problem as you can see in the picture that we really do not have any counter space at all. And our sink is very small, so you have to come up with clever ways to dry your dishes, such as putting your water bottles on top of the silverware and so on. With our clothes, the biggest problem is that it takes at least two days to dry because we have to hang dry and with the humidity in the city it just takes that long to dry. So you have to learn the tricks of the trade, like putting vinager in the wash so that you clothes don't start to rot/smell hanging up for so long. You also then hang clothes from any space that you can find. In our old house we had a large back area to do laundry but this new place our laundry area is in the the kitchen as well. So we learn to hang our shirts on the chairs of our table, hang sheets from our closet doors and if no one notices even on our balcony at night (this is not allowed-so we try to not do it until late at night and get it off before everyone is up in the morning). Oh the things that you learn to do when you live in a smaller place and have to do the cleaning and drying differently. Oh what I wish to have a dishwasher or a dryer every once in awhile. But in all, you learn to live with the differences and appreciate the times that you do get to use a dishwasher or dryer. So for those who have one or both, be glad to be done your dishes in about an hour and your laundry the same day as you do them....and learn to appreciate the things in your live that sometimes are an inconvenience as I have had to learn in so many ways since living here in Brazil.