A new year, a new dishwasher

I'm not a resolution maker. While I get the whole starting fresh thing, it seems like it'd be better to make the change you want to make when you want to make it rather than waiting until some really cold day in the middle of winter when it's easier to wait until tomorrow. Doesn't work for me.

Ya know what else doesn't work for me? A dying dishwasher. We only had a dishwasher at one house growing up. And we couldn't use it due to low water pressure or some such. When I bugged my parents for a dishwasher (which is totally normal, right?) I always got the same response, "We have a dishwasher. Her name is Autumn." (I was also the tv remote.) Needless to say, I'd be cool without ever washing another dish.

The dying dishwasher (it came with the house, so it's at least five years old and quite possibly may be the first dishwasher ever made) had been acceptable until the last few months. As I found myself washing more dishes than the dishwasher, I decided that was it.

I got the best New Year's gift ever in my new dishwasher. It's fancier than I planned with it's stainless steel door and tall bottom rack. The only downside is that the fridge and stove seem a bit jealous.