A fair warning that this post is not for those with a weak stomach, and if you are eating, you might want to come back later.
This little Rover has a thing for the dishwasher. It's open and he's trying to climb in (or makes it in as illustrated below) He keeps me on my toes, the first thing out is always the knives, because a Rover and a chef's knife are not a combination I am interested in exploring.
So a few weeks ago I was battling David trying to keep him at bay while I tried to unload the dishwasher, and he had wrangled out the basket that the utensils go in that sits on the door. And to my horror of horrors this is what I saw:
OH MY STARS IN HEAVEN! I KNOW! I KNOW!!!! If you know me at all, you know that I am a bit of a clean freak, with a healthy dose of germ-a-phobe thrown in for good measure. And I seriously just about hit my knees with disgust over this. And OH MY I felt so queasy. Is that not the most disgusting thing you have ever seen?! A very thorough scrubbing later, all was right with the world again. It never occurred to me that this needed to be cleaned. So now I have added my dishwasher to the cleaning routine, and if you haven't checked behind your utensil basket, consider this a friendly PSA and clean it today!
The Rover says, "Hey Mamas- clean your dishwasher today!"
**I now take out the utensil basket and place it on the bottom rack unless I have a very full load, and for those of you who have no idea what I'm talking about, this is how it fits on the door:
He is too cute!
And yes, I know, I have been meaning to clean mine too - but ick - I just don't wanna!
Jenna also loves helping take out the dishes/utensils too and first thing out is definitely knives here too!
Posted by: Allison | February 18, 2010 at 12:05 PM
Ewwww! Now I'm *really* glad our utensil basket takes up precious room on the bottom rack instead of on the door.
When Laney was Rover's age, she used to do the same thing...and of course, she would go straight for the knives. FYI, keep your eye on the screws holding your dishwasher under your countertop...Laney had crawled up on the door so many times, the screws came loose and the dishwasher tipped forward.
Posted by: Jessi | February 18, 2010 at 12:30 PM
My Mom has this type of utensil basket. I'll have to pass on this PSA.
No judgement from this house. None. At all.
Posted by: Dion | February 18, 2010 at 12:47 PM
Eeeek.... wow. I've never had that type of basket, but I agree - I would add that to my routine! hehe...
Posted by: Desiree J | February 18, 2010 at 02:26 PM
At our house in Jenks ours did that as well - similar thing happened to me - completely grosses you out!
Posted by: Sara | February 21, 2010 at 09:34 PM
If you think that's bad, run your fingers along where the door hinge at the bottom is... oh I just about died... and gagged!
Posted by: Kansas A | February 22, 2010 at 12:11 AM
Eww. While you're at it, take a peek at the soap dispenser in your washing machine if you have a front loader....yuck.
Posted by: Dee | February 22, 2010 at 07:17 AM