If You Have to Do the Dishes...

There is a poem by Shel Silversteen and it goes like this -

HOW NOT TO HAVE TO DRY THE DISHES
If you have to dry the dishes
(Such an awful,boring chore)
If you have to dry the dishes
('Stead of going to the store)
If you have to dry the dishes
And you drop one on the floor-
Maybe they won't let you
Dry the dishes anymore.

(from A Light in the Attic)

I do not recommend this tactic to anyone, especially my children. (You will be made to clean up the mess and possibly buy me some new dishes if it gets out of hand! You have been warned!) And in this time of dishwashers there is really no reason to rebel against drying the dishes. No, this is the time to rebel against the whole process in general. At least that's what seems to be going on in my house. I'd like to say it's a new trend, but it's not. In fact, my poor leadership skills have ended our family in this mess. I hang my head in shame.

I recently claimed ownership for poor kitchen-keeping ways and I have become the primary dish-doer.  That doesn't mean the family is off the hook but the buck stops with me. Unfortunately, this does not translate to my liking to have to do the chore. Most days I resent it. But I found a little secret - a fun mini-album by Super Junior Happy called Cooking? Cooking! When I listen to it I get all happy inside and I start dancing around the kitchen while putting away the dishes. Before I know it, the dishes are done, the garbage is out, and the floor is swept!

And now for your viewing/listening pleasure I present to you some videos from that album
What are you waiting for? Turn on a video and go clean something!






Credits: 2woon.com (video) + ccherjr@youtube (editing)

Now wasn't that fun? I hope you at least liked the videos and actually got something done. If you did, post it in the comments. And if you didn't do anything but liked the videos, let me know that too.