The Cure for Dish Pan Hands
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I’ve told you before how much I love my plastic dishwashing gloves. They are, indeed, a blessing from the Lord. I don’t think I’d be able to keep up with the amount of dirty pots and pans I generate each day if it weren’t for some type of hand protection. Hot water and grease-cutting soap would just wreak havoc on my delicate skin. And, there’s the “eww” factor when it comes to cold, slimy, dirty dishes….
Gloves are definitely where it’s at. However, I have lots of helpers. And my gloves have experienced fifty-two different kinds of abuse over the days and weeks. Some have worn them as footwear. But, more commonly, I find them full of water at the bottom of the sink under a few grungy dishes.
I’ve tried all sorts of solutions to keeping them dry and out of harm’s way, my most successful being to drapethem over the Snowman cookie jar. But seeing as it’s been 70 degrees lately and the Blizzard of 2010 did not reach the West Coast, the snowman had to go to storage and I found myself without a plastic glove rack. Golly.
So, imagine my surprise when I saw this:
FishPapa asked me for clothespins one night. And I was too busy to wonder, WHY in the world does he need clothespins? The next morning I found my handy-dandy plastic glove holders waiting for me. They definitely work for me.
What funky trick do you have for organizing household tools?
I’ve gotta find me some cloths pins!
Great idea!
Very clever! I have a cup hook on the inside of my cabinet that holds my small dish drainer.
Wow, what a great idea! I always hate sticking my hand into a soggy glove that hasn’t dried yet, and could never think of a way to properly drain them. Thanks for the tip!
Your FishPapa is ingenious!
I have a over the door clear plastic shoe holder on the inside of my pantry door and I clip my gloves to one of the pockets with clothes pins. I get double duty out of the pocket because my extra pot scrubbers are inside the pocket.
What a great idea! I would be honored if you would leave a link on my Tuesday’s Tips at http://couponomicstimuluspackage.blogspot.com/2010/02/tuesdays-tips-how-to-get-out-of-debt_16.html
Thanks!
I’m still stuck on the 70-degree weather you’re enjoying in February!
I always wear rubber gloves, too, especially in the wintertime, but I have a little towel rod inside my cupboard door under the sink where I hang them.
Oh that is so stinkin sweet of him!!! And a nifty idea too!
That’s a good man. You should probably keep him! 🙂