Later,
things turned around in which all dishes were assumed to be dishwasher safe
unless indicated otherwise. Meanwhile
dishwashers seemed to add more safety features and not everything questionable
has to be placed on the top. There are
some plastics that can go on the bottom – even if the dishwasher is turned to
the “pots and pans” setting.
Some
dishes will come with a notice that “needs to be washed by hand” or “not
dishwasher safe”. But those instructions
are not always carried over when said items are donated and purchased at second
hand stores.
I
don’t know what Jenna’s obsession is with water bottles – Army water bottles in
particular. I thought it had something
to do with her brother, Tony, as they had always been so close and he had sent
her an Army bear for Christmas one year (see this post) but I have since
learned that the memories include going to seminars or fairs and getting items
for free.
Army
water bottles are not dishwasher safe nor made to last – at least the kind that
she has always received. I was loading
the dishwasher when she handed me her newest Army water bottle and asked if I
would wash it. Hand wash it or
dishwasher? Hmm . . . she had handed it
to me when the dishwasher was open. I
placed it in the bottom for it was to large to go on top. I think it would fit on top now as the
product seems to be made from shrink wrap.
Not
only did it shrink in size, but it is slightly tilted and though the shape of
it seems to fit Jenna’s personality (I don’t know that either picture captures
how it leans) there is too much gap between the lid and the groves of the
bottle that it would leak if it was knocked over (which could easily happen
with the shape) She ended up throwing it away and laughed about it. She really is so good-natured.
I
think it was another Army bottle she had that seemed to explode as it hit the
ground. She laughed about that, too, and
said she’d be grateful that it happened outside and not inside the school.
