Dishes With Dawn

Dishes. We all have them. And some days, we ignore them more than others. For the past 5 years, I have lived without a dishwasher. Yep, I get to wash all our dishes by hand. The number of dishes needing cleaned has increased over that time with the addition of a few more kiddos :). I used to wish and hope and long for a dishwasher as I hated having 'dishwater' hands. I mean, I LOVE having my nails painted, but there is no point when I am having to wash dishes EVERY day by hand. I have gotten over that. I actually usually enjoy washing the dishes now, as it allows for 'talk to myself' time. Yep, I like to talk to myself. I discuss my day, straighten out thoughts in my head, plan for days to come, you name it. Oh, and sometimes, I vent! If I am really upset, I will find myself at the sink, scrubbing out my frustration on the dishes. I have decided that this is a great way to get that frustration out without exploding on some un-suspecting person. Another reason I enjoy my hand washing routine a bit more came about last year. We were shopping at Sam's Club and I knew I needed some dish soap, so I grabbed the first pack I saw: 3 bottles of a pink colored soap for $4.98 looked good to me. Little did I know how much I would love those bottles. It was the new Hand Renewal with Olay Beauty line by Dawn, the Pomegranate Splash scent. AMAZING!! I loved the smell and I also LOVED how wonderfully soft my hands felt after doing dishes! No more icky, greasy-feeling, dry hands for me. Now I don't use anything else. And, on a side note, I have to catch myself when squirting it into the sink as I find myself making fun swirly pictures with the soap, and then wonder why I go through the soap so fast. LOL. Anyways, this is my shout out to Dawn. Unlike the contestants on Top Chef: Just Desserts, who were always getting prizes from Dawn for their promotion of the Hand Renewal line, I know I will not receive such rewards. But that is OK. I will still give the shout out and recommend this wonderful dish soap to anyone who needs to hand wash some dishes. Scrub Scrub Away!