day 1 of project 365: clean at last

it anything characterizes today, it's this.

so we ran the dishwasher at some point last week, and everything came out coated in grit and grime. i tried re-running it, with the end result of having everything cemented onto the dishes. so today, ian washed and then soaked half of the dishes, and i washed those, resoaked, and washed the rest. the dishwasher is full again, ready to run in the morning. it was one of those huge projects you don't even want to tackle.

on a side note: on this day last year, it was snowing, and obviously absolutely freezing outside. this year, i just went out at 9:30pm in my tank top and was very comfortable. i love richland.