Well at least I'm doing SOMETHING even if it is messing around cleaning instead of being specific.  I've been doing extra stuff on the kitchen - I started with dishes but ended up cleaning out the fridge, wiping it off, cleaning the counters really well and doing an extra good job on the stovetop, range hood and front of the oven.  Also scrubbed the faucet on the sink.  Not really heavy cleaning since I'm not getting that detailed but more than a daily wipedown.  Microwaving water in the microwave now to clean that out.  I guess it's better than doing nothing altho the house is still a mess and I haven't even finished the dishes!  I'm thinking maybe we should go ahead and ask for a new dishwasher for Christmas as my MIL suggested - I don't mind washing dishes but I do mind them constantly piling up on the counter and there's not really enough room under my sink to store them as flylady says to do.  At least with a dishwasher there's a place for the dirty ones and it's a lot quicker.  Right now, washing them all by hand makes me feel like I'm really doing something but the only problem is that I look around afterward and realize all I've done is dishes which would have taken me 2 minutes with a dishwasher.

 

Going up to clean out the microwave and wipe down the outside of it and its cart.  My shining stove makes the kitchen look nice right now even though there are so many dried-on things on it that I can't seem to get off.  My old stove came clean with scouring powder but this one only gets scratched with it and it doesn't come off.  I asked the repair guy and he said they are more cheaply painted nowadays.  I also just noticed that the silver-gray oven handle which I guess is supposed to match the stainless front of the oven is chipping so you can see white showing through.  What a cheap piece of crap!