Anniversary (appliance), cominng up, what to get?!

[vacuumfreeeke]

Hi everyone. Well, in a couple weeks, I'll have had my GE Nautilus portable dishwasher for a year! Now, I know this isn't a fancy or expensive model... but it has given me the ability to have a dishwasher in my dishwasher-less apartment and I am grateful for it (him) every day. I found him on Craigs List for 100 bucks, and he was barely used. I bought him from an old lady who prefered to hand wash, and was just using him for storage! He has given me excellent service with no complaints for the year I've had him. He's added to my minimal counter space, and cut my work load in the kitchen in half! Even though I'm single (just one person household), I enjoy baking and that can create a lot of dishes. They are no match for my Mr. Dwash! He cleans them spotless ever time, and I never rinse first. My counter, clothes, and floor stay neat and dry because my dishwasher cleans the mess for me. He's not perfect, he's a little noiser than a more prestigous model, and his silverware basket has a couple of slats in the "floor" that have snapped off during our first year together, but it's still great having him around! I wouldn't have it any other way!

So, what to get such a deserving dishwasher for such an occasion?

Perhaps a new silverware basket with all the slats intact so forks and knives don't fall through the larger openings and block the spray arm...

or

a new bottle of Jet Dry Turbo Dry rinse aid (he's used to the "regular" stuff now)...

or

maybe a jug of Tang or dishwasher cleaner?

What do you suggest?

Maybe I should get a boyfriend, huh? Well, we are *all* appliance enthusiasts here, no? )

(Btw, if your appliances had genders, which ones would be girls, and which ones would be boys?)

 

[andrewinorlando]

The Calypso would most definitely be a girl, but I think the KitchenAid would be something in between.

I was thinking too, the Calypso is going to be going on 8 years old in January and thought I should maybe get her something nice for her birthday! But what do you get a washer? Maybe a nice douching with CLR? The KitchenAid is going on 20 years, and it will probably expect a party of some sort....it has a little attitude, if you know what I mean.

 

[rpm]

Oh, don't spoil her!
Maybe some of those mesh plastic things you can buy at the craft store to put in the silverware basket.
I have had great luck with them even in the hot dry cycle.
Kitchen Aid dishwahers are male, the rest are female.

 

[andrewinorlando]

I think you're right, definitely male, and full of attitude.

 

[vacuumfreeeke]

Thanks!

I wondered if there was something I could use in the basket to keep my forks and knives from falling through... Plastic canvas seems just the ticket and I didn't even think about that! What a great idea! My dinner knives and spoons have very skinny handles and they even fall through the intact holes so this would really make the process easier for me!