Our new house came with an ancient “dishwasher.” The quotes are intentional because it was really more of a loud dish rinser that couldn’t handle much. There was a sale. Sarah texted me. I said “DO IT NOW.” Or something like that.

We opted to install it ourselves which turned out to be more of an ordeal than expected. But after discovering that the shutoff valve didn’t actually work (fountains of water!) and replacing a bunch of old hardware, we now have a quiet, modern, dishwasher that seems to hold twice as many dishes as our old one. More importantly, it actually cleans them. I find this more satisfying than I should.