Dishpan Hands

We don't have a dishwasher.  Cruel and unusual punishment, right?!  Especially with two kids!  The new kitchen in my head has one.  It also has one of those cupboards next to the oven where cookie sheets and muffin pans stand on end.  Ahhhhhh, heaven.  Okay, I'm back to real life.  And that includes standing at the sink two or three times a day to hand wash everything.  The one good thing about it (I'm trying to be optimistic here) is that I get to look out the window.  Things are FINALLY starting to show a glimpse of spring.  This was the view yesterday: