As others have said, a drying agent, like Jet Dry or Rinse-Aid, is a must. Running the hot water in your sink before starting the dishwasher so that hot water is in the pipes as the dishwasher begins to fill. Finally, cracking open the door once the drying cycle is complete helps as well so that the steam can escape. I've had a Miele since 2015 and, at the time after reading reviews, the reason I purchased it was because it automatically cracks open the door at the end of the drying cycle. I've never had any drying issues with it. At the time it was the only dishwasher that opened the door automatically but I believe more brands do that now.

It's unfortunate that they decided that they decided to make it favor a touch screen environment. I do a lot of work on my desktop. I can just get more work done on it than the laptop. My last computer had a touch screen, and I almost never used the feature. It was just really inconvenient to switch between that and using the keyboard. I was helping someone last weekend try to do something on her new computer with Windows 8 and we were both frustrated trying to figure out where things were. We finally had to switch to the new Office at work. They had to bring consultants in for 2 days of training on the differences so that we could get back to actually doing work. I just don't understand the logic of taking a program that people know well enough to use in their sleep and changing it so dramatically that it almost brings their productive output to a halt. I just see that Microsoft made more money, and our company lost money. There's no great improvement to the software that translates into time savings or improved output on our side. I have other devices with touch screens and love them, but for cranking out data and text, it's not the way to go. Sorry, rant over.

Had some fruit flies a few weeks ago, when I bought 20 pounds of grapes for this year's jelly. I found that using apple cider (real cider, not cider vinegar) in the homemade trap (bowl, covered with saran, poked with a toothpick) attracted them like crazy. One caution about the weevils that arrive in your grain products. DO NOT count on plastic containers (like Tupperware, gladware, rubbermaid) to keep them from spreading. They're tiny enough that they can often crawl right through the seal. Better to use something like a ziplock bag. All grain products you buy have the eggs, so the trick is to not let them hatch. That means: buy from stores that have a quick turnover, that properly store products; keep your grain products in a cool environment (even freezing) to slow down the hatching process. And, of course, when you do occasionally find a few pets in your kitchen cabinet, get rid of the product, clean well, and put new products in ziplock bags. Of course, the good news is that weevils won't hurt you if you eat them--not that you want to, but they aren't dangerous to your health. You can, in a pinch, sift your flour, cake mixes, through a fine strainer to remove the live ones. With rice or pasta, they'll usually rise to the top of the cooking water and can be easily scooped out at that point--the food is certainly safe to eat.

When the family room is just straightened up, suddely they want to get out the board game with the most pieces. Bcs there's room to move and to think, and you've made it an appealing room! Do they wait until I put away the last dish then open the cabinet for a glass? Bcs in the back of their minds, they were thirsty earlier; they just didn't want to interrupt you or get in your way when you were putting away dishes! I do the "ant" thing sometimes, too--it's a sign there's just too much stuff--OR, more likely, that the storage space is full of "squatters"--things that don't actually get used but take up the storage space of stuff that *is* used.