Melissa was very neat and clean. There were no dirty dishes in the basin. I opened the dishwasher and the few bowls and cups in there were garbage free. This was something I practiced as well. I rinsed all the garbage off the dishes before placing them into the dishwasher. This was a way of protecting your dishwasher from breeding or harboring bacteria and mold odors from rotten and spoiled food. She also utilized the garbage disposal, as I did, instead of the trash can for the disposal of all food items, because neither the trash nor the house smelled like garbage. There was the odor of the kitty litter that needed changing, but even that was tolerable.
I departed the kitchen area and met Dianna in the bedroom, Gracie on my heels. She didn't ask a lot of questions during our sweep, only
