I didnt know if the dishes in the dishwasher were dirty or clean!

A question I asked daily to my two teenagers "Why didnt you just put your dirty dishes in the dishwasher when you were done eating??? " Typical response " I didnt know if they were dirty or clean! (This being said without even opening the dishwasher to look, of course!)  Problem solved! They no longer can use that excuse again!  With just a a piece of scrap paper/stickers/mod podge/and a magnet.

                                          At first I was thinking about making a circle.. but opted for the square piece... stuck on stickers to spell out   Clean  and Dirty (on opposite ends of the paper )

   Throw some mod podge on top of it to seal it.  Cut a piece of a magnet strip... slap it on the back.. easy peacy! Let it dry for 30 minutes - and stick it on the dishwasher.

Of course I'm not crazy enough to think that this will actually solve the problem! After all, they are teenagers... I'm sure they will come up with another great excuse! But, I can only hope...