For instance:
- The fact that the garbage disposal quit today really is a sign that we should go ahead and move forward with the plans to redo the kitchen that we talked about over the weekend.
- The fact that all of my children decided they were strippers and got down, by themselves, to their bare nothingness 15 minutes before we needed to leave is really a sign that they have definitely mastered the benchmark of undressing themselves (NAKIE BOY was the collective battle cry...except for Josie who doesn't have that many words yet).
- The massive after dinner clean-up is really about the fact that my children can feed themselves.
- Doug wheedling his way to the front of the group of kids during the Library puppet show (we barely got there on time) means that he was interested and a "go-getter."
- Doug & Andy scramming the lines to "Drummer Hoff" as loud as they can is actually a sign of reading readiness
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Quick note on the garbage disposal. Ours died a few months ago and I went to replace it only to learn (since I'd never needed it) that there's a reset button on them. So.... if you haven't tried that yet, give it a try and see if it starts working again. You might have already known about that, but I was clueless.
Also be aware that you might be able to reuse a new garbage disposal when you redo the kitchen. We had installed ours when we first move to this house, and then we re-installed it in the new kitchen and just had to buy a new flange. But look for a reset button, or if it seems jammed, you should have a wrench for that. Somewhere.
Don't you wish that putting ON the clothes was the first benchmark?
I quote Baby Blues "It doesn't count as reading if you already know the book by heart". But you're right. Spin is good.
I did try the reset button...and no dice (thanks for the tip though). As a further sign of "spin" our 90 minute power outage this morning was a decrease in our electric bill.
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