It's safe to assume that sometimes I'm going to get super slammed at my job and not be able to post for awhile. Sorry about that!
This is going to be a quick one. Tonight, Shoe turned on the disposal. It made a groan and then nothing. Silence.
All houses get to the point where things start breaking, one at a time. After the garage door, the shower leak, the sprinkler system, the microwave... yada yada... we immediately panicked at the disposal.
First thing I did was send Shoe to the garage to check the fuses. Nothing there.
Then I looked at our homeowner's warranty.
(Homeowner's Warranty, as a side-note to home buyers, is something you're forced to get upon closing. But it's actually a good thing. It covers major appliances and some other things for a year after you move in.)
The disposal was covered. An immediate "phew." But I also decided to take a moment and google "garbage disposal not working."
Turns out garbage disposals have reset buttons, like a hairdryer. Who knew? Shoe pressed the little red button on the bottom of the disposal. And voila, it worked again. One thing not broken! Yay!
The lessons:
1) Don't panic
2) Google everything
3) Garbage disposals have reset buttons
