I come back from Virginia to find the garbage disposal humming, but not churning. Awesome. I feel around down there, tried disposal-safe Drain-o, etc. Nothing seems to be blocking the system at all. All I can feel down there is the metal workings of the disposal itself and some grime (gross, I know).
So I turn to my girlfriends for their experitise (seriously, it doesn't matter the question, they know the answer). Advise mostly focused on trying a reset button and using an allen key to manuall crank the disposal from the bottom.
I tried the reset button a few times -- no dice.
Still just humming.
Since we are currently in the middle of painting our kitchen walls and cabinets, I just happened to have my tools in the kitchen and grabbed the allen wrench to manually crank the opening at the bottom of the disposal.
It took about a half dozen good turns to get it moving smooth and I did need a flashlight down the hatch to see what had been causing the issue (my money was on a marble, but that's a different post for a different day).
Finally -- victory! A small Williams-Sonoma Demitasse Spoon was jammed under the blades (hence why I only felt the metal mechanisms when I reached into the sink). It's out, and we've gone on to be a happy, disposal-using family.
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The culprit -- a Williams-Sonoma Demitasse Spoon |
We have had an awesome time this weekend with our great friends Kira and and Nat this weekend, who are visiting from the D.C. area. While the boys started football round 1 (Redskins game), Kira and I headed west to Malta, Illinois to the Jonamac Orchard for apple picking. Talk about a great First Day of Fall activity. Chicago lent us a gorgeous 67 degree fall day. Ripe for the pocking were Early Fuji, Gala, Thompson, and apples. Based on their sweetness and our desire to bake pies this afternoon, we stuck to Early Fujis for baking, and some delicious Thompson apples for snacking at home. We though a peck of apples would do it for our dining purposes. We totally overestimated this. A peck got us 57 smallish apples. After making 3 deep pies, we still have 31 apples left over. It was our first visit to Jonamac Prchard and it was pretty fabulous for a family day. In addition to a great store with gifts, jarred goodies, and kettle corn, there was a line 50 deep for their donuts. ...
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