Not exact matches
Today, for example, my daughter forgot her packed lunch, I pulled my son's hair too hard when combing it, I forgot to
run the
dishwasher last night and to feed the fish, we
ran out of toilet paper and their favorite cereal (even though I went to the freaking store yesterday), and I
ran over the garbage can backing
out of the driveway.
She is quickly figuring
out how much time it takes to do three loads
of laundry a day while
running the
dishwasher twice.
Feeding the dog, taking
out the trash,
running the
dishwasher, cleaning up after themselves, and doing their laundry are all chores that help them to maintain a sense
of community at home, plus it teaches them that as a family we are all interconnected and interdependent.
When Rath was fifteen, her family
ran out of money, so she decided to go work as a
dishwasher in Thailand for two months to help pay the bills.
I once
ran out of automatic
dishwasher detergent and foolishly tried some laundry detergent.
It's difficult to calculate all the factors that affect an item's total sustainability measurement, including «the recyclability
of materials, their toxicity, the biodiversity
of the raw material extraction site, and the working conditions along the supply chain,» but as long as you're efficient about washing dishes, not
running the
dishwasher unless full, using non-toxic detergent, and not stuffing your kitchen cupboards with far more reusable dishes than you'll ever use, reusables continually win
out over disposables.
I once had a college apartment where water started spilling
out of the
dishwasher while it was
running because it wasn't draining properly.
Started unloading the
dishwasher and eventually
ran out of steam.