The Maytag Repairgirl

Household appliances have no respect for the current tough economic times. You'd think they would put out a little extra effort to get us through the hard times, but nooooo... Our dishwasher croaked the other day. It made plenty of noise like it always has but didn't wash the dishes. After twinking around with it for a while, I finally determined that 17 years of washing dishes had been enough and it was time for the old Maytag to retire.

Abigail was right there when I began taking the panels off to remove it. She is intensely curious and has to be in the know about everything. So she dove right in along with me, taking things apart and eventually pulling the dishwasher out of its place under the counter. She made a lot of comments and asked a lot of questions but I could tell right away that she approaches things quite a bit differently than the boys. While the boys would be interested in the mechanical aspects, Abigail thought the red and green and pink wires were "pretty".