Since I am the Chief "Officer" in charge of making our household run smoothly, I was thinking about installing a "suggestion box" for my family. Late last week, my hubby was telling me there were a couple of lights burnt out in the house. I told him the maintenance staff hadn't had a chance to replace them yet, but would get around to it soon. On Saturday, I decided since Dominic had no clean pants it was time to do the laundry. My husband said, "well, it is kind of getting high!!" That was a comment for the laundry staff to handle. On Sunday afternoon, as I was getting Dominic ready to go to his class at church, the hubby was asking, "hey, why don't you buy ice cream bars and sandwiches any more?" That would be a good question for the kitchen staff. At about that same time, Lauren was asking me where I put some Skittles I just bought. The both of them had impeccable timing, I literally was hustling Dominic out the door so we wouldn't be late. If I had the suggestion box, they could put those questions in the box and I could pull them out after I got back from dropping Dominic off. A suggestion box would also be great if a certain family member didn't like what I made for dinner. Their comment could be put in the box anonymously. Just this morning, I was asking the kids if they had any "requests" since I was going to the grocery store. Dominic said he wanted doughnuts and Lauren wanted candy. See, that's why I need a suggestion box!! If it works for a business, why wouldn't it work for a household?
We are heading towards 600 orders for Dominic's business. Since our long-term goal for Baked Goods By Dominic is having a "brick-and-mortar" and hire those with disabilities, it is essential and imperative that I continue to teach him all parts of the business. Since I prompted Dominic for so many years for speech, he has become "prompt dependent." What that essentially means is that he will look at me for a prompt, like, "what do you do next?" I do that one a lot. Dominic has been going to a private speech therapist for over ten years and she reminds me often that Dominic usually will know the answer, if I am patient and wait for him. That has been a very hard habit to break! Dominic has an incredible memory, so I put it to the test this morning. I didn't write out the steps, I wanted to see how much he could do completely on his own. We have a customer picking up his order today, but the only thing that had been done is putting the cookies into t...
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