There's a toothbrush IN my lint trap

For real----I really have a toothbrush in the lint trap hole of my dryer .

There are A LOT of sad things happening lately and so I think I’ll post a funny Brittani story…hopefully it will bring a smile or two.

The other day I was in one of MY cleaning modes—you know--- where I’m on my hands and knees scrubbing every inch of my house.

I made my way to the laundry room, where I pulled out the washer and dryer and cleaned them both completely. I’d wiped down all the laundry room walls and base boards, mopped the floor, cleaned out every bit of lint from the dryer's lint trap and the only thing left to do was clean inside the washer. Well not the bowl part—it’s clean, but the part on top that gets detergent and fabric softener spills on it.

I decided to use a cleaning toothbrush to get EVERY last bit of the spills….and then it happened.

I’m not sure how it happened….it all happened so fast….but one minute I’m speedily scrubbing….and next thing I know….the toothbrush leaps from my hand, flies across the washer and onto the dryer, and proceeds to slide to it’s grave in the lint trap.

Oh crap!! What do I do? I don’t want to tell Andrew what I did because he’s sure to give me that look of you did what?

So first I tried to stick my hand down the lint trap…..I didn’t get very far.

Then I tried to shake and tilt the dryer to try and get the toothbrush to shimmy out. Really. What was I thinking? That if I wiggled it enough it would just shimmy up the one foot long trap and come slithering out into my hand. Well it didn’t.

So then I got my brightest idea of all and tried to use my vacuum suction handle to suck the toothbrush up. Yah, it didn’t work either. Maybe if I had a better vacuum….well probably not. It was wishful thinking.

I called Andrew in and told him what I had done. He just looked at me in awe and shook his head. Then when I explained how I'd been trying to do to get it out and I said that all my attempts had failed. He laughed and said, "I could of told you that."

Now every time I turn on my dryer I pray the bristles don’t catch fire from the heat….haha

So I guess when we sell the condo, we are selling the washer and dryer with it. Then I won't have to think about the toothbrush that rests in peace in my lint trap.