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.

v.a.l.e.n.t.i.n.e.s.

happy valentine's day babe!

see...the giraffe wants to kiss you too.

and happy b-day to the valentine's boy....

for those of you that know my dad, this pic needs no explaining.

for those of you that don't know my dad....he's not crazy.....

well--not TOTALLY crazy! :)

love both of these boys!!!!

miracles do happen

WOW! is this

http://stakerzxposed.blogspot.com/

the most incredible thing you've heard in a while????

I'm assuming you've all heard about this by now.

But if not, make sure to read it.

It all starts on her February 1st post.

You will have to scroll back and go to the "older posts" link to get to it.

It's well worth it. It will bring tears to your eyes.

You will read the lengthy post and then, believe me, you will read all the other ones too.

It really is a reminder of what is important in life. I'm so happy for these people.

I don't know them, but after reading these posts I kinda feel like I do know them.

What a faith builder!! Ah...miracles.

One of my pet peeves....

Okay, I was going to post some pics and share some family news but blogger is NOT cooperating with uploading pics. So I'll save that for later. Instead I'll tell a funny pet peeve of mine that repeatedly happened last week.
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So when I'm at work I'm in charge of answering the phones. This situation comes up ALL the time. It ALWAYS goes EXACTLY like this every time.

Situation--

You see a missed call on your phone from an unknown number and there is no voicemail...what do you do?

A) just ignore it and figure they would have left a message or will call back if it is really important
B) assume it was a wrong number
C) call the number back and have this conversation with the receptionist,

"Affiliated First this is Brittani"
"Um, I had a missed call from this number........"

(At this point-- I am like, oh great here we go.)

"Well, like I said, this is a business. We have lots of people working here. Did they leave you a voicemail?"
"No"

(At this point--I am hoping that the person on the other line is getting the message through my tone that this is weird that they called back and even weirder that they are still on the line talking to me.)

"Huh, are you doing title work and expecting a call from us"
"No"

(They still don't get it. They just stay on the line. Now I am PRAYING that they will finally realize they shouldn't have called back....obviously it was a wrong number if someone called you and didn't leave a message. But of course they DON'T get it so I have to suggest this.)

"Well, I guess I can buzz everyone that works here and ask them if they called you. What is you name?"
"Joe Shmoe"

"Great! Hold while I go find everyone that works here and see if they happened to call you Joe Shmoe."

(Now I KNOW that no one intentionally called this person. Still I have to buzz/go find everyone in the entire office and ask them if they called Joe Shmoe. None of them ever did.)

"Joe Shmoe, I have asked everyone that works here and no one seems to have called you."
"Um, okay."
"Sorry, I guess our employees aren't perfect and sometimes they misdial. Bye"

Okay, am I crazy or are people crazy?!?!?! Do you call back unknown numbers that don't leave voicemails?!?!?! If you did, would you make it go all the way to the point of making me find EVERYONE that works in our office?!?!?!