Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Becky's adventures at 5518 105th Ave


What do these three things have in common? They are: (in order from L to R) a dry erase marker, a lighter, and a giant hairball.


These three things were found today in the rubber gasket of my 'new' washing machine! This is the 'after'. The brown stains are rust from the lighter. Probably been in there for at least 2 years. I am a weirdo about my appliances. I wipe my washer and dryer down pretty often, I can't stand drippy soap leftovers or extra lint hanging around. When we bought the house we negotiated all the appliances in, for $1!! I was excited b/c these are some nice Kenmore appliances, I would probably never buy for myself .
Me:(pulling back the gasket thing) SICK. This is DISGUSTING. I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS.
Eli:(helping me clean, with gloves and all, shoulda got a pic) What is it? POOP?? (of course, what else would Eli think of? But it was reminiscent of poop for sure)
I have to say, this was disgusting, but kind of satisfying in a weird way. It's too bad that Mindy C. didn't do this before, because then my lovely washer wouldn't have rust stains. Also wish she would have refrained from putting vertical blinds on every single window in this house.
Too bad Mindy, too bad.


5 comments:

The Ward Family said...

Yuck!!!! Hair balls.......????????
What did you do with your appliances here in Jersey? I know you moved them. Are there upstairs and downstairs laundry at this house? Kari and I went to the cute little quilt store in Clinton yesterday. It was cute and little. We didn't buy one thing!!!!

sammysangel said...

yuck how in the world did those get in there? where are the pictures of janie

katie said...

OH my gosh! That is nasty!!!Not really the surprise you want to find. I hate cleaning my own hair out of the tub so someones elses just gives me the heebie geebies!

Collins Family said...

I would like to know how that much hair gets in the dryer??? I can see the shower drain... but the dryer?
You are lucky that black permanent marker didn't ruin any of your clothes!

Katrina said...

You are funny. This is why you picked the perfect profession for yourself - a dental hygenist. That's gotta be a disgusting job, but "satisfying in a weird way!"

P.S. I hate vertical blinds too!