Dishwasher Breakdown

Last night, I was chillin' and sifting through a fresh envelope of clippings that my Dad sent me. (He forwards a lot of articles online, but still enjoys clipping actual articles.)

As I was reading about the large number of Norwegian descendants in North Dakota (who knew?), I heard a loud mechanical sound. I thought maybe it was outside, and then realized it was coming from our kitchen!

I raced out and saw that the dishwasher was running and making a horrible noise, like it was clogged up! Curses! I thought for a brief second about the clear brush protector that fell out of my make-up brush glass when I turned it over and placed it on the top rack. (I did search for it, but it was nowhere to be found.) But a teeny piece of plastic couldn't cause all this commotion, right?

I shouted for Aaron to come out and look at it. He turned it off and fetched the toolbox. I found the manual and reminded him to unplug the dishwasher so he wouldn't get electrocuted. He suggested just cutting the power. Good idea!

After opening the dishwasher door, Aaron tinkered around and then read the "Troubleshooting" section of the manual.

I said, "Uh, I think maybe, um, something might be stuck in there." And proceeded to explain about the tiny plastic brush protector from the MAC make-up set that I got for Christmas from my sister-in-law.

Aaron removed the cover on the soft food shredder/compacter and I dug around in the pool of water in the bottom of the dishwasher. Bingo! I found the culprit! It was indeed the plastic cover for my MAC mini 209 brush. (It looks like a crack vial, but I swear it's not.)

Aaron re-attached everything

and the dishwasher ran like a dream. Aaron averted another dishwasher disaster!

What a relief!