Over the past 16 years, I've had several interesting experiences with our laundry. I've washed crayons, ink pens, chewing gum, chapstick, money, receipts, and probably other unknown items, but yesterday, the most challenging laundry episode to date occurred.
Let me back up to last week, when all four of us got sick, starting with Trey, then Rachel, Becky, and finally me. We're all on the mend, and I decided it was time to try the "sanitize" cycle on my washing machine. So yesterday I loaded up all our sheets and 3 of our "Moshee" pillows into the washer and came downstairs for the 1 hour, 50 minute cycle. This pillow and one other pillow did not fare well in the process.
So what exactly does the stuffing from 2 microfiber pillows look like? Try this:
Here are some things I've learned about microfiber beads:
1) They're smaller than beanbag beans, but otherwise very similar
2) They float
3) They don't stick to anything that's dry
4) They vaccuum up quite nicely
5) They almost look like sand when shaken out of laundry onto the carpet
6) Lots and lots of beads can come out of tears in the fabric of 2 pillows
7) I may never get all of them out of my washer.
