For anyone out there who has a dust buster (the small, handheld, battery powered vacuums), I have a wonderful discovery to share.  Anyone who doesn’t have one, you should get one.  They are awesome!

We have one because the kids can use it and have been vacuuming cereal and other crumbs from around the table since they were each about 2.

Anyway, here is my life hack.  You know how annoying it can be to pull the lint trap out of the dryer and have it drop stuff all over the top or floor (depending on where your trap is)?  This is especially bad living on a farm because there are always wood shavings in the trap.  They go EVERYWHERE!  Also, sometimes, it can be hard to get all of the lint off of the trap itself.

Well, grab your dust buster!  Vacuum the lint trap itself!  Vacuum up everything it drops out of it.  Vacuum the opening to the place where the trap goes in.  It is awesome!!

That’s it!