Dust

So, on this tightrope of things to do, trying to limit the amount of dust around the house perplexes me.  One may ask: "The amount of dust? How is that possibly in your control?"

Well, my basement is an open layout and I find that dryer lint is a major cause of dust in the basement.  I think it even flies through the ventilation of our house via the furnace.  But how does one lessen the chore of dusting by minimizing the cause: that inevitable plumb of dust when you wipe clean the dryer lint screen.

With a house of 5 we go through a lot of laundry on a regular basis.  Its been a while I've been pondering over a potential solution.  One option was to keep up on dusting and vacuuming the basement, but that was only adding one more thing to my long list of duties.  This next option, I recently tried, must to my amazement, seems to be working:

Wipe the lint screen INSIDE the dryer barrel

It may be my positive attitude lately,  but I honestly think that it may be working.  How simple!  I vacuumed the basement yesterday, and typically the vacuum canister would be filled with denim blue lint puffs, but this time it was nearly empty.  I've also noticed that there is no longer that fine layer of dryer lint on the actual washing and dryer machines.

I think I found a solution!  Hooray!  Little things like this is what makes walking across the daily tightrope faster and therefore, easier.