Monday, July 23, 2012

When life gives you lemons, make a vase out of a toilet brush holder!

I cleaned the toilet recently. I could exaggerate and tell you that I wait until I worry that my under-carriage might be vulnerable to attack from angry toilet bacteria before I clean it, but that's not true. That would be my kids' toilet upstairs. Up there, be afraid. Be very afraid. Mine, eh, it's not too bad usually.

This time, however, it needed a good scrubbing down in the man-hole. I grabbed my trusty scrubber and began giving the porcelain throne what-for when all of a sudden, in the heat of the battle... it broke. The scrubber head broke clean off and I was left with a useless stick.

To make matters worse, the scrubby part was stuck firmly in the hole. I knew because I poked it and tried to dislodge it with the useless stick, of course.


I pondered what to do for a moment and had a clear vision (it was a light bulb moment, really) of what I should do, complete with rubber gloves and pliers. I wasted no time. I did what women are widely known to do. I changed my mind and did something else instead. "Oh, the heck with it!' 


I plunged my hand into the water, grabbed the toilet brush and pulled it out, which took mere seconds. I washed my hands and was not the least bit grossed out. I had already done an initial clean-n-flush, washing away any truly nasty stuff anyway, so I knew it was pretty clean.


There was no frustrating search for the pliers, which would include cursing at the junk drawer when I couldn't find them. There was no looking for rubber gloves, only to find that I have two left hands for some reason and no right hand. I felt good about the decision.


Now, understand that I am not one to waste anything. I had this lovely toilet brush container to do something with, so I decided to improvise.


I went out and cut some fresh weeds (my husband swears they are flowers, but I disagree) and made my useless toilet brush container into a lovely vase. I'm quite pleased with myself. Really! That container was too expensive to waste and too pretty, in my opinion.


I told my husband I was going to do a post about my resourcefulness and he said, "Great. Look everybody, here's our germ-infested toilet vase!" He's so supportive of my craft.




I think the Queen Anne's Lace, Cattails, and Chicory look fabulous. What do you think of my weed arrangement?

18 comments:

  1. Resourceful and ingenious!!

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  2. Creative and wildly pretty:) I almost always have a vase filled with wildflowers to pretty up our cabin's kitchen window, always puts a smile on my face when I look at them!

    I enjoy your humor and blog:)

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  3. Catchy title! Lol! Loved this post.

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  4. Catchy title! Lol! Loved this post.

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  5. That's some mighty fine weed!

    On a separate note, is that the same chicory that somehow ends up in coffee?

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  6. Thanks for making me chuckle. I personally think your arrangement is lovely! :)

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  7. Great one, Cindy :) thanks for making me laugh! I've rarely seen a more beautiful bokay.

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    1. Thanks. I think flower arranging in old toilet brush containers is one of my callings I let slip through my fingers. Ha ha!

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  8. Thanks - I thought it was pretty okay.

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  9. Yes, it actually is! You dry the roots out and grind it into a powder, I think. It's everywhere down here, but too much work for me!

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  10. Holly, I love coming up with titles and captions. Only problem is that I am very long-winded, which hurts me sometimes, I think. Thanks for the compliments!

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  11. I like making bouquets out of wildflowers. I think they're pretty, but my allergies don't like them so much ;)

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  12. Well, you know me... always creative!

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  13. There ya have it, lovely AND functional! (Seriously? You should submit this one to Aiming Low in thier "how to" forum!)

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  14. Okay, I only need to get hit in the head with a brick so many times before I take a hint. I submitted it to Aiming Low - has to be a month old before they can post it though, if they choose to do so. Bumerrrrrr.

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  15. It never ceases to amaze me how cold toilet water is. I remember a woman I once worked with told me that she would stick her feet in the toilet after a long day at work and flush...she said it felt good, but eeeeew. Anyway, love how inspired you are :-)

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  16. Oh Karen, grooosssssss!!!! I agree with the eeeeewww factor there.

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  17. Oops! Sorry, I forgot the whole 30 days thing.
    Glad you put it out there though. Good luck! (Pfft! Like you need luck with those mad writing skills!)

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