I fixed my own dryer!!!

Yesterday I watched a couple YouTube videos and grabbed some random tools. I headed out to my clothes dryer armed with minimal knowledge, inadequate tools and the gumption to disassemble this big machine that won't get hot enough to dry even the smallest load!  Although I had a few frustrations, a few hiccups and a few yelps from dropping things on my bare feet, I successfully accessed the inner workings of my fifteen year old machine and vaccines it out. I pulled a dense six pounds of lint, sand and dirt from the inner vent. Luckily by the time I needed to put it back together, my big strong Mike woke up and helped me piece the puzzle back together... Our reward? Our first successfully hot, dry load of clean laundry in close to a year!!! Cheers to energy, gumption and YouTube! We've been wanting to splurge on a new dryer but it has been far from in our budget. Now we can use that money for something for the baby! Yay!