"It Doesn't Suck. Therefore, It Sucks."
The Husband left for Calgary earlier today... And my first thought was, "Yay! Now I can clean the house without him getting in the way."
The Husband does help keep the house tidy on a regular basis. However, his idea of clean and my idea of clean are slightly different. So with him out of the way, I wouldn't have to argue with him on whether or not something was really clean. I could just do it myself, without his insistence that he help, and get things cleaned the way I want them cleaned.
During my cleaning event (which lasted two hours), I realized my efforts to get my carpeted floors clean were pointless. Our vacuum cleaner, which is not even two years old yet, really sucks. I mean, it doesn't suck. Therefore, it sucks.
The red contraption with a removable dirt chamber is just not doing its job. You run it over carpeting, and 50% of the time it won't pick anything up. I fear having people over to the house who have allergies... God only knows what dust might be hiding in the carpets. And because we live in a place that faces Tremont Street, it gets quite dusty in here. A couple times a week I have to take a cloth to my furniture in the living room that has collected layers of dust from the open windows.
Cleaning this place is a never-ending task. And I refuse to hire cleaning help. We're just two people. And this place isn't that big. So I refuse to pay someone to clean it each week. And it must be cleaned regularly.
To be honest, the only thing that is making me consider hiring a cleaning service is the stupid vacuum cleaner. So rather than spend a couple hundred dollars a month getting this place cleaned, I will just spend it on a much better vacuum cleaner. One that's high tech and has great consumer reviews.
So I am off to study vacuum cleaners online. If anyone has any recommendations, I would greatly appreciate it.
The Husband does help keep the house tidy on a regular basis. However, his idea of clean and my idea of clean are slightly different. So with him out of the way, I wouldn't have to argue with him on whether or not something was really clean. I could just do it myself, without his insistence that he help, and get things cleaned the way I want them cleaned.
During my cleaning event (which lasted two hours), I realized my efforts to get my carpeted floors clean were pointless. Our vacuum cleaner, which is not even two years old yet, really sucks. I mean, it doesn't suck. Therefore, it sucks.
The red contraption with a removable dirt chamber is just not doing its job. You run it over carpeting, and 50% of the time it won't pick anything up. I fear having people over to the house who have allergies... God only knows what dust might be hiding in the carpets. And because we live in a place that faces Tremont Street, it gets quite dusty in here. A couple times a week I have to take a cloth to my furniture in the living room that has collected layers of dust from the open windows.
Cleaning this place is a never-ending task. And I refuse to hire cleaning help. We're just two people. And this place isn't that big. So I refuse to pay someone to clean it each week. And it must be cleaned regularly.
To be honest, the only thing that is making me consider hiring a cleaning service is the stupid vacuum cleaner. So rather than spend a couple hundred dollars a month getting this place cleaned, I will just spend it on a much better vacuum cleaner. One that's high tech and has great consumer reviews.
So I am off to study vacuum cleaners online. If anyone has any recommendations, I would greatly appreciate it.
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Good luck!