I've fallen in love!

If it's possible to do so, I've fallen in love with my brand new vacuum cleaner. Tonight, I was finally able to really have fun with it. I'd put it together and used it briefly over the high traffic area's, but using it on the stairs and in all the area's that are perpetually covered with black, white/brown and orange (at least 3 different shades) of fur was more fun than one person should have with a vacuum cleaner. Oh and my hair (this is kind of wierd) attaches itself in odd places. Like seeds. Ha, Tree Fruit Seeds! Anyway, when it is long, I find it clinging to the carpet. Like little blonde leache. They don't just come out, you have to pull on them. Yank them out like weeds! They ATTACH themselves to the carpet, my car seats, clothes, other peoples clothes who might ride in my car OR they have been known to secure them selves into other people's car seats, jackets or hoodies if I where them. Which I always hear about later if someone happens upon them, I think it's hillarious. Not everyone thinks it's as hillarious as I do.

So, anyway, the vacuum, it's good. It has all these neat attachments that reach really far and I don't have to break my back to vacuum my stairs (all 4 flights) and when I vacuum, it ACTUALLY works! Wow, what a concept? And, it doesn't have that smell that vacuums you've had in your house for years with multiple animals have. AND....it's bagless (and won't get that smell can u can sanitize it), so I can actually see all the dirt whirling around in there and then when you turn it off, it settles down at the bottom and you CAN DUMP it out. Right then and there, it doesn't sit in the vacuum and get all nasty and build up dander and other creepy who knows what's? How cool is that?

Really, I haven't been this fascinated by a piece of machinery for some time. Partly, becuase it's pretty neat how everything is designed to make the vacuum-ers life a whole helluva lot easier (which is a mega score for me), but you can actually see it all, how it works on the inside. Perhaps I really am a mechanical nerd and just didn't know it yet?

Ok and I guess I like the feeling like my carpet is getting really clean. I am not like some maniachly anal clean freak, but I like my house to be at least tidy, neat and sanitary. And when you have animals, it doesn't take long for a house to get a little 'ripe' if you know what I mean. Not that I mind ripe nessisarly, but for me, it's not something I can deal with over time. So the bagless vacuum helps in that way too, is pretty cool.

Another thing I've fallen in love with? My favorite flannel sheets. Again :) I love flannel things. It shows my age, why? Cuz I am a child of the late 80's and early 90's when flannel was KING and dammit there was a good reason. a) It keeps you warm, but layers nicely. b) It comes an assortment of colors, blues/greens/reds/purples/white/reds....not bad colors to wrap yourself in, c) I feel I am in THE most secure, warm, comfortable and loving place on the earth when I get into bed at night AND finally (the best part) c) It's SO SOFT. Good flannel is soft like peach skin, a little fuzzy but not too much so that it's creepy AND good flannel doesn't fade over washings. It doesn't ball up in fuzzies, it doesn't get thread bare (unless it's 20 years old, then of course, that happens) and it always fades in color, but never in comfort :)

So, flannel things and I are friends. It's snowy, cold and wintery outside. I'm going to read on my flannel sheets.

Until next time, cheers wicked cool vacuum cleaners and comfy,sleep-the-best-nights-sleep-ever flannel sheets! Oh...and also cheers my friend who will remain nameless who is coming in late March for more good times and lots of smiles, hugs and smooches! YEEEEHAWWWWWWWWWW!