Yesterday was a rare and blessed "no-drive day," when I didn't get in the car at all. I treasure these fleeting gems. I highly recommend giving it a try, if you're one of us who always have kids or work or shopping or some other reason that pulls us into a car everyday.
Driving home from Sunday lunch at Mom's, I thought maybe when I got home I'd try to go "radio free" for the rest of the day, including all passive forms of electronic entertainment — no radio, no music, no TV, no DVD. Just the hum of the refrigerator and furnace and computer fan — oh, and my brand new vacuum cleaner! I can't really swear off the computer since I have to work.
It's only been what? Five hours? But it is a challenge already. I always have Internet radio on while I'm working, the background drone of New Age (elevator music), classical, or classic jazz. It's different. Quiet.
That new vacuum, though, man! It really sucks. And it's "convertible" — you can press a latch and pull the main sucker off the chassis to use as a canister vac, great for the steps. It's the first time I've had one with one of those clear dirt cups. I'm amazed at how much it pulls up, so quickly. I'm even dirtier than I thought. It's incredible what they've managed to do in the vacuum world in the last 15 years or so since my last new one, onboard tools and all that. I'm loving it. HOWEVER...
They still can't get the frickin' cord right! There's at least 12" to work with between the cord spindles — that seems like a lot of margin to me, and how many ways can you wrap a cord between two points? Yet, the way I wrapped it (straight, no crossover), the plug clip ends up right at the bottom of the curve where it's nigh impossible to clip. So yeah, maybe if you do the math for me, you'll tell me that crossing over each loop can easily suck up 12". I try it and let you know.
Anyhow, thanks Mom, for the Christmas cash. Bissell and Costco thank you, too!
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