Vacuuming, A necessary evil!

I have never cared much for vacuuming but I have had LOT's of experience. This was one of my chores growing up. My mom had a rainbow. I don't know if any of you know what that is, so I will explain it to you. It is this HUGE thousand dollar vacuum that you fill up with water and when your done vacuuming you have to empty that dirty, nasty, smelly water. And if you want to vacuum the stairs you better work out because that thing is heavy. Plus you have to try and avoid spilling that nasty water because despite what they say it does spill when you tip it over. his vacuum is easily sold to parents for several reasons. 1) It will pick p anything. 2) it can be used as an air purifier. 3) I think it has a shampooer attachment. 4) The parents never have to use it. it is always the child's chore. on r I convinced my Paw Paw that mom wanted a Hoover Wind tunnel for Christmas and he got it for her. Sorry mom, I owe you a Christmas gift. LOL!

Now that I have gone on a rabbit trail and given you a bit of my vacuuming history I will get to the point. Vacuuming is one of those things you have to do. When I first got married and it was just me and Chris, i did not have to vacuum very often. But now that I have kids and Sammy (my 5 month old) is learning to crawl, I have to vacuum quite a bit. Yuck! in the 4 years I have been married I have burnt out 5 vacuums. This last one has lasted quite awhile because I learned a lesson I should have learned along time ago. You have to pick up the big pieces of trash before you vacuum and you can't vacuum the bottom of the curtains. Ha Ha. (I blame it on the Rainbow) Well, last night I was vacuuming and had the cleaver idea to vacuum the kitchen floor. (you know I hate all housework) Great idea, right? That's what I thought to. So there I was save myself from having to sweep when I heard, CRUNCH, CRACK, CRUNCH! And then came that awful smell of burnt up rubber. I had forgotten the golden rule of vacuuming. Pick up the over cooked french fry off of the floor before you vacuum. Let that be a lesson you will all remember as you vacuum. Don't make the same mistake I seem to make over and over and over again. Now I have to tel my husband. "LUCY!!!!!!"