Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Where to put the new....

vacuum cleaner? We have a perfectly fine vacuum cleaner that doesn't get as much use as it should. We also have a dog, a cat, two active kids who spit up and spill things with alarming regularity, and adults who wear shoes in the shoes. And a carpet that gets filthy. So every six months or so we rent a steam cleaner (from Store 2) and are astonished at the block gunk it picks up. At $50 a pop for the rental, Rich this go round suggested we buy one of the new steam cleaners on the market. The small models can be had for $50-75, so it would be a better value than the rentals, and if we use it regularly, we'll have cleaner carpets too. So we spent a rainy day today sucking up a rather disgusting amount of gunk.

Regular vacuum is stored in the hall closet. There's not really room for the new one, even though it's slightly smaller. So yet another thing for the basement. Our goal is to use it at least once a month.

2 comments:

The Lowe said...

We bought a new vacuum cleaner yesterday too. Nothing fancy mind.

Thrift Store Mama said...

We leave our regular vacuum cleaner in the corner of the living room. It gets used more often than some of the furniture !