vacuums?

It's trying to escape from the dog? ;->

Beverly

:-))) I love my Dyson. I had to buy a new vaccum cleaner recently and tried a friend's Dyson and it was Love at first try. I loathe vacuuming but I have found the Dyson works so well and is so light and easy to use despite it's extraordinary sucking power that I have it out often (and that certainly never happened before with any other vaccum cleaner I've ever owned).

It picks up the long dog hairs from the Cavalier King Charles as well as a rubber broom does and I never thought I'd find that capacity in any vaccum cleaner.

Two of my cats turned on my Roomba tonight. I think they like the sounds it makes when you push the button. One of them used to play the little man in my answering machine.

When I get the Dyson out, Sugar Puff gives it and me a filthy look and switches into I AM IGNORING YOU mode... Then vanishes off upstairs to fur up the duvet if I get too close to her with it.

Cornflake gives me a look of deep reproach, the Dyson one of total terror, and escapes up the garden for hours befor I even plug it in unless we catch him amd someone cuddles him while it's on.

Someone I knew had one of those built-in hoovering systems in their house... It never seemed to pick up as much as even an ordinary cylinder vacuum cleaner, and the potential for expense if anything like a chunk of Lego or a needle got wedged in one of the pipes scared me off the idea for good. Imagine having to remove part of a wall and repair it because a Lego brick stuck in a pipe!

I gave in and hired a nice lady to come in and dust and vacuum once every two weeks. She brings her own vacuum cleaner, although she uses my dusters, detergents etc. Once every two weeks is enough in this household as there are only the two of us, no animals (dh is my only pet nowadays)so it is easy enough to keep up between times.

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans

Although I'm down to a household of one, I really miss the nice lady I had come in weekly when we had my DMIL living here. I'd so much rather be doing ANYTHING but housework so I tend to let things go. But knowing she was coming forced me to keep things picked up better. Now, every social occasion is a mad scramble to get things tidied up. :-(

Beverly

That sounds about par for my house. I'm clean, but disorganized...

I envy you. Years and years ago, I had a woman who came once a week to clean my little apartment and do my laundry. She was a treasure. She put three kids through college, too. But now, I don't know of anyone I could trust. A friend had a cleaning service, and then had a burglary where someone came in through her back door and went directly to the shelf in the closet where she had her grandmother's silver service, and took it. I've heard of other incidents like that around here. Even if the service is bonded, and if they don't break anything or ruin the surface of antique furniture, you can't prove that they told a brother or boyfriend or spouse how to get in and where the valuables were hidden.

I would love to know a nice lady who cleans.

Shoot, missed your head by this > < much. ;-)

Beverly

If you're going to clean up your act, you need to get a Roomba.

What makes you think I want to clean up my act?

Beverly

When you are good, you are very, very good. And when you're bad, you're even better.

No, you need one of these:

OMG! That's hysterical! Amy Poehler is seriously funny.

So I turned Bianca loose in the dining room the other day, and went off to do something else (read email, news groups?) and she busily vacuumed up the room and went to her base to recharge. Good, I thought. An hour or so later, I thought that I should go turn off the little towers that keep her confined, the ones you put in doorways to stop her. Well, much to my amazement, she had turned them off! I had set up three, in two regular doorways and in the French doorway to the living room. All three were turned off. I know that they had been on, because I set them up, and they kept her from wandering. That's pretty good, I'm thinking. Floor looked better, too.

As for our big Dyson, I don't use it much, but I really like the ball that makes it so easy to maneuver. It's almost like dancing.

P'nip, some time ago you gave me a cite for a place where you had bought some dresses and IIRC, other clothes items. I fyou can recall what it woul dhave been, coul dyou please repost the name of that business. for some reason I can't find it so I either didn't bookmark it or I just don't recognise it in my huge file.

TIA

Fran

Probably Vermont Country Store -

They aren't cheap, but they absolutely stand behind their merchandise. I just got two garments, tossed them in the wash to be ready to wear and a snap on a lounger came apart. I used the pre-paid label to box it up for return and exchange, and they'll send me a replacement.When I asked about a replacement button for a dress I bought several years ago, they apologized for not having any, but told me to return the dress for replacement or refund. I've worn the dickens out of that dress, and gotten my money's worth, so I didn't take advantage of that.

Sounds like an excellent recommendation and that they know what 'service' means - to rare theses days. Thanks again.

Fran

Always glad to share a good source. There are too many of the other kind. ;-) I hope you'll be very satisfied with your choices.