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Saturday, February 16, 2008
Vacuuming
The kids and I spent the day cleaning house. I didn't think it was going to more of a chore than vacuuming, dusting, laundry, and such. My vacuum had other ideas.
The silly thing wouldn't (forgive me, please) suck. I thought perhaps if I cleaned the head and roller that it would start working. I unplugged it and took the bottom off. Through my investigation of the roller, I found that there was a mega dust bunny hiding in the tube. So I took that apart and took out the offender. I put it all together and proceeded with my vacuuming.
I noticed that it still wasn't working as it should. I was totally perplexed at this point. This is a fairly new vacuum; it should be working. I took it apart again, found another dust bunny. This time I wasn't satisfied. I took the whole vacuum apart:
I even found its brains:
I have never done an investigative study on how vacuums work, but today I figured out how mine works in moving air through hoses and filters. The brains looked good, it was running. So it must be somewhere else.
Frustrated, I took a nap and dreamed of how my vacuum (forgive me, again) sucks. The thought came to me, that the intake hole from the filter must still be working. But as I was sleeping, I wasn't sure if this was me or my dream thinking.
I put the vacuum together and waited for my sweet man to come home.
Side praise: My husband is feeling better. He is able to go back to school, though on flex time, and work a bit. We are still getting used to this new lifestyle, but God is good and faithful! Thank you all for your prayers!!! When he came home, I was explaining my dilemma and apologizing as to why the house was in disarray  . I took the filter (tall thing with the red hat and clear body in the picture) off, and he suggested that I turn on the vacuum to see if the air intake was working. (Funny, that was my dream or the Lord giving me a break.) It worked. That meant that the filter was the problem. Hmmmm.
I thought I would clean it, though I had cleaned it real good after I used it the last time. I took it apart and noticed that the inside filter wasn't locked into place. Would that make a difference? Ummmm... YES! I took the whole thing apart for nothing more than figuring out how it works: for nothing!
After locking everything into place, that sucker (forgive me) worked!
I love levity in life! My living room is back together, the vacuum works (and I know why), and I just need to finish the rest of what I was to do. Perhaps tomorrow...
Praise God for faithfulness in even cleaning!!
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Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - Great blog!
I just visited your blog for the first time. Thanks for making me laugh about how your vacuum sucks! Ha! My husband was thinking I was crazy because it just hit me so funny!! I also homeschool and use the principal approach, also, well, some of the time :-) I am new to the blog-life so I didn't know how to login in or signup in blogger.com. My blog is at: http://livinglifeinco.blogspot.com/
Again, thanks for the laugh! It felt good!! Michelle