I bet I am the only person who gets a real kick out of vacuuming and carpet cleaning. I have yet to understand why but I find performing either task to be very relaxing and satisfying. There is nothing like pushing the on button, seeing the light turn on and slowing pushing the instrument back and forth. It is almost hypnotic.
In fact I love it so much that my vacuum, of which I am inordinately fond of, has a prominent place in the main hallway. About once a month I have to empty the very heavy bag, wash all the filters, and then (here is the real kicker) I wipe it down with a soapy rag and get it free of dust and dirt.
I got my vacuum as a very rare impulse purchase. I was picking out new appliances and figured that by purchasing them from an outlet, I had saved a ton of money. As I am standing there, I looked over and saw a display of discontinued vacuums for $90. Before I could even figure out if it was a good vacuum my mouth shot out, "I'll take one of those too!", BAM! It was on the bill and in the trunk of my car. I barely had it in the house and I was putting the handle to the body. It took me all of about three seconds to decide that I LOVED that vacuum.
What I got was a Kenmore Progressive Upright. It has this really neat dirt sensor on the front of it. As you vacuum, it lights up when it is sucking up dirt and turns off when it isn't. I also love that it has a bag. Yes, a bag. With the bagless vacuums you have to keep those things empty or there is no suction, when my bag is full the vacuum makes a different noise. All I have to do is open the little door, grab the bag, slap a sticker over the hole and put another in its place. I have never gotten a face full of dirt from emptying it, I have never missed the can and had dirt all over, and I have never had issues with suction.
For about a year I was without my vacuum, it had broken. My mom graciously gave me her vacuum. I was and still am grateful that I got to use it, but it wasn't my vacuum. It was missing the heft, the suction, and the dirt sensor. Finally I got the money to replace the broken parts and I got my trusty Kenmore back up and running. Now keep in mind that there are some day's I vacuum the main part of my house two or three times, quite thoroughly. When I was able to use my Kenmore, that little dirt sensor stayed on for the first two weeks that I vacuumed. I thought it was broken, but when I put it on a clean tile floor it turned off, the minute the vacuum touched the carpeting it came back on. I do love my vacuum.
About four times a year I work on cleaning the carpets. You are probably wondering if we are exceptionally dirty people or if I am excessively neat and tidy. The answer is neither. We moved into our house roughly five years ago. The carpeting was probably close to 20 years old at that time. It is a tan colored Berber. This carpeting has gone thru wars in our house. We seem to be kid central for our neighborhood. The kids run from the front door to the back door all day long. Usually I keep the whole house open and as airy as possible. Between the kids, the open house and just basic living, it gets dirty. I have yet to run a carpet cleaner over it without the water/solution being chocolaty.
When I finish cleaning the carpets the whole house feels lighter and cleaner. I just love the feeling. I do believe it is time to clean the carpets.
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