How to tell that you're getting older

[trinityvixen]

You go to check out some sales online, and this is the most exciting prospect you find. Yes, the idea of a wet/dry vac for my apartment just about thrills me, not gonna lie. It would also, probably, detox our place of allergens so we could have more sneeze-prone guests over more often with less difficulty.

I need to sleep. zzzzzzz

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[decidedly.livejournal.com]

True story: My husband's first birthday gift to me was a vaccuum cleaner. AND I LOVED IT.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

I asked for a blender for my birthday last year. GOOD DECISION.

[ivy03.livejournal.com]

That's not cause you're old, hon, it's cause you're a crazy cat lady.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

Well, having cats makes me more aware of the dirt they track about and the hair they shed. I went nuts trying to de-fur them and the couches and everything when people came over recently. I'm also just tired of sweeping and having it feel like I'm only pushing the dust and dander around. I've wanted a proper vacuum for a while. A wet/dry hard-floor vac is, like, a bonus.

[chuckro.livejournal.com]

In-ter-est-ting. So, it takes the place of mopping, does it? Hmm.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

I don't know anything about this particular one, just that it was (supposedly) on sale. I was attracted to it because I don't mop. (I never properly learned how and I'm sure I'd mess up water. It's totally possible.) If it would both vacuum and mop, I'm all over this bitch.

[wellgull.livejournal.com]

If you'd like to learn how to mop sometime, I do offer reasonably-priced classes.

Though honestly, hardwood floors only need to be mopped, like seriously mopped, maybe once or twice a year. (This is good, because to do it right you would need to be scrubbing with rags, on hands and knees, which gets old.) The rest of the time what you really want is a dust mop, which is one of those stringy-yarn-type brooms.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

Seriously, there are rules! And different kinds of mops! How the hell am I supposed to know what to do with one or the other??

[umeyard.livejournal.com]

omg i love mine. feels much better walking barefoot too when you see what you pulled up is no longer there :)

AND
my friend Jesse was over the other day just fine and he normally likes to hang on the patio due to unable to breathe :)

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

Given how many people we know are nearly deathly allergic, this would only help.

[umeyard.livejournal.com]

its not perfect by any means but it does help get alot of the dander up :)