my vacuum sucks

and i love it!!!
i bought this beauty on friday afternoon
got me a killer deal at kohls
{which has landed me $90 in kohls cash
to spend on other things this week}


i carted it around in my trunk
showed it off to krissy and will
the boy literally squealed as i opened the hatch
coincidence?
perhaps.
either way. i was excited enough to squeal too :)


i hoofed it up the steps to my apartment
and marveled at it for a few minutes late on fri night
but was resigned to the fact that i didn't have time to open it up
or read the manual
or (dread) put it together
so there it sat
waiting patiently for me
like a present on christmas


saturday i spent the day at the Crop Shop
doing demos for eager scrappers
at a-week-early National Scrapbooking Day event
then i spent the afternoon and early evening
working on some fun projects i haven't had time to do lately


sunday was the day
to open up that box
{but first i had to exercise and get coffee- which seemed like
a no brainer combo
only 20 minutes of walking, but hey it was raining on me.
at least i got outside}
i threw in some laundry, cleaned up some of the excess clutter so i could actually SEE more of the carpet than normal
and then i tore in


at first i was worried that i couldn't figure it out. that handle/nozzle thing is tricky
but really freakin' cool once you figure it out
i vacuumed the livingroom and marveled at the dust and gunk that came out of the carpet
really cool
really nasty
really fun


i got through the livingroom and bedroom
took out the laundry
and took a break

i went to visit little riley
almost 3 weeks old
still a peanut of about 7lbs

we rocked for about an hour while i chatted with jeff
she woke up to feed and i tried to snap a few pictures
but she wasn't too thrilled about that
so we called it quits and i headed out


headed to the house to help dan with some cleaning
the doors to the cellar, bathroom and bedrooms are all hung
but need to be poly-ed
so i vacuumed there
shop vac
so old-school
far less thrilling
but it needed to be done


at home sunday night i actually managed to clean up and vacuum
the spare room /
dan's room/
scrap room
there must have been 1 million pits of paper on that floor
but no more!!! it looks great

all in all

a great weekend

hope you had a good one too!