August 27, 2009
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The Honey-do list
My husband works long hours and gets home late at night most nights. I really dislike telling him when something breaks. But, being the obedient wife that I am, if I am asked outright if there is anything that needs fixing I’ll be the first to make him a list. Since we don’t spend a lot of time in the house in the summer and I only have one carpet anyway, I don’t use my vacuum an awful lot at this time of year. It is only in the winter time when the furnace and stove are fired up that I have to vacuum every day. So when he had a morning off this week due to the weather and he asked me if there was anything that needed fixing I immediately remembered the vacuum cleaner. I also told him about the iron that won’t heat up anymore. That is something that is used everyday in this house, something that I cannot do without.
Out to the shop he traipsed carrying the vacuum cleaner. An hour or so later he came in and announced that he thought he knew what was wrong but he was in need of super glue to fix it. That made me stop and think for a minute but I found some glue and gave it to him. (that was two days ago) This morning he went out to look at it again and decided that his fix was not going to make that machine run properly. I actually got to witness my husband pronouncing the old vacuum dead.
Then he came in and proceeded to take the iron apart further. He plugged it in and placed it onto a fireplace brick that I have and tested it all over with the volt meter. That too he pronounced dead, a bit more easily than the vacuum.
These pronouncements resulted in Matthew and I having to make a trip to Target to obtain new replacements.
Now I have a new vacuum cleaner that I hope will last a bit longer than the old one and will keep our home relatively dog-hair free and dust free. And a new iron that will keep our clothing wrinkle free and, more importantly, aid me while I am sewing and won’t leak all over the room.
Comments (4)
Yay for new things that aren’t broken! You should be good to go for a while!
@proudmom87 - Until the next batch of things break or a man uses something. Oops, there I go generalizing again about that other sex.
I hope your 2 things breaking down aren’t a omen of what is to come. Every big appliance we own other than the cooking stove and the garbage disposal have had to be replaced within the last year starting in Oct 08. NOT FUN!!!
I am currently alternating between two vacuums. One has the functioning hose attachments, the other has the functioning floor brush. I desperately want a new vacuum, but John swears we can’t afford one right now. It’s so frustrating. We do, however, have two functioning irons.
I should be grateful for that, and I am, but I want a new vacuum, too. What kind did you get?