vacuum tales
Have you ever blown up your vacuum? Me either.
But my mom told me around Christmas time she was vacuuming around her Nativities on one of her shelves and accidentally sucked up Baby Jesus.
Here is the part where I tell the truth. I actually blew up our vacuum on Friday. This was a new experience for me. We had had our vacuum since we had gotten married, so just over six years. It was given to us by my mom’s co-workers at Herriman City.
I was vacuuming the car out on Friday. I did not see anything large that I had vacuumed up, but I heard it. It was loud. I heard it make its way up the tube, clanking around and then it finally got to the actual vacuum part. I am making assumptions about the size because of the collateral damage. I don’t know what I actually sucked up, I am assuming it was Baby Jesus, because he was pissed.
The vacuum knocked itself over, blew a large piece (the size of my hand) off the back, shot the bristle cover up and off the vacuum and started screaming at the top of it lungs and spinning as fast as it could. I quickly turned it off and pulled the front off so I could see if anything had happened to the bag, there was a hole in it.
My neighbor was outside and came running when she heard it. It scared her as all our kids were out and we were keeping a lazy eye on them.
So we ordered a new one the other day, not the nicest, because $500 for a vacuum, is just sick. I would rather spend the extra cash on shoes. You know, important things.
March 12th, 2008 at 6:55 am
I cringed at spending $500.00 on our pet Dyson, but as our other vacums were having to be replaced every few months it has ended up being a cost savings 3 years later! I used to mourn the loss of each one, they become such a huge part of our daily lives, particularly with toddlers! Admittedly I’d rather spend the money on shoes as well!
March 12th, 2008 at 5:46 pm
We got our vacum about 5 years ago. I’m pretty sure it was the cheapest one at Walmart, and it’s still going. It’s probably not the best one, but it works!
March 12th, 2008 at 7:55 pm
I just want to tell you that my favorite line goes a little something like this…”I am assuming it was baby Jesus because he was pissed”. I feel your pain though. I nervously await the day something goes wrong with our $100 vacuum. So far 4 years going strong. The key is not to go bagless in my opinion (at least when it’s cheap).