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I have had a request to repost one of my previous entries. As I searched for this in the blog archives, “Baby Jesus” came up a lot more than you would think. Also, the new vacuum that resulted from this incident is on the fritz. Does anyone have any good, non-$500 vacuums to recommend?

March 11, 2008
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.