It was bad enough that I had to put a band-aid on the lower half of my left thumb to cover the open blister I got from all that raking.  Then there’s the Goliath bullfrog bite on my right index finger.  That also required a band-aid because the scratches run the length of my finger.  They kept reopening and bleeding every time I bent it.  Now, I have another band-aid on my left index finger where I cut that while opening the box in which my new vacuum arrived.  I am the klutz queen.

     Yes, my new vacuum arrived today.  It purrs like a kitten and doesn’t require ear protection.  Holy crap does it ever clean!  It weighs less than a third of my old vacuum too.  It came with a free steam-cleaning mop.

     I could possibly go into spring-cleaning mode.  My house might go from slovenly to sparkling at this rate.  I can picture it featured in House Beautiful.  Hah!  Whom am I kidding, with two dogs and DH the slob?  Surely, I dream.  The house doesn’t dust itself or scrub bathrooms.  {Sigh.}  Knowing me, it will be clean enough to be healthy and dirty enough to be happy.