Patrisha

December 6, 2004

Tuesday Later

I am amazed that this really happened but apparently, I didn’t eat breakfast this morning!

To put this in context, I am the person who believes that if you want to get your children to do something, you must show it is important to you by example. It doesn’t do one bit of good to tell your children that breakfast is the most important meal of the day if you are a mother who starts the day with a cup of coffee and that is it. So, over the course of years I spent with my two sons {who have twenty-one years between them so I had an inordinate number of years being a Good Example} I have developed into the person who makes the coffee, nukes-and-eats the oatmeal and then drinks the coffee pretty well before she is capable of having an intelligent conversation. My stomach demands it. But apparently, not this morning.

This morning I got up at 8:30 and Fred got up at 9 so that he would be ready to talk to the nurse who was calling him sometime between 10 and 11. So, when I was in this position– waiting for the phone call before surgery– she called me ten minutes to the latest time given. But this woman called us at 5 minutes before 10am. While Fred was answering all the questions and asking about things he wanted to know, I was washing dishes and listening to make sure he had covered everything. Then, after the dishes, I put on my coat and all the other cold-weather accoutrements required when one goes out in December in Vermont, and off I went for a walk because this is my usual routine in the morning. Dishes and then walk. I was out 45 minutes but it was only after I had been home for about an hour and a half that I realized that although it was time for lunch, I was much hungrier that I usually was at lunch time. At first, I thought I had eaten breakfast in a sort of why-am-I-up-at-THIS-hour daze since I have been sleeping later and so I checked the container of oatmeal. And, it was quite clear that nothing had been taken out of it since I filled it yesterday!

So, lunch was a cup of oatmeal and an apple!

I did eventually vacuum the floor and the shredded bits of paper but half way through it, I turned the vacuum off and told Fred it was making a peculiar sound. Now, this is a canister vacuum that Fred has had for over 20 years and the hose has not been replaced but instead patched with electrical tape in various places. And it needed doing this morning yet one more time. Now, that did it as far as I was concerned. I really don’t like canister vacuums. I have a herniated disk and although it is quiescent now thanks to cortisone injections, I always find myself stooping as I use this vacuum and then my back aches. When I lived in my own house, I had one of those vacuums built into the house –the kind you plug the hose into the wall–and eventually hated it so much that I went out and bought a cheapie little upright which was MUCH kinder to my back.

So, I told Fred I was taking this cost-of-living check I am getting on the 18th and buying a Dyson with it. My sister has one and it does a good job. The kind I am looking at is an upright {although they do make canisters} and, yes, they ARE more expensive than the average vacuum, but it is my money I am going to be spending and this is what I want. {I think– Ha!} I am going to do some more research on it {including asking my sister to tell me what she thinks of it} and see if I can buy it locally.

So, anyone own one? What do you think of it? Is it worth the additional money?

If you have never heard of it. go to http://www.dyson.com/homepage.asp which is a neat little site that tells you everything you might need to know {including prices}

Until later…

I keep considering a Dyson. I don’t want to spend the money though unless I get some word of mouth from people I know and trust that it is as good as the manufacturer claims.

TheWoodsprite

December 7, 2004

Imagine that….breaking your habit of so many years and not having breakfast! And imagine two children 21 years apart?? Me and my siblings are spread out over 18 years. I hope you get the vacuum you want, though I know nuthin’ whatsoever about them. My goal would be to have a maid service, but I doubt I’d want strangers cleaning my nest. Wishing you a good evening! Weesprite

gray tabby

i think i’ve seen the dyson sold at sears. take care,

Issued Puppet

I’ve heard they are fantastic!

greeneyes&sunflowers

LOL at the 20 yr old vaccuum. LS kept bringing our old one back to life I had to plot and finally murder it then hide the body……hehehe, hey ya gotta do what ya gotta do. I want a dyson too but LS points out that I do not vaccuum, therefore I cannot have an expensive one. *bastages*

MargUK

From all reports they are wonderful machines – I don’t have one because we had one at work once & I didn’t like looking at all the rubbish & dirt in the see-through bit. I prefer not to see what I’ve hoovered up off the floor thank you! That was several years ago though so they may have moved on a bit since then.

roseyrays

I own a dyson upright and thought long hard before buying one and they are not suppose to by any good for people with pets and for people with long hair. I have both and it has coped well. I dont like the way the tools are attached i use them less because of this than i use to with my old cleaner. Last week, i was without a cleaner once more.

The reason was that my daughter had vacuumed up a hair grip, it had heated up and melted through the brush and burned out the belt. Now is this a problem with the vacuum or not, i will let you deceided. It does a great job thought and i like it, was also easy to replace the part. I would buy it again, but maybe i would see if they had a mobel that has easier to use attachements. Hope that helped

Those 20-year-old ones don’t have the suction power of any of the newer models, so even if you went out and got a cheapie, it would probably be better than that old thing. Don’t know anything about the Dyson.

Telynor

I want one of those Dysons in the worst way — I am so sick of fighting with the vacuum that I have now.

momof2boys2

We have been considering buying one but haven’t bit the bullet yet. They are pricey but they seem to be of pretty good quality. I am waiting to see how they go over before making the plunge.

ryn: it is sitting in my garage at the moment. I do not know what to do with it. Mymy calls it “spoils of war”. And my family doesn’t want me contacting him anyway anymore. I need to ponder on this some more. *huggs*

I can relate to being a good example for many years. Meg and Jo were 23 and 20, respectively, when Mark was Born. It’s funny though, forgetting to eat breakfast, especially Fred’s Famous Oatmeal.

Redsirens

Cant help you out help but hey if’ it’s whay you want i say go for it .

Shi

ryn: Yeah – trackball. Thanks – that’s the word I was searching for. 🙂

Ashley47+

I have the purple Dyson (for people with pets) and I can not believe what that machine “sucks” up! This model cost $499.00 and it was money very well spent. When I first got it as a test I vaccumed my floor with the old machine and then went right over it with the Dyson. I could not believe all the “stuff” it picked up. I just LOVE my Dyson!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

tae's heartbeats

I have never heard of that kind of vacuum before. 🙂

RetroGirl

December 8, 2004

Chipparoo

Ellen Degeneres on her show raved and raved about the Dyson. I’d love one–but it’s SO expensive! I don’t think I vacuum enough to justify the cost.

cakeums

I hear that Dysons are absolutely amazing – there’s a group of ladies that I’m in an internet circle with, and four or five of them have bought Dysons over the past month or so. They all rave about them! If you have a Bed, Bath and Beyond store near you, they sell them. I’m not sure if you’ve gotten one of these, but BBB often sends out 20% off coupons – about once every two months – and it

will knock about $100 off the price!