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List of participating retailers grows longer every day.

I have had an Oreck vacuum cleaner for 10 years and this week it finally bit the dust.  While I’d love to have a new Oreck, we just don’t have the funds for one right now.  So off to L*wes we went to buy a cheapie, since I had a 10% off coupon for there.

The cheapest regular upright they had was $59.99.  It is a Eureka.  I figured, at that price, it would perform marginally, but better than nothing at all.

The one I got is the Eureka Maxima Bagless Upright. Well, I’ve never owned a bagless and wasn’t really thrilled at the thought, but in the lower price vacuums, that’s pretty much all you can find.

I was totally shocked last night when I vacuumed the house!! I had to empty the collection canister 4 times!!! My gosh, we are living with filthy carpet and I didn’t even have a clue! I am so thrilled!! Even Felicity is wanting to help vacuum today!

Here in our new place, we have problems in the yard with sticker burrs…ACK!!!  So we really should vacuum at least once a day, twice would be best.  Those yucky things come in on Margo and Bailey every time they go outside.  Petunia (our adoped Chihuahua from Katie) is the lucky one, they don’t get on her hair at all.

So….I’m having a love affair with my new vacuum and Mike thinks it is hysterical!

Have a great Saturday!

It’ll be a blast!  At least come on by and see what all the hoop-la is about!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuJPNAfuG3s

Here’s her post at 9:23pm CST

“Here it is…
warning…it is a long video….I had to put it on youtube because
photobucket errored out on me…

Enjoy….DH says chickies are up walking around!!!”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1ZeEY-kt7A

Here’s the thread if you would like the entire day’s worth of events.
http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=104245&p=1

This is just so amazing and she did such an awesome job “mid-wifing”
the chicks into the world. I just had to share.

Yet another finished afghan!  The name of this pattern is called Lumberjack Flannelghan and the pattern can be found here.  I used Hobby Lobby’s store brand yarn “I Love This Yarn”. It’s super soft…almost feels like chenille.

It’s a gift for Christmas for *someone*. I hope they like it.

Here’s the afghan I made for Katie’s birthday gift.  I also purchased a couple of things for her, but this I made myself so she’d have something special for her 21st.

She loves camoflage and her favorite color is pink.  She really loves it!

We re-homed the chickens with a guy that works with Mike (we got our Silkies from him).  We re-homed them about a month ago, once we decided to move back into “town”. 

He told Mike Sunday that those chickens are the absolutely most spoiled rotten chickens he’s ever had in his lifetime of having chickens.  He said they’re awesome birds…but rotten!  They follow he and his family around wanting to be held and hand fed. 

I miss them so much!!!  They truly are great therapy for my depression.  I would have never thought, but I’m a believer.

I’ll be back to posting on a (semi) regular basis soon.

http://www.skiptomylou.org/2008/10/29/mummy-treat-containers/

 I will definitely keep this idea in mind for next year.  Too late for this year.

I’ll be back soon posting on the blog on a regular basis once we’re settled at the new house.