Dear Mom,
today I used our new vacuum cleaner!
You will be glad to know it does great on the carpets and bare flooring. It's a bit awkward for use on walls.
I'll have to try out the hose attachment next time.
Or a duster.
I vacuumed your bedroom. I hope you don't keep anything important and small on the floor! ...because it is gone.
The vacuum cleaner seems to be adjusting well, aside from a little indigestion. Hopefully now we've cleared the backlog of dust-bunnies out he'll have no further culture shock, and the occasional gravel piece will go down without too much trouble.
Hope you're traveling worry-free with me at the helm of Starship Powellclan!
Love, BN
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My mom is on Epic Powell Roadtrip #4 of this year, which means I am keeping house for her three children and my dad. I will be posting humorous updates as they occur to me while doing more mundane tasks.
- Housekeeping 401 ~ a mini-series
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anachred- September 1st, 10:00
cheerful
2009-09-01 04:29 pm (UTC)
2009-09-01 07:38 pm (UTC)
I appreciate the reference, though. ^_^
2009-09-02 05:22 pm (UTC)
Good luck with the housecleaning. And the story snippet was a riot.
2009-09-01 08:10 pm (UTC)
Greetings from a fellow sufferer in the land of forced domestic servitude! You tell that vacuum cleaner it has no business having culture shock.
*goes back to the baking*
2009-09-02 08:22 pm (UTC)
We'll see how I'm doing tomorrow, but so far I'm feeling like I'm keeping up.
My mom was bed-ridden only a few weeks ago, so as far as *that* goes, I'm almost STILL in the swing of it. She wanted the house to actually be clean at the end of this stint though. O.o
2009-09-02 08:57 pm (UTC)
Good luck!
2009-09-11 12:40 am (UTC)