Thursday, May 20, 2010

Still No Vacuum Cleaner

I'm still confused about which vacuum to buy. Two days without vacuuming, hair is everywhere. I have to be careful that I'm really sitting on the couch and not on a cat. Seriously, the hair isn't that deep, but I have to make a decision today or it will be.

Another thing I learned this morning, don't drop jars of honey out of the overhead cabinet. They go behind the couch, which doesn't move. I tried taking out the storage drawer underneath, still couldn't reach the honey jar. I tried reaching over the couch, of course my arms aren't that long and they don't bend in the necessary direction to get them where they needed to be. It was painful finding that out, once I got it almost there I had to turn around and take it out. Now my right arm is a little larger than my left due to the swelling!

I found that the metal leg support for the table was long enough to reach but I couldn't see what I was doing. The space between the wall and the couch is large enough to either see the honey jar or to stick in the leg support and try to move the honey jar.

After ten minutes of scooting it around blindly, it finally lodged in a place that I could reach if I could endure the pain of bending my arm in the wrong direction again! While I was removing the leg support it slipped out of my hand and also ended up behind the couch, but thankfully it landed where I could reach it just on top of the honey jar.

With both items now safely out from behind the couch I realize how thankful I should be that the snap lid on the honey jar that allows for easy pouring didn't pop up and allow easy pouring all over the carpet behind the couch! I don't even want to think about what I would have had to do to clean that up.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Hmmm...maybe if you stuffed something between the wall and the couch, like blankets or pillows?

Glad to hear you don't have a sticky mess to clean up! :D