Will this remodeling and moving NEVER end??? I am sorry if my impatience is showing like a black slip under a white eyelet dress but could we just get this wagon train on the trail??? I feel like I have one foot in each house at all times. If I want a cookbook...oops, it's over at the house. Need the vacuum? Well I can just about guarantee that where ever I am, the vacuum is at the other residence. Uncanny, that vacuum.
So, it seemed that all the dust created in this shift of life had settled in the living room carpeting at the new house. It was gross. Since the carpeting is only a year old there was no way I could talk the finance Department (that's Mikey) into tearing it out in favor of hard wood. I vacuumed. Mikey Vacuumed. The vacuum choked and took itself over to the other house! We decided it was time for something a little more in depth.
On my way to rent the Rug Doctor I ran into a couple girlfriends and told them what was up. They freaked out. One said "You can't shampoo your own rug. It's too hard to do. You have to rent that ugly machine and lug it home and push it around. You'll hurt yourself". Another said " You can't shampoo your own rug, you don't have time. Think about how much your time is worth. You should call a professional and have them do it".
All of these things could have been true, and maybe it was their truth and I know they had only the best intentions in mind, but I was on a mission and I had a plan. I pushed on, with their negative comments ringing in my ears, and... $25.00 and 30 minutes later I had a clean carpet, without incurring bodily injury (but I did break a sweat so it counted as cardio for the day)
Sometimes there is nothing more important than just getting the job done. Mikey is magnificient at this. He puts his head down and plows through the day's work until the job is finished. I learn from him everyday about perseverance and achieving goals. Remember, it was he turtoise who won that famous race.
So, it seemed that all the dust created in this shift of life had settled in the living room carpeting at the new house. It was gross. Since the carpeting is only a year old there was no way I could talk the finance Department (that's Mikey) into tearing it out in favor of hard wood. I vacuumed. Mikey Vacuumed. The vacuum choked and took itself over to the other house! We decided it was time for something a little more in depth.
On my way to rent the Rug Doctor I ran into a couple girlfriends and told them what was up. They freaked out. One said "You can't shampoo your own rug. It's too hard to do. You have to rent that ugly machine and lug it home and push it around. You'll hurt yourself". Another said " You can't shampoo your own rug, you don't have time. Think about how much your time is worth. You should call a professional and have them do it".
All of these things could have been true, and maybe it was their truth and I know they had only the best intentions in mind, but I was on a mission and I had a plan. I pushed on, with their negative comments ringing in my ears, and... $25.00 and 30 minutes later I had a clean carpet, without incurring bodily injury (but I did break a sweat so it counted as cardio for the day)
Sometimes there is nothing more important than just getting the job done. Mikey is magnificient at this. He puts his head down and plows through the day's work until the job is finished. I learn from him everyday about perseverance and achieving goals. Remember, it was he turtoise who won that famous race.
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