Hoovering like a madwoman...

So my house has NOT had a good vacuuming since my sweet baby sister visited me last MAY and vacuumed the house for me. She says she hates to vacuum and I did not ask her - it was a gift of love she gave me.

I have been hating this mess! My indoor cat, Tiberius, is a fur making machine. Truly, I cannot figure out why he is not bald.

I have a Dirt Devil canister vac, small but effective. I have used it throughout this year but I just really cannot use it on the carpets. It causes discomfort and so I have let go of clean carpets unless the husband vacuums them.

Having reached full out sick and tired and D-O-N-E with it, I checked out the Consumer Reports buying guide and settled on a Hoover bagless upright as what I most likely needed in order to regain clean floors. I ordered model UH70120, Consumer Reports' highest rated and recommended model in bagless uprights and it came on Monday.

OH MY GOSH!!!!

I put it together forthwith and vacuumed the foyer and living room. I emptied the bin three - count them 3 - times!! I have been cleaning an area every day and invariably emptying the bin at least twice each day. Yes, I have been Hoovering like a madwoman.

I am loving this whole feeling of clean carpets!!
I am loving this sense of accomplishment in being able to do it myself!

It has become apparent that I need to follow the Spark Lady methodology and only clean one room a day and limit myself to 15 minutes so I can not feel overwhelmed, actually make progress, AND end up with a clean house.

Please, it is not like this house has hundreds of rooms for heaven's sake!! Enough rooms, yes, and I am sure I will always have plenty to clean. We DO live here, after all.

A simple enough pleasure, to be sure.

On the health side - I am feeling great!! I only have two more Herceptin infusions and that should be all she wrote for active care!

I love Dr. Rassam and his staff, don't get me wrong. They have been supportive, kind, compassionate, encouraging and helpful. I will, regardless, be elated to have this stage of my life behind me!!

I know I will have to continue to be vigilant about my health, which absolutely I will be! I know I still have additional tests to go through to be sure all is well and such as that - it will, however, no longer be an every week, every three weeks thing! I will be liberated from this particular schedule and now I have to consider that I will be back fully in charge.

Hallelujah!!

perhaps it's time to "Hoover" some more...