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I hated my vacuum cleaner. It nagged me. It had this \u201chelpful\u201d dirt sensor light that turned green when your floor was clean. Some days it took a long time to turn green. <\/p>\n

I\u2019m not generally a fan of appliances that nag me. In fact, it annoys the crap out of me. The microwave dings every minute between the time it\u2019s done and I open the door. (I hear you! Sometimes I\u2019m just too busy doing other stuff. Like eating my bon-bons and watching my stories. Hang on a second will ya?) Or my new car that tells me when passengers unbuckle themselves. (If the 8 yr old and the 6 yr old want to have a wrestling match in the third row, how is that any of the car\u2019s beeswax?) And then there was the vacuum\u2026.with the light that taunted me.<\/p>\n

It died. We have five children and a lot of carpet. Living even a day without a vacuum is not an option. Have I mentioned my husband\u2019s OCD and germ phobia? (Yes, he\u2019s germ phobic and I\u2019m not a great housekeeper. It must be love that keeps us together. No, I haven\u2019t considered changing my ways. If it bothers him so much then he can clean it. Who are you, my mother?)<\/p>\n

I got a Bissell Healthy Home machine. This puppy right here<\/a>.
See the Healthy right in the title? That\u2019s got to help even a poor slob like me.<\/p>\n

Now I can see that the nagging one was right. My house is disgusting. I emptied 3 canisters of dirt and dust from the 3 year old\u2019s bedroom, and 4 from mine. I have moved every bit of furniture in the house and vacuumed obsessively under it. I don\u2019t know about the house being healthier, but I will be after all this activity. It doesn\u2019t even need a dirt sensor light to make me feel bad. The walk of shame from my house to the outside garbage can with a canister of debris 5 times in one hour is punishment enough.<\/p>\n

I, the Mom, swear on a stack of Mister Clean Magic Erasers to never let my house get to this point again\u2026and failing that, to find the person who invented dust and kick his\u2026.well, you get the general idea.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"