This could suck greatly!

You know all that shit earlier in the week about my vacuum? Well, it was kind of about my vacuum and kind of a metaphor. My friend Stacy is the only one who publicly acknowledged the metaphorical side, so unless you want to go there, I'm going back to the vacuum.
I have entered Kelly and myself in this Bed Bath and Beyond Contest. It's called the How We Met contest. It's on Facebook™, so you'll be clicking on the BBB Facebook™ page. Please vote for us whether you know us at all, like us, or think we're a good couple or the shittiest couple in the universe. Why, you ask? There are two answers to that. 1) Our story is pretty cool. We met at ages 12 and 15, didn't date, re-met at 32 and 35, fell in love and got married at the home where we first met 2) Because there are very cool prizes to be had. Even if we don't win the top one, the next level down includes a rockin' Dyson vacuum!
Let's be honest. Kelly and I didn't do a wedding registry. There were several people who gave us Lowe's Hardware gift cards. I am still working on Thank Yous by the way. Some of you will never get one since there weren't names attached to the gifts. However, it would be awesome to get a new Dyson or kitchen goodies or other odds and ends or a year's supply of K-Cups!!!!
So, please PLEASE click on this link once a day until the contest is over to vote for us. I'll be honest. I don't know when it ends. I'll keep harassing you until it's over. You won't forget. I promise.
Vote= Vacuum= Vote= Vacuum
Tell yo neighbors, tell yo friends…
You get the idea….

**Updated** This contest started 2/15 so we are WAY BEHIND in votes!  It ends 3-15! Click that link and pass it on!  Pretty please (batting lashes)

Love yas,
Karen

Choose wisely, or things suck, or they don't when you want them to

I picked a vacuum I liked a couple of years ago.  I have been pretty hard on it.  I thought I royally screwed it up a couple of times and considered tossing it.  Once, my friend helped me figure out how to take it apart and clean it, put it back together and start fresh.  Well, it wasn't exactly fresh because once you use something and mess it up a little, it's never fresh again.

It handles all the dirt and trash I put in its path mostly.  I have to clean out that crap often, because it builds up.  But, really, it's not all my trash.  That damn thing doesn't do its job picking up the trash in the first place.  I have to go over the same spot a dozen times!  It leaves trash and then I have to go back to do more work.  If it had just done what it was supposed to do in the beginning, I'd be a lot happier with it and I wouldn't bang its canister when I cleaned it.

I have had a few vacuums since I became an adult and started having my own home.  I thought I needed a big fancy one.  Then, I had a much cheaper model.  With this one, I thought I'd settled on a good fit for me.  It just seemed like a good balance.  Not too many attachments to deal with, but it had enough to deal with the dirt I had.  Maybe I should have read the fine print.  Maybe I should have compared more models.  I feel like I got screwed with this sucker.