Susiej

I think I’ve disfigured my face (still recovering from stitches) from laughing so hard with my 11-year-old this morning watching a You Tube Video about a little boy who loves vacuum cleaners on the The Ellen Degeneres Show. I have to start being mean now, or my mouth is going to grow back crooked, and I will look silly for the rest of my life.

The video wasn’t that funny — I think I was laughing out of joy that I can do stuff like this with my 11-year old. It’s like, he’s growing up, and I have a new friend. My mouth still hurts, after 2 hours of trying not to smile.

I was just about to get out the cornstarch dough to make an elephant with my toddler, when I found my basement flooded. The sump pump stopped working, there was an 8” long, 3” round black, gray furry thing in the pool of water in the sump pump. Called husband (who is working out with his Human Powered Racing Team), and tried hard not to act like a damsel in distress – (I checked the breakers, the boys fought, I bailed water with buckets, I changed a diaper, the toddler tried to climb in the sump pump well and help, and put a toy back together in the middle of all of this), but the black, long furry thing just threw me. Soon, an entire carload of his teammates arrived and helped. I am so lucky.

When I was a little girl, Saturday was always cleaning day. Here’s what it looks like now that I’m all grown up with a house of my own and the boys help me clean.

Modren Mechanix lists Thirteen New Aids Designed for the Busy Housewife, from 1930: Here’s a summary.
SOAP IN STEEL WOOL. In order to protect the user’s hands and expedite cleaning, a holder for steel wool has been developed which makes it unnecessary to handle the wool, which is impregnated with soap.
BURN YOUR RUBBISH. Food wastage and scraps from cooking are quickly disposed of in a kitchen incinerator, right, that can be installed under any gas range.
HANGER FOR STOCKINGS. Dresser drawers are not cumbered with stockings if a converted coat hanger is used to hold them straight and convenient in your closet.
KEEPS GLOVES IN SHAPE. Something new in a wooden glove form has just appeared.

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