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We have a couple new family members. Our sucker fish who have been mentioned before: Penguin and Kid. Then the new goldfish that Grandma bought, Shimmy, Shake, Rooster, and Hen. And the newest: Mary. Our vacuum.

She is named after Merry Maids because this vacuum makes me very merry indeed. She is a Dyson Animal meaning she is made specifically for vacuuming up the dog hair. I had begun to wonder if we actually have carpet, or if we just have a nice layer of dog hair around here. Our late vacuum was good. It was a housewarming gift from my parents when we moved into our first home (second home?) I don't remember. But, a Dyson it is not. I have to empty the canister 3 or 4 times per vacuum, it gets up the surface hair, but not the stuff stuck in the carpet, and emptying the canister always produces a little pile that has to be vacuumed up again. Now it will live upstairs maybe tempting me to vacuum up there too.

The other day Sam and I spent a full hour waiting on somebody who was going to sell me their brand new, latest model number Dyson for $350. I wasn't psyched about spending that money on a vacuum, but I have been borrowing Gina's vacuum for a while and she gets home soon and I was getting desperate to have my own! It was either get my own, or go back to walking on a furry carpet and wondering why Austin constantly looks like his tongue is growing a beard. After waiting for an hour she comes to the meeting place and she had the wrong model number, so I told her no thank you. Yesterday, a used Dyson that is an older model number, but the one that I have been testing, went up for $150! It was SOLD!

And just in case you don't think I'm excited enough, I came home last night after a night out and felt pretty good. I was driving home, had the music turned up and was thinking about what a fun night it had been. And it hit me just how much having a baby, and a family to take care of can change you. I had gone to book club and bought a vacuum cleaner and felt like it had been a crazy fun evening! These lucky little creatures have found quite a good home if I do say so myself.