This is why my husband vacuums

5th March 2008

This is why my husband vacuums

posted in Marriage, Cleaning |

He does such a good job of it!

If I’m vacuuming, I just move the vacuum around furniture in swirly ways. I’ll move chairs, but not much else. In open areas, I’ll do short little zigzaggy lines because I don’t want to walk backward and forward all the time.

If he’s vacuuming, he moves every piece of furniture (except for way heavier stuff) OUT OF THE ROOM. Dining table, chairs, and barstools go into our kitchen. The coffee table goes into the entryway. The guitar and my little trunk go on the couch. Then, he goes back and forth making perfectly parallel vacuuming lines, all the way across the room. It’s a beautiful thing to behold.

The other day when we had friends over, one of my girlfriends said, “Oh, you vacuumed. You didn’t have to vacuum.” I told her the guy did it, and her response was, “Oh, and he does the lines!!!” The guy seemed pretty proud of himself when she praised his vacuuming skills (though now he’s pretending not to remember).

I took a video of him vacuuming (it’s so awesome), but I’m not sure how to upload it and embed it here. I don’t want to use youtube or something where people not reading my blog can see it (I dunno, that just seems odd to me). Any tips?

husband vacuuming doing chores

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1 On March 5th, 2008, Sara said:

Thanks for sharing this. My husband does the same thing. You could eat off the carpet when he vaccums. I think guys are very good at focusing on one task and doing their best at it. Us girls juggle about twenty things at once and we just want to get everything done in a timely manner.

posted on March 5th, 2008 at 7:22 am

2 On March 5th, 2008, Vicki said:

You are so inspirational. I have giving you the You make my day Award!!
Thanks
Vicki

posted on March 5th, 2008 at 4:47 pm

3 On March 5th, 2008, Cara said:

Methinks that’s called being a perfectionist.

posted on March 5th, 2008 at 4:50 pm

4 On March 5th, 2008, IamSusie said:

Your nearly white carpet is very impressively clean and bright!

You can upload your videos to YouTube and then embed them.

posted on March 5th, 2008 at 7:10 pm

5 On March 6th, 2008, Meg said:

No way. Not only is your husband vacuuming, but you guys have an awesome vacuum. Here in Mexico we are stuck with a broom and a mop. Thank goodness we don’t have carpet, but this just reminds me how EASY keeping house will be when we move back to the US! Yay!

posted on March 6th, 2008 at 4:37 pm

6 On March 7th, 2008, Lindsay said:

Isn’t men cleaning a beautiful thing? Mine has been out of commission for a few days with a backache… you should see the condition our place is in. Whoops! I took some photos, I’ll have to some before/after shots when Lindsay is in the kitchen vs. when Taylor is in the kitchen.

We got lucky and got us some good ones, that’s for sure!