1. ‘Tis the season for commercials galore. It’s better than the days when our only option was network tv but still, they find a way to sneak onto my screens and into my brain.
2. So much fluff skims right on by but one thing stuck in this old noggin of mine. The Roomba.
3. You know what this is, right? That round little R2D2 robot vacuum that meanders around your house picking up dust and dirt and whatnot? It looks adorable.
4. I’m fascinated by the idea of a Roomba in our house. Would Gracie tackle it? Would it terrify the cats? Would Phoebe lazily open one eye as it bumbles by only to freak out when it bumps her bed?
5. Would it tumble down the stairs and end up in chunks on the landing?
6. What happens if it gets stuck in a corner or under furniture? Does it shriek RELEASE ME! until it’s rescued?
7. With two dogs, two cats, and two girls who quite frankly shed more than our fair share of hair in this house will the poor thing simply blow up?
8. But curiosity got the best of me. How much would a little motorized vacuum set me back? The idea of my own personal R2D2 to capture some of these dog and cat hair dust bunnies was intriguing.
9. Cue a visit to irobot.com and riotous laughter because TWELVE HUNDRED DOLLARS? WHAT?!? Okay, to be fair that’s the top of the line, brand spanking new technology version but still. Just…still.
10. I’m thinking I’ll stick with my own little vacuum and keep dreaming of a world where magical fairies clean these floors.
Twelve hundred? Brrruuuuhahahahha
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No words. For 1200 it’d have to buff and shine the hardwoods too. 😆
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And fetch Starbucks
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Seen Terminator, don’t trust them.
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And I, Robot — that one’ll give you pause.
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I had a cheaper version of the robot vacuum, which kept the floors looking nice, but wasn’t able to deal with the deep down dog hair and fine dirt. Then it decided it was tired and no longer wished to roam my home. I have not replaced it.
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There’s something to be said for just sweeping over the floors every day since lord knows I don’t get to the vacuuming daily. I might consider the supplemental help if I didn’t think the animal hair would kill it straight off.
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I don’t think the animal hair killed mine. I know iRobot has a model that will dump itself and return to vacuuming. Probably that $1200 model.
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The one my daughter had was a very basic model. But it’s cleaning wasn’t that exceptional. I preferred the vacuum cleaner any day
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If it vacuums anything like my kids I’d just have to redo it anyway. 😆
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It’s pretty mild sorry of action. And gets stuck frequently under the furniture.
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