A Whole Lotta Hair

Okay, so today I tackled one of the yuckiest jobs a domestic goddess has. "De-hairing" the vacuum cleaner roller!!! I hate to admit how long its beens since it was done ( really not sure it ever was, shhhh). While I was literally cutting and tugging away at massive amounts of hair and thread and other yucky stuff, I got to thinking. . . . . here are random thoughts that popped into my scary brain at the time: "There's enough hair here for someone to use for a hair transplant. They'd have to be blonde though." Obviously most of the hair wrapped around that roller is mine since all the other occupants here are of the male variety. "For all the other yucky jobs we have to do, there are cleaning products and helper tools. Why not this one?" Take the bathroom for instance. There are misters and cleaners, foamers and brushes of all sorts to make that job easier and slightly less yucky. We have duster wands, dishwashers, swiffers and sweepers for other residential cleaning activities. But with the vacuum rollers, you have to get your hands physically on it, you have to have some strength, cunning, and determination to get every last strand. And with a several other jobs around the house I use the vacuum cleaner to, well, clean! I did think about trying to vaccuum the roller once I got some of the hair cut apart but aside from the fact that I also took the bag out to change it, I didn't think it would be smart to turn it on while I had my hands that close to spinning objects. I also thought about making this dust-infested, hair-raising (pun intended) experience future punishment for my son when he whines about the number of chores I make him do or when he complains that I never have any "hard" jobs like he does. Who'd have thought I'd get all this blogg content out of one stringy domestic chore?? As a side note, and maybe something you haven't discovered could make your life easier, we have a top, well, it's more of a cover/bag holder, on the kitchen garbage can. The whole thing is stainless and the top part gets especially nasty. Instead of spraying it with Windex and wiping with a paper towel, which I can get by with sometimes, I've taken to putting it in the dishwasher and letting it tackle the underneath side as well. I have to wait for a slow dish day though because it takes up the whole lower drawer of the washer. (Yes, sometimes with only 3 people in the house you have a slow dish day; I guess I'm lucky that way, lol.) Until next time, whenever that might be,