It's like we got new carpet

My husband surprised me early with a birthday gift... a new vacuum.  I know... women should not get cleaning supplies for birthday gifts, but that's what I wanted.  You saw my post a few days ago looking for advice on a vacuum for dog hair because it never seemed like our vacuum picked it all up.  Well, after many, many, many hours of research my husband determined the Hoover Platinum Upright Vacuum Cleaner (UH30010CO) would be our best choice.  We ordered it online from Sears (which is over $100 less than buying it in the store!), picked it up that night (no shipping charges) and tried it out the very next morning and it was awesome.  It's really like we have new carpet!  The carpet feels clean, looks clean, smells clean and the best part is that it really did pick up a ton of pet hair.  Our rug under the kitchen table, no matter how much we vacuumed it, it still was covered in hair.  Well, with this vacuum there was not one hair left on the rug... I am so HAPPY!

Advice Needed From Shedding Dog Owners

We need a new vacuum.  The one we currently have isn't broken, but it also wasn't made for picking up the hair that sheds from a yellow lab.  Our dog is not allowed up to the second level of our house.  Ideally, I would love to keep our current vaccuum upstairs and get a new vaccuum (one more equipped for dog hair) for the main level.  This way I don't have to lug a heavy vacuum up and down the stairs and also the dog hair on the main level actually gets picked up!  The problem is that we have no idea which one to get... it seems like there are millions out there... and each of them seems to have great reviews as well as awful reviews.  Anyway, the only other thing is that although I am sure the Dyson is awsome, it's a bit more than we wanted to spend.  So... any recommendations/advice anyone has would really be appreciated :)  Thanks!

Things to do…Help from Overstock.com

With my time as a working mommy coming to an end (we hope), we have been trying to finish some projects up while we still have 2 incomes.

One of the main things we’d like to do is get our office up-to-par. Currently, we have a plain room that contains 1 older desk - that actually belongs to my sister - and then some just that we didn’t feel like putting anywhere else… it looks more like a junk room than an office. In my brainstorming for ideas, I have been browsing the Office Furniture at Overstock.com. There is a lot to choose from here. I am sure my husband would prefer to be browsing the Samsung section at Overstock... but that is not a top priority as far as I’m concerned. And our son, well, he would prefer the Vacuum section at Overstock. I know that probably looks like I must have typed something wrong… what on earth would a 15 month old want with the vacuum section? Well, it all started when my parents gave us our niece's play vacuum for Little C… I think they started an obsession! He loves vacuums – now if only his toy one would really work - then we would have less chores for mommy and daddy! Anyway, all day long he constantly is going over to the coat closet (where we keep our vacuums) and stands there pointing to the door and babbling about the vacuum – he just loves them, on or off, working or broken, makes no difference to him... he loves vacuums.

Anyway, back on track here… the other room we need something for is the living room. Right now it is simply C’s playroom, but there is no where in there to even sit and relax for a minute – except the floor… so I also am browsing the Home Furniture section at Overstock.com.  There is a lot to choose from, some great modern pieces and also some more traditional pieces, and everything in between... now we just have to decide what we want for that room.

There is a lot to choose from at Overstock.com, which is great, because we have a lot to do… although realistically I don’t really care too much if it all gets done or not, I just want to be home with my baby… erggg… toddler!