Of all the household chores I have to do (and that is ALL of them), I hate vacuuming the most. The hand-me-down Sanyo vacuum I’ve been using for the past year is so old that I can only get replacement bags online. At some point last year, I noticed the wiring in the plug was loose so I pried it open and tried to rewire it without a clue as to the proper configuration. I promptly shocked myself and didn’t feel quite right for the rest of the evening.

I survived and managed to get the vacuum working again, but I’ve had to repeatedly rewire the plug because one of the wires inside broke and is too short to stay connected properly. Anyway, I don’t know why I’m going on about this except that vacuuming is the bane of my existence.

So when the old vacuum had to be rewired for the balumpteenth time last week and I was down to the second-to-the-last vacuum bag, I threw a fit and said that I MUST HAVE A NEW VACUUM. Preferably one that is capable of sucking up hair because the old one was utterly useless. (And it’s plain old human hair no less, not from furry fuzzy fizzy pets.)

Marv said, “OK. We can go compare prices this weekend.”

To which I replied, “I don’t want to compare prices!! I want to get a @#! new vacuum cleaner.”

And this is what we came back with:

electrolux powerplus

An Electrolux PowerPlus 1900W Z4494 (the vacuum in the picture is the same color as ours but is only 1800). It’s tons lighter than our old machine, which is especially important in our four-story house. And the suction power is fantastic.

But does having a new vacuum make me want to hoover it all up? Does a new vacuum give me joy and hope for a cleaner tomorrow? Does a new vacuum that hums instead of whines bring a song to my heart?

Nope. Vacuuming still sucks.