My New Favourite Household Chore…

That’s right – you heard it right – i have a new favourite chore… vacuuming!

That is since my beloved hubby got me a Dyson! It’s my Christmas present – i think (since he said on Christmas Eve that my present would come later & that week he bought me this – thank you beloved husband)

Now you have to know something about me – i love gadgets, especially kitchen & household gadgets; & i love them more if they cut my working time 😀 So having said that, i have had my eye on a Dyson for the longest time… i actually researched a tiny bit… ok… a fair bit about vacuum-cleaners. Obsessive? Maybe… but when you have a family who all have sensitive noses, getting the right vacuum is an important thing. The one problem with the Dyson was its price. We could never afford it before because we had to save or spend on something else more in need. So we always had the average vacuum.

The Dyson
The Dyson

Why do i love the Dyson so much? Because you can actually feel, with your bare feet, how clean the floor is after you have vacuumed! i can literally walk across the floor & tell the difference between places where the vacuum has or has not been. With our old vacuum, i always felt as if i hadn’t done a good enough job cleaning the floor. & the Dyson also cleans my carpets in half the time it took the other one. i’m always the first in the house to see dust/dirt – as a good friend once told me, i have a low tolerance for dirt, meaning i will usually be the one to notice the dirt. So it (the Dyson) really does suck up all that fine micro dust/dirt.

Oooh, another thing – i love how it stows away – we got the Stowaway model. See how the tubing is all wrapped around the body of the vacuum, it is actually made to fit that way. No extra tubes to fit together, just click on the right brush-head & off you go 😀

Off to enjoy time saved from using a great sucker 😉

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PS: i have not been paid or received any form of compensation or any other benefits/remuneration from Dyson for writing this post. i simply wanna share my joy in finding a household appliance which truly works. 🙂

First Day of School in 2012…

Tobias' School Bag

…after a 2-week Christmas/New Year break, today was back to the school routine, where we (meaning Mummy) are up at 6am in the morning, getting ready & fixing breakfast, then waking the Little Guy up & getting him fed, teeth brushed & clothed. Then the Little Guy wakes his Daddy with a goodbye kiss before he gets shooed out the door at 7.45am to meet his friends downstairs & they walk to school together.

Mummy’s favourite part of this early morning routine is standing at the bedroom window & watching the Little Guy walk down the street, happily chatting with his friends on their way to school (auf dem Schuleweg, in German). It sooo fills Mummy with pride to see her Little Guy growing up & being independent. While Mummy loves watching this, her heart aches a little knowing that there is no turning back the clock… so she is treasuring moments like this…

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PS: this is not to say that there are no hair-pulling-child-discipline moments… there are… but Mummy knows that many many years later, she will likely remember more precious moments such as the above than frustrating moments 😉

More seriousness…

Tobias has been serious about another activity besides his new passion with the guitar…

He’s been going for Judo training since February & he loves it!! He looks forward to every training & would even endure having his fingernails & toenails cut (they have to be short for the training sessions) Having his nails, especially toenails, cut, are a big thing for him, he’s very sensitive & says it feels very painful to have them cut (i never cut too close) – but that’s a whole other post.

Anyhow, so it has been more than 6 months since he started & he is still loving it so i though i share a couple of pictures since he just got his Judoki (the Judo ‘uniform’ – for lack of a better term). You can only wear the Judoki once you have finished your 1st 6 months & have interest to continue & be a member of the Dojo.

Here is he looking very serious as they sit for their greetings:

Here he is in action (i know a little blur – blame it on a not so great point-n-shoot cam):

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