- Plug the vacuum into only one outlet per level of your house.
- If the cord doesn't allow the vacuum to reach all of the level then it probably doesn't need to be vacuumed.
- The next time you vacuum try a different outlet, but remember only one outlet per level.
- If there is something on the floor that the vacuum misses, keep going over it but NEVER pick it up with your fingers.
- If it can't be vacuumed it probably belongs there.
- Everybody has a job to do. Mine is to push the vacuum. The vacuum's job is to pick things up.
One of our first backpacking trips in Colorado was in the Sangre de Christo Mountains. One mountain in particular drew our attention. Marble Mountain was the location of a famous story of a Spanish cave of gold. There are many places on the web that tell this story better than I could, suffice it to say that we wanted to locate it and see the iconic 'Maltese Cross' located at it's entrance. In 1974 after I got out of the Army we invited some friends to join us on this trip. We parked our car at the trailhead in the Wet Mountain Valley and backpacked up Marble Mountain to 12,000 feet. In one of the culverts we found the entrance to the cave. Maltese Cross at the Caverna del oro It turned out to be a real thing. The large red cross was still visible after 400 yrs. According to legend the Spanish put it there in the 1600's. I did have the courage to crawl into it but only a few feet. After about 10 feet there is a vertical shaft that drops about 750 feet! The Cross is v...
:) At least you try! My husband has a robot vacuum...it works great!
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