Showing posts with label Rainbow E2 series vacuum. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rainbow E2 series vacuum. Show all posts

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Growing a Little Snail's Trail

 First of all, my DD Amy make me the most wonderful steak and baked potato dinner! The steak was cooked to perfection and most very succulent! YUMMY!!! Thanks Amy! You rock! What a great beginning to my 8 days off from work! Yes, I have 8 wonderful days off to sew,quilt, and go fishing with grandkids. I plan to teach them the fine art of fishing, just like my Dady did when I was a little girl of 4. I caught my first fish in the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri. It was a 5 pound black bass that broke my little fishing pole. My Dady wouldn't let me lose my first fish, he pulled that line in by hand, it it cut his hands too. But he brought in my fish, and made me scale it. We had that fish for dinner the next day. I was very proud of my first fish! (Dady didn't catch anything that day either!)

Ok, I am making progress of the Snail's Trail quilt. This isn't the actual layout, but just a pic of the blocks I have so far. 9 blocks down, only 21 more to go in 7 more color changes. I'm doing good with it. I've only had to rip out one block so far. It's a fun little quilt to piece. The next quilt top I do will be applique. I want to test out all the different stitches on my machine. Maybe a applique/crazy quilt. I really love crazy quilts.

Addi keeps saying, "When are you going to make us something, Nana!". Demanding little toddler, isn't she? I told her, "I'm making a quilt, isn't that enough?". She says,"Noooooo! Make me something!". I assume she wants a dress. So I may have to take a slight detour and make her a simple dress. Any how, I'm off this computer and getting back to my blocks. That quilt isn't going to sew itself!

Friday, January 6, 2012

Rainbow E2 Series Vacuum

My new to me Rainbow E2 series vacuum system complete with the AquaMate II shampooer. Lord, I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE this vacuum! It really sucks!

Ok, I had a Hoover Wind Tunnel with Hepa filter. I loved the bagless thing,  but it only lived for a year. It also blew dust all over the place. I noticed after we vacuumed, the television cabinet would be covered in dust. If you have an asthmatic child living in your home, you'll know that your just asking for a severe asthma attack, and each time we vacuumed, Aiden would indeed have an asthma attack. So I research the web, and discovered Rainbow with it's water filtration system, recieved high marks from consumers and allergist specialists. Well, the latest new system  is about $2500, give or take a couple of hundred $. I didn't have that kind of money, but really wanted a rainbow, so I researched Craig's List. (Did I mention I'm a Craig's List junkie?) I found this little beauty for $275. It's in perfect condition and what I vacuumed out of my carpets today is absolutely disgusting. I didn't even have half the living room vacuumed, and the water in the tank literally turned to mud! . The carpet definitely regained some of the nap from it's youth and feels so soft and well, clean.It looked like I had shampooed the carpet! I have to rate this vacuum 10/10, it's expceptional! So if you really want a great vac at a reasonable price, think about stalking one on Craig's List. I'll never own any other vacuum again!

Update...just recently tried out the shampooer attachment. WOW! It did a really great job, and so did my DD Amy! (She worked very hard!) Aiden hasn't had nearly as many asthma attacks lately either, now that's impressive!