Our vacuum cleaner recently died.  It was on its last leg anyway as it was a hand me down from MIL.  I have no idea how much it cost originally or how many years it served her home before it found our apartment.  It would frequently turn itself off in the middle of the room.  DH refused to vacuum with it.  I often had to go over the same spot 3-4 times to pick up dust.  And I definitely had to clean the spot up by hand ahead of time to make sure nothing large would have to compete with the vacuum’s suction power.  Invariably, the large object would win. 

But now… it’s officially dead.  We put it on the curb.  Somebody with skills to fix it may be able to revive it or get some use out of it.  Otherwise it will find its way to the landfill along with the hand me down handheld vacuum cleaner and roomba that we retired earlier this year too.  It’s so frustrating to have these continued problems with vacuum cleaners.  Am I the only person who goes through this many in a year?  Perhaps I’m being too hard on myself considering they were hand-me down and yard sale items in the first place.

For now we’ll be on the hunt for a new or used one.  I entered a giveaway for a vacuum this week online and we’ll hit up the yard sales and let friends and family know we’re in need as well.  In the meantime, the dust will accumulate.