Dear Friends,
I would like to introduce you to Finnian Hickey. Better known as Finn. Or Finny. Or, to Lexy, Inny. Finn is my fur-baby, the test run, the guinea pig, the company for me when Josh works and travels, and the most hyperactive bouncy dog you have ever met in your entire life. About 4 years ago after a few years of marriage, since I hadn't killed Josh with my housekeeping or cooking, I decided it was time for the dog. Josh agreed, we decided on a beagle and I was starting the search for the perfect pet for our little family. And then. The bombshell. Josh changed his mind and decided that he did NOT want a pet. One of his friends had told him that beagles were noisy and he figured that would be a bad thing in the long run. I'm not sure if there was any other thinking behind it, but that was his final say.
My final say revolved around being crushed for about 2 days and then taking a trip to the local shelter. There was Finn. Available for adoption the following day. I called Josh at work and told him that I found a dog I wanted and it was only part-beagle so the noise factor wouldn't be a problem. I told him the dog was small, tri-color, and about a year old. I told him that the dog went up for adoption the following day and I was going to head back to the shelter and adopt the dog. Final say. We got a dog.
Finn has been an adventure. He hates Golden Retrievers, he's always hungry, he sheds like nobodys business, he loves to run outside and can walk for miles without slowing down. He also likes to sit on the back of my expensive and beautiful living room sofa so he can be in the sun and see out the window at the same time. But most of all, he sheds. I can brush him everyday and still pull fist fulls of fur off of him, no exaggeration. It is seriously annoying. There is fur on EVERYTHING.
But, we love the silly dog and Lexy thinks he's great so it's all forgiven. And, as it turns out, Finn is a purebred American Rat Terrior. We ended up getting a purebred dog from the shelter. Gotta love it.
A few months ago I was given one of the best gifts anyone obsessive about dog fur could get. A Dyson Animal. It's BEAUTIFUL. It's purple and light, it has crazy attachments that I actually use, it sucks up everything and then some off the floor. It is the most amazing house cleaning piece of equipment ever made. I want to marry my Dyson. Or, at the very least, I want to make out with it. It makes vacuuming fun. I know, you think I'm crazy. I am crazy. About my Dyson. It changed my life. Not that there was anything wrong with the 30 pound 10 year old Hoover that I had before. In fact, instead of getting rid of it Josh actually decided to keep it for his personal use in the garage. What you vacuum in a garage I don't really know, but he has his space and I have mine. So, we kept the 50 pound Hoover.
2 days ago, I came home from work to find Josh already home. He was lucky enough to have a half day and got off early to come home to watch the Orioles game. Had a half day, took a half day. Who knows. I told you he LOVES baseball. And there was my Dyson, my gorgeous, life changing Dyson, sitting outside on the screened in porch. The screened in porch that was previously covered with cobwebs, dead bugs, pollen lots and lots of pollen and lots and lots of fur. See, when I groom the pooch, I take him onto the porch. So the birds (and the outdoor carpeting) can have the fur. It was a tad messy from the winter and hadn't been cleaned for the spring yet. Until 2 days ago. When Josh took my Dyson (not the 85 pound Hoover that he kept to use OUTDOORS) and cleaned the porch. I spent the evening taking apart the Dyson to make sure that all the pollen it sucked up, and man did it suck up pollen, was cleaned out of it and that it had clean filters and looked brand new like it did before it was stolen out of my loving hands.
The porch is covered with pollen again.
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At first I thought you'd named your DYSON "Finn"-- how cool you got a purebred from the shelter, though? That happened to my mom several years ago. She got a purebred bichon at the local shelter!
ReplyDelete~Elizabeth
The minute I saw the picture I knew I was gong to be jealous. I WANT A DYSON! I have wanted one for a long time, but just haven't been able to justify the cost of it since my Hoover is still working.....but I know it doesn't work like a Dyson. I really want a Dyson! I even had one in my cart one time at Kohl's, when I had one of their 30% off coupons, but I also had a bunch of other stuff in my cart, so the DYSON went back...maybe for my birthday?
ReplyDeleteBTW-we vacuum our garage. We don't park our cars in there-It's set up as our "bar" area, and in the summer it gets a good cleaning once a week.
Kathie
No one touches my Dyson and it never leaves the house! That's what shop vacs are for!
ReplyDelete"I want to marry my Dyson. Or, at the very least, I want to make out with it." You better not let coffee know how you feel about Dyson. He's going to be jealous. ;)
ReplyDeletecarin. i think i want a dog, too. do i want a dog? i tend to get overwhelmed and cry if there is to much to do or loud things around, but i LOVE snuggling things. advice? also, i should get a dyson, huh? ive never had a vacuum that has worked longer than a month. craig says maybe i would if i stopped vacuuming up things like marbles, but i say, what the heck good is a vacuum if it can't suck up marbles?
ReplyDeleteadvise please, on dog and vacuum.
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ReplyDeleteI love how you read and comment on 2 posts at the same time. You make me feel pretty. Advice on a dog and a vacuum...
Dogs - they come in shedless, barkless and hairless varieties (although the hairless ones may scare Tish, they provide for ample opportunity for dress up with cute little doggie clothes. The dog may never forgive you). I'm not sure if there is a shedless hairless barkless all in one combo though. Also, they remind me of permanent 2 year olds. They shed, whine, scratch to get outside, and sometimes poop and pee on the floor when they're really little. Be warned. They do get awful cuddly though, and that makes up for a lot of things. Again, like a 2 year old. It's a trap.
Vacuums... I once sucked up paperclips and a screw with the Dyson. While I don't recommend testing it on marbles, it has survived in my household (aka Josh and Finn) for about 4 months. If I can keep a vacuum alive, you can do it too! I have faith.
I want a dog so freaking bad but we don't have the best track record with pets. Me and Kris say a pretty lab pup in the window of a pet store and $2000 later we were the proud parents of a 6 month old lab who had a urinary tract infection (that we weren't told about until AFTER the credit card was charged). Got Madison home and Taylor of course loved her. The only issue is that labs tails tend to hurt really bad when they hit you and they especially hurt when it hits a 4 year old, not to mention that it kept knocking her down. So we gave her away a month later.
ReplyDeleteThen we got fish. That lasted all of a month.
Then we got 2 hamsters...NEVER AGAIN. Those were given away too.
We have a tiny frog that we have had for 8 months now and only 1 of them has died.
I want a dyson. You'll have to let me know how it is in bed, lol