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Tips On Tuesday/Dyson Versus Shark

Welcome to Tips on Tuesday.   This is a weekly feature where
I share tips.  I love tips for making my life easier.  Don't you?
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Today I am sharing a review on Vacuums.  You might not know but I clean houses.  And I love it.  Call me crazy I know but I really enjoy making my clients home a sanctuary.  It's a blessing to me and them. 
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I don't carrying cleaning supplies with me.  I use what the have so I've used lots of different vacuums recently.  

I use a vacuum on all the floors in every house I clean.  It's important to me that it works well on tile and wood.  Vacuuming is much fast that sweeping with a broom especially when the rooms are large.  

Here are my thoughts...


This is the model I've used recently.  It is the 'Ball Animal'.  I was excited when my client bought this puppy!  There dog wasn't too happy with it. He literally chased the hose when I used it.  Which was a little odd.  He's never done that with the 'Shark'. 
My thoughts on this Dyson.  It was much lighter weight than the 
'Shark' making it much easier to carry upstairs.  That's about the only thing I like about it.  I almost had to call an engineer to put the silly house back onto the unit.  Took me forever.  Not good if your on a schedule.  The hose attachment didn't come of as easy as the Shark.   And I don't think it cleaned the wood floors as well. 
Overall I wasn't impressed.  This model is on sale now on the 
website for $399.00.  
Shark Rotator Professional Lift-Away, NV501

The Shark Rotator Professional Lift A Way
I like this product.  My favorite part is the Lift A Way system of using the hose attachment for blinds corners base boards etc.  It has super suction.  The house that I clean has lots of plants.  There are always a ton of leaves on the floor and window sills.  This babies is simple to use.  With I hand a push a button to release the hose attachment.  It is super simple to replace and go back to vacuuming.  This unit is great on the wood and the tile and is much less expensive.  This unit is also super simple to empty. 
That's important to me.  I know this sounds crazy but it took me a year to figure out how to empty my vacuum.  The Cowboy had to do it for me!  
Really the only negative for me about The Shark is it is heavy.  
It's a little hard for me to carry upstairs.  
                  Oh and btw the dog doesn't bark at it.  
 The Shark is available now for $199.00 at WalMart.


         Overall between the two my favorite is The Shark. 

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                           I think he likes it better too!

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Tips On Tuesday--Making Flowers Last Longer

I love a vase of fresh flowers in my home.  Lately I've been 
lucky enough to find marked down flowers at my grocery store . . .

I'm in the store often.  Almost every Tuesday I stop after work for produce.  I never hit it at the right time.  
But on Friday nights or Saturday mornings I find bargains.  
Last week it was this bouqet...
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I separated it into two vases.  The blue is on my night stand. 
The green and yellow are on the dining room table. 

                   
I always trim them as soon as I come home and stick in water.
Even if I'm not ready to display them.  The enamel pitcher in the photo on the left is under my sink.  I grab it and dump in the flowers as soon as I get home.  

Then when I get time I trim the stems.  I just cut them off about half way up.  That seems to work for the depth for most of my vases.   

Next I trim of all the leaves.  
                                        
Once all the trimming is done I display in vases.  I usually separate into two vases just because I like flowers in different rooms.  

I put half the food packet that is included in the vases.  I save the other half and change the water in about a week.  I also trim the stems again.  
                          
This seems to work great and my blooms last a long time.  Making one marked done bouquet a frugal buy.  I can usually get a bouquet to last at least 3 weeks. 
                                 
                           That's my tip for the day.  

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Having a bouquet of flowers makes my day seem like a Holiday! 

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