March 13th, 2006 - Counteracting the flashlight
I’m very proud of myself for using the shaking flashlight in the mornings to let the dogs out. It reduces the use a lightbulb for about 5 minutes per day.
But I believe I’ve counteracted that reduction in electricity: I vacummed the dining room and kitchen instead of sweeping. The entire time, I was thinking about how this went against my desire to not use electricity if I can do it without. But the floor has need to be swept for at least two weeks. And I guess I just don’t like sweeping. (One problem is that there are dust bunnies of dog/cat hair and they are really hard to sweep up.) When I don’t sweep on the weekend, then I don’t dustmop during the week. I say to myself “I’ll sweep tonight or tomorrow. So why bother dustmopping?” So of course, the situation just gets worse and worse.
The last time (that is, the first time) I vacummed a non-carpeted floor, there was such a racket I couldn’t imagine every trying it again. But I saw my MIL do it and it wasn’t all that loud. I think it is louder than on carpet, but everyone else was sleeping so I don’t have a second on that. I think I will try to vacuum at least once a week (I do the living room 2x/per week–I don’t even have to move the plug to get to the kitchen). I should still sweep at least once a month, since the vac doesn’t do edges nor under furniture.
Now if I could just get the upstairs vacummed. The problem there is that I can’t do it while Maggie’s sleeping. And I tend to only think of it then!
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March 15th, 2006 at 7:40 am EST
How long does the light last after you shake the flashlight? I feel your pain with the vacuuming versus sweeping. I’m a vacuumer, my hubby’s a sweeper. You’re right, its the pet hair that makes it hard to choose sweeping.