this post may disgust some of you (including me) so read at your own risk!!!!!!! i am going to bear my soul to you all.
to call me a clean freak would be an understatment. in fact i take that back. if my house is not clean i freak! my husband and i argue all of the time about the house being clean.
chris- “you gotta let go once in a while. it is ok if the house is a little messy”
me- “you call this a little messy! is it too much to ask that the house just stay clean?” as i frantically clean stuff i am sure is already clean. but it isn’t clean to me and that is all that matters!!! right? (other than the sanity of my family and their crazy mom)
i blame this mentality on my dad. thanks dad!
however, i am not in any way (and probably never will be) domestic that probably has something to do with my mom doing my laundry among other things until i was 21. thanks mom! i swear there is just something missing in that part of my brain. so we have had the same vacuum for about 3 years now. i vacuum, i would dare say, daily. if not daily then every other day. i blame this not only on my love of clean things, but also on the fact that we have a dog and a cat, that shed profusely! thanks pets! it makes me angry at my animals for this which i know is not fair but “dang it if we didn’t have this dog i wouldn’t have to vacuum everyday” but we do have a dog and i do vacuum everyday.
ok so back to the lack of domestication. in our house, my husband is the one that knows how to do everything and i am the one who just doesn’t get some things. and i am the one who vacuums. so when the vacuum isn’t working properly it is my responsiblity to inform him of it. i have always gone to other peoples houses and envied the lines in their freshly vacuum carpet. i never get lines in my carpet when i vacuum and i blamed this on my carpet.
so let’s see if you can all keep this straight:
me being a clean freak- blame on dad
lack of domestication- blame on mom
having to vacuum daily- blame on pets
lack of vacuum lines in carpet- blame on carpet.
well it has come to my attention that once in a while you may need to change some things in your vacuum, mainly filters, belts and bars. i have always cleaned my filters regularly but NEVER no NEVER changed the filters or belts for new ones. Also my beater bar was broken. So low and behold, my husband (the smart one) bought new ones and changed them for me. i went and got a new beater bar today and guess what….
THERE ARE LINES IN MY CARPET!!!! (look closely and you will see them) this is a whole new level of clean for me!

the other thing i have come to realize is that my house has NEVER really been vacuumed well. and this is where the disguting part comes in. after i got everything fixed today i went on a vacuum frenzy. this next picture, my friends, is what my vacuum picked up in one room. do you understand that? ONE ROOM! oh my gross! i usually got this much crap out of my carpet in a total of 3 whole house vacuums!!!

so i apologize to everyone who i have offended by my disgusting carpet. i have learned what it means to vacuum and i feel like a new woman today. end result, it was all the vacuums fault!
Erin: Wow, those are cool shoes. Love the look of this session.
Heather: Hey Amanda! Cool new spot! I esp. love the one of them snuggling and laughing on the old barrels. You captured a great moment there!
Amber: hey amanda just wanted to give you a shout out!! love these shots, it was great meeting you the other day at the temple:) Take care
Jenessa: Ha ha oh my gosh I love your vacuum story!! That is so me! Just a little ditzy when it comes to domestic things. That totally made me feel so much better about my little blunder. And by the way I love these pictures. I love all the rustic and modern backgrounds!
brittney hale: totally awesome location!!! 5th shot is my fav. great job!
mary: what rad locations!!! love your use of color!
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