Abandon Nest

Do you dread doing laundry? I do, and it’s not because of the whole washing/drying part either. It comes after that when I have to fold my clothes up. I dread that chore more than any other. If you feel the same, today you’re in luck! My manager at work today showed me one of the coolest and most efficient ways to fold a shirt. I was going to make a video and stream it on this blog, but somebody has already taking care of it for me. Watch the following and be amazed.

Isn’t that great? I certainly thought so, and will be attempting to follow it through the next time I do laundry. Just to let you know, they were going quite slow in the video because it takes about 1 second per shirt for even a novice to practice the technique.

So I’m not going to lie. I hate cleaning. I probably hate cleaning more than anything else (other than bugs, but that’ll be for another day). Let me start by saying this. I moved into my apartment at the end of February and I just bought a vacuum cleaner today. That shows a serious disdain for vacuuming, huh?

Anyways, I decided today that I had to buy a vacuum. It was a necessity that I was missing and my apartment carpeting was starting to look dingy. I decided to start (and hopefully end) my adventure at WalMart, home of everything you could ever want.

After wandering aimlessly for a few minutes (which people tend to do in Wal-Mart), I finally arrived upon the household products and cleaning aisle. Here I was, staring at a row full of vacuum cleaners. I automatically ruled out about half of them as too expensive ($200+). I’m not a fan of spending money on things I hate. So I was left with about 15 vacuums to choose from.

I knew that I wanted a bagless unit, because I didn’t want to have to buy bags for it. Again, why spend the money? So that narrowed my choices down to about 10. By now I was already looking at the cheapest units. Their claim to fame was that they were “under 12 pounds,” which is all well and good if you’re going to be hauling your vacuum up and down stairs, but I wasn’t going to be. However, I figured I’d give them a shot. Dismounting the cheapest vacuum from its rack, I immediately noticed how flimsy and unreliable I felt. It was definitely light, but it felt cheap. I decided I would have to move up.

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