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Eureka!

More.MunchkinI pondered over getting a hand-held vacuum cleaner for a long time.  The main reason is because I live in Belize and it isn’t a matter of going down to the shopping mall or going online and ordering it on 24 hour delivery.  Making a decision to buy something which can’t be bought in Belize entails ordering it on-line, sending it to a shipping company which transports to Belize, sending the invoice to the shippers, waiting anywhere from 2 to 6 months to get it shipped here, paying duty and transportation and then driving to the final collection point which is a 2 to 3 hours away.

And so I cogitated, procrastinated and then did some more thinking and finally told Gnome that I really, really wanted a Eureka hand-held vacuum cleaner.  I went on-line to Amazon and noted that in some of the reviews, many people mentioned that it was very heavy for a hand-held machine.  And so I told Gnome that the vacuum cleaner was 5lbs in weight but I wasn’t sure if this was too much for me to handle.  With a glint in his eye he mentioned that the Cat was 5lbs in weight (at that time).  He said rather nonchalantly, “Try the cat.”

The Cat.
The Cat.

I wasn’t quite sure what he meant by that comment so he further explained that I should lift up the cat with one arm and shugle him about like I would a vacuum cleaner.  And so I did, with the kind permission of our pet cat, Ewan.  He didn’t seem too heavy to handle and he didn’t seem that bothered by my man-handling.  And so Gnome concluded from my cat-vacuum cleaner emulation experiment that the Eureka was to be bought and I should go on-line immediately to purchase it and fulfill my cleaning requirements.

Six months later we collected it and brought it home.  I was beaming with hope, pleasure and excitement as I unwrapped the box like a Christmas present (a belated one at that).  It didn’t turn out to be heavy at all…Munchkin power can handle a measly 5lbs in weight and it worked like a charm.

Now the funny thing is that it is a running joke that the Eureka and the Cat are both sucking up all the crumbs on the kitchen floor and under the dining room table.  We have a good old laugh about it…which is which?  We have even started calling the cat “Eureka!”

Which Eureka?!
Which Eureka?!
Eureka and Ewan Lounging.
Eureka and Ewan Lounging.

HaHa…we know how to entertain ourselves out here in the middle of  nowhere!