Roomba!!

other big news is that the robot is in residence and i have to say I Love It!! we are having a bit of a problem right now as Meika is shedding big time, the biggest blowing of coat that she does all year. she's looking like a mere shadow of her normal fluffy Husky self... and still piles more keeping floating around on the floor and there's always more tufts of fluff sticking out of her coat. anyway, the problem is that roomba doesn't do well with this massive amount of hair. it wraps around the wheels and the brush and just about everything that lends itself to being wrapped around. it does really well in the living room on the carpet and just zooms around doing her cleaning job. a dream come true. i've ALWAYS wanted a robot of my own to do the cleaning. AND the company also makes a robot that wet mops the floors. be still my heart. and now i can hardly wait to show her in action to Alex! Robots are his consuming interest right now. he and his dad built one and programed it while i was there last weekend... it's a Lego kit. it was a treat to watch them working on it together and then to witness his robot in action. Alex was so excited with one of the tricks.. when it bumps into something it sings a song and then does a dance!! this techie stuff is really great!! i'll get a picture of Cinderella my roomba robot soon. really.

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and here is Cindy Roomba at work: