Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Bare Necessities

The house is bare!  Well not really.  Just the rooms with carpet in them.  We had our carpet cleaned on Tuesday and in preparation we moved all of the furniture out of the rooms that were to be cleaned.  Benny made me laugh because he set up shop right in the middle of the empty living room.  He was steady chewing his bone, oblivious to the fact that everything else around him had been removed.  As long as no one touched his bone, he was a happy fellow.

With 3 pugs, a cat, and two humans we try to clean the carpet every 6 months to keep things looking nice.  We normally rent a carpet cleaning machine and do the cleaning ourselves, but this time we brought in a professional.  When we clean the carpet, it is an all day affair.  Mainly because we have to empty and refill the steamcleaner’s bucket so many times.  So since we were tight on time, and the carpet was ready for cleaning, we paid someone to clean it for us.  And let me just tell you, I don’t think I will ever clean it again!  They were in and out in about an hour and a half and the carpet looks great!

But don’t worry.  The pugs weren’t too inconvenienced by the carpet cleaning.  I spent the day working at the kitchen table and I made sure to setup a makeshift sleeping area for the pugs.  They made do and were happy to have the beds because watching the guy steam clean the carpet really tired them out!

Now we will just have to wait and see if Benny can keep his streak intact.  The last two times we cleaned the carpet, Benny promptly threw up on the nice clean rug.  The first time it was within the first week of the cleaning and the second time it was within two days.  There is just something about a nice clean rug that makes Benny nauseous.