Updates

Just following up on:

The Roomba is STILL wonderful; 'she' has become a valued and beloved member of the family.

  We have nearly worked her to death, but Amazon has promised that her replacement brushes are on the way. . . she'll be like new before day's end.   

Her diligence and persistence have inspired me (for now at least), to spend the time I would have spent vacuuming (or fretting over not having vacuumed) cleaning up in other ways.  I've mopped more frequently than ever before; I've even kept the laundry up.  It's weird,  but just having someone help you makes you want to help them.  The two of us make a good team.

'Sweepstaking' - I'm keeping at it.  In December I managed 51 contest / sweepstakes entries; lost steam in January with only 34 entries, but by the end of today,  February's count should be near 50.  This may not be enough to start rolling in  mouse pads and t-shirts, but I'm giving it a few months to find out.