Monthly Archives: February 2010

James goes on strike

There is panic in our home because James is on a strike. Well, that is, our vacuum cleaning robot is on strike. 1½ years ago we bought a robot to get help vacuuming the house during the week. We ended up being more satisfied with the robot than we anticipated, and it did not take long before we called it James (yeah, I know, very cliché). A couple of days ago, it started sounding different than usual when vacuuming. We discovered that the brushing module was broken. What to do now?

You hear a lot of stories about bad service when things are more than six months old, but we wrote a service report to the company anyway. The next day (Friday), we received an e-mail stating that we could either send them the robot, or they could send us a new brushing module, which we then should replace ourselves. Now we are waiting in anticipation of a new brushing module - hopefully getting here sometime today. 

iRobot Roomba

Snow, snow, and even more snow

It gives food for thought that the United Nations Climate Change Conference was held last year and global warming was discussed in detail, after which the weather gives us the coldest January in 23 years. Right now, there is approximately 20 cm of snow covering everything, and more is coming during the week. We have checked the loft to see whether or not snow had come in, and we have also made sure that there is no snow tucked around the house or woodwork. My boyfriend spends a lot of time clearing the driveway because we had company coming.

There is no sidewalk on our street (yet), so that is not part of the work this year. Even though there are some disadvantages, I like the wintertime. The scenery covered in snow is very beautiful, and the days seem more bright and longer, which causes the spirit to rise. We went for a walk, and it was so refreshing. Everything was covered in snow, and the forest had also taken on the white dress. 

House covered in snow
A lot of snow in the neighborhood