we made 12 cents the hard way...

You may wonder what we do on a relaxing Monday night once dinner and Dancing with the Stars is over...

We started with the vacuum... These were the tools....
This was the problem...
Investigating...
Treasure!!
Yes, there's a bobby pin in that wad of carpet, hair and dust...
This was the end treasure...
Yes, all of that came out of the hose on the vacuum. In that bag (along with the obvious) are about 6 nails of various sizes, shapes and colors, an earring (not mine), bobby pins, and that's right.... 12 cents. Don't worry- we didn't get this vacuum for a wedding present. It survived (barely, apparently) four years in the Pocatello house.
It all started when we could not figure out why the hose did not have much suction. We cleaned out the filter... no success. More investigating led us to a small little mass of goodness in the hose but nothing could have prepared us of what we found.
After the vacuum got new life, we vacuumed the apartment again and it's like a whole new world! We thought we'd share the simple pleasures of our life here in Michigan!