I’m going to take a moment here to be a total 1950s housewife. That means glorifying two things: cooking and cleaning. Specifically the accessories that go with them.

The last week I got two special items especially for my domestic career.

Exhibit 1: Magical breadpan, made in France.

The bread is in the pan, and you want to get it out, so…

you unspring the pan! It’s magic!

It’s also longer than the other breadpan I have, so I can make bigger bread.

Exhibit 2: Brand new vaccuum, from Sears.

It’s new. It’s not broken. It’s in good working order. If it breaks it’s under warranty and they’ll fix it or replace it. It’s pretty and green. And, most especially, it is bagless, so we never have to figure out where to get more bags, or what size bags or anything.

And the dustbin cannister is clear, so we can see all the crud that is no longer in our carpet, which is just that much cooler. As you can see from the giant dust poodle collected from about six square feet of our carpet, we all three have long hair, plus there’s a cat.

It’s so exciting to have a new vaccuum cleaner. I’ve never had a new vaccuum cleaner before. Well, actually I’ve purchased one before, but I didn’t get to use it. This one is mine to have and to hold until it breaks after the warranty is out.