Just one of the reasons I'm crabby lately

is the dog that been using the family room carpet as her peeing spot. Trouble is (one of the troubles,) I don't know which dog! There's two elderly female dogs in this house and either could be the culprit. Anyway, I've been sopping up dog piss puddles for a couple weeks now and I'm getting pretty tired of it.

And, after renting a carpet shampooer once, which was all the hassle that renting always entails, I decided to buy a shampooer for myself. One I could keep cocked and locked in the laundry room for cleanup on an as-needed basis.

So, I went shopping and looked at all the differnt models of carpet shampoo machines. I picked out a .Eureka Atlantis Deep Steam Extractor for all its features and the price that I was willing to pay. I tried to buy it last night at Wal-Mart but no customer service people could be located to get one down from the storage above the displays before the BSU overspent on some new clothes and left me with not enough cash to buy it.

So tonight, on my way home, I stopped at the other Wal-Mart, which didn't even seem to stock the machine I wanted... And after going home, taking the BSU and Son to dinner at Appleby's, stopping at Sam's Club to see if they sell shampooers and finally driving across town to the first Wal-Mart, and expecting to use a rake from the lawn & garden department to pull down the box I want, I find the box down on the low shelf waitng for me to pick it up and proceed to the check out.

And the damm thing doesn't work! No kidding! I brought it home, unpacked it, read the instructions, filled the proper tanks with the correct liquids and- nothing. The vacuum works. But no spraying and no movement of the brushes!

I decided to drink a couple beers and blog until my blood pressure drops low enough for me to sleep. Tomorrow I will call the Customer Service phone number and pray that there is an english speaking person to assist me.