The Bissell Lift Off Bagless

This is Seans new pride and joy. We for sure aren't having another baby now, because Sean got a new vacuum. Now he's complete.

He's in love with this thing - I swear! It IS a nice vacuum, but I've never seen a guy so enraptured with a household appliance. And he DOES do all the vacuuming, so I suppose he is allowed to get excited.
The Fantom Fury that we got 6 years ago as a wedding gift was just about ready to bite the dust (either that or it just needed a new fliter...). It was making some funny noises, sometimes it smelled funky and the on/off button didn't work anymore...just plug her in and she'd start up!
This new one is pretty sweet tho. It has some neat attachments and the middle part of it pops off and can be used as a portable canister vac. And it's pretty powerful too.

It's a $300 vaccuum and we paid 30 bucks! We used our RBC points and redeemed them for $275 in HBC gift cards and just paid the difference! So there is NO excuse for our carpets to ever be dirty again! (Who am I kidding!)

We had a really nice quiet Sunday. It spittled rain most of the day, so we just hung in and played with the kids and relaxed. It was nice.

I did have another breakdown today. Nobody knows about this one...I always tell Sean about them, but I didn't. He'll just read about this one.
I was at WalMart and I was in the checkout line behind 2 women. One of which was mentally disabled. The other woman was either a relative or a care provider (both?)...and it hit me like a ton of bricks that Cuyer will be a grown man one day. I thought about him needing assistance to go buy underpants at WalMart when he's 30...or helping him count his change for coffee and all these other things. I quickly walked to the van and started crying. I know Sean will tell me I'm crazy and that Cuyler will be just fine. But I really don't KNOW that. I am very hopeful and optimistic that he will do fine, but with autsim we just don't know...he could be indistinguishable from his peers or he may be lower functioning. He's so young right now...who knows. Nobody can predict.
But I can tell you how scared shitless I was this afternoon sitting in my van thinking about the task ahead of us. And I wonder when the little things in life will STOP tipping me off into tears. Or make me anxious or worried or scared.

I'll leave with that tonight. I'm logging off now - gotta hang with my honey and spend some time OFF the computer...and off ebay! I have spend 43 dollars this weekend...but here's what I got:

~the Juicy dress (it DID work out afterall! thank God - i loved the dress!)
~a charm for my bracelet
~an autism awareness magnet for the van
~an oral motor chew tube for Cuy

I still have 2 sensory toys on watch...so hopefully Sean gives me the go-ahead...but I probably shouldn't...money's tight...but I want to...but I know I shouldn't....