Snapshots: Vacuums and Church Stuff

I bought myself a new vacuum for Christmas. I actually bought it online the day after Christmas when the cheap one I bought only a year ago started actually blowing dirt when I turned it on.

Definitely not what I want my vacuum to be doing.

The new one is quite a bit heavier, and has an actual bag. It remains to be seen if it lasts a reasonable length of time, but it works now.

New vacuum on the right, awful old one on the left.

Hooray for a vacuum that sucks the dirt up, rather than blowing it around my house.

January is one of my mayordomo months, so I'm back to being Church Lady for awhile.

Cleaning . . .

And dressing The Infant of Prague.

That statue has little robes in all the different liturgical colors (the green is for Ordinary Time) that I assume were made for it by previous Church Ladies. Changing out the robe is one of my favorite things to do. It's like dressing a doll.

While I'm being Church Lady, the kids like to light candles and say prayers for deceased friends and relatives.

 

Man, those are some skinny kids. 

And last, the only child I have who actually asks for worksheets to do at home.

Here she's practicing writing the letter "y."

There you have it! My life, snapshotted.