Annnnnnd… 3 hours later the Living Room carpet is washed

I wanted to clean the main floor living room carpet over break, but it didn’t work out since we had people over so many days.  It’s a good problem, mind you–we got to see Alisa home from college a couple of times and family and friends too.  But my carpet remained dirty.

So I decided that this morning would be a good time to tackle it–knowing I have the carpet cleaning attachment on my vacuum, it doesn’t take all that long.  The longest part is letting it dry… So as soon as I dropped Chloe off at the bus I cam home and started working on it.  I had it all prepped and the first strip or two of soap on the edge of the carpet when I smelled a funny smell.  The smell of burning rubber.

Not good.

I had missed a step installing the carpet cleaning attachment and accidentally ripped through the rubber band that makes the brush spin.  Oops! But no big deal–we have another one.  I replaced it and tried it again.

Now it won’t start.

🙁

So we let it sit for 15 min. to cool off.  No luck.

Ok, let’s let it sit for 30 more min. in case it was really overheated.  No luck.

Grrrrrrr….

Now I have half washed carpet and no cleaner.  What to do?  Do we go and rent a cleaner now for just one room?  Do we try and get our vacuum fixed today?  But the repair shop isn’t close…

After MUCH crabbiness and discussion Tim finally called a service line to see if they had any suggestions.

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turns out I just forgot to hook up a tiny piece when I put it all back together the first time. (insert embarrassed face here!)

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it works fine now.  It just took me three times longer than I expected.    Can I blame it on pregnancy brain yet?   😉