Disasterous Debut

In honor of getting to show our house to a prospective tenant, Jeff made his debut into the world of vacuuming. It wasn't long before I heard a screeching sound, followed shortly by an awful burning smell and the sound of Jeff's voice saying, "Do you get this smell when you vacuum?" Uh, no. No, I don't. Undaunted, Jeff continued with his new-found activity. In just a couple of minutes I heard another odd sound and went rushing into the room where the vacuum was running, saying, "Stop! That is not a good sound...STOP! There is SMOKE coming out!" Jeff then walked his new friend out to the garbage can and a massive deodorizing campaign got underway. If it wouldn't have been for the timing of this little incident, I might have wondered if this wasn't one of those things that men deliberately do wrong so they never have to do it again. Oh well. One less thing we have to pack up and move.