Dear So and So

Dear Kieran

When I tell you off for putting too big a mouthful of food in when eating, and I wave a whole hash brown in the air and say “what would happen if I put all of this in my mouth at once?”, the appropriate answer is “Choke, Mummy”.

“You will get fat Mummy” with a deadly serious face is NOT the appropriate answer. That will just make Daddy squeak like a pig on a honeymoon and run upstairs so he can have a huge belly laugh at my expense in private.

Ok?

Love Mummy x

*****

Dear Husband

Re: Above.

Getting all the way upstairs before collapsing with gleeful laughter would have worked better.

Just saying,

The Wife x

******

Dear Half-Term

I’m sorry but I don’t remember ordering poorly children?

For the first half of the week Kieran has had a hideous cough, now Taylor has a high temp, has been sick and looks set to start with a stinking cough.

The half term is supposed to be when kids get a bit of rest and kick-back time. Please sort something out for the last few days!

Her who loathes seeing her kids poorly!

********

Dear Nameless Company

On the 4th September I ordered a gorgeous wooden kitchen table and chairs that was due to come within 14days.

TODAY (so the 14days was a bit stretched) I took delivery of a poorly made, badly finished table (of sorts) which stained the hands when you touched the wood as it wasn’t sealed.

Seriously?

You can now have you table back, along with the letter which explains about customer service standards amongst other things.

Her who has two children and no sodding table!

*******

Dear AppliancesOnline

I love you!

No really, huge smooches from me to you. You have restored my faith in not just good but excellent service!

My new Bosch machine (which I have now stopped stroking and am now using) is just plain beautiful.

Top marks!

Her who is far too attached to what is actually a household appliance!

*****

Dear Coffee Table

You and me need to have a talk about your sticky out edges.

Ok, I know they have always been there but surely, seeing as it’s 2o11 you should have the ability to jump out of the way every-time my not-so-slim legs come bounding your way?

Her with many multicoloured bruises x

*****

And last but not least…

To the very loud teenagers who stood outside my house with your loud voices.

Yes, cider is minging.

No, it’s not cool to lose your virginity to a “skanky boy”

Yes, smoking will make you smell

No, that isn’t  a good colour on you,

And yes…  it is not appropriate to fookety fook fook fooking or frigging swear outside my house which has small children in it who love to copy things they know will embarrass their parents if repeated in public.

Next time I will go upstairs and drop a bucket of friggety frigging cold fooking water on your sweary heads.

Ok?

Her who is shipping her kids out when they hit 13 and having them returned as well mannered 18yr olds.

Dear So and So...

Dirt Devil Reach #review

On hearing that my hoover aka the Useless-Machine had blown up on me, the lovelies from Dirt Devil offered to send me a new hoover in exchange for a review.

When the hoover arrived (I wasn’t 100% sure which one would be coming) I was worried to find it wasn’t an upright but a small cylinder vacuum. I’ve had many of these before and to be honest haven’t found them the best when it comes to picking up. This assumption was my first mistake. The Reach (model DCC038) with it’s 2200 watts of sucking power really packs a punch. She may be small but she’s strong! I was very pleasantly surprised!

 

The Reach comes with: 

  • High power cylinder
  • Metalic telespcopic tool
  • accessory holder
  • crevice nozzle
  • upholstery brush
  • dusting brush
  • intense turbo brush
  • 4 in one stretch hose (5m)
  • carpet floor brush
  • user guide
  • care guide
The clever technical stuff!
This nifty machine comes with a Microban extra hygiene filter and high grade HEPA filtration. In short, it has built in antibacterial protection for an extra level of hygiene when you are cleaning. Microban is a pretty big deal in halting bacteria. More information on Microban and how Dirt Devil work with them to ensure our homes are as clean as they can be, can be found here (it’s worth a look at, interesting stuff!).
My personal opinion of the Reach is that it is perfect for a family home. Despite looking compact it has a total capacity of 3 litres, great suction and is light and easy to manoeuvre around your home.
Easy to store, easy to use (even on stairs and thanks to the easily accessible tools, and for all the places that collect dust and dirt), The Reach gets a 5/5 from us. The turbo brush which is ideal for pet hair does what no hoover tool has ever managed before… it easily cleans up our suite which has goose feather cushions (so gets very bitty and dusty very quickly!).
If you have any questions on the Reach or any of the Dirt Devil products why not say hello to the team on Twitter and keep up to date with news, offers and hints and tips on Facebook? You can find the Reach and numerous other fantastic Dirt Devil products at Argos.
The Reach comes with very simple instructions for setting up, using and cleaning