Well…my new shop vac was just delivered and I really like it…took it for a test run on my wood floors and it has such strong suction that it pulled the dirt from between the boards and you could feel it almost sticking to the floor…and it came with a  huge paper bag that you can put in it and then just throw it away when it fills…pretty cool…oh, and it pretty darn quiet…way quieter than the little 2 gallon one that just failed…the cord is a little short but that’s what extension cords are for the on/off button is huge and the entire unit is pretty light so I can use it to do the back stairs with no problem…all in all, a nice perfect sized unit…will probably go over all of the wood floors and the kitchen with it tomorrow…it was a good day today and I’m down to 124 miles to 1,000 so I’ll make that in Feb easy…and I made the 6 pound pork shoulder today and it came out great…I’ll be eating off that for a good week even having two meals from it every day…I did finish up the second book today and started the third but I don’t think I’ll get that one done by Monday…we’ll see…back to reading…