The Banana Tree

I have a houseplant.
I call it, "The Banana Plant."
It most definitely is NOT a "Banana Plant."
For starters, bananas grow in TREES, not in houseplants.
I love the huge, waxy green leaves!
It sounds good.  Get over it!
It sits in the corner of our living room behind a chair that I also love.
I just love that whole corner, mainly because of that plant.
It gives me great satisfaction.

Darby also loves the Banana Tree.  Scratch that.  She loves the dirt in which my favorite tree is planted (Is it a tree or a plant, Kelly?  Who knows?).  Or, maybe she just really loves making sandcastles.  She loves digging, alright?  Unfortunately, the combination of her love of digging in my indoor plant that sits in that awesome corner and my berber carpet do not a happy mother make.  For a good, solid month, I should have either:

A~Temporarily relocated my favorite plant.
~or~
B~Temporarily relocated my bright purple Dyson vacuum cleaner to a location directly behind my favorite plant/tree (speaking of bright purple...maybe this is where Darby's love of all things purple began...you'll hear much more on that later).

So many "episodes" with my Banana Plant/Tree occurred that I was prompted to post this on May 21st, 2012:

"Dear DYSON,
You claim that you "never lose suction." I beg to differ. Your vacuums DO, in fact, lose suction when you are vacuuming up several cups worth of dirt and about two cups of peanuts that your two-year-old poured all over the house while you were typing up yet ANOTHER document for your new dossier.
Sincerely,
A very frustrated customer
ps-It is highly likely that I am taking my adoption frustrations out on you. Please don't take this personally. HOWEVER, if this helps you to improve your product, then I will spread this information with abandon."
 
We seem to have trained the indoor plant digging out of her for now, although I did see her eyeing a houseplant in my friend's office the other day...and don't get me started about the peanuts.