When the kittens were very young, I used to herd them into another room before I vacuumed. It amazed me to learn how much time I could save just turning the blasted thing on and letting the cats remove themselves from the room.

Although I have noticed when vacuuming now, that Livvy slinks back and forth across the far end of the room from "Mr. Vroom-vroom" and myself. I think her curiosity all but overcomes her fear. Maybe she'll actually stay in the room with MVV and myself someday soon. Or not !