Our council has this wonderful system for bin collections. Blue re-cycling bins every two weeks. Thursday for us. Black bins every wednesday. Except! there are no collections from Christmas day until New years day. A whole week's worth of no collections. It means they work normal Bank Holidays during the year and get all those days off at Christmas. So people who's day is Monday don't get penalised.
This all sounds good BUT if you don't get emptied on 'your' day, that's it for a week.
Last week was very icy and road dangerous for poor bin men to walk around so no collection wednesday. This week is no collection cos it's Christmas. So when next week's collection comes round it will be 3 weeks worth of smelly stuff. This week would have been a blue collection week so we have to make it last 4 weeks instead of 2. With all the extra wrappings and packaging from Christmas too. *sigh* Just hope we won't be into the next freeze after New Year's Day to stop them getting round again!
I am anxiuosly watching the storms and snow in eastern USA. All too often we get their weather about 10-14 days after them when it heads our way. So maybe winter has not done with us yet!
I always look forward to getting snow around the end of January for my birthday so you have been warned!
Now who votes for global warming and who subscribes to the new ice age theory? It could go either way and if the poles shift who knows what we will get? All I know is living up a hill is lovely when the sun shines, and hell when it freezes! Being the last house in a cul-de-sac and uphill we have no chance if it snows or freezes. No passing traffic to shift snow and ice, and no grip on the hill to come and go safely.
Honey had her dressings done Monday and the nice vet, Dan, is pleased with her. Today we ventured out for a walk for the first time. Honey actually went thru her regular 'it's walkies time' performance of leaping about and making 'w-w-woof' sounds for the first time since breaking her leg. She is feeling normal even if not very fit yet. We did not go far but she was delighted to be out and sniffing the 'news' on the lamp posts and trees. She loved walking on the grassy bit out back and did her poo and wees there. I popped the poo bag in my bin and hope it doesn't stink too much by next week's collection day. It is double wrapped in knotted bags but the smell can permeate :(
I am gradually getting everything working on the new pc. I have attached the printer now. I have also managed to finally get a copy of the mailing list for the club. However I am having to type them all in, well C & P each entry from a Word list. I could not get it in a format I could import into Win Live Mail. Only about 180 entries :(
Oops I need to get to bed. Honey went up ages ago. I hope she's not comfy on my side of the bed. Goodnight all.
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