Friday, January 5, 2018

I knew I had a busy day planned but I didn’t think the day would be completely gone before I was finished all my tasks!

Before heading out for my cleaning gig at the Hall I loaded up my cans and bottles, as well as my recycling for the depot. The trunk of my car was full of bottles and the back seat was full of cardboard, styrofoam and plastics, as well as a big bag of shredded paper.

The Hall cleaning came first. I’ve only done it once before so I don’t have the routine down as well as our regular cleaner – she takes two hours but I took closer to three. There is so much debris tracked in at this time of year and neither the broom, the mop or the vacuum seem to be able to rein in the pine needles. There was still a bit of snow on the deck so I shovelled it off; it was raining out but I thought it would disappear faster if it was thrown out onto the driveway.

I stopped at the bank and Canadian Tire on my way to the recycling depot. I am donating our Tassimo to the Guild and I wanted to purchase some pods for it so I could make sure the machine was still working. I had to pick up something else at Canadian Tire so I decided to get the pods there rather than make another stop. After the recycling depot I was off to the bottle depot – it seemed like a lot of cans and bottles for only $5! Just as I was leaving the bottle depot the gas light on my car came on – I had planned to make that stop next anyway.

It was almost two before I was home. I had a nice long chat with Stacia and then did a bit of cleaning in my own house. My wrists are sore from all the mopping, wringing and overall use – hopefully they will still allow me to do some knitting this evening.