Eldercare day :)

[wiseheart]

Mum had her weekly shower today. And we washed her hair. Complete with the chiropodist's visit yesterday, now she's all prettied up, from head to toe. *g*

We also might have found a new cleaning lady; spoke with her on the phone today. She'll call us back next week when her working schedule for November arrives (her main job calls for different working days, apparently). I hope this one is going to work. This flat is really too much for me every other week. What can I say? I'm lazy and weak.

We still had leftovers, so there was no need to cook. Thus I spent a lovely time writing, crafting, watching crap telly and talking to my friend Evie on the phone. I wish we had more days like this one.


Oh, and "our house" (aka the ltd that makes things for us) apparently decided that we'll join the organic waste selection programme. No-one has actually asked us, as the ones who'd have to do the whole thing, of course. Now, I theoretically agree with the idea, but they should have organized the whole thing a bit differently. We - as every single household - are getting a 5-litre bin that we'll have to empty into one large bin behind the house once it is filled. Now, these flats generally have a 16 square metre kitchen, half of which is filled with built-in furniture (cupboards, sinks and the likes). The other half is filled with big things we've put in, like fridges, freezers, tables to eat and so on. We already have one bag for the selective garbage (plastic and paper), one for the returnable glass and plastic flagons and tins, and a third one for communal garbage. In that kitchen. Now another bin is coming to it - where are we supposed to cook and eat, I ask you?


Okay, I feel better now, having gotten this off my chest.

Comments

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Yay cleaning lady! Also, nothing wrong with that.

That's a lot of bins.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

And barely any breathing space left in the kitchen...

[red-day-dawning.livejournal.com]

I hope the cleaning lady works out! Our council provided us with small food waste bins and food waste biodegradable bags, maybe 5 litres. It works so well because it is so small. I thought I would hate it, like love the principle but too lazy for the practice, but I actually find it super convenient. Those compostable bin bags are game changers!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

We got the bins but no bin bags. Ergo, we'll have the questionable pleasure to wash the dratted bin every time we empty it. 🤬

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

I used to have the very same problem in my previous kitchen. I remember friends being scandalised that I did not sort my rubbish. No. I had room for one bin and one bin only. I was not about to walk all the way down the garden, just to dispose of a tin, bottle or piece of paper. I do have the space in my current kitchen, so I do sort now.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

That is it, exactly! I do sort my rubbish to a certain extent (plastic, paper and bottles), but what's to much is too much. And the necessity of having wash out the dratted bin every time doesn't make me like the idea any better.

[noadvertising.livejournal.com]

The thing with the bins is that they take up too much space- inside the flats, outside the houses. And the outside bins will never get emptied often enough, when lots of people will use them!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Imagine one large collecting bin for 110 families! I foresee smelling rotting stuff all the time. Thank God our windows look to the other side of the building, but the back door of the corridor does not, so there will be fights about closing it all the time versus enduring the stink.

[mirasaui.livejournal.com]

Hope the new cleaner works out for you. Cleaning is such a pain, I would love to have help!