SOME THINGS

The Swiss are tidy beyond belief. Did I tell you about the time I saw a crew cleaning up along the highway. You know mowing the grass along the edge and cleaning up any liter. And the last man in the crew followed along with a push broom – sweeping the edge of the highway! Two more examples. This week I noticed a truck at our apartment building. I’ve seen it before but not known what it was. Well it’s the truck that cleans the garbage dumpsters at all the apartment places. It has a spray hose and the guy checks for bits of trash inside and then gives each of the rolling dumpsters a wash. And lastly this two page note was in my mailbox.

Someone left what looks like some lint on the rug in the entrance area to our apartment. It was carefully documented and the note basically says this won’t stand. Gosh I’m glad it wasn’t me. I’ll never be neat enough to be truly Swiss.

On a more positive note – Claire and I were driving home yesterday and saw a couple who were just married riding on a big farm tractor. The tractor was decorated with a big red heart and sunflowers on the back and the bride was sitting up there in her pretty dress. I wish I had snapped a picture. It made me smile.

Brian advised me not to drink this beer.

I read a lot of blogs but one stands out – Posie Gets Cozy. I’ve been reading her blog a long time and she consistently has the most inspirational words and pictures. This time she inspired me to finally break down and buy a doughnut pan and make doughnuts. They are basically muffins with a hole in the middle since I don’t want to do the fry type. But they are fun. I’m waiting for the girls to wake up so we can find out how they taste.

Bea’s Simpsons obsession is going strong. We had to pull over super fast when she spotted this Simpsons theme ice cream truck. STOP THE CAR, STOP THE CAR MOM!!!