My normal trash pick-up day is Wednesday – as in the crack of dawn and maybe even before that. That means, of course, that Trash Day is really Tuesday – as in “try to get it out in the evening and not wake up at 2 am with the thought: TRASH.
This is especially important in the summer when the daylight lasts long and people take walks and you do not want to set smelly trash bins by the curb until it’s almost dark . . . but that entails thinking “Don’t forget the trash” all day long. It can be onerous.
BUT, when Monday is a holiday, trash pick-up is moved one day later, so all day Tuesday you think your trash mantra and then have to follow it up with: BUT, NO, IT’S TOMORROW. Then when tomorrow comes – which is today – you must not fall into the usual thought process of believing the weekly trash crisis has passed.
NO. It is still hanging over your head. Right now, I am aware that the trash goes out tonight, and I have to think that all day. I do not have a “smart” house that turns on lights and heaven knows what else. No, my house will not tell me at dusk to take the trash out. But, forget the lights, forget the thermostat, forget security, just having the house tell me to get out the door with trash might be worth it. Although, that would involve remembering to change the schedule when a holiday is on Monday . . .
My usual response: SIGH
Nothing starts a day out wrong than hearing the trash truck and thinking #*%^@)!
Especially when you forgot it the previous trash day.
Greetings Amelia,
I posted the following comment on the archived picture of Henry and Anna Wisler. I’m posting this here as well in hopes of getting in touch with you…
I found your website during a genealogy search I was doing on my family. I am a great-great grandson of Jesse F. Wisler and Zinette (Buck) Wisler.
My mother and I have hundreds of old family photographs (tin types, studio portraits, etc.) of the Wisler’s but unfortunately the vast majority have no name written on them.
Would you happen to have any family group photos showing Henry and Anna and their children for which we could use to determine who the folks are in our pictures? By chance would you have any photo’s of Henry’s parents John & Sophia Wisler or Anna’s parents Andrew & Elizabeth Nye?
I see you had mentioned your Aunt Sarah and I have a very nice picture of her with her and my Great Grandmother Susie Wisler while they were dining in New Orleans.
It sure would be nice to find out who the folks in all of our photos are for posterity.
Feel free to contact me via email at your leisure!
Many Thanks
Brian Wildfong