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UPS AND DOWNS

Here is my first post after returning home. It's a tale of ups and downs!  After problems with snow, delayed shipment resulting in my husband having to return to Shanghai leaving me with 310 boxes to unpack.  Ok, so nothing for it but to roll up my sleeves and get on with it. Before long the boxes were diminishing but I was being overwhelmed with boxes and paper. I arranged for removal company to take away boxes but they wouldn't take away the paper so local council to the rescue. Having stipulated they would remove maximum of 20 pieces I decided to push it a bit and put out 25 black bags of paper. To my surprise not only did they take them away but they  removed them, and they cleared my bin storage and left it totally empty. This was such a relief as I was at a loss at what to do with all my wet cardboard. So well done South Lanarkshire Council. A few trips to the local tip and I was almost rubbish free. So with only a few boxes to empty and the place really starting to