As from the end of march the council here will no longer collect garden rubbish in the green bags.

Usually you buy these green bags for 60p each and it takes me a good few months to fill one.

Now they want me to buy a brown bin for £36, which you might think is a fair swap for the green bag.

Trouble is, the £36 pound is a yearly charge.

I am sure there are many people like me that cannot afford this charge or see why we have to pay extra when we already pay council tax.

To make matters worse they have just moved the re-cycling centre way out of town too.

and yes I know I could get a compost bin..  but why when I have no garden so no use for the compost.

Yesterday I received this e-mail from Thordis at Radio Norfolk

Dear Sally,

I am working on Graham and Karen’s mid-morning show at BBC Radio Norfolk and came across your webpage as part of research I was doing. We are looking for somebody to talk about twitter, blogging, facebook and all kinds of social network type things and I was wondering whether I could have a chat with you? Would it be possible for you to call me on 01603 284 787 as soon as possible? Unfortunately between 10am-1pm tomorrow I will be working on the show, but before and I after I can take your call. I am only covering so it would be best if you call before the weekend, but if you call next week, explain the situation to Edd (who I am covering for).

Thank you for your time!
Thordis

Unfortunately she didn’t realise that I had already been on Radio Norfolk in December 2007 and she seemed disappointed not to have been the person that “discovered ” me.

I have  E-mailed  her the link to my last 5 min’s of fame and now wait to see if I am going to get another   🙂

As Emily and Geoff are off on their travels in 6 and 7 weeks time I thought I had better check out what Vaccinations they both need.

These are the ones you are advised to get…

Hepatitis A … a faecal/oral infection spread through contaminated food and water.

Tetanus…contracted through dirty cuts and scratches.

Typhoid…a systemic infection transmitted via faecal/oral route, most commonly through ingestion of contaminated food and water.

Yellow fever…spread through the bites of infected mosquitoes.

Geoff should also consider..

Diphtheria

Hepatitis B

Rabies.

All of these are needed at least 4 weeks before travel, and as far as I know the only one you have to pay for is the yellow fever.

My nurse was very helpful and also gave me 4 pages of information to read.

I am booked to get mine 13th May 🙂

These babies are made with  silicone. While some of the faces may look
“crafted” rather than “real”, every detail is amazing.

find out more from the Artist,
Camille Allen’s Artist Dolls And Sculptures

At 10pm off we went for my surprise of the night…

Champagne and chocolates at the Arts Cinema with a special late showing of Brief Encounter, one of the most romantic British films ever made

It was a great way to end the day 🙂 🙂

In case your wondering my favourite Valentines quote this year was….. 

A hundred hearts would be too few
To carry all my love for you.

Geoff just treated me to a delicious Valentine meal at Asia in Cambridge.

For starters I had ..

Coriander Crusted Scottish Scallops….. pan seared scallops served with curried cashew nuts, salted yoghurt and olive puree

Then I had Char Grilled Duck….Char grilled Barbary duck breast served with spicy pineapple and plum sauce

all washed down with a rather tasty Chilean de Gras Reserva 🙂

finished off with coffee.

A truly excellent meal, now I have another treat, a complete surprise , all I know is that we have to be there by 10pm so watch out for Valentines part two 🙂

Glad to see that romance is not dead… the amount of guys walking round Tesco with bouquets of flowers and roses was amazing.
Some even had 3 or 4 bouquets, we just hoped they didnt have 3 or 4 valentines 🙂
One guy wanted to buy fish so he could cook for his wife… even though he hated fish.
He decided on Monkfish, a good choice, but when I asked him what he was going to do with it and he replied ” deep fry it ” I almost died.
I told him he should wrap it in parma ham and bake it in the oven, I assured him his wife would be impressed.

What are your plans for valentines day ?? and do you have a favourite valentines quote ?
I found a great quote this year but cannot share it with you……… just yet 🙂

Must be the week for housekeeping because like Ellee I have also been tidying my side bar.

Removing a few things and adding new things too

Geoff experimented with the side links to my massage pages and my social networking places and I think they all work rather well.  ( what do you think ?? )

I decided to remove both blog rolls to Blog Power and Blog Hounds BUT that does not mean I will be leaving these blogging families.

I still have to tidy up my own blog roll then I will be all done.

Finally I will then find time to visit all my favourite blogs and I hope to find a few new ones on my travels too 🙂