Yet another post about my garbage.....

Moving means many changes, including setting up trash removal services with a new company at our new residence. Ya know, because I'm guessing having my much loved EDCO from California come all the way out to Arizona might be a bit costly and nuts, but mostly costly.
No worries though, we have a lovely new company to haul away our shame.....I mean garbage. The only catch though, they didn't DO recycling, at least not here in our community.
Upon hearing this I quickly checked the date to make sure it was still 2010 and I hadn't somehow fallen into 1981, but no, it's true. They don't currently have a curbside recycling program in our area....
Picture me flabbergasted. It's sort of a cross between my *just seen a snake* face and my *I just ate cashew by accident and am going to regret it later* face.
However, thanks to the power of the internet and my own googling skills I quickly found out that there was a very nice and easy to get to drop off recycling area right next to one of the grocery stores we'd be shopping at now!
Now picture my joyous *just saw Häagen-Dazs on sale* face!
I'll admit it's not as convenient as curbside, but I'll take ANY recycling services I can get over no recycling at all....you don't want to see me when I can't recycle. I won't describe that face to you, you don't need the nightmares.
I am a glass half full kind of gal, unless the glass is half full of coffee in which case my caffeine addiction starts kicking my nerve endings and whispering slyly that the coffee is half gone....but for the rest of my life, I am totally half full. I see the positive.
I get to recycle, I get to recycle all of the same things I did with the curbside services from our previous home PLUS they have a bin for electronic junk, yay!
Not only that, gathering up all those recyclables (which admittedly grow into a rather huge pile by the time I get around to packing them in the car) for my feel good, saving the world, drop off at the bins, trip is really good for the soul. Seriously.
There's something about seeing 3 weeks worth of garbage that isn't destined to be garbage that gives me goosebumps.
I jam my car's trunk full, stuff more in the back seat and the whole while grin ear to ear because there's THAT much stuff I can recycle...looks like it's 2010 after all folks!
Not only that, I've decided this non-curbside, do-it-your-self recycling drop off actually burns more calories than the old curbside method. Ha! Didn't think of that one did you?
And as I mentioned the recycling drop off is in a grocery store's parking lot....
Excellent opportunity for immediate rewarding of do-gooding, calorie burning and general all around frozen dairy craving assuaging. Meaning ice cream. Yay!
Glass most definitely half full, and it's with Häagen-Dazs Peanut Butter Brittle ice cream....saaaaaaweet.