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p4 tribune february 201991 st stooffville leading way is waste c tquffvilles waste management committee wmc is forging ahead to the future grasping the problems df today and seeking solutions for tomorrow x the group realizes there is still much more to be done before we can call our efforts in garbage reduction an accomplishment but the wmc which is made up of volunteers several town staff and councillors is actively seeking more ways local residents can help divert garbage from alreadyfull landfill sites composting is its latest endeavor and with the help of town staff will figure out ways whitchurchstouffville can make these useful crates available to residents by the spring whitchurchstouffville has been noted as a recycling town for several years now and with the help of the wmc residents can continue to be proud of the towns contributions the wmc is seeking town support in asking the ministry of the environment to set up a waste hotline residents can then call quickly if they see someone illegally dumping garbage on roadways another strong stand for the wmc in our community gaffer has me on constant hunt for food my mother survived it her mother survived it and half the bloomin country has survived it so why do i feel like im the first to experience pregnancy i guess its like anything when it happens to you its just different more special and more exciting pregnant expecting with child in the family way you can call it what you will right now all i feel is fat i could eat a horse and chase the rider 24 hours a day why cant i be one of those women who throw up for the first few weeks of their pregnancy why cant i be one of those women who eats a little pushes her plate away in disgust and then swears she cant eat another bite but noooo i am hungrier i want seconds dessert and late night snacks anything just feed me of course im thrilled to have a little gaffer growing inside me sharing my every moment i just wish the little guy im hoping for a little guy wouldnt make his porky mommy so hungry every minute of the day i mean have you ever heard of anyone craving celery sticks tofu or tossed salad not me i want fried wontons ice cream sundaes with goopey sauce pizza with extra cheese popcorn and those delicious mallow cookies with the marshmallow and raspberry filling it really bugs me when i check in with doctor thin every month too the way he pushes his finger across the weighscales with his hairy eyebrows kibbles bits i c y b b i e raised and he keeps pushing that tattletale metal square across the scales until he stops at a number im just not familiar with i know his foot must be on the back because i couldnt possibly be this heavy not me however when i think about it i cant really complain i never get sick and i can now get through the day without nodding off at the lunch table but i cry at the drop of a hat the other week for example my favorite show knots landing aired the exact same episode as was just aired the previous week i broke out crying literally in hysterics my poor husband doesnt know what to do when this happens he just sits there with the converter looking sheepish and helpless saying hon look theres lots of other shows on actually between me and you its the only time ive gotten my own way with the television i cry at the grocery store and at the gas station i cry if i see a dog limping down the street and when i see my mother hormone mania or what but all in all i can hardly wait until august i want to meet the little guy that is going to be the reason for a non stop exercise program around-the- clock fatigue and a lot of joy i know hes in there cause i saw his tiny little body kicking away through v ultrasonic scan just one week ago better than alo movie stouffvilleuxbridge tribune publisher editorinchief editor advertising director business manager promotionsdistribution mgr operations manager patricia pappas r jo ann stevenson andrew mair debra welle chris bertram jennifer hutt pam nichols who knows what comes out in the wash published every wednesday by metroland printing publishing and distributing at 9 heritage rd markham ontario l3p 1m3 tel 2342200 second class registration number 1 247 the stouhville tribune published every wednesday at 54 main st w stoume is one of the metroland priming publishing and distributing group of suburban newspapers which includes the acton free press ajaxpickenng news advertiser aurora banner brampton guardian burlington post etobicoke advertiserguardian georgetown independent kingston this week lindsay this week markham economist and sun milton champion mississauga news newmarket era oakville beaver oshawa- whftby this week peterborough this week richmond hillthomhillvaughan liberal scarborough mirror topic nowsmagazine willowdale mirror metroland printing publishing and distributing is a division of harlequin enterprises ltd national 8ale8 representative metroland corporate sales 4931300 6402100 8529741 although the division of labor is scrupulously fair in our equal opportunity household there are some areas which have remained true to sexist tradition among them alas the washing of clothes its hard to get motivated by the prospect of doing laundry but it might help if adult education courses in washing symbols as a second language were available the ones in my instruction booklet bear scant resemblance to the majority of care labels attached to my familys attire or indeed to the information theyre meant to convey i feel like a candidate at a stress interview as i struggle to decipher the hidden meaning behind a square with a circle inside it or a triaijgle with lines through it which looks like a childs drawing of a teepee i avoid like the plague anything with a hand on it knowing it will lie unattended for weeks until i psyche myself up to do a hand wash or until it inadvertently gets thrown into the machine to emerge three sizes smaller or tiedyed when the children were younger i searched high and low for warm sleeping kates corner bags that were washable eventually i thought id found what i wanted but when i washed them all the stuffing ended up in two square inches at the bottom of the bag and the cover had more wrinkles than grandma moses i would have returned them but i had a nasty feeling id misread the label back in merrie england everyone still hangs washing on the line because the british are naturally distrustful of machines which make life easier keen people here do the same the only difference being that here the washing is dryer when you remove it from the line than it was when you hung it up had i- followed this practice myself instead of consigning everything to the dryer perhaps i wouldnt have had to hand down a multitude of my shrunken sweatshirts to my daughter if only id realized sooner what the label was trying to tell me once in a while i get overcome by the urge to catch up with the laundry first i have to remove everything left in the dryer from the previous week and place it in neat piles for household distribution then the phone rings and drives all thoughts of household tasks from my mind until a few days later when my children complain they have nothingjo wear unfazed i go to the basement only to discover that my beautifully folded pile of clean clothes has been reduced to a crumpled heap which is covered in orange fur and liberally decorated with burrs and paw prints as i resort the pile for a second wash i ponder the possibility of a parellel world the secret entrance to which is located in my machine where our misplaced socks make their home and from which they will only reappear when i have thrown their partners out in despair in laundry as in life the cycle has many ups and downs the signs are not always easy to read and you never know quite what will come out in the wash