We have officially made closure on our lease for the last American house we will see for two years. The biggest obstacle we faced was de-trashing the premises. As Americans we generally produce more garbage than any other people; and we definitely made our contribution to the landfill this week. In keeping with the recent "green" movement we tried very hard to donate and recycle as much as we could. There were just a few bulky items that we found there was no way around it, they had to be tossed. One of them being an old mattress. I am not sure if it is all over, or just here in The Peoples' Republic of Washington, but one is apparently not supposed to discard items like a mattress without being heavily fined and forced to hemorrhage excessive amounts of money to make up for the terrible act of throwing away trash. Last night under the cover of darkness, bungee cords and light flurries we were able to "take care" of things. God Bless America!
Ha! Ran into the same problem moving out of the great, green state of Washington. It cost me a few dollars and a trip to the Olympic View Transfer Station in Port Orchard!!! Now, back in CT, they accept our rubbish with open arms (with no fines for over-filled trash cans)!
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