Free Shred Day and Cleaning out the Glove Box

I would be remiss if I did not mention the City of Austin's Free Shred day coming up Sat. May 18. You can find out more info at the city's link: http://www.austintexas.gov/event/free-shred-day

I found some shreddable documents today when I decided to empty out my glove compartment in my car...I used to keep my service records in there, but in the last few years I started putting them in a file folder indoors. Anyways, finding service receipts from 2003 was funny but jarring. I also found a map to a state I haven't lived in for years. Even better, I found the my back-up garage door opener. In my defense, it's very small and black, and for some reason I thought it was in the house, not in the glove box. Such a good feeling when you find long-missed items when you tidy up. 

By the way, I know we call it the glove compartment, but how funny we still call it that when no one is wearing driving gloves. According to Merriam Webster, the first known use of this term was in 1939. Must have stuck.