City of Austin Free Shred Day Sat. 5/17, Road Show, and the Pickup Left

It's back at the Austin High School parking lot this year--the FREE City of Austin shred day, where they'll take a whopping five boxes off your hands! I have about five boxes still in my trunk from when I missed the UFCU shred day in March...just as I was pulling up, the big truck was driving off. So get there early enough--I heard the lines at the March one were long!  Time to get the dusty boxes out of the car. 

Time: 8-1:30.

More info: "The Austin chapter of ARMA International is sponsoring their 11th annual free SPRING Shred Day.  With the increased awareness of identity theft, it's important to carefully dispose of personal records.  Households can bring up to five boxes of paper records per household.  All of the shredded material is recycled.  Please make sure your records are paper only (no hard plastics, no plastic bags, electronic media or three-ring binders) and are not wet or moldy.  Mobile shredding trucks will be provided by Balcones Resources, Cintas, and Iron Mountain.

ARMA International is a not-for-profit professional association and the authority on governing information as a strategic asset. Monetary donations will be accepted with a  portion of the proceeds going to ARMA Austin and the Capital Area Food Bank."

In other news, I was NOT selected in the drawing to receive Antiques Road Show tickets. Kinda bummed b/c how often will that show be here?

Happier news:  This week I sold the 23 year-old gold Dodge pickup truck that had been passed down from my great-uncle all the way down to me. I hardly ever drove it, but man, I miss seeing a truck in the driveway because I associate "truck" with family. I've often had a diesel pickup in my life somehow--funny how I'm not a country girl but find trucks comforting because my dad usually owned one. But now, when would I get one for myself? And why? I'm considering a Honda or Toyota to replace my current main car...compact = less gas. But car shopping is another story. 

I still feel good that I decluttered my driveway if someone else will get more use and pleasure from that truck. It's had little use in the last decade in my family. So farewell, loud truck. I'll miss your dusty smell and cozy fabric seats. May your huge engine and non-computerized parts make others happy. Vroom vroom.