A Busy Wednesday - Get Rid of Some, Buy Some Others

May arrived with warm temperatures, overnight showers (which would have been some serious snow even two weeks ago) and a crowded schedule. Not really a difference there - crowded schedules rule my life. This time it's Memorial Day getting in my way. Sure, it's the final Monday of May - so not exactly happening right away. But it shifts my schedules around because it's a Major Holiday in the USA. The store will be closed, I'll probably allow myself a second sleep day and skip swimming for that day, and I have to schedule around it for my bi-monthly Chiropractor appointment. 

Memorial Day is an important national holiday, a day set
aside to honor those who served and who still serve in
our military, and a chance to say "Thank you for
putting your lives on the line for our freedom". 

June is starting to rush in where May has barely begun. June brings with in my annual trip to the Bead & Button Show in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I always have a good time at the show, and it's not a bad drive out there - only five-six hours on the road from door to door. I suppose it popped into my head because I got the first "Here's what you need to bring for class and I look forward to meeting you," email from one of my instructors in my in-box this morning. I'm taking classes on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, so I'll have to keep my eyes open for the other two emails I'm sure to be getting. 

The exhibit at MIA is called "Power and Beauty in China's Last
Dynasty: Concept and Design by Robert Wilson". I think it
will be fabulous and I'm really looking forward to it. 

May brings the flowers, the green grasses, and my birthday - all is good. A few weeks ago I told DH that I wanted to attend an exhibition on Chinese art at the Minneapolis Institute of Art for my birthday gift. He said "Fine, go ahead and buy the tickets and let me know what I owe you." So I did. We're going this Sunday. Of course I reminded him yesterday that we were doing this on Sunday and it had completely flown through his head - no memory of his words at all. He was all "What if I don't want to go?" I refrained from telling him that if I wanted him to come with me to watch ants do their thing, he should be happily doing it because it's my request for my birthday. ARGH! 

My car isn't quite this bad. Everything does fit into the back
of my SUV. But since I keep a very clean and uncluttered
car, it's bothersome to me to have the back filled with stuff. 

Today, of course, is Wednesday. I have a car stuffed with things that I have to add to today's list of stuff to do. Four large boxes will be gone quickly - I'm dropping them off at my local UPS Store for shredding. These are daily cash reports, etc from the store I used to operate in Mall of America. I closed that business in January 1996, and I thought we had caught all of the boxes the last major shred we did, but I guess we missed a few. So I need to get rid of those. I also have a couple of smaller things to drop off for shipping there. I'll do Tech Dump tomorrow morning since that's closer to my shop. That's where electronics go to be refurbished or minced for landfill-appropriate deposition. 

Tech Dump recycles electronics. Things like TV's have to be paid for
because of the recycling costs of the screens, but most electronic
items are recycled for free. They offer employment for people trying
to return to the workforce, and they do mobile events throughout
the Cities. It's a great organization. 

I'm shopping at my local grocery store as well as at Target today. I try to keep my Target runs to once a month, but there are some staples that I'm running really low on - salad dressing and paper towels head my list today. Of course there are my usual four loads of laundry for a Wednesday, and I'm hoping to get some cleaning done on my car. If it's raining that won't happen and it might be. We're starting May out wet. 

So what are you doing on your Wednesday? It's got to be less hectic than mine will be - LOL. Whatever you're doing, have fun and I'll be back tomorrow with clean clothes and a stocked pantry.