Back to work

June 1, 2009 at 11:42 am · Filed under Baby, Coinage, Money

So I’m back to working full time. My inlaws are taking care of the baby this week, and then my wife (who’s a teacher) will be free for the summer. It’s much easier having full days to work, and not having the baby with me when I am here.

I counted up all the money I’ve found and that combined with what I deposited comes to $27.21. I’m going to stick to a single total. Last night I found $.21 outside of an ice cream place.

To spread the wealth so to speak, let me talk about gas stations:

Gas stations are great places to look for change. Consistantly I find change either in the area where people actually refuel, or in the spots nearby for people going in to get coffee or whatever. As we drove to NC and back at each stop we would get gas, and then park so the baby could feed and I would take the dog around for a walk. We probably stopped a dozen times between the trip to Cleveland, and the trip to NC, and I don’t think I failed to find change on any of the stops. Lots of clusters, lots of pennies. I don’t end up using real money at gas stations, always a credit card that gives me some percentage back, but even if I did, it’s not like you pump change intot he machine, so I don’t really have a good explaination other than that people are getting into and out of cars a lot.

If you have your own theories about why there’s so much change at gas stations, leave a comment.

Jason

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Gone a while

May 26, 2009 at 8:31 am · Filed under Coinage, Money

So I’ve been gone a while. I actually have a number of stories to tell, but being back to work (ish) I don’t have a lot of time this week.

I went on a little trip visiting ailing family members in Cleveland OH, and Winston Salem NC. It’s hard seeing a whole generation falling apart, but I know that no one lives forever, and it’s important to focus on the good times we had. It was important to let people see the baby, some of them for the first time.

My travels were quite profitable however (well, not really, I found a lot of change, but also stayed in a lot of hotels which was pricy). But amoungst other things I found  my first dollar bill (story to follow), a bunch of super damaged pennies from a fountain (story to follow), and that gas stations are really the best places to find change.

This is the last week where I’m the sole child care for the baby. After this week I’ll be able to expand on my travels, and give a new total update.

Jason

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5/6/2009

May 7, 2009 at 9:34 am · Filed under Baby, Coinage, Rain, Walking

So yesterday it rained. I cleaned up after dinner while my wife and mother in law took the walk. They found 4 pennies. That brings my totals up to $21.09, and $2.70.

Starting tonight I’m back in the childcare biz. We’ll see how much that affects my walking. I suppose it matters more whether or not the weather turns.

Jason

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5/4/2009

May 5, 2009 at 7:59 am · Filed under Coinage, Walking

We ended up walking through the ritzier residential area North of the downtown area. I didn’t find any money, but it was a good walk. Nice old houses, all in good shape…

This morning I found a penny. bringing my total up to $21.05 and my organic total up to $2.66.

Jason

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5/3/2009

May 4, 2009 at 7:44 am · Filed under Baby, Coinage, Mortgages, Walking

I’m back at work for this week, and then on parental leave again next. I found a dime bringing my total up to $21.04, and my organic total up to $2.65.

We learned recently that there was some interest in someone buying our old house, which led us to start trying to figure out what we can sell it for. We need to charge more than we owe to pay all the fees associated, possibly even agent fees and such. Bah, my wife’s mother knows a lot about it, and she’s providing the childcare this week, so I’ll see what I can learn.

My wife and I decided we were going to take advantage of her visit by taking longer babyless walks. We’re slowed down a lot by maneuvering the stroller around large bumps and such, also you just don’t want too bumpy a ride… Hopefully longer walks will lead to more finds.

Jason

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4/29/2009

April 30, 2009 at 8:39 am · Filed under Baby, Coinage, Money Spots, Walking

Habits are wierd sometimes.

I have a caffeine addiciton. But I don’t drink coffee at home. Normally that’s not an issue, my wife and I like to go out to breakfast in the mornings, and during the week I’m at work. Well, this week I’ve been on parental leave. Still sort of working from home part time. But not going in I get no coffee. I have headaches (withdrawel symptoms) but I wont make myself coffee at home, and I wont pay by the cup for it…

I normally go into work a half hour early to goof off online. That’s when I’ve been updating here, and it’s been hard to do so from home. Even though I’ve had some good news.

First off there was more in the car than anticipated, so I was able to deposit $20.45 when I walked tot he bank on Tuesday. On the way back from the bank (or on that same walk after I stopped at the bank) I found a dime at the Pharmacy. That night my wife and I went to the Super Duper to buy some bread, and although it was closed we found a quarter and four pennies there. 

Last night on our walk to the ice cream parlor I found a dime. All in all this brings my total up to $20.94, and my found total up to $2.55. It’s been a good week so far.

             Jason

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4/27/09 Weekend

April 27, 2009 at 7:59 am · Filed under Baby, Coinage, Money Spots, Walking

It was a great weekend. I found an additional $.28, bringing my organic total up to $2.16, and I counted the change in the bottle, bringing my total total up to $15.65. There were some nickles in there as well as pennies but mostly pennies.

The weather was great and we took multiple walks each day. After finding that $.28 at the phamacy (under a bench by the door) I’ve decided to add it as a money spot. I’ll need to remember how to do that. On that subject I also need to get back to the Super Duper, I haven’t been since that first successful trip.

Tomorrow my time becomes much freer as I will start my on again off again paternity leave which will take me about half of the time for the next six weeks. Assuming I can successfully keep the baby alive it should be fun! My intention is that our first walk together (just the baby and I) will be to the bank to deposit the $15 or so. Although if she’s behaving well maybe I’ll clean out the car (I know there’s some change under the floor matts) first.

Jason

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4/22/2009

April 23, 2009 at 9:07 am · Filed under Coinage, Rain, Walking

Last night on a super short walk (two circles of the block my house is on) I found a penny. On the second lap too, which means that almost certainly I passed it over the first time, which doesn’t speak too well for my thorough searching skill. Still it’s a work in progress. With the rain (which should be gone for a couple days now) we didn’t want to get too far from the house with the baby.

So my ‘organic’ total is now $1.88. I suspect tonight I will count the bottle, although it may end up waiting for the weekend. We’ll see.

Jason

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4/20/2009

April 21, 2009 at 8:27 am · Filed under Coinage, Rain, Walking

Last night was good. It was the first walk where I wore the front carrier. Also I found two pennies.

I may end up counting the change in the JD bottle tonight, but I don’t want to deprive all of my faithful readers of some kind of update in case I don’t. So here’s the scoop, I’ve been keeping all the change since my last total in the fifth pocket of my jeans. It totals $.57. That brings my organic total to $1.87. I know at this rate I can retire any day now!

Okay, the deal with the bottle is that it’s a calming thing for me to count change, so I’ve been saving it for a stressful event. I’m about the biggest Red Wings fan there is, and if they get down in a playoff game I’ll certainly count the change that night.

Jason

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Weekend 4/19/09

April 20, 2009 at 9:08 am · Filed under Coinage, Rain

Due to a lot of rain (welcome to Columbus in the Spring), I have not walked much since Wednesday.

Due to personal laziness I have neither counted nor deposited the coins from the JD bottle.

I did however clean up my house some, move the guest bed up to the guest bedroom, assemble a roll top desk, find some almost right sized pieces of plexyglass to use as a cover, arrange the desk as a bar, watch a hockey game (parts of it twice), and help a friend fill a garden area with dirt. Hopefully tonight will be more walkful / on topic.

Jason

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