As most of you know, Sherry and I keep track of any money we find during the year.  We have a little contest to see who can find the most and the winner gets bragging rights.  Coins are found in parking lots, under the edge of the counter when paying for groceries or other goods and often times in the coin return of a “coinstar” machine.  Actually there is nowhere a coin can not be found.  I found on on the bottom shelf of a bread rack, delicately balanced on one of the wire rungs.  One must keep a close eye out all the time.

2012 was a very poor year for finding many coins, but she found a $50 bill early in the year.  My goal at that time was to also find a $50 bill, but it did not happen, I didn’t find any bills at all.  So with that she beat me really bad by finding $50.90, while my finds totaled $2.13, in my finds there was a Russian Ruble as well and I can’t count that, according to our rules.

We added another dimension to the game this year as when we find a coin, we get to scratch a lottery ticket with the lucky money.  I scratched $41 in winners while she scratched $25 worth of them.

As the population relys more and more on the use of credit and debit cards coins are becoming harder and harder to find.  I like the fact that High School kids think it is really fun to throw pennies at their buddies and also to drop change outside their vehicle at the McDonalds drive up window.  I wish each and every one of them handfuls of pennies wherever they go.

And so we begin 2013 with empty found coin jars in hopes to fill them to overflowing by this time next year!  Wish us luck!

Bears Butt

Jan. 3, 2013