I start most days by putting a few quarters, nickles, dimes, and pennies in my pocket. But, more often that not, I end the day by taking out more coins than I started with. Even though I have the coins in my pocket, I rarely use them unless the price is only a few cents more than an even dollar. If I am paying for something small with a $10 or $20 bill, I will only give coins if it means getting back a $5 or $10 bill instead of a pile of $1 bills.
The coins join a pile on my dresser. When that pile overflows too much, I will sort the coins and move them to counting containers on my nightstand. Once all of the containers are overflowing and surrounded by even more coins, I will find the time to count and roll the coins.
Last night, I emptied some of the coins from my tip jar and sorted/counted/wrapped some of the coins I had collected during the past few weeks or months. I think I had $40 worth of quarters, $10 worth of dimes, and a few dollars in nickles and pennies.
I don’t remember that last time I actually turned in or otherwise spent the money once rolled. They just get added to the pile. I keep thinking that some day, I will find a good cause collecting coins or something. I should note, that I sort out the nice and shiny pennies and drop them into glass ball jars. I have come close to filling my third jar.
I made a trip to the Maryland Renaissance Festival (http://www.rennfest.com/) on Saturday. This was probably my fourth or fifth time going. Earlier in the year, I tried to set aside some time to go to the Virginia Renaissance Festival, but never made it. This was opening weekend, and I figured that if I waited until later in the season, things would come up and I would miss going this year. So, I took advantage of my free weekend and went.
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My smart fortwo has an eight gallon gas tank. Compared with the much larger tank on my older Chevy Trailblazer (15-20 gallons) it takes half the time to fill with gas. But, I can’t help but feel like I could spend even less time at the pump.
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I spent the weekend at Hershey Park and noticed a lot of young boys sporting mohawks. Actually, I would say that only one or two boys really had mohawks, the rest looked like two or three weeks ago, they may have had mohawks.
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I have continued to listen to the Harry Potter books on CD in my car for the past several weeks. I started with Book Six, then went back to Books Five and Four. I am listening to Book Four for the second time. I definitely pick up minor details with each listening.
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I was getting ready for bed last night when I heard some rumbling outside. At first, I thought it was one of the neighbors fighting with their trash cans, but when it continued, I realized it was thunder.
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