This week is Spring Break for the local schools, which means everyone goes to Germany except Bossy and her family, who stay behind so they can argue and clean the house.
Yesterday Bossy tackled the living room, and the above is what she found when she peeled back a section of her living room rug near the front door. A sequin, icky dirt and — what is that sand? — but also, a dime!
If Bossy keeps moving at this rate, she may get a free cup of coffee out of her downstairs alone.
dgm says
April 7, 2009 at 8:17 amMy kids have spring break, too. While their friends took off skiing or to places like Belize and south pacific islands, my kids got to accompany mom and dad . . . to law school! Par-tay! I brought my students pizza, so at least my daughter got a free lunch. (I guess to her lunch is always “free.)
bossy's friend amy says
April 7, 2009 at 8:36 amhey i think that dime fell out of my pocket on inauguration day…
Lizzy says
April 7, 2009 at 8:57 amWow! That sounds a lot like our Spring Break- not the going to Germany part- the staying home part.
And I didn’t even find a dime, so I’m pale AND poor. Dare to dream.
the cheap chick says
April 7, 2009 at 10:23 amTee-hee, I went to Germany over spring break once! But that was many many many many years ago, before our entire economy went kaputt.
You can make like you’re in Germany, though. Just eat a ton of yummy baked goods, drink some damn fine beer, crack open some brats and sauerkraut, and you are SET.
Alias Mother says
April 7, 2009 at 10:26 amGermany?
Me says
April 7, 2009 at 11:06 amWhen I was about 20, I sorted through a big box of birthday cards I’d received through my childhood before I chucked ’em. Good thing… I found like 200 bucks in “lost” money!
MariaV says
April 7, 2009 at 11:28 amSince others are confessing, I will do the same.
Recently, I found $50 AmEx gift cheque and a $50 Border’s gift card when I cleaned out my office.
Grandma J says
April 7, 2009 at 11:29 amBossy’s dime would go a long way in Cancun.
and I even had one word left!
Martha in Kansas says
April 7, 2009 at 11:31 amThe gang at work regularly checks the coin returns in the parking garage meters. Last year we found $35 without much trying. This year we’re up to about $20 already. Pizza party!
foolery says
April 7, 2009 at 1:39 pmWasn’t that part of your lunch salad from the other day? No, it couldn’t be . . . no cashews.
margie says
April 7, 2009 at 3:00 pmI check parking lots and sidewalks all the time and sometimes find pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters. And yes, I’ll even pick up a penny. Found a dollar one time,too. Yay me!
Annie says
April 7, 2009 at 7:50 pmDon’t forget to look under the sofa cushions …
Chesapeake Bay Woman says
April 7, 2009 at 9:47 pmCome do that at my house. You’ll find enough change to buy a coffee franchise.
Chesapeake Bay Woman says
April 7, 2009 at 9:48 pm…and enough dirt to fill Lake Ontario.
Michele says
April 7, 2009 at 11:16 pmEveryone here went somewhere warm except for all high school lacrosse players. My older son has 4 lacrosse games. We didn’t go anywhere!
The Domestic Goddess says
April 8, 2009 at 9:44 amWe didn’t go away either. Bug Boy’s classmates are in Canadialand and Europe and the islands and Cali-fohr-Ny-AY.
L says
April 8, 2009 at 9:46 amWe never went anyplace for spring break. All my kid’s had been in sports in school. I don’t know how it is now, but If you left for break, you sat on the bench during the season. None of them wanted to sit. I hope it has changed since my kid’s went to school.
jennifer says
April 8, 2009 at 10:00 amdid you check the dryer for money? and pens? and keys? I found a $20 in the dryer once – finders keepers!
Linda says
April 9, 2009 at 7:35 amI was cleaning out my office / spare bedroom for an impending Mother visit and found a $1000 paycheck from the year before.
We had felt the pinch at the time but couldn’t figure out why.
donna in mid michigan says
April 9, 2009 at 3:34 pmcleaning always means found money to me. Same as putting on coats and suit coats…BINGO…there’s a fivvver.
jen says
April 10, 2009 at 5:32 pmTwo days ago, I found $35 in the dryer!! Laws, I done fell out and caught the vapors. Thank you, laundry gods, for the Sephora money and my new Laura Mercier Hydrating Foundation Primer.
renee in seattle says
April 13, 2009 at 1:16 pmForget coffee. I’m presently scrounging under cushions and shaking out jeans to scrape up enough money to buy laundry soap.
How much laundry soap can $3.45 buy?