tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81416417579352036032024-02-19T01:44:53.317-06:00Family Doubler Fund aka The Money Flipping GameA family that doubles together, gets rich together. $20.16 in value created, only $999,979.84 to go!!Leskowitz Family (Paul, the Dad)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04905231036551674758noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141641757935203603.post-7695419623558926442011-12-20T00:30:00.001-06:002011-12-20T00:40:14.901-06:00December 19th, 2011. (Day 25): Step Thirteen<div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b><span style="color: black;">Step Thirteen</span>:</b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>$20.00 - $40.00</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 15pt;"> </span></b></span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">Stake coming into this Step:</b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 15pt;">$27.76</span></div></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 15pt;"><br />
</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;">Now, I know what you are thinking. Paul, you were doing so good. Over $50!! Now you are back to the $20s - you Loser. </span></span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;">Trust me. The ad </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">strategy</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"> will work. I am so confident that I bought Will one too. </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;">He is building it now so I do not want to steal his thunder. It cost us </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;">(-$7.67)</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="color: blue;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Today, I went to Burger King to get a salad. Yes, a salad and there was a penny on the ground, a shiny penny </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">($0.01) </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">at that. The place was packed. So I grab my order when leaving and checked to see if it was correct which so happened to be over the penny. Then I said, "Oh, a penny, good luck for me" The irony was it was tails up and I forgot to get a fork when I checked the bag.</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Faith and Michele went shopping somewhere (they did not tell me because it involved Christmas presents) and found six cents </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">($0.06) </span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b>Grand Total:</b></span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">$20.16</span></div>Leskowitz Family (Paul, the Dad)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04905231036551674758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141641757935203603.post-13434272333431509732011-12-19T13:08:00.001-06:002011-12-19T23:55:45.175-06:00December 18th, 2011. (Day 24): Step Fourteen and Thirteen<div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b><span style="color: black;">Step Fourteen</span>:</b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>$40.00 - $80.00</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 15pt;"> </span></div></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b><span style="color: black;">Step Thirteen</span>:</b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>$20.00 - $40.00</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 15pt;"> </span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">Stake coming into this Step:</b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 15pt;">$50.77</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 15pt;"><br />
</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;">Now sometimes you have to spend money to make money. Today, Faith and I decided to buy a few domain names and advertise on a blog to make our fortune. It cost us <span style="color: blue; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">(-$23.01)</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial;"></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;">We reserved: </span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial;"></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><a href="http://giftforteenagegirl.com/">http://giftforteenagegirl.com/</a> It points to the blogger site </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><a href="http://giftforteenagegirl.blogspot.com/">http://giftforteenagegirl.blogspot.com/</a> Please visit (and visit an advertiser) for Faith. She is maintaing it.</span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://beachhouseideas.blogspot.com/">http://beachhouseideas.blogspot.com/</a> It points to the blogger site <a href="http://beachhouseideas.blogspot.com/">http://beachhouseideas.blogspot.com/</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This is me doing the ideas on building a beach house.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I have a third one that I will not give out yet. We are still working on it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Feel free to tell all your friends about our sites</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b>Grand Total:</b></span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"> </span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">$27.76</span></div>Leskowitz Family (Paul, the Dad)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04905231036551674758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141641757935203603.post-50676658033084433202011-12-19T12:56:00.000-06:002011-12-19T12:56:29.888-06:00December 17th, 2011. (Day 23): Step Fourteen<div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b><span style="color: black;">Step Fourteen</span>:</b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>$40.00 - $80.00</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 15pt;"> </span></div></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">Stake coming into this Step:</b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 15pt;">$50.75</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 15pt;"><br />
</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;">The good roll ended. However, money is money and it all has to be accounted for. We stopped at Subway after hearing Will whine about how hungry he was (I will take it out of his Christmas presents). While we were paying (or trying to pay actually because the credit card machine was down and I had to get cash which cost me $4) I spied a penny <span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">($0.01) </span>on the ground near the corner. I ordered Will to get it which he did with no issues. Good boy.</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;">Later that day Michele made her mark. She found a penny <span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">($0.01)</span> in the Big Store in the check-out lane. What a great wife.</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b>Grand Total:</b></span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"> </span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">$50.77</span></div>Leskowitz Family (Paul, the Dad)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04905231036551674758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141641757935203603.post-34994989368102280872011-12-17T18:50:00.003-06:002011-12-17T22:18:08.383-06:00December 16th, 2011. (Day 22): Step Fourteen<div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b><span style="color: black;">Step Fourteen</span>:</b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>$40.00 - $80.00</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 15pt;"> </span></div></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">Stake coming into this Step:</b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 15pt;">$50.04</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 15pt;"><br />
</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;">The help the boss </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">strategy</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"> </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">(Entertainment Strategy) </span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;">is still working. I went to work today (on my day off, foolish). Again, he was still packing. I gave him a hand since he needed one (really he has only one working hand, pun intended). We came across some change </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">($0.72) </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;">and he knew that I knew I was longing for it. He gave it to me. Sometimes being nice does get you something. </span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><br />
</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;">Being in the generous mood (but not to generous), I walked to Freddy's office and gave him a penny </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">(-$0.01)</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;">. He was so happy and put it in his little piggy bank. I netted </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">($0.71) </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">I almost did not give it to him. It is hard to find money. </span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b>Grand Total:</b></span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"> </span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">$50.75</span></div>Leskowitz Family (Paul, the Dad)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04905231036551674758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141641757935203603.post-79721574994022792132011-12-15T23:48:00.001-06:002011-12-17T22:01:08.410-06:00December 15th, 2011. (Day 21): Step Twelve, Thirteen & Fourteen<div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><strong style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="color: black;">Step Twelve</span>:</strong><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">$10.00 - $20.00</span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><strong style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="color: black;">Step Thirteen</span>:</strong><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">$20.00 - $40.00</span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><strong style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="color: black;">Step Fourteen</span>:</strong><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">$40.00 - $80.00</span></span></span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 15pt;">Stake coming into this Step:</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: white; color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 15pt;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 15pt;">$16.80</span></div></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #3333ff;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"></span></span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15pt;">Today, was one of the top ten happy days of my life. I beat the old best day. I have a new best day. Again, I have to break this post up since funds we coming in from all directions.</span></span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15pt;"></span></span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15pt;"><strong>Quiet Morning & Lunch</strong></span></span></span></div><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15pt;"></span></span></span><br />
<div class="yiv1924984241MsoNormal" style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15pt;">It is interesting to learn that there is loose money everywhere. This morning walking down the parking ramp I see a penny <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;">($0.01) </span>in the middle of the ramp. What is that all about - how did that get there? I braved my life and walked over to pick it up. The parking lot is a raceway. I earned that one.</span></span></span></div><div class="yiv1924984241MsoNormal" style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15pt;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div class="yiv1924984241MsoNormal" id="yui_3_2_0_1_13240110206111920" style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15pt;">Then walking to the work, I saw a penny <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;">($0.01) </span>in the entrance to the building in the underground. Tails up does not scare me. At lunch, I had the trifecta, while in line, I saw a penny <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;">($0.01)</span> on the ground. I was so happy that I took a picture of it. </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpyUeqIsGrlkgwz6ea1E8CoA1cBcTieSX0f9NXRZ0tV-LaTAo1KsIVmIU6aLEQ8sVFqHAZwcVp6JB5bSs0EOcU6tZKEKtz0Q6JMLoasL9j6GeYDWQEa5MaJ4nbwn2Rw1R9YhrBPxe0XQ/s1600/IMG00022-20111215-1139.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpyUeqIsGrlkgwz6ea1E8CoA1cBcTieSX0f9NXRZ0tV-LaTAo1KsIVmIU6aLEQ8sVFqHAZwcVp6JB5bSs0EOcU6tZKEKtz0Q6JMLoasL9j6GeYDWQEa5MaJ4nbwn2Rw1R9YhrBPxe0XQ/s320/IMG00022-20111215-1139.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></span></span></div><div class="yiv1924984241MsoNormal" style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15pt;">I will try to this more going forward. The guy who I was with was in front of me told the owner to keep the change. He dropped it in the tip jar. The irony is there was a on the way back from lunch there was a handicap lady asking for change and he did not offer her any money. I do not think the owner of Rajun Cajun needs the loose change as much as she does. </span></span></span></div><div class="yiv1924984241MsoNormal" style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15pt;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div class="yiv1924984241MsoNormal" style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15pt;"><strong>Who knew cleaning can be so much fun</strong></span></span></span></div><div class="yiv1924984241MsoNormal" style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15pt;">At the end of the day after gorging on the Christmas food from the company party, I sat in my office feeling like a stuffed turkey. I went out to talk to Tracy to finalize her performance review (not there by the way) and coming back I went to drop the bad new to my boss that all the drawers had to be cleaned out for the move. (Mario has a bad habit of breaking bones like wrists so moving anything is hard for him). He, like me, picked up the phone to confirm the rumor. No answer, I left chucking knowing the one armed bandit was screwed.</span></span></span></div><div class="yiv1924984241MsoNormal" style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15pt;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div class="yiv1924984241MsoNormal" style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15pt;">Returning to my desk, he called to me to help him. I just finished a project up and the day was over so why not. I helped him clean and we were PILING loose change into a cord bag. He told me to take a handful of coins out for helping him. Being fair, I closed my eyes and pulled out the money. I counted over $10. He came by later and asked what I netted in the BofA, I told him $12 which he then returned another $2 to beat Mike. </span></span></span></div><div class="yiv1924984241MsoNormal" style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15pt;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div class="yiv1924984241MsoNormal" style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15pt;">Going back to work, he called me again. He wanted to gamble with me on the guessing how much change was in the cord bag. No way would I risk my stake. Gambling is not allowed. We counted it anyway and determined it was roughly $100. Either feeling generous or not wanting to deal with the pennies, he gave them to me. I took them. I counted $9.69 in pennies alone. In total I netted <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;">($22.69)</span> </span></span></span></div><div class="yiv1924984241MsoNormal" style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15pt;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div class="yiv1924984241MsoNormal" style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15pt;">Now, I return back to my desk. I soon get a call from Mike and says "Come get my change." Having no shame, I said "I will come with a smile." Mario was there urging him to give me money (the best boss ever). I happily took the change. I counted <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;">($10.25) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;">tonight. Great guys. Though I consider the money a fee for my entertainment, not charity. </span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="yiv1924984241MsoNormal" style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15pt;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div class="yiv1924984241MsoNormal" style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;">Thank you wheel chair people</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="yiv1924984241MsoNormal" style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;">At dinner before punishing the two oldest for bickering, Will said he found <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;">($.27). <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;">He found two cents at school near the office. The quarter he found while going to Space Center Houston. He saw it near the wheel chair line coming into the building. Breaking the rules, he went over to get it. Money trumps school rules. I figure it was dropped my a person in a wheel chair, probably the same lady begging at the corner after lunch. Today's findings below"</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF7zUh5P-a-9ilAnHhO7WBCSpFYbyPD7B8c-C8U33jHeYfXupd5QK9taToFXqxXZJJYCr_Xgvhv47PPxFjXGrctp5bu0Yg4WWUZ8euWI0MEIiX7zUhudDUIdrrh-WIFONmbB9f6tILZw/s1600/IMG00023-20111215-2220.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF7zUh5P-a-9ilAnHhO7WBCSpFYbyPD7B8c-C8U33jHeYfXupd5QK9taToFXqxXZJJYCr_Xgvhv47PPxFjXGrctp5bu0Yg4WWUZ8euWI0MEIiX7zUhudDUIdrrh-WIFONmbB9f6tILZw/s320/IMG00023-20111215-2220.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></span></span></div><div class="yiv1924984241MsoNormal" style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15pt;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b>Grand Total:</b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span></span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">$50.04</span></span></span></span></div><div class="yiv1924984241MsoNormal" style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</div></span></span></span></span></span></span>Leskowitz Family (Paul, the Dad)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04905231036551674758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141641757935203603.post-46378760562715437022011-12-14T23:44:00.000-06:002011-12-14T23:44:12.436-06:00December 14th, 2011. (Day 20): Step Eleven & Twelve<div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><strong style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Step Eleven:</strong><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">$5.16 - $10.00</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><strong style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Step Twelve:</strong><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">$10.00 - $20.00</span></div></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #3333ff;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Stake coming into this Step:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>$6.14<br />
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</span><strong><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"></span></i></strong><strong><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">December 14th, 2011. (Day 20)</span></i></strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"></span></span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><strong style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 15pt;">–</strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15pt;"> The best day of the challenge to date (in terms of money added not % increase). I have to break this post up since funds we coming in from all directions.</span></span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15pt;"></span></span></span> </div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15pt;">The Lost Dime </span></span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15pt;">A few days ago, I mentioned that Faith found a dime. Well guess what, she gave it to me. For the record, I did not add it to the stake so I am not double dipping.</span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15pt;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;">($0.10). </span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;"></span> </div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="color: #333333;">Cup O Pennies</span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="color: #333333;">Read the whole passage before you pass judgement. My floor is moving to a different floor on Friday. In the process, people are packing. I saw a coffee cup sitting on an empty desk (from a laid off coworker) and claimed it for myself (fair game in the world of layoffs). There is a story behind the mug that involves Freddy shattering my old Starbucks mug and the gift of a Vendi size mug that is simply too damn big. </span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="color: #333333;"></span></span> </div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="color: #333333;">Now, the delima begins. Is the loose change <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;">($1.27) <span style="color: #333333;">fair game? I consulted my friend Freddy and he said no. I thought "The person left it there because he has issues against Honest Abe, so it is okay to take." But I could take it. Being a CPA has its downsides. Disappoint, I left it there, passing it everyday longing it. Today, however, I consulted to the head of building operations and proposed the question to him. He said that it was free to take and my friends was good enough for me.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;"></span></span></span> </div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="color: #333333;">BofA</span></span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="color: #333333;">After my success (lunch time), I went to see a friend to gloat. I told him my findings. He made the mistake to tell me that there was a pile of change in Andy's old desk. He had a similar delima and could not take it (by the way, he wanted me to proposed the question to Ethics). </span></span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="color: #333333;"></span></span></span> </div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="color: #333333;">So I emailed Andy to ask him. He said techinally "BofA" (name of the change drawer) was not his and the rightful owner was Mike. Mike sits by me so I wandered over and asked him. He said yes, on one condition. He wanted to know how much was in the desk. Well, Mike, thank you for the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;">($8.75)!! <span style="color: #333333;">I just doubled. Mike gave me penny before I left <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;">($0.01)</span> as a added bonus. I am not ashamed to take pennies.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="color: #333333;"></span></span></span> </div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="color: #333333;">Raining money</span></span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="color: #333333;">I went to claim my stake which now sits behind David. He heard that I was coming. I emailed Gloria (guard of BofA) to give her notice that I was coming. We chatted about power plants and my doubling game. He pitched in <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;">($0.53) <span style="color: #333333;">in loose change. Thanks David.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="color: #333333;"></span></span></span></span></span> </div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="color: #333333;">Tonight, I counted up everything and netted $16.80. I am busting over the seams with pennies that I am adding a new rule exception #4. "Pennies can be traded up"</span></span></span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;"></span></span></span></span> </div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b>Grand Total:</b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span></span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">$16.80</span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></div>Leskowitz Family (Paul, the Dad)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04905231036551674758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141641757935203603.post-88770208867852001902011-12-14T23:00:00.001-06:002011-12-14T23:02:51.538-06:00December 13th, 2011. (Day 19): Step Eleven<div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><strong style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Step Eleven:</strong><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">$5.16 - $10.00</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #3333ff;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Stake coming into this Step:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>$6.13<br />
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</span><strong><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"></span></i></strong><strong><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">December 13th, 2011. (Day 19)</span></i></strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"></span></span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><strong style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 15pt;">–</strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15pt;"> Against my better judgement, tonight we went to select the family Christmas tree. A few years ago we waited a week before Christmas and got the best deal at Home Depot. I think it was $10 for any tree in the yard. They were basically throwing them away but not this year.</span></span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15pt;">Not to be a scruge, I gave in and agreed to buy a tree. Now, I did not lose all my judgement. I refuse to get a high dollar Noble or any tree over 7ft. Michele crings every year. She wants a tall tree so bad but I refuse to spend over $40 for a tree that I will burn on at the beach house at New Years Eve (tradition). </span></span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15pt;">Anyway, as always, I order the kids to find some money and as normal I was the only finder. I think the newness is wearing out. I looked under the checkout counter and found a shiny new penny</span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15pt;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;">($0.01). </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 15pt;">The guy said I could have it. I had to really reach bad to get it. He will probably not balance out tonight and get fired over that penny. ha ha ha</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 15pt;"></span><br />
<div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b>Grand Total:</b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span></span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">$6.14</span></div></div>Leskowitz Family (Paul, the Dad)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04905231036551674758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141641757935203603.post-81463993380489415102011-12-14T12:58:00.000-06:002011-12-14T12:58:47.993-06:00December 11th, 2011. (Day 17): Step Eleven<div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><strong style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Step Eleven:</strong><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">$5.16 - $10.00</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #3333ff;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Stake coming into this Step:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>$6.12<br />
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</span><strong><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"></span></i></strong><strong><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">December 11th, 2011. (Day 17)</span></i></strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"></span></span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><strong style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 15pt;">–</strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15pt;"> The day looked so promising. We went to the Big Store to buy some milk, actually I went to find some loose change, and to no luck no money. I guess we cleaned it out the week before and we need some more time to make it grow again. Again my kids were on the ground like beggar children. I am so proud.</span></span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15pt;"></span></span></span> </div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15pt;">That night I got another chance. My son came to me and showed me his wart on his hand that he has been treating with acid. That thing looked like there was a pencil ereaser growing out of it. It was embrassing (I told him that his mom did not love him for not treating it by freezing). </span></span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15pt;"></span></span></span> </div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15pt;">I went to CVS and while leaving by the door. I found a penny</span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15pt;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;">($0.01) </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 15pt;">on the ground between by the stereo they were playing Christmas music. I said to myself "Merry Christmas to me"</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"></span> </div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b>Grand Total:</b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span></span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">$6.13</span></div></span></div>Leskowitz Family (Paul, the Dad)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04905231036551674758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141641757935203603.post-87170958908946978152011-12-10T20:42:00.000-06:002011-12-10T20:42:41.261-06:00December 10th, 2011. (Day 16): Step Eleven<div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><strong style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Step Eleven:</strong><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">$5.16 - $10.00</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #3333ff;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Stake coming into this Step:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>$5.76<br />
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</span><strong><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"></span></i></strong><strong><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">December 10th, 2011. (Day 16)</span></i></strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"></span></span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><strong style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 15pt;">–</strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15pt;"> Another strategy day that came together. Today, we went to the Robotics Legos competition for my son's school (his team won 1st place and he was the captain, not bad for the kid who was not good enough for the team last year and I had to start a competing team, a different blog subject).</span></span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15pt;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15pt;">Again, as my current mantra goes "Where there are people, there is money." It started out so good. I found a nickel </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;">($0.05) </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 15pt;">on the ground between some cars going to the school. Will claims he saw it first but odd how I picked up and and mentioned it. He then said I pushed him to get the coin. I probably did but it was unintentional. </span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 15pt;"><br />
</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;">Later the morning, the rest of the family came to see the competition. Hope came up to me excited and said she found a quarter </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">($0.25) </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;">in the parking lot. Those Clear Creek high school kids have </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">holey pockets. </span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 15pt;"><br />
</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;">Thinking like a loose coin, I thought where would I find a coin.... near the concession stand, of course. Walking towards it, I saw something small and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">shiny. I told Faith to go get it. She came back and I said "Did you get that penny?" She replied, "No, it was a dime." Score. Now the mistake of the day, she did not give it to me and left it in her pocket so I cannot claim it until it is in the plastic bag with the rest of the loot. </span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Later at lunch, I found four more cents under the tables </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">($0.04). </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Holey pockets again! Clear Creek needs to have a home mech class and teach those kids how to sew. Who needs to a business class if you can't keep your money in your pocket. </span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Then recycling a coke can, I came across two more pennies </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">($0.02) </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">on the side of a coke machine. That was the last of my findings today. I netted a total of $0.36. </span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b>Grand Total:</b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span></span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">$6.12</span></div>Leskowitz Family (Paul, the Dad)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04905231036551674758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141641757935203603.post-4442079436175559942011-12-09T21:46:00.000-06:002011-12-09T21:46:38.106-06:00December 9th, 2011. (Day 15): Step Eleven<div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><strong style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Step Eleven:</strong><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">$5.16 - $10.00</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #3333ff;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Stake coming into this Step:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>$5.72<br />
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</span><strong><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"></span></i></strong><strong><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">December 9th, 2011. (Day 15)</span></i></strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"></span></span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial;"><strong style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;">–</strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"> Today, we went to the mall to Christmas shop. I figured where there are people, there is money. It started out so good. I found a quarter on the ground; however, it was near the back of a kiosk. My ethics kicked in and I gave the quarter to the sales guy. I figured he dropped it when ringing up the customers and he needed to balance the draw at the end of the night. In reality, he is going to use the quarter to help buy his </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">cigarettes</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;">. </span></span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;">We went to a store not to be named in this post because little eyes like to read the internet. I found a penny while waiting in line for the register; then I saw a another walking out the door under the display racks</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15pt;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;">($0.02). </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">My friend Heath walked with us while we leaving and near another kiosk I picked up a penny. Heath then saw another right next to it and I picked that one up too </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">($0.02)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Merry Christmas to me.</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b>Grand Total:</b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span></span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">$5.76</span></div>Leskowitz Family (Paul, the Dad)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04905231036551674758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141641757935203603.post-85503966509524957282011-12-09T16:49:00.000-06:002011-12-09T16:49:34.736-06:00December 8th, 2011. (Day 14): Step Ten and Eleven<div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-7563156682582835259" style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; position: relative; width: 528px;"><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><strong style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Step Ten:</strong><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: #3333ff;">$2.56 - $5.16</span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #3333ff;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"></span></span></span><strong style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Step Eleven:</strong><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">$5.16 - $10.00</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 15pt;"> </div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #3333ff;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Stake coming into this Step:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>$4.22<br />
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</span><strong><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"></span></i></strong><strong><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">December 8th, 2011. (Day 14)</span></i></strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"></span></span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 15pt;"><strong style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 15pt;">–</strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15pt;"> I had lunch with a friend of mine on Wednesday who is also a vendor of my company. We went to college together, same class and minor (I remember her, she does not remember me). I gave her my story and she said that she would humor me. Actually, she said "Do you think I am stupid?" I responded "You know Merrill has been calling me lately. I have not talked to Renter in a while." (Note, I was joking as the story will explain) She quickly became stupid and said she would give me a dollar. A</span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15pt;">s a separate transaction, I offered her $10 to some toys of tots program she is helping with next week. </span></span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 15pt;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15pt;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 15pt;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15pt;">Anyway, today I met her and gave her the $20 instead and she gave me six quarters</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 15pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15pt;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 15pt;">($1.50). </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Note I told her that she did not have to give me anything so the extra fifty cents was her doings. </span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 15pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 15pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">I gave her instructions to give the extra $10 to the child she finds for me to adopt. I have no problem in adopting a 4-7 year old girl. I am done with babies and girls are fun to spoil.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 15pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b>Grand Total:</b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span></span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">$5.52</span></div></div>Leskowitz Family (Paul, the Dad)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04905231036551674758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141641757935203603.post-75631566825828352592011-12-02T23:17:00.000-06:002011-12-02T23:17:57.940-06:00December 2nd, 2011. (Day 8): Step Ten<div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Step Nine:</strong><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: #3333ff;">$2.56 - $5.16</span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #3333ff;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"></span></span></span></span> </div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #3333ff;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Stake coming into this Step:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">$2.01</span><br />
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</span><strong><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"></span></i></strong><strong><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">December 2th, 2011. (Day 8)</span></i></strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"></span></span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><strong style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;">–</strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"> Today was another good day. I had lunch with coworker, Kevin. I gave him my story and I figured he would not buy it. Kevin was never the kind of guy to give into my crazy ideas. I worked on him before on an idea to give a poor person in Indonesia a IPOD touch while he was doing so missionary type of work. He said they didn't even have electricity where he was going but I thought an IPOD would make the guy the coolest person on the tribe, maybe get him another wife. He wouldn't do it. (I did manage to give $200 to a friend who bought some family a crap load of eggs and some other junk. I was disappointed in him too. I gave instructions to be wasteful and he bought food instead.)</span></span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"></span></span></span> </div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;">But anyway, I think I got Kevin while was recovering from a cold, so he was weak. He mentioned he heard a story about a guy who did a similar thing and became a millionarrie. After lunch (which by the way we split 50-50 and he had a more expensive meal ... and you think I am stingy), he gave me a dollar for a penny. Again, I netted</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 15pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15pt;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 15pt;">($0.99). <span style="color: #333333;">Thanks Kevin</span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 15pt;"></span> </div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="color: #333333;">After lunch my boss dropped </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 15pt;">($0.05) <span style="color: #333333;">and Greg gave <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 15pt;">($0.05) <span style="color: #333333;">Foolish. I did not even trade with them. Greg gave me some long story that I need to scale up. That is what I am doing. I have made an infinite return so far. King of the ROI.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 15pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 15pt;"></span></span></span></span> </div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 15pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 15pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="color: #333333;">Later, I heard Freddy, another coworker, was sick so I called him up for Starbucks, on me. We went and while in line, I spotted a dime <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 15pt;">($0.10) </span>on the ground. I called it. Then I saw a penny <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 15pt;">($0.01) </span>on the counter. I called it again. Freddy had the nerve to tell me to drop it in the tip jar. Hell no. It is hard to make money. I have to bash Freddy a little. He told me that he cashed out his piggy bank then he gave $10 to the charities outside the store. That is like when your wife saved money by buying clothes on sale. </span></span></span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 15pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 15pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="color: #333333;"></span></span></span></span> </div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 15pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 15pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="color: #333333;">Later tonight, we went to Home Depot to RETURN some things. James found a penny on the ground in the parking lot. It was dark too. He must be part bat. I was so happy that I took every one to Subway.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 15pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="color: #3333ff; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 15pt;"></span></span></span></span> </div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 15pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="color: #3333ff; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 15pt;"><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b>Grand Total:</b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span></span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">$4.22</span></div></span></span></span></span></div>Leskowitz Family (Paul, the Dad)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04905231036551674758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141641757935203603.post-23354077872574606592011-12-02T22:42:00.000-06:002011-12-02T22:42:52.957-06:00December 1st, 2011. (Day 7): Step Nine and Ten<div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Step Nine:</strong><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: #3333ff;">$1.28 - $2.56</span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Step Nine:</strong><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: #3333ff;">$2.56 - $5.16</span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="color: #3333ff;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; line-height: 15pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: #3333ff;"></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Stake coming into this Step:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: #3333ff;">$2.01</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">December<i> 1st, 2011. (Day 7)</i></span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 15pt;">–</strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15pt;"> Here is what I am learning. This doubling stuff is hard work. I would hate to be a homeless person. It's tough to find loose change. Credit Cards limit your chances. Well, today looked like a bad day until the end. Michele finally got into the game. She found</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">($0.01)</span><span class="Apple-style-span"> in while she was pumping gas at the Valero station (in Clear Lake). Those rich people throw away their money. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Going home, I decided to find someone to give the beach house to this weekend since we have other things going on. I finally called Arturo and offered up the house. He declined and asked how I was doing and I mentioned that I was still in the game (he got me started in the first place). He said that if I saw him tonight he would give me a dollar. I said where and when. He was going to the Seabrook tree lighting so when I got home I packed up the family to find him. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span">I found him and offically traded a penny for a dollar so I netted <span style="color: blue;">($0.99) </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span">The best part of the night was we all got free cookies and cocoa to boot. As we Leskowitz say "If it is free, take it." </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; line-height: 15pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"></span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Grand Total:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: #3333ff;">$3.00</span></span></span></div>Leskowitz Family (Paul, the Dad)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04905231036551674758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141641757935203603.post-7811413744461814022011-11-30T23:59:00.000-06:002011-11-30T23:59:32.025-06:00November 30th, 2011. (Day 6): Step Nine<div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-1082593901034024155" style="background-color: white; position: relative; width: 528px;"><div class="post hentry" style="min-height: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2381542848867293038" style="position: relative; width: 528px;"><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><strong style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Step Nine:</strong><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">$1.28 - $2.56</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="color: #3333ff;"><br />
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</span><strong><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"></span></i></strong><strong><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">November 30th, 2011. (Day 6)</span></i></strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial;"><strong style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;">–</strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"> Today started out terrible. I had lunch with an old coworker; I thought he would be an easy mark but he did not have any cash on him (I never really liked him anyway.) He said that he used his only $1.00 to buy a pop tart at the vending machine (I hope he get </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">cavities</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;">). The only bright side out of it was he bought me lunch. </span></span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 15pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15pt;">Luckily the day ended strong, I was able to convince my employee to give me </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 15pt;">($0.12). </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;">Two pennies for every person in our house. Once again, the story worked or it was review time. Then walking out the door I noticed </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;">($0.10) </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">on an unused desk. It was probably the dime of the employee who was laid off. I figured it was their gift to me. Funny thing is an coworker walked outside asking was I was doing at the same time I was picking it up. I guess she knew I was up to no good.</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Walking to the car while talking to my son (believe it or not I was shaming him for not finding him any money at the time), I spotted a penny </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;">($0.01)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> in front of the El Paso building. Some homeless person missed it or did not want to pick it up because it was tails up. Money is money. Tails up or not. </span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Driving home I stopped to fill up the car, while it was pumping I roamed around looking, for money, of course. I found another penny </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;">($0.01). </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Not bad for a day's work. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b>Grand Total:</b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span></span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">$2.01</span></div></div></div></div>Leskowitz Family (Paul, the Dad)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04905231036551674758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141641757935203603.post-10825939010340241552011-11-28T11:55:00.004-06:002011-11-28T22:55:41.249-06:00Step Eight and Nine<div class="post hentry"><a href="about:blank" name="2381542848867293038"></a><br />
<div class="post-header"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2381542848867293038"><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Step Eight:</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span></span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">$0.64 - $1.28</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><strong>Step Nine:</strong></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span></span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">$1.28 - $2.56</span></span><br />
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</span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, serif;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Stake coming into this Step:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">$0.75 (the controversy begins)</span><br />
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</span><strong style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"></span></i></strong><strong style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">November 28th, 2011. (Day 4)</span></i></strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><strong>–</strong><span class="apple-converted-space"> First day back to work after Thanksgiving, I knew I could easily double my money. Again, I used the "Story Experiment" strategy which is working pretty good since I am doubling under $5. Everyone likes a good story and I am a good story teller which is not my profession so using this strategy is free game. </span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="apple-converted-space"></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">I went to a coworker, Freddy, who often entertains my ramblings. I mistakenly told him I needed $1.32 to double up from $0.64 (neither of us caught my mistake) though I offered him $0.75 in return. He took the bait! In counting my current stake, I noticed I had $0.76 not $0.75. Somehow a gained a penny <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;">($0.01)</span>!!! </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">This is working better than planned. I made a penny without even knowing about it. They multiple magically.</span></span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">I gave him my change <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;">($0.76) </span>and he gave me <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;">($1.32). </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;">The best part is I was able to unload my dirty change on to him (he complained but I told him money was money). </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">I have a crisp dollar bill (which he found himself, by the way... a future doubler), a quarter, and nickle, and two clean pennies. I went over step 8 and into step 9. Whoohoo!!.</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><b>Update</b>: Tonight, Hope added to today's winnings. She brought home </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;">($0.45). </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;">That is my girl. Per Hope, "This is how I got my $0.45, by my friend </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Quentin</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> giving me his extra lunch money because he did not want it. I</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">t happened after lunch."</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">Foolish boy. He better get used to giving away his money to girls.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"> </span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b>Grand Total:</b></span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span></span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">$1.77</span></div></div></div>Leskowitz Family (Paul, the Dad)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04905231036551674758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141641757935203603.post-23815428488672930382011-11-26T19:10:00.001-06:002011-11-28T22:54:58.666-06:00Step Seven and Eight<div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Step Seven:</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span></span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">$0.32 - $0.64</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"></span><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Step Eight:</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span></span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">$0.64 - $1.28</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b><br />
</b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Stake coming into this Step:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">$0.63</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br />
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<strong style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">November 26th, 2011. (Day 2)</span></i></strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><strong>–</strong><span class="apple-converted-space"> Keeping to the rules of the game of working on the step you are on, I had to get off step 7. I am one penny short. I went over to my neighbors house to invite him to Thanksgiving lunch and while there I found myself looking for a penny. I was going to ask for it if I found one; but to my dismay no such luck. He was putting in floors so the odds of finding a penny was pretty slim. I did not have the courage to ask him for one. I am not committed yet. </span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="apple-converted-space">But my luck changed. Michele needed something from the Big Store so I knew I would clean up again. So I gathered Faith and my brother-in-law (who I converted as a doubler) to join the hunt. (Paul C found 3 cents in my screen room while helping my clean. I let him have it. I figured adding it to my stake would break the rules and he was cheap labor.)</span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;">At the Big Store, I ran in to Gerald, who works in the hardware section. He gave me a penny </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;">($0.01)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"> after my "story". I figured a penny in the hand is better than two on the floor. Thank you Gerald. You made history but sorry you can't have it back when I become a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">millionaire</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;">. Leaving, Faith looked around the registers but came up empty handed; but, while Paul C was checking out I noticed behind an empty register something shiny ... dimish. Faith bent down and picked up a dime </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;">($0.10) </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">and then a penny </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;">($0.01)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;">. Score! The cashier said there was a penny there too which Paul C noticed and Faith picked it up for him reluctantly. He </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">technically</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"> noticed it. He is up to a new step himself, but I will let him blog his own story.</span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b><br />
</b></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b>Grand Total:</b></span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span></span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">$0.75</span></div>Leskowitz Family (Paul, the Dad)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04905231036551674758noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141641757935203603.post-29570404878341085942011-11-25T23:18:00.004-06:002011-11-28T22:54:16.699-06:00First Day: Step One to Seven<div style="background: white; line-height: 15pt;"><strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13pt;">Step Three, Four, Five, Six and Seven</span></strong><br />
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<strong>Step Three:</strong><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">$0.02 - $0.04</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br />
<strong>Step Four:</strong><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">$0.04 - $0.08</span><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Step Five:</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span></span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">$0.08 - $0.16</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br />
<strong>Step Six:</strong><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">$0.16 - $0.32</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; line-height: 15pt;"><strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Step Seven:</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span></span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">$0.32 - $0.64</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Stake coming into this Step:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">$0.02</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br />
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<strong><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">November 25th, 2011. (Day 1 of Experiment)</span></i></strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><strong>–</strong><span class="apple-converted-space"> After stopping at Guitar Center and Will figuring out the code to the most expense guitar in the store (the code is 357 by the way), we came up short. Then we stopped at Arlan’s Markets to shop for Thanksgiving and again found nothing (Will wasted his found quarter that could not be used since it was found before we got first penny). Not discouraged we then went to Whataburger for lunch and had similar bad luck. However, I was tempted to go thru the drive thru and find loose change but didn’t since it was a single lane. After eating we got on the ferry and again came up empty handed. Curses.</span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; line-height: 15pt;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br />
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<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Our luck changed when Michele need to go to the Big Store for more shopping. Walking in Michele found two cents </span></span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">($0.02) </span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;">in front of the shopping carts. I noticed a penny under the unused checkout stand #1 and sent Will to get it but he failed since it was under the machine. He redeemed himself and found a penny behind the trash can </span></span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">($0.01)</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;">. Hope then found a penny near </span></span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">($0.01) </span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;">the Little Debbie Cakes (oh so good). I hit the spot a well finding a dime under the coke machine. My fat fingers pushed it back and Will then pushed it back further </span></span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">($0.10)</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;">. Curses!! I used my key to push it out.</span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; line-height: 15pt;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br />
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<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Will was looking around the cash register #3 and found a dime </span></span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">($0.10). </span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Then a worker, said “There is another one there”. Will picked up a penny </span></span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">($0.01)</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"> (not quite a dime though … she must be from High Island). Now while in the checkout line, I looked down and saw the mother load a shiny quarter under the gum and candy rack. The problem was it was hard to reach, no wonder why it was there for so long. I ordered Will to pick it up while I checked out. He and Hope found a flyswatter and kicked it out </span></span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">($0.25)</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;">. Hoped add to the booty and pushed out a penny </span></span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">($0.01)</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;">. Then walking out the door, Hope found a dime </span></span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">($0.10)</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"> under the paper stand in the back. The irony is that I missed it when picking up my monthly Beach Triton. </span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b>Grand Total:</b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span></span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">$0.63 (So close to a new step)</span></div><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13pt;">Step Two: </span></strong><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">$0.01 - $0.02</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br />
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Stake coming into this Step:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">$0.01</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br />
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<strong><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">November 25th, 2011. (Day 1 of Experiment)</span></i></strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br />
<strong>–</strong><span class="apple-converted-space"> After gloating with our new fortune, we were walking back to the car. Faith came running to us in front of Paris Royal and in the process doubled our findings and found another penny </span></span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">($0.01)</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;">.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Grand Total:</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span></span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">$0.02</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; line-height: 15pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px;"><b></b></span></span></div><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13pt;">Step One: </span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Find a penny ($0.01) lying on the ground, or be given it without asking for it.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Running Total coming into this Step:</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span></span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">$0.00</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><strong><i>November 25th, 2011. (Day 1 of Experiment)</i></strong></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: 15pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><strong>–</strong><span class="apple-converted-space"> While waiting for Michele to pick up the honey baked ham, we went to Food Town to find our first penny. It was a dirty store; however, I was lucky to spot the first penny </span></span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">($0.01)</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"> behind the empty cash register. James bent down and picked it up. </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Grand Total:</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span></span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">$0.01</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br />
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