This Year Is Done, Welcome 2023

Well, here we are. The end of 2022 is hours away. It's been a tough year in many ways and okay in others. We'll see what 2023 brings.

I feel a little letdown with my found money total this year, but it's better than a kick in the butt, I suppose. A whopping $29.40. I found $3.71 since I last posted plus a Chinese coin (or maybe it's a token) and a round thing marked Toscana. Oh, and I found a 1939 wheat penny. Love finding those!

I'm feeling a little nostalgic this evening as the old year disappears. I've been watching Downton Abbey on PBS. When it first aired, my friend Mary, loved it. So much. But she was sick and didn't get to see even the first season play out. And there are six seasons, and she would have loved them all. The drama of it all!

So, what about you? Found any money lately?

Facts About This Found Money

Denomination:  31 pennies, 1 nickels, 11 dimes, 9 quarters, and a Chinese token 

Year:  too many to mess with

U.S. Mint:  same

Condition:  shiny to tarnished

Total Found Money in 2022 to Date:  $29.40

Still Finding Money

Well, not much going on around here, but I took the time to count my found money the other day so here goes.

Since I last posted I've found $4.80 plus three foreign coins:  a Bahamas 25 cent coin and two Mexican $1 coins.

I just finished (like 5 minutes ago) reading Selma Blair's memoir. It was good and painful, I suppose just like life. 

So, what about you? Found any money lately?

Facts About This Found Money

Denomination:  65 pennies, 11 nickels, 16 dimes, 8 quarters, and 3 foreign coins (1 Bahamas and 2 Mexican coins) 

Year:  too many to mess with

U.S. Mint:  same

Condition:  shiny to tarnished

Total Found Money in 2022 to Date:  $25.69

Found a Mess of Dollar Bills!

I know it's been awhile since I last posted (2 months to the day), and that's normal for me. So no biggie. Right? 

My one big find in these past 2 months was one day when I was walking into a store. I was in the parking lot, almost to the doors of the store. On the pavement, I noticed a white envelope, like you get from a bank or credit when you withdraw cash. So... I scooped it up. 

I was actually excited thinking it might be full of big bills, and lots of them! And my mind next went to:  "Well, I'm sorry if someone lost this if it has lots of cash inside. What would I do then?"

I looked inside, and it had six bills inside, which isn't bad. But they were all dollar bills. So, that's okay. I wasn't worried about someone losing that amount of money and immediately thought, "Okay, I can keep this money without much worry about who lost it."

I mean, sure, if someone really needed it, that would be sad, but it's not as sad as if they lost $120 (if the 6 bills had all been twenties and not ones). 

Anyway, I got over all that right quick and felt lucky! 

In addition to the $6 I found, I found quite a bit of change:  $3.80 worth! That makes $9.80 I found in 2 months. And that's a lot to me in that amount of time. 

Oh, and I found a Mexican coin. Yay! Love finding foreign coins. 

I'm gearing up to make some found object robots and will be using a rotary tool to help me out. We'll see how it goes. 

So, what about you? Found any money lately?

Facts About This Found Money

Denomination:  55 pennies, 7 nickels, 14 dimes, 6 quarters, 6 dollar bills, and 1 foreign coin (1 Mexican coin ) 

Year:  too many to mess with

U.S. Mint:  same

Condition:  shiny to tarnished

Total Found Money in 2022 to Date:  $20.89

Found a Dollar Bill and a Whole Lotta Change

So, it's been forever and a day since I last posted here. I've been finding money; that's not the problem. I'm just busy, I guess (finding money! and doing other stuff).

Since I last posted I've found US money and some foreign coins and some tokens! Yay! In total I found $5.38 since I last posted. See the breakdown of what I found below.

My little ceramic bowl shown over there was full to the brim, so I knew it was time to post.

Oh! I recently got some of these wonderful shoes. Since I have bunions, many many shoes don't fit right. They pinch and press against my bunions. These don't! They're wonderful!!!

So, what about you? Found any money lately?

Facts About This Found Money

Denomination:  93 pennies, 4 nickels, 15 dimes, 7 quarters, 1 dollar bill, and 3 foreign coins (2 Mexican coins and 1 Canadian penny) and 3 tokens

Year:  too many to mess with

U.S. Mint:  same

Condition:  shiny to tarnished

Total Found Money in 2022 to Date:  $11.09

2022 Found Money... Late to the game. Oh well!

Well, I've been meaning to post about my found money for 2022 but obviously other stuff caught my attention. How's your new year going? Mine is good. Keeping busy, staying out of trouble. I went to the bead show in Tucson and met up with some friends I hadn't seen in years. Fun times. 

And I went to the Tucson Festival of Books. I heard a panel speak about the state of our world, basically. The panel was called Crisis of Trust, and it reminded me of how grateful I am that President Biden is in office. 

The authors who spoke were Alexander Vindman, Tom Nichols, and Dave Pell. Excellent, excellent, excellent. 

Other than that, same old, same old pretty much.

Anyway, I'm going to tell you about my found money now. Here goes.

This year so far I've found $5.71. Not too bad for finding the random penny, nickel, etc., here and there. 

The largest coin I've found is a quarter (well, 9 of them) but no bills yet this year. I am ever hopeful though!

I just walked to the grocery store and found 2 foreign coins just sitting there on the shelf of the coin machine. I guess the machine spit them out and the person didn't want them. Well, I do! And then while I walked through the parking lot and then a drive-through, I found 78 cents total ! 

Oh, see the picture? I also found that pink button and brown bead somewhere along the line. 

How about you? Have you found any money lately?

Facts About This Found Money

Denomination:  86 pennies, 8 nickels, 22 dimes, 9 quarters, and 3 foreign coins (2 Mexican coins and 1 British 20 pence piece)

Year:  too many to mess with

U.S. Mint:  same

Condition:  shiny to tarnished

Total Found Money in 2022 to Date:  $5.71

End of 2021 Found Money Report

So, I thought about posting my end of 2021 found money report on December 31 then I promptly forgot.

Then I thought about it yesterday, the first day of 2022. Then I also forgot. 

So, here I sit waiting for it to be 7 pm so I can watch two new PBS shows. Yeah, I live an exciting life! But to me it is exciting, and that's all that matters. Right?

Since I have a few minutes to kill (31 minutes to be precise) I have plenty of time to write this and tally up the coins I've found since the end of November. And bills, I should add! Not just coins. Yay!

Here goes:  The exciting part of this found money is that I didn't really find any bills, but I did find a scratch ticket on the floor of a store. You had to match up an animal and the already scratched ticket had two of the animals with $1 next to them, so I was pretty sure I was going to win two smackers. I took the ticket to the store and yep, it was a winner! A two-dollar winner. The clerk asked it I wanted tickets or money. I took the cash-ola and added the two one-dollar bills to my little found money pot. Why not? I found the ticket and it got me two dollars. 

And of course I found coins:  $4.24 worth! So with the $2 plus the coins, I found $6.24. 

That added to my found money total so far brings the year end found money to a grand total of $57.52. Not bad. Not my best  year for finding money but not bad.

I've been kicking around the idea of getting a new TV. My old one still works (mostly) but I have an old (very old) Roku box I use and it doesn't support some apps and the power button on my remote no longer works so, there's that. Hmmm. Should I do it? I might. I'm working up to it. 

How about you? Have you found any money lately?

Facts About This Found Money

Denomination:  34 pennies, 6 nickels, 21 dimes, 6 quarters, and 2 dollar bills

Year:  too many to mess with

U.S. Mint:  same

Condition:  shiny to tarnished

Total Found Money in 2021 to Date:  $57.52