Friday, August 31, 2012

Change....Five Minute Friday


Five Minute Friday: CHANGE

Dear Life,

My new Friday goal....POST FMF on Friday.  Two for two...not so bad!    Here are the rules....

We write for five minutes flat. All on the same prompt that I post here at 1 minute past midnight EST ever Friday. And we connect on Twitter with the hashtag#FiveMinuteFriday
No extreme editing; no worrying about perfect grammar, font, or punctuation.
Unscripted. Unedited. Real.
TOPIC: CHANGE
GO:
When I thought about change I thought about money.  Quarters, nickels, dimes and pennies.  Change.  Individually, they aren't worth a lot of money.  My kids like to collect them.  My husband hates them.  I don't like change....but when it's a tight week....and I would like a diet Coke....the first thing I do is look for my change.  One of my children likes to search the couches, drawers, pockets, washing machine, car, etc for change.  And then all of a sudden he is the rich one.  It's hilarious.  This week, my husband gave me a huge envelope...full of change. ALL pennies.  And you know how much it turned out to be?  17 dollars.  That is seventeen hundred pennies people.  That is a LOT of change.  So what is the lesson here?  It's not a very mindblowing one....it's just this....watch your change....add it up....it could mean dinner...it could mean movies....it could mean a diet Coke in a fabulous Sonic Cup.  

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Silly....I know.  :)  Can't always be serious!


Five Minute Friday

10 comments :

  1. I LOVE CHANGE! We have a hollowed out basketball that we put our change in. A long time ago, I had a sign that said 1,000,000,000.00 on it. Yes, that would have been 1 million dollars in pennies. It made me appreciate the penny and it's amazing value . We are not close to the million dollars yet, but I have to say that we collected pennies for so long, they came in handy for an emergency. The bank teller could not believe how many pennies I brought in to change to bills. I can't remember how much it was because it was a long time ago, but let's just say that it helped us in a time of need. Enjoy your change! xoxo

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    1. LOVE this Ang.....it's so funny...I wrote about silliness but so many people like it! :)

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  2. Thanks for the chuckle! So true - my change adds up at the nearest Coinstar for Amazon gift cards!

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    1. Awesome! I love change now....I'm converted. :)

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    2. PS Is your blog new? I love your writing style!

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  3. This is funny because when I saw the word change I was thinking of things changing, not coins. lol. Shows how serious I take things all the time, so annoying! :) I love your view on change, I shall look at my coins differently now because of this post. lol

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    1. Salena, thank you! It's funny that the first thing that came to my mind was money....and I laughed out loud. I thought it would be so ridiculous to write about...but I'm usually so silly I thought why not? And I guess everyone has change issues.....so :) Hope all is well with your family!

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  4. what a fun post! We have a jar we stash all the change we find. You are right----it does add up!

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    1. Thank you Jenny....and to think...my husband used to throw pennies away!

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