Liftoff - Moment when the rocket leaves launch pad....

Today we found 55 cents in change and 160 bottles and cans.

Sox Talk – Well we finally lost a series, and to Yankees of all teams. Curt Schilling was definitely off his game, but Andy Pettitte wasn’t on his either. Both pitchers struggled. The only difference was that the Yanks made some real nice plays on defense. Now, after a day off, we head to Texas where the rotation returns to normal with Beckett coming off the dl. All is well in our Red Sox world.

Other baseball news – The rocket, Roger Clemens made his second minor league start, this time against AA opponent, the Portland Seadogs. He went up against Clay Buccholz who scouts say out-pitched Clemens. He gave up 2 runs on 7 hits without issuing a walk and striking out 8. Clemens was far from perfect, and had base runners in scoring position in every inning. He gave up 3 runs on 6 hits, 4 walks and hit a batter. I love Roger’s comment on his performance “It was one step in the right direction” Huh? I’d say that’s not what the Yankees were hoping for.

Money Report – Our currency finds were pretty spread out during the day. First, I went for a ride on the mountain bike after my run and came up with 11 cents for my efforts (1 dime and 1 penny). The dime was found in the rite aid parking lot while the penny was recovered on Grove. On the evening walk found another 44 cents (2 dimes, 2 nickels, and 14 pennies). At the car wash we found at total of 28 cents that was scattered about near the vacuum areas. Next, we found a nickel near the courthouse, and finally, on Main Street, we found a dime to round out the total.

Over and Out~

Money Totals for 2007 – 92.00
Money Totals since Jan. 2005 – 474.99

Bottle and Can totals for 2007 – 3,746 – 187.30
Bottle and Can totals since Jan. 2005 – 30,943 – 1,547.15