Bonsai!

Today we found 60 cents in change and 93 bottles and cans.

Sox Update – It was a real nail-biter today at Fenway today. Daisuke Matsuzaka matched up against Matt Cain in what turned out to be your old-fashioned pitchers duel. Cain only made one mistake, but that was to Manny Ramirez, and he took him deep over the monster to provide the games’ only run. Meanwhile, Matsuzaka nursed that one run lead through seven, turning it over to Hideki Okajima, and finally to Jonathan Papelbon in the ninth to preserve the victory. From a personal standpoint, I was never comfortable with the one run lead, and I felt we were lucky to slip by with the “W”. Message to the Red Sox batters: Get those bats going!

Money Report – Michele opened up the scoring with a total of 6 cents that she found during her morning walk. The first 2 pennies were found on Barbara, followed by 2 cents on Pleasant. She also picked up a penny in the Subway parking lot and 1 penny in the high school parking lot.

In the afternoon we headed to Portland to watch the Mustangs win the girls Class A State Title in Lacrosse. The ladies were down early 2-0 but came back to trail 4-3 in the first half. In the second half though, Massabesic was clearly the stronger team and wore down Brunswick and its dragons, going on to victory 9-7. We headed back to the high school to help them celebrate and while waiting, Michele and I took a walk around the grounds, coming up with 15 cents (2 nickels and 5 pennies).

The remaining 39 cents was found during the evening walk. At the car wash, we found 6 cents (all pennies), plus a nice kid’s baseball glove and a fully working handheld flashlight (see picture). We also picked up several New Hampshire tokens there as well. Next, heading up Main Street, we snagged a single penny. At Sweet Creations we found dime, followed by 20 cents at the skateboard park (2 nickels and 1 dime), a penny at the 7-11, and a penny in front of the Black Bear Café.

Good Night and Good Hunting~

Money Totals for 2007 – 108.83
Money Totals since Jan. 2005 – 491.82

Bottle and Can totals for 2007 – 5,625 – 281.25
Bottle and Can totals since Jan. 2005 – 32,822 – 1,641.10