Two Aces....

Today we found 1.28 in change and 97 bottles and cans.

Sox Talk – This one had all the hype a baseball fan could ask for as 9-1 Jake Peavy went up against 10-1 Josh Beckett. Things went according to plan early as both pitchers shut down their opponent through the first two innings. In the third however, the sox continued to make Peavy work with long at bats from several of the Red Sox players, and it finally paid off as they broke through for 3 runs, the last coming on a bloop single by Mike Lowell that scored David Oritz.

The Padres did strike back in the fifth where they pieced together a leadoff walk, a single by Geoff Blum and a pinch-hit double by Terrmel Sledge. Beckett regained his composure though, and put a stop to any further scoring, shutting down the Fathers with eight strong innings. Jonathan Papelbon was then summoned from the bullpen and pitched a scoreless ninth to give the sox the series victory and fourth win in six games on the current 9-game road swing. Boston now heads north for a three game series against the Mariners.
Money Update – Michele was the first to break the ice with a total of 6 cents she found on her morning walk. First she found a penny on Mill Street, and then she found a nickel in the parking lot just across from the library on Main Street.

A little later we decided to go out for breakfast so we headed to the Sunnyside Restaurant for some grub. As we headed out I spotted a dime on the floor and scooped it up. We also needed to stop by Mardens, and while there picked up a penny near the checkout isle.

In the afternoon we hit the roads on our mountain bikes. We expanded the search from our normal areas and we’re handsomely reward coming up with 94 cents (1 quarter, 5 dimes, 2 nickels and 9 pennies). The coins were found in a variety of areas and for the sake of time and space I’ll omit them here.

The final 17 cents came via the evening walk. First, we found a foreign coin, a 2 ngwee from Zambia. It’s the first one I’ve ever seen and an interesting find for sure. We also snagged a dime in the rite aid parking lot. At the car wash we picked up 5 pennies near the vacuum areas, followed by a penny in the 7-11 parking lot and 1 penny on Main.

Over and Out!

Money Totals for 2007 – 114.45
Money Totals since Jan. 2005 – 497.44

Bottle and Can totals for 2007 – 6,312 – 315.60
Bottle and Can totals since Jan. 2005 – 33,509 – 1,675.45