My own personal lotto winnings.

The following is one of the reasons I named my blog the name it has....

Long story, long....
Many moons ago when I was in junior high I received a huge ass dictionary for Christmas. I am talking HUGE! I guess my mom thought I would need a huge ass dictionary when I got to high school, or something like that. It was the only time I have ever asked for a receipt so that i could return something, but she wouldn't give it to me. Anyhoo, moving on with the story.... I am a saver not a spender. I have a habit of putting cash up in weird places throughout my house. I've done this since I was 12. I stock pile cash for Christmas or vacation or new tires etc. Well once in awhile I forget where I put the money or I forget about it all together. This time I hit the jackpot!

Dancer and daughter were playing Scrabble the other day. They asked how to spell a word. Guess what I told them. I have this really huge (I left ass out on account of the daughter) dictionary. Lemme go get it for you. A few minutes later the daughter says "we just found $5 in your dictionary". I told them it didn't surprise me since I have that habit. We all laughed about it and went on our merry way. The next day Lil'babs saw the huge dictionary on the table while I was cooking dinner. She said "mom, what's this?" I told her that it was a huge dictionary and proceeded to explain what it is used for. I told her feel free to look through it. When she was flipping through the pages she found some money. "Look mom, there is money in here!" So, I am thinking another $5 or 10, right?! We flipped through the pages and even held the book upside down and shook it. I ended up with $345!!!! Yee Haw!!! I have no idea when I put the money in there or that I even put that much up and forgot about it! I am so jazzed because I haven't worked in over 5 years and I start student teaching in the fall, so I now have clothes shopping money!! Maybe I'll even go buy a lotto ticket.

On another note...
I head out to San Diego tomorrow with Dancer. I can't wait to get away from this heat of 100+ temps and go have fun in the sun at around 75 degrees instead. Dancer is sick today, even running a fever. He went to the doc for some drugs. Sure hope he feels better tomorrow. Will post again when I get back!