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January 4th, 2009 at 03:30 am

Well, it is a Happy New Year so far!

We've been doing MonkeyMama's idea(from a news story) of walking a MINIMUM of 15 minutes every day. The first day, I found nothing but this beautiful picture. It was a beautiful, sunny but cold day. Crisp, I would say. We walked for an hour.



Yesterday, January 2, we walked for about 20 minutes and found an aluminum can. Yep, I'd pick up a nickel on the sidewalk, so I took it home. I plan to take the cans and bottles for redemption on Monday. I've got a big pile of 'em!

Today, my husband and I each found a beer can. Mine was a Coors Light, and his was a Keystone. The Keystone can had a funny joke about going to a wedding and hitting on a bridesmaid, then discovering it was your cousin. We happily picked up the cans... although it might have looked like we'd taken a beer with us on our walk!

I already sold a book on half.com. I like how they just deposit your profits twice a month. And even better, it was a book I didn't like!

I went to Office Max this morning and got an expanding file thingy to get some paperwork organized. I have good "permanent" filing in a file cabinet, just needed something for the more "temporary" bits that come and go. I saved a couple of dollars, since the item was on sale. I'm putting that in my new $20 Challenge.

Beginning balance of challege: $6.00 (that's what was left in one of my little savings accounts after I transferred everything else) + $13.50 in rolled coins from the coin jar + $2.00 savings today at Office Max = $21.50

I'm going to set my goal at $2000 for this challenge. I have other money going elsewhere, but if I could just earn $2000 "extra" by the end of the year, that would be delightful!

I have a long list for tomorrow since it's my last day before going back to work!

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5 Responses to “Walking and Half.com”

  1. disneysteve Says:
    January 4th, 2009 at 03:58 am 1231041485
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    Congrats on the Half.com sale. I love how simple it is. I do ebay, too, but that is a lot of work compared to Half.com. Listing is a snap and they handle all the payment details.

    I'm mad at them for one thing, though. I have a book I want to sell but they don't have it in their catalog. I sent in a request to add it weeks ago and they still haven't done so. I think it would sell in a snap as it is something kind of unusual but I can't list it until they add it to their system.

  2. lizajane Says:
    January 4th, 2009 at 05:40 am 1231047651
    1231047651

    What a great picture! I'd love to see that on my walk. I pick up cans sometimes too. My 85 year old mother does when she walks too, and she always laughs about what the neighbors must think about her with the beer can(s) in her hand. I think sometimes she crushes them and puts them in her jacket pocket so it doesn't look so weird.

    I thought of monkeymama's news story link this morning also. I only walked for maybe 10 minutes, but I found a screwdriver in the road. I think it's one of ours that fell out of a pickup at some point! LOL

  3. Koppur Says:
    January 4th, 2009 at 04:07 pm 1231085253
    1231085253

    I love half.com, too! Beautiful picture!

  4. homebody Says:
    January 4th, 2009 at 07:07 pm 1231096039
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    Lovely picture. I finally got DH to walk the dogs with me when he realized the dog park has a ton of ducks, wild geese, etc that come to the water treatment pond.

  5. fern Says:
    January 4th, 2009 at 08:36 pm 1231101418
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    I like to look for cans whenever i walk, though for some reason i don't like people seeing me pick them up. This time of year it's hard to do with all the snow on the ground. But sometimes when i plan a long (1 hr +) walk, i'll bring one of my canvas tote bags with me and really load up. Hey, it's the equivalent of using coupons.

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