Last weekend, Aaron, his brother and their friend went on a backpacking trip in the Sierras to Cattle Creek. No people, no phones, no distractions, no stress. He thought this would be a worthy cause to bust open the bank.
For years Aaron has had the habit of saving his change and putting it in a glass water jug at the end of the day.
The change will accumulate for years and when the jug looks full enough, he’ll find a worthy cause and put the money toward that (usually something fun!).
Somehow, it seems I’m the one that gets stuck with the task of rolling all of the coins. Luckily this time we had an automatic change counter. In the years before, I got to do everything by using just my brain power and sorting skills.
Ev went down for a nap and I got to work rolling. I got quite a pile going by the time Ev woke up. I decided it might be fun to have him help me put the coins in the counter. This was a mistake.
He was more interested in throwing the coins, trying to eat them, and putting them in Aaron’s hiking boot.
After the coins got boring, he went on systematically emptying out every drawer in our bedroom. By the time I got to a good stopping point, our room had been ransacked and I had to wait until he went to bed to put our room back together.By the time Aaron got home from work, I had rolled enough for him to go on his trip. The guys had a great time backpacking. I have to admit, I was dying that I couldn’t go. We backpacked there years ago, and that has to be my all time favorite trip we ever took. I told him to take lots of photos for me, and I’ll just dream about hiking in the mountains. Sigh…
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That's a lot of coins! I found out that the Coin Star machines will not charge you a fee if you take your money in the form of a gift card. Last time we had change, we took it to the Coin Star Machine in Stater Bros and got an Amazon gift card. We used it to buy our double stroller. :)
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