Sometimes vacuuming pays!

14 years ago

Literally! I was just vacuuming out the girls' bathroom, and noticed a bunch of dust/junk down the vent. Took the cover off and found some money (coins)- bonus! Not enough for the bathroom reno that I'd like to do, of course....hahaha!

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holleygarden Zone 8, East Texas
14 years ago
I used to thow pennies in my kid's rooms when I wanted them to clean up. I told them whatever money they found they could have. They loved it!

Now, do you think someone put some coins in the vent so you would clean it out? hahaha
neetsiepie
14 years ago
Good for you. I swear our house grows pennies. No matter what room I clean, I always find at least one penny. In the bathroom? Yep. Living room. Yep. Kitchen? Yep. Garage? Yep.

Too bad I wasn't finding silver dollars instead.
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chloe_s_mom
Original Author
14 years ago
Oooh, good idea wrt the kids' rooms. Now what do I do about getting them to eat their dinner (pennies in the food would probably be a bad idea)?

I was thrilled that it was a $1 coin. Almost enough for a coffee! Granted, it probably came from my own purse (DD1 likes to root around in there).....
hhireno
14 years ago
I was thrilled that it was a $1 coin. Almost enough for a coffee! Granted, it probably came from my own purse
tee, hee...that made me laugh!

Now what do I do about getting them to eat their dinner
hiding cupcakes under their veggies might work...

My mom used to say if she wanted to hide something from us all she had to do was put it under a dish towel because none of us ever picked one of those up.
chloe_s_mom
Original Author
14 years ago
Hahaha! Hhireno, I like your mum's comment. Reminds me of the time, many years ago, that my mum left what turned out to be a very obvious blob of toothpaste on the countertop, to see if anyone (other than her) would wipe it up.....nope, we didn't even see it (maybe it was hiding under a tea towel)

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