Day #301 - Back to Basics

It’s a good thing yesterday was so wonderful. That helps to average out days like today. We met with a second house designer for a few hours this morning. He has designed a number of homes in Alta Loma and “been there, done that”. His bottom line was: Expect to pay $175-$300/sf of house and if we began today, we could be breaking ground in a year from now. L

You should have seen Doc’s face. He was planning to build for $125/sf and be underway in 4-5 months. Doc was bummed, so he went for a drive, a flu shot and to get my truck smog checked -- it failed. Not one of our better days.

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This morning we stopped at Starbucks then mom’s house to water plants. No coins at either stop. Had ten minutes before meeting the architect, so pulled into a Circle K. There was a dime way under the soda dispenser (one-knee retrieval), then a penny as we left the store and another penny in the parking stall when Doc got back to the van. Three Finds in five minutes. Not bad. (Coins #1-3)

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We met with the architect and left there fairly discouraged. Doc headed for McDonalds where he got coffee and burgers, while I collected a dime at the first window and a penny at the pick up window (Coins #4&5).

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Doc took me to work, but he needed to mull things over, so he went for a drive. He went for a flu shot, then took my truck in for a smog check. It failed, but he saw a glimmer (of hope?) from about 25 ft. It was a dime! Then he found a penny inside the store under the candy bar rack. (Coins #6&7)

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Just before closing at work tonight, I ran across campus to submit a job for printing. On the way back to the office I was talking to the Penny Angels, “Things are looking a little bleak today, got anything to say about this?” Within 1-2 minutes I found a dime under a picnic table. Then a few moments later a penny, then another penny around the “concrete pancake stage” area. (Coins #8-10)

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For me, animals are always a good omen. When we arrived home tonight, there was a strangely colored cat on our front door step. She was going to flee, but I spoke gently to her. We spent a few quiet moments together just stroking and enjoying.

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Today’s Lesson goes Back to the Basic / Default Principle:

Penny Find = In God We Trust

Today’s Total: 10 coins P (6), N (0), D (4), Q (0) = $0.46