We have been busy, both with 100 Million Cents and otherwise. Ian's mom came to visit for two weeks and watched our son, Nehemiah, while we vacationed in the Bahamas. It was the first time we ever had a night (or 4) away from the little guy, but it was fantastic! The picture above is where we stayed. 

However, we should have been updating this blog more frequently before then but failed to do so. A lot has happened since the last update a month ago. 

We have finally parted way with some of our CENTS. Above are the supplies for chalkboards we are creating. It involved us buying the frames, mounting boards, sand paper, and chalkboard paint. Total cost for all that with tax was $18.29. Our goal is to get our money back with those two chalkboards so we can turn around and use the remaining supplies to make our profit. We already found an old mirror our neighbors were throwing away so we decided to pick that up. The frame will be used for another chalkboard, once we spend $2 on some wood for the backing. 

With our money down to $6.76 we were nervous. What if we can't make our money back on these items? Karina did find one CENT around the same time, reminding us that we can always scrounge for whatever we can't makeup in sales, right? We will find out the results of that soon enough. 

Current total: $6.76

"See that?", Karina exclaimed, "It's money!" 

"Yes, but is it American?", thought Ian. 

This 10 CENTS was sitting on the edge of a pedestrian bridge spanning over shark infested waters in Nassau, Bahamas at the Atlantis Resort. It was about 4 feet below making us ponder how we were going to get it. Ian MacGyvered something with chewing gum, his tripod, and determination. Actually, it was not as impressive as it was tedious. 

While lowering the one tripod leg with freshly chewed gum at the bottom, Ian tried to grab the dime by smashing it's face with the gum. The problem is that freshly chewed gum is not all that sticky, instead it is wet and slippery. It took several tries to get the green dime to stick so Ian could carefully pull it back up. We risked the bond between tripod leg, gum, and dime failing at any point, causing the dime to fall off, bouncing into the water below. It almost happened with a 25 cent Bahamian coin we found just a few seconds earlier. Lucky the bond was solid and the 10 CENTS now resides with us. 

Current total: $6.86

In the last post, we talked about some items that the neighbor was throwing away across the street: a chair, two trellises, and two 22' lighted strands of garland. We were able to sell the chair for $25 and the trellises for $10! Cool! So add that $35 to our current total of $6.87 and we're at a total of $41.87! 


Just a side note: People in our neighborhood throw away a lot of decent things that others find value in. So far we have made over $50 selling the few things we found others throwing away.


Step 13 is now complete! On to step 14! The best part of all of this is that we already have a plan and items to sell to complete step 14 and step 15. All of  that should happen really soon.

Current total: $41.87

This toy sold of $5. We found it being thrown out by the neighbors across the street (the same neighbors that threw away the grill). 

The first penny below is from a work errand the other day. We found the other four pennies on our trip to Louisiana. It was the first time either of us have been to that state. 

This brings our total CENTS up to $25.05. $14.95 left before step 13 is done.