{"id":7602,"date":"2011-12-06T06:01:05","date_gmt":"2011-12-06T14:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/?p=7602"},"modified":"2011-12-06T06:01:05","modified_gmt":"2011-12-06T14:01:05","slug":"finding-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/7602","title":{"rendered":"Finding Money"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tGratitude can grab you in the simplest, silliest, and most unexpected places. Take, for instance, the recesses of a pocket, or deep down in a crevice between couch cushions, (that’s where those keys<\/a> are!) Or, maybe, gratitude will get ya when you’re …<\/p>\n

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…\u00a0rifling around under the seat of your car.<\/p>\n

Ka-ching!<\/em><\/p>\n

I’m pretty sure it’s universal\u2014that\u00a0rush\u00a0when you find money you’d forgotten (or never knew you had). I get a kick out of a quarter,\u00a0but the other day I happened upon a windfall: a twenty-dollar bill. Right there …<\/p>\n

Where?<\/p>\n

Under the seat of my car.<\/p>\n

I’ll never know how it got there. (I was looking for\u00a0the ice scraper I used last winter\u00a0when …)<\/p>\n

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I don’t toss around twenties (or quarters, for that matter). Weird.\u00a0My giving-minded side immediately started running down the list of charities\u00a0that could use 20 bucks. But, no. It felt like such an out-of-the-blue windfall that I gave in\u00a0to something like\u00a0 … this was meant to be …\u00a0for me.<\/p>\n

By the time I hatched a plan, I\u00a0was determined to use it (and then some) to take the Reverend husby\u00a0out to dinner.\u00a0It’s\u00a0something we rarely do, as in, twice a year at best and besides, Carol had been raving about a new restaurant in town.<\/p>\n

Have you unearthed your heaviest winter fur\u00a0coats from storage yet? Check the pockets. Packed-away pockets are some of the best places to find money. But don’t forget to check under your car seats. You might find a two-hour, 4-course fancy dinner under there.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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