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Blog Entry 18 of 24 shades of gray.
Do you ever wonder… Why sheep don’t shrink when it rains? I honestly do. Here you’ll find no rhyme (unless I’m feeling poetic), reason (unless I have one) or consistency (unless I accidentally post the same thing twice) in my cyber contributions. I’ve long ago accepted defeat to my arch-nemesis Punctuality, so expecting postings on a structured basis is discouraged. I do, however, invite you to check in periodically as I write about things that pique my interest while prowling the city. As a photographer, I embrace that nothing is ever just black and white and this blog may also be frequently used as an outlet for pictorial expression. If you have a thought or two of your own bouncing around the old noggin, I recommend starting up your own blog and giving everyone the no-holds-barred account of life in your corner.

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Let the cash flow like lemonade

Article Contributed on: 3/17/2009 5:16:24 PM

Recession, economic stimulus, concessions, unemployment ... these are words we're all too familiar with these days.

Like a lot of folks, I've had to make adjustments to my spending and budgeting recently. I'm moving into a cheaper apartment, I'm buying more Ramen noodles than I did in college and I'm increasing my walk-to-work time to 45 minutes after I move, but it beats paying for the bus.

Thinking about all the money I've wasted over the years has been haunting me. I mean, I used to do pretty darn good business as a kid on the corner with a Playskool picnic table and pitcher of lemonade. How could I have blown that entire $2.37 on Big League Chew and Ring Pops? Hadn't I ever heard of a CD, a savings account or investing?

Come to think of investing, I believe my parents bought each of my sisters and I one share of Disney stock when we were kids. We use to check the paper to see how we were doing in the market. I wonder what ever happened to that share? Maybe I could cash it in for a couple greenbacks.

Hold on, let me call my mom.

Dang, she said she doesn't remember that and I have some mail at the house. Apparently my memory is faulty, or maybe that was actually a school project - or she's holding out on me ...

Hmmm, I wonder if I could pull one over on the Tooth Fairy? I'm pretty sure I have a box full of baby teeth hiding in my parents' house somewhere. I always wrote a note asking her to leave the tooth for my collection. Although I now think that's pretty gross and creepy, maybe I could double-dip. With inflation figured in, teeth have to be going for at least a quarter these days, right?

Perhaps, that's the answer. I've been considering complex ideas of how to make some extra cash, but maybe all I need to do is go back to the basics.

Then again, it is spring tomorrow. I feel like even if I crammed my five feet six inches into a child's picnic table, the competition would be stiff. If your kids are out in full lemonade force, you need to do two things.

First, snap a photo and write up a little something about how adorable and business savvy they are and submit it to YourHub.com.

Second, can you ask them to give me a discount?

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