Pennies add up!

One of Coin Jars

We used Coinstar the other day to cash in some coins.  I felt a little bit gangster hauling in my coins.

I was astounded by our change amount.  Yes you are reading that right - $126.71.  Did you know if you select a e-certificate/gift card they don't charge you the 10.9% to count your coins at Coinstar?  I thought that was cool.  We turned ours into a Home Depot certificate to help in our purchase of a new barbeque grill.  Our old grill died a horrible death.  So we are the proud new owners of a barbeque grill. We used it grill some hot dogs for Father's Day.

***This post is totally my own opinions.  I received nothing in return from Coinstar which is a shame. 

School is Almost Out/Father's Day Edition Linky Love

Our long school year FINALLY ends next week.  Happy Father's Day too. Here is some linky love.

High School Field Trip to Pawn Shops

33 Parents Whose Sense of Humor I Admire - These are really priceless - You got to click on the link.

Your Life Isn't Making You Happy - this writer is a full time RVer but there a lot of food for thought here for the rest of us.

5 minutes in a Mom's Head - This is totally it!  Someone finally put into words what is on my mind.

The Real Reason Why Children Fidget - So much truth in this and perhaps some food for thought.

Summer Sanity Savers - Enough said if you are a stay at home parent

Mystery House aka Clock Tower Update

I have been following the saga of our local quirky house.  This weekend the owner painted the stars and stripes on what he calls the  clock tower.

I guess he thinks cloaking the tower in the stars and stripes will save him from the city sanctions.  Here is the link to my previous post. I don't know if the stars and stripes improved his overall look or not.  Pretty impressive that he got it completed in a weekend and that is definitely more than I can say for the rest of the project.

GET OUTSIDE!

CONSIDER THIS A PSA (PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT)

Hey get outside!  You don't need screens.  Enjoy Nature!  Explore!

Celebrating a Year

Photo by KGR

Photo by LDSMACS

Our cache is a year old TODAY!  It has been an amazing and humbling experience.  We placed our cache in Peace Arch State Park as part of Celebration of a 100 years of Washington State Parks. It was the first cache we had ever placed.

 A hundred caches were placed in a 100 Washington State Parks.  There are actually more than 100 state parks.  We had a chance to visit 50 state parks and complete the 50 state park challenge.

Me behind Giant Rhubarb Leaf

So here are some stats

Cache Found: 368 times
Favorite Points: 40
placed 6/7/13
1st find 6/8/13

Details about the Washington State GeoTour
Our first post about placing it.

We read ever single finder note.  We laughed at some of the responses Like Holy Rhubarb Batman and we loved when cachers noted they waved to the guys in green.  We say it again, "Cachers are the best people."  We look forward to having our cache found again and again.

Uninvited House Guest

On Monday, my parents had an uninvited house guest in their yard - A black bear.  My Dad was even quoted in the local paper. The bear came in their yard and ate the bird seed and drank the hummingbird food.

Ferndale Mystery Mansion aka THE CLOCK TOWER

What it looked like in 2011
It now has scaffolding etc

I wrote about this infamous landmark in our town back in 2011(post here).  It is once again in the news. They are being fined and their building permit revoked.

The couple who are building this landmark have even been featured in the Re-Store Newsletter for their remarkable use of salvaged, recycled, and reclaimed materials. They even have a YouTube video.

As you well imagine, this place has become quite polarizing.  Either you believe they are building their dream home or you see it as eyesore.  I personally think that if it was complete the building would be less of an eyesore.  I think people would see it as the quirky house.I don't think revoking their permit is going to improve the outside of the building anytime soon.