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December 21st, 2005 at 09:42 pm

Dd is still sick...up through the night. I'm glad that I didn't have to work today.

Took ds11 to do his banking and Christmas shopping today. We came home, had lunch, and went to the library. I took out some books on home businesses...hoping somewhere I'll get an idea on how to turn $20 into $5000!

I read somewhere on here about someone applying for a rebate that they wouldn't have done if they didn't use this site...it got me thinking. When I was born we lived in the U.S. and my grandparents gave me a Savings Bond, which at maturity would be worth $100. Well, I've had it for 39 years, went online last night, and found out that it's now worth just under $500 and was only interest bearing for 30 years, so for the last 9 it's been doing nada! It was just something that I had and never really thought about, but $500 isn't just crackerjack money. All I need to do now is figure out how to cash it in, and that will probably be the first entry in my challenge...I think this is on the up and up because I did post somewhere that I would be counting all money that came my way that wasn't given for a gift, or from our regular jobs. Oh, wait, it was given for a gift. Not this year, though. I'm counting it unless someone tells me I'm cheating!

5 Responses to “Library Day”

  1. Anonymous Says:
    1135205644

    After 30 years, sounds like "found money" to me. Count it!

  2. Anonymous Says:
    1135228584

    Yeah, totally count it. FYI - you should be able to redeem the bond in any good bank. The question really is - do you want to buy another bond with the proceeds?

  3. Anonymous Says:
    1135230207

    Thanks flash and baselle...

    The difficulty with the bond is that I've lived in Canada for 34 years, and have to figure out how to collect the money from a U.S. bank when I have no accounts in the states.

  4. Anonymous Says:
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    Actually, you can't redeem the bond at just any bank if you aren't in the U.S. I'll send you a PM, robex. Definitely count it toward your goal!

  5. Anonymous Says:
    1135282567

    Thanks, Kashi! My dad's name is also on the bond, and he travels to the States a fair bit, so he said he'll try to cash it for me...I also don't have a U.S. social security number and it's needed to cash in the bond.

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