the money jar...

...or, for this year -- the money can!

There is an old superstition that whatever comes into your home first on New Year's Day will be what comes into your home throughout the year. So, every year on New Year's eve, we put a container filled with money outside. As soon as we wake up on New Year's Day, the container is brought into the house (before anything else). As you can see, this can only has small change and a single $1 bill. Hmmm... maybe that's why I'm not seeing the big bucks! I'll mention to Rick that he should stick a few larger bills in there next time. :-)