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So, I bought my final lottery ticket. I did not win. My total winnings for this entire project come to $12.00. This final blog is the seven things I have learned. I know ten is the traditional list-making number. But seven symbolizes completion and I have now completed this project. Here are the seven things,…

Endings and Beginnings. Almost finished with this supposedly 52-week project! I get so impatient as I get near the end of projects. I always start them with such enthusiasm. But by the end I want them finished, gone, out of my life. I am impatient to finish the Lotteryist blog. But I will miss it…

“Hey, somebody has to win. It might as well be you.” The clerk laughed in reply to my greeting. “I’m giving you one more chance to sell me the winning ticket!” We chatted about would put me in the “winners’ circle”. Would it be fate? Would it be the swirling winds of the universe? Would…

How big would a lump sum BIG WIN have to be to change my life? $100.00? No. I recently received a hundred-dollar honorarium. I put the money in my rosebush fund and nothing has changed. $1000.00? No. I actually made that much money at a book signing. I must admit it made me happy and…

Another new clerk. This one is very young with a beautiful smile. She looked so friendly I could not resist teasing her. “Raise your right hand.” I said. She blinked, surprised and startled, but did what I ask. “Repeat after me.” Again, surprised and mystified, she nodded. “I promise…” “I promise.” She repeated. “To sell…

There are six parking places in front of my PLC. Today all six were filled with black cars. If it had been six white vehicles I would not have been surprised. White is the Color For Cars this year. I see white cars, van and pickup trucks everywhere. Just like the old song – Here…

Once again a clerk called out “Good luck!” as he handed my lottery ticket to me. Once again, as always, I laughed. This time the clerk added, “Call me when you win. I’ll pack my bag and meet you at the airport.” I laughed louder. But to cut to the end of the story –…

This has been an ordinary day. I woke up naturally and in my own bed, in my own home. I made coffee, emptied the dishwasher, made my bed. I dressed for a day at home and drank my first cup of coffee. I did a load of laundry and worked in my garden. I did…

The new clerk smirked as he said, “Good luck.” He actually smirked. It has been a long time since I have seen a full-out smirk. There is no hiding a smirk. The glee in the eyes, the twisted smile, the tilt of the head, all of it communicating, “My words say one thing, but what…

After yammering on last blog about what a burden it would be to have $151,157.29  to spend each day, I decided to do a little experiment. For the last seven days as soon as I woke up, I chose something on which to spend my mythical $151,157.29. Sunday: The first day of the week seemed…