Jo-Anne’s Thoughts

Well here I am at take two as I lost take one, thankfully I hadn’t written much but still annoying. I type my post out on the laptop saving as I go along which is why I noticed a problem, what I wrote couldn’t be saved, same with my diary entry and the program shut down and I had to restart it thus losing what I had written.

Since it is Friday it is the day for my thoughts, which of course are all over the damn place but that’s how I roll. As I sit here thinking about what to write I can see all the money boxes I have sitting on the TV stand I have 10 in total. Three of which are mine the others are for my grandchildren including Daemon and Freya who are not grandchildren but my great-nephew and great-niece. Since I don’t go shopping like I use to money hasn’t been added much in the last few years, I hope that changes soon.

I started thinking about whether I had a money box as a child and honestly I can’t remember having one. I do remember having a bank account used for school banking and my mum & dad gave me money to put into that each week.

I also don’t think my girls had a money box when they were young girls but they also had school banking.

I started the money boxes for my grandchildren when Blain my eldest grandchild was a baby and I also deposited $1 each week into their bank accounts. This I did for many years.

I wonder at times if the youth of today have any real idea about saving money, I know my grandchildren do because they have told me at times how they saved up to buy such and such and how long it took and what they did to earn the money.

None of them have a regular payment of pocket money or what some would call an allowance but if they wish to purchase something that cost a bit they need to do something to earn the money, small toys and such will just be bought if requested but only if they are doing their regular chores around the house. Such as cleaning their room or in Sam’s case cleaning out the bunnies cage.

Share your thoughts on my thoughts if you wish.