Hubby bought his first non-scratch off lottery ticket yesterday. His cousin told him about the huge Powerball jackpot ($100 million, to be exact), and he finally broke down and bought two chances. And he won a prize!

Okay, it was only like, $7, but hey, he came out ahead!

He didn’t think he had won anything, but for some reason I took a notion to double check the numbers online this morning. Now I’m glad I did. It would have been nice if we had won the whole thing, but every little bit helps. And besides, it’s nice to have a small ray of hope after all of the bad luck we’ve had lately.