gratefuleveryday (68)in #silvergoldstackers • 4 days agoAlways Check Your Change: Silver at $39I've been carefully checking my change, mostly looking for the elusive 2025 pennies (perhaps last year of production?), but finding something even better: silver! While theyy look like old dirty dimes,gratefuleveryday rebloggedheartbeatonhive (66)in We Are Alive Tribe • 4 days agoHeartbeat On Hive We Are Alive Tribe Curation Collection 705Heartbeat On Hive We Are Alive Tribe Curation Collection 705 We Are Alive Tribe Heartbeat On Hive has been created to support the We Are Alive Tribe Community and to…Countdown terminated on Aug 23, 2025, 7:20 PMgratefuleveryday (68)in #aliveandthriving • 5 days agoChopping Down Our Sad Old "Liberty Elm" TreeRight about the time of Covid, we watched our "Liberty Elm" tree wither up and die. It was a beautiful tree but a number of summers ago we had a Japanese Beatle plague and they infected the Elmgratefuleveryday (68)in #silvergoldstackers • 11 days agoAn Old Roman Coin: Claudius II Double-DenariusI visited my local coin shop and picked up a new coin. I've always been fascinated with old coins, the older the better. This coin really hit the spot! Minted sometime between AD 268 - AD 270, this isgratefuleveryday (68)in #aliveandthriving • 13 days agoPink Lemonabe PUNCH! Selling for Fun and Profit!My daughter decided she was spending too much time watching videos, so she turned off the PC and was bored. Trying to think of something to do, it came to mind that perhaps she could sell some lemonade!gratefuleveryday (68)in #aliveandthriving • 15 days agoThe GARDEN is Producing!Yesterday, I spent most of the day outside doing landscaping on the front yard. But I also spent some time harvesting the garden. Got a giant bowl full of green beans, delicious! We have a tiny watermelongratefuleveryday (68)in #aliveandthriving • 20 days agoFun on the TrampolineFor a while now, our children have been saving up money for a trampoline... until one day daddy happened to find one for 1/4th their budget and they were able to afford it! They've been having loads ofgratefuleveryday (68)in #aliveandthriving • 21 days agoGratiot CRUISE, Interacting with FamilesIt was quite the weekend, I spend the entire day in a parking lot! It's the GRATIOT CRUISE, where all the fancy car owners "cruise" down the street to show off their cars. This year it was sponsoredgratefuleveryday (68)in #aliveandthriving • 25 days agoHappiness is Addicting, Spreading Joy AroundOur youngest one brings a lot of joy to the household. Even though she's teething (which is pretty ouchy for her) she is still full of smiles and coos of joy. She want to communicate with us, even thoughgratefuleveryday (68)in #aliveandthriving • 29 days agoOur Home is Lake-Side Property. CAR COMING!This often happens after a large rain: the neighborhood is designed back in the 1950's to pool all the water to one spot, then a drainage system is supposed to drain it all away... but for years now (evengratefuleveryday (68)in #aliveandthriving • last monthShhh... Super Secret "Back to School" Tuttle Twin SaleThe Tuttle Twins Books for a Rare Perspective So many children's books are sending our children the wrong message - while ideas of "sharing" and "equality" may sound kind and reasonable,gratefuleveryday (68)in #aliveandthriving • last monthBirthday Part Two: A Delicious Cherry CAKEOur new one-year-old got to try out her cake! She liked the insides, but the frosting was a bit much. It was a CHERRY cake, with fresh cherries from our tree, sweet-cherry flavored jam inside and almondgratefuleveryday (68)in #aliveandthriving • last monthBaby's First Birthday! Baby Ruth is ONE!It's hard to believe it's already been a year. I didn't seem so long ago when we began transitioning my office into a new bedroom - the two littlest ones were in the parent's bedroom, but knowing a newgratefuleveryday (68)in #silvergoldstackers • last monthFun Finds at the CoinStar! Any Silver? Let's see...For those unfamiliar with Coinstar, it's a machine often found in US grocery stores, where people can dump their loose coins and the machine will count them and redeem them for cash. The difficulty isgratefuleveryday (68)in #aliveandthriving • 2 months agoBreakfast Production: Nine MouthsIn our household, when it's breakfast time, it's a production. Mama lines up seven plates of food, each with a scoop of some freshly-made egg and veggie hash, along with blueberry pancakes. I never hadgratefuleveryday (68)in #silvergoldstackers • 2 months agoCopper and Platinum Outperform Gold and Silver?Three Months Copper and Platinum outperform Gold and Silver.... BY A LOT! Hearing about the sudden spike in the value of copper, I decided to do a little digging on how the metals have been reacting togratefuleveryday (68)in #aliveandthriving • 2 months agoOur New Birdie! Meet Skyler.Friends of ours have been raising American budgies and they just had a batch of baby birds. When we heard about this, we started asking questions. All of our previous budgies have been store-bought andgratefuleveryday (68)in #aliveandthriving • 2 months agoAbundant Cherries! The Harvest is Happening!This Sunday was cherry harvesting day, a perfect day for clearing off all the cherries from our cherry tree! The whole family participated, even my parents came from next door and helped pick cherries.gratefuleveryday (68)in #aliveandthriving • 2 months agoCherries! A Full Crop This Year!Our cherry tree is producing this year! After several years of moldy cherries, this year we decided to take action. We sprayed the tree early in the season to fight the mold. It seems to be working! Thisgratefuleveryday (68)in #silvergoldstackers • 2 months agoWeird Blackened Quarter and Other OdditiesOne fun thing about being out in the transactional world, is that I come across more change. Higher chances of finding interesting coins. This blackened quarter is very handsome, funny the front looks
