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Our 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 though

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 (even

The 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,

Our 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 almond

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 new

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 is

In 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 had

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 to

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 and

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.

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! This

One 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

It's a new life with new routines and new challenges. I miss being home with my family, but I'm grateful to still enjoy diner and evenings at home - and weekends too! Somtimes, my first appointment is

It's amazing to think that my little daughter is turning 11 today! And even better, her birthday was during a visit from her cousins from Florida, so the whole family got to celebrate with her. Having

Its that time of year again, when we go up on the roof and clean iut the gutters. We have several large maples that drop their seeds and when the collect in the gutters, we get many tiny maple trees sprouting

During my travels, I've been discoving new coin stores in my area. I found "Mike's Coin and Collectables" full of fun treasure. I picked up some nice 40% silver coins on the cheap. With silver

As a surprise for my son, I got him a basic Lego set... but it was of a RED RACECAR! His favorite! He's only three, but with a little help from daddy, he was able to put the whole thing together. But he

Memorial day is a day for remembering our fallen soldiers. While it's not typically a "party" day, many people enjoy the beginning of summer with BBQ with family and friends. Our family dresses

As I've been on and off the blockchain, I occasionally go back to some of my favorite tokens. Among my favorites is LASSECASH, the underdog of tokens. While many tokens get dumped and flatline, Lassecash

During my visit to Daniel's Coins, among my $3 treasures was this set coins from Great Britain. It is the complete Decimal issue and the last "pounds" issue from Great Britain. Many of these