PostsCommentsPayoutsgratefuleveryday (68)in #aliveandthriving • 8 days agoOur Morning Glory Plant is Taking Over!Our morning glory is growing so large! It has climbed up the strings we provided for it and then went off from there. Now it's beginning to cover our back door wall! We have to walk around it to get outside.gratefuleveryday (68)in #aliveandthriving • 9 days agoThe Turner Sisters Bakery!Our family has begun a new entrepreneurial adventure: the Turner Sisters Bakery! We have converted our home kitchen into a baking factory that produces dozens upon dozens of delicious English Muffins andgratefuleveryday (68)in #aliveandthriving • 11 days agoFixing my Daughter's ComputerMy daughter's computer was making a buzzing noise. We sort of ignored it at first, but as it got louder and louder, eventually we had to address it. We shut down the micro-PC and investigated the problem.gratefuleveryday (68)in #aliveandthriving • 13 days agoThe Satisfaction of IroningManaging a large family, my wife does a great job keeping up with meals, laundry and on top of that her position of Treasurer and carrying most of the weight of a new business, Turner Sister's Bakery.gratefuleveryday (68)in #silvergoldstackers • 16 days agoCopper: the Metal Most People IgnoreVisited a metals dealer and had some great conversations about the future of money - which metals have the most interesting aspects about it. I mentioned copper, but obviously right now it doesn't havegratefuleveryday (68)in #aliveandthriving • 16 days agoA Beautiful Day Outside: Nearing the End of our GardenWe are so grateful for beautiful weather and the opportunity to get things taken care of outside. Our volunteer pumpkin is turning orange, little by little. Probably time to pick in a while. Pulled somegratefuleveryday (68)in #aliveandthriving • 21 days agoPeeking into a Closed Shopping MallIn my journeys, I get to visit many businesses. I had the opportunity to visit the one lone business still operating at an indoor mall. JC Penny is still open and conducting business, even though all othergratefuleveryday (68)in #silvergoldstackers • 23 days agoAll Those MENE purchases... Patience PaysMy very first MENE purchase was April 2018. I was introduced to MENE by @goldmatters who was/is a MENE advocate. Gold at the time was about $1300 (I know, right) and platinum was under $1000. Since then,gratefuleveryday (68)in #aliveandthriving • 29 days agoA Little Watermelon From the GardenIt's getting to be that time of year! It seems like we just planted our garden and now we're counting down the days before putting it to sleep for the season. It's pretty small, but we did get a watermelongratefuleveryday (68)in #silvergoldstackers • last monthSilver: "Triple Digit" Silver?Are we looking at $1000.00 here? There are some amazing rumors floating out there concerning silver. The rumors are not baseless - there are some things happening in the silver world that are un-precidented.gratefuleveryday (68)in #silvergoldstackers • last monthAlways 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 (68)in #aliveandthriving • last monthChopping 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 • 2 months 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 • 2 months 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 • 2 months 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 • 2 months 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 • 2 months 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 • 2 months 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 • 2 months 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 • 2 months agoShhh... 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,