A frightfully good time was had by all

Our little Fancy Nancy and Frankenstein had a blast trick-or-treating tonight.  Plenty of sugar for all was gathered.  Best thing about a sugar-hgh?  The inevitable crash as they go to sleep with big grins on their faces.

7 rolls of nickels

1951-S

7 rolls of pennies

1950-D
46 pre-1982 coppers

Wow, what a busy day!

Samuel had his first piano recital - and he did great!  Clarissa had her first play date with a friend from school and had a blast.  The kids' school had their annual fall festival and the kids just loved playing there.  Then we went grocery shopping.  And, I still managed to do my bank runs this morning.

8 rolls of nickels

1941-S
1944-P
1953

8 rolls of pennies

1935
1948
1956-D
48 pre-1982 coppers

The car is back and good as new

Still needs new tires though.  I did manage to finish out these great boxes of coins though.  Here's hoping the coin boxes I pick up tomorrow are just as good.

7 rolls of nickels

1942-S (filled a hole)
1948-D
1954-D

7 rolls of pennies

1950-D

1956

1958-D

54 pre-1982 coppers

Looks like the car is going back into the shop

The main relay is going out - so sometimes...the car decides that it doesn't want to start.  Not exactly the most reliable mode of transportation at the moment, but we're working on it.

7 rolls of nickels

1947
1957-D

7 rolls of nickels

1944

1992 Canada 1-cent

52 pre-1982 coppers

I think someone dumped a wheat penny collection

That's the only thing I can think of for why I am finding so many in this box.

7 rolls of nickels

1940
1986 Canada 5-cent

7 rolls of pennies

1937-D
1944
1953-D
36 pre-1982 coppers

Power outage at work today...

...so I decided to go home early and work from there.  Computers are amazing - they make it to where you're never too far away from the job.

7 rolls of nickels

nothing

7 rolls of pennies

1951
1955-D
50 pre-1982 coppers

Coin collections and kids

Samuel and I had a blast cataloging part of his collection tonight.  He gets so excited about the coins.  It's really cool to hear him explaining things to Clarissa later on.

7 rolls of nickels

1939 (2 found)
1958-D

7 rolls of pennies

1947-D
1951-D
1990 Canada 1-cent

52 pre-1982 coppers

Got sunburned today

There should be a law - no more mowing once October arrives.  So, between allergies, sore muscles, and a sunburn - I feel like I'm sick.

7 rolls of nickels

1954
1956-D (2 found)

7 rolls of pennies

1952-D
1955-D
55 pre-1982 coppers

Fantastic boxes

These two new boxes are off to a great start.  Just 8 rolls in and I have already found more wheat cents than in the entire previous box.

8 rolls of nickels

1940
1941 (2 found)

8 rolls of pennies

1942 (damaged)
1949-D (filled a hole)
1952-D

1953-D

1957-D

1999 Canada 1-cent

53 pre-1982 coppers

Busy weekend planned

Looks like we're in that time of year again - where every weekend has something going on.  I did manage to finish another set of boxes and need to pick up more tomorrow.

7 rolls of nickels

1939
1945-P (filled another hole, 9 left)
1954-D
1957-D

7 rolls of pennies

54 pre-1982 coppers

Ready for everyone to be healthy and well again

This one person getting well just so another can get sick is for the birds.

7 rolls of nickels

1955-D
1958-D



7 rolls of pennies

59 pre-1982 coppers

And now Clarissa is sick

Had to go pick her up from school today after she got sick in a trash can and started running fever of over 100 degrees.  So far, I'm the only one that hasn't gotten sick this time around - knock on wood.

7 rolls of nickels

1940
1951
1958-D (2 found)

7 rolls of pennies

53 pre-1982 coppers

Long day and I'm tired

I think I'm gonna turn in early tonight.  Today was productive, but a bit on the exhausting side.

7 rolls of nickels

1939
1954-D
1958-D

7 rolls of pennies

45 pre-1982 coppers

Interesting coin tonight

Took me a little while to identify this one.  I had to go get a primer on Chinese numerals, then figure out how to read dates.  And here I thought coin collecting was just fun - now I find out it's educational as well.

7 rolls of nickels

1946-D
1953
1981 Taiwan 5-yuan

7 rolls of pennies

42 pre-1982 coppers

We've got a Fancy Nancy and a Frankenstein for Halloween this year

The kids loved picking out their costumes.  Then we got home and spent another hour or so making Christmas plans.  I can't wait for the train ride.

7 rolls of nickels

1948-S (this one filled a hole)
1949
1958-D

7 rolls of pennies

1935 (another hole filled)
58 pre-1982 coppers

Busy day shopping, shopping, and more shopping

Saturday's seem to consist of running to banks and grocery shopping these days.  Good thing I enjoy both.  Everyone else seems to as well.  Samuel not quite as much as everyone else, he doesn't like not being able to run up and down the aisles.

8 rolls of nickels

1942
1947
1954

8 rolls of pennies

1944-S

49 pre-1982 coppers

And the sickness spreads...

Samuel is finally getting rid of his fever.  So Jane catches it.  So far, only Clarissa and I remain well.  And with me, we all know that well is a relative term  :)

Anyway, these boxes are done - so it's on to the new ones tomorrow.

7 rolls of nickels

1941
1953-D
1954
1958-D

7 rolls of pennies

1946-S
1982 Canada 1-cent
58 pre-1982 coppers

Still sick :(

Samuel's fever came back tonight - back up to 101.8.  Poor little guy.

7 rolls of nickels

1941
1947
1948-D
1954-D

7 rolls of pennies

41 pre-1982 coppers

Everyone is feeling better

Well, kind of.  We're going to let Samuel stay home one more day just in case.  No point in making him go back to school just so he can relapse.

7 rolls of nickels

1947-D
1957-D
1958-D (maybe I should just make a roll of these)

7 rolls of pennies

1944
38 pre-1982 coppers

Sick little boy

Got picked up after school today running a fever complaining of aches and pains in the joints.  Poor little guy - here's hoping he feels better soon.  Great penny night though, BTW.

7 rolls of nickels

1946
1954-D
1997 Canada 5-cent

7 rolls of pennies

1944

1951-D

1955-D

71 pre-1982 coppers

Had a small emergency today

Nothing too major - we just lost the recipe for Grammy's brownies.  I think it was really just an excuse for the kids to talk to her though.  Didn't mean to scare you Mom.  Of course, if it had been a real emergency - you wouldn't hear me saying we had an emergency - you would hear me screaming "AAAAAAAAA!!!!!!RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!!!!!!"

7 rolls of nickels

1939
1941-S
1958-D (Yay! Another one!)

7 rolls of pennies

1955 (filled a hole with this one)

1958-D

65 pre-1982 coppers

Fun shopping at Central Market today

We all love going here for grocery shopping.  They have the freshest fruits and veggies in town - not to mention some of the strangest.  Picked up some white eggplant and orange tomatoes - but decided to pass on the purple asparagus.  They probably had 30 different kinds of apples.  Picked up some ground bison too - hopefully it tastes as good as promised.

7 rolls of nickels

1940
1941-D
1958-D (another one)

7 rolls of pennies

53 pre-1982 coppers

My car is back!

Boy, it sure is a change going from a slipping clutch to one that is tight.  I had that poor Honda bucking for a little while till I figured out where the clutch pedal released.

8 rolls of nickels

1941
1941-S
1946
1954-D

8 rolls of pennies

1953-S

75 pre-1982 coppers

These boxes are done

Hopefully I'll get my car back tomorrow.  Apparently, I'm also going to be doing a marathon.  With the kids.  In 1/4-mile increments.  Since it is a quarter mile walking to school, we'll be doing about a mile or so a week.  Piece of cake.  Still 11 coins to go for the Jefferson nickel collection.

7 rolls of nickels

1956-D
1995 Canada 5-cent

7 rolls of pennies

1945-D

53 pre-1982 coppers

Very little to show for the night

Couldn't find much tonight, but that's ok - there's millions more coins to search.  They make them faster than I can search them, so I'll never catch up.  But that's what makes the hunt all the more exciting.  Each little win when the odds are so stacked against you is that much sweeter.

7 rolls of nickels

1948

7 rolls of pennies

1934-D (it's a shame too, this one is pretty scarce, but it's in such bad shape, it's barely a hole-filler)
49 pre-1982 coppers

God answers prayers

So, while working from home today, I get a call from my boss.  Turns out I'm getting a bonus...that is just about equal to the cost of a new clutch.  He says that it was going to happen anyway, but they did move it up a few weeks.  Talk about a relief.

7 rolls of nickels

1940
1946
1947-D
1951-S

7 rolls of pennies

45 pre-1982 coppers

Completely burned out my clutch

So now I'm working from home while waiting on the repair shop.

7 rolls of nickels

1953-D
1954-D (2 found)
1956

7 rolls of pennies

1952-D

52 pre-1982 coppers

I think I'm trying to fight off a cold

Scratch that.  If I am getting a cold, I'm definitely trying to fight it off.  Hopefully, it's just the change in the weather though.

7 rolls of nickels

1940-S
1948
1954-D
1957-D

7 rolls of pennies

1944
1952-D
52 pre-1982 coppers

A lazy Sunday

Had some pretty good fajitas at the new Maudie's down in Bee Cave after church.  Then we all went home and took a nap.  I had forgotten just how good naps could feel.

7 rolls of nickels

nothing

7 rolls of pennies

1946-D
1995 Canada 1-cent
48 pre-1982 coppers

Oh yeah, new boxes and I already have silver

I just love when the new boxes start out this good.

8 rolls of nickels

1942-P
1955-D
1958-D (I've got plenty of these)

8 rolls of pennies

1970 Canada 1-cent

60 pre-1982 coppers

New month - and these boxes are done

These were pretty decent boxes overall.  Of course, now I am looking forward to the new ones I'm going to pick up tomorrow.  I'm a bit disappointed though - I only need 11 more nickels for a complete set of Jeffersons - and I haven't been able to fill a hole now in about 3 boxes.

7 rolls of nickels

1940
1941-D

7 rolls of pennies

47 pre-1982 coppers