Sunday, October 31, 2010

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

Saturday, October 30, 2010

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

Friday, October 29, 2010

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

Thursday, October 28, 2010

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

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

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

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

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

Monday, October 25, 2010

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

Sunday, October 24, 2010

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

Saturday, October 23, 2010

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

Friday, October 22, 2010

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

Thursday, October 21, 2010

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

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

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

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

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

Monday, October 18, 2010

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

Sunday, October 17, 2010

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

Saturday, October 16, 2010

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

Friday, October 15, 2010

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

Thursday, October 14, 2010

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

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

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

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

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