Not So Golden Rule

Last night I was reading a kid's Bible to Henry before he went to sleep. I read the Golden Rule to him. His response ... "I do that someday. Owen and Griffin do that someday too (his best friends)." Who knew? The Golden Rule is only applicable for part of your life. I'm not sure when it goes into effect.

This past weekend we celebrated Meg's birthday. We went out for a nice family breakfast on Saturday, went to a nearby botanical garden (indoors, of course), made Mom a cake, didn't nap while Mom got a massage (it's been a very long afternoon nap strike at our house, must be in solidarity with the Egyptian people) and had a family party on Saturday night. We took a bit easier on Sunday to get ready for the additional, now routine, mid-week snow that's coming.

The coins weren't so hot. 20 small dollars, 8,000 half dollars and 200 quarters turned up just two 40% silver halves (1967, 1969D).

Found: 1 penny, 1 dime, 1 foreign coin (a Irish penny)

Today we got more snow. We have so much that we told Henry we had nowhere to put it. Henry told us we could put it in lots of trash bins and have the garbage truck take it away.

1 large dollar and 152 small dollars turned up one proof dollar (2008S Van Buren) and one mint set dollar (2003P). This is the second presidential proof I've found in two weeks. It's from the same bank as the last one, but I don't think it is from the same customer as this one seems to have been in circulation a bit longer.



1,000 quarters and 2,250 dimes produced just three Canadian dimes.

600 nickels yielded one War Time (1944P), seven Canadians (1 Ni) and one Swiss 20 Rappen.

11,000 pennies rounded up sixty-six Wheats, seventy-one Canadians, six US dimes, one UK penny and one Euro 2¢. In the Wheats was one I've only found once before, the 1918S.

1916, 1918S, 1930, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1941(6), 1941D, 1942, 1944(10), 1944D, 1945, 1945S, 1946(3), 1946D, 1947(2), 1948(3), 1949, 1949S, 1950D, 1951, 1951D(2), 1952(2), 1952D(3), 1953, 1953D, 1954D(2), 1956(3), 1956D(3), 1957(3), 1957D(3), 1958, 1958D(4)

Found: 3 pennies

Just a coin update ...

20 small dollars didn't have anything.

4,600 quarters produced four Canadians, one UK 10 pence, two US pennies and one US dime.

4,400 dimes yielded six silver dimes (1944, 1952, 1953D, 1956, 1961D, 1964), five Canadians and one UK 5 pence.

2,760 nickels turned up one War Time (1943P) and four Canadians.

7,800 pennies rounded up thirty-nine Wheats, thirty-seven Canadians and four US dimes.

1918, 1935(2), 1940(3), 1941(2), 1942(2), 1944(6), 1945(3), 1946(2), 1949(2), 1950(2), 1951D, 1951S, 1953(3), 1953S, 1954, 1954D, 1955, 1955D, 1956, 1956D, 1958D(2)

Some Do, Some Don't

Lately Henry has been saying some do, some don't. It's quite cute. For instance, he's said, "sometimes I sleep a lot, sometimes I don't" "some houses have icicles, some don't" "some people brush their cars off, some don't."

Here's too less colds and less snow!!

81 small dollars and 2 halves had nothing.

1,680 quarters produced two Canadians, one US dime and one US nickel.

1,550 dimes had nothing, but a teller did save me a silver Rosie (1961D).

800 nickels yielded one War Time (1945P) and two Canadians (1 Ni).

4,100 pennies turned up sixteen Wheats, forty-two Canadians, four US dimes, one Bahamas 1¢, one Euro 2¢ and one PGA Charter Member token (to think, an actual charter member gave that one up!).

1911, 1918, 1926, 1941, 1942D, 1944, 1944S, 1945, 1946(2), 1947, 1948, 1950(2), 1951D, 1953(5), 1956, 1956D, 1958D(3)

Found: 1 penny

I came across one heck of a silver stash within my halves this weekend. 8,161 half dollars produced thirty-six 90% silver halves (35 x 1964, 1964D), thirty-five 40% silver halves (1965, 7 x 1966, 15 x 1967, 10 x 1968D, 2 x 1969D) and one proof half (2004S). I wish there was a more variety, but I'll take this treasure.

I also searched a bit of coin I got at a small bank (it never produces much, but it is convenient). 16 small dollars, 160 quarters and 250 dimes had nothing. 320 nickels yielded a War Time nickel (1944P) and 550 pennies produced one Wheat (1942), one Canadian and one US dime.

Found: 1 dime

Redeemed 2010: $1.75

All Love

Last night Henry told us Hazel was all love and this morning he said, "you lovely, lovely girl Hazel." This picture that I took this past weekend seems appropriate. Occasionally when Hazel's playing on the floor Henry will curl up to her and give her a hug.



Hazel playing with her new favorite. Now that she can motor around using her new army crawl (like army guys, crawling under the wire) she seems to amuse herself more. Her favorites include our fireplace (it's never used, but has a reflective surface), furniture, paper and remote controls.



Henry sucking on an icicle I gave him. He wanted the glove because it was too cold. Free treats made direct from our roof run off!



Check out this lunch Meg made for Henry during my snow day!

I had some pretty good luck last night with my coins.

75 small dollars and 2 half dollars produced a proof small dollar (2007S James Madison). That's the first proof small dollar I've found since 2009. This one is a beauty.



6,940 quarters had two silver Washingtons (1960, 1963), six Canadians, one US nickel and a new variety, the 2010D Yosemite.

5,950 dimes didn't turn up one silver Rosie (1964D), nine Canadians and one US penny. That's kind of a poor showing compared to my average returns and the other denominations I searched last night.

2,640 nickels yielded one Buffalo (1928S), two War Nickels (1943P, 1944D) and seven Canadians. I've only found one other Buffalo with a date and a mint mark before this and that was in 2007!



Lastly, 10,350 pennies rounded up eighty-one Wheats (including one extremely rusty Steelie), sixty-six Canadians, six US dimes and one Bahamas 1¢. The Wheats were:

1920, 1929S, 1930, 1934, 1935, 1936(4), 1938(2), 1940, 1941(6), 1942, 1943, 1944(8), 1945(4), 1946(2), 1947, 1948(2), 1949(2), 1949D, 1950, 1951(2), 1951D, 1952(3), 1952(3), 1953D(2), 1955(3), 1955D, 1956(4), 1956D(4), 1957(3), 1957D(6), 1958D(6)

Oh yeah, I almost forgot, I found my first dollar bill since 2009! It was lying in the change dispenser of the auto-checkout lane at Home Depot.

Found: 1 penny, 1 dollar bill

Another Barber!

This might be Hazel's favorite toy. It was one of Henry's. Unfortunately she gave herself a bit of a shiner with it this week. It went away quickly.



For some reason snow inspires Henry to take his clothes off, so Wednesday was a clothing optional day for him. Here he is painting.



Hazel getting caught pulling down Henry's car basket.

Henry had several funny statements yesterday. One of them was said after Hazel sneezed and cried ... "Hazel not like that sneeze, Mommy." The other was during a changing of his ... "I've got a chocolate chip one (poop). Not my penis, peanut." Henry can now also tell you what planet we all live on. We're still working on him saying his name when asked or giving his age.

My 8,000 halves this week were pretty good. In them was six 90% silver halves (1908, 1950D, 4 x 1964), nineteen 40% silver halves (2 x 1966, 12 x 1967, 3 x 1968D, 2 x 1969D) and forty-three proofs (1971S, 2 x 1973S, 1974S, 1976S, 4 x 1977S, 2 x 1978S, 2 x 1979S, 4 x 1981S, 2 x 1982S, 3 x 1983S, 1984S, 1985S, 1986S, 2 x 1987S, 1988S, 1992S, 3 x 1993S, 1995S, 1998S, 2 x 2000S, 3 x 2001S, 3 x 2002S, 2006S). That's the third Barber half I've found. Although this one is in the worst condition of the three, it is still pretty cool. Always fun to find one of these. This batch also gave me my most proof halves in one sitting. Most of the proofs were in poor condition so I only kept three.



Found: 1 penny