You're welcome Nancy! I hope it was a wonderful birthday. The weather is still horrendous here! Single digits today.

It's been a rough cycle but it may not be over yet!

Happy birthday, dear friend! I hope you enjoy the day!

I hope you're feeling better @lizelle! How scary. I wish you a very Merry Christmas, my friend.

Some certainly are!

Oh, I bet that was tough to be dealing with both! I'll never forget how many foreclosures we had on our street. Probably 20% of the homeowners mailed their keys back and walked away. We nearly did that.

Yes, the golden age of making a living at independent writing/publishing is done for most of us. I had a very good run 2013-2024 and consider myself lucky but have to admit when the reality of the situation

It's scary to see the price go so low and it can cause a lot of uncertainty—especially for those who've come to rely on the extra income. I've thought about the wisdom of Hive being more of a stablecoin

I think holding BTC, ETH, SOL and investing in companies you believe in are the best strategy at this point. We're currently in a weird transitionary period that will take us into a brand new kind of economy.

It's so good to be diversified into real-world projects! I wish you good luck with those investments!

But I have followers! People who actually read what I write! And engage! I love to read what they write! Priceless... This is precisely what has kept me here. It certainly isn't about the money anymore.

Thanks, I'm glad serendipity worked as it did and got me in touch with the crypto community so early. It's been strange to watch how it's changed throughout each cycle. Much of it was sparked by this very

Same here. I, honestly, think it's too big to fail at this point. I think BTC will go wherever Wall Street wants it to. I believe they have firm control over where prices go at this point. The orchestrated

I certainly will!

Thanks, I think a lot of families were touched by that. I know I’d love Prague! I plan on getting over that way in 2026 and will have to add that as a stop!

Those memorials are beautiful! It reminds me of some of the older ones in New Orleans. It seems like people have had to say way too many goodbyes since the pandemic. It's strange how virtually untouched

We didn't. We have some contractors who have sub-contracted with others to do certain aspects like tile and carpet but they didn't manage the scheduling or crews at all. They just showed up when they felt

Oh, I bet! We've said a million times if we worked outside of the home and had to rely on taking vacation time to be here or if we had to flip this house on a tight schedule we would have been out of luck.

I don't know what we would've done without AI to help guide us along and to double-check the advice we were being given.

Thank you my friend! We're happy with the results so far, even if it's taken some rework to get there. Cheers and I hope your week is going well!