Thank you for watching, liking, subscribing and using our links! We appreciate everyone who stops by to help us Celebrate Appalachia!!
 Blog: blindpigandtheacorn.com
 Etsy Store: www.etsy.com/shop/BlindPigAndTheAcorn Merch Store: celebratingappalachia.creator-spring.com/ Amazon Store: www.amazon.com/shop/celebratingappalachia

Matt is such a good sport. I can see how much he loves you. He keeps checking you out . 😂

@CelebratingAppalachia

11 ай бұрын

😀

@cumberlandquiltchic1

11 ай бұрын

I often notice how much he loves her. It’s so obvious. So nice to see. I had a wonderful husband like that and he’s been gone 10 years now. I was 45 at the time. I tell ya, you sure do notice little things. I often sit and eat the salad bar at the grocery store here and you can sit and look out the window and enjoy your lunch. I often notice older folks still holding hands, as they walk in… it’s nice to see.

@debholt709

11 ай бұрын

I love all your vlogs, but I especially loved this one. It was really fun to learn more about the family. Heck, I feel like part of your family anyway. I think we kin from back in time anyhow. I think you and Matt are so cute and sweet together. I’ll take more of these vlogs any day, and I hope you write a book. I’ll grab it as soon as it’s published. ❤

@fee8255

11 ай бұрын

Awwwwww……still in love,…..AND appreciation! Traits of a gentleman.

@sandybarth1

11 ай бұрын

That's what happens when you love each other. They are blessed, indeed.

This was fun! You and Matt are NOT boring. If you were boring, you wouldn't have 233K people who love to watch your videos ✝

@auntdello5286

11 ай бұрын

True!

@kevinramsey3490

11 ай бұрын

You summed it up perfectly!

Y’all are good people. It’s easy to see. If this crazy world had more Matt’s and Tipper’s, this world would be a much better place. Thank you for sharing!

@CelebratingAppalachia

11 ай бұрын

How kind-thank you 😀

I turned 70 this year and guess what? I feel 40 or so....I enjoy life, laugh daily, love the Lord and truly look forward to each day. Age isn't the issue. Loving the Lord and enjoying each day keeps a heart and mind young. Look forward to aging...it's a blessing many don't get to enjoy:)

@Rita-yw2tn

11 ай бұрын

Amen ma’am I’m 60 years old this month and my parents died in their mid and late 60’s and I think they were young and had a lot more life to live until they got sick but I thank the Lord for allowing me to have them as long as I did . And every year that I get older I thank God for every single day of my life no matter how many years, months or days that he gives me . I hear some people complain about the gray in their hair but I always tell them that I thank God for every one of mine .

I love how you both stopped to listen to the wind. It was a moment you both shared together in sweet contemplation. I too, live in gratitude. I've been in pain 24/7 for over 23 years now and if I didn't wake up counting my blessings... Thank you both for being a part of my peaceful moments. Sending loving thoughts to everyone.

@CelebratingAppalachia

11 ай бұрын

Bless you!

@stellaunger8568

11 ай бұрын

I enjoy your channel, thank you ❤️😁🌹

Matt’s a good dood. Soft-spoken, patient, and loving. He’d be an awesome neighbor.

Gratitude can be a core strength for all of us. We are all so blessed - to have a roof over our heads, a bed, electricity and food. God has blessed us so much. My pastor says gratitude is a decision. Thank you for reminding all of us of this basic truth! God bless you & Matt and all the family.

@cindyauton4859

11 ай бұрын

We are so blessed to have a bed , food electricity. I help a few homeless people almost daily. They are sleep deprived and no way for showers. Except get in small creek until law runs them off everywhere they go.Go without food a couple days at a time. No shelter home for them In a small town. 🙏

These videos are like visiting with good friends. Thanks you for being here.

My Great Grandma would only let anyone call her Mom. So she became known as Mom Garrison through the generations. When she was alive we had 5 living generations.

Matt you are not boring! You add more to this channel than you realize! We have so much fun listening to the two of you!

Such a wholesome conversation. The love of the Lord and the respect for each other and those around you shines like a beacon of goodness. I am a couple of decades older on a par with granny, but I am living Tipper's bucket list and do not even care to go to town four miles away, just stay in my yard and garden and sit on the porch.

@loveinthematrix

11 ай бұрын

beautiful

The cucumber sandwich eating-Tea drinking crowd is one notch Below you Matt! This world needs more people like you folks and your lovely family🇺🇸

@saner6888

11 ай бұрын

Unless they’re garden cukes on light bread with pine needle tea👍

@BellaCooks396

11 ай бұрын

What is wrong with eating cucumber sandwiches? They are delicious as are tomato sandwiches. Like Tipper, I, too, am mostly Scottish. Also Irish and English. Eating cucumber sandwiches is not a class thing, but a cultural thing. My family also always stuffed a chicken or turkey with Scottish dressing made with kidney suet, oats and onions.

The best chapter is still ahead of you--grandparenthood. When Corey and Katie have children, oh the JOY, life starts anew.

@AClark15

11 ай бұрын

So true! Grandchildren are so fun!

@lochamb1234

9 ай бұрын

My mummy says she lives for her grandchildren and they keep her going on her down days.

Tipper and Matt, you are both so easy to love. The more I hear about you and your thoughts on life in general and graditude in particular the more I realize why I'm drawn to watching your channel. You are very much down to earth but never boring. Good folks sharing your love of God and family and living a quiet life, my kind of people! Thank you.

@CelebratingAppalachia

11 ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind words 😀

@hopedize5287

11 ай бұрын

I know right! You just wanna give em a big ole hug and pull up a seat! 😊

You are a blessing to many people. Our faith is what we need on this earth. In the Bible , the Lord tells us how to live on this earth. He holds us in his hands. You are truly blessed.

i really wish there were more people like the two of you , your philosophy of living and your wonderful family.

@CelebratingAppalachia

11 ай бұрын

You are so kind-thank you 😀

You both should try southern cucumber sandwiches. Recipe: Slice a ripe but young cucumber, and slice some onion. Place both in a mason jar with salt and pepper to taste. Cover with white, distilled vinegar. Leave overnight in refrigerator. When you’re ready for a sandwich, butter two slices of your favorite whole grain bread. Line with sliced cucumbers and onions from the mason jar. Eat as is or top with any other fresh garden veggie (aka tomatoes, Matt). Every time I eat sliced cucumbers, I think of my mother and her southern cucumber sandwiches. (And we’re all the same “level”) Thank you both for the glimpses of beautiful Appalachia. Blessings.

@BamaCyn

8 ай бұрын

Great couple. I think in the south after you become a grandparent that is your new name unless speaking one on one with parent

2 things - Ingles is in Tennessee as well, and my daughter worked there part time during high school and college. Also , I love your advice on gratitude. My Dad's saying to teach that concept was "I complained because I had no shoes until I met a man who had no feet." He really did live that grateful life as well.

Enjoy your 50s! Im 64 and can't believe it. But each decade is a blessing!

The neighborhood where my dad’s side of the family lived was mostly filled with relatives. It was a wonderful way to grow up. Most of relatives are gone now, but the streets are still named after them. There was always something going on. Aunt Mildred let us make homemade pie crust and play dough. Uncle Oscar taught me all the names of the trees, flowers and birds. Aunt Lila made cookies and told stories. Uncle Jerry fixed clocks and Uncle Britt played us music. Grandma babysat us and taught me to sew and do embroidery. There was usually someone to amuse you or cousins to play games with you. Thank you sharing your lives with us. You feel like neighbors just next door.🤣. I wish the world could just slow down and talk like this together. Maybe we would understand each other better and love each other more. God bless.❤️

I love living in the mountains of North Carolina and can't imagine living anywhere else. But I too, love going the ocean. It is amazing how calming (and healing) the crashing of the waves can be. I always think of the verse Isaiah 40:12 “Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?"

Oh my - you all are a blessing to your KZread community!! It’s impressive that you are able to take comments with proper perspective. I love your stories and memories about recipes and things in your garden. Just keep being yourselves and doing what you love 💕 Thank you!!

I'm sitting here watching and listening, identifying with so much you say...then I suddenly realize I am more than old enough to be YOUR mom! Yes indeed, our body will fail us, but that young spirit within just keeps going like the little bunny.

You two are so great together. Y'all are not old, Tipper is my daughter's age. I'm 73 years old. I still work 8n my garden, mow my own yard and weedeat it, climb on my roof to clean the gutters and remove limbs and leaves. The secret is staying busy!!

@fee8255

11 ай бұрын

As a tree worker on break one day, I helped an 86-year-old lady with a scooter and an ankle brace take brown bags of lawn clutter to the curb. Long story short, she said she was doing the work that we were doing that day. She explained to me two weeks previous, that she got on a step ladder and cut her neighbors low hanging branch off for her with a f%£#¥£g chainsaw. 86 years old. Never use a chainsaw to cut the low hanging limbs, as a former tree worker, (never got qualified to be an arborist) that is a super dangerous!!!!!

@triciaingram7610

11 ай бұрын

I am 73 too.I stay busy all the time.

Thank you for sharing more of your lives. You both are just the sweetest couple ❤️ ❤❤❤❤❤

@CelebratingAppalachia

11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

You two are still so young. 😊 I am 67, and my hubby is 76, and we feel like we did 40 years ago. I retired last year, and all I ever wanted to do was garden and preserve our bounty, and by God's grace, that's exactly what I am able to do. We have 5 acres and great neighbors, and every day is good. Thanks for sharing your story. God bless you and your family. ❤

This was fun. It's nice hearing about your history. I had never noticed Matt's finger before. You are both so vibrant and loving life that you don't seem older. Practicing a gratitude mindset helps with the down times. Thank you Tipper and Matt for allowing us to become closer to y'all. We really appreciate it! Much love from Texas!

@CelebratingAppalachia

11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

Oh, adding the secret to your success is that you and your family effortlessly seem to represent the homespun peace everybody strives for. The mountains seem to embrace and protect you from the cares of the world.

My mamaw always said, “you never grow old in your mind”. She would say, “In my mind I can get up and do anything. But my body won’t let me”. She was in her 80’s making these statements. She raised 10 kids.

That was my dream. To have all the family living on one piece of ground. That did not happen for me, but I love hearing about your family.

@CelebratingAppalachia

11 ай бұрын

Bless you!

@patriciakeats1621

10 ай бұрын

Me neither. My family’s dream also.

I personally love you and Matt. Both of you are made for each other. Very sensible people. Y'all my kind of people to each good meal for the holidays.

@CelebratingAppalachia

7 ай бұрын

Thank you 😀

Get out of bed in the morning feeling like a 20year old. Then walk SPIKE, Then think he might not get out again. Give me strength. Thanks.

@CelebratingAppalachia

11 ай бұрын

Bless you!

Please take a BIG HUG, and I am sending you a prayer, Tipper and matt ! God Keep Blessing you and your sweet family !

Y’all are such a beautiful couple. You are each incredibly blessed to have each other. Thank you Tipper & Matt for your willingness to share your lives with all of us. God bless & keep you both. 😊❤😊❤😊🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

I walk through life knowing God is on the other side 🙏

Stopping to feel the wind is just true good spirit.

I could sit and listen to y’all for days! The best KZread channel in my opinion! Faith, family, cooking and laughter!

You're NOT boring! Both of you are precious God fearing people! May the Lord Jesus Bless both of you and your entire family! ✝

“Lively young lady.” I am still smiling about that. It near broke my face. Ha. How sweet.

My grandma used to say no matter how hard it gets you can find a blessing in everyday if you look for it. I'll always remember that. God Bless to all

Couldn’t help but laugh hearing about Katie’s 2 min. wisdom over Corie. Enjoyed the Q&A.. May God continue to bless and grow your channel.

You guys answering the questions was a real treat for me. Y'all answered several of the ones I would have ask. Matt laughing and cutting up is so nice to see. Y'all enjoying funny stories about each other is so sweet. I love cucumber sandwiches and tomato sandwiches. It is also nice to see that couples can still be in love no matter how long they have been together. Thank you guys for sharing your lives with us.

@CelebratingAppalachia

11 ай бұрын

😀

Talking about a God feeling, be on the beach at high tide and with a full moon. It is breath taking.

I really enjoyed this video there is a saying contentment comes from within and my faith gives me

Great video. Thanks for sharing. Me and Matt are close in age. Made my day a little better. I'm watching this in a hospital waiting room today. My wife judy had to have heart surgery today but she's stable and came through it good. Thank the lord. Take care.

@melrose795

11 ай бұрын

Prayers for a complete recovery soon!

@CelebratingAppalachia

11 ай бұрын

Bless you and her! So glad she came through okay. I will be praying for a full quick recovery 😀

It’s so nice to just sit & listen to y’all ❤

Hi Tiper & Matt. Loved this video. Talking of being content we have a saying in Judaism that goes like this, “Who is rich? He who is happy with his lot.” So yes, be happy with what you have. As your Pop said, it could always be worse.

I just adore you and Matt (and your entire extended family). I laughed out loud numerous times throughout your video. I really laughed when Matt said Corie's extra finger was from your family. My husband, of over 40 years, passed away a few weeks before this past Thanksgiving. He used to tease 🎉me about some of my extended family members. I would look at him and smile, and tell him, all of the nuts married into the family. I am grateful for having found your channel (and the Blind Pig too). May God bless you and keep you!!! ❤

@CelebratingAppalachia

11 ай бұрын

Bless you and thank you!!

I grew up in southern West Virginia and my daddy was a coal miner. Coal miners had 2 week vacation all at the same time. We went to Myrtle Beach along with the rest of the county every year!!! We saw all our relatives, neighbors, school friends just like we saw them every day! 😂😂😂

@CelebratingAppalachia

11 ай бұрын

😀

Love your videos! I just saw the moment that is obvious why you have been married so long and will be married forever..... the moment when you are talking about the new camera he got for you.... you said "you can figure out anything" you believed it and he felt it. Mutual respect....the magic ingredient. So obvious!! The love and respect you have for each other is so beautiful!!!

I can not think of a better life than what you all have there in Appalachia.

It is so nice that you now have both of your daughters near you, as well as 2 grandbabies.

Love listening to your conversations! Calming. Just sitting & listening. Thank you for the smiles, laughs, and warm-hearted feelings. 😊 Look forward to part 2. ❤

Tipper you and Matt give my life more reason . When you talked about gratefulness it made me think of so many struggles I have made it through because if gratefulness. I respect and love you and your family so much and am so GRATEFUL that I found your channel.

I felt like you two were sitting on my porch just visiting and catching up with each other. Thank you for that. Most of my family lives away or are in Heaven…so your family has become mine. Your wisdom and faith in Our Lord brightens my days. You all are so precious.

@CelebratingAppalachia

11 ай бұрын

Bless you Cynthia 😀

It’s great to see real people y’all are a blessing

@CelebratingAppalachia

4 ай бұрын

How kind-thank you 😊

Tipper & Matt, I admire you both so much! You're lives are just beautiful to me. Im an only child, & I have 2 Children. Because of Blake & Karley calling my Mother & Step father Nannie & Gramps, me & Mama's side who were raised up there started calling them that & I still call Mama Nannie. My Step father's passed on. I've found a lot of things we've done all my life is definitely passed down from my Appalachian Ancestors! I'm a home body, too! I could listen to ya'll talk all night. I love any video you make!! Thank you for Celebrating Appalachia!! God is Great! God's Speed Only!

@CelebratingAppalachia

11 ай бұрын

Thank you Lisa 😀

Matt certainly has the musical talent of a Presley 🎵🎶🎤😊

Contentment is a gift from God.

Really enjoyed this video. Felt like I was right there visiting with you. So comfortable "talking" with you. Thanks for the Q & A! Look forward to part 2.

I really enjoyed this Q&A. The part of being grateful really hits home to me. You can see and feel that your whole family is grateful for everything. You're living that life. Loving the Lord is all part of it. Grateful for the simplest things in life. Never taking anything for granted! All this is therapy for me. A good "sigh" from me. Thank you, Matt and Tipper, for sharing your life.

I like the beach just like you do. Nothing frilly!

You and Matt could be my children since my girls are 56 and 52 now. I’m almost 75 and have no idea where all the years went. I’m just now starting to realize and feel I’m getting older. My hair is very gray now. What happened? Many of my friends have let their gray show as well and we’re all so pretty! During lockdown salon hair color became impossible. I felt so free not having to get my roots done!! It’s wonderful!

You are the most wonderful and generous family. Thank you all for sharing your lives individually and your life as a family so intimately. May you all be blessed with good health, abundant love, and big laughter forever.

@CelebratingAppalachia

Ай бұрын

You are so kind! Thank you 😊

I love it when Matt chuckles and smiles, kind of a devious smile that makes me wonder what he’s remembering. 😂

I’ve always dreamed of a home with the front door opening to the mountains and the back door opening to the ocean. 😂

Here in Illinois we don't have a Ingalls grocery, buy we do have Sav-a-lot, and we have a store called Fareway, where we can watch the Butcher cut the meat up,that's where i buy meat bundles for myself

I have eaten cucumber sandwich. They are so good. Mayo, salt, pepper lettuce and a slice of very hot cheese…yummy!

When I was told at age 63 that I had cataracts, I was shocked. I didn't feel old enough for that.

@elizabethsteen581

11 ай бұрын

I am 49 and was told a month ago I have the beginnings of cataracts, and I was like, "WHAAAT??" 😂 It hasnt afffected my vision yet, but wow!!!

@maryturner3473

11 ай бұрын

My husband had double cataract surgery when he was 50.

I would LOVE to have your autobiography! Please pursue it!! Also please keep making your calendars every year- I so enjoy it.

@CelebratingAppalachia

11 ай бұрын

Thank you 😀

On being content - this single quote caused a paradigm shift for me that has helped reduce my life-long anxiety enormously. So I hope it helps someone else: " If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present. " Lao Tzu. 💖

@CelebratingAppalachia

8 сағат бұрын

Thank you for sharing that wisdom!!

I never noticed Matt's finger,your not old I'm 60 years old and starting to feel it can't do what I use too but in my mind I can.I love listening to your family's stories ❤

You are such a humble couple. You are far from being boring. The simple life in the country is the best life there is. I agree with you Matt. Not getting on a plane. If you come to the beach in NC, look me up. I'm on bogue banks south of Cape Lookout. There are 7 lighthouses here. Some you can climb to the top. Cucumber sandwiches are wonderful. Can't wait for part two

I absolutely loved this!!! You guys feel like family. I think with Matt's finger, it may be a family birthmark? And Tipper, I'm 41 and thought you were my age. You look great!

@CelebratingAppalachia

11 ай бұрын

Thank you 😀

Fayetteville GA, where I am, 30 miles south of Atlanta. Closest grocery store is Ingles , Publixs and Kroger.

Sept., I will be 70 but it feels like in the thirties, most days!! Hehehe

Amen to being grateful. When people complain I always tell them to visit a children's hospital. It will open your eyes. I can always be content and grateful as long as my family is healthy. God has blessed me greatly. God is good!

I love the name Mary Jane ❤❤❤

Hearing your chickens in the background and the soothing wind is so nice. Thankyou. Your videos sure help when i start to feel depressed but im like you, im very blessed. I thank God for everything he has done and does do for me every single day.

I could listen to you two for hours. You just needed your popsicles. The wind sounded so soothing, I would love to have some of that up here in PA - it has been so hot and humid here. I just found out that most of Pennsylvania is considered to be in the Appalachian Cultural Region - my home is at the foot of the range, on a beautiful ridge. That explains how a lot of the things you talk about are familiar to me. I’m glad you mentioned gratitude - with the world the way it is now, gratitude and faith are the most important tools to live a contented life. Sending you all love and blessings❤

Speaking of Matt's finger... we have a trait on my mom's side of the family that the pinky finger is much shorter and tapered on the end of it than the other hand. Usually the left pinky finger. We call it the "Curnew" finger because the first known relative that had it was a "Curnew". Thank you for answering everyone's questions! You all are wonderful. You feel like family to me. 💜

The Halloween Finger - Matt responds, “That come from your family” 😂🤣

@CelebratingAppalachia

11 ай бұрын

😀

I love how Matt teases you, Tipper. My husband does the same thing and I love it.

I’m right up the road from Canton in Leicester. be glad you aren’t near Asheville anymore it’s changed so much.

I never once in all this time noticed Matt's finger. I've thought he has hands of hard working man tho. The smile of a little boy about to get in trouble because he can't contain the mischievousness spilling out if him. Tipper, you looked so pretty enjoying the wind with your fellow on glorious day. I liked this talk lot. Sweet. P.S. I am always thankful for the small but hugely precious things in life too. Forever grateful.

@CelebratingAppalachia

11 ай бұрын

Thank you Rhonda 😀

Only two reasons people are unhappy.....having what you don't want..... or wanting what you don't have.

@CelebratingAppalachia

11 ай бұрын

Love that!

I guessed yall were in your 40s! Appalachian life must preserve well. Yall look great.

You both live a simple, blessed and happy life (& have for want not.) The secret you're happy and grateful for what you have. God bless you both with continued health and happiness.

What a great Q & A session with you two. I feel like I know ya'll a lot better. And I agree with Matt 150% about getting on a plane...I am almost 73 & have NEVER & will NEVER fly anywhere. The Good Lord didnt give me wing's..lol Thank you both for sharing so much of your life. God Bless. Hugs and Love from NC. ❤🙏

You're both so fun, and really sweet together. Thanks for letting us get to know you, and as always, God bless!

@CelebratingAppalachia

11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

My boy/girl twin grandbabies have that crazy twin connection. Sometimes they don’t even have to say anything yet burst out into giggles simultaneously. 😂They’re 2 years old and sooooo much fun!! ❤❤

It’s so obvious how much y’all love each other. Best friends. My wife and I have the same easy relationship that y’all have. Tipper, you are right about the age comments. I think our souls and spirits are ageless. In my Mind I’m still in my twenties, but my body will be 68 in a few days. I wish y’all the best in whats ahead for this country. God bless.

The only thing missing today was the popsicles! 😉 Love listening to your conversations…..looking forward to the next ones….

I have twins too that are now 18, born 30 mins apart. Twin A likes to tell her sister “when you get to be my age, you’ll understand”😂

I’m 56, but I’m raising 4 y.o. and 9 y.o. grandsons, and I have a 35 y.o. (oh!) disabled daughter that will always live with me. It keeps me feeling young, for sure, but I do battle some weird health issues. Really hard to think I’m that old!

45:47 Matt thought about something funny. Made himself laugh 😂. Matt, you are one cool cucumber both of you are down to earth good folks!!

A friend of mine has twins, a boy and a girl. Only mom and dad know who was born first. They have no plans of ever telling them. The twins are 11 now. It is interesting how people always ask who was born first. The twins promptly answer they don’t know. Their mom and dad decided not to tell them so that neither one holds it over the other and they also hoped it wouldn’t effect any birth order stereotypes. I had never met anyone who took this approach.

Really enjoyed this Q & A, Tipper. Matt's such a mess, and I love that he's gotten more and more comfortable with the camera, because he's got a lot to contribute. I was impressed once again with the good-humored give-and-take of your relationship. It's obvious you love and respect one another. I hope younger folks watch your chats and take heed. BTW, I'm going to blame it on Matt that when I went to the store recently determined not to get any junk food, out of habit I looked at the Little Debbie's display. There were those peanut butter cookies he raved about awhile back. I just had to try them, and although good with a glass of milk, they were extremely sweet. Learned later that one cookie was supposed to be three servings, lol! God bless you both for the positive, common sense values you express on your channel. You're such a joy to spend time with.

I NEVER noticed Matt's finger. 🙃 I definitely think Matt would be a great Viking! (I just ended up re-listening to this older one while shopping in another tab online...I so enjoyed it.) 🙌🏼 💞