Updates

Personally, professionally and hobby-wise, for some reason, May did not want to seem to end. But June finally showed up over the weekend and sometimes a new page on the calendar can bring a big sigh of relief. Since you probably only really card about the hobby, here's what I've been up to and what I'm looking forward to.

In April and May, I sent out a bunch of my ATCRCS cards to fellow collectors from SCN who could help get them signed. Various agreements were worked out including exchanging the autographs for other autographs and me flat out paying to get the job done. Nothing outrageous, but it did take its toll on my card budget. I'm sure most of you can relate, some weeks you're a prince, some weeks you're a pauper. Now the dividends are being paid back though as they've been trickling back in.

Right before the weekend also brought a paycheck, so my card alottment is burning a hole in my pocket. While I have yet to pick up any Gypsy Queen, Bowman or Archives (for myself), I haven't felt like I've missed anything. I've nearly completed an inventory of my Cubs collection and I think I'm going to focus on filling in holes and wait for the inevitable price drop on new stuff.

Speaking of those sets, I did manage to pick up blasters of each for the Fantasy League I've been running. I never wrote about Bowman and Archives because it probably only matters to the bloggers in the league, but I picked them up at Target shortly after they were released. And just this past weekend I picked up a blaster of Archives at Wal-mart. I almost picked up a football one on accident because the baseball ones were in the wrong spot. Now we're just waiting on Allen & Ginter and Topps Series 2 to finish off the prize pool!

 

In other news, I've mailed out about 20-25 PWE's and little yellow bubble envelopes from my card giveaway between late last week and today. There are a couple people I need to contact for addresses but otherwise, many of you should be getting something soon!

 

Until my recent eBay pickups start rolling in, I hope you can stomach some more ATCRCS cards that I'll be showing off soon. When I made my New Year's goal of 200 by the end of the year, I didn't really realize how far I was overreaching!

I'm back!...Sort of...

I didn't intend to take a 2 week hiatus. But after posting pretty much every day for about 4 months, things all came together at once. My father-in-law came to visit for an end of summer, last hurrah kind of thing. There was a Boy Scout campout that pretty much got rained out/shortened on Assateague Island. It was still pretty fun though as we hung around after the group disbanded. And of course, school starting up for my boys.

So here we are. September 1st. A new month. The Cubs are trying to avoid a 100 loss season. Should be some callups later today and I'm hoping Tony Campana is one of them. I am going to the Cubs @ Nats game on Monday so it would be nice if he's there. I'll be bringing some of my custom cards and can hopefully get some autographs. I actually have some pretty low expectations due to the travel schedule, time of the game, the fact that the game is on a holiday and it will probably be packed. But I'll bring them anyway.

I've taken a little bit of my extra time from when I wasn't writing a post and used it for good. I believe all outstanding trade packages have been mailed. I went through all my emails to make sure I got everybody but if I somehow missed you and you don't get a package by the end of next week, please let me know.

I alluded in my title that I was "sort of" back. I have a lot of things coming up that could impact my ability to post daily as I had been doing. And with the baseball season winding down and lack of new card releases that I'm interested in for several months (aside from Topps Traded/Highlights/Updates or whatever they're calling it this year) I won't have a whole lot to write about anyway except new customs or additions to my collections. I have not burned out or gotten bored with the process or anything like that. I'll be writing posts when I can but it may be reduced to a few times a week or even just weekly. We'll see.

Thanks to everyone who has followed and commented on my blog since I started it in the Spring. I don't have a lot of like minded hobbyists in my every day life so it's been great to have an outlet for my collection.