Fall is right around the corner as temperatures have started to drop, leaves have started to fall, NFL football has returned and the release of Pumpkin Spice items have hit the shelves and Dunkin'.
It's my favorite time of year. Sorry summer.
I had to obviously jump on the pumpkin spice train as soon as it came into the station. My coffee and especially my mouth are very happy.
As you can tell, I am sipping away while writing my first blog post of August. Yes, it has been that long.
I have been busy with finishing up the rest of my summer semester, family life and everything else in-between so haven't really had the opportunity to just sit down and type.
I did however notice that the blog grew two followers in that span and I am happy to welcome them here for all of the coffee card craziness.
*takes a sip, mmmmm pumpkiny*
With my small break from school, I am hoping to get some serious card work done and continue my downsizing project in my collection before fall semester picks up September 7th.
In this round of downsizing, I have been pulling out all newer baseball inserts-anything 2002 and have been making three piles. The first pile is the 90's inserts I have found, those will go into a binder down the road. 90's inserts never go anywhere. The second pile is made up of trade bait/RAK/Christmas gifts for fellow friends. The last pile, which is the biggest bulk of it, will get packed into small boxes then shoved into a large flat rate and sent off as my Christmas gift this year for my friend to re-sell. I am sure it will take more than one large flat rate to mail these out so it will most likely be a two-year project. I also need to do basketball and hockey. Football I am unsure of yet because football is the main focus of my collecting now besides non-sport.
Baseball alone has almost filled the flat rate and it's too expensive to mail out two in the same year now with prices of those over $30 a pop to send. I remember when they were much cheaper.
This will leave me still a lot to go through as I haven't even touched,
- Boxed Sets-I plan to dismantle all unimportant sets to me and some just give away to my father to find good homes for. I can take out the good cards-players-rookies and throw the rest into a base box for the better sets.
- Rookie Cards-I have been hoarding way too many rookie cards of guys that have done nothing with their careers. It's time to unload them. This will save me sooooooo much space when this is done.
- Players Boxes/Binders-Over the years I pulled out "star" players at the time. Most of those guys, like Wander Franco and Kris Bryant for example have either gotten in trouble with the law or not really ever made it to superstar status. Those guys will be pulled and found new homes for.
- Odds And Ends: I still have some odds and ends cards, not my non-sports, but from other sports that just need to go as well.
In the end, the ultimate goal is just to be down to PC stuff and stuff to trade others. I never thought I would do this, but I feel it's time and it's such a relief to start making room as well. The cardboard hoard is over and it's time to focus on the cards that really matter just to me.
*takes a sip before ending today's post*
I hope to put up a few more posts before my fall semester begins, I signed up for some pretty intense classes for the fall and I assume all of my extra time will be eaten up doing that. But, who knows, maybe it won't be.
Hope everyone has been well and let me know what you have been up to recently in the hobby in the comments.
*Coffee Card Blogger Out*
