It's Gonna Be (Empt)May

It's May.

After a month of April Showers, now is the time for some May flowers. I can't wait to see my flower gardens come back to life soon.

It's also a new month to have a fresh start. Whether that be in your life or your card collection. Or your flavor of coffee.

*takes a sip*

 

For me, this is my fresh start. For over a year I have had some form of cards sitting in this box and another which are known as the sorting boxes. These were all cards that came in for me that I just add to the boxes until I have time to put them away.

The cards are separated into piles, rows, then get indexed off by what they are before being really broken down and put away into binders and other boxes.

The last two sorts I did were rookie card sorts. Which are done by team for each sport.

Then they get put into binders by team. For the most part, teams are split in the binders unless I have a lot of a specific team.

The time-consuming part is digging out the binders and taking care of them.

But now that it's all done, my boxes are empty. That is both a relief, but also sad. With not many cards incoming anymore, I won't have much to do that's collection related. Unless I create new projects. Which would make for another fresh start for some part of my collection.

Let me know what fresh start you might be chasing in May.

I will read the replies while finishing this cup of coffee, so don't take all day, I don't like cold coffee.

Have a great first day of May.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

New Year's Hobby Goals

*sits down and gets ready for the first post of the new year, coffee is in hand, takes a sip and gets ready*

Happy New Year! Welcome to 2023!

*takes a sip and says cheers*

*pictures you doing the same*

Since this is a New Year, most people try to set up some New Year's Resolutions, you know that list of things you say you will do, but don't. I know, I have been there so don't throw you coffee at me.

This year instead of resolutions that I probably won't stick to, I just wanted to set myself a few hobby goals. Goals I figured was better wording.

*takes a sip*

Let's start with Goal 1,

 

Which is getting stuff sorted that has already been sitting out. I did get quite a few mail days at Christmas time that need to be sorted as well, but really need to tackle these first which in itself will take a while.

Goal 2,

Combine my boxes. I slacked a little and started some new boxes so I wouldn't have to dig for old ones. Well, I finally need to combine them all so cards are easier to find and have all of my sorted collections in their rightful place.

Goal 3,

 

It's time to put the cards I once had in binders such as players, rookies, etc back into the binders. After I did my big sort a few years ago, I kept most of my cards in boxes. It's time I put them back into binders so I can locate my players and rookie cards easier. Maybe even move my Giants collection into binders as well.

This may only look like three goals, but together, they are more than that. It will be quite a lofty project.

*takes another sip. aiming to finish this cup before I finish this post*

As an extra side goal, I want to continue blogging. I have been back and forth on whether I wanted to continue into 2023. With lack of products to break. less mail days and a lot less trading, this is leaving me with not much to discuss on here. I will have to dig deep to continue on along with finding a final resting place to blog on and stick to it.

*takes a sip before moving ending today's post*

I hope everyone has a Happy, Healthy New Year and I plan to give updates as I go along with my projects.

In comments today, let me know your Goals or Resolutions for this year.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*