He Remembered, Did You?

Today marks my 42nd year of life. Yes, it's my birthday and I will party if I want to. But, at 42, who parties anymore. You are just hoping at this point something else doesn't ache when you wake up.

Curse you lower back!

So, my form of partying at this age is having the day to myself, drinking some coffee (takes a sip), and putting up a new post on here. Otherwise, I don't have much planned. I have spent every birthday like this pretty much so anything outside of this would be a surprise.

Speaking of surprises, I got this mail day in the mail a week ago and I suspected it might be my birthday gifts from blog reader/friend Oren, so I didn't open it until this morning. He never forgets it.

*takes another sip*

Oren once again just like he does every year, hits the nail on the head with my birthday gift.

First up, he sent some packs,

Plenty of variety here. I have opened some of the packs and will post results in my Coffee Break segment.

Malcolm Gladwell is a journalist and writer.

The Shep! I don't have this autograph of him either. I wished he had stayed retired as a Giant but he had some great times in Tampa last year.

I have a couple other Electra rookies, but not the bowman Chrome one. Awesome card. I wished they made more celebrity cards like this.

This is one half of the Sklar brothers who are comedians and used to host the show Cheap Seats which was on ESPN Classic channel.

Another new Rhett Bomar.

And speaking of new, Eli! I have a couple others but not this green one. Oren finds another new one for me.

Still one of the greatest catches ever in NFL history, I think Tyree's helmet catch was better, I still watch and re-live this moment time after time. If Odell had stayed on the Giants, kept his head on, stayed healthy, he may have been one of the most dominant receivers EVER. He was that dominant on the Giants. But, he got traded away and everything was messy after that.

Thanks again Oren for the birthday gift and thinking of me.

*takes a sip before finishing up today's post*

Early in the day only woke up with a new small back ache, so that's gotta be good news right? Maybe 42 will look good on me this year. I hope. Haven't checked my hair count yet either, but maybe I will just leave that alone and stick with the positives.

Have a great day everyone.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Leprechaun

A Leprechaun is small and green,
He hid my coffee where it can't be seen,
But, if I can somehow catch him before the end of today,
my coffee will double in size they say!

Picture Of The Week: Week 7 (new and improved!)

Welcome to the NEW Picture Of The Week!

Yes, I am still posting a picture that will hopefully bring some joy to you this week, I am just doing a little less copy and pasting every week and make a comment on the picture instead. I was just being lazy before just to have a post done and that's not the approach, I want to take on this blog.

I want to drink some coffee, *takes a sip*, and share some cards and photos so from here on out, Picture Of The Week will be better!

 

This week's photo brings me some joy. We have had some warmer weather and the snow has finally started to settle and melt in spots which means spring is coming right around the corner.

One of the biggest signs that spring may be on the way is the first flower starting to pop up. This one I could see out my kitchen window and said, "no way" until I went out and saw it in person then said "yes way."

As for what flower this will turn into, I really don't know. I planted some marked down bulbs in the fall so it will be as much of a surprise to me as it will be to you.

For those of you in winter areas, I hope this sign of spring brings you a smile as well.

Hope everyone has a great day.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

5 Things I Did In The Hobby Last Week

For my first post of March due to being busy with family, I see you all being disappointed by this, I thought I would reply to Elon Musk's email about 5 Things I Did In The Hobby Last Week.

Though his email was government related, I prefer to stick with the hobby.

So, here are five things I did last week....besides spending family time and drinking coffee.

1.

 

I tweeted out my Malik Nabers collection so far. Which ended up getting a lot of feedback as my highest rated tweet all-time. Which says a lot since I have been on Twitter for over ten years. This tweet also brought in some free Nabers cards and some trades.

2.

 

I finally sent out some due PWE's for back trades I had cards sitting around for. I still really need to hit back S.R. '75 Cards blog and start my other ones with fellow bloggers for my firsts of 2025. Hopefully now that basketball is done and family visiting is over, I can find some time.

3.

 

I finally took a few minutes out to get some cards put away. These football and baseball rookie cards have been sitting on my floor for three months.

4.

 

While family was visiting in my downtime with them, I window shopped eBay and added some things to my watchlist.

5.

I got a my latest trade mail day from blog reader/friend Oren.

 

  

I am always willing to add Metal Universe to my collection. I am chasing all sets from all sports for the first couple years that look like this. These are some of the coolest looking base cards out there.

Another fun design for a Fleer insert.

Collectors Choice or in this case when they rebranded it as UD Choice, was mainly a kid's brand, but I liked it as an adult.

I must admit, I had to look up this Drea to see who she was, but I have always been a big collector of thse Fans Of The Game.

Speaking of which, another one. This time a legendary voice that COULD...GO ....ALL...THE....WAY! Now I just need a Berman auto.

Ray Allen turning back the clock in this insert.

I bet this as a refractor is awesome.

Same with this one 

 

And this one came as a surprise. Oren wondered if I had this already, I might, but haven't fully confirmed that yet. I will have to look on TCDB to know for sure. With over 150 different Williams cards, that's the only way I can keep track now.

Thanks Oren! Hope you liked what I sent back.

Well, I hope you enjoyed what will now be a new segment on here. Feel free other bloggers to use this one as well, just make sure you thank me :)

Hope everyone has a great week. I am not sure if there will be another new post this week or not. I don't have anything in my drafts to post about and my schedule looks a little packed.

Drink a cup or two for me in the meantime.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

No Intimidation Needed

It won't take any "intimidation" from Oren for me to want to do some trading with him, it just takes a simple email and bam, two are done.

As always, Oren is really good about finding cards that fit different parts of my collection, and every trade brings on a new variety.

Like some mobster cards.

Randy Johnson Topps Total insert. Even though I am not a pitcher collector, there are some of those 90's guys I will add. Johnson was a master of his craft.

I don't care which player if featured on an insert like this, just send it to me.

I have a few of these kicking around, not Rison though.

It's 90's.

It's not often you find a hitting Mike Hampton card.

I own the regular base, but not the promotional sample. I assume these were sent to dealers before product release. I don'own too many  of them.

I think this is a set I completed, but I love these so much I don't mind dupes.

TD was one of my favorite running backs all-time. He is a side PC. This card is a bit odd as it looks like it should sparkle in the light, but yet it doesn't.

We don't see many products or any products now that are strictly all acetate.

Which is why I am still chasing this base set.

An Aaron Ross numbered rookie I don't have.

I couldn't believe that Oren was able to find an Eli I didn't have. But he did, and I am happy about it.

 

I don't like politics or talking about them, but I will collect them.

Especially a card like this. This is a 1967 Topps Who Am I Dwight Eisenhower. I really like this card.

Thanks again goes out to Oren for our latest trades. Looking forward to the next!

And no, you won't need to intimidate me to do it. I already agree to do one.

I hope everyone has a great Friday and weekend.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Season's End

The season is officially over.

Last night we held the end of the year coaches meeting to discuss the good, the bad and what needs to be improved for the league with the AD.

Between all of the coaches for boys and girls 3rd-4th basketball teams, there was more good than bad.

I would say that was also the case for our basketball season.

In our final game as Team 2, which was last Wednesday, we pulled out a 26-19 win making it three wins in a row to end the season. We could have won by more, but we were trying really hard to get every girl a basket. Which is really tough when it's a team of 17, but we did manage to get 13 of those girls to score. That to me was a huge highlight.

Another highlight was our end of the year party which took place the day after on Thursday.

For a few months, I gathered together some cool basketball items to hand out something to each girl. With some assistance from Twitter as well, I was able to gather some card items to assure that each girl got some WNBA cards to hopefully give them some drive going into next season.

My wife found these awesome bags that I could pack the items into.

Here are all of the cards both donated from Twitter and my own collection,

(the packs were very generous from a group on Twitter)

There's some Caitlin Clarks mixed in these as well.

Here was the final product. There were also stickers, bracelets and hair attire in these bags as well.

The girls were also served a pizza and cupcake party along with a game of girls vs parents. I scored a basket in that game if that counts haha!

It was a fun first season as an assistant coach. Next year I should be in position to be Head Coach and I have already begun lesson plans for practice and some plays for games. It's always good to be prepared in advance. 

And I don't want to forget what I learned this year that I could use next year.

Here is the overall look at the season:

Team 1 5-3

Team 2 3-3-1

Lost Combined Team Game 0-1

Team record:8-6-1

Before I close out, I wanted to share a gift that one of the girls gave me as they were leaving,

 

I will treasure this forever.

Hope everyone has a great Wednesday.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*