1 Year Anniversary Post

Happy first birthday to the blog!

I started this blog a year ago as a way to help me stay involved in a hobby that I love. Over the past year, I've traded and chatted cards with some great people along the way, too many to mention to be honest. If I went through the list and named everyone then I know I'd leave someone out. So, in general, thank you to everyone I've traded with and who has read and commented on my work over the past year. I really appreciate it.

With birthdays comes a time of reflection. Thinking about the past year and all the cards I've accumulated, I've decided that I need to do a good sized purge as the limited storage space I have for cards is quickly running out. I have two giant boxes of commons, a 1600-count box, and about 3-4 binders I need to go through. So, I've decided to do the following:

1. Keep. I know there are some hidden gems in the boxes and binders and those I'll be hanging on to. My baseball collection is divided up by team so anything I keep will then be sorted by team for proper storage.

2. Trade. As is, my trade box is stuffed full right now so I need to empty it. If you get a package from me, consider it my way of saying thanks for supporting the blog. While I won't send out a ton of stuff all at once, things will slowly trickle out. I have a decent amount of stuff set aside for those who are regulars around these parts and a few others I owe stuff too.

3. Donate. Any unwanted junk wax commons (looking at you 1989 Topps and 1990 Donruss) and excess duplicates will be donated locally. This will already be done by the time this post goes live.

After this, my collection should finally be organized and down to a manageable level.

I'll be slowing down on blogging and writing for now. You may have already noticed that things have slowed down a bit this month. Starting this week, the blog will be updated when I can find time. I can't guarantee a set posting scheduled but I won't let it lie dormant either. I've got some posts in the can already scheduled so you'll be seeing those soon. Once those have gone live, then it'll be when and where I can find time.

The most important thing I'm going into year two with is to bring back the "fun" aspect of everything, which is something I feel I've strayed away from in recent months. In the spirit of fun, I've got something really exciting coming up this fall that I really think everyone will enjoy. Details on that will be revealed on August 1st at Noon EST.

Again, thank you everyone for supporting the blog over this past year. Here's to a great year two! Stay close, there's lots more fun to come.