Owed Thanks

It's been a crazy-busy year so far and when you combine that with the fact that I got another year older already, this means I can become very forgetful.

What helps me get through is writing post-it notes or in this case having a blog draft ready.

When I started moving posts from my other two blogs back onto this one, I discovered a hidden draft I had started and never finished. It was a very generous mail day from my northern neighbor Angus who blogs on Dawg Day Cards.  I believe I had published the other half of this mail day on Cards Over Coffee but had been meaning to finish posting it on another blog and never did.

So, before I begin this post, I would like to first apologize to Angus for this delayed owed thanks for such a great mail day.

Now, time to show off the rest of that mail day,

I kick it off with a golden YA Tittle.

Next, a shiny Kerry Collins. Regardless if I have this or not, I never EVER turn down any 90's inserts or parallels especially of my favorite players.

Phil Simms 1984 Topps

As someone who grew up watching the Flinstones and the live action movies, these were great additions for two PC's. I could count these as non-sport ones as well. I have seen a couple of these on eBay before and always wanted them, now I have them.

I always hoard these Pro set cards.

One of my favorite Giants of all-time is featured on this card. Hakeem Nicks was very underrated as a Giants pass catcher but had one heck of a run in the 2011 NFL Playoffs leading the Giants to the Super Bowl and upset win.

I miss Sterling, I really wished he had retired as a Giant.

 

And finally, a Rodney Hampton. I do have this one, it's hard to find many that I don't have, but Rodney's are always welcomed just in case I don't.

Thanks again Angus for the mail day. I really appreciated all of it and you are a great, generous guy.

I guess before I continue on with more new posts on here, I better check my post-it notes and drafts to make sure I don't have any other owed thanks Let's just hope I don't misplace those as well, that wouldn't be good. I can't have a post-it note of where I placed my post-it notes.

The Hunt Was On

As kids, everyone had their own celebrity crush growing up and anyone who says that they didn't, well, they are lying.

For me, I had two.... well three if you count the really late 90's with Mandy Moore.

The biggest and first one I had was for Amy Jo Johnson, otherwise known as the Pink Power Ranger. I know I am not the only one who had a crush on her growing up. There were plenty of other 90's boys that will admit to this as well.

However, my second crush I am not sure if many had on their A-lists as a lot of boys in the 90's were focused on Topanga and Kelly Kapowski. This one was a bit older than those two.

This actress played in both movies and on a television series.

The actress, Helen Hunt.

I fell for Helen when she played on Mad About You and continued to follow her career for a few years after that watching her in films like Twister and As Good As It Gets in which she won an Oscar for.

Speaking of that Oscar win....

 

It was inscribed on this autograph card that I just welcomed home to my non-sport nostalgic PC. I thought that it was time I finally added her autograph to my collection and through the magic of Shohei Ohtani card prices, I was able to trade some second year "base" cards off to land this.

I think I made the right choice here.

With Helen knocked off from my list of needs, this leaves the door open for a much-needed Amy Jo Johnson autograph. To my surprise, she doesn't exist in any card products yet. So, any autograph from her would have to come from in-person signings or from a con of some sort.

Maybe someday.

Going back to Helen, it's hard to believe she is now in her 60's as I am still only twenty-nine for the last fourteen years of my life. But she still pretty much looks the same after all of this time, and I believe is still doing some acting. I think they brought back Mad About You for one more season back in 2019 but don't think it was a hit. I never watched that revival or any of her recent films mostly because I didn't want to ruin the original series and the movies weren't anything interesting to me. I still do watch Twister time to time because that was a big epic film in the 90's that everyone seemed to have talked about and watched.

In comments today, let me know which celebrity you had a crush on and if you have acquired their autograph or not?

You've Got Mail

You've Got Mail

Well, thirteen of you will.

I finally sat down and packed up some cards to go out. I have been wanting to do this for weeks but with school and life getting in the way, I just didn't have the time.

I like to try and get serious mailings like this out a few times a year for my readers and for fellow bloggers as well. 

So, some of you will need to keep an eye on your mailboxes over the next week as these went out yesterday. 

In the meantime, here's a couple of my recent mail days that is quite the mixed bag,

2026 Topps Chrome Football Leather Russell Wilson.

2026 Topps Neon Disney Winter Darkwing Duck

2026 Topps Neon Disney Diamante Darkwing Duck

1999 Topps Finest Prominent Figures /1848

Everyone of these cards belongs in a different PC.

I am looking forward to everyone getting their mail days and hopefully posting about them, because, you've got mail.

Starting Over

Just like a new GM in the NFL, I have gone through and cleaned house of the roster but instead of doing so for a sports team; I have done so on this blog.

I have already rid the blog of all former posts (hoping to download them and save them elsewhere but for now they are remaining in my drafts) and cleaned up the look of the blog. 

There will be continuing changes and updates to this blog as I continue to improve it and try to bring life back to this blog for the first time in many years.

Many of you may ask after all of this time away, why am I remodeling and bringing it back to life? I don't have a full answer for you. I just have noticed some things over the past few weeks that has just been an eye opener for me when it comes to blogging and it was time for a change.

 

Here's hoping that this goes as well as I hope it does.

As we take both take this journey today, let's pretend share this Celebration Matterhorn Macaroon. Cheers to those of you that are still here reading. Cheers to those that hopefully come back and read again and cheers to those that find this blog for the very first time.

It's time to start over and have fun again.

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