Beyond everyone being out and about in the warmer months, the upcoming holidays are the next challenge we are all facing. I know for some not having to deal with certain folks over the holidays might be a positive. It is certainly that way for me. Some of my family is trying to insist on getting together (for Christmas) and I’m definitely not down with that.
Thanksgiving is probably my favorite winter holiday though. It’s all the food, and all the sports, and even the family, without all the expectation or disappointment of the gift giving or anything like that. My uncle and my wife are great cooks so they love putting something together for everything.
This year we are sort of doing a drive-thru Thanksgiving. My family is doing Turkey and desserts, and then my Aunt and Uncle are doing the sides. A bunch of family and friends are meeting, hanging out outside for a little bit, and then basically we all have take out (or a portion of take out).
Since it’s time to say thanks I’d like to say thank you to those who follow and read the blog. I appreciate all that share in the hobby and I hope that you get some kind of enjoyment or at least a giggle once in a while from the blog or my social media.
Have a safe and healthy Thanksgiving!
The Review
Here’s what happened on the blog last week:
- Monday: Steve Rogers
- Tuesday: Bill Sampen, Mark Whiten
- Wednesday: Steve Renko
- Thursday: Jim Clancy
- Friday: Andre Dawson
- Saturday: Buck Martinez
- Sunday: Jeff Fassero
#ohcanada was predictably filled with former Expos and Rangers. I would say the highlight of the week was Andre Dawson. I’ve been planning this one for a while and his return was one of the reasons I was excited to do this one. That and Steve Rogers, I feel like he had a lot of cards I like the look of and was happy to get his back when I did.
The Preview
Here’s what I have coming up for this week:
- Monday: There’s light at the end of the…
- Tuesday: Almon Joy…
- Tuesday: Patterson cake, Patterson cake…
- Wednesday: My name’s Doug and I’m outta heeeeere…
- Thursday: Ott-er…
- Friday: God bless you please Mr. Robinson…
- Saturday: Famous for the smokin’…
- Sunday: Jose, Jose, Jose, Jose…
I try to do polls on Twitter for my themes when I have a few organized. Unfortunately the participation has been dwindling on those. I think I might try to switch them to Instagram where I have a lot more followers and I think there might be a bit more interaction with the story posts.
Next week the theme will be #yoho week. There were only a couple of votes and since it was a tie, I went with the one that was picked first.
Other Notes
I had a pretty good week this week as far as my overall number. I got 11 returns and one failure. The failure was from UL Washington who seems to be getting overwhelmed a bit these days and has decided to charge $3 (except for a rookie card). I think that seems like a really fair number for him. I also got a couple Hall of Famers back which is nice.
The backlog is now at 294 which is nice. I’ll probably slow down a little bit at some point, especially for next year. I was concentrating on numbers this year and I think next year I’m going to worry about getting more into a new sport and some non-sport stuff (which I already started a little bit). Still planning the goals for next year though.
Stay safe and healthy out there!