The Man in the Yellow Hat is Overly Patient with George

Watching:  Curious George on PBS

George is so mischievous that near-catastrophes are a daily occurrence.  The Man in the Yellow Hat really needs to reign George in.  I find my stress rising sometimes while watching.  "You're going to leave George unattended..."  "You're going to put George in charge of that task..."  If the Man in the Yellow Hat was a parent I would call Child Protective Services.

Once again, I have fallen behind, but today we can catch up on the four packages that arrived over the past three days.  I am home with our daughter today so while she watches PBS Kids I can knock out a quick post.

The week's first package was my second trade with TCDB member figgman - set builders for 1991 Score football and 1990-91 Score Canadian hockey.  I also received a Belfour for the Hawks collection but forgot to take a photo.  Here it is on TCDB.



Next up my first trade with TCDB member 12thman.  Football set builders include two of my all-time favorites: 1984 Topps (86%) and 1989 Score (72%), as well as 1990 Topps Traded, 1991 Upper Deck and 1992 Stadium Club.



My first trade with TCDB member pezNpirates is up next.  The first block of cards go toward the 1995-96 SP basketball set, while the latter block goes toward the Michigan collection.



And the final package was my third trade with TCDB member clmdesign.  One each for the 1983 and 1991 Topps baseball sets:



The bulk of the trade was devoted to basketball set builders.



And the big prize here was a 1989 Topps Traded Aikman:

Two Trades & Hoarding Webber

Watching:  Timberwolves vs Bucks on Fox Sports Wisconsin

Completed my second big trade of 2019 with TCDB member DukeyDevil.  Some Fleer stickers and 1989 Donruss insert are the lone baseball items:



On to basketball, two each from the 1991-92 Hoops and McDonald's sets:



One each from 1991-2 Upper Deck and 1992-93 Fleer:



Ten from 1992-93 Hoops and six from 1992-93 Topps Archives.  I like the Archives set.  Maybe because I collected the majority of these Topps baseball sets.



1993-94 basketball additions include Fleer, Hoops, SkyBox, Topps and Upper Deck:



1994-95 additions include Fleer, Hoops and Topps:



And the basketball portion of the trade concludes with 1995-96 Fleer and SkyBox:



Finally, one hockey card, a Michigan addition, wraps up this trade:



Today's second trade was a hockey trade with TCDB member andres79; our second trade.  One 1992-93 Upper Deck set addition, and seven to add to both the Michigan and Blackhawks collections:



Wrapping up the night, a single card eBay purchase.  Chris Webber's my guy and I love the Noir sets, so it's only natural I stock up on these.  I now have six of the 99 copies:

Catching up... once again

Watching:  Celtics vs. Bucks on TNT

Once again I have fallen behind on my blogging.  A major obstacle to my blogging is that I cannot access Blogger at the office.

So who's going to congratulate me on my most recent eBay purchase?  Kidding!  Can you believe that?  I have never been in this for money.  I have no grandiose dreams of paying off the mortgage with my collection.  The idea of selling cards, now and as a kid, never appealed to me.  I'm a collector and a trader; always have been, always will be.  But if I had a card like this Jordan PMG I would have to make an exception as that would pay off the mortgage... and the cars... and student loans.  That card truly is a life changer.  Amazing.  And who are the people with that much disposable income?!  Kind of a sad reflection of where we are.  I'll stop there - this isn't a political blog after all.

I received two packages on Tuesday.  One a single card eBay purchase and the second some unexpected cards.  The eBay purchase was a 2018-19 Crown Royale Chris Webber MEM card:



The surprise package was from TCDB member dcdeacon.  Pete sent me some inserts from the 2013-14 Hoops set.  I am just a couple of cards away from completing all three of these insert sets:



One package arrived in the mail today - my first trade with TCDB member bobfetta.  We start with some 1990-91 O-Pee-Chee Premier.  I like this set and just might try and complete it.



Then two VAR from 1990-91 Pro Set I needed as I attempt to complete the master set:



Six 1992-93 Upper Deck additions.  Five of these are extras he threw in; thank you:



And this trade wraps up with one apiece for the Michigan and Hawks collections:

Card Show Visit & Jordan's

Listening:  to our daughter play Barbie's

This morning I dipped into the pack stash and opened one fat pack of 2018-19 Hoops.  Why not?  I actually needed four of the RCs in the pack for my set so that was nice:



The four inserts included these three keepers:



And the fourth was a Giannis I didn't have yet!



The remaining base cards have been posted on my For Trade list:



There was a card show at the local mall this weekend.  I couldn't make it out there yesterday as we had swim lessons, lunch, shopping, and a movie.  The local theatre finished its recent run of classic animated films with Beauty and the Beast.  So let me get this straight - Beast imprisons Belle's father for the heinous crime of stealing a rose.  Belle then comes to the castle and takes her father's place as Beast's prisoner; forever.  If ever there was a recipe for true love...  I headed over to the mall today and checked out the show.  They typically hold only three shows a year, usually Feb, Apr, and Oct.  The shows are a challenge for me as the primary focus is vintage baseball and Packers; two areas in which I have no interest.  With the rise of Giannis and a couple of strong rookie classes recently, basketball offerings have picked up a bit.  Football offerings are pretty solid, while hockey is virtually non-existent.  The second table I visited had a good sized box of football RCs I perused.  I even managed to find a couple 1989 Score I needed.  For $5 I picked up five cards.  Manningham, Toomer, and Woodson for the Michigan collection, and Taylor & Rison for the 1989 Score set.  I commented to the dealer how pleased I was to find some key RCs for the 1989 Score set I'm building and he comes back with a sharp looking Aikman he had tucked away. 



I poked around at the other tables but nothing really grabbed me.  Walked away from using only one $20 bill.  Sure, a bigger haul would have been nice, but I am really happy with the three 1989 Score's and Woodson RC.

I never go to the mall.  On the way out of the mall though I walked by Foot Locker and had to pop my head in just to see.  The Infrared 6's came out yesterday.  I had those in high school... sophomore year I believe... MJ's first title.  Girl comes up and tells me from here to the door all shoes are 25% off today.  "Does that include these three columns of Jordan's?"  "Yes."  I grew up with Jordan's.  I had the original red and black 1's as a fifth grader.  Had various other pairs through junior high and high school.  I care nothing about fashion and labels, but I am still a sucker for Jordan's.  You know what happened next...

Who knew blogging would be such a chore?

Watching:  NBA All-Star Saturday Night on TNT

First post since Tuesday.  The snow we received to start the week meant several rounds of shoveling and put me behind the chains for the rest of the week.

Diallo's dunk over Shaq was ridiculous!  Should have ended the contest right there and handed him the trophy.

Received a number of packages this week.  I will try and cover these in the order received.

I had a small trade with TCDB member rodine; our first trade.  Unfortunately, I accidentally deleted the photo.  The trade included one 1984 Topps and a few 1991 Topps baseball cards.

Next up a "submit an offer" eBay purchase of another 1997-98 Finest silver lot.  27 cards in total - 15 go toward the set while the remaining 12 are now on my For Trade list.  Completion rate up to 77%:





My first trade with TCDB member TheMacman513 is up next.  This trade covered all four sports.






Continuing with the "first trade with a TCDB member" theme, we have a football trade with wireguy66.  Two set builders start us off (1989 Topps Traded and 1991 Score):



The remaining cards all go toward the Michigan collection:

 

And rounding out the "first time" theme is my first trade with TCDB member Driverk8.  We start with set builders (1984 Topps (86%), 1989 Score (70%), and 2018 Prestige (75%)):



Followed by some Michigan additions:



And round this trade out with one Belfour:



And finally, I received a surprise package this week from TCDB member herbinator.  We have never traded before so Shane went out of his way to track down my address and send me these cards. 

I live on the planet Hoth & One Trade

Watching:  Michigan vs. Penn State on BTN

Fun day.  Was shoveling snow at 4:30 this morning.  Then walked to work at 5:45 am because 1) our street had not been plowed and 2) I feared being plowed in once I parked at work.  Got back home around 5:30 pm and shoveled again.  All-in-all I think we picked up a good ten inches of snow.  Given the way the streets in our neighborhood still look I may walk to work again tomorrow.

One package today; a trade with TCDB member TheMacman513.

Two cards going toward the 1990 Upper Deck baseball set:



For basketball we have one 2018 Contenders Draft Picks and half a dozen 2018-19 Prizm inserts and parallels:



One card each for the 1984 and 1989 Topps football sets:



And finally the lone hockey card goes to the Hawks collection: