5.31.11

Weather: 77, sunny and pretty warm, clear skies
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles
Weather During Walk: pretty warm. what happened to spring?
Overall Walk Performance: ok but sluggish
Current Mood: tired of just about everything
How is your diabetes today?: it is
Fasting BG this morning?: 84

5.30.11

Weather: high 50s, rain, muggy, crappy
Did you walk today?: no. i ahd to leave for work at 10am "holiday" shift
If So, how far?: 
Weather During Walk: 
Overall Walk Performance: 
Current Mood: fucking tired
How is your diabetes today?: winning
Fasting BG this morning?: 82

5.29.11 - Graded Card Of The Day - Jay Bruce Gold Ref RC

Those that know me, know that i've been a fan of Jay Bruce's since 2006
its really nice to see him starting to come into his own. he's in a hot
pocket right now, leading the NL in Home Runs (with 15)

This card i wound up picking up after the 2008 hype died down, because
when i DID want to buy it (in 2006) there were no 9.0s available
(not that that is a shock or anything, seeing how the hobby as a whole
pisses on anything modern and lower then 9.5)

5.29.11

Weather: 74, PCL, warm
Did you walk today?: no. did 3+ hours of yard work instead. would have walked, but knew that doing both wouldnt be possible today. fucking diabetes.
If So, how far?: 
Weather During Walk: 
Overall Walk Performance: 
Current Mood: lousy
How is your diabetes today?: see above
Fasting BG this morning?: 81

5.28.11

Weather: 74, sunny, warm
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles + Target (No Heritage, No GQ, PLENTY of Bowman)
Weather During Walk: sunny, fairly warm
Overall Walk Performance: ok
Current Mood: tired today
How is your diabetes today?: winning
Fasting BG this morning?: 77

5.27.11

Weather: 68, cloudy, muggy
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles
Weather During Walk: muggy and warm, cludy
Overall Walk Performance: ok/sluggish
Current Mood: tired. had to get a new tail light bulb for my car
How is your diabetes today?: sucks
Fasting BG this morning?: 82

5.26.11

Weather: 65, overcast, cool-ish
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles
Weather During Walk: cold,-ish, light breeze
Overall Walk Performance: slow
Current Mood: shitty
How is your diabetes today?: shitty
Fasting BG this morning?: 81

5.25.11 - Graded Card Of The Day - Nowitzki Topps RC

The Mavs Move on to the NBA Finals, thanks to this guy...

5.25.11

Weather: 72, SUNNY (imagine that) clear skies
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles
Weather During Walk: sunny, warm, nice, almost hot
Overall Walk Performance: ok
Current Mood: tired
How is your diabetes today?: hate it
Fasting BG this morning?: 84

5.24.11 - Graded Cards Of The Day - 1981 Donruss

i have a lot of slabs. i freely admit that i have a slab problem/addiction. i am trying to address that as the free space that i have for cards gets smaller. lol

i dont know what it is sometimes, but i just love those little plastic jackets. i realize that it's not the most economical way to go about collecting, but eh, sometimes i just dont care. sometimes i do.

im at one of those crossroads at the moment. i still have a drive to go after 1981 Topps and 1984 Donruss HOFers in PSA 9 slabs, but my interest in the other years/brands that i "need" is waining. some days i just want to rip that old wax and then take those HOF base cards and put them in sheets/binders. some days i want to forge ahead and pick the rest of them up already slabbed. yes, i know that the latter isnt the best option financially, but sometimes, who cares?

eh. i dont know anymore lol i know that i can get a WHOLE set of 1981 Donruss for less then $30. a Wax box is $45 and the HOF slabs are $5 - $15 a piece. the math is simple to do, really.

5.24.11

Weather: 62, pcl, warm actually
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles + Target (nothing, nada)
Weather During Walk: pretty warm, could have left the jacket home
Overall Walk Performance: ok
Current Mood: tired
How is your diabetes today?: sucks
Fasting BG this morning?: 78

5.23.11

Weather: 58, overcast/drizzle, cold, windy
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles
Weather During Walk: cold, breezy, light drizzle
Overall Walk Performance: ok
Current Mood: tired
How is your diabetes today?: sucks
Fasting BG this morning?: 78

5.22.11 - Graded Card Of The Day - 2001 BC Jose Reyes RC

i do not think that the Mets should trade Jose. Will they? probably

5.22.11

Weather: 57, overcast, cold
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles
Weather During Walk: cold, overcast
Overall Walk Performance: ok
Current Mood: blah
How is your diabetes today?: winning
Fasting BG this morning?: 86

5.21.11 - Graded Card Of The Day - Gary Carter Rookie Card

Hoping for the best for The Kid.

5.21.11

Weather: 58, sunny. cool
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles
Weather During Walk: sunny, cool, no breeze really
Overall Walk Performance: ok
Current Mood: tired
How is your diabetes today?: winning
Fasting BG this morning?: 81

5.20.11 - Graded Card Of The Day - Killer Rookie Card

Love this card, great eye appeal for the "lower" grade

5.19.11 - Graded Card Of The Day - 1976 Hammerin' Hank

This guy is STILL very under-appreciated in this hobby of ours!

5.19.11

Weather: 65, overcast, muggy
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles
Weather During Walk: muggy, overcast, some BLUE skies. imagine that
Overall Walk Performance: ok
Current Mood: tired
How is your diabetes today?: hate it
Fasting BG this morning?: 77

5.18.11

Weather: 65, overcast, muggy
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles
Weather During Walk: warm, muggy, sunny off and on
Overall Walk Performance: ok
Current Mood: not good
How is your diabetes today?: hate it
Fasting BG this morning?: 80

5.17.11

Weather: 56, POUR rain off and on. Cold
Did you walk today?: yes, the idiot that i am.
If So, how far?: 3.20 miles
Weather During Walk: Rain to start, then stopped, then POURED the last mile-ish
Overall Walk Performance: ok
Current Mood: i am an idiot
How is your diabetes today?: winning
Fasting BG this morning?: 80

5.17.11 - Graded Card Of The Day - RIP Killer

5.16.11 - Graded Card Of The Day

i like Hockey. i used to LOVE hockey. not sure where it all changed, but today i watched game six of the 1983 Wales Conference Finals as The Islanders defeated the Bruins 8-4.

This guy scored four goals:



i am going back and forth with my preference of Topps vs O-Pee-Chee for Hockey Cards. i guess some of it is the cost of wax of the two.

5.16.11 - Graded Card of The Day - 1984 Donruss "A"

in 1984 Donruss unleashed its totally revamped line of Baseball Cards.
Baseball Cards would never...be......the.........same!

Todays GCOTD was actually an "insert" and not issued in the Factory Set,
only available in wax packs. imagine that.

5.16.11

Weather: 58, cold, drizzle, overcast, nasty
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.20 miles
Weather During Walk: cold, damp, nasty
Overall Walk Performance: ok
Current Mood: ok
How is your diabetes today?: its there
Fasting BG this morning?: 85

My Gypsy Queen Retail Rippage Party!

Well, tonight was the night that i penciled in the time to rip my Gypsy Queen Stash.
i must say, it was a VERY enjoyable rip! i would seriously recommend these blasters all the time. at $20 for 8 packs, this is a very good rip imo.

all are available for PayPal or would be willing to trade for Topps Heritage Needs.

5.15.11

Weather: 59, cold, overcast, rainy, windy
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles
Weather During Walk: cold, windy, but did not rain
Overall Walk Performance: ok
Current Mood: just dont have it today
How is your diabetes today?: see above
Fasting BG this morning?: 79

5.14.11

Weather: 59, overcast, cold out actually
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles
Weather During Walk: cold, light wind
Overall Walk Performance: not feeling so hot today
Current Mood: blah
How is your diabetes today?: its winning today
Fasting BG this morning?: 84

5.13.11

Weather: 61, clear skies, cool
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles + Target (Nada)
Weather During Walk: sunny and cold, breezy
Overall Walk Performance: better then yesterday
Current Mood: eh
How is your diabetes today?: eh
Fasting BG this morning?: 82

5.12.11

Weather: 59, clear skies, cold and light breeze
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles + Target (No Heritage, No GQ, No Bowman, No NOTHIN'! lol)
Weather During Walk: cold, windy
Overall Walk Performance: struggled today, legs hurt
Current Mood: tired
How is your diabetes today?: cold limbs
Fasting BG this morning?: 82

5.11.11

Weather: 58, overcast, cold, windy
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles
Weather During Walk: cold, overcast, pretty windy
Overall Walk Performance: sluggish
Current Mood: ok
How is your diabetes today?: eh
Fasting BG this morning?: 84

5.10.11 - Graded Card Of The Day - Kevin McReynolds RC

Ahhhhh 1984 Donruss how i do love thee. Kevin McReynolds was my Grandmothers favorite New York Met. I've always loved the way that the 1984 Donruss cards have looked, feeling that they have held up to the test of time really well. More of todays young coollectors need to be exposed to amazing SETS like this one, and not worry so much about "value".

5.10.11

Weather: 60, CLEAR skies, WINDY!!!
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles
Weather During Walk: cold, head winds, WINDY!
Overall Walk Performance: ok
Current Mood: tired
How is your diabetes today?: eh
Fasting BG this morning?: 78

5.9.11

Weather: 61, sunny.
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles + Target (No Heritage)
Weather During Walk: sunny, cool, nice
Overall Walk Performance: ok
Current Mood: ok
How is your diabetes today?: ok
Fasting BG this morning?: 79

Sunday, Bloody Sunday.....The mass murdering of Topps Heritage Wax

Since Sunday is my day off, i decided that today was the day that i was going to start my 2011 Topps Heritage Set.
I've been picking up these since they hit the shelves upon release:



well, i turned the above into this:



i did ok, but more importantly, really enjoyed the rip!

Heres a picture of the "Hits"



Red Ink Auto, Green Tint Helton, 18 Chromes and 11 Chrome Refractors.

Thanks for the read,
Eric

5.8.11

Weather: 62, sunny, really nice, light breeze
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles + mowed the lawn and will go food shopping shortly
Weather During Walk: sunny and breezy
Overall Walk Performance: good
Current Mood: tired
How is your diabetes today?: ok
Fasting BG this morning?: 84

5.7.11

Weather: 62, sunny, slight breeze
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles
Weather During Walk: good, sunny
Overall Walk Performance: ok/sluggish
Current Mood: tired
How is your diabetes today?: tired
Fasting BG this morning?: 88

5.6.11 - Graded Card Of The Day

1981 Topps, being represented here by George Brett



ive written about my love of 1981 Topps here before, but i want to say it again...

i love 1981 Topps. it really was the end of an era. their monopoly was gone and there were two new kids on the block (Fleer/Donruss).

1982 Topps saw the return of "All Star Cards" as well as "In Action" Cards and so the era of "many of the same star cards in every set" began, followed soon thereafter by the "slaughtering of many forests" era of mass over production.

but ahhhhh....1981 Topps Baseball. The much under-appreciated Topps Set of the 1980s

One other thing...these are a true female dog to get in PSA 9 slabs!

5.6.11

Weather: 62, sunny, breezy
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles
Weather During Walk: cold and brisk winds
Overall Walk Performance: ok/sluggish
Current Mood: tired
How is your diabetes today?: cold limbs
Fasting BG this morning?: 81

Recent ongoings blog...

Just a general blog tonight about whats been going on with me.

with work back in full swing, i dont have a lot of free time for cards here at home really.

last weekend i went and picked up this sweet three-shelf book case at Target for $20. Works really well for housing my Topps Heritage Sets:



the 2011 retail you see has yet to be ripped, which i still have to do and put my set together for this year. Here is a better pic of the 2011 Heritage Hoard:



i have to put together the black border set, as well as all three tint sets, so it's gonna be a loooooooong road to finish this years set! ha im just glad i have no interest in any of the chrome cards that Topps makes for the Heritage line.

i also hit Target today and landed these:



i doubt i will be making this set, but it would be nice to pull a notable on-card auto. since this stash cost less then the cost of one hobby box, i figured id give it a go.

5.5.11

Weather: 53, sunny, COLD, breezy
Did you walk today?: Yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles + Target (GQ!)
Weather During Walk: cold, windy
Overall Walk Performance: ok, sluggish
Current Mood: tired today
How is your diabetes today?: better then yesterday
Fasting BG this morning?: 80

5.4.11

Weather: 62, Rain.
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles
Weather During Walk: Rain
Overall Walk Performance: ok
Current Mood: eh
How is your diabetes today?: my right eye is bothering me, blurry
Fasting BG this morning?: 79

5.3.11 - Graded Card Of The Day

FIVE Hall of Famers and FOUR 500 Home Run Club Members!



(this blog was inspired by sewingmachinguy!) :)

5.3.11 - Graded Card Of The Day

Todays Graded Card Of The Day is a rookie card of a player that doesn't get nearly the respect that he SHOULD get in todays "Hobby".

Lou Brock's 1962 Topps Rookie Card



This was picked up by myself for a really good price at a local card store. Good eye appeal, and fits nicely into my Graded Rookie Card Collection.

It's also nice that it's from this years subject of Topps Heritage, which is another line of cards that i absolutely love.

5.3.11

Weather: 64, clear skies, light breeze
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 + Target (no GQ)
Weather During Walk: good
Overall Walk Performance: ok 
Current Mood: tired today
How is your diabetes today?: tired today
Fasting BG this morning?: 85

5.2.11 - Graded Card Of The Day

Someone pointed out, and rightfully so, that it was time for another "Graded Card Of The Day" posting.

So, here is today's graded card of the day:

This is a card that i have wanted to own for a very very long time. It had always been very popular, and therefor pretty expensive. When the set came out in 1984 it was immediately out of my budget (being 13 years old and all).

Back in 2005, i was able to finally pick up Gooden from the set. For the last few months i'd been looking to pick up this card, but was waiting for the right price and just as importantly, finding it as centered as possible for a PSA 9

5.2.11

Weather: 52, cold, overcast
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles
Weather During Walk: cold, breezy, overcast
Overall Walk Performance: sluggish
Current Mood: tired
How is your diabetes today?: blah
Fasting BG this morning?: 75

5.1.11

Weather: 60, sunny, fantastic day
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 2.00 miles, plus two hours of house cleaning and then food shopping
Weather During Walk: nice
Overall Walk Performance: tired, cut it short because of the other things that i had to do today 
Current Mood: tired
How is your diabetes today?: tired
Fasting BG this morning?: 82

ive been following the same routine the last few days, just havnt had the time to blog it.
have to get back to the daily blog