Thank Yous, But First a Fleeting Thought

Before I begin, I had a fleeting thought.  In perusing my Facebook news feed tonight, it seems that one out of every three status updates I read from friends involve how they are looking forward to cocktails tonight or how they need a drink due to the long week and the stress that came along with it.  That's all well and good, but I cannot relate.  Drinking really does nothing for me, but sorting through, blogging about, reading about, organizing, and trading baseball cards is kind of like my "having a drink."  I bet if you ask most women my age what they were doing on a Friday night very, very, few would say messing with baseball cards. But that's ok, I like to be different.  If you ask those same people what they were doing on Saturday, I bet even less would say they were getting up earlier than usual and heading to a big baseball card show.  That either makes me a crazy dedicated, or just plain crazy collector.

I haven't been very good at keeping up with my trade posts, and I do apologize for that.  So I figured I'd give everyone a shout out in one post.  These bloggers are awesome to trade with, extremely generous, and just all around good people.  Actually, every single person I have ever traded with via this blog fits that description, no bull.  The thank yous are in no particular order, and inevitably I will forget someone, so let me know if I do.

Thanks to Kyle at Just a Bit Outside.  I still owe Kyle cards, and hopefully I will get something trade worthy to send back really soon.

Thanks to Greg at Night Owl Cards for the unexpected package of awesome I received a few days ago.  

Thanks to Ted at Crinkly Wrappers for another unexpected package of awesome.  I've said it here before and I will continue to say it: Ted has played an integral part in the growth of my Halladay collection, and has sent me probably close to or exceeding a hundred Halladay cards.  

Thanks to Weston at Fantastic Catch for contacting me with a trade offer. I was able to help him with some set needs, and he sent me some great cards for my player collections.

Brian at Pirates Treasure Room and I are in the middle of a trade right now.  I just received a box from Brian yesterday, and the contents blew me away!  I am glad I am going to a show tomorrow,  I definitely need to stock up on some good Pirates cards to send back!  

The guys at Community Gum are great to do business with.  They rip some great product, and I will be featuring the two Strasburg cards I purchased from them in upcoming posts.

Thanks also to Rob, at Blue Batting Helmet.   Rob contacted me about a trade and sent me a bunch of cards and in turn I sent him a bunch of Cubs cards.

Thanks again, everyone.  I really hope I didn't forget anyone, I tried to get everyone I've traded with or that has sent me cards recently mentioned!

I have so many Halladay cards to enter into my spreadsheet, I have no idea when I am going to find the time! That's a good problem to have, though.

Big show in Virginia tomorrow!