Spring Cleaning and Feeling Good

Spring cleaning is finally coming to an end.  I'm in the final stages of cleaning out my bathroom, office, and half of the garage.  It's been hard on the back, but refreshing and satisfying to the mind.

If things go as planned... I will have everything sorted and ready to either dump, donate, or sell by the time I lay down tonight.  It's truly a great feeling.

But before I head into the garage, I wanted to quickly show off a pair of packages I recently received as well as promote a contest being held by one of our own.

First up is my very first Keston Hiura memorabilia card that Greg over at The Collective Mind sent me:

2020 Topps Heritage Clubhouse Collection #CCR-KH

I remember seeing it on his blog back in March when he busted four retail boxes of Heritage.  This pairs up really well with the rookie card collection I've been putting together of Hiura.  Now I just need to pick up a reasonably priced on-card autograph to complete the Sports Card Trifecta.

Thank you Greg for keeping me in mind when you stumble across guys like Kurt Suzuki, Tony Gwynn, and Keston Hiura!  It's much appreciated.

Next up was a thoughtful package of cards from Duff over at Comatoad on Cards.  He broke things down into four categories:


Category #1:  Cards for Fun

If Daniel Mengden's mustache or Coco Crisp's afro isn't fun, I'm not sure what fun is.


Category #2:  Olympic Leftovers

Duff had wrote a post about extra Olympic cards he had laying around and I had showed an interest in quite a few.  These are only part of the cards he sent.  A few of these cards will be featured in a future post.  Stay tuned.


Category #3:  SI for Kids

SI for Kids cards rule.  Where else would you find cards of Stanford's Logan Tom or UCLA's Keira Goeri?


Category #4:  Awesome Padres Cards

I'm always excited to receive San Diego Padres cards... especially when it involves a Tony Gwynn card I didn't own.  I've been trying to track down all of the Oakland A's and San Diego Padres Diamond Kings cards.  Now I'm one step closer to reaching the goal.

Thanks Duff for this very generous package of cards.  I love how you divided things up for me into little team bags.

I'll wrap things up by promoting a contest being held over at Welcome to Chavez Ravining.  He's giving away a few different prize packages, including a pack of 2020 Topps T206.  It's simple to enter.  All you need to do is comment on his contest post with the card or set that jump started your collection.  There are opportunities for you to earn bonus entries, but you can learn about that by clicking here.

Well that's it for today.  Gotta finish cleaning up.  Happy Monday and sayonara!