Agenda: After Honeymoon Return

Late last night, after hours of plane flights and flying through 3 countries, I finally returned home from my honeymoon.

I apologize for the lack of posts this month, but I just didn’t have the time to pre-write content that could last for awhile. Planning and executing a stunning wedding and honeymoon was pretty stressful and just took away a lot of my time and energy to write. With all of that behind me now, and great new memories, I have had the time to relax a bit.

So I wanted to share the agenda for things going forward for the next couple weeks. This will help keep me focused as well as I tend to forget things I want to do and say as I have so many things going through my head at the same time.

-Review 2012 Elite football and 2012 Score football

-Catch up on previews

-Combine cards and places I visited on my honeymoon

-Showcase some new items for the man-cave

-Showcase some special cards I received from the 2012 National, without even having to go!

-Get ready for the 2012 Panini NFL Player of the Day promotion

-Start graduate school

This is actually a more daunting list than previously expected. It’s a lot of different types of content over the next couple of weeks but also includes starting graduate school and going off to Hawaii for a week for a friend’s wedding. I should have plenty of content ready for the Hawaii trip but needless to say, it’s going to be a busy couple of weeks.

Thanks for sticking around with me while I was away, but it’s back to business as usual.

Annoucement: NFL Player of the Day Will Be Returning to Sports Card Blog

I may be in Italy, home of Panini, but that doesn’t mean I can’t still make announcements.

Sports Card Blog has been chosen once again to participate in the online version of the 2012 Panini Player of the Day promotion. And once again, we will have tons of opportunities to give something away to all those diehard football collectors out there.

With contests running throughout the promotion to win fabulous items from Panini, it’s another huge chance for collectors to win hobby boxes, cards, and other awesome items from the folks at Panini.

So get ready football fans, we’ll have more information coming up soon on what and how you can win awesome prizes.

Kinda Getting Married

The time I thought I would have to post some reviews is not coming very easily due to the fact that I’m getting married on Tuesday. Family is coming from miles and miles away and I just can’t get some time alone to work on things.

I will hopefully get to post the first review on Wednesday/Thursday. Until then, sit tight and I’ll have something posted this week.

I know I have a special post for my wedding day, but I also have some great Panini reviews and a contest for you guys.

Stay tuned.

Our Donation to National MS Society

Today, we have taken the $100 raised in our charity group break and donated the money to the National MS Society who continues the fight to find a cure for Multiple Sclerosis. Our $100 raised will go towards finding a cure for this terrible disease.

But that’s not all. The fine people at Pure Protein are doubling every donation made to the National MS Society currently. That means we have generated $200 towards fighting Multiple Sclerosis.

I want to thank everyone who participated in the group break. Everyone who participated will be receiving the cards from their team in the break if they had a team that was pulled or some random inserts if they didn’t have a team that was pulled. Everyone will also be receiving a $20 credit for first time sellers on CheckOutMyCards.com and my autograph thanking you for participating.

As promised, here is the screenshot from the donation to prove that we donated $100 to the National MS Society.

If you are interested in donating, please utilize the links provided. Thank you again to all of those who participated and thanks to Panini America for providing the product.

Charity Group Break: 2011 Panini Limited Baseball

I mentioned in a recent post that I wanted to do something to support charity, so with our box of 2011 Panini Limited baseball sent to us for review, we want to use that to give back to charity.

So we will be hosting a charity group break with all proceeds going towards a special charity that will be chosen by those in the group break, the majority of votes by those involved will win. You will have three choices when you sign up for the group break. You can choose between Special Olympics Oregon, National MS Society, or the Portland Providence Medical Foundation. If there is a tie amongst participants in the voting, I will cast the deciding vote.

Each spot in this charity group break is $10. $10 will guarantee you 3 teams in this break. The first team you will be picking yourself with the other two randomized.

To sign up, post below with your team of choice and which charity you would like to support. Then, send $10 via PayPal to sportscardblog@gmail.com to lock that spot in. Make sure the email you use when you post here matches your PayPal email. If it’s different, please let me know. After all the spots have been paid for I will post the video and the review of the product. All the cards will be sent out to the winners.

Since this product only contains a limited number of cards, if none of your 3 teams gets a card, I will send out something to you just for participating and helping support this charitable event.

Again, all proceeds will benefit the majority of the chosen charity by the people involved in this break. I will scan or take a screen shot of the donation for everyone afterward.

Participants/Team/Charity of Choice:

1. Richard Wade – Braves – National MS Society (PAID) (Rays, Blue Jays)
2. Doc – Phillies – National MS Society (PAID) (Angels, Dodgers)
3. Cards and Case Breaks – Red Sox – National MS Society (PAID) (Rangers, Tigers)
4. Sports Card Radio – Athletics – Special Olympics Oregon (PAID) (Padres, Brewers)
5. flatsports – Twins – CHARITY (PAID) (Marlins, Mets)
6. mojobreak – Giants – Special Olympics Oregon (PAID) (Astros, Diamondbacks)
7. Ryan Cracknell – Mariners – National MS Society (PAID) (Cubs, Orioles)
8. Dylan Zeh – Pirates – National MS Society (PAID) (Nationals, Indians)
9. Mike – Yankees – National MS Society (PAID) (Rockies, Royals)
10. Jeff Laws – White Sox – National MS Society (PAID) (Reds, Cardinals)

It has been confirmed by those participating, that $100 will be donated to the National MS Society. I appreciate all of your participation. The review and video will be up shortly.