New at this and an introduction

Hi ,
I am 44 and a husband with a four legged son who will sometimes watch games on tv with me.
I decided to put my collecting ideas on digital paper because maybe Someone can learn something from my collecting thoughts as I have from other bloggers. I have collected si cue I was a kid but up until about 1999 I had lost most of my cards and finally restarted in about August of 2000. I bought a pack of UD Legends at Walmart and ended up with an Alex Rodriguez auto bat card which at the time booked for$150 (way before the fiasco).
 I have been working on the sets from my childhood and teenage yrs which are like 1971 (birth year) up to about 2000 and it will be the big manufacturers like Topps, Fleer, UD, Donruss. It is a daunting task but it is highly addictive and with me collecting my Expos/Nationals plus my other teams and my players like Doug Drabek, AndyVan Slyke, and Bobby Thigpen along with their kids, it keeps me busy. I am always trying to do trades because if I can't use it, maybe someone else might be able to and if not,  I can donate them to somewhere. Tomorrow I will list my teams and players and soon I will be making a list of set needs. Hope to hear what people and other bloggers think of my new blog!