Let's hope the next is better...

Greetings!

Happy New Year everyone!!

It seems that whenever a year comes to a close I tend to get sentimental for the past, and very enthusiastic for what the future might bring.

I found myself more "out of the game" than I wanted to be this past year, with no real additions to my registry, a lapse in my membership here ( for awhile anyway) and a bad case of writers block that left me with not much new to add to my journals, though I did try to keep the enthusiasm high in hopes of inspiring any new collectors that would come across my journal here.

I found myself in this "malaise" if you will due to the horrible economic problems I and many of you faced this year.

We all had to scale back in one way or another, and in doing so, many of us felt depressed at best, and hopeless at worst.

The fact that I could not add as much to my registry this past year was a very dis-heartening thing, but I was very glad to finally add the Proof 1990 Silver Eagle recently, as well as re-new my membership here.

I will be submitting my coins early this coming year and am really looking forward to it.

The re-newel of my membership and the addition of the 1990 Proof really inspired me and made me realize that the membership here is not something I can ever afford to be without, as can also be said about my collection and the building of it, and the pursuit of new coins.

So, I look forward to letting the trials of the year go on to infinity, and I have this idea that the year to come will offer the best of anything to come. I am looking forward to bringing new ideas and new ventures into the new year as I take what the past year taught me, and use those teachings to make me stronger.

I also sincerely hope this new year finds all of you better and stronger as well, with much eagerness and enthusiasm.

Thanks all of you once again for taking time to peek into my mind as I put my words forth here, you have all been inspirational and encouraging to me.

All the BEST!!