Six Unimportant Things That Make Me Happy

My great "Beyond Hot" friend Tammy tagged me with this one a long time ago. This tag is all about those things that are not really important yet for some reasons, they bring happiness into our everyday lives that spending money for them is not a waste for they make us happy. Note: This will be heavily related to sports, and I don't have much of other things of note that I would deem unimportant to talk about it. So here is my list of 6 unimportant things:



1. Oklahoma Sooners collection
The Oklahoma Sooners are my favorite team in all of sports. This is a model of Owen Field at Memorial Stadium which is their football home. I have several pieces of memorabilia for the Sooners, but this model is by far my favorite. Every time I look at it, it reminds me of the days when I was a little boy living there cheering for them. If it wasn't for my mom being stationed there via the Air Force, they wouldn't have become my team. Even long after moving from there, the Sooners and the state of Oklahoma will always hold a special place for me. That model is there as a reminder for me.



2. Walter Payton collection
As most of you know, I'm a huge Chicago Bears fan and Payton is my favorite NFL player of all time. Also, I've collected his football cards for awhile now, and this one is of his rookie card in 1976 made by Topps. I actually own two of them(yes, the photo is actually of one I own), and one I got a great deal on at eBay around the time of his death in 1999. For those of you who don't know and have never heard of him, read about him. I'll never forget when I went to Chicago in 2000 to see the Bears play the Giants, and I stayed in a hotel in Arlington Heights where he lived before. After arriving at the hotel, I stopped by a drug store to pick up some stuff. I was wearing a Walter Payton jersey, and a manager told me that is where he shopped all the time and used their pharmacy for his kids, too. Had I not worn that jersey, I doubt I would have known that. I thought that was very cool! And, I have more Chicago Bears stuff like a Brian Urlacher jersey and more of his cards, too.

3. Michael Jordan collection
Obviously, you're seeing I'm a huge sports fan and I like Chicago sports. The Bulls were my team, and I have a collection of Jordan memorabilia although not near as much as the Sooners and Payton. Besides, most anyone that has Jordan memorabilia knows that much of it comes with a big price tag. That said, I still have many of his cards, and I'm hoping to one day meet him face to face. That is one of my future goals.

4. Chicago Cubs collection
This is my favorite baseball team. I have cards and figures of some of their great players of the game like Ryne Sandberg, Andre Dawson, and others. I haven't messed with collecting in about 9-10 years, so I don't have much of anything that is new.

5. U.S. and World Maps
These didn't cost much, but I'm always reminded of places in the world as well as imagination every time I see them. I have one of each that is 3'x 4' and they are really detailed. I've had these for about 7-8 years.

6. North Carolina Tarheels 1982 National Championship Pepsi bottles
I have these packed up because of the fact they're old and have been faded in color over time. However, the bottles have never been open. For those who are unaware, this was a special UNC team in 1982. Michael Jordan hit a game-winning jump shot against Georgetown as they won the title that year in college basketball. We all know what happened to him after that. My dad got these from a friend of his at work, and gave them to me. Since UNC is my second favorite basketball team, I have them now. My dad is more of a NASCAR and hunting collector anyway.

I'm going to pass this to Paul H, Lester, Frank, Mo, and anyone else who has not done this tag yet because I believe just about everyone else has anyway. Don't worry, more tags are coming later today!

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