Lame Auction Booty & Observations on Honey Crisp Apples

Carmen has been psyched for weeks to go to the Relief Society (the women's org) Charity Auction at Church. This is an annual event. At the auction, would-be bidders earn points for everything from being on time to the event to the number of stitches make on the quilts for the needy. Those points can buy some pretty cool stuff.

Each participant donates a few items & then the bidding begins. I understand it gets pretty crazy...you know how cheapskates like us get when there's free-stuff. This year Carmen donated a pizza dinner at our house and one of her amazing chocolate ganache cakes. The winners are in for a yum-fest.

Apparently Carmen bid and lost on a Korean BBQ dinner, which I am still bummed about. She also missed out on a morning of water skiing and a weekend at a cabin on a lake. However, she didn't really try too hard win those super-cool items...she was holding out for a dress-up tutu. Yes, you heard right Carmen, being the devoted mother that she is, was sure that the tutu would fulfill Aja & Anna's ballet fantasies. I applaud Carmen for her devotion to our girls, yet sadly the tutu was recieved with big frowns and some crying. This is because it was it was blue and not pink or purple.

I have to say that Honey Crisp Apples totally live up to the hype. They are so darn tasty. If you haven't tried one, stop what you are doing right now and go get one. Let me know what you think.

Pumpkin Door

One of the benefits of having an orange door (yes, there are other benefits)...is that it can easily be transformed into a jack-o-lantern. All it takes is some black construction paper and a small scrap of orange to cover the peep hole, otherwise it looks like a zit.

This year we decided to go with a happy looking face. I've had enough gloom-and-doom for 2008 already, thank you very much. So this jovial pumpkin is greeting all who drive or walk by our house.

It has now been 2 years since we moved-in, remodeled, and repainted this place. We selected the trendy green color to give this neighborhood a bit of an edge. At first a few neighbors didn't like it (our sinister objective), but most actually did. Now, the green color has become more mainstream and people no longer associate it with a grandma's house in the 70's.

I guess we'll have to pick a new color to replace the green over the next couple years. I plan to keep the brown part, but I'm right now I'm thinking some glossy gray/blue. With a glossy white iPod looking door that I could make into a groovy ghost for Halloween of 2010.