Church Fundraiser

Cooper was sent in the door before 8 as B left for the fall customer seminar. Both dogs began barking just before 9, so I let them out and found Cooper in the field, observing a herd of white-tailed deer — exactly what S was looking for, though not in season. Now it's time to start the coffee and focus on computer marketing, blogging, and accounting while S rests in bed with his phone until 10.

working on the cabinet tutorial I wanted to talk china so took a picture of my pattern

Next, I applied a second coat of paint to the entire cabinet. The drawer was lined with pretty rice paper, cut to size. At 1, I came in to prep vegetables to roast in the oven for soup. S walked the dogs, then drove the final posts for the house paddock's snow fence. I buried the vegetable trimmings in the compost and incorporated the crushed eggshells we had saved in the raised beds. The weather is delightful, sunny with a temperature of plus 6 degrees.

I ironed the drawer paper, then "glued" it in the drawer which always requires a lot of meticulous rearranging. Once in place, I applied the top coat. The tops received an additional coat of black stain oil before I began making the soup. The roasted vegetables were placed into the Vitamix, along with a few more ingredients like coconut milk, and blended together. We had a late lunch at 2:30. S came in from installing the fence mesh and, after enjoying two bowls of soup, settled down with his laptop on the big brown couch. It wasn't long before he fell asleep.

edges are easily made neat and tidy with the scraper, then the adhesive  and paper work began

I returned to the cabinet to scrape the excess paint from the glass on the doors. The drawer runners had salve applied to make them slide smoothly. This big project is almost complete. Once S woke up, he went to the hot tub, and I joined him after finishing my task. Then, it was time to shower and prepare for our evening out. 

We left for the 10th annual church fundraiser in town at 5 pm. The evening featured delicious food and a live auction where the items of interest sold for almost triple the prices of last year. A 10-day stay in Palm Springs reached $4,500, up from last year's $2,500, and a 5-course dinner by Father Christino soared to $5,500—he even offered it to the second-highest bidder, raising a total of $11,000, compared to $1,200 the previous year. Sheldon's Slik Services went for $450, lower this year but the last year's person never used their gift certificate. I attempted to stimulate some silent auction bids and managed to only make a single purchase for $5, which resulted in a half-hour wait in the payment line at the end, which was quite amusing. The evening raised almost $30K. We got home by 9:30, crossing paths with Britt who had fed Bird and picked up Cooper. We settled down to watch a couple of episodes of Doctor Odyssey before turning in for the night.