My Saburban Life: Auctions, Grape Stomps and Puppies, Oh My!

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Auctions, Grape Stomps and Puppies, Oh My!

Alrighty then. Looks like I went a little MIA the past couple days. Not sure what happened when I posted my last entry, but it was actually entered on the 20th. Blogger seems to have some wacky versions of dates and times. I adjusted the date on the last one. Lol. However, since that time, it's been cah-razy around here.

I'm thinkin we are pretty much going back to the brainstorming drawing board for fundraising ideas. The auction, while we have gotten a few bids, hasn't been able to catch fire like I had hoped it would, but more or less had a few sparks of hope here and there.

We went to the Fence Stile Vineyard & Winery and took donations and raffled off the great BBQ basket from BBQ Fans in Claycomo, MO. We made some money there, and for both days being small groups, we made an astounding amount of money! : ).. The winner of our raffle was one of the Mizzou Tiger fans who showed up on a tour bus yesterday. Lol. That was an awesome sight! Ya don't see that at a vineyard very often. Go Mizzou! If only the Tigers fared so well. Ummmm. Yeah.. They didn't. Welcome to the SEC football conference. I'm thinking, it's going to take a while for us to get the hang of playing with the big schools. We'll get there, it may just take some time.

We've got a Bingo game coming up this Wednesday evening in North Kansas City, MO, and will also be holding a raffle there as well. We will be raffling off a basket full of coffee items, including a bag of Dunkin' Donuts coffee, some Almond Joy creamers, as well as a few other yummy sounding coffee products. : ).. I'm really betting that this will be a huge step towards our fundraising goal.

And speaking of time, we are still coming up with ideas on how we can spend it. We are organizing a hot rod / motorcycle cruise, tentatively set for Saturday, October 13th. It's going to start at one of the local restaurants, then hit one of our local wineries, another restaurant / grill, two more wineries, and finally end up at another bar & grill. Worth Harley Davidson has said they would give us a gift basket one week before our cruise, so that should be a huge draw for that night.

Right now, we should have a little more than $300 raised for Tyrone's fund. He is still hanging in there. He actually left the hospice house and stayed a couple nights at his brother's house, before requesting to go back to the hospital early this morning. He is currently back in the North Kansas City Hospice House. I spent some time last weekend checking out how much we thought we needed, and came up with around $2500. It's going to be an uphill battle for a bit, but by gosh! We are determined to get there. Even if the road is rocky, crazy and chaotic. We'll get there!

Thanks to everyone who has supported us!!! Every bit of help gets us that much closer!!!

It is truly appreciated!!

And by the way, if you EVER get a chance to stomp some grapes?? You should jump on that chance! : ).. Shriti from Fence Stile Vineyard & Winery said that it's the best pedicure you will ever have. I totally agree! My feet tingled after the stomp. : )..