Service Auction

When your church calling incorporates organizing activities, it can sometimes be a tad overwhelming.

Also, rewarding.

This past Friday I organized our Relief Society's Activity.

Service Auction.

The whole evening focused on us ladies in the church, offering our time, talents and acts of service to each other.

I didn't take pictures during the activity as I was the MC/Auctioneer.

But here is a rundown of what I did.

Make Auction Paddles - These were the personal invitations for each sister.

A master winner's copy of what everyone won.

Questionnaire

Tickets for the point amount each sister tallied from the questionnaire

The cellophane gifts were from me.

On the table above, I did a movie theme: a popcorn bucket, a box of popcorn, boxes of candy, and a bottle of ginger beer.

The one next to it was Jane Austen's theme: Pride & Predicjuce book, Jane Austen theme bookmarks, a mug that says, 'Go to Pemberly they said, he won't be home they said. Box of herbal tea and of course, chocolate.

The farthest ones were a spa-filled basket, an array of boxed candy, and my homemade body sugar scrub.

Carys, my daughter kindly offered her squishmallows and some stuffed toys that we laundered and wrapped in cellophane too.

I also had some fabric-made banners, pink heart wall decor, and a heart hanging decor for a girl's room

I felt that we wouldn't have enough in-person items as we had quite a few after the evening acts of service that sisters choose to do eg: babysitting, gardening, walking, sewing class, and art class.

I also got a couple of fast food gift cards and wood burned a heart with the Welsh word Cyfeillgarwch - which means Friendship.

Overall the sister brought along some wonderful things to auction too: Freshly baked bread and homemade jam, banana bread, fresh produce from a garden, and freshly picked apples with 3 recipes to go with them. Soda and chocolate, Toys, Pasta maker, Pizza maker.

We provided a simple table of treats for refreshment

Being part of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints is wonderful and as Relief Society sisters we get many opportunities to serve one another and those in our charge and in our neighborhoods.

It's all about being kind, caring, and giving, just Like Jesus Christ did.

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Monday, September 11, 2023

New Floor.

As promised, our new flooring. It wasn't an easy job and I was glad we hired Luis to help us. While Luis tore up the old floor, I carried it out to the dumpster. Needless to say - WHAT A WORKOUT. It took a couple of days to tear out and then a good week to finish the floor. Luis did move our half-bath, toilet, and sink placement too, so that entered into the time frame. But overall.....the floor is stunning and works so well with the color of the stairs, I did. Luis also laid the peel-and-stick tiles in our mudroom/laundry.

I will say this though - I am totally wiped out about doing any DIY for a while lol