Our elementary school's big fundraiser for the year is happening later this month: the dinner auction! Every year, this raises a ton of money for our school, which helps fund our teacher's aide salaries and buy technology for the school. A few years ago, the PTA auction raised money to put Smartboards in every single classroom! Parents look forward to this fun event, and the volunteers work so hard to make sure it's amazing for everyone …
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Minecraft and LEGO Auction Gift Baskets!
A few weeks ago, I mentioned my kids' school was doing a fundraiser dinner auction and I shared some awesome basket ideas. I volunteered to be the "basket lady" for two of my kids' classrooms - a task which sounded daunting at first, but turned out to be pretty painless, overall! I finished up both classroom baskets over the weekend and I'm pretty pleased with how they turned out. The hardest part about this project, for me, was keeping track …
September.
I've been wanting to sit down and write. Not that you'd know it or anything. I saw the front page of my blog the other day and said to myself, "Oh, I last updated in the middle of August - that was just a couple of weeks ago!" Uh, no, Laura. This is the end of September, not the end of August. Where did the month go? Holy crap. Lately I've just sort of been floating. Not engaged in anything much beyond spending time with my husband and …