I think halfway in between...allowing people to shop those garage sales in nicer weather for finds. :o) Not sure if we can do it this year...tightened up our budget since Carol resigned her library position to be a full-time Mom. :o) We'll have to wait an see. :o) Thanks for volunteering to organize this! Having started the Secret Santa Exchange and Gardyloo, it's sooo rewarding! Bear Hugs! Kirk

The fundraiser was a plant sale & garden art made by members. The entire theme was dealing with recycled garden art and had this contest along with a speaker talk about repurposing in the garden. I heard they made over $1,100! This post was edited by becky_ia on Sun, Sep 15, 13 at 15:04

Spread the word, if you will...the prizes are very generous. First place gets $100 to Ki's website, second: $50, and third: $25. There are also three random prizes for $25. Ki did this for Country Home two years ago, and the response was huge. Plus, it's a lot of fun! Here is a link that might be useful: Junk pumpkin decorating contest

The contest is officially over!! and if I can ever get this phat cat photo to cross over you'll see the phat lady sing! Thank you all for the warmth and humor you've shared - I really need it now that we're not going to see 10F for another week. (-30F windchills for the next 4 days - yes, sympathy please). SO! It's up to the judges now, the panel of 4 has their work cut out for them. We're picking 1 winner in the pond (aquarium) catagory, and 1 in the non-pond related catagory. Each winner will have $25 donated in their pet's name to HSDM. And as I've told the judges, every photo here is fair game, because while some photos are of the pet involved in their OCD behavior, other pix are of the pets and the stories are of their OCD behavior. And, yes, the owner's OCD! We're all family here and a picture of Aunt Mable snoozing in the Lazy Boy may bring up fond memories of that great Thanksgiving when she got a little tipsy and fell asleep before the pecan pie! There's often alittle history behind a photo. Winners will be announced SUPER BOWL Sunday! Thanks everybody!