Our little Charter school is reeling a bit from the state's retroactive 7.5% budget cut for this year. One of the casualties was the literacy program for the elementary school. The first half of the program was purchased in the Fall, but there was no more money to buy the second half. To help raise money, the school held a cake auction (along with a silent auction, bake sale and raffle) on Thursday night. I volunteered to donate two cakes, which of course took me much longer than planned. I was pretty pleased with the results, though, and added together they brought nearly $100 for the literacy program. I haven't done much else festive for this holiday, so here's my one offering, along with a wish for a happy and loving day for everyone.(p.s. I was a little sad that I didn't win the raffle for a new digital camera. I think it's obvious from the pictures that I need one.)
