and a few dollars short...for now
Rehearsal ran a little long tonight, so my Tuesday blog is now a Wednesday entry. Go figure.
We had a pretty active day today.
Corki had an appointment at the groomers...pictures tomorrow. Because of that appointment, I washed all her dog beds so everything was nice and clean.
Her groomer is south of us, and about 20 minutes from Amboy. If you don't live in this area, I will explain.
Amboy is a little town, population around 2,500. Samuel Carson opened a dry goods store there in 1854. That is important. Why? He was the Carson in Carson, Pierre Scott & Co.
Amboy has a festival, Depot Days. There are no longer railroad tracks into town, but the old Depot has been made into a fine museum.
Years ago the Depot Days car show committee decided to have a 50/50 raffle with the museum being the benefactor of half the pot.
Well, the first drawing didn't net a lot of money. I think it was something like $1,200 or so By 2001 the prize was almost $9,000. In 2017 the winner got over $130,000!
Over the years lots of projects were funded with the money.....library, parks, schools, the museum, and a whole lot more.
Jackie went along and waited in the car while I plopped down money for tickets. I also got some for friend Linda and yes, I used her name and phone number on all her tickets.
I bought the tickets at city hall, having a nice conversation with the lady there, then took them over to the grocery store and put them in the big bin....which had a lot of tickets already.
Then I stopped at Casey's and bought an Italian wrap, bag of chips and some drinks and we had a picnic in the car.
Finally we stopped and got Corki, who looks beautiful!
That's my day. If Dirty Harry asked me if I was feeling lucky today, I would say yes. Because even if I don't win a dime, I feel good just buying the tickets.
Peace and Love
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