i’m a rock star!

Last night was the youth group’s annual Spaghetti Dinner & Auction, an event I have been planning for the last couple of months. This weekend I was at Temple with the kids from 2-7:30 PM on Saturday and 9 AM-8:30 PM yesterday. They worked so hard making banners and posters, creating centerpieces out of rainboots and giant lollipops (the event’s theme was “It’s Raining Meatballs), setting tables, and doing all of the other last minute preparations for the silent and live auction. I’m so happy to say that their hard work paid off. I thought the evening was a success, and I was told by a handful of the staff and several congregants that last night’s auction ran more smoothly and was more organized than any that they can remember. What an amazing compliment! Maybe I should reconsider a career in wedding planning… If I can run a fundraising event like the Spaghetti Dinner & Auction, I can do anything. Right…

And J and I were winners! We bid on tickets to Same Time, Next Year, which is playing at the Omaha Community Playhouse, during the silent auction and won $68 tickets to February 6′s performance for only $40.

After the event J and I went back to Rabbi L’s apartment for some Rock Band. I played drums on two songs, bass on a couple and even sang a few on level “hard.” If you need somebody to sing Wonderwall and Live Forever by Oasis, Brass in Pocket by The Pretenders, or Dani California by the Red Hot Chili Peppers at your next party or concert, I’m the woman you want. (OK, maybe not for The Pretenders song, but I do a fabulous rendition of the Gallagher brothers.)