2008+Auction+Catalog

=Autumn Elegance Services Auction Catalog 2008= toc Community Church of Chapel Hill, Unitarian Universalist September 27th, 2009 6:15-9 PM

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Services to Each Other
(All Services must be claimed in one year. By 9/27/09.) I'll tune your piano and get it sounding so good that you'll enjoy playing it even more. Offered by: Jerry Baker. Starting Bid: $45. Number Offered: 4. Come and explore the charming village at Fearrington with your handy-dandy gift certificate. Offered by: Gayle Ruedi and Beverly Hanly. Starting Bid: $50. Number Offered: 1. Responsible youth church member will provide care for up to 3 children. Parents will provide transportation. Can help with piano practice! 4 Hours. Offered by: Stephanie Bailey. Starting Bid: $10. Number Offered: 1. I will provide childcare for up to three children for 5 hours so that adults may enjoy a special evening on the town. Offered by: Sarah Nelson Starting Bid: $15.00. Number Offered: 1. Need to run errands? On a weekend morning or afternoon, I will meet you and your kids at a local soccer field for soccer skill work and I will provide a snack. 2 hours. Offered by: Nick Bailey. Starting Bid: $10. Number Offered: 2. Customized massage for relaxation and/or relief of chronic muscle tension. 10 years experience, evening and weekend hours available. www.chapelhillmassage.com. Offered by: Marta Magaw. Starting Bid: $50. Number Offered: 2. Kids (any age over 7).... join me for 2 hours in my art studio at home. We will have fun with paper or fabric or both. Offered by: Susan Neulist. Starting Bid: $10.00. Number Offered: 2. Pick out a few favorite bedtime stories. I will create a CD of you reading them for a grandchild. Or a video DVD they can watch too! Offered by: Teri Brooks. Starting Bid: $50. Number Offered: 1. Need help solving a problem about a family member with autism? Would some visual strategies make a positive difference in your life? Tanya and Nancy team up to share ideas and make visuals (TEACCH model). Offered by: Tanya Carter-Reichle and Nancy Reichle. Starting Bid: $45. Number Offered: 2. Is your garden outgrowing its bed? Let me cut it back, pull the weeds and tame it for you. 2 hours. Offered by: Joan Garnett. Starting Bid: $15. Number Offered: 2. I will provide up to four hours of shopping assistance for you or a loved one who has trouble getting around grocery and/or department stores. I can also provide transportation in my four-door sedan.Offered by: Sarah Nelson. Starting Bid: $20.00. Number Offered: 1. I care for your children overnight at my house or yours. Parents take some time together! References from Marion Hirsch – I have 30+ years of experience with infants and children. Offered by: Joan Garnett. Starting Bid: $80 (assumes a 12 hour stay). Number Offered: 1. (Must be redeemed during school year. Arrangements are negotiable.) Replace that toilet with a low gallon per flush (gpf) or dual flush mechanism. Or replace or repair that drippy faucet. (Cost of toilet, faucet or other supplies not included.) Offered by: Susan McDaniel. Starting Bid: $35. Number Offered: 5. Experienced knitter will teach you to knit a simple scarf or small practice washcloth. I'll help you choose what yarn and needles to buy for your project. You pick the color and fiber. I'll provide a 1.5-hour knitting lesson to get you on your way. This could be in a home or in a coffee shop- you choose. Offered by: Linda Bowerman Starting Bid: $10.00. Number Offered: 1. Do you have a sad, clanky, or cantankerous bike in need of TLC? Expert bike mechanic will overhaul your bike(s) for 4 hours, and provide basic parts as needed. Offered by: Rob Perkins. Starting Bid: $40. Number Offered: 1. Redeem by 12/08. I will sharpen 5 straight-edged knives. Offered by: Robert Merriam. Starting Bid: $3. Number Offered: 3 (of 5 knives each). I will provide five sessions of private swimming lessons for adults or children at any swimming ability. Place and times for lessons can be discussed. Offered by: Wren Davisson Starting Bid: $50.00. Number Offered: 1. One-hour instruction on woodworking tool use, covering capability, hands-on operation, and safety. Ages 6 to adult, though if ages 6-15 will be limited to age appropriate tools. Winner can select tools from the following list: Table Saw, Planer, Joiner Drill Press, Lathe, Dual Bevel Miter Saw, Mortiser, Belt Sander, Scroll Saw, Circular Saw, Jig Saw, Sawzall, Portable Planer, Plate Joiner, Belt Sander, Stationary Belt Sander, Rotary Hammer, Hammer Drill, Drill Router, Angle Grinder, Rotozip, 18 ga. Trim Nailer, 15 ga. Trim Nailer, Framing Nailer, and Roofing Nailer. Offered by: Dave Morgan. Starting Bid: $10. Number Offered: 2. Create your own glass necklace/earrings with pre-cut glass then Cathy will fire it for you. Offered by: Cathy Edwards. Starting Bid: $15. Number Offered: 1. Event Date: I would be pleased to baby-sit a young child for an afternoon or evening up to 4 hours. I am 12, in 7th grade and have a babysitting certificate from the Red Cross. The babysitting will take place at my house and my parents will be around. We can work out a time that is convenient for us all. Offered by: Nora Smith. Starting Bid: $5.00. Number Offered: 2. Grey Brown, a published poet, will edit 20 pages of your poetry and then Provide a consultation lasting up to 2 hours. To be redeemed within one year. Times to be arranged by mutual agreement. Offered by: Grey Brown. Starting Bid: $20. Number Offered: 1. Small to medium garden plot. Roto tilling. Mix compost or manure into your veggie garden (or other).Offered by: Andy Henke. Starting Bid: $20. Number Offered: 2. I love playing games and doing arts and crafts with the kids. I will baby-sit for your children for up to 6 hours. I’m on the childcare staff at church and am Red Cross certified. Offered by Larissa Worth-Smith. Starting Bid: $5/hour per child (up to 4 children). Bid unit: 1. 2 dozen fresh eggs! Enjoy delicious fresh eggs from our happy, roaming hens!! One dozen to take home tonight!! The next dozen upon your request. (72 hour notice please) Offered by: Henke Family. Starting Bid: $7. Number Offered: 1. The church elves, also known as Andrea, Tiffani, Pat and Marion will provide you an assortment of their yummy homemade holiday cookies just in time for the winter holiday season. The assortment will include about 80 cookies of at least 4 different kinds. Pick your cookies up on December 19th. Offered by: Church Staff. Starting Bid: $20. Number Offered: 1. A 2 1/2 hour mini-class based on my classes "Priming the Pump" and "Where Does a Story Come From?" A no-threat writing experience designed to stimulate ideas, give your imagination a workout, and let you experiment with elements of story creation. There's no wrong way to do anything we'll do! This is NOT a critique group. Snacks & drinks included. For ages 16 to 116 No past writing experience needed. Bring something to write on and something to write with (and I'll have some too.) To be held at the church. (Must have minimum of 5 people; can go to 12.) Offered by: Joyce Allen. Starting Bid: $10.00. Number Offered: 12. Event Date: Sat., Oct 25, 10:00-12:30 am. New empty-nester and mother of all babysitters (Peter and Anna were regulars at C3HUU child care) would love to give a harried couple some off duty time. TWO four hour blocks of babysitting, your house or hers, for up to three children because she knows what it's like to need free time. Please give one to two weeks’ notice. Offered by: Kim McNeary Starting Bid: $15.00. Number Offered: 1.
 * 1 Piano Tuning**
 * 2 $50 Gift Certificate for the shops at Fearrington Village**
 * 3 Childcare**
 * 4 Parents' night out**
 * 5 Childcare with a Kick!**
 * 6 One-hour Therapeutic Massage**
 * 7 Creative Art Studio Time with Susan**
 * 8 Grandparent Special**
 * 9 Autism Consultation**
 * 10 Let Me Weed Your Garden**
 * 11 An afternoon with a shopping assistant**
 * 12 Peace of Mind Childcare**
 * 13 Stop Being A Water Hog!**
 * 14 Knit a Scarf**
 * 15 Your Bicycle Will Love You and You Her**
 * 16 Getting an Edge**
 * 17 Five Private Swimming Lessons**
 * 18 Learn to Use Tools**
 * 19 Creating Fuse Glass Together**
 * 20 Babysitting by Nora**
 * 21 Editorial Assistance for Poetry**
 * 22 Turn Your Dirt**
 * 23 Fun baby-sitter**
 * 24 “Breakfast Fresh”**
 * 25 Holiday Cookies**
 * 26 Playing Around With Writing**
 * 27 Mother of All Babysitters**

Treasures
"Hand Crafted 'Red Hat Ladies' Quilt" One of the Grand prizes made especially for the spring 2008 Chapel Hill Garden Tour. Offered by: Susan Lindholm. Starting Bid: $200. Number Offered: 1. This simple, elegant pot with matte glaze in reduction from Dorothy Davis's wheel would make a wonderful planter. Beige with a greenish cast, the exterior shows ridges and shadows highlighted by brown spots. Offered by: Dorothy and Morris Davis. Starting Bid: $30.00. Number Offered: 1. Hand-dyed, painted and commercial fabric, fused together and ready to frame. Offered by: Marni Goldshlag. Starting Bid: $35. Number Offered: 1. A beautiful 10" pottery vase with mauve design from Cluny, France ("Cluny" marked on the bottom -- home of the 11th century church).Offered by: Mel & Frankie Stern Starting Bid: $15.00. Number Offered: 1. Beautiful and sweet smelling bath soap handmade especially for girls by the mother-daughter team of Nora and Paige. Olive oil, avocado, and goat's milk base. Offered by: Nora and Paige Smith Starting Bid: $0.50. Number Offered: 4. Brown 4" pot with unique raised sand colored glazing, Offered by: Mel & Frankie Stern Starting Bid: $20.00. Number Offered: 1. Beaded earrings and necklace made by Marheli (Mary Collins, Helen Jarzembowski, and Lilie Bonzani). Offered by: Mary Collins. Starting Bid: $15. Number Offered: 1. Turquoise color with Japanese characters -- holds wishes for "Peace of Mind and Health" and "Happiness" inside. A gift that keeps on giving! Offered by: Mel & Frankie Stern Starting Bid: $15.00. Number Offered: 1. The silky wool and Turkoman guls (elephant print design) stamp this rug as a product of Turkic people living in the Afghani highlands where the wool is strong and beautiful. Offered by: Joyce Honeychurch. Starting Bid: $35. Number Offered: 1. This is a small 4" pot to display the perfect simple flower. Its shape is perfect -- its design is simple. Its color reflects the earth and living things -- Frankie just loves it but has no room for it. Offered by: Mel & Frankie Stern Starting Bid: $10.00. Number Offered: 1. Genuine antique; looks great but needed extensive repairs with wood putty; has 4 extension leaves that need refinishing; we'll deliver. Offered by: Cathy Cole and Steve Garfinkle. Starting Bid: $100. Number Offered: 1. This small vase is embossed with the loblolly pine twig. Offered by: Mel & Frankie Stern Starting Bid: $10.00. Number Offered: 1. Laptop Lunch kits (laptoplunches.com) are colorful, American-style bento boxes that are reusable, BPA-free, and dishwasher safe. This item is one complete Laptop Lunch System: The bento box with inner containers and utensils, plus a padded carrying case, water bottle, ice pack, and The Laptop Lunch User's Guide, a book of recipes and creative lunch ideas. Offered by: Penny Ward Starting Bid: $7.00. Number Offered: 1. This is a second offering from the Laptop Lunches collection described above. If you'd rather just tuck your lunch container into your backpack or another lunchbox, this is for you. This offering consists of the Laptop Lunch bento box, 4 inner containers plus dip container, and utensils. Offered by: Penny Ward Starting Bid: $5.00. Number Offered: 1. Set of 6 antique Noritake china demitasse and dessert plates. These plates have a delicate green and pink floral design on an off-white background. They have a gold rim.Offered by: Jill Baker. Starting Bid: $50. Number Offered: 1. Seagrove pottery (signed "Wilmr"). For your serene space? Offered by: Mel & Frankie Stern Starting Bid: $10.00. Number Offered: 1. Genuine antique, warts and all; we'll deliver. Offered by: Cathy Cole and Steve Garfinkle. Starting Bid: $100. Number Offered: 1. Beautiful 4" Wedgwood porcelain bowl with orange flowers and blue and gold oriental pattern. (For pattern see http://www.replacements.com/webquote/WW_JAPA.htm) Wedgwood mark on bottom dates 1956-1962. Offered by: Mel & Frankie Stern Starting Bid: $15.00. Number Offered: 1. Genuine antique, warts and all; we'll deliver.Offered by: Cathy Cole and Steve Garfinkle. Starting Bid: $100. Number Offered: 1. Creative hand made greeting cards made by fiber artist, Susan Neulist. Offered by: Susan Neulist Starting Bid: $5.00. Number Offered: 3. Green your office, home, atrium with a 9 foot (including pot) Ficus Tree. Plant needs bright light but very little water or tending. (It goes 2 weeks between watering). It helps purify the air and makes a beautiful Christmas tree. Winner must be able to borrow some sort of truck to move this giant. We'll wrap and get it ready for moving. Pot is included. Must be picked up after Oct. 13 as we will be away. Plant will not tolerate freezing temperatures. Offered by: John and Ruth Leopold. Starting Bid: $40. Number Offered: 1. Unique large glass globe with the reddest of red below a golden shower. Frankie named it "heaven and hell" -- you can call it what you want if you buy it. Offered by: Mel & Frankie Stern Starting Bid: $15.00. Number Offered: 1. Alaska is the home of numerous photographers and these two posters honor 2 winning photographs submitted to the Alaska Photographic Center. Offered by: Joyce Honeychurch. Starting Bid: $25. Number Offered: 1. This exquisite 4" by 6" lidded bowl was created by master potter Dorothy Davis using one of the most technically difficult of all glazes on lid, interior and bottom, contrasted with a rough-textured shoulder. Offered by: Dorothy and Morris Davis. Starting Bid: $90.00. Number Offered: 1. A resale and gift boutique for moms and little ones. www.theredhen.com. Offered by: Store owner Dee Dee Lavinder. Starting Bid: $25. Number Offered: 1. Hand-dyed, painted and commercial fabric, fused together and ready to frame. Offered by: Marni Goldshlag. Starting Bid: $35. Number Offered: 1. This hand knit scarf is 10 feet long, 15 inches wide, and made in the authentic colors and striped pattern of the BBC television star "Dr. Who" of the 1980's. Offered by: Sue Brewer. Starting Bid: $10. Number Offered: 1. This unusual wooden instrument has a beautiful rosette decoration and comes with bow, instruction manual and cassette. It has only been used a few times. To see a new version of this go to http://www.unicornstrings.com/store2.htm Offered by: Sue Brewer. Starting Bid: $35. Number Offered: 1. What Dorothy Davis calls a salad bowl you might call an objet d'art. This low 9" bowl with glossy predominantly green exterior and blue-green interior sports a splashy white design inside that you may not want to hide with salad. Offered by: Dorothy and Morris Davis. Starting Bid: $25.00. Number Offered: 1. A small print of "reclining nude" by Modigliani, 1917, purchased at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Offered by: Caywood Hendricks. Starting Bid: $5. Number Offered: 1. Ceramic pot with lid and handles, tea pot, small pot, small statue of women using oven made by native group 30-40 miles south of Santiago - purchased in the early 1990's. Offered by: Ellie Tucker. Starting Bid: $15. Number Offered: 1. “Six Days in Bethel” is a print by Pat Austin, an Alaskan artist. Offered by: Joyce Honeychurch. Starting Bid: $30. Number Offered: 1. Beautiful handmade earrings and bracelet made by Marheli (Mary Collins, Helen Jarzembowski, and Lilie Bonzani). Offered by: Mary Collins. Starting Bid: $15. Number Offered: 1. Hand-dyed, painted and commercial fabric, fused together and ready to frame. Offered by: Marni Goldshlag. Starting Bid: $35. Number Offered: 1. This simple, elegant pot with matte glaze in reduction from Dorothy Davis's wheel would make a wonderful planter. Beige with a greenish cast, the exterior shows ridges and shadows highlighted by brown spots. Offered by: Dorothy and Morris Davis. Starting Bid: $30.00. Number Offered: 1. Geometric Delight Kilim - This handmade runner is 3'6" x 11' 3". Beautiful use of color and classic design. Offered by: Joyce Honeychurch. Starting Bid: $35. Number Offered: 1. Beautiful handmade beaded earrings made by Marheli (Mary Collins, Helen Jarzembowski, and Lilie Bonzani). Offered by: Mary Collins. Starting Bid: $15. Number Offered: 1. An apron for a very special event handmade from 5 silk neckties. A wonderful gift for yourself or a favorite chef. Offered by: Susan Neulist Starting Bid: $25.00. Number Offered: 1.
 * 28 Whimsical Wall-Hanging Quilt**
 * 29 Subtle Glaze, Striking Form**
 * 30 Fiber Art - "In and Out"**
 * 31 A vase to remember Burgundy**
 * 32 Handmade bath soap for girls**
 * 33 Unsigned Janet Resnick pot**
 * 34 Earring and Necklace set from Marheli**
 * 35 4" Japanese Fortune pot**
 * 36 Afghani Tribal Turkoman Rug**
 * 37 A pot the way a pot should be**
 * 38 Antique Oak Table, 36’’ square**
 * 39 A little vase from Seagrove**
 * 40 Waste less, spend less, eat well!**
 * 41 Waste less, eat well, part 2**
 * 42 Antique China Dessert Set**
 * 43 Incense stick holder**
 * 44 Antique Oak Dresser**
 * 45 Beautiful Wedgwood 4" Japan Pattern bowl**
 * 46 Antique Oak Sideboard**
 * 47 Handmade Greeting cards**
 * 48 Giant Green Ficus Tree**
 * 49 Glass globe red explosion**
 * 50 Rarified Alaskan Light Posters, 1985 & 1987**
 * 51 "Oil Spot" Lidded Pot**
 * 52 $50 Gift Certificate to The Red Hen**
 * 53 Fiber Art - "Stormy Weather"**
 * 54 Long wool "Dr. Who" scarf**
 * 55 Folk musical instrument, Celtic Psaltery with bow**
 * 56 Jazzy Green and Blue Bowl**
 * 57 A "tasteful nude"**
 * 58 Ceramics from Chile**
 * 59 Alaska’s North Slope Ice**
 * 60 Earring and Bracelet set from Marheli**
 * 61 Fiber Art - "Branch"**
 * 62 Subtle Glaze, Striking Form**
 * 63 Handmade All Wool Turkey Kilim**
 * 64 Earrings from Marheli**
 * 65 Artsy silk tie apron**

Dinners and Events
Offered by: Joann Haggerty and Betty Haskins. Starting Bid: $25. Number Offered: 12. Event Date: 11/15/08. Dinner salad, soup, seafood entree, dessert. Offered by: Hank and Renate Rodenberg. Starting Bid: $20. Number Offered: 6. Event Date: 1/24/09. Are you curious about life in a CCRC (Continuing Care Retirement Community)? Join Carol and Dave Klein for drinks at their place, a brief tour of the campus, and dinner in the Carolina Meadows dining room. Enjoy the evening and get your questions answered. Offered by: Carol and David Klein Starting Bid: $25.00. Number Offered: 4. Event Date: Wed, 11/5/08 @ 5:00 pm. Back by popular demand!!! Join other families (parents and children) for a wild afternoon making your own ice cream sundaes and playing bingo! Other games may be in the offing. Prizes all around!!! Offered by: Paige, Jason, and Nora Smith Starting Bid: $10.00. Number Offered: 6. Event Date: February 8, 2009. Bring your family and join ours to celebrate Mardi Gras in the true Gulf Coast fashion. Dress in costume (or not), eat great food and dance to the music. Bring the kids. Beads provided. Bid units are for families. Offered by: Kathy Hodges Starting Bid: $15.00. Number Offered: 3. Event Date: 2/21/09 at 5PM. Come join Mel and Frankie Stern on Saturday March 7 in a slow gastronomic journey through "La Belle Cuisine". We will start with Kir Royals and finish with Frankie's "famous" Calvados Apple Tart. The part in between will be four plus courses of French traditional dishes shared with "beaucoup de bonne conversation". A bientôt! Offered by: Mel & Frankie Stern Starting Bid: $25.00. Number Offered: 8. Event Date: 3/7/09. Get ready for St. Patrick's Day with an Irish supper at the Meades’. Menu includes appetizer, hearty potato soup, Irish soda bread, green salad, Irish beers (and non-alcoholic alternatives), and "Broomie" (Irish gingerbread) for dessert. Wear Green! Offered by: Joan and Bill Meade. Starting Bid: $10. Number Offered: 6 adults. Event Date: 3/15/09 at 6:00 PM. Wine and Cheese at #250 Villa followed by Diner Night Dinner at the Carolina Meadows Dining Room. Offered by: Herb and Jean Harned. Starting Bid: $15. Number Offered: 6 adults. Event Date: 10/13/08. We will offer a backyard campfire get-together for families. There will be a hot-dog supper, and, of course, S’mores! We'll have a sing-a-long, not-too-scary stories, games and more. For up to 18 people. Babies free. Offered by: Sarah Insch, Dan Pelletier, Kim Gush Starting Bid: $10.00. Number Offered: 18. Event Date: 11/8/08. 5-9 PM at the home of Richard Perry and Mia Prior in Carrboro. Come to an adult evening of Casino games (roulette, blackjack, poker). Novices welcome! "White Elephant" auction held after casino "closes" (you bring a white elephant item) and bid your casino winnings ("money" provided by your hosts) on silly auction items you will take home with you. Dinner, drinks, dessert included. Offered by: Richard Perry and Mia Prior. Starting Bid: $30. Number Offered: 30. Event Date: 10/25/08 Come play Fishbowl -- an amazingly fun word game that takes about 90 minutes to play. It’s a wacky combination of charades, password and pyramid. It makes you laugh. Popular at Shelter Neck Retreats with both youth and adults. Appropriate for 9th grade and up. Snacks will be provided. 7-9 PM. Offered by: Melissa Caminiti and Marion Hirsch. Starting Bid: $5. Number Offered: 16. Event Date: 1/10/09. 7-9 PM A Sunday afternoon classical music soiree at the home of Bob Merriam and Kathryn Moss. Featuring Community Church maestros such as Catherine Grodensky, Jim Magaw, Glenn Mehrbach, Katheryn Moss, Scott and Jane Provan, and Dorothy Wright. Offered by: Kathryn Moss. Starting Bid: $12. Number Offered: 10. Event Date: 2/1/09 Enjoy your own private day on the farm. An afternoon of hay rides, feeding chickens, collecting fresh eggs and playing in the creek followed by a fresh local meal. Offered by: Henke Family. Starting Bid: $40. Number Offered: 1 Family. We will provide several wines for tasting at our house! Offered by: Carol and Gwil Owen. Starting Bid: $10. Number Offered: 10. Event Date: 2/15/09. Drop-off playdate for ages 0-7. Bring your little ones for an afternoon playdate and simple supper. Our playroom includes trains, a dress up corner, cars and trucks and lots of books. A simple vegetarian dinner will be included.Offered by: Caroline and Brian Pence. Starting Bid: $10. Number Offered: 3. Event Date: 10/25/08, 4-7 PM. Capture the Flag Game for the kids (elementary and up) and conversation for parents. Smaller children are welcome too to come and hang out. Picnic for all, vegetarian options included. Hopefully at Wilson Park or some similar venue.Offered by: Melissa Caminiti and Marion Hirsch. Starting Bid: $5. Number Offered: 32. Event Date: 5/29/09 4:30-6:30. Join Julie Worth and her daughter, Vera, for a 2-hour paddle discovering the natural beauty of Cane Creek Reservoir, just a few miles West of Carrboro. For up to 2 adults and 2 kids (at least 6 years old) on a Saturday in May or June 2009. Canoes, lifejackets, paddling instruction if needed, field guides, and snacks will be provided. Date and time to be arranged. Offered by: Julie Worth. Starting Bid: $15. Number Offered: 1. Event Date: TBA. Using soy wax and glass containers, you will be able to make a soy candle to take home with you. You can choose: scent or not, color, and glass container. This will be at our house. Plan on taking about an hour and a half. Ages 10 and up. Offered by: George Thompson & Linda Thompson Starting Bid: $5.00. Number Offered: 6. Event Date: 1/18/09. Join Susan and Richard once again for a delicious plant-based dinner. Susan is a cooking instructor and Richard is her "sous-chef". Try some new yummy dishes. Offered by: Susan Neulist Starting Bid: $15.00. Number Offered: 6. Event Date: we will accommodate all bidders.
 * 66 Women's Gourmet Dinner**
 * 67 Dinner with Hank and Renate**
 * 68 Drinks and Dinner at Carolina Meadows**
 * 69 Make your own Sundae-Bingo extravaganza**
 * 70 Family Mardi Gras Party**
 * 71 A Country French Evening**
 * 72 Sure 'n' Begorrah! It's supper!**
 * 73 Dinner With the Harneds**
 * 74 Family Campfire Party – S’mores and More**
 * 75 Second Annual Casino and Auction Party!**
 * 76 Play Fishbowl**
 * 77 Classical Music Soiree**
 * 78 “Family Farm Day!”**
 * 79 Wine and Cheese Party**
 * 80 Playdate on Phipps Street**
 * 81 Capture the Flag and Family Picnic**
 * 82 Family Canoe Outing**
 * 83 Soy you want to make a candle?**
 * 84 Mexican Vegetarian Dinner for Six**

85 Bring Your Creativity to Life in 2009! Nurture and Express your creative spirit Bring Your Creativity to Life in 2009! Nurture and Express your creative spirit---at home, at work, in your studio, in the community! Muse of the Month Club is a series of monthly Sunday evening gatherings that take you on a creative journey throughout 2009. Each meeting addresses a key aspect of the creative process, and offers inspiration, engaging activities, practical tools, and insightful discussions to awaken and celebrate your authentic self-expression. The series flows as a unit, although individual sessions can be experienced independently. Sessions are led by a skilled creativity coach. Address: 120 Red Bud Lane, Chapel Hill. Themes and Dates for 2009: January 4: Articulating Your Heart's Desire: What's Your Creative Dream for 2009? February 1: Developing an Invisible Protective Shield (against baddies like the inner critic, distractions, self-sabotage, etc.) March 1: Staying Awake! Paying Attention to Possibilities April 12: Just Imagine! Generating Ideas and Fresh Perspectives May 10: The Amazing Power of PLAY! (It's right now...Do you know where your inner child is?) June 7: Gentle Self-care: Ways to Nurture Your Inner Creative Spirit July 19: Perfectionism and its Discontents: Celebrating the Gifts of the "Mistake" August 2: Courageous Authenticity! Staying BOLD and Brave September 13: The Pause that Refreshes: The Healing Nature of Rest and Gratitude October 4: Appreciating the Dark Side: How our Shadow Self Contributes to the Creative Process. Offered by: Jeanne Hillson Starting Bid: $15.00. Number Offered: 10.

Fantastic Foods 86 Dessert Delights 2 homemade, healthy, delicious fruit pies. Your choice of apple or cherry. Lovingly prepared by a baker par excellence! Offered by: Kathy Putnam. Starting Bid: $16. Number Offered: 1. 87 Black Russian Cake A serious chocolate cake! Contains Kahlua and Godiva chocolate liqueur. Recipe is from Inter Courses: A Serious Aphrodisiac Cookbook! Delivered at your call. Need some advance warning! Offered by: Mary Collins. Starting Bid: $5. Number Offered: 1. 88 Some Enchanted BBQ Evening! Two slabs of pork ribs and 2 quarts BBQ beans, delivered to you! Ribs are slathered then covered with spicy dry rub, then slow-smoked. Beans are spicy and slow-cooked. This is barbecue done right! Enough for ten people. (Will arrange a date for delivery, with one week’s notice.) Offered by: Richard Perry. Starting Bid: $60. Number Offered: 1. 89 A Tasty Cake Or… I'll bake a cake (or a pie, cobbler, cupcakes…) for your event or just for dessert!Offered by: Susan McDaniel. Starting Bid: $10. Number Offered: 5. 90 Family Favorite Cakes 1. Mrs. Hawkins chocolate cake with secret ingredient. 2. Alan's Birthday Banana Cake 3. Anytime of the year Applesauce cake. Offered by: Becky Waibel. Starting Bid: $7.50. Number Offered: 3. 91 Homemade Tamales The real thing! Made by a real Mexican - me! 1 dozen vegetarian tamales with an avocado salsa! Offered by: Rebecca Torres. Starting Bid: $20. Number Offered: 1.

92 Pies That Take The Cake Kim McNeary learned to bake pies at her mother's knee... and then improved on them. She'll bake you any kind of 10" pie you can think of and delivery it to your home as long as you give her two weeks' notice. Entertaining? Just want to pig out? She can enhance any meal. Offered by: Kim McNeary Starting Bid: $20.00. Number Offered: 2. 93 Famous Chocolate Fudge Pie Dark chocolate fudge pie that has been known to cause near riots at church events. Need at least one week notice. Offered by: Susan Spalt. Starting Bid: $30.00. Number Offered: 1. 94 Savory Chicken Pot Pie Our family's favorite chicken pie. Jam-packed with chicken breast meat, fresh vegetables and herbs. A hearty meal for six. Allow one week's notice. Offered by: Sarah Insch and Dan Pelletier. Minimum bid: $15.00. Bid units: 1 Live Auction Items

95 Baseball Equinox Feast Dinner on Thursday, January 15, 6PM at Charlie's home - Buffet meal with lots of options and "open bar." Wear your baseball team hat/shirt. (b.b. equinox = sun is halfway in its journey between end of world series and beginning of 2009 season). Offered by: Charlie Kast. Starting Bid: $45. Number Offered: 10. Event Date: 1/15/09. 96 Come Fly With Me An hour's flight for 3 passengers in my Cessna 182 Skylane from the Horace Williams Airport over areas requested by the passengers. The pilot is commercial/instrument rated with over 60 years of flying experience. To be arranged among the passengers, pilot and weather. Offered by: Janet Davis. Starting Bid: $40. Number Offered: 3. 97 A Story, A Story! Pull up a chair or a couch or the floor, sit back and let award winning storyteller Donna Washington take you away .You can go anywhere you want without every leaving the safety of your chair. You could donate the show to a school, invite a group of adults over for a grown up session or maybe use it for a family reunion. One forty-five minute storytelling set to be arranged with Dave Klibanow. Offered by: Donna Washington. Starting Bid: $150. Number Offered: 1. 98 A Joan Mead Original Painting "In Airlie Gardens" is a 6"x6" acrylic on canvas. For a preview go to www.gallerydir.com/joanmeade and click on the "Human Hand/Nature's Hand" gallery. Available at Auction. Offered by: Joan Meade. Starting Bid: $50. Number Offered: 1. 99 The Defense Rests at Holden Beach Spend a week at Holden Beach in The Defense Rests Cottage, which sleeps 8. October to mid May, to be arranged. Offered by: Dan Pollit. Starting Bid: $300. Number Offered 1. 100 Dream Week at Indian Beach In Fall or Spring or winter. Ocean Club Resort Sleeps 8 - 3 bedrooms and 2 baths. Heated pool and hot tub all year. Ocean View from balcony. Fully Furnished. Indian Beach is between Emerald Isle and Atlantic Beach, near Morehead City. Offered by: Ellie and Lanny Tucker. Starting Bid: $250. Number Offered 1. Arrange Time with Tuckers. 101 When Cousins Marry will play at your Special Occasion Spence Foscue and his band, When Cousins Marry, a local cover and original music group offer 3 45-minute sets of music for whatever gathering you may have. Dance, listen, or be thrilled to have us in the background. Time and date negotiable. Acoustic or electric as your tastes prefer. Also includes a free CD of our original tunes. www.whencousinsmarry.com. Offered by: Spence Foscue. Starting Bid: $250. Number Offered 1. Good for one year, needs 4-6 weeks notice. 102 Follow Your Dreams Learn the method of Dream Work taught by U.U. minister Jeremy Taylor. A fun, creative, collective, non-invasive, supportive way to learn what your dreams are trying to tell you. 1-5 PM, includes "high tea.” Offered by: Maj-Britt Johnson. Starting Bid: $25. Number Offered 12. Event Date: 5/2/09 103 House Concert A house concert with our own in-house professional guitarist, Danny Gotham! Date has to be mutually agreeable with Danny and purchaser 1 month in advance and collected within one calendar year of purchase. Offered by Danny Gotham. Starting Bid: $150. Number Offered: 1. 2/14/09 104 Dinner for the Senses Dine while listening to the best musicians: Folk by Four! Adults only. Offered by Katie Donovan. Starting Bid: $50. Number Offered: 8. Event Date: 2/28/09. 105 I’ll Take You There Marion Hirsch will provide transportation to the RDU airport for you and yours (up to 6 passengers) in her van. She doesn't mind early mornings or late nights or flight delays. She'll be here over the holidays. She'll be there on-time so you won't get grey hair waiting. She'll need two weeks notice to schedule you. She actually thinks that taking people to and from the airport is fun! Offered by: Marion Hirsch Starting Bid: $30.00 Number Offered: 2. 106 "Marsh Point Farm" on Sassafras River near Historic Chestertown, MD Located on a bluff overlooking a beautiful river that flows into the Chesapeake Bay on Maryland's Eastern Shore. The house was recently enlarged and renovated. The land it occupies has been in the family for several centuries and is preserved in the Eastern Shore Land Conservancy. Located 12 miles from the historic colonial town of Chestertown, it offers solitude, beautiful views, quiet waters for paddling and swimming, and wildlife sightings. It's surrounded by acres of farmland and wooded shoreline in a rural setting. If you like cycling there are miles of wide-shouldered lightly traveled secondary roads nearby. Four bedrooms, each with a double bed. Three baths. Maximum of eight people. Available for Saturday to Saturday occupancy. Ideal for 4 couples or two families of four. Two kayaks available. You may see selected pictures at http://c3h.wikispaces.com/easternshorehouse. To be arranged with Liz Bryan. Offered by: Liz Bryan and Spence, Sophie and Macon Foscue Starting Bid: $1000.00 Number Offered: 1. 107 Improv Class for Beginners Gather some friends together and play! Greg Hohn, director of Transactors Improv Co., will come to your house and lead a two-hour improvisational theater class for beginners. Don't worry about being clever or funny; just come ready to be yourself, have a good time, and maybe even learn a little. Event date (in 2009) and time are flexible and has a minimum of six and a maximum of 18 participants. Offered by: Greg Hohn. Starting Bid: $300.00. Number. Offered: 1. Event Date: January; February; March. 108 A wonderful, uncrowded weekend in beautiful Wrightsville Beach Spend a wonderful weekend in an old fashioned, oceanfront beach house with all the modern conveniences and natural vegetation. Amazing views from the deck. Sleeps 8, 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. Offered by: Susan Spalt. Starting Bid: $300.00. Number Offered: 1. Event Date: Available from September 2008 to May 15th, 2009. (Thanksgiving weekend not included). 109 Song for an Occasion Who knows what your special occasion might be? Are you giving a presentation or a sermon? Hosting a milestone event (wedding, retirement party, baby shower)? If you want the occasion to be memorable and have one particular song in mind, Trish and Tony Galfano will make it happen in their unique way. Trish's warm, mellow voice and Tony's talent on the mandolin will enhance any gathering. Offered by: Trish and Tony Galfano Starting Bid: $25.00. Number Offered: 1. 110 Viva Cuba! Dinner! Enjoy mojitos and try our sumptuous menu of Cuban delights. Past dinners we've made included Ropa Vieja, Arroz con Pollo, Black Bean Soup and Cuban coffee and dessert. Offered by: Jamie and Scott Nunnelly. Starting Bid: $35. Number Offered: 4. Event Date: 3/14/09 at 6 PM. 111 The Tradition of Georgian Feast or "Supra" Fred worked in Georgia (Sakartvelo), the former Soviet Republic for a few years. Georgian people are famous for their hospitality. They respect guests and are good at being friendly and generous while entertaining them, especially in their own home. They give parties at the drop of a hat, and especially for important events or people. Fred will serve as the toast master, or the "tamada." The tradition of "tamada" you will not want to miss. We'll be hosting this feast in our home at 2303 Glendale Ave., Durham. Menu will include: KHINKALI, large meat dumplings; SATSIVI, Chicken in Walnut Sauce; Red Beans PKHALI, Vegan; Eggplant with Walnut paste, Vegan; Fish stew with dill; CHANAKHI, braised lamb; TOLMA, stuffed grape leaves, Vegan; KHACHAPURI, Cheese bread; A variety of salads and other things Fred hasn't thought of yet; Georgian sweets; Wine, vodka and nonalcoholic options. Offered by: Marni Goldshlag, Fred Westbrook. Starting Bid: $15.00 Number. Offered: 6. Event Date: 11/08/08 6:30pm. 112 “Party Helpers” Ensure your party is a success by allowing the two of us to be your friendly and competent waitresses, servers and clean-up staff. You provide the location, food and guests and we will do the work. So relax and enjoy your own event and leave the party work to us. We will arrive at your doorstep clad in aprons or black/white attire ~ your choice. Offered by: Linda Shipman and Rebecca Young-Marquardt. Starting Bid: $28. Number Offered: 1. Date to be determined with buyer. 113 Improvised piano music for your party or small gathering I will provide 2 hours of improvised piano music in a variety of styles, including jazz, pop, and Latin, at a mutually agreeable date and time on your tuned piano. The gathering can be as small (e.g. just you) or as large as you like. Offered by: Erich Lieth. Starting Bid: $50.00. Number Offered: 2.

Event Calendar
10/13/08 #73 Dinner with the Harneds 10/25/08 #80 Playdate on Phipps Street 10/25/08 #75 2nd Annual Casino and Auction Party 11/05/08 #68 Drinks and Dinner at Carolina Meadows 11/08/08 #111 The Tradition of Georgian Feast or "Supra" 11/08/08 #74 Family Campfire and S'mores Party 11/15/08 #66 Women’s Gourmet Dinner 1/10/09 #76 Play Fishbowl. 1/15/09 #95 Baseball Equinox Feast 1/18/09 # 83 Soy you want to make a candle? 1/24/09 #67 Dinner with Hank and Renate 2/1/09 #77 Classical Music Soiree 2/08/09 #69 Make Your Own Sundae and Bingo Extravaganza 2/15/09 #79 Wine and Cheese Party 2/21/09 # 70 Family Mardi Gras Party 2/28/09 #104 Dinner for the Senses 3/7/09 #71 A Country French Evening 3/14/09 # 110 Viva Cuba! Dinner 3/15/09 #72 Sure ‘n’ Begorrah! It’s Supper! 5/2/09 #102 Follow Your Dreams 5/29/09 #81 Capture the Flag and Picnic