Hello, again, myLot !
By Stacey
@xstitcher (39055)
Petaluma, California
November 6, 2021 11:47pm CST
I came, I saw, I spent $20, I had a nice chat with a stranger.
When I got there, there was a large square of tables with baskets of things to put raffle tickets in for. I forget how much it was for a single ticket, but it was $20 for--not sure how to put this--the stretched=out arm's length of one of the young men selling the tickets (a yard and a half's worth?)
I at first thought there was only the square of tables worth of stuff, but there was another table next to that, and another table off to the side--I don't think I saw everything--there was a lot of baskets.
Since I got so many tickets, it took a while to go around and put my name/address/etc. on them and look around at every single basket to see if I should put a ticket in the box by it. Just counted my raffle ticket stubs--and I have 47--provided I didn't drop any. 
finally I went into another room and sat down so I could write my name and phone # on the rest of the tickets and just go back and put them in boxes--doing them one at a time by each box was getting tedious. I put the most tickets in a box with a bunch of dog stuff. If I won that, Angel would be happy. There were a lot of nice baskets, but a lot of things which I didn't really need. I figured if I won anything I didn't want/couldn't use, I'd give it as a gift or sell it on line.
While I was looking at the things on the tables, I did run into my boss. Don't know if she was actually looking for me, but glad I was there if she was.
There was one lady I kept running into that I chatted with a bit, and when I was finally done with the tickets I went into the main room, and a few minutes later she and her husband sat next to me.
There was a speaker, and some of the kids in the Anglers (fish and wildlife preservation) talked about what they'd done that year with a slideshow.
After that there was a cake auction, with all the cakes having been made by the students that were Anglers members. The highest bid on one was $5000. 
There were also items in the main room that were for a silent auction, but I hadn't brought any money (I wrote a check for my raffle tickets), so I stayed out of that. I also made darn sure to keep my hands down during the cake auction--though the one that went for $5000 was a red velvet, which sounded good.
When they started on the silent auction I decided to leave. I asked a couple of people, and confirmed that I did not actually have to be there if I won anything in the raffle. I hope, if I win anything, that they can read my chicken scratch where I wrote my phone #. How are you supposed to put clear handwriting on those tiny tickets???
This was evidently the Anglers' 39th anniversary. I've only been out of high school 33 years (as of June 17th), so they've been around a while. It wasn't something I was involved with, but it still had to do with my high school. Like I told one guy on the way out, I said I wasn't an Angler but I was Casa Grande Alumni. He said, "Well, you're an Angler supporter." 
I took the bus there even though it wasn't very far, but by the time I left I felt a bit refreshed and walked home. I took a few photos of the ducks/geese by the man made lake. A couple of the geese weren't too happy about that, so I headed out of there.
I got to do something different, anyway.
finally I went into another room and sat down so I could write my name and phone # on the rest of the tickets and just go back and put them in boxes--doing them one at a time by each box was getting tedious. I put the most tickets in a box with a bunch of dog stuff. If I won that, Angel would be happy. There were a lot of nice baskets, but a lot of things which I didn't really need. I figured if I won anything I didn't want/couldn't use, I'd give it as a gift or sell it on line.
While I was looking at the things on the tables, I did run into my boss. Don't know if she was actually looking for me, but glad I was there if she was.
There was one lady I kept running into that I chatted with a bit, and when I was finally done with the tickets I went into the main room, and a few minutes later she and her husband sat next to me.
There was a speaker, and some of the kids in the Anglers (fish and wildlife preservation) talked about what they'd done that year with a slideshow.
After that there was a cake auction, with all the cakes having been made by the students that were Anglers members. The highest bid on one was $5000.
There were also items in the main room that were for a silent auction, but I hadn't brought any money (I wrote a check for my raffle tickets), so I stayed out of that. I also made darn sure to keep my hands down during the cake auction--though the one that went for $5000 was a red velvet, which sounded good.
When they started on the silent auction I decided to leave. I asked a couple of people, and confirmed that I did not actually have to be there if I won anything in the raffle. I hope, if I win anything, that they can read my chicken scratch where I wrote my phone #. How are you supposed to put clear handwriting on those tiny tickets???
This was evidently the Anglers' 39th anniversary. I've only been out of high school 33 years (as of June 17th), so they've been around a while. It wasn't something I was involved with, but it still had to do with my high school. Like I told one guy on the way out, I said I wasn't an Angler but I was Casa Grande Alumni. He said, "Well, you're an Angler supporter."
I took the bus there even though it wasn't very far, but by the time I left I felt a bit refreshed and walked home. I took a few photos of the ducks/geese by the man made lake. A couple of the geese weren't too happy about that, so I headed out of there.
I got to do something different, anyway.1 person likes this
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