Micah, Tristen, my Mom, Trilby and I went to a My Ocean charity event last night.  It was very fun, with fabulous food, a Chris Isaak Concert, freebies, a silent auction and a live auction.  As Micah and I walked around the silent auction, I saw about twenty things I wanted to bid on.  Most consisted of extravagant vacations in exotic places, but when they announced 30 seconds left, we were at the cheapest of the four tables.  This is where the local venues, (Orange County Philharmonic Society, Opera houses, Sports stadiums, etc.) put things up to auction on.  When they announced 5 seconds, I saw the paper with “Medievil Times” on it.  The next bid was for $75.00, and I have always wanted to go, so I slapped my pre-registered sticker on it, and they called TIME!  I was the lucky recipient of two tickets, to a place I get to eat with my hands and enjoy the show! Micah was just glad that at the five second mark I wasn’t near the three night stay at the Montage, or any of the first class trips!

After the silent auction and dinner, they had their live auction.  Two fun things transpired.  I bid on a seven night stay at a first class resort in Fiji -including airfare, butler service and about everything else- but was outbid by about $20,000 in the end.  Micah just laughed, but my mom was about to have a heart attack.  The other cool thing that transpired was Hadi, Trilby’s boss, made the largest bid on a single item in the history of Orange County.  He is now the proud owner of a Rolls Royce Phantom with every bell and whistle for a measly $310,000. 

We always have a great time at the charity events.  But nothing topped last year when Kenny Loggins put on the concert, and he publicly dedicated a song to “Lindsey Denison” and then leaned down and kissed me right on the lips!  I wasn’t all that thrilled, but every middle aged woman around me was so jealous, that I did take a little pride in the whole thing!