Advent Calendars

This past weekend was the big Arts & Crafts Fair. There are 9 or 10 different sites where vendors sell their crafts. I thought it would be fun to have Mom and Dad come and sell their German Advent Calendars (you know, the kind where you open up a door or window each day starting December first and leading up to Christmas). So, we signed up for a booth! It was so fun having Dad out here for the weekend (sorry Mom couldn't make it). The booth was open from 9am-9pm each day, and Dad was a great salesman -- no heavy pressure, just subliminal messages of how much we you love Christmas, traditions, family, etc. Not to mention he had a very authentic German shirt. Ashley and I joined him for a few hours each day. See Ashley in her authentic German dirndl Dad brought back from Germany off his mission! They did pretty well, selling about 200 calendars. Hopefully this will be a repeat event for us every year...and another excuse to see Mom and Dad. (PS. I'll let you all know when their website is up an running. Hopefully it will be by November 1st.)

One Man's Treasure

I think the saying goes, "One man's trash is another man's treasure." But in this case, I think it is reversed. The previous owners of our house left their bed frame here because, well, they made it in the bedroom and it was too big too move, and they couldn't take it apart. So, we left it in there for a while, but eventually called it quits. But, like any Witt would do, we salvaged all the wood and kept it for other projects. And it has served us well. With the wood, we made part of Jared's workbench, a ping-pong table, and our latest -- a compost bin. I kind of felt bad that his nice bed frame will now hold our trash scraps, but it sure beats dishin' out money for new wood. I felt pretty cool because I used Jared's power tools while he was at work. (Don't worry, he knows.) It was fun!!!