Well, I went down to the Grundy County auction, where I saw something I just had to have.

I am so glad that the parcels were delivered to VA. I was a little bit afraid that they would not arrive on in time for the party. I am happy to hear about a estatic Renae with her black Jesus. I was surprised that she did not mention that Jesus seems to be a bit in drag with his rougy cheeks and red lips.

Fred will not ever guess what his gift is. (heh heh) He still might be a bit perplexed as what to do with it once it's opened, but I couldn't resist. It just seemed so Fred-like - awesome, functional and even decorative.

I showed it to Jean before I mailed it and she grooved on it so much, that she even went to the same store to find one for herself. She didn't see one at first, but she did find a matching counterpart that she thought was just as cool. She wandered around for a while longer and finally found the same thing that I got Fred for his birthday. It was the last one in the store and was being used to support a display. She was somewhat discouraged because of it's filthy condition. Then she remembered that I had commented that the one I got for Fred was pretty nasty, but how I thought it had such great potenial and how easly it had cleaned up. She could not believe that I had bought something like that and revived it to the brand new looking one I showed her in her bedroom the night before it was shipped. It's strange, because even though they were both brand new, they both looked horrible. She bought it and put a little TLC and elbow grease on it, and it came out looking great also.