Sunday Funday

John and I got up early this morning and went to an auction. I was a little nervous about going, but it was actually a lot of fun. It’s run by this good ol’ boy who goes around to estate sales and then holds auctions a couple of times a month in the barn on his property. He’s a real auctioneer who gets up and does the sing-song auction talk to get bids, tells jokes, and has a good time. His whole family helps out and they sell homemade soups and snacks, too. John picked up a couple of items he’s going to sell on eBay, but we’re definitely going back when we have more money to spend. They had furniture and a couple of handmade quilts that were quite nice, and they sold for hardly anything at all. This is the way I’m hoping to get my hands on a china cabinet without spending a thousand dollars. John’s mom has one that I like which she’s offered to us, but she’s still using it, and I have a feeling that John’s sister might raise a fuss if we take it. And I saw a bunch of really lovely quilts when I was in Asheville last year, but they all cost hundreds of dollars, which I can’t afford. I do have a quilt that my great-grandmother made, but I’d like to have one or two more.

Then I went down to meet my friend Becky for a movie and dinner to celebrate her birthday. Happy Birthday Becky! We saw Brokeback Mountain, which I really liked. It was depressing, but good. And beautifully shot. I don’t know if they actually filmed the movie in Wyoming, but the mountains are gorgeous. It could have been Wyoming, I suppose. I thought the Grand Tetons were spectacular when John and I drove through Wyoming. Anyway, the acting was excellent. The movie tells the story of a complex, long-term relationship in a simple, spare way. And Jake Gyllenhal and Heath Ledger are hot, separately and together.

I also ran into this girl Eden who I was pretty good friends with in high school, but who I had completely lost touch with. Sadly, she couldn’t have been less interested in talking to me. Well, I suppose she could have outright snubbed me, but instead all she asked was what movie I was going to see, said she was going to see Brokeback Mountain too and then she took off with her mom into the theater. I guess that’s better than getting into an awkward long discussion where I discover that we have absolutely nothing in common anymore, but it felt weird. Oh well. All in all, it was a very fun Sunday.