The closest club is called the Grizzly Rose, it's a warehouse style dance club; I've not been terribly impressed by it the two times I've gone. It's a bit cliche and cartoonish. Thankfully, they had a sold out concert on Saturday night, which forced us to look for a different club. We chose Stampede down in Aurora, a bit of a drive, but the website made the place look awesome. They have a 'race track' style dance floor that wraps around a central bar; the place is simply huge, and this style of dance floor means two-stepping is that much easier. Sadly, when we arrived we found out that Saturdays are Mexican Music night... no country (in a country bar.. what?). So we scooted up the highway to a mixed club called The Electric Cowboy. They play mixed sets of country and hip hop. The ambiance was a bit more like a regular club; but we still had a GREAT time dancing. My new boots rock! We are going to try to hit Stampede again tonight - and get a real taste for some dancing :)
2. Pepper is doing well after her little spat with Hallie last week. I need to call the vet about getting her stitches removed tomorrow. She's been a very good dog and left them alone - which is wonderful, b/c a 110lb spastic dog with a cone on is not fun; and I've been fortunate enough to not have to use one. Hallie still needs a new tag for her ripped collar. I will likely go to Petsmart this weekend and get her a standard one until I can order a new flat one for her; I'm also planning to pick up a silent whistle. She has a hard time listening to me, but is very treat motivated; I'm hoping to load the whistle and use it in place of calling her name (since she ignores me anyhow).
3. Laura and Mike arrived home on Monday afternoon after a missed morning flight. Lilly is simply a different baby. She's happy now, and giggles and talks to herself. She's not quite laughing yet, but she's definitely on the verge of it. She can hold her body up on her own now, and entertains herself in her jumper for a period of time. It was a rough 4 months that she started her life, but she seems to be enjoying it a bunch more now. The house was so empty and lonely for the last few weeks. It's nice to have life back in the house, albeit a full house with 4 adults, 1 baby, and 2 Great Danes.
4. Don't hate me Evan...
In my boredom, I decided to find some volunteer work. My previous 'life alone' led me to multiple jobs to keep entertained. I didn't want to fall back into that trap, so I decided on volunteer work to lessen the obligation. I found a non-profit through a website (volunteermatch.com) which matches volunteer skills against a database of needs. The organization is called Link Center Foundation. They provide heating and utility assistance to elderly people living on the reservations of South Dakota. They needed accounting and database help... the time commitment and skill need, could not have been more perfect. I met up with Stephanie (president) on Friday night last week. She told me a bit about the organization and simply marveled at how perfectly cut out we were for each other. I'm currently compiling a database of previous donors for newsletters and future appeals for help.
5. I successfully had an Orchid rebloom! I've been fascinated with orchids for a few years; especially back in Cali where Trader Joe's sells a gorgeous selection for a steal of a price. However, in all the years I've had them, I have never been able to get one to rebloom. Low and behold the other day, there was a strange offshoot from the most recent one I received. Sure enough.. it grew into a new flower spike! Beautiful! I had been told recently that the trick was not to cut the old (not-dead) flower spike off when the blooms expired; and guess what? The new spike did indeed shoot out of the old one. Problem is, all the others that I still have are already missing their 'old' spikes (b/c I cut them off). I don't know if/how I can get those ones to start again.
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