Life Transplanet

We had a pretty busy weekend. We went out to lunch to see  some friends who were visiting from Tuscon, AZ. We went to a good Creole food restaurant in Longmont called Lucille’s Creole.

Me, Britton, Isaac, Koabi and Sara at Lucille’s Creole in Longmont

Later that afternoon we painted the new house and then went home to a beautiful sunset. Here’s a picture we took from our backyard.

Backyard Sunset

We have been letting the chicks stay outside lately. We were worried how the big chicken would react to them, but so far it has been peaceful. We had to play musical chicks for a while to allow the big chicken time in the coop to lay her egg. I knew we wouldn’t be able to do that today because of work so we just thought we’d wait and see what happened. Well, I went out to check on them and she had laid an egg! Seems to be working so far.

Integration of the old chicken and the new pullets is not going quite so smoothly. The chicken has found a way into the greenhouse even when we shut the door (through the secret cat tunnel), so she hasn’t been sleeping with the pullets. When they are playing/pecking around in the yard, the big chicken does her thing and the little girls do theirs. I think eventually they will form a flock. I hope so! I hope Big Chicken AKA Salt is not left out!

Here’s a few pictures from around the yard today. Plus our first small “farm” harvest!

Kitty in the Yard watching over the chicks (he’s the manager)

Pullets in the yard (FYI- when a chick is too big to be a chick, but too little to be a chicken they are called pullets!)

The First Harvest -the strawberries and lettuce are just coming in. The mint and eggs are ongoing and plentiful.

We went out Saturday night to one of Britton’s co-worker’s house for her birthday party in Frederick. We hung out, ate and talked for awhile. Then we played Texas hold ‘em for fun, and then they played one for money, but we forgot to bring cash so we sat that one out. In the for-fun one, Britton was out of the tournament right away; I made it to high-stakes, but didn’t have many chips left and got kicked out on the blinds.

Then I tried out the Wii for awhile. I think the game is called Wii Fit. I did balance games and step aerobics. Some of them were pretty lame (think: going up and down on a plastic board to a basic rhythm beat for 10 minutes), but some were cute like the boxing and bubble burst one. Overall, it was a pretty laid back and nice evening.

Britton LaShaun and Angela

 (That’s an ab-lounger behind her head -oops)

On Saturday night we went out contra dancing with Shana and Garrison. This time Britton went along. It was fun because as expected, Britton was a well-sought after prize. All the older women asked him to dance, it was pretty cute. The band was really good as well and since the night was cooler, we didn’t sweat as much. It was nice knowing I had a partner to dance with.

All that dancing tired Garrison out

Afterward we went to Coopersmiths for a late night snack and some of their brewery beer. It was a pretty fun night.

At the bar, Coopersmiths,  in Fort Collins

Saturday was a fun day and night. Britton found out one of his long-time high school friends was going to be driving through Colorado from Texas and wanted to hang out. Shana asked me if I wanted to go Contra Dancing, which I had never even heard of before she told me about it, and so since Britton had company, I went with her. It was SO much fun. You get a little dizzy with all the twirling, spinning, swinging and so on, but it was awesome. I was sweating and laughing the whole time.

Contra is hard to describe. It is kind of like square dancing, except it is done in a long line and to what kind of sounds like Celtic music. It’s a little like those old Elizabethian movies where they move between each other and switch partners except people weren’t all that dressed up. There were way more women than men, so I think if Britton ever went with me, he’d be a hot commodity.

Cassie, Sunset and Chicken

 Hangin’ w/ the Black Chicken before we left

Getting Ready to Join back in to the line going the other way

Some of the girls from work who went: Pam, Me, Kathy, Shana

All the Swinging to one side left my right hip sore

After Contra, Shana dropped me off at home but Britton and Sean weren’t there, so we (Shana and I) decided to go meet them at the bar. We hung out there and talked for a while-till about 2 in the morning, but then the time fell back because of Daylight Saving and it was only 1:30am when we got home. It was a fun day.

 
Later that evening with Sean, Britton, Shana and me