Doggie Bowling

This past weekend, a few of us went bowling for a WONDERFUL charity that is so close to my heart. The charity raises money for people who are blind but cannot afford seeing eye dogs. It's amazing how long it takes for a dog to become a working seeing eye dog. They train for almost a year and a half, with six months of extensive training towards the end. These dogs cost $25,000! Worth every penny to be your set of eyes, but not affordable for many people.

They had some young dogs in training there that were sooooo cute! We all bowled pretty horribly, but we had a great time and then went out for wings and beers after. A perfect Sunday afternoon!

Cleveland Wine Club

Well, it certainly took me long enough (over a month) to finally do something with this wine group that I joined, but I finally went to an event with the Cleveland Wine Club this week.  I really didn't know what to expect. I had no idea what kind of people would be there and if going alone was normal or weird. So I just sucked it up and walked in the door of a place a half hour away from home that I had never been to before, called Brother's Lounge.

It was really fun! There was a little bit of everything. Most people had similar "stories" about why they had joined. They were single and their friends had families and kids, they were interested in going out more than their friends, they were recently divorced, just moved here, etc. I met some really nice people and learned about some other fun groups. I joined a hiking club based on some suggestions I got while I was there, and won a bottle of wine!