Tamparific!

This past weekend I headed south and spent a little time in the town on Tampa for work. On Friday night we were lucky enough to score tickets to the last home game for the Tampa Lighting, who’s now in the playoffs. The hockey game was a blast and the Lighting ended up beating the team they were playing. (Side Note – don’t know much about hockey and don’t even know who they were playing that night.) The coolest part of the experience was that in less than (24) hours this ice rink and the hockey players were going to be gone and an arena with bulls bucking and cowboys flying would be center stage.

My hotel room has awesome! I had a great view of the river and a balcony to enjoy it on. On Saturday morning I woke up to rowers working out up and down the river.

On Sunday night I got to experience one of the top 5 dinners in my life. We ate at a steakhouse called Burn’s and it was amazing. You were fed dinner in one portion of the restaurant and once you were finished you got to go on a tour of the kitchen. Burn’s is known for how long they age their beef and the fact that it’s cut to your size on the spot. The food and the kitchen were awesome!

Well, that’s until we got to tour the wine cellar, YES the LARGEST wine cellar in the world. We were in heaven. 

 

We finished the evening with a lot of giggles and an amazing desert up in the desert room. Burn’s is definitely a stop if you are ever in the Tampa area. The history of the restaurant, wait staff, food and wine are amazing!

 

My First Listing...

Today is a VERY exciting day for this former single girl. My ETSY shop is officially up and open with my very first listing. I know it's just one but more will be following. Take a look and please give me some feedback or ideas for upcoming listings.

Paisley White One-Of-A-Kind Western Funk Jewelry is open for business!

Our First "Cousin Weekend"

This past weekend The Great White Hunter and I headed west to Frasier, CO to spend a weekend with his sisters, their families and his (3) cousins and their families. All and all there were (13) of us snuggled in a very nice cabin in the woods. We spent the weekend sledding, skiing (well some of us), hot tubbing, drinking, eating and of course watching some Final 4 action.

Friday evening we all arrived and enjoyed a very delicious pizza from the town of Frasier followed up by some hot tub time and then bed for the evening. The next morning TGWH and I was the lucky couple to cook breakfast. Everyone enjoyed homemade cinnamon rolls from, of course, the Pioneer Woman cook book and a couple of Longhorn Casseroles from, of course, a Kitchen Keepsakes recipe book. Everyone enjoyed it very much and I got the best comment ever that my cinnamon rolls tasted a lot like the cinnamon rolls you get at the State Fair. (Side Note – For those of you that know what I’m talking about here know that is really one of the best comments anyone could make about cinnamon rolls.) Some of TGWH’s cousins headed off to Winter Park to ski while along with his sisters, the kids and the husbands TGWH and I headed to the local kid’s sledding hill. We all had a blast sledding down this little hill for quite a while. Even Courtney, TGWH’s niece, did a solo mission down the hill which ended in a complete wipe out and a killer snow rash on her face. But, without hesitation she asked to go again along as her dad accompanied her. That afternoon TGWH and I headed to Granby to visit one of his jobs, had a nice lunch back at home and then tried to take a nap which was interrupted by Allie Face, TGWH’s niece, wanting to honk our noises. Saturday evening we enjoyed an amazing Mexican fiesta prepared by Jenny and Tracey, TGWH’s cousins, and then settled in to enjoy some great socializing with everyone. This morning we woke up to egg’s Benedict prepared by Linda with a little help from everyone and then we headed home. It was an amazing weekend with a fabulous bunch of people. This former single girl loves the family she married into and is looking forward to the next “Cousin Weekend”.