Dallas Stampede

Saturday, November 8th.

The Supper Club girls had fun for 24 hours.

I met up with Heather, Laura, and Becky at Amber's house. Amber was very sweet for driving us into Dallas.

We started with lunch at Jake's in Dallas. They specialize in burgers. Then we headed to the W hotel. It is located across the street from the American Airlines Center. Laura and Becky headed to the Spa for manis and pedis, while Amber was relaxed with a massage. Janay, Heather, and I walked around the Stampede Marketplace to shop and took some pictures of the scenery from the hotel. I got a great shot of the horse trailers outside the hotel. Bobbi arrived around 5. We headed back to our rooms and got ready for the rodeo.

This was a professional rodeo. Check out the website. http://www.texasstampede.org/

I have seen the rodeo at the Fort Worth Stockyards, but this is NOTHING like that. These guys (and gals) were definately professionals. There was bareback and saddle bronc riding, bull riding, steer wrestling, team roping, tie-down roping, barrel racing, muttin bustin', and a monkey that rides a sheep herding dog. Yes, a MONKEY!!! Please check out that site, even if it is just to see the monkey. :-)

After the rodeo events, the concert began....Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert. I never heard of them, but I did like them and there were a few songs I would like to download from iTunes.

We were in a suite on the Platnum level at the stadium and we had food and drink galore. LOL

We hung out in the box and had a great time. These ladies are great fun and the sweetest to hang out with. We had a nice mix with the 7 of us. Laura, Becky, Janay, and I are married. Bobbi, Heather, and Amber are not. I am the oldest of the group. :-(

Breakfast on Sunday was at Bread Winners. That was an awesome place. The food was great and the building was cool. It as an old house, actually it looked like two old houses put together.

http://www.jakesburgers.net/ - Jake's Burgers
http://www.starwoodhotels.com/whotels/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=1521 -W Hotel
http://www.breadwinnerscafe.com/locations_up.htm - Bread Winners

October Vacation

As you can see in my previous post, Mike and I went to South Carolina to visit our friends Barbara and Jack. I finished the front and back of a quilt and a gift for my folks (I can't say what, since they may see this post). LOL. :-)

We found out that the Hard Rock Park has closed and filed for bankruptcy. The saddest part of all that...it was only open for one season. It never had a chance. We bought the commemorative park guide that showed how the park came about and what type of changes occured during construction. From what I read on line, the park tickets were only supposed to cost about $50, but they charged over $100. They were supposed to have bands booked into the holiday season and now they have canceled them. It is really a bummer. The park was awesome and I would have loved to have gone back.

http://www.hardrockpark.com/index.cfm

Mike read 3 Patterson books while we were there and took many well needed naps. He and Sugar went for pretty many walks too. Sugar enjoyed the naps mostly.

Elaine's Quilt (in a week)

We finally had our vacation after very long projects, for both of us. We decided to have a relaxing vacation with our dear friends, Barbara and Jack in South Carolina.

I decided to take my sewing machine and a bunch of Hawaiian remnants that I bought in Hawaii last year. We set up a plan and B told me that we would have it finished by the end of the week. My words...what are you smokin'?

Low and behold...I finished it. Here is the front, back, and the tag.

The front is a bunch of remnants...and yes, there is a pattern.

The back is a bunch of remnats too, but they are all the same pattern.

The label is the name of the quilt, the occasion, and the creation date.