Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Food Show in Minneapolis, MN...AWESOME!!

The bus trip to Minneapolis...

This is a boring crowd!!!

My room at the Hyatt Regency Downtown Minneapolis...
Somehow I got the executive suite...I was ecstatic!!
More of the suite...I was dying laughing everyone else had a regular room!!!
See the hallway betweent he big screeen TV and closet doors...let me tell you the story about this executive room...I slept like a log on Sunday night...on Monday morning while I was scantly clad a housekeeper came through the doors and asked how long I would have the room...of course, in a broken english accent...I said excuse me???  Repeated the question...I said I assume until Tuesday when I checkout...she left less then 5 mintues later she returned again...repeating questions this time I was holding my capris up to cover myself..now if you went into a room with a guest scantly clad once don't you think you would not return until you knew the guest was gone???? HMMM!!! I didn't have time to complain to guest services b/c I had to get to my seminar and the show...upon returning around 5 PM having about 30 mintues to freshen up for dinner there were articles on my vanity in the bathroom that were not mine...brush toothpaste...case of some sort...OK this warranted a call to guest services...when I went to the phone there was a note by the phone stating that the door to the suite had been mistakenly left open...OF COURSE...I would not have an executive suite LOL!!!  I called and told my story...it took the entire 30 minutes of my refreshen time to get this all cleared up...someone was suppose to come and get the "stuff" from my room never showed up so I grabbed a hand towel picked to up the items and brought it down to guest services...when I got there two of the other gals from our group had been locked out of their rooms...they tried their keys a few times and security immediatley came to their door...the laughed and said well they might have to bunk with me in the executive suite on the couches...I said well fat chance I am locked out of that room...we all laughed...needless to say I wrote a letter to the CEO of Hyatt Regency!!! ONLY to this Crazy gal could this happen!!!

So it was good bye executive suite for me!!
My king size bed with super great fluffy pillows!!!
Bill Barr the bakery specialist at my seminar!
Bill Barr with Sonay Heydt (my mentor).

Sonya and myself...
The overwehleming world of bakery items I had to make decisions on!!
Beuatiful breads and O they tasted so good!!
Brownie Bites and cupcakes!!!
You cannot tell but these had sparkly sugar on them...reminded me of diamond snow (my fav. kind of snow)!!
Cupcake wedding cakes...awesome!

Pink tables...for Breast Cancer...

Muffins...super neat!!!
Connie, Liana, Me, and Sharon at the dinner Monday night!!! (Connie and Liana were locked out of their rooms.)                                                                          

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Enjoying the Seafood Festival in GA!!

Why do those we get along with and love live so FAR AWAY????????????????? I really, really, really miss my GA freinds!!!

Monday, August 29, 2011

Bruce Zingg Memorial Rodeo...Carson, ND!


Saddle Bronc Rider...

Bareback Rider...

Waiting to get out...

This horse was snorting and graoning the whole ride.

The bulls were meaner then ever!!

 Clown was chased over the fence a few times...
 Chad Berger in the ornage shirt from Berger Bulls Mandan, ND...(his bulls were not bucking this day)
I thought this cowboy and his little boy were adorable!!!!

This little boy has to be a mini version of Larry the Cable Guy for sure!!  Even looks like him...he was a busy boy!!!!

Was a great Rodeo for the day...we laughed and laughed at the kids that day!!!

Friday, August 26, 2011

Carson, ND Days...Old West Town!

Marlboro Man wanted to go to Carson, ND to the Fair and  Rodeo...this was the historical town we toured...



 This was the creamery...
 Barry checking out the entries...last one was from 1969...
Scales and a cream seperator...

This was the shoe makers shop and shoe repair shop

This was their kitchen...upstairs was the bedrooms...

 More of the kitchen...
 Cupboards...modern phone...
 Actual equipment for shoe shop...
 A to die for shoe...LOL!!
 Marlboro Man on the porch...we both loved that screen door!!
 The land office and abstract office...
 Their living quarters...a weding dress...Vanna is showing off...LOL!!
 Beuatiful clothng...one of my favorite colors!!
 Love the hat...and great outfit to go with it...of course it said do not touch...I had to touch it!!!
 Catalogs to order lovely clothing!!
 More of the land office ...
The school house...Marlboro Man ringing the bell...

 The book room...you could actually teach classes with all those books...
The heater...kept the place warm on the cold winter days!!! More to come of the rodeo...