Valentines Day at Branson Hilton

This post brought to you by Hiltons of Branson. All opinions are 100% mine.

I love staying at Hotels

I could spend everyday sitting in a hotel room and be completely happy

 

The Hilton Hotels in Branson Missouri are offering some fabulous specials for spending Valentine's day with your loved one!

Even if you don't have a significant other (like myself) I think I would spend my time being ALONE, a wonderful way to relax and spend some well needed alone time. Or maybe I'll find a new person by that time, a hotel is a great way to get close to that new somebody. I would love to book a room at the Hilton Promenade at Branson Landing and get away from the snow in a nice cozy bed complete with clean sheets and mini soaps and shampoos (yaay)

Pregnant? Take a break!! Make a mess and leave it for someone else to clean up (hee hee) Sleep in a comfy bed and hey if you want more pillows? Sure just call up the front, ahh the satisfaction of getting whatever you want whenever you want.

This sounds like a fabulous idea for taking a nice break from the usual house, wouldn't hubby or your significant other just love to get a change of scenery and get to chill in the hot tub for the night?

Hilton Promenade at Branson Landing as well as Hilton Branson Convention Center Hotel are offering some great packages to spend time with that special someone.

You get EARLY CHECK IN!!! I for one love to pregame at the hotel and if you're going to spend a weekend there, why not get there early? I mean the pool usually closes by ten and isn't it nice to be able to swim in the pool all day long? You do have to ask for it, but I wouldn't mind!

Also in-room sparkling wine! Champagne? Umm yes, of course if its not permitted or you have a baby on board (in your tummy) they'll provide you with some sparkling cider! Bubbles I do believe personally that they add joy to the world. 

Full Breakfast is also offered and at certain Hiltons, you can get it in your room! As the early riser in my group of friends, I always end up going to the breakfast bar and struggling to bring back food for everyone in the room (yes I know, but people are hungry when they get up and at a hotel who wakes up before ten except for mamas?)  I would just love it to get breakfast delivered to the room!

The Valentine's menu at the Level 2 Steakhouse also makes my mouth water; 5 courses Hawaiian Ahi Tuna Tartar, carmelized pineapple puree and sesame sweet potato crostoni for an appetizer? Oh my goodness that sounds AMAZING! A Askinosie CHocolate Butter Cake? Wow I don't even know what that is but I know its probably fabulous. They are even serving Chateaubriand Wagyu Beef Tenerloin with seared foie gras! Personally, I love foie gras. I know some could take it or leave it, but ever since watching a special on them, I'm a big fan of the stuff.

This Valentine's day, check out the Hilton Promenade at Branson Landing or the Hilton Branson Convention Center Hotel for a magical and fancy evening. Or check out the Hilton near you!

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Five Question Friday

1. If you had $1,000 to donate to a charity, which would you choose?

  I would donate to La Leche League. I'm a big breastfeeding advocate and would love to see more money and more funds put into it by our government, parents just don't know these days and its so important!

2. Snow days: Do you welcome them happily or are they a pain in your butt?

  Well loved them in school, then hated them later on cause I couldn't go out. I loved them when I first moved back to CT, but now I hate them again,there has just been WAY TOO MANY!

3. What talent did you wish you had and why?

  I really would love to play guitar, its such a wonderful instrument that you can take to campfires, I just want to learn some Grateful Dead tunes to play while camping

4. Are you a news, politics or celebrity gossip junkie?

  If I had to choose one I guess it would be celebrity, but to be honest I'm not a big fan of any of those. I have enough drama in my own life.

5. What is your favorite "cocktail"? (Are you a beer person, a kiddie cocktail junkie, or perhaps your more the "Cosmo" kind?! Anything flies...doesn't hafta be alcoholic!)

  Lemonadies... haha our friend invented them, Vodka, Sour Mix and Sprite, try it you won't forget it!

"Snip, Burn, Solder, Shred" Review

Hello!

Any future handymen out there in those households?

Well let me tell you I have the book for you!

"Snip, Burn, Solder, Shred... Seriously Geeky Stuff  To Make With Your Kids" by David Erik Nelson is a great book for parents looking for new ways to interact with their kids.

Or just for folks who are looking for some new projects to make.

When I received the book I was super excited about all the projects that there were to make, they are useful things that you can make with your kids so that they can not only have new toys or games to play with, but they also learn about what goes into making things!

Take the  $10 electric guitar, perfect for my cousin Kolt, you'll remember him  from this post about him playing guitar for Annabella. This was the perfect project for us to make together and I think I had just as much fun making it with him as I did learning about how a guitar works!

Not only can you make an electric guitar for $10, but it teaches you how to play the guitar that you just made, of course its a bit different from a regular electric guitar (Kolt was sure to point that out) But its amazing to see how all the simple parts of the guitar come together to make music!

These projects are easy, they do require some time and a few tools. Of course usually a trip to the hardware store to get the required elements. But they are almost always cheap and the projects that you can make from the book are fantastic.

Another great project?  How about a "dirt cheap amp"? Yes, we do focus on music here in our neck of the woods. Lean how to work with circuits (yep I 'm learning too) If you hit up yard sales (or in our case the basement) for old speakers and switches you can make it for about $2

My favorite project in the book? The "Cheap Mesh Screen Printing" So simple I had everything I needed except for the mesh screen. Which was easy to find. Using the screen and an old embroidery hoop (who doesn't have one of those hanging around?) I was able to create screens and use them over and over to create screen prints that were the same (whoo-hoo summer vendors here I come!) Such a cheap way to make screen prints, personally I like the handmade look that they get over the professional screen prints that are available.

David Erik Nelson has written and amazing book for kids of all ages to do great projects with their parents, older siblings or even grandparents. The projects like the shut-the-box game are sure to provide for hours of learning and fun even after the projects are complete.

So yes I absolutely recommended this book, its amazing, its fantastic, its creative! Its fun! Its sure to last for years of do it yourselfing.

Get your own copy Snip, Burn, Solder, Shred: Seriously Geeky Stuff to Make with Your Kids

I received a free copy of "Snip, Burn, Solder, Shred" for this review, all the opinions are my own, I did not receive any cash payment for the review.

Tips for Bloggers

Hey everyone!

Today I'd like to share with you some of my tips for bloggers.

Its a tough internet out there and it can be hard  to keep on top of your blog and get readers

So here are a few of my tips

• Stick with it: do a post everyday or at least try to, I don't always get to doing a post everyday, but I try, readers like to see you stick with it
• Post Pictures: I know that we don't always have pictures to go with our posts but they do help
• Talk about the tough stuff: People like topics that aren't always about sunshine and roses, its good to see that bloggers have problems and it makes readers relate to you
• Do reviews for products you like: This can be hard, its tough to turn down free stuff, but sometimes something just doesn't fit your blog or its just not worth it.
• Talk to other bloggers: leave comments and you'll get comments back!
• Giveaways: give stuff away! If you get offered something to review, ask if you can give one away! People love free stuff, and the worst thing someone can say to you is 'no' if they don't want to give one up
• Focus, focus, focus be sure to make your blog posts on a subject, if you have more then one thing that you want to blog about, write two posts, people usually don't complain about too much posting

Hope these tips can help a little!

This blog topic was suggested by Social Moms, for more great topics to blog on check out Social Moms Daily Blogging Prompts

Celebrating the Superbowl with TABASCO Original Red

This post brought to you by TABASCO® Original Red. All opinions are 100% mine.

Is it just me or does Superbowl just scream, manly, spicy food?

I'm here to talk about TABASCO® Original Red  hot sauce. I usually have a bottle in my fridge cause I tend to make chili a lot around here, especially in these chilly winter months. I try to cook warm meals that keep warm on the inside to help us ignore the cold weather on the outside!

Personally I like to serve my chili with rice (my ex taught me this one and they really go great together.) But a common chili problem? How do I keep it mild enough for my little one to eat, yet spicy enough so that the big men feel like eating it is somewhat of an accomplishment? 

TABASCO® Original Red is a great solution for this, not only can each person add the amount of spice that each of them likes But the combination of salt, red pepper, and vinegar can bring out the best in a simple dish such as chili! I just found out that its even aged for three years!!

Okay I'll be honest, I don't know how that works but it makes wine taste great so I'm sure that aging probably has a beneficial effect on chili peppers as well. 

So I've been surfing around the TABASCO® Original Red site, and I've found some amazing recipes that I'm thinking about trying for Superbowl Sunday,  I'm thinking about trying a new wing recipe, since I saw this one for "Smoking" Hot wings, i think that the sweet flavors in this sauce will really add some great flavor to my Superbowl festivities. And they seem simple enough to make for a large crowd. (Which is nice because since moving into my mother's house I have  a much larger living room to fit a much larger crowd)

I also want to try out this recipe for Shrimp and Sausage Jambalaya  again, it looks really simple but yummy to make.  The TABASCO Game-Day Party Menu has plenty more great ideas like this one that are simple and easy to add into your menu!

But what about those of us who don't want to cook for the Superbowl, those of us who would rather order drink beer, sit on the couch and a man for the day? Check out the Pizza Perfected page by TABASCO®. I never would have been able to come up with all these ideas off the top of my head. Now I have a whole list of  ideas to make my pizza seem gourmet, when really all I did was grab it out of the box (I guess I'll be shopping for some pizza trays this week to keep the secret)

If you don't have time to serve one of the options from the Pizza Perfected website, just try adding some hot sauce to your pizza, really! Even if there is just cheese on top,  the TABASCO® Original Red will bring out the flavors in the sauce by adding just the right amount of spice!

Well I hope that these tips and recipes help you with your Superbowl menu, I know that the Game-Day Party Menu is certainly going to help with mine!

Shutterfly Valentines Giveaway!

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