My sweet hubby knows that I am in love with Paula Deen so six months ago he sent me an email telling me that he had just purchased tickets for us to go see Paula Deen only it would be on our 6th wedding anniversary.
I was more than thrilled and so excited to be surprised like that!
There was one catch....isn't there always? He might not be in town so I would have to have a girlfriend go with me......Ok, so I have to spend my anniversary with a girlfriend and not my hubby? Well, that was OK with me as long as I got to see Paula! Fortunately, it worked out that he didn't have to go to NYC and we got to spend our anniversary together with Paula!
Paula and her hubby were both together at the cooking show. Her hubby even helped cook, you can tell he keeps her on track and their back and forth banter was hilarious.
She taught us to how to make cornbread stuffing and let me tell ya, my hubby made it for Thanksgiving and I am so in love with that stuffing now it is going to be a new tradition to have that every year and part of that tradition will be for him to make it too! My hubby is good in the kitchen!
Actually we work well in the kitchen together as long as we are doing our own thing, our own way, with no comments from the peanut gallery! I like to cook and it is hard for me to share my (our) kitchen. I have loved making some of Paula's recipes but I will admit I try to make them less fattening and do not use all the butter she uses because we are just not as into butter as she is, I don't know anyone that is into butter like sweet Paula!
Paula introduced us to her new friend Vice President
Biden's wife Jill
Biden. She was lovely (would be even more so if she were a Republican.)
As you can see they posed for my picture so graciously.
Paula and her hubby Michael are just precious together! I was thinking they would make the perfect Santa and Mrs. Claus!
I love how she is just herself and says what she thinks and doesn't try to impress ya like Martha!
Paula loves to talk and I love listening to her, see her hubby cooking behind her? ha ha Noting like a man in the kitchen! I have a man that likes to be in the kitchen when he is home for a holiday, snow day, sometimes weekend.....it is a nice break for me.
Paula's cousin was there and she has a cake business and makes fabulous cakes, cupcakes etc.
There we are at the bottom of the screen. See us?
I know it is so tacky for me to take a picture of us on the big screen right in the middle of the show but hey, a girl can't be classy all the time now can she? Hubby once again purchased great seats, he's good about that!
Oh Paula, I just love you! I became
obsessed with watching her show when I was pregnant with Amelia one night when I couldn't sleep. I started taping the shows and then I would rewind, rewind, and write everything down she said to do for recipes.......I told my girlfriend and she told me, "You know the recipes are on the website" Actually, I didn't know but all that writing and
re-watching her has helped me improve my cooking skills, at least I think so! (With the exception of the raspberry sauce, chemistry lesson but that story will be for another day or maybe I will just keep that one to myself!)
Here is the turkey cake her cousin made. I wish I could decorate cakes like this but I am afraid that just isn't my gift.
After the show, hubby and I went to a restaurant that I have wanted to go to for a long time. He had been there once since he lunches for business at nicer places than the girls and I do.
We had a wonderful time together and a delicious meal, it was nice to talk to each other and not be interrupted, or have to cut up his food, or clean up under his chair before leaving the restaurant.
Our anniversary was delightful, while I loved sharing it with Paula Deen........I was thankful my hubby was in town to share the day with me! If it wasn't for him, I wouldn't have a wedding anniversary to celebrate! Thanks for such a wonderful surprise sweetheart! I just love you so much and love your suprises! (Unforunately, my surprises for hubby are things like, "I just ran into the garage door again while trying to back out the car" so my surprises aren't like his Paula Deen surprise! I need to get better at surprising him and I think he agrees!
