GE Momsperience {My Trip to Louisville}

Hey friends!

I wanted to take a few minutes to share with you the fabulous trip I took earlier this week to the beautiful city of Louisville, Ky for the GE Momsperience.

“The What?” you ask.

The GE Momsperience.

GE hooked up with some bloggers at Blissdom this past January  to host the first ever GE Momsperience. Those bloggers hosted giveaways on their blogs for an all expense paid trip to the GE Monogram Center in Louisville.

I entered one of those giveaways at Kristen’s place, High Heels and a Hammer.

And I won!

Shut.the.door.

I have seriously had major blog luck when it comes to winning giveaways. My sister….not so much. (Sorry, Sis.)

However, I was a little unlucky when my camera broke two days before this trip, so all of the pictures in this post, except for one, were taken with my iphone.

This past weekend, I was actually in Georgia with my husband’s side of the family celebrating my sweet SIL’s birthday. It was great being with family!

So on Sunday, GE flew me from Atlanta to Louisville. I got to fly with a blog friend of mine, Tara, from Therapy4Roses.

We were picked up at the airport by our concierge. (I know! Doesn’t that sound so cool?!)

Then we were taken to the 21C hotel. It was an amazing hotel full of modern art, but I have to be honest, it was a little too provocative for my taste. However, the service was beyond comparison. They took great care of us!

I slept in the most comfortable bed I have ever slept in!!!

The first night there, we had a wonderful little get together over some delicious food…

And we got to make our very own derby hat with the help of the wonderful and talented ladies at Dee’s Crafts.

It was such the perfect “girly” thing to do! :)

And they made us these adorable monogrammed totes!   And guess where they got the idea for the bag and the flower….BLOGS!  Woohoo!

The bag was full of amazing items…

Funny story…

That night, when I went back to my room, I immediately noticed something was different.  I stood in the middle of my room a little scared.  “Someone has been in my room,” I thought.  There was a robe laying on my bed that wasn’t there earlier.  Someone had taken my pillows off my bed and put them in the chair.  I was starting to freak out.  I looked in the bathroom…everything looked the same in there.  But someone had definitely messed with my bed.

Then I noticed the chocolates on my bed, and it hit me!  They had turned down my bed for me!

I laughed out loud!  I’ve heard that this happens in fancy hotels, but I had never experienced it myself.

“So THIS is how the other side lives!” I thought.  hee.hee.

Then I was wanting something cold to drink, and I saw a water bottle on my dresser.  It was at room temperature, so I decided to get some ice.  I picked up my ice bucket to head out the door to find an ice vending machine, and guess what?

The darn thing already had ice in it!  Are you kidding me?!  I knew I was staying at a fancy hotel then!  :)

Whew!  I crack my thrifty self up!

The next morning we headed to the GE Monogram Center.  It was fancy-smancy!  So fancy-smancy in fact, we couldn’t even take pictures of certain rooms in the building.  Top secret, ya know.

But they did let us take some pictures of their appliance rooms.

We all fell in love with the GE Advantium Oven when it cooked us some delicious Filet Mignons in half the time.  This is the Advantium Guy showing us how it works.  {I really, really, really want one of these!}

We got to cook in the beautiful kitchens under the direction of their fabulous chefs, Chef Joe Castro and Chef Brian Logsdon.  They have their very own food website that you should  check out called,  All in Good Food.

This was an absolute blast!!!  They gave us our own GE Monogram Center aprons to wear.

We made frind chicken with red eye gravy and a salad.

Yum!

Can you tell that I loved it?!

We also learned about microwaves, refrigerators, dishwashers, and washer and dryers.  I was really surprised at what these appliances can do!  My husband and I have always bought the cheapest model of appliances because that was all we could afford.  But now, I am wanting to save a little more money to get a better product.  It will make life a little easier for us all. :)  And they look so pretty too!

That evening, we all got dressed up in our derby hats and went to Churchill Downs.  Can you believe this Kentucky girl has never been to the Downs?

Well, now I have!  :)  (I will share more pictures later.)

Here I am with my new, precious blog friend, Beth from FreeStylin’.  She is an absolute sweetheart, and thrifty like me!  :)

THANK YOU, GE! You are amazing.