Baking + Golf = Awesomeness

Thursday was my last day of work before the holiday break and I really just wanted to come back to the hotel and go to bed, but I said no...go do something!  It was opening weekend for Batman vs. Superman at the movies, so I went on-line to order tickets and of course it was almost sold out.  Wanted to make sure my order had gone through so I called down to the movies and the guy said, let me look it up real quick.  He came back and said yep-you're good to go.  Then he said ma'am, are you from LA?  I started to laugh (cuz that's funny) and said no, I'm not from LA, but I am from the States.  Had to sit 3 rows from the screen, but oh well--it is what it is.  Good movie, I wasn't too keen on two Superhero's fighting one another - but I love Superhero movies and wanted to see it anyways, lots of action!

On Friday, Ross, Brian and I went to the driving range because Saturday we were going to go golfing with Ross's boss and his wife and we didn't want to suck.  Got to ride the bus for the first time which was F-U-N!  Now I have a buss pass that I get to carry around with me and feel important, hehe.  We had been invited to go back to their house and have a bbq and I volunteered to bring a dessert (you know me).  I wanted to make a gooey butter cake since that's an STL thing and I was sure Brian had never had it before either.  I'm still in the Hilton so I asked Ross if I could use his oven in his apartment.  Powdered sugar is one of the ingredients you need in a gooey butter cake, but at the grocery store they had no such thing.  After asking the 16 year old boy that was stocking the shelves what the sugar was that his mom would sprinkle on top of brownies I figured out what I needed was called Icing Sugar.  Do they not know this sugar can be used for more things that just icing--jeesh!

I should have taken a picture of Ross's oven because it looks nothing like ours and we had NO idea how to use it.  Good thing for the internet because we were able to look up what the different symbols were so I could bake my cake.  He thought it would be wise if I made something else first in case we burned it, so I started out makin a batch of brownies.  They turned out yummy (we had to try them, right?!).  I proceeded to make my gooey butter cake but we didn't try it, I was very nervous about this because what if it didn't taste right?  He said, well Tiffany-only you and I have had a gooey butter cake, so only we will know.  Good Call!  

Saturday is here and it's time to go golfing!  

We went to a Par 3 course since there were 5 of us and it was going to take a while.  I knew I'd be able to hit the ball since I was able to at the driving range, just didn't know if I'd be able to hit it in the right direction.  For all you golfer's out there, watch out--I was MUCH better than I thought I'd be.  All of the guys said I need to take up golf:) 

On one of the hole's I was the only one to hit it on the green on the first hit.  On another hole I was down the hill a bit and I chipped it in the hole.  I was told this is pretty hard to do, but I did it!  I told them it was beginner's luck, but they said you could give Tiger a run for his money (ok, they didn't say this, but they were definitely making me feel good), haha!

This duck family was almost taken out by us (um...don't you think fast flying balls would make a parent take their children to a safer area)?!  Ross said, oh--look at the little critters and Michael and I said, those are ducks Ross, not critters, man-we had a good laugh over that one.

Here is our team picture.  Michael, Karen, me, Ross and Brian.  Now you can put a name to a face:)

We went back to Michael and Karen's house for a bbq after our 9 hole's of golf.  We had lamb steaks, a Greek salad, potatoes and lots of wine!  We then had our brownies and gooey butter cake for dessert and they absolutely LOVED it.  They had more than one piece and just kept talking about how delicious it was.  I was ecstatic that it turned out so well.  I told them they could keep the leftovers and they were very happy about that.  It was a lovely evening and they gave us lots of places to put on our "to-do" list.  

So far my holiday weekend has been wonderful.  Can't wait to see what the next two days bring!