I know. It’s only June. But the book I’ve been promising, the one set around Christmas time, that should have been released near the end of the year holidays, is almost ready to be released. I’m bummed that I missed the Christmas release, and the Valentine’s Day release, and the mother’s day release, but, hey, it is what it is. The book just wasn’t ready.
(more…)Archive for the ‘Christmas’ Category
My Christmas Wish For You
Posted in Baer House Inn, Christmas, eating, Family, food, friends, Holidays, innkeeping, Jansen Schmidt, love, toys, travel, Vicksburg, writing, tagged Christmas, Christmas cheer, creativity, happy holidays, holiday poems, holiday season, holidays, merry Christmas, poems, poetry, Southern Living on December 20, 2021| 6 Comments »
I’d like to take the credit for the poem below, but alas I cannot. In fact, my creative well has been a bit low lately and finding the right words to express what’s in my heart right now has not been easy. So, I spent some time on the internet trying to find the exact sentiment that I can share with you this holiday season.
(more…)Bitten By the Baking Bug
Posted in Baer House Inn, blogging, chocolate, Christmas, dessert, desserts, eating, Family, Fiction, food, Holidays, humor, innkeeping, Jansen Schmidt, laughter, travel, tv, vacation, Vicksburg, watching tv, writing, tagged B&B, baking, Christmas, Christmas cookies, cookies, Hallmark channel, Hallmark movies, holiday baking, hot cocoa, ice skating, innkeeping, small town, snow, snow angels, snowman, tourism, winter on December 14, 2020| 12 Comments »
I don’t normally do a lot of holiday baking like some folks. Not because I don’t enjoy it, but it hardly seems worth the effort since I have no one to share the goodies with. Well, that’s not true. I have my husband, who loves sweets and baking for him is totally worth it, but you know what I mean. He’s actually really happy with plain ole peanut butter cookies most of the time anyway. I don’t have to go to the trouble of chilling and rolling out dough and letting yeast rise and chopping fruits and nuts and all that other fancy stuff. He’s not into the ornately decorated sugar cookies or gingerbread men that are so popular this time of year. So, it feels like a wasted effort to spend the entire day baking fancy holiday goodies.
(more…)Three Days and Twenty-Five CD’s Later
Posted in Baer House Inn, Christmas, Disney, Family, friends, Holidays, humor, innkeeping, Jansen Schmidt, resolutions, travel, vacation, writing, tagged batteries, Christmas decorations, Christmas tree lights, Christmas tree ornaments, Hallmark channel, Hallmark movies, holidays, tree ornaments on November 30, 2020| 12 Comments »
Well folks, it’s that time of the year again. Holiday time! I think it’s pretty safe to say we’re all pretty much looking forward to the close of 2020. My wish for Christmas this year is to live in a mask-free world. Seriously, nine months of this crap is enough. But, I digress from the subject at hand – the holidays!
(more…)The Good Old Days
Posted in Autumn, blogging, breakfast, cars, Christmas, eating, Family, food, Holidays, humor, Jansen Schmidt, laughter, sports, success, toys, words, writers, writing, tagged auto mechanics, batteries, Black Friday, food, food packaging, good old days, key fobs, keys, mechanics, medicine, packaging, reminiscing, safety, safety seals, Shopping, technology, Thanksgiving on November 16, 2020| 7 Comments »
I want to go back. Back to the good old days. Not that I want to be younger or actually GO back in time, but rather I want things to stop changing. I like stuff the way it currently is or used to be. Some things nowadays are designed to make our lives easier, but they just make it harder. And when things break down, it takes a skilled technician, two weeks and a thousand dollars to fix them.
(more…)I Wait All Year For This Post
Posted in Barbie, blogging, books, Christmas, dogs, Family, Holidays, humor, Jansen Schmidt, laughter, reading, resolutions, social media, toys, writing, tagged Barbie, bikes, books, cars, cats, Christmas gifts, Christmas list, Christmas presents, Christmas wish list, elf, elf of shelf, gifts, kids, letters to Santa, North Pole, pets, please, puppies, reindeer, slime, trucks, weird on December 30, 2019| 8 Comments »
It’s official. 2019 is going, going gone! What a year it has been. I’m looking forward to 2020. Nothing significant happening, just another chance to have the best year of my life. For those of you who do not follow me on Facebook, or who do, but did not see my post from last week, I’m making some changes in 2020. Here’s what I posted: (more…)
Christmas Ghosts – A Photo Journey
Posted in Baer House Inn, blogging, Christmas, cruise, Disney, Disney World, Family, food, friends, health, Holidays, humor, innkeeping, inspiration, Jansen Schmidt, travel, vacation, Walt Disney World, writing, tagged art, art aution, artists, bathroom, blessings, cancer, Carnival, Carnival cruise, Carnival Valor, Christmas Tree, Gingerbread, grinch, merry Christmas, Mexico, Mickey Mouse, New Orleans, painting, Ritz Carlton, selfies, streetcar, thankful on December 23, 2019| 11 Comments »
Well folks, here we are again at the close of another year. Another Christmas to celebrate, to remember, to forget, you choose. This post was inspired because I recently downloaded a bunch of photos from my phone and discovered that I have some really nice holiday photos. Because I’m a giver, I’ve decided to share my little walk down memory lane with you. Here are some photos from recent Christmases past. Enjoy! (more…)
A Toast To The . . . What The Heck?
Posted in Amazon.com, Baer House Inn, blogging, books, breakfast, Christmas, Family, Fiction, Holidays, humor, innkeeping, Jansen Schmidt, On Common Ground, Vicksburg, weird, writing, tagged busy, crazy busy, Cyber Monday, dark glasses, Diva, Hallmark movies, hostess, January, Kentucky Derby, orange juice, pageantry, pajamas, sunglasses, Thanksgiving, toasting on December 2, 2019| 13 Comments »
I hope you all had a fantastic Thanksgiving and you survived the travel and stress of the long holiday weekend. To me Thanksgiving is really just the start of 6 weeks of chaos that is known as the “holiday season.” I don’t know how others feel, but this time of year often causes me great angst. I’m always glad when January rolls around and things settle down a bit. Not that I don’t love Christmas and all of the pageantry that accompanies it, but everything seems to be operating at hyper speed through the end of the year. (more…)
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