Posted in blogging, chocolate, dessert, desserts, drinks, Family, Fiction, food, friends, humor, Jansen Schmidt, writing, tagged condiments, corn on the cob, cutting meat, dining, dining etiquette, eating, eating habits, eggs, food, French fries, ice cream cones, ketchup, knife, meat, pancakes, pizza, syrup, weird eating on December 18, 2017| 10 Comments »
People have some strange eating habits. Well, some things are not so strange, but folks can’t seem to eat certain things unless those things are prepared or served a certain way. Example: ketchup. Some people can’t eat eggs or potatoes or whatever without ketchup. They won’t even try the food without the salty condiment. (more…)
Posted in Autumn, blogging, Christmas, dessert, desserts, Disney, Disney World, Family, Holidays, humor, Jansen Schmidt, pumpkins, writing, tagged animal enrichment, Autumn, bats, birds, decorations, Disney's Animal Kingdom, Fall, feeding animals, harvest season, monkeys, old pumpkin, peppermint, pumpkins, tigers on November 27, 2017| 13 Comments »
Another Thanksgiving has come and gone. Another end of the harvest season. Another end to everything orange and pumpkin and in with everything green and peppermint. That’s right, we’ve officially entered the fifth season – the holiday season. (more…)
Posted in Autumn, dessert, desserts, dieting, drinks, Family, food, friends, Holidays, humor, Jansen Schmidt, pumpkins, vacation, writing, tagged Black Friday, Christmas, eating, family, funny, funny video, give thanks, gratitude, Holiday, holiday meals, raw eating, raw food, Shopping, Thanksgiving, turkey, turkey day on November 20, 2017| 8 Comments »
Happy Thanksgiving week y’all! I hope you all have a wonderful holiday no matter what your plans.
Posted in acting, Caribbean, costumes, dessert, desserts, Disney, Disneyland, drinks, Family, food, friends, Holidays, humor, Jansen Schmidt, love, vacation, Walt Disney World, writing, tagged actors, Captain Jack Sparrow, Disney, Disney geek, Dole Whip, Johnny Depp, magic, Magic Kingdom, magical, magical places, pirate ride, Pirates, Pirates of Caribbean, video, Youtube on June 5, 2017| 9 Comments »
I subscribe to a lot of Disney related websites, blogs, newsletters, etc., because, hey, I am a Disney geek. That’s right, I love all things Disney. Well, almost all things. I’m not a fan of Dole whips. (more…)
Posted in acting, authors, Baer House Inn, blogging, dessert, desserts, drinks, Family, food, friends, humor, Jansen Schmidt, love, success, words, writing, tagged Detectives Comedy Dinner Theater, dinner, dinner theater, improv, improvement, improvisation, improvise, melodrama, melodrama theater, planning, plans, unexected on October 10, 2016| 13 Comments »
Improvisation: noun: the art or act of improvising, or of composing, uttering, executing, or arranging anything without previous preparation. (Musical improvisation involves imagination and creativity.)
Posted in awards, Baer House Inn, Birthdays, blogging, dessert, desserts, dieting, drinks, Family, food, Holidays, humor, Jansen Schmidt, love, romance, soup, vacation, Vicksburg, writing, tagged beignets, blackened fish, charms, cheese grits, chicken & waffles, collard greens, crawfish, food, greens, grooms cakes, gumbo, jambalaya, king cakes, muffalettas, New Orleans, Po' boys, Po'boy sandwiches, red beans and rice, shrimp and grits, southern cuisine, southern food, sweet tea, turnip greens on June 27, 2016| 10 Comments »
When we made our decision to move to the south, there were certain things I expected to change about my diet. I anticipated that I would be eating more spicy food; foods with a Cajun or Creole flavor. I knew that gumbo and jambalaya and red beans and rice would be prevalent in most restaurants, along with sweet tea. Let’s not forget about the sweet tea. It is a southern staple. In fact, if you order iced tea and you don’t specify unsweet, you’re probably going to get sweet tea.
Posted in authors, Baer House Inn, blogging, dessert, desserts, Family, Fiction, food, friends, humor, Jansen Schmidt, love, resolutions, success, words, writing, tagged brave, challenge, curried eggs, eating, fear, fears, fun, hollandaise sause, ketchup, new things, people, rollercoasters, salt, Tabasco, try it on June 20, 2016| 13 Comments »
Do you make up your mind about some new experience before you even experience it? Do you take one look at a roller coaster and say, “no thank you,” before you even ride it or watch it whiz along the track to learn it’s pattern? Now, if you are prone to motion sickness, I think you make the appropriate decision not riding the thing, but . . . if you’ve never ridden before, how do you know you’re not going to like it?
Posted in authors, blogging, blooms, chocolate, deserts, dessert, diamond ring, drinks, engagement ring, Family, Fiction, food, friends, Holidays, Jansen Schmidt, love, romance, roses, wedding ring, words, writers, writing, tagged anniversary, bacon, bouquet, candy hearts, chocolate covered strawberries, flowers, red velvet waffles, romance, romance writers, Valentine's Day, zymotic on February 15, 2016| 13 Comments »
So the BIG long weekend is nearing completion. Time to go back to work. Well, for most of you. I’ve been working all weekend and it’s been great! Full house for Valentine’s eve with delicious breakfast treats on Valentine’s morning.
The red velvet waffles were a hit even though they were sort of a brown-gray-pink color. I used a lot of food coloring too, but they still weren’t all that red after cooking. The batter was a killer hot pink color though. They looked like they were going to be red. Oh well, I just slathered on a little extra cream cheese icing and it was all good. Add some Baer House eggs (a house speciality) and some bacon and a fruit parfait and you’ve got yourself a sweet feast.
Anyway, we had two couples celebrating their anniversary; one just completed their first year of wedded bliss (aw), the other 13 years. That was fun. Another guest surprised me with a small box of chocolates and chocolate covered strawberries. That was unexpected and very sweet!
And my own sweetie stopped to get be a bouquet of candy hearts on his way home from the store that morning. All in all, a good weekend.
How about you readers? Anything worth sharing? We romance writers like to know these things. Fodder for our books you know.
Have a great week!
Word of the Day: Zymotic
Fun fact about me: I’d rather have flowers than chocolates for Valentine’s Day.
Original post by Jansen Schmidt, February 2016. Photos courtesy Google Images.
