Posted in alcohol, beach, beer, blooms, Caribbean, eating, Family, food, humor, Jansen Schmidt, reading, romance, travel, vacation, weather, writing, tagged Antigua, Barbados, Celebrity Cruises, Celebrity Silhouette, cruises, cruising, excursions, Nevis, party boat, Southern Caribbean, St John, St Kitts, St Lucia, touring on May 23, 2022| 6 Comments »
I’m being lazy this week. Well, not lazy so much as strapped for time. It’s been a busy week and in my “spare” time I’ve been relaxing because I’m exhausted by the time I have “spare” time. And, by relaxing, I mean, I clean out the dishwasher, fold the laundry, set the table for breakfast, and make dinner for my family. Those are my “relaxing” chores. I don’t actually have time to fully relax by definition of the word.
(more…)Posted in Baer House Inn, blogging, breakfast, eating, friends, goals, humor, innkeeping, Jansen Schmidt, reading, writing, tagged antique lamps, blue light, chandelier, chandelier bulbs, chandeliers, incandescent lightbulbs, lamplight, lamps, LED lightbulbs, lightbulbs, lights, natural light, night lights, soft light, white light on May 9, 2022| 7 Comments »
Let’s talk lightbulbs. We use a lot of them here at the inn, especially those little specialty ones for the chandeliers. Those fancy ones that come in individual little boxes and cost a fortune. Yeah, those. I have 14 chandeliers and each one has at least 10 bulbs. We spend a LOT of money on lightbulbs.
Posted in Disney, Disney World, Disneyland, driving, eating, Family, food, friends, gratitude, humor, Jansen Schmidt, money, Shopping, travel, vacation, Walt Disney World, writing, tagged bad behavior, big business, clean up after yourself, cleaning, cutting in line, elite, entitled, line jumping, losing luster, morals, not fun, privileged, waiting, waiting in line, waiting your turn on April 4, 2022| 9 Comments »
I’m a Disney fan. Have been since my first trip to Disneyland in early 1970. As a kid, my brother and I would always choose Disneyland as our destination of choice when asked where we wanted to travel during the summer break from school. Sadly, we seldom went. As an adult, I can go, pretty much, whenever I want to. That’s the beauty of being an adult.
(more…)Posted in authors, cars, driving, eating, food, humor, Jansen Schmidt, laughter, reading, travel, vacation, words, writers, writing, tagged airline travel, airlines, airplanes, airports, Chicago, conferences, flight patterns, flight schedules, flights, flying, mileage, Mississippi, plane travel, travel, traveling, Vicksburg, Washington, Washington DC, Wisconsin, writing conferences on March 21, 2022| 11 Comments »
I’m not a math person, but I am able to do basic math. Most of the time. I’m not all into the X + Y = the square root of pi stuff, but adding and subtracting and multiplying, you know the basic everyday stuff, I can handle. Most of the time the use of math is just automatic and I don’t even think about it, I just make the calculation and off I go. Most of the time I don’t even question my result. But sometimes, once in a while . . . .
Posted in Baer House Inn, breakfast, driving, eating, food, humor, innkeeping, Jansen Schmidt, money, travel, vacation, Vicksburg, writing, tagged active military, Airbnb, B&B, Baer House, Baer House Inn, bed and breakfast, discounted rooms, discounts, early riser, housekeeping, inn guests, inn hosting, inn hosts, military, military discounts, Mississippi, money, morning person, overcharging, undercharging on February 21, 2022| 2 Comments »
The other day I had a guest experience that I wish I would have handled differently. Hey, sometimes it happens. But you never know UNTIL it happens. And we all know that sometimes all it takes is one person to screw things up for everyone else. Here’s what happened?
(more…)Posted in alcohol, beauty products, blooms, dessert, desserts, diamonds, drinks, eating, flowers, food, Holidays, humor, Jansen Schmidt, jewelry, love, romance, roses, Vicksburg, writing, tagged chocolate, dining, dining out, dinner, February 14, love, red roses, romance, romantic, roses, special day, special person, Valentine, Valentine's, Valentine's Day on February 14, 2022| 8 Comments »
Here we are at February 14th already. Valentine’s Day has arrived again. Time to show your special someone how much you love them. I know, I know, you should do that every day, but today is the one day a year when you should really treat your sweetheart to something uniquely special. Something out of their ordinary. Something frivolous. Nothing says, “I love you,” like wasting money on something only the receiver will appreciate and enjoy. Like flowers. Or a bottle of their favorite Prosecco.
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…)Posted in breakfast, chocolate, dessert, desserts, dieting, drinks, eating, Family, food, friends, goals, health, humor, Jansen Schmidt, motivation, resolutions, soup, writing, tagged aging, cholesterol, eating healthy, eating right, exercise, getting old, high cholesterol, long life, medications, old, old people, prescription medicine, prescriptions, vitamins, weight loss, young, youth on December 13, 2021| 11 Comments »
The older we get the more we start thinking about our health. At least I do. I never really cared that much when I was a young woman. Eating healthy? Ha! I scoff at the idea of having a proper diet. Exercising? Seriously? I’m plenty active, I don’t need to exercise. Vitamins? Really? Please, just stop already with the suggestions. I’m young. I’m healthy.
(more…)Posted in Baer House Inn, cats, dogs, eating, food, humor, Jansen Schmidt, names, pets, writing, tagged animals, black cats, cat food, cat training, dog training, feral cats, kittens, pet love, pet owner, pet ownership, responsible pet owner, scared cat, stray cats on November 29, 2021| 4 Comments »
I’m a dog person. Always have been. I don’t know anyone who doesn’t love dogs. I’m sure they’re out there, but I hope to never meet them. It just doesn’t seem right to not love a dog. Anyway, I never thought I’d be a cat person, but here I am, the proud slave of two black cats. That’s right I’m officially a cat person.
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