Posted in blogging, cancer, Family, friends, goals, humor, inspiration, Jansen Schmidt, laughter, love, motivation, redneck, resolutions, success, writing, tagged don't give up, don't quit, drop out, faith, family, father, fathers, Goalcast, inspired, keep standing, love, On Common Ground, On Hallowed Ground, school, smart, third grade, video, wisdom, wise, wise man, Youtube on September 16, 2019| 4 Comments »
My blog today comes courtesy of YouTube (Goalcast). I didn’t have anything prepared last night so I consulted the internet for inspiration of some sort to share with you and I found this amazing video. It’s long (about 10 minutes), but so worth it. (more…)
Posted in Autumn, Baer House Inn, blogging, breakfast, Family, food, friends, humor, innkeeping, Jansen Schmidt, laughter, travel, vacation, words, writing, tagged America, American government, breakfast, extroverts, foreigners, government, guests, introverts, jerks, New Zealand, opinionated, opposites, people, personalities, personality-types, politics, religion, rude, taboo, taboo subjects, travel on September 2, 2019| 8 Comments »
I think it’s pretty safe to assume that we all know we should not discuss religion or politics when in the company of strangers. I also think it is safe to assume that most people are either somewhat introverted or somewhat extroverted if not completely so. We all know people who are one or the other or some mutant form of both. And, of course, we all know a know-it-all. You know, those people who have an opinion about EVERYTHING and usually express it loudly and in such a manner so as to sound like an authority on the subject. The people who make you eventually go: (more…)
Posted in blogging, Family, Fiction, health, humor, Jansen Schmidt, reading, Uncategorized, weird facts, writing, tagged awake, Google, health, insomnia, medical, medicine, music, night, nighttime, normal sleep, not sleeping, random, sleep, terror, WebMD on August 26, 2019| 6 Comments »
Do you ever wake up at night and wonder why in the heck you woke up? I sure do. Quite often. A couple of nights ago, my eyes were closed, it was dark, I thought I was asleep but it dawned on me that I was thinking random weird thoughts and wondering why in the world a certain odd song was playing over and over in my head, followed by “and why in the heck am I even awake?” (more…)
Posted in Disney, Disney World, Disneyland, dogs, Family, Fiction, friends, goals, humor, inspiration, Jansen Schmidt, laughter, love, motivation, singing, travel, trivia, vacation, Walt Disney World, writing, tagged best friends, brave, death, Disney, emotions, friendship, Frozen, Genie, grieving, joy, life, life lessons, moods, Mowgli, Mushu, sadness, sidekicks, trivia, Walt Disney, Youtube on August 12, 2019| 7 Comments »
As you all should know by now, I’m sort of a Disney nut. I’d like to think of myself as a Disney aficionado but, whenever I attend any Disney trivia-type things I NEVER score well, so I guess that only makes me a Disney nut. But, I’m okay with that. (more…)
Posted in Family, friends, health, humor, Jansen Schmidt, resolutions, writing, tagged annual exams, cancer, cars, chiropractor, colonoscopy, dentists, diet, doctors, good habits, good health, life, mammogram, medicine, preventative medicine, teeth, tune-ups on August 5, 2019| 12 Comments »
Well folks, it’s that time of year for me – time for all of my annual check-ups. When I was younger, this was something old people did, not me. I guess that makes me officially – old. But, it’s important to get tune-ups as we age. Stuff starts to break down and degenerate from all the wear and tear of life. Preventative medicine goes a long way in this day and age. (more…)
Posted in Baer House Inn, Family, friends, humor, innkeeping, Jansen Schmidt, laughter, social media, travel, vacation, Vicksburg, words, writing, tagged Americans, crazy, different, diversity, foreigners, hotels, motels, people, personality, politically correct, tourists, weird, weird people on July 29, 2019| 8 Comments »
Times they are a changin’ my friends. I can’t tell you how often I’ve had conversations with people about how things were so different when we were kids. I’m sure this is nothing new. I’m sure my parents probably had these same conversations with their friends and I’m pretty sure the next generation will have these conversations with their friends. And so on.
Posted in blogging, Family, fingers, friends, health, Jansen Schmidt, sports, success, writing, tagged analogies, baseball, caregiver, crisis, emergency, Home, home run, life, life change, little league, normal, parents, pitching, sports, surgery, unexpected, upheaval on July 22, 2019| 8 Comments »
Life is a lot like baseball. I’m not a fan of baseball really, although I did play little league when I was around 12 or so. It was fun. I played second base. I was pretty good. Our team took the second-place trophy the year I played. (I still have my trophy.) I’d like to think it was because of me, but really it was because of our short stop. She was really good. She was the reason we won many of our games. Baseball used to be a normal childhood thing for me. (more…)
Posted in acting, authors, beach, blogging, books, camera, Family, Fiction, friends, grammar, humor, Jansen Schmidt, laughter, social media, travel, words, writers, writing, tagged discovering, facts, funny, funny songs, funny video, Google, learning, parody, rabbit hole, research, time suck, wasted time, Youtube on July 15, 2019| 4 Comments »
As a writer I spend copious amounts of time researching. Yes that’s right. Even though I write fiction, there are things that still have to be researched because, unless I’m writing about a completely made-up world, people are going to know if I’m not describing a person, place or thing correctly. Ergo – research.
Posted in Baer House Inn, blogging, breakfast, drinks, driving, Family, Fiction, food, humor, innkeeping, Jansen Schmidt, laughter, travel, weird facts, writing, tagged Australia, breakfast meats, coffee, coffee cups, guests, hotels, hunting, innkeeping, link sausage, links, parking, parking lot, parking lots, sausage, wine, wine glasses on July 8, 2019| 18 Comments »
When we decided to buy an inn, I had no idea we’d see or hear so many really unusual, weird and scary things. On several occasions I’ve found myself saying, “now I’ve seen it all,” only to realize that I was in fact mistaken. Just about the time I think it can’t get any weirder, sure enough, it does. (more…)
