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 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…)
Posted in blogging, Christmas, Family, Fiction, food, health, humor, Jansen Schmidt, laughter, love, toys, writing, tagged babies, baby, baby clothes, baby supplies, bankrupt, blankets, bottles, clothes, diapers, grandchildren, moms, money, mothers, newborns, pacifiers, pregnant, Shopping on June 24, 2019| 12 Comments »
My husband and I are going to be grands. Sort of. Neither of us have any children of our own, but we do have nieces and nephews, the oldest of which is having a baby. So, it’s our first grand niece or nephew. That’s pretty darned exciting! (more…)
Posted in authors, blogging, Disney, Family, Fiction, friends, humor, Jansen Schmidt, laughter, reading, trivia, Uncategorized, weird facts, words, writing, tagged astrology, birthstones, Donald Duck, Elvis Presley, facts, history, John Wayne, June, Mythology, national nude day, nude, rock and roll, south, southern, summer, trivia on June 10, 2019| 10 Comments »
Yes, it’s HOT!! The long hot, sweaty days of summer have arrived. I know, I know, it’s still officially spring, but tell that to the weather. There is no mercy here in Vicksburg after about 11:00. June has come in with a vengeance. (more…)
Posted in blogging, Disney, Disney World, Family, Fiction, friends, goals, gratitude journal, health, humor, Jansen Schmidt, laughter, social media, success, travel, vacation, Walt Disney World, writing, tagged complainers, complaining, complaints, Disney, Disney busses, Disney hotels, Facebook, parking, travel, traveling, ungrateful, whiners on May 20, 2019| 11 Comments »
I don’t like perpetual complainers. I don’t understand people who always find something to complain about. I don’t get it. Why go through life looking for the negative stuff? How depressing. How much nicer it is to see the silver lining even in the darkest places. It’s not always easy to see the positive side of things, I get that, but there is always something to be thankful for. The truth is, most of us have some challenges in our lives to deal with. But, we don’t have to harp on them. We all have good things in our lives as well. (more…)
