Hello and happy Boxing Day! I hope you all had an enjoyable Christmas and that you are safe in your homes and snug as bugs in rugs. The weather has been frightful almost everywhere and I truly hope you all made it safely to your destinations. But, if not, I hope you made the best of the unexpected situation and that Santa Claus found you anyway. He’s known for that.
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Don’t Wake the Baby
Posted in Christmas, Family, food, friends, gratitude, Holidays, humor, inspiration, Jansen Schmidt, laughter, motivation, positivity, resolutions, Shopping, toys, writing, tagged babies, baby Jesus, Christmas gift giving, Christmas gifts, drummer, drums, first Christmas, for King and Country, holiday gifts, holiday spirit, holidays, little drummer boy, manger, sleeping baby on December 19, 2022| 4 Comments »
I love Christmas music. Almost as much as I love patriotic music. But, not ALL Christmas music, usually just the traditional stuff. I do however, like traditional songs played in non-traditional ways. But one song has always sort of made me snicker: The Little Drummer Boy.
(more…)I Did It Again!
Posted in Amazon.com, authors, awards, blogging, books, Fiction, grammar, humor, Jansen Schmidt, romance, social media, success, The Ties That Bind, writers, writing, tagged 5-star book reviews, 5-star reviews, Amazon book reviews, author interviews, author podcasts, book marketing, book reviews, books, free book marketing, interviews, podcasts, The Authors Show, writing, writing interviews on December 12, 2022| 4 Comments »
Because it was so much fun the first time, I decided to do it again. This is only the second time for me so I still feel a bit uncomfortable but it’s getting easier. And I had help in the form of a lovely lady named Linda Thompson. She helped me relax and just focus on the task at hand. What is this thing you’ve done you wonder? I’m glad you asked.
(more…)The Everyday Gourmet – Almost
Posted in Baer House Inn, breakfast, eating, Family, food, goals, health, humor, innkeeping, Jansen Schmidt, Mississippi, writing, tagged art of cooking, chef, chefs, CIA in Copia, Cooking, cooking ingredients, culinary, Culinary Institute of America, culinary school, food, gourmet meals, ingredients, meals, recipes on December 5, 2022| 4 Comments »
I think I’ve probably said this before, but I’m saying it again. I enjoy cooking. I never really had time to fix elaborate meals but for the occasional weekend experience when I had time to devote to the project. I especially didn’t cook breakfast, usually opting for a breakfast sandwich behind the wheel of my car on the way to work.
(more…)On the 14th Day of Christmas
Posted in Baer House Inn, blogging, Christmas, eating, Family, friends, Halloween, Holidays, humor, innkeeping, Jansen Schmidt, laughter, money, positivity, Shopping, winter, writing, tagged Baer House, Christmas decorations, Christmas lights, Christmas shopping, Christmas tree lights, Christmas trees, holiday decoration, magic wand, not enough time, Thanksgiving, time, time speeding up on November 21, 2022| 4 Comments »
Why does time speed up after Halloween? Seriously, why? Is it just me or are the days flying by? Maybe it’s because there are fewer daylight hours? It’s colder? All I want to do is sleep? I don’t know, but I can’t believe Thanksgiving is Thursday and then – like the day after that – is Christmas.
Leftovers
Posted in Baer House Inn, breakfast, eating, Family, food, friends, goals, health, humor, innkeeping, Jansen Schmidt, laughter, money, resolutions, soup, weird, writing, tagged burritos, eating, food, leftover food, leftovers, meal planning, meal prep, meal preparation, meals, random, recipes, reheating food, reusing food on November 14, 2022| 2 Comments »
Meal planning is oft times challenging. Trying to come up with something for dinner for your family night after night can be a chore. I enjoy cooking but not necessarily every single day. I already fix breakfast for inn guests most mornings so a lot of times, by late afternoon, I’m not really interested in cooking again.
It’s All So Exciting – ‘Til It Isn’t
Posted in Autumn, Baer House Inn, cruise, cruising, vacation, dessert, desserts, drinks, eating, Family, food, friends, history, humor, innkeeping, Jansen Schmidt, laughter, Mississippi, travel, vacation, Vicksburg, writing, tagged American Cruise Lnes, American Queen, Baer House, historic homes, low water, Mississippi River, paddlewheeler ships, paddlewheelers, river cruises, river cruising, steam ships, tour homes, traveling, Viking Cruise LInes, Viking River Cruises, Yazoo Diversion Canal, Yazoo River on November 7, 2022| 6 Comments »
As a lot of you know, I live just a hair’s breadth away from the mighty Mississippi River. Well, actually not the REAL Mississippi River, but a smaller river, a canal really, what used to be the Mississippi River a little more than a hundred years ago. The Mississippi River is constantly moving and with that movement often comes course changes. That’s right, the river actually changes course. That’s what happened here in Vicksburg in 1876. The river changed course and left Vicksburg and its very active port, high and dry.
(more…)Not Since Chemo
Posted in blogging, cats, drinks, eating, Family, food, health, innkeeping, Jansen Schmidt, soup, Uncategorized, weird, writing, tagged cats, chemotherapy, dehydration, drugs, flu, kitten love, kittens, sick, stomach flu, upset stomach, virus on October 24, 2022| 9 Comments »
So, my family has been battling the stomach flu for several days this past week. My husband had it first. He complained of upset stomach and didn’t want to eat anything for 3 days. He had stomach-flu-like symptoms without actually being “sick.” Me, on the other hand, sick, sick, sick. I haven’t been this sick since I was treating with chemotherapy. Only this time, I didn’t have the really good drugs to help with the nausea.
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