Posted in Baer House Inn, blogging, breakfast, drinks, eating, Family, food, humor, innkeeping, Jansen Schmidt, laughter, love, romance, social media, toys, travel, underwear, vacation, weird, weird facts, tagged B&Bs, bed & breakfast, bed and breakfast, disrespectful, forgotten, forgotten items, innkeeper, innkeepers, innkeeping, left behind, lost and found, normal, purple, weird, weird people on September 21, 2020| 11 Comments »
I’ve been in the innkeeping business for a little over 5 years now and I am still amazed at how many times something totally new and unexpected happens. Just about the time I’m sure I’ve seen everything, along comes something completely new and – dare I say it – more weird.
(more…)Posted in blogging, books, Family, Jansen Schmidt, love, social media, Uncategorized, words, writing, tagged attitude, choose peace, constructive behavior, demonstration, drama, favoritism, feelings, passionate, peace, perspective, quiet, sensible, unassuming, worry on June 8, 2020| 11 Comments »
Today’s post goes into territory I don’t normal venture into, but I feel it must be said. And it felt good to write it. Sort of purged it from my system. I am merely relating an event that happened and my reaction to it. I am not looking for a fight or to change anyone’s opinion. This was my experience. My feelings. So, that being said, here’s what happened: (more…)
Posted in blogging, goals, gratitude, health, humor, innkeeping, Jansen Schmidt, laughter, love, motivation, pets, positivity, social media, travel, vacation, writing, tagged blessings, businesses, cats, creativity, faith, focus, forgiveness, God, kittens, museums, nursing cats, open for business, prayers, praying, rest, safe travel, sleep, thankful, weaning kittens on May 25, 2020| 8 Comments »
Like so many other people these days, I’ve had a lot of heavy issues taking up space in my brain. Most are about survival, both physically and economically, and some are about discipline as it relates to staying focused and positive. Trying to be creative right now has certainly been a challenge for me. And avoiding the negative is downright impossible if you spend any time on social media. (more…)
Posted in Amazon.com, authors, Baer House Inn, blogging, books, Family, Fiction, Free book, friends, grammar, gratitude, humor, innkeeping, Jansen Schmidt, On Common Ground, On Hallowed Ground, positivity, reading, romance, social media, tv, watching tv, words, writers, writing, tagged Amazon, book sales, candy, cleaning, crafting, crafts, DVR, giveaways, home improvement, isolation, Kindle, learning, marketing, my space, promotion, quarantine, refrigerator, silver linings, Smarties, space, webinars, workshops on March 30, 2020| 12 Comments »
My husband and I are going into week 3 of semi-isolation. My husband’s employer mandated that the casino and hotel where he works shut completely down on March 16th. Since then he’s been back twice to finish up a couple of unfinished tasks, but the place is basically abandoned. Only the security crew has to stay on property during the shut down. The Baer House, too has been pretty darn quiet. We’re not on lock down, but nobody’s traveling. We have been getting daily cancellations since the second week of March. We currently have no reservations at the inn until the very first part of June. (more…)
Posted in blogging, cancer, drinks, Family, food, friends, health, humor, Jansen Schmidt, positivity, resolutions, social media, travel, weird, writing, tagged apple cider, apple cider vinegar, cinnamon, cold and flu season, colds, common sense, cures, flu, ginger, herbal remedies, lemon juice, lemons, medicine, minerals, panic, precaution, prevention, spices, supplements, survival, symptoms, tumeric, vinegar, virus, vitamins on March 23, 2020| 6 Comments »
I don’t know about you, but I’m so tired of seeing COVID-19 or Coronavirus. It’s everywhere and it’s getting old. It’s ruining my business and my attitude, which at the beginning of the year was pretty darn good. Remember, I was resolved to stay focused only on the positive. That’s getting really hard to do when every day I get at least 3 cancellations and no new reservations coming in. (more…)
Posted in blogging, Family, Holidays, humor, Jansen Schmidt, motivation, positivity, resolutions, social media, success, travel, vacation, writing, tagged Alex Gockel, art, artwork, coal, coal mining, color, gala, German artists, joy, karpe diem, masterpiece, New Orleans, painting, Park West Gallery, positive thoughts, positivity, promises, Ritz Carlton, seize the day, tar, VIP, Youtube on January 6, 2020| 8 Comments »
It’s 2020 ya’ll! Here we are in the first official week of January in a brand new decade. That should make you feel good. (Since this post went live, I have edited it, referring you to the first comment by Mr. Walker below. That said, I stand corrected – you are not welcome to a new decade.) But, at least the awkward teen years are behind us. Whew! It’s onward and upward from here. My hope is that each and every one of you finds the good in everything that life has to offer. Don’t sit around and wait for it to come to you – go out there and get it! As Roman poet, Horace, said? “Karpe Diem!!” Although he probably didn’t use the exclamation points. (more…)
Posted in Barbie, blogging, books, Christmas, dogs, Family, Holidays, humor, Jansen Schmidt, laughter, reading, resolutions, social media, toys, writing, tagged Barbie, bikes, books, cars, cats, Christmas gifts, Christmas list, Christmas presents, Christmas wish list, elf, elf of shelf, gifts, kids, letters to Santa, North Pole, pets, please, puppies, reindeer, slime, trucks, weird on December 30, 2019| 8 Comments »
It’s official. 2019 is going, going gone! What a year it has been. I’m looking forward to 2020. Nothing significant happening, just another chance to have the best year of my life. For those of you who do not follow me on Facebook, or who do, but did not see my post from last week, I’m making some changes in 2020. Here’s what I posted: (more…)
Posted in authors, blogging, books, Family, Fiction, friends, humor, inspiration, Jansen Schmidt, motivation, resolutions, social media, success, writers, writing, tagged authors, book reviews, books, brave, bravery, courage, courageous, Cowardly Lion, critisicm, Dorothy, failure, intimidation, query, scary, success, Wizard of Oz, writers on November 18, 2019| 14 Comments »
“Alright, I’ll go in there for Dorothy. Wicked Witch or no Wicked Witch. Guards or no guards, I’ll tear ’em apart. There’s just one thing I want you guys to do…talk me out of it.”
We’re all familiar with the sweet cowardly lion from the movie, “The Wizard of Oz.” I mean who didn’t smile when he raised his big fluffy paws and said, “Put ’em up, put ’em up?” Or when he said, “I do believe in spooks! I do believe in spooks! I do, I do, I do, I do!” and yet he soldiered on with the rest of his oddball gang. How could you not love his devotion to Dorothy? And didn’t you just melt at the end of the movie when he said, “I never would have found my courage if it hadn’t been for you?” (more…)
Has It Been That Long?
Posted in authors, blogging, Family, Fiction, friends, goals, grammar, humor, Jansen Schmidt, social media, success, words, writers, writing, tagged analytics, blog followers, blogging, blogging anniversary, comments, first blog, followers, history, knickerbocker, new tricks, no way, patterns, technology, titles, words on November 4, 2019| 13 Comments »
While I was composing my blog for this week, I was having trouble coming up with a clever, cute, catchy title. I don’t know why because usually the title is the least of my blogging woes. But, for some reason I just could not decide on a title. So, I decided to scroll back through my previous posts and see if I could see a pattern or find an old post that I could resurrect or change the title a bit. And that’s when I found something I just couldn’t believe!
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