Being an innkeeper is not without its challenges. Or its rewards. And sometimes its not without its surprises. I have to admit, not much surprises me these days. I’m a true skeptic, believing nothing I hear and only half of what I see. It’s hard to impress me. It’s hard to scare me. It’s hard to surprise me. It’s hard to convince me. But sometimes . . . .
(more…)Archive for the ‘Vicksburg’ Category
Phantom Reviews
Posted in April, Baer House Inn, blogging, breakfast, eating, food, humor, innkeeping, Jansen Schmidt, laughter, Paranormal, super powers, travel, vacation, Vicksburg, weird, writing, tagged alias, baffling, creepy, doorbell, ghosts, guest book, guest reviews, guests, haunted, haunted house, innkeeper, names, odd, odd stuff, phantom, pranks, skeptics, tricks on May 3, 2021| 8 Comments »
A Lesson From The Birds
Posted in Baer House Inn, blogging, food, gratitude, humor, innkeeping, inspiration, Jansen Schmidt, motivation, positivity, Vicksburg, weather, winter, writing, tagged bird food, bird watching, birds, cold, cold weather, deep south, freezing, freezing temperatures, Frozen, ice, icicles, inspiration, lessons, life lessons, Mississippi winter, sharing, shelter, winter, winter storm on March 1, 2021| 9 Comments »
The deep south recently experienced a winter storm for the record books. It wreaked havoc on millions of people in various ways. I was shocked and amused at the same time at how ill-prepared the state of Mississippi is for this type of event. The entire town essentially just shut down. Our mail didn’t get delivered for an entire week. An ENTIRE week! All the government offices were closed. Most restaurants were closed. Even the grocery stores and casinos (which never close) were closed. Hotels along the interstate were overflowing because the highway was shut down and people were stranded. It was epic.
(more…)2020 Was Just The Appetizer
Posted in April, Baer House Inn, beach, Birthdays, dessert, desserts, eating, Family, food, friends, Holidays, humor, innkeeping, Jansen Schmidt, laughter, spring break, travel, vacation, Valentine's Day, Vicksburg, weather, writing, tagged appetizers, cold, freezing, freezing temperatures, gross foods, Groundhog, ice, ice storm, icy roads, main course, meals, snow, spring, strange food, sunshine, winter on February 22, 2021| 6 Comments »
I think we can all agree that 2020 was not the year any of us expected it to be. Unless the conspiracy theorists are right and somebody did viciously release the coronavirus on purpose, then that person(s) had an epic year. But, it for sure was a pretty crappy year for the majority of the populace.
Hard To Believe I Was On the Honor Roll
Posted in authors, Baer House Inn, blogging, breakfast, Family, food, friends, humor, innkeeping, Jansen Schmidt, laughter, redneck, success, Vicksburg, weird, writing, tagged aging, bacon, brain fart, dumb, dumb mistakes, dumb stuff, grades, honor roll, intincts, junk, losing it, not thinking, not using your brain, stupid, stupid stuff, stupidity on January 25, 2021| 10 Comments »
All through my years of schooling, I maintained consistently high grades; honor roll every year. Except for algebra my junior year of high school. That ruined my GPA for one entire year. (Stupid math.) I did redeem myself in college though. While still struggling with numbers, I managed to get a B- in algebra my last year. I had to pass that class or I wouldn’t graduate. But I did. Again, with honors. Whew. But, I digress. At present, there are many days I do some incredibly stupid, not A+ or even B- things, and certainly not honor roll things. It’s like my brain forgets to do its job. I used to be “with it.” I used to not need notes to remember things. I used to use common sense and logic to figure things out. Nowadays, not so much. Some days I don’t even recognize myself because I do some really dumb stuff.
(more…)More Observations of an Innkeeper
Posted in Baer House Inn, blogging, breakfast, drinks, eating, Family, food, friends, humor, innkeeping, Jansen Schmidt, money, travel, vacation, Vicksburg, weird, writing, tagged B&B, bed & breakfast, breakfast, fun, hotel guests, innkeeper, innkeepers, noteworthy, observations, tourists, travel advice, travel tips, traveling, weird behavior on January 19, 2021| 3 Comments »
This is a re-post.
About three years ago I wrote a blog post about some interesting things I had noticed about innkeeping and inn guests from my two years experience in the business. If you’re interested in reading that, here’s the link: https://jansenschmidt.wordpress.com/2017/06/26/observations-of-an-innkeeper/
While it’s still sometimes hard to believe that we’ve been doing this for five and half years already, I am even more amazed that I continue to notice quirky and interesting things that happen frequently. Therefore, I present to you, Observations of an Innkeeper – Part Two:
Bitten By the Baking Bug
Posted in Baer House Inn, blogging, chocolate, Christmas, dessert, desserts, eating, Family, Fiction, food, Holidays, humor, innkeeping, Jansen Schmidt, laughter, travel, tv, vacation, Vicksburg, watching tv, writing, tagged B&B, baking, Christmas, Christmas cookies, cookies, Hallmark channel, Hallmark movies, holiday baking, hot cocoa, ice skating, innkeeping, small town, snow, snow angels, snowman, tourism, winter on December 14, 2020| 12 Comments »
I don’t normally do a lot of holiday baking like some folks. Not because I don’t enjoy it, but it hardly seems worth the effort since I have no one to share the goodies with. Well, that’s not true. I have my husband, who loves sweets and baking for him is totally worth it, but you know what I mean. He’s actually really happy with plain ole peanut butter cookies most of the time anyway. I don’t have to go to the trouble of chilling and rolling out dough and letting yeast rise and chopping fruits and nuts and all that other fancy stuff. He’s not into the ornately decorated sugar cookies or gingerbread men that are so popular this time of year. So, it feels like a wasted effort to spend the entire day baking fancy holiday goodies.
(more…)It’s More Than Just Another Day
Posted in Autumn, Baer House Inn, blogging, books, breakfast, Family, food, friends, Holidays, innkeeping, Jansen Schmidt, positivity, pumpkins, travel, Vicksburg, writing, tagged don't stay home, family, friends, gatherings, holiday traveling, holidays, nuts, peace, peaceful, positive, positive vibes, Thanksgiving, traveling, visiting, visits on November 23, 2020| 6 Comments »
Folks, I’m too exhausted and depressed to compose a witty or well-thought-out post this week. So I’ll leave you with this thought.
My heartfelt wish for you is a happy and peaceful thanksgiving, (hopefully with your loved ones despite the damned CDC.)
Word of the Day: Miniver / minever
Fun fact about me: I love almost every kind of nut.
Original post by Jansen Schmidt, November 2020. Images by Google and Pexels.
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The Unexpected Expected
Posted in Autumn, Baer House Inn, breakfast, dogs, eating, Family, food, friends, innkeeping, Jansen Schmidt, pets, positivity, resolutions, sports, travel, vacation, Vicksburg, weather, writing, tagged B&B, bed and breakfast, breathe, fresh air, inns, Mississippi, no masks, normal, open, open for business, opening up, precautions, regular, respectful, sunshine, travel on October 5, 2020| 14 Comments »
I knew it was going to happen. At some point it was bound to. But, I wasn’t really ready for it to happen quite so quickly. Slowly the country is phasing back into normal operating procedures. We’ve been getting a few more reservations over the past few weeks. But, I don’t know what happened the last three weekends. BAM! Full houses every Friday and Saturday night. Just like that. No warning. The phone kept ringing and the I kept saying “come on.”
(more…)Something’s Better Than Nothing
Posted in Baer House Inn, blogging, breakfast, eating, Family, food, friends, gratitude, innkeeping, Jansen Schmidt, On Common Ground, On Hallowed Ground, positivity, travel, vacation, Vicksburg, writing, tagged adapting, B&Bs, bed & breakfast, discounts, get-away, house tours, incentives, inns, Mississippi, money, normal hours, overnight, pancakes, pandemic, special offer, specials, travel, we're open on August 10, 2020| 8 Comments »
Folks it’s been slim pickings here at Casa Baer. I’ve been trying to keep my chin up throughout this pandemic but some days it’s really hard to find the silver lining. Since the beginning of March we’ve only taken in just a smidge over six thousand dollars. Usually we bring in double that each and every month, especially this time of year. We’re heading into our second busiest time of the year and are still getting more cancellations than reservations coming in. It’s heart breaking. (more…)
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