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.
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.
Posted in alcohol, beer, blogging, breakfast, chocolate, dessert, desserts, dieting, dogs, drinks, eating, Family, food, friends, health, humor, Jansen Schmidt, laughter, pets, positivity, redneck, soup, travel, weird, writing, tagged binge watching, country veterinarians, Critter Fixers, Disney+, exotic foods, food shows, Gordon Ramsey, Gordon Ramsey Uncharted, National Geographic, National Geographic channel, random, streaming services, traveling, tv, veterinarians, Youtube on September 5, 2022| Leave a Comment »
A while back I blogged about not being able to find anything to watch on TV despite paying $600 a month for streaming services and having over 10,000 channels at our disposal. Okay, maybe I’m exaggerating a little, but you get the drift. Finding a new movie or series sometimes takes some trial and error. Unless you’re looking for a little something to watch just for the fun of it.
(more…)Posted in Baer House Inn, blogging, Family, Fiction, friends, history, humor, innkeeping, Jansen Schmidt, laughter, Mississippi, Paranormal, redneck, travel, vacation, Vicksburg, weird, writing, tagged Baer House, Baer House Inn, ghosts, haunted, haunted B&Bs, haunted inns, historic inns, light bulbs, locked doors, Mississippi, random, spirits, traveling, unexplainable events, unexplained, unexplained phenomenon, unseen forces, Vicksburg on August 8, 2022| 12 Comments »
Here at the inn, I have a policy: if a room is not made completely up and ready for someone to check into it, I keep the door to that room either shut or locked until it’s ready to go. I don’t like snoopy guests – and they are, every single one of them – to peek in and see a dirty or unfinished room. I just think that’s unprofessional. I’d rather have those snoopy guests wonder what those rooms look like than for them to see an unmade bed or a vacuum cleaner sitting in the middle of the room or towels stacked on the dresser. Hey, my inn, my rules. I want to present it in its best light.
(more…)Posted in Family, Fiction, Jansen Schmidt, tv, watching tv, weird, writing, tagged BritBox, channel surfing, crime shows, Disney+, infidelity, movie trailers, Netflix, Paramount Plus, Prime, television, television shows, TV apps, TV crime shows, TV series, TV subscriptions, watch TV on June 27, 2022| 8 Comments »
Channel surfing. I know you’ve all done it. Four thousand channels to choose from from sixty different apps but you still can’t find anything to watch on TV. So, you start watching trailers hoping to find a good movie or a new series to watch. Sometimes you spend a good hour just watching trailers trying to find something to watch and by the end of the night you haven’t watched anything.
(more…)Posted in Family, friends, grammar, humor, Jansen Schmidt, laughter, singing, trivia, weird, writing, tagged decades, English, generation, generational, kids, language, music, music history, slang, slang terms, slang words, young people, youth on April 25, 2022| 4 Comments »
Every generation has its unique sound. Music is the first thing that comes to mind. Who doesn’t remember the Big Band sounds of the ‘40’s, the beatnik rock and roll era of the ‘50’s, the mellow ‘60’s, the groovy ‘70’s, or the always popular bitchin’ tunes of the ‘80’s? I’m not sure if you noticed what I did there, but it’s not just the music that represents the sounds of a particular generation. It’s the language, the slang, the terms the popular kids used at school. There’s a distinct sound for every generation.
(more…)Posted in Family, health, humor, Jansen Schmidt, laughter, Uncategorized, weird, weird facts, writing, tagged bright lights, diagnosis, DNA, doctors, evolution, medical, medicine, ocular nerve, reflexes, science, sneezing, sneezing disorder, sun, sunlight, WebMD on August 16, 2021| 9 Comments »
Sometimes you have to be your own doctor. After all, that’s why WebMD was created right? Self-diagnosis is great, but dangerous at the same time. Sometimes when I’ve been looking something up on that site I’ve been led astray and ended up believing I had numerous contagious diseases and bizarre medical conditions that I must immediately seek treatment for or I just might die. But, not this time. This time, I was right on the money with my self-diagnosed syndrome.
(more…)Posted in beach, beauty products, blogging, Family, friends, health, humor, Jansen Schmidt, laughter, travel, vacation, weird, writing, tagged band-aids, blisters, comfortable sandals, comfortable shoes, cute shoes, feet, foot, new shoes, orthopedic shoes, pedicure, practical shoes, sandals, shoes on July 19, 2021| 6 Comments »
People love to get new clothes just before they travel, present company included. There’s something about going on vacation that inspires me to want something new and cute to wear. It’s part of the vacation experience. I know that I am not alone because often when I’m cleaning rooms after my inn guests leave, I see signs of new clothing items in the room. Shoe boxes, those annoying little plastic attachers for price tags to be affixed to clothing, brand name tags that have been clipped off and discarded in the trash.
(more…)Posted in blogging, friends, gratitude, Holidays, inspiration, Jansen Schmidt, motivation, positivity, resolutions, Vicksburg, weird, weird facts, writing, tagged 4th of July, celebrations, Civil War, Civil War history, culture, Dwight Eisenhower, grudges, heritage, history, holding a grudge, Independence Day, siege of Vicksburg, southern, southern lifestyle, southern way of life, US history on July 5, 2021| 2 Comments »
I love the 4th of July! It’s one of my favorite holidays. I’ve said it before, several times, I love all things patriotic. Patriotic music always makes my chest swell with pride. Putting my hand over my heart during the national anthem reminds me of all the sacrifices our founding fathers endured so that we can have the freedoms we enjoy today.
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