Recent content by bobwhitesong

Ah, before laundry I'll address the comments regarding my "time to make longwinded diatribes": The "timestamps" on my blog say roughly 8, 4, and 5pm as time of posting. This is actually the time I start them. What I usually do is the moment I find inspiration for the next post, start a new post...

First off, I'm very sorry if anything said was offensive or crossed a line. My intention was 80% to entertain and 20% to inform. As mentioned in an above comment, many people DO go into innkeeping thinking it's a fairytale life full of tea parties, fluffy pillows, and pancakes. It isn't. And...

My most memorable guests are definitely Mr and Mrs Amorous. It's a bit of a long story to recite here, but I did blog about it just a few days ago if you care to read. I completely agree that the guests are the best part of the job. even the bad/rude/obnoxious ones have their place.

Hello All! Just a quck update, as SummerSeed said, we've told our owner that we're leaving. Since we told him, he's gone from being overly-paternal and caring to behaving in a very childish and often rude manner towards us. That's fine. We have a light at the end of our tunnel and practically...

You guys are the best. Even those with "harsh" words have been so helpful to us. I can't even tell you how good it feels to have a light at the end of the tunnel! There is one quick thing I'd like to mention for the benefit of other aspiring/potential inn managers. Make sure you know your...

WOW! You've all been unbelievably helpful, THANK YOU. Now That I've gotten that first big rant off my chest I feel like I can breath and answer a few questions, so here goes: -We do not have any sort of an employment contract. Nothing. Nada. Zilch. -We only get days off when there is no one at...

SummerSeed is actually my husband, so I think it appropriate (since we're Co-Inn Managers) to elaborate further and help answer questions. Forgive me if this is a bit rambling, there's so much on our minds and making it perfectly eloquent is too much work! (Maybe a list is most efficient?)...

I tried looking for blogger templates online and they were all very high-school/myspace looking. I suppose I could edit the coding myself, but I'm afraid to take the blog down to make the changes...

lol, I don't even know what that means. Maybe I should just stick with Blogger? I jsut hate how generic my blog looks with the stock template, I wanted one that assimilates a little better with the rest of the site.

The whole assimilation and download process, really. I wanted wordpres so that I could have a different template, but then to change the template i need an ftp client and a cpanel thing and then there's all sorts of computer science jargon that I'm supposed to understand... argh! Is there any...

UGH! Can anyone help me install wordpress? It's an absolute flippin' mess! FTP and PHP and Secrey Keys... Why must Blogger suck and Wordpress require a computer science degree???

We just switched from Booking Center to ResNexus and we love it. One of my favorite features is that we get ONE person assigned to our account who we can call or email with questions anytime. The personal service is outstanding. The Auto-pilot feature is very useful, navigation is simple, and...

Yeah, he comes by periodically to help out and will say hi to guests while he's here. Usually if we have 8-11 rooms he'll help us cook, beyond that we have our actual cook come in. He’s refreshingly hands-on. The previous owners my husband and I have dealt with were apathetic and distant, yet...

Between the DH and I we do: the bookeeping and payroll, we make, serve, and set out breakfast if there are 10 rooms or less in house, we take all the reservations, do all the ordering, most of the handyman and maintenance stuff, all of the baking, product research, hiring/firing, employee...

ROFL! We don't own the place, we manage it. The owner owns 3 other businesses and knew he wanted an Inn, but couldn't commit to the hours, so he started looking for a full-time live-in in manager and that ended up being us! I love to imagine a far off time when I can buy a place of my own, but I...