Recent content by Wendy

My older is a 14yo boy and not quite yet 5 foot (yes, he's small for his age). Regardless of size, he still eats like a teenage boy. YIKES! I can't imagine what will happen once he hits his growth spurt!! That brings up this question... For those who take children over a certain age only, do...

I think I'm paranoid... I thought about adding a floorplan to the blog so that people could see the house's footprint change as we did our remodeling. However, I also worried that it would be public information for house access to the wrong people. I've gone back and forth on this and just...

I just talked to my MIL who is a self-employed house cleaner and cleans privately owned McMansions. She is self-insured but does not carry WC because it's too expensive. She says that because she's her own business and doesn't carry WC, if she gets hurt on the job, it's her own responsibility...

Cathy, I think I'd look into a waiver for her to sign, since you've already made it clear you are not set up for children and she doesn't seem to "get it". State, in writing, exactly what you've already told her and that she is 100% of the time responsible for her own children. Then ask her...

Our B&B will be located in the heart of the Mushroom Capital of the World. Do you know what mushrooms are grown in? Well, the whole area stinks and yes, it gets into the house. I'll just have to tell guests ahead of time that it comes with the territory.

We are in the Brandywine Valley of southeastern Pennsylvania. We are registering for the Aspiring Innkeepers seminar as part of the Mid-Atlantic regional B&B seminar in Jan. '09 (it's in VA). That seems to be the most comprehensive locally. I have some other possibilities for helping out...

Thanks everybody for the welcome. The "due date" is hopefully in about two years. Yes, it's a long gestational period. If it could be less than that - super. I'm not holding my breath. Unfortunately the house we bought needs some really big system repairs (oh - say - heat...). While I'd...

Hi. I'm new to the forum and we are, I guess what you call "Expectant Innkeepers" - still in the remodeling/renovating stages. I'm enjoying reading the reality of what we are to be expecting. Well... enjoying and possibly thinking I should be running away in abject horror... My son is a type...