Innkeep
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Today marks five years in operation. I read the forum for 2 years before opening, and I think of all the resources available to me as an aspiring and a perspiring innkeeper this forum has been the most valuable.
I started as a non-cook ... even scrambling eggs gave me palpitations. Now, thanks to an innmate I can even make omelets! Not only can I bake cookies without referring to a recipe, but I can even do without recipes to make some original dishes.
I've changed shower heads and repaired leaking toilets. I'm also a halfway decent yard man.
I've been blessed with so many guests with so many stories to tell. I've been humbled more than once by meeting people who have had a much more difficult time through life than I have. I've also been healthy all these years.
I must admit I am not as busy as many of you, but I'm in a state that has fewer B&B's than Lancaster County PA or Asheville, NC. I'm doing my best to promote B&B travel to my guests, and fewer tourists may be one of the reasons I see very few PITAs. One of my business guests now uses the keypad to let himself in and announces "Hi Mom, I'm home" when he does self check-in. I also have accumulated a fair number of locals who send their out of town family here for visits.
I'm very thankful that I decided to embark on my second career and happy that I've had a chance to meet some of my forum buddies.
I started as a non-cook ... even scrambling eggs gave me palpitations. Now, thanks to an innmate I can even make omelets! Not only can I bake cookies without referring to a recipe, but I can even do without recipes to make some original dishes.
I've changed shower heads and repaired leaking toilets. I'm also a halfway decent yard man.
I've been blessed with so many guests with so many stories to tell. I've been humbled more than once by meeting people who have had a much more difficult time through life than I have. I've also been healthy all these years.
I must admit I am not as busy as many of you, but I'm in a state that has fewer B&B's than Lancaster County PA or Asheville, NC. I'm doing my best to promote B&B travel to my guests, and fewer tourists may be one of the reasons I see very few PITAs. One of my business guests now uses the keypad to let himself in and announces "Hi Mom, I'm home" when he does self check-in. I also have accumulated a fair number of locals who send their out of town family here for visits.
I'm very thankful that I decided to embark on my second career and happy that I've had a chance to meet some of my forum buddies.