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They had a great time!!

I wish I had a picture of Little Joe’s face while he was telling me about Disney World.  He was grinning from ear to ear.  He got see Goofy, Pluto, Mickey, Donald, and a bunch of girls too he told me.  His mother was glowing just watching her little man tell me all about their trip.

I must say, her face was more relaxed and rested looking than I have seen it in a long time too.  She has worked so hard at college, here, and taking care of Little Joe too.  I am so very proud of her.  In fact, I couldn’t be prouder if she was my own daughter!!

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How about a vacation in Florida?

The picture of Cinderella and that adorable little girl started me thinking.  I have checked out several web sites and found a bunch of great deals for Little Joe and his mother to go to Disney World for a week.  She worked so very hard this year in school and has a couple of weeks off before she has to go back for the summer semester so why not reward her hard work with a vacation.

I can just imagine Little Joe’s face when he sees Goofy.  That’s his favorite character but he just can’t figure out why Pluto can’t talk and Goofy can when they’re both dogs.  I can’t explain it to him and neither can his mother.  I guess we’ll just have to wait for him to come up with a reason.  I think I heard him call Pluto a ‘dumb dog’ the other day.

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Well the season is off to a good start

It’s still cool up here at night and some days are a little chilly but the people are making reservations at my bed and breakfast better than I thought they would.  With all of the job losses in the state, I was beginning to worry about my business this spring and summer.

I guess people are planning weekend getaways and vacations closer to home like they did last year.  I just hope they keep telling others about my little piece of heaven here in the mountains.  Well that’s what it is to me anyway.

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Well it looks like the economy is starting to hit

Even there was snow here, business was off just a bit.  In fact, I don’t have half the reservations that I normally do on the books this time of year.  I have to admit it’s the slow season for us because people are ready for spring and warm weather and are more interested in hitting the beaches rather than the mountains but by now, we usually have several weekends already booked solid for late spring and into the summer.

I guess people are afraid to make any reservations right now for fear of not knowing what will be happening then.  I’ll have to come up with some other ways to bring people in.  That’s one thing about owning your own business, you have to stay up on ways to improve your business.

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Hey, wanna see my place?

I realized that all I do is talk about my Bed and Breakfast and haven’t shown you what it looks like.  Well I had to do a lot of work to get it turned into what I wanted but I loved every single minute.  I have already told you about the different rooms that I rent so there’s no need to repeat myself.

This picture was taken when we got an early snow before I got the Christmas decorations put up but I still think it’s a pretty picture of my place.  My new barn and animals are off to the right.  My garden is off to the left.  You can see the gazebo on the back of the wrap around porch.  Now you can see why there are deer, and other animals that come around the house.  Anyway, here it is.

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Here comes the snow!!

It’s already starting to get cold enough for the ski slopes to make snow and we have gotten natural snow for three days in a row now.  The natural snow hasn’t added up to many inches but the temperature is low enough that what fell has stayed.

Thanks to the snow, we are booked solid this weekend.  People love it when it snows and the mountains is where they want to be.  Once the ski slopes are all up and running, I tend to be one more busy lady.  Oh I’m not complaining at all because this summer has been a bit skimpy to say the least.  Now that gas prices are coming down, people are venturing out a little more but still not like before.

If we have a winter that is just close to usual, then the year won’t end in the red.  If not, somethings gotta give before long.  Luckily I have several hunters that donate deer to us during hunting season so that really helps with the food costs.  People look forward to my deer roast and deer stew every winter.  I just hope it’s enough to pull them back in this winter.

One good thing, I do have a couple reservations for the week of Christmas already.  I was afraid my usual Christmas patrons wouldn’t show this year but they’ll be here as they have for the past 4 years.  They’re more like family now than just people that come here to stay.   That’s what I have tried to build here, a family atmosphere and I must not have done too bad of a job.

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Throwing a Halloween bash

We’re having a Halloween bash!!  The place is all decorated in spooky stuff, have a hay ride through a spook trail, bobbing for apples, and a best costume contest to boot.  It all starts at dark and the whole community is invited.  Well most of it anyway.

I’m Scarlet O’Hara of course, Grace is a clown, Celeste is Snow White and Little Joe is one of the seven dwarfs, Happy!!  He’s always smiling so Happy fits him perfect.  All the adults have to bring a big bag of candy to help with the candy we give out to the kids that come by Trick-or-Treating and other than that, the party is free.

Hey, if you’re in the mountains of North Carolina, stop by and see us.  I promise you’ll have a blast.  Don’t forget to come in a costume!!!

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Fall Festival

Well with fall finally here, to kick off the weekend, we always have a fall festival here at the bed and breakfast.  Friday night starts off with a ‘pig pickin’ which is where we have a whole 75 pound pig barbecued and then there’s the usual fixins which are barbecue slaw, potato salad, baked beans and banana puddin’.  Some of the local musicians (and there are a lot of them in these hills) stop by for some pickin and grinnin.  I guess you could call it a mini fiddlers convention.

Then Saturday, some of the locals bring their arts and crafts for a craft fair here on the grounds.  We have everything from handmade quilts, home made jellies and preserves, fresh vegetables, and some of the most amazing paintings and crafts you have ever seen.  Anyone is welcome and many come from all around just to spend the day if I’m booked up which I usually am for this weekend.  This year wasn’t any different which surprised me.  There weren’t quite as many here just for the day as there usually are but that’s the only difference.

Today, we had a good old fashioned gospel singing.  There were choirs from several different churches here and again some locals just got up and sang solo.  The air was just crisp enough that I made hot spiced apple cider for everyone.  The whole weekend was a complete success not only in fun but financially for me and several in the community too with the arts and craft fair.  It’s one of my favorite weekends throughout the year.

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Strangest thing I ever heard

Now get this, A South African couple died after being hit by a freight train while having sexual intercourse on railroad tracks. Who in their right mind would have intercourse on train tracks? This was in the Mpumalanga Province of the African country.  The engineer yelled warnings at the couple to move, but according to him, they ignored them.

The man, in his thirties, was dismembered and died at the scene. The woman, in her twenties, was transported to a local hospital but later died from her injuries.  An investigation is taking place to determine if the woman was being raped or if she was having intercourse out of her own free will.  What difference does that make now.  Who would they prosecute if it was rape, he’s dead.  It’s just a stupid tragedy if you ask me but what do I know?  I know better than to have sex on train tracks, that’s for sure.

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Small plane crash

Did you hear about the small air plane that crashed in Utah Friday evening killing all 10 people on board?  That’s what scares me about going up in small air planes.  You hear so much about them crashing.  This one crashed shortly after take off.  Of course the FCC is investigating the crash.

The nine passangers were dermotologists from Cedar City.  This might be a strange thought but I wonder if there are any dermotologists left in the city?  What a loss to Cedar City and to their families.  Sometimes life just doesn’t seem fair but hopefully none of them suffered.