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  1. gillumhouse

    Putting Feelers Out...New Smyrna Beach, FL Motel

    I do not look a I do not look at 20 rooms as little. I am pushing 80 and am quite happy with 1 room at a time. Today I am playing catch-up on laundry - grandson left & flipped room for the incoming but laundry now - and then had 2 rooms for timekeepers as part of a sponsorship (slapped a...
  2. gillumhouse

    I only feel slightly guilty...

    Got the timekeepers fed breakfast, then breakfast for the guests - minimal. Will serve dinner in an hour. Rolls raising, yams & scalloped corn in oven. The bird has been on since about 7 AM and the venison & pork roasts were started in their respective crockpots with veggies since midnight - low...
  3. gillumhouse

    Putting Feelers Out...New Smyrna Beach, FL Motel

    but they will be doing laundry (no big deal, we have commercial washer and dryer). I hate to disabuse you of a thought, however the above statement almost had me spraying my monitor with my coffee. I have 3 rooms with a large capacity washer and keeping up with THAT laundry is interesting. 20...
  4. gillumhouse

    Hot? It is not!

    Furnace working. Now to get the hall radiator to stop - turned the valve as hard as I could to shut off the gas. Still lit, but have hopes of it finally burning the last of the gas (no leak problem since it is still burning). I have HEAT!!
  5. gillumhouse

    Hot? It is not!

    UPDATE: After my THIRD call to the plumbing shop TODAY, I finally got a call back, the parts came in today and will be installed in the morning. My frustration was as much with the lack of communitcation on their part as anything else.
  6. gillumhouse

    Hot? It is not!

    We replaced the 1957 furnace that was still functioning in 1995 but not efficient with this furnace. It just heats the downstairs. The upstairs rooms each have electric baseboard heating. I have gotten smarter over the last few days. The doors upstairs are closed except for the bathroom at the...
  7. gillumhouse

    Hot? It is not!

    Monday I called the plumber in town to check my furnace - it was making a rumbling noise. Business as usual for me - it is a bearing in the motor so I need a new motor and the exhaust pipe is shot. He finally called yesterday to say he found another motor and wanted me to know cost before he...
  8. gillumhouse

    Booking sites

    ReservationKey (I use) and many like ThinkReservations. The OTAs are bloodsucking scum who tell YOU how your business is going to be run. Drop them - but if not confidant enough to just do it, remove a room at a time from them and see what happens. Start blogging, doing social media, and...
  9. gillumhouse

    Hot Water Question

    Not pipes - it did.
  10. gillumhouse

    Curiosity Questions

    When we first moved to Shinnston, the question we were asked the most was: You moved to Shinnston? ON PURPOSE???? That was in 1995. Now, a house is sold almost before it goes on the market - IF it is worth buying and livable.
  11. gillumhouse

    Sharing a compliment.

    Thank you.
  12. gillumhouse

    Hot Water Question

    we replaced a water heater at the log house with a tankless. No one mentioned draining it for the winter. What a mess when the water was turned back on for the summer season. The water has not been turned back on since. It is open for tours by appointment but the water is not on even for the 2...
  13. gillumhouse

    Worth a shot!

    Christopher Elliott is a travel writer, podcaster, and consumer advocate. He does a daily newsletter about the travel industry, airlines, cruise lines, and had the big shots of just about every company listed on his advocacy page - when all efforts are exhausted to no avail, his t3eam looks into...
  14. gillumhouse

    Sharing a compliment.

    Yes it does. Yesterday, I could not get the cap off the carton of half & half so I handed it to my guest saying, I know when to call in the big boys! this morning when they were checking out, he said, I have something for you. He went out to his truck and brought in a gizmo for opening all sizes...
  15. gillumhouse

    Sharing a compliment.

    There was a recipe on the FB innkeepers page yesterday for Pumpkin French Toast. I looked at the recipe, liked what I saw. I put cream cheese on my grocery list, made a batch of English Muffin Bread, and took pumpkin #2 off the porch to bake. so I could puree it. Served it this morning telling...
  16. gillumhouse

    Curiosity Questions

    I get that question also - usually in the form of - Do you live here also? Yes, there is no way I could survive living in another house.
  17. gillumhouse

    Curiosity Questions

    What do people do for a living here?
  18. gillumhouse

    Booking sites

    As an added "shotgun" marketing (it is like shooting a shotgun - you do not know where the pellets of awareness will land), I list with BnBFinder for a set fee per year - no commissions.
  19. gillumhouse

    Raffle for a Museum

    That is what I am afraid of - it getting lost in the shuffle. Mine is supposed to go to DC. I will wait a bit longer. Need to save up a bit more to go to Finland anyway. Besides, I have a VERY hard time carving out a few days to go anywhere in the USA, if I am going to Europe, I want weeks...
  20. gillumhouse

    Raffle for a Museum

    My passport expired during the BS and I was NOT going to send it to DC to get tossed in a bin somewhere (or stolen). Will get it renewed eventually. When are you coming back? Have missed you!
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