Wednesday, December 23, 2020

5 Star Guest Room for Your Overnight Visitors

I love having family and friends come to visit.   Entertaining & cooking are two of my love languages, so it's exciting getting the guest room ready for people.   Guests have told me the bedding smells so crisp and fresh, and the love the extra touches.  That makes me feel good. 

  Here's a few more of my most simple essentials to make a guest room 5 star without draining a lot of your time or money!

1. Sleepy and heavenly. It's so important to have quality sheets and bedding, to pamper your guests. Stick with a 1000+ thread count, with a quality Egyptian cotton. You can find a few good deals on Amazon.  Add a mattress topper to make it like a heavenly cloud.   When cleaning the bedding, I double the fabric softener.  Put 1 capful in wash cycle and 1 capful in the rinse cycle, and place a bounce sheet in pillow cases. 

2. Invest in a luggage rack. You can find a quality luggage rack, wood or metal frame online. This helps prevent guests from having to bend over to reach luggage on the floor.

3. Make a coffee station with snacks. Tea, coffee and hot cocoa are a treat to have in your guest room. I like the Single serve Keurig brewing stations, they offer many beverage choices and don't take much space  The snacks, also help with late night munchies. Don't forget to place 2 bottled waters in the room, no charge of course!
4. Include Robes & Slippers. Placing robes in a guest room, truly make a guest feel pampered. It takes your guest room to a whole new level, just like a posh hotel. 




 5. Go the extra mile. Chocolate on the pillow, a bottle of wine with glasses, can make a guest feel welcome & loved!  It's my way of letting guests  know, they are special, and deserving of 5 star treatment.

This post is not sponsored by any brands.

Tuesday, December 22, 2020

Holiday Recipes - Yule Mule & Prosecco

Holiday Beauty on the Daily Flash

Gift Ideas For Anytime of The Year with Krimson & Klover and EccoVessel

Christmas Wreath Cheeseboard

 If you are looking for inspirational food creations that impress, look no further.  This holiday Christmas Wreath Cheeseboard from Wisconsin Cheese is a delight to look at and munch on!



Ingredients

 

Instructions

  1. Arrange rosemary in a wreath shape on a serving board. Place mozzarella and provolone. Fill in board with tomatoes, olives and peppers. 

Cheesemonger Tip

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Provolone and mozzarella cheese are produced with the same stretchy techniques, but provolone is always made with whole milk and has different cultures. Depending on age, the flavors of provolone can range from mild to sharp.

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Look for the Proudly Wisconsin Badge when shopping for cheese. Any brand of Wisconsin Fresh Mozzarella or Provolone can be used in this recipe.

Tuesday, September 8, 2020

1-2-3 Fall & Winter Travel Tips





Are you thinking about traveling this Fall or Winter?  If so, you will want to check out these great travel items.  Ebags.com has luggage with a USB port, so you are always connected!  It's Easy Passport  can streamline passport renewals for $34.94 www.itseasy.com/ and if you like a little cheer while traveling, you want to be safe behind the wheel, check out Olythe's OCIGO breathalyzer www.olythe.io/ that works in 40 countries.  For long trips don't be without noise canceling headphones 1MORE’s new award-winning True Wireless In-ear Headphones with Active Noise Canceling! They quickly pair with all your iOS and Android devices.  Traveling is so much fun with products that make your life easier! 

Wednesday, June 24, 2020

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Monday, March 16, 2020

Creating a Remote Home Haven



I'm an eternal optimist, who believes in making the best of any situation and making do with what we have to work with.  Kids home from school?  No problem.  Working remotely?  No problem.  We can't control what's going on in the world, but we can control our attitude and how we live in our homes. 

In fact, the years I've spent working remotely, I home schooled and even ran a Day Care at one time in my life.  It was busy, fun and crazy all at the same time.  I survived it with a lot of great memories and a smile on my face.  That's what I want to encourage people to do on this blog.  Create a very unique and special "Remote Home Haven" making memories and having fun with your loved ones.

 Here's 4 quick tips on how to do that.

Tip #1  Create an Atmosphere of Calm
It's important to stay calm and joyful in our homes. Our energy and mood affects every member of our family 's mood and attitude.  Keep it light and bright in your home.  Create work spaces with good lighting, comfy space and make them inspiring.  Scents also affect our feeling of well being.  Candles and diffusers, with calming scents like eucalyptus, lavender and lemon, create a tranquil mood.   It only takes a few minutes to rustle up a batch of chocolate chip cookies, that will make your home heavenly.  I also suggest playing soft, feel good music, like classical jazz, country, Christian, whatever creates a good vibe.  Create or download meditation moments with your spouse and kids.  It's great to take those moments to breath in, and experience gratefulness.





Tip #2   Working Remotely with Kids Home-Get to know them on a New Level
           
This is a chance to get to know your children on a whole new level.  What a great opportunity to know what it's like as they navigate through a school day.  Yes, it's hard to work with children home saying "I am hungry" every hour.  Or, "Susie touched me Mom!"  Trust me, I understand, because I lived through it.  My best advice; go on line to the Home School Association or Chapter in your area and connect with experienced home school parents.  It's also important to create work spaces for the children outside of  sibling touching distance.  Run your remote home school on a schedule and use timers to have a recess, lunch and free time.  Have fun, you are the substitute teacher for the next few weeks.  Teach them, create manners classes, crafts, a nature hike!  Get creative and love on them, because they are probably a little scared right now and may need to express that in healthy ways.
Remember children do need to get the "wiggles" out and tend to do well when they can do exercise videos, and outdoor running activities.  Keep them on a schedule and run a tight ship. Enjoy the moments of knowing their work habits, strengths and weaknesses.  It's a great way to connect with children.



Tip #3   Get a Grip on the Meals & Snacks

Make best friends with your Crockpot, Insta-pot or Toaster oven! No one expects gourmet meals, but kids just want to eat all the time.  This requires meal prepping and snacks during the day.  Why not incorporate a cooking class with real cookbooks and let the kids help make the recipes?  They will soon be making meals if they are age appropriate.  Don't cook?   No worries, give your kids a recipe and they will teach you.  Home Economics Class 101.  Most importantly, make memories, let them get messy and enjoy the moments. 



Monday, January 20, 2020

Consumer Electronics Show Hi-Tech Products for 2020

Jan 20, 2020 It's National Cheese Lovers Day

3 Travel Items You Can't Live Without When Traveling to a Foreign Country


Traveling to a foreign country can be exciting and challenging at the same time.  If you don't know the language, the laws, or the transportation system, you may find yourself a little out of your element.  Last week, I attended the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and I found a few great products, to help ease traveling to a foreign country.









Tip #1  Bring your own Translator, with the Ambassador Translator by Waverly Products. The Ambassador is a high grade transition tool, that seamlessly processes speech with a cloud-based machine translation in the native language of the user.  Translations can be delivered in the ear or by text.  The unit offers 20 languages and 42 dialects.  Cost $199  www.waverlylabs.com  You can also check out www.pockettalk.net





                              


 Tip #3   Bring a breathalyzer if your want to enjoy a cocktail and drive your car.  Each country has different rules and legislation regarding what the legal % of alcohol allowed in the system.  Olythe unveils its reusable, connected, accurate and reliable breathalyzer built around a patented infrared technology previously available only to police departments. When the blood alcohol content measured exceeds the limit, the app tells the user how much time is left before he or she can drive legally again, and how long it will take before their blood alcohol content returns to zero. OCIGO uses its unique miniaturized and patented infrared technology to deliver the 4-figure accuracy essential in international markets. This functionality works in tandem with geolocation to enable OCIGO to adjust automatically to align with the national and/or state legislation, and flags up any change in legislation as borders are crossed. For business users, OCIGO offers an online platform that enables breath tests to be scheduled, made randomly or on demand, thereby meeting the demanding requirements of automobile fleets, including automated reporting, facial recognition and on-demand tests. And since road safety knows no borders, OCIGO is now ready to cross the Atlantic! https://www.olythe.io/en/shop/  $249 Euro