There’s nothing like working in the service industry to give one a lesson on how to treat others!  Over the weekend we had another family group taking over a couple rooms of the motel. Bunch of kids/adults.. nice enough, but that kind of attitude. You know… that kind of attitude that makes you feel like the “help”.  An [...]

So, i confess, Financial Dyslexia is a fairly new affliction… My whole life has been playing catch up to my Date Dyslexia. I can’t begin to tell you how many appointments, meetings i’ve missed because of it. Oddly enough, I’m a stickler for time, so am never late… just typically show up for said appointment/meeting on totally the [...]

Yesterday confirmed to me a thought i’ve been having lately. Wondering if there’s such a thing as financial dyslexia? (ok allyson and wendy {my financial gurus/accountant/bookkeeper}… not a peep out of either of ya). I’ve known all along i’m financially, accounting, numbers “challenged”… and one might place the level of it into the dyslexic category. But now [...]

As we head into full season here at the no-tell-motel, we are gearing up for the reality that we are stucker than stuck here. So in a valiant attempt to fight off reality which will shurley crank our cranky even further, we are taking conscious steps to do things that help offset reality. Yesterday the day started all [...]

My sister’s been scanning all sorts of pictures from family, and when i went to visit a few days ago we dumped the treasure trove of them onto my hard drive. Have been having tonnes of fun going through them. So here’s a selection with my dad in them celebrate this Father’s day.  (including a precious one [...]

K, so i’m cranky again, pretty sure it’s something to do with being summer deprived…. don’t mind me. The sun is shining today, so hoping it’ll burn the cranky off at some point! We had a huge weekend. The motel was full of guests that were all going to the same wedding.  I repeat, HUGE! It [...]

Phewf, my deb deb’s back… the no-tell-motel firmly back in her hands, thank goodness! I think i did ok, no major frig-up’s… well i guess it’s too early to say that for certian. I made all the reservations over those 10 days, so we’ll see down the line who i’ve manage do double book, won’t we? ha The first night [...]

You’d think the challenges of running the no-tell-motel would be people related. After all the no-tell-motel is not necessarily a “classy” establishment. Don’t get me wrong, it’s no dive. It’s more along the clean, cheap off the highway type of establishment. Which means we get an interesting mix of people through here (like the Hungarian Mafioso of last evening)… [...]

Well internets… day 7 of operation home alone at the no-tell-motel begins.  So far i’ve managed to not loose the master key, not to tell a guest to “piss off”, and not burn the place down… think that’s pretty good, don’t you? Have even managed to find a kimi-zone within… and have arrived at a [...]

So on day 3 of alone at the no-tell-motel, and here’s what i’ve learnt: Number 1 – Keep the master key on a chain around your neck. This will insure that ONLY master key doesn’t get lost, misplaced, dropped or otherwise go missing. This will also insure one’s not divorced after the week is done. The people that [...]