Day 29 – Trading Places Who would you trade places with for just one day? I’d love to be a guest here. To truly experience this house for the first time. Walking in the front door, looking down the long hall. Checking into my room, running a bath, pouring a lovely glass of wine to watch […]
Month: May 2013
Day Twenty Eight
Today’s topic is stress and how we deal with it… There is stress when you have people coming, rooms that need attending, breakfast to be made but most of all – guests to welcome. And I mean truly welcome! You can’t really listen and interact with people if you are thinking of a million things. […]
Day Twenty Seven
Today is a day of rest….good thing – this flu/cold won’t go away…I’ve finally waved the white flag, called in sick to work from home and very glad the house is quiet (just for today though – let’s fill it up tomorrow!) […]
Change…
Today’s challenge is to identify one thing we would change about ourselves if we could… Tough one. There has been a lot of change for us lately. New country, new town, new house, new business, new jobs…. There are many things about this process of creating Hosking House, that I look back on with the […]
Greatest Influence…
Struggling with a bit of the flu or a cold…so sorry for the sporadic blog posts. Day Twenty Four’s challenge is to tell of our greatest influence. Hands down, ours is Hotel Terra Vina, in the New Forest. Described as: Luxury Boutique Hotel, the New Forest Hotel of Style and Chic, Hampshire The picture above […]
Daily perfection
Day Twenty Three – Describe your perfect day. Wake to a hot, dark cup of coffee Time to read the newspaper cover to cover, each section Long trail run, get a bit muddy Help with guest breakfast, nice chat with guests Day to ourselves, a game of golf, or day in the garden Burger for […]
Supplies
Day Twenty Two – Share A Picture Of Last Thing You Bought Hosking House will have a new resident next Friday. She needs some supplies and I’ve been waiting to welcome her for years. Another rambunctious blonde in the house! It will be a fun weekend! […]
Actually or potentially…
Day Twenty One. Today’s challenge is to reveal our Achilles hell. I love this definition: An Achilles’ heel is a deadly weakness in spite of overall strength, that can actually or potentially lead to downfall. This was a tough one. Not because we/this business does not have weaknesses, but what is our deadly one? I’ve […]
Passion
Day Twenty – Three Passions is the challenge today. (And no, it’s not all wine focused – just loved this plate.) We have a healthy does of Passion here at Hosking House. The passion for this dream has kept us going these past few months. 1. One Victoria Road Our first passion is for this […]
Grace
Day Nineteen was supposed to be a re-pin of an image from Pinterest. As a small business owner we have so many options on how to spend our time, money and energy – especially concerned with marketing our business. I love technology and what it can do to connect people. To see my sweet nephew’s […]