And TheN there Was................
Mary, the proprietor for the Bed and Breakfast in a nearby town. We needed a little get away - not too far so I "Googled" once more and found what visually looked from all clips, quaint country bedding and marbled poster-bed, red stained wall, wicker hanging swing and something that we wouldn't cringe with regret to spend a quiet night much needed "away". When I phoned Mary I was cut off from our conversation by some weird noise and then after a quick redial, stated cheerfully that noise was from her being under the hair dryer. "That must have been what cut us off!" She bounded on to state that "yes" she most certainly did have an opening for this evening and asked where we were coming on and with barely letting me contribute, went on to say that she would have muffins ready and that we would love the room with the jacuzzi. (Now I was alittle worried when someone with a B&B has an opening that evening as most are booked out and want you to spend at least 2-3 days with them and don't book single evenings-shall I say "Nervous?" were the feelings I felt. Something in her cheerful and slightly back-woods accent made me think, what the heck she's nice and say "I'll take that room with the jacuzzi". She didn't ask much and that began to worry me, but after all she didn't have my credit card number or a contract so I just thought if we don't like it we can back out and travel on to something else. Mary was standing on the drive as we pulled in and she immediately started talking and didn't stop for several, several minutes. She was so proud of "Daddy's" house that used to be a green house(we heard this comment about the green house several times and the complete rendition of it's re'do), the bubbily that she had in the fridge even though she didn't drink but if guests would write things down and spell them for her she would certainly go get them for them. She went on in one breath to say the microwave was inexpensive and used to have a button that worked just for popcorn but it broke and she placed a sticker over it and someone pulled it off. She had made some pop-corn up before we arrived (so the room reaked of popcorn smell instead of romance and calm) and it would take exactly 2.5 minutes to pop and we would have popcorn with our movies! Hoo-ray! we could now have popcorn with our movies I sarcastically thought! Now we had said nothing about popcorn but she was dead set on the fact that movies and popcorn were in our plans. P.S.: the movies were so old but I must admit the fast talking woman 69 year old Daddy's girl did have a variety! She went on to show us the heater controls, and opened the door to the bathroom and proudly stated "Have you ever seen anything like this?" We quickly piered in thinking we would see something quite unusual. She then made Mike come all the way into the bathroom and said "I know how you will LOVE this shower, all men like this shower here, and let me show you THIS and she leaned over the big tub and turned on the flowing spiget that flowed like a waterfall. " Isn't this great? she asked. She continued "I almost forgot to show you the splendid robes."and proudly mentioned the great deals she had got from a friend that knew Jessica Simpson's family somehow and when they sold their spa they let her buy things and these Turkish robes . She darted out the door and said to us, "would you like to see the upstairs apartment? , I was just going to run up there and check things out before the other girls come. " She got up two steps and then started telling a different story about the girls that walked right out of the apartment and got lost and landed at the police station, due to the fact that they hadn't taken her business card, so make sure to get her card and don't forget it. Upstairs there was an oddity in the bath as a tub so tiny that it looked like it belonged in a doll house was in this apartment's bathroom. She pointed out the pine-cone that sat in the window and made us look out the window at the unusual but beautiful tree that bore these odd squatty cones. She again let us know that Daddy planted that unbelieveably large tree but she didn't remember what it was called.
Later as we decided to venture to dinner of course she opened her door (directly across from our apartment) and stuck out her head to say "Are things OK? now the couple that was here before had a daughter that liked to watch movies and they might have set the TV differently and I don't know anything about setting it back to satelite". We then got redirected to the steak place where her son had taken her in September for her birthday. It's so great she said, and I began to think that I knew way too much about Mary. We did end up at her great place and it was good and afterwards we attempted to sneak back into our apartment without her seeing us. As soon as we were inside I realized that she had finished those muffins that she told us about and she had turned on the light that I couldn't find in the kitchen area. She had placed our breakfast - fruit and muffins, which didn't thrill Mike as he loves a big breakfast of fried eggs and bacon, biscuits, pancakes and sausage and gravy. It was still quaint and nicely placed and I'm sure she thought as she placed it that we would be thrilled with her presentation. All in all we had a nice evening and Mary of course spoke to us before we left - goodbye Mary and thanks for the pleasant and cheerful presentation of our B & B evening. And that's Mary........ The N'd
Later as we decided to venture to dinner of course she opened her door (directly across from our apartment) and stuck out her head to say "Are things OK? now the couple that was here before had a daughter that liked to watch movies and they might have set the TV differently and I don't know anything about setting it back to satelite". We then got redirected to the steak place where her son had taken her in September for her birthday. It's so great she said, and I began to think that I knew way too much about Mary. We did end up at her great place and it was good and afterwards we attempted to sneak back into our apartment without her seeing us. As soon as we were inside I realized that she had finished those muffins that she told us about and she had turned on the light that I couldn't find in the kitchen area. She had placed our breakfast - fruit and muffins, which didn't thrill Mike as he loves a big breakfast of fried eggs and bacon, biscuits, pancakes and sausage and gravy. It was still quaint and nicely placed and I'm sure she thought as she placed it that we would be thrilled with her presentation. All in all we had a nice evening and Mary of course spoke to us before we left - goodbye Mary and thanks for the pleasant and cheerful presentation of our B & B evening. And that's Mary........ The N'd
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