View from the Porch

Another cold and rainy day in New Hampshire. I decided to stop griping and do something. So Sherry and I decided to "shampoo" all the carpets in the Inn. I rented a Rug Doctor from Hannafords and we started on the 3rd floor at aroung 9 am. We worked all day and actually Sherry did most of the heavy lifting because of my bad lower back. What YUCK we pulled from those carpets. But the all look great now. We got rid of all the stains and it really cleaned up nice. At the same time we did a thorough re-cleaning of all the rooms, getting into the corners and dusting and cleaning up even the baseboards with damp rags. It is amazing how much dust we get if we leave the windows open at all. The rooms smell fresh now and they are amazingly clean. I took the time to replace toilet tank flappers. They seem to only last about a year here, is is the water ? Anyway with 16 bathrooms that in itself is a job...but all in all it has been a good day to be an Innkeeper. If only the Phone would ring...we did get a reservation for Mid July, some repeat guests and their mother and they are using 2 rooms so that is great news. Other then that just a few telemarketers and my lawyer working on a problem we are trying to resolve. That's the report for today. Remember I lowered prices this weekend by $30 off retail, so our King rooms are only $129/night and the Queen and Twin rooms are $89/night and that still includes the full breakfast !! You cant beat that can you..

So long from the Porch. The View is beautiful !

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