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Why Mineral Wells?

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Jeremy and I started our journey looking for our bed and breakfast nearly 5yrs ago. We have spent the last few years learning all we can about the industry. The day to day operations, industry trends, guests perspective and needs, down to what it looks like to live on and run a property. We are all in, we dove in and submerged ourselves into the life as Innkeepers. This would mean even selling our home and literally moving into someone else's establishment. No matter where we are, owning our own is the end goal. We felt very strongly about "try before you buy" with the industry average being 7yrs as an Innkeeper we knew we needed to make sure this was for us!  While we spent a great deal of time learning the industry we spent just as much time searching for our location. We broke down each option into a spreadsheet to calculate feasibility of business in a given location. We wanted to know what drove tourism, for how long on avg., length of stay, seas...

Year Five

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When you get married almost instantly you begin getting asked "so when will you have kids?" Jeremy and I learned quick and our response was "we are on the 5yr plan." June this year we will celebrate 10yrs of marriage. It wouldn't take you long to read my previous blogs "delayed fertility " and learn our story. Babies don't happen for everyone, and it has taken us much longer than 5yrs to be okay with that. If you find yourself struggling through delayed fertility please know that is something we do not take lightly and we are always here if you need to talk. Nearly 10years, 4 nephew's, and a beautiful niece later I can honestly say we have never been happier. But we are still on that 5yr plan. Magpie : a childhood nickname, a cute wrist tattoo, and a culinary school drop out. Magpie means joy and is my childhood nickname. I was raised on the kitchen counter. Hospitality is more than what I do, it is who I am. If you ever catch a glimp...