We had our first guest last week! It was really great. The people that came were family of a friend of mine from Toronto! We had met them once before at a wedding, but that was it. So it was neat to be able to host someone and hear their stories! They decided to have breakfast served with us at our dining room table. It was really nice to chat with them. They were interested in Ottawa as well, as the daughter is potentially going to be going to Ottawa U. They had reserved both rooms, which was great! So as Ben and I were putting the finishing touches on the rooms, we turned on the water and noticed that one of the toilets was leaking...eeek!! We called the plumber right away and they were able to come, however there was a hole in the toilet. How does that happen, a brand new toilet and it had a hole in it??!! Unfortunately the plumber was not able to get a new toilet in time for our guests, so they had to share a toilet. Thankfully they were ok with that. Other than that I think that they enjoyed their stay and had everything that they needed. And don't worry the toilet is now fixed and ready for anyone else that comes to stay with us.
Every time I check my e-mail, I get a little bit excited that maybe there will be a new reservation for the B and B. So far we have 2 other reservations. We were supposed to have someone come and stay this week from Tuesday to Saturday, however they cancelled at the last minute today. I was pretty bummed out about it. I had just done all of my grocery shopping and cleaned the house, and put new sheets on. Only to have them not show up. If people need to cancel they should really give more notice that 10minutes!! There is a lot of work that goes into making sure that a room is ready, so ya I was bummed out. But on the plus side, my house is really clean! And the rest of the week will be a little more relaxed, as I won't be needing to make extra breakfast. As for the other reservations we have someone coming at the end of March and someone coming in September from Switzerland. I am really excited about that one! It's going to be really cool to meet someone from abroad.
We have put a lot of time and energy into the B and B, it's great to be able to see some of the fruits of our labour!
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