In our Bed and Breakfast, Cheryl does the cooking (and we are ALL glad about that) and Susan does the cleaning and nesting. Cheryl is a wonderful cook and really enjoys making things her family enjoys. While Susan really enjoys nesting and making sure that every pillow is turned just the right way, the towels are rolled correctly and everything is picture perfect.It's amazing how well our (Cheryl and Susan's) business partnership works. We are very different in so many ways, yet very similar in so many other ways.
Differences in us...
- Cheryl really knows about the details and understands the inner workings of things.
- Susan could do those things but would much rather feed the turtles or decorate.
- Cheryl can go to a perfectly good garage sale and look around for five minutes and say there is nothing there.
- Susan can go to the same garage sale with Cheryl and ask for several boxes for all the treasures. Then Cheryl begins to see them as treasures, too.
- Cheryl "gets" the west Texas culture of hunting, taxidermy (her husband is a taxidermist) and has even gone varmint hunting. Correction: she has DRIVEN the varmint mobile while her husband and friend went varmint spotting.
- Susan doesn't get hunting at all. She's about convinced that most west Texans don't really appreciate a beautiful animal unless it's stuffed. :)
- Cheryl appreciates a good business suit.
- Susan appreciates flow-y and twirly clothes.
- The feather boa idea in the picture above was Susan's idea. Cheryl had to be drug along.
Similarities in us...
- We both love God with all of our hearts and have committed our business endeavors to him.
- We both love and enjoy our families.
- We both love to laugh!
- We both love a great story.
- We both are a bit on the sassy side!
- We must think a lot alike as we can tell what the other one is about to say before she says it.
- We believe that God brought us to this place and time and that Journey's Inn was a part of the plan.
This business venture has been one of the most fun things we've done. Setting up Journey's Inn with the furnishings from antique shops and garage sales was just down right nourishing and at times hilarious!
We pray that Journey's Inn will be a refreshing spot in this chaotic and toxic world and that it will be a wonderful place to "escape the ordinary" and find all the serendipity that is in store for you.
