We survived our first B&B

I have always been cautious of B&B's.  Why on earth would you want to get away on a seemingly romantic trip just to be forced to share a bathroom or even eat breakfast next to people in their 60's?  Yeah, yeah, I know that it is not at all what B&B's are like...but that had always been my assumption.  Even WORSE....I have some close friends that cashed in on a one night stay at a B&B following their wedding.  Nice, right?  NOPE.  They had an option of renting a room with a CAT.  They are (were) cat lovers and reviewed several options of cats they could choose from and settled on one who was said to be friendly and liked to cuddle.  Said cat turned out to get into garbage, eat some nasty shit and ended up puking all over their room.  FUN!  They contemplated leaving and driving an hour to get home in the middle of the night but I think they settled on swooshing the cat into the hallway and getting the hell outta there as soon as the sun came up.  Needless to say, I have been weary of B&B's.

Alas, we found a B&B we absolutely loved and would recommend to anyone as it was recommended to us.  This past weekend, Nate and I decided to dump Mia for the day and night and head into Osceola, WI to stay at http://www.stcroixriverinn.com/.  It was lovely.  We stayed in the Osceola room which featured an amazing view of the river, lush bathrobes, an en suite fireplace and massive hydromassage tub with bath salts.  Moreover, there was a complementary glass of wine and snacks at 5:30pm which I could not pass up since it was "free".  Beverages and scones were severed to your private room 30 min before breakfast and then breakfast was served, also in your own room.  We DID meet one couple, but they were young and acceptable to talk to :)  They were from the cities and have traveled a lot so we certainly had lots to talk about.  Here are a couple phone pics we captured:

Here is the glorious tub

Here is the glorious bed...post "turn down service"

The main goal of this one day getaway was for Nate and I to simply relax and enjoy time together as a couple without Mia.  Don't get us wrong, we absolutely are in love with Mia...but we hadn't had a date night/overnight in a while where it was just us.  We started the journey driving to Osceola listening to NPR "Wait wait don't tell me" program.  I never realized how little I knew about current events other than what is streaming on the yahoo page or referenced during commercial breaks.  We then decided to stop at an absolutely cute little coffee shop in town and started reading the book The Five Languages of Love. Don't laugh, it's a good book so far :)  I actually recommend this book and some of it's concepts to many of my clients and although "self help books" should be taken with a grain a salt, there are some valuable tools to consider.  If nothing else, taking time to read a book together can absolutely spark some interesting conversations and allow an opportunity to just connect and enjoy our limited time together.  Without reading the whole book just yet, we believe Nate's primary language of love to be through Words of Affirmation.  With that: Nate, thank you so much for the wonderful get away and for taking care of the reservations, along with the babysitter for Mia. I appreciate all you do for our family and am so proud of the man you have become.

Ewww...enough with that sappiness :)  

Just Sayin'