If you have been around the blog for a while then you know that I have worked with Hyatt in the past and have stayed at different Hyatt properties around the world. We stayed for a total of 1 night here and for the brief time we were there it definitely fit our needs.
We arrived in a hurry (traffic and some delays had put us later at arriving then we originally planned) and had to leave for the concert we were going to with about 20 minutes to spare. I will admit that getting into the hotel was a bit of a unique adventure as the entrance was originally blocked off and with needing to park our car, it took us having to circle a couple of times. I heard from another patron that they had had the issue multiple times so as a warning this might happen and just allow some extra time to work through that!
For our stay when we arrived we pulled up and I went to check in and had the nicest guy that not only checked us in but ended up helping us with our bags after the bell man informed me that he was leaving. Now granted it was about 10 minutes to 6 and he probably didn't want to stay past his shift so I understand, but it was a little odd for him to just announce it and we couldn't use a cart on our own we were informed so I wasn't sure what we were going to do. Imagine the kindness then of this amazing guy at the front coming over and volunteering his own time to help us. It was incredibly nice. He helped us up to our room, and it was just the kindest thing.
I had booked a room that had 2 queen beds which was actually cheaper than just a king bed room. The room was fine and fit our needs. It was pretty quiet and the beds were comfortable so we had a lovely night sleep.
Hyatt Regency Rochester is located in downtown Rochester. Now, I feel like I would be remiss to not point out that honestly, it didn't seem like the best area of town. At night arriving as two women, it was a little... sketchy. I never felt unsafe in the hotel property, but I do admit that because we came back after a concert that was later and that we arrived in the early evening as the sun was setting it didn't feel the safest as I usually feel at a Hyatt Property.
And unfortunately, while overall our stay was very nice, but I do have some reservations.
First, As far as being a "regency" property I wouldn't have described it like that at all. I felt like the property was very nice inside, but the location did give me pause and despite people being nice (like the guy at the front desk), my reservations solely revolve around safety. Arriving at night, I just didn't feel like it was completely safe for us as women. And then when we arrived back after the concert, it was extremely late and I didn't feel like I wanted my mom walking with me from the parking garage into the hotel. I dropped her off at the Valet spot and then went to find a parking space. To be frank it was not a comforting or safe feeling experience. The garage was dark, the lights didn't all work, and I was thankful to find a space open up right by a door... or so I thought. It turned out that the door led to a walkway that was NOT lit at all and there were a lot of people just "hanging around" up there. As a single woman I did not feel safe with this at all.
Second, at the Valet spot there wasn't a way for someone who needed accessible accommodations to access this without a valet there at the front to use the lever and button. Thankfully my mom has healed with her knee surgery to the point that she could walk up the stairs just fine, but we are both extremely sensitive to this with my health background and years of needing accommodations and our experience with my mom. My mom checked on this to see if there was anyone around while I went and parked the car and discovered that there was noone around to ask. She waited about 10 minutes and then went up to the front desk (got a different person then who had helped us) and was told that they would have to "call someone" and it could take a while. She explained that she didn't need it but was just inquiring about it and then was informed (a bit rudely) that she shouldn't be asking those things. This was honestly odd to us. I have NEVER experienced that at a Hyatt Property and NEVER had an issue like this. It was a shame that this was the experience as I couldn't recommend this property to someone who needed accommodations because sometimes you just can't "wait around" to see if someone could help.
Like I have shared, I have stayed at Hyatt properties around the world and never had these types of situations happen. These were extremely concerning and I have shared my concerns with the hotel property and I appreciate that they will be looking into how make this a safer environment, because honestly during the day it was fine, and our room felt safe, but these experiences were very concerning.
Happy Monday friends! I hope that you had a wonderful weekend! Today I am excited to share the top 5 items that y'all have loved the most from the Caravan Sonnet Shoppe for the month of October! This has been a great month of sales for the shoppe and it has been SO exciting to see! THANK YOU so much for ALL of your support of the shoppe! It truly means more than words can express!
I thought it would be interesting starting this month to share some additional details:
This month's statistics:
This month there were sales from 17 different states and 3 different countries! This was amazing to learn as I was so humbled that some of the items that I have created are making their way around the WORLD!
This month the most sales came from the following states:
New York
South Carolina
This month there were several repeat customers:
Four repeat customers from previous month's sales! It is an honor to have people come back to the shop!
Thank you again for all of your support! Here are the top 5 best sellers of October:
(I actually wrote an entire blog post on this one product which you can find HERE!)
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Powerpoint Contains 10 Powerpoint Slides with colorful, animated, engaging, and educational sections on comparing salary and hourly pay. This powerpoint contains practical and helpful information to help students make steps in choosing which type of pay is most beneficial for the career and future they desire.
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Powerpoint contains the following information:
- Definitions of Hourly Pay and Salaried Pay
- Differences between Hourly Pay and Salaried Pay
- Salary Pros and Cons
- Hourly Pay Pros and Cons
- 5 tips for Determining if a Salaried Position is Right for You
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(I actually wrote an entire blog post on this one product which you can find HERE!)
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Powerpoint Contains 13 Powerpoint Slides with colorful, animated, engaging, and educational sections on everything students need to know about the FASFA. This Powerpoint Presentation contains practical ways to help students make steps to understanding the FASFA, completing the FASFA and addresses some of the most common questions in regards to this process. This will help you in your discussion of this topic!
This is the perfect sequel to the Value of a College Degree Powerpoint (available in the shop HERE) and the Cost of a College Education Powerpoint (available in the shop HERE) and 18 Ways to Make College Cheaper (available in the shop HERE) or it could be used alone!
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**Powerpoints can be edited to fit the needs of your classroom!
Created for easy instructional use, PDF version, and a convenient teacher answer key for quick correcting!
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I also want to take a moment to say thank you for every single purchase that has been made in the shop. My goal is to grow this into a full time business and because I am working incredibly hard behind the scenes to make this happen, I want to share the products that others are finding helpful in case you or a teacher/homeschool mama friend could find them useful also. There is a lot that goes into this work and I am LOVING it but I know it wouldn't be possible without YOU. So thank you again for your support! If you have purchased something from the shop- would you take a moment to leave a review? Reviews for shops are SO important and I SO appreciate your help and time!
Thank you again for all of your support, for following along in the shop, for your kind reviews, and for purchasing these products!
//1 2x2 junk journal that contains:
//30+ pages of quality and beautiful paper
//9+ pieces of vintage and bespoke ribbon pieces from around the world
//handmade lace from an established generational American factory
//1-3 bulb clasps
//1-3 vintage buttons from times of old
//1 mini envelope with a mini card
//1 mini paperclip
//1 claw clasp for attaching to the owners preference
//unique vintage or bespoke ephemera on the front
//special surprise goodies
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Make the "impossible" POSSIBLE this Holiday season!
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Happy Thursday friends! May today be the day of a new beginning of a beautiful journey!
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It has been a really humbling wonderful couple of days for me. I hope that you had a wonderful Monday, yesterday I had lab work done and blood work done and check up on things. It was humbling to get lab work back that is in the normal range. I honestly just had tears in the car. It was YEARS without that. My bloodwork was totally out of control. It was a scary time fighting Lyme and Cancer. To receive this news leaves me speechless.
As you know if you have been around for a long time this has been a LONG time coming. It is humbling, overwhelming, and completely leaves me speechless. As I continue to completely heal from such a long battle and continue with some treatment, it is such an encouragement to see that I am continuing to heal.
Thank you for all of your prayers and support on this journey. Your prayers over all of these years leave me completely speechless.
You can read all of the updates over these years HERE!
If you have a garden in your home, it is probably one of the most important parts of the home, and certainly something that you will be keen to take care of as best as you can. In order to make sure of that, there are a few things that you might want to bear in mind. From time to time, a garden can get to a point where it is actually quite struggling to be healthy and vibrant, and when this is the case it's something you will need to work through.
In this post, we are going to take you through some of the very best ways in which you can hope to restore a struggling garden. All of the following are well worth trying out if you want to give your garden a new lease on life.
First, Be Patient
Before you do anything, it’s important to appreciate that it can take a long time to work through your garden and get it to its former glory. Depending on how neglected it is, in fact, it might take a season or even a whole year. So you need to try and exercise some patience if you are going to have a much better chance of restoring your garden.
As long as you go into the project being as patient as possible, that is going to help you a great deal, and you should find that you are much more likely to actually see it through to the end. So this is a subtle but important point, and one that you should very much try to consider.
Make A Plan
As with all projects of this kind, it’s usually quite useful if you can make a plan that you are able to follow along with. Having at least a rough idea of what you're going to try and achieve should help you a lot, because it is going to mean that you are much more likely to know where you’re heading and how you hope to get there.
This plan can be drawn up in whatever way you like, of course, but one good way is to start with the worst-affected areas of your garden and work from there. Then you should find that you are able to get through it much more easily and with a lot less fuss, which is of course a hugely important part of all of this.
Make Room
Usually, when you have a garden that has seen better days, one of the main issues is that it doesn’t have the same amount of room that it used to. That makes it harder to actually grow healthy plants, get the light that they need, and much else besides. And it also means that you will struggle to get a good perspective on your garden overall and what you want to do about it.
So an early thing that you should aim to do is to make some space in your garden. The more space you have to work with, the better. That might mean being a little gung ho and cutting back a few things, which could well be worth your while if so. However you do it, if you can make some room in your garden, you are effectively just going to have a much easier time of it, and it’s something you’ll be really glad for.
Bring In The Light
In fact, creating some opportunities for light is something that you should definitely focus on if you are going to try and make your garden healthy again. Clearly, light is important to your garden at all times, and it’s something you should definitely make sure you are focusing on. How can you actually make sure that your garden has more light, however? As it happens, it might be easier and simpler than you think.
The first thing is to take a look at any larger perennials you might have, such as trees and big bushes and so on. These might well be blocking the light for the rest of the plants, resulting in a much less happy garden overall. You might therefore want to bring in a tree removal service to cut down one or two, or simply prune some of the perennials a little.
There are other ways to bring in the light, too. Sometimes all you need to do is to rearrange the garden and how it is laid out. That is often good enough to ensure that you are quickly going to have a lot more light in your garden.
Choose What To Keep
Now you need to think about which plants you are going to keep and which you can get rid of. Remember, a weed is any plant that you don’t want, so if you find any of those, you can simply dig them out and start again. And because you're trying to turn around a neglected garden, it’s definitely wise to try and get rid of quite a few plants here.
You might well have an idea of the overall look you want the garden to have, in which case this is something to think about here. All in all, you need to make sure that you are thinking about which plants to keep and that you make that decision firmly, because this is going to affect the final garden considerably. It’s something you should definitely take your time over.
Give The Lawn Some Love
The lawn is usually a very important part of the garden. If the lawn is healthy, that is going to mean that the garden as a whole looks healthy, and you are probably going to be much happier with it on the whole. With that in mind, it’s a good idea to consider giving the lawn some love, which you can do in a number of important and fairly straightforward ways.
First of all, take a look at whether the lawn is going to need a trim. Cutting it back is good for it, and will also highlight where any problem areas are, so that you can then see where you need to work on it. From there, you can then think about whether it is patchy and needs some extra seeding, which is often a really powerful way of making it look like new - because much of it will literally be completely new this way.
After you have done that, take a look at whether it might need some fertilizer. Usually this is going to give it a much better chance of looking great, and before you know it you might find that you have a much more beautiful lawn on the whole. Finally, consider laying turf if it is completely done and needs replacing altogether. That can be a quick and efficient way of making it look like new, and that is something that is really worth your while too.
Those are just some of the main things you can think about doing if you want to restore a struggling garden. As long as you have done at least some of those, you should find that it leads to a much more beautiful garden in no time, so that is something that you should definitely bear in mind here.
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