Your first welcome challenge is to resist a perfectly baked soft and chewy cookie 🍪 Paula has prepared for you. Then wake up in the morning, look out the window and you’ll have chickadees, juncos, goldfinches, titmouses, nuthatches, cardinals, woodpeckers… coming by the bird feeders set up strategically for your appreciation as you sip your coffee.
After coffee, walk outside to check on the weather. A great green space lies outside for your dog to play ball. Walk down the driveway and across to Warden Lake with a walking path and back for morning strides to get your blood flowing. Some mornings you’ll witness bald eagle flying over the lake, or a red tailed hawk in the front yard.
Back in the house, workdays begin in the sunroom as the morning sun helps you light up the room which also happens to have internet access. You can choose to sit anywhere in the sectional, table, or even a rocking chair by the fireplace if it’s cold enough. Maybe light up a candle or two Paula has left for you. Meanwhile your dog is snoring soundly next to you as they sleep in the nice Serta dog bed Paula has provided, one of two. After the workday is over, it’s time for a nice hot tub on the deck looking out the moonlight or infrared saunas followed by puzzles or games. Or even a movie or favorite show in the Roku tv. Downtown is 10 min away for quick errands or even a nice treat like a hot apple cider at the Lost River Trading Post, pies and even eggs at the Wardensville Garden Market.
But not everything is perfect like Paula’s cookies because otherwise where the fun would be in that? So bring your own TP 🧻, paper towels, bird seed, and garbage bags. Internet was about 30 Mbps over wifi so you might hit a snag or two if you’re on a video call with screen sharing or 2 zoom calls at the same time. But works mostly okay. We can’t wait to come back.