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Good Sunday morning! I stayed in bed a long time this morning because I was up till midnight watching the WS and the celebrations afterward. We had a beautiful sunrise so that got me out of bed finally. Heading to visit DB in rehab soon. He said don't come too early, that is fine with me. Thanks for the Daily and Fleet Report Rich. The quote sounds like it came from the book Love Story, made into a movie in the late 60s?. The cocktail looks yummy something for Happy Hour on a BHB. The soup is OK, don't care much for potato soup and the wine looks good. Thanks for doing the research for these each day! @dfishI hope your unpacking is going well today! Thanks for the Care and Celebrations list Roy especially doing so when on the way to your Eurodam cruise. Prayers for all on the care list, the people of Ukraine and Lenda I hope your DHs PT goes well. I hoope my DB gets his on a Sunday too. Thanks for the wonderful photos @Mtn2Seaand Sandi. Have a wonderful day! Nancy

Good morning! Usually today would be a day devoted to football but it is also the Breeder's Cup so I will be glued to horse racing all day today. DF John will be in the den watching the Mighty Cruise Ships marathon beginning at noon today. It is a blustery day today but began with a beautiful sunrise before the clouds moved in from the west. An unusual November morning with the temperature at 65 degrees - something to celebrate right there. I love Chinese takeout but like @grapau27our local restaurant is shaky and caused severe GI distress for my late DH decades ago so I haven't been there again. I will call DB later today when someone sends his room phone number, his phone quit working when he went to the hospital I think a cord change may fix it but they haven't figured it out. I will put on in my purse to give it a shot tomorrow if he still has the phone with him. Thanks for the lovely photos of Inverness and thanks for the food and drink! @dfishWelcome to Michigan! @kazu Bon Voyage, I hope you were able to board smoothly. @rafinmdenjoy your train ride to Florida. Prayers for all on our care list and for the people of Ukraine. Today's sunrise in Otsego Michigan. Nancy

Thanks Lenda for the kind words about my DB. He made it to rehab today with no issue other than the long bed we told the case manager was needed was not there when he arrived. He is in a tiny bed. I appreciate your concern with what you are going through with your DH. God Bless!

Happy Friday. Much better news on my DB today. I was there first thing in the morning so I could see him before he is transferred to rehab today. I was there to see his final PT session where she was able to get him to use his walker to go to the bathroom. His bleeding is just seeping now so he is allowed to leave the hospital. He is on heparin to prevent pulmonary embolism so that causes just about any scratch to bleed. He still has a lot of pain and the hospitalist told him until his bone infection clears he will have pain. I just hope it clears soon. @rafinmdhave a good trip to FL on the train and enjoy your time there before boarding the Eurodam. @kazuI hope that your foot is doing somewhat better and I am sorry some of your family had to return home. Prayers for everyone who is dealing with family illness. After a quiet period it sure has picked up. Many thanks for the Daily Fleet and Daily Reports. Thanks for all of the contributions that make this group fun each day! The photos of Mazatlan are wonderful and thanks to all who have shared them. I hope to make it there someday. @dfishSafe travels to Michigan today! I hope you have many happy years in your new home. It is exciting to make a move to a place you want to go to. Have a great Friday!

DB remains in the hospital so they can stanch the bleeding. I hope PT does a good job walking him around today. I will go see him first thing in the morning. No pics of St. Thomas. Somehow my file of photos from 2019 Rotterdam have gotten accidentally moved into another file. Have a good one and thanks for the photos!

Sincere prayers for your husband's DS. 🙏

Thanks so much! We are changing cabins so we will have it delivered to our GSA cabin. We are in a obstructed view cabin so we probably wouldn't be able to move. DF got a timely casino offer for the NYE portion. See you onboard! Nancy

Did you call to get your luggage pickup scheduled? The paperwork was rather vague allowing us to think they will contact us. Ours are all ready. Many thanks! Nancy

Good morning. I had a nice visit with DB and DSIL yesterday. I made it in time for his PT session if you want to call it that. He sat up in bed and walked a total of 15' around his bed with his walker and then he cried pain and sat back onto the bed. While they were getting him up he started bleeding from his bed sores that he developed after his first surgery in September. He had treatment at the hospital for it and was getting better and then the setback. I cut my visit short to allow him some privacy. He will be moved to a rehab about 10 miles away so he will be closer than the hospital. Last time he was to be released to rehab he had a setback so fingers crossed for a safe trip there today. Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers. On a happier note, my 97 year old friend Frank has been home for a couple weeks and is trying to give up his use of the cane. All the time climbing in the woods foraging for mushrooms and handball into his late 80s gave him a good base to recover. Today we have a wine dinner at a winery in Fennville MI. When we first visited the place and walked in it looked like a fancy Oregon wine tasting room. All their wines are great too, even reds which is unusual for Michigan. Thanks for the Daily and Fleet reports and all the great research for the food, wine and cocktails. Prayers for all on our care list. Thanks @RedneckBobfor the story about your rainy day in Saint Thomas. Been there many times and will be back there around New Years on our 7 day pre-GSA cruise on the Volendam. Have a great day!

Thank you so much Melisa! I am heading to see him in a couple hours. Nancy

Thank you so much! He needs them. Nancy

The last one I did on the NS was the higher priced one and we had a plate with foods that were to pair with the wines. The wine really wasn't discussed and not a mention of pairing with the foods in our plate. Too much time sabering a bottle of champagne. I did meet some very nice people through and we had fun. These events depend on the expertise and communication ability of the head wine person.

Good morning. My DB has stabilized but he is in dreadful shape. Watching him get from the chair to the bed with the help of a nurse and an aide was so hard to see. It took every bit of his strength to stand and do the minimal amount of turning his arms were quivering. He will be in hospital at least through today. His color is better than what I saw on Sunday aided by a pint blood transfusion. I find it malpractice that a surgeon would do surgery on someone who is morbidly obese as my brother is. I just hope that he can recover to the point that he can be chair bound at home sometime. He gets lots of visitors with myself and my 2 sisters and his 2 kids and their spouses. Thanks for the Daily and Fleet Reports. A dark bunch of days I agree. Quote is great. Pass on meal, wine and cocktail but look forward to the photos from our Japan port today. Prayers for all on our care list and for the people of Ukraine.

@smitty34877I hope your husband is back in recovery quickly with good news. @kazuI am praying for you that your foot gets better quickly! @StLouisCruisers and @Quartzsite Cruiser Sandi and Lenda thank you for the wonderful photos of the port in the Shetlands. A place I would love to visit. Thanks for the cute photo of Sadie. We had two trick or treaters last night. First time having trick or treaters since 1994. I have always lived in a quiet area. DB is doing poorly. I thought he would be moved to rehab yesterday but his BP crashed to 39 yesterday. There is a problem with his medications, BP and narcotics were building up in his system. My niece said they gave him Narcan to clear the narcotics quickly. Sounds like some kind of kidney issue to me since it is unusual for those drugs to build up. Oh and he is bleeding again. I hope to hear from DSIL that we can visit him today. Thanks for the Daily and Fleet reports Rich and thanks for the Cares and Celebration reports Roy. Today's Rose' Coq a Vin is a great idea, it is more visually pleasing. I may try it but we have no Rose in the house right now. The cocktail looks good and today's wine would be perfect for today's menu. Thanks for all of these! Prayers for all needing them and for the people of Ukraine. Nancy

Jacqui I am so sorry about your ankle. You truly need to catch a break and I do not mean a broken foot. Prayers that the pain goes away. 🙏

@Lady Hudson Hopefully they can get your husband in quickly and you can proceed on your planned cruise. Happy Monday and Happy Halloween! It is rainy and foggy but it will be warm for the trick or treaters. We have had great unseasonably warm weather. We don't carve pumpkins and I didn't even buy one or gourds this year. We have all of our fall decor out in the house though. I was a Girl Scout and was one through grade 5. I think that the founder was Juliet Lowe but I am not going to look it up so that is my trivia answer for the day right or wrong. @dfishI hope you are getting settled in Michigan and your wifi is on tomorrow. Thanks for the wine reviews for us daily @summer slope! Today's looks good. Thanks for the Daily and Fleet reports! I love the Gandhi quote. No word on my brother for today if he remains in the hospital for another day or goes to rehab. My project today is contacting my rheumatologist to get a letter that I should not get a Yellow Fever vaccination and I hear John working on his now. Prayers for all on our care list and for the people in Ukraine where many are living with no water and power. Have a great Halloween!!

@Vict0riannI am so sorry about your cousin's passing. Deepest sympathy to you and your family. I am late because I went to visit my DB in the hospital. He has a staph infection but no gowning so it wasn't MRSA. He probably will be kicked out to rehab tomorrow. He talked about wanting to go straight home so I called DSIL and have her a heads up. He has no business being at home in his shape. Thanks for the Daily and Fleet reports @richwmn. I like candy corn a few pieces at a time. Few kids in the neighborhood so probably little mischief. Both sleeping and books are great. I am amazed so many don't like Tilapia. The first experience I ever heard of it was riding horses in upland Maui and our guide pointed out some crummy looking channels where Tilapia is farm raised. I am not a big fan of farmed fish or shrimp. The cocktail looks refreshing and the wine looks like worth looking for when in Chile. I have been to Puerto Quetzal in March 2017 on the Oosterdam on a Panama Canal cruise. We did not take a tour after reading some comments about locals pushing big rocks in the road to stop the buses for a while. We did go to a nice palapa restaurant at the port and had a could of terrific local beers. Picture is of DS who did the cruise with me. Thanks for all the photos of what we missed. Prayers for all on our care list, Lenda and Terry, people mourning in South Korea, the people of Ukraine and those cleaning up from Ian. We had a beautiful sunrise this morning. Have a wonderful day!

Happy cat day! I really miss my cats but we travel too much now to add more cats into the family. Love the quote by Plato. Tacos are always good and the wine and cocktail look great. I am amazed all the tasty cocktails that can be conjured up. Lenda thank you for the Colon pictures. Prayers for all on our care list and the people of Ukraine. No news on DB yet today. We have a neighborhood association get together smack dab in the middle of the day so I will go see him tomorrow morning. DF rehung our bird feeders onto long arms off the back deck, I hope it keeps the raccoon activity down and we were rewarded by a visit from a Pileated Woodpecker. Usually they wait and come in during the dead of winter. I tried to stay up late to watch the World Series. I made it to the 8th inning and decided to give up. John had it on in the bedroom so I watched till the end of the 9th and gave up. I really don't have a pick but just enjoy good baseball. Big game tonight, Michigan versus Michigan State. Have a wonderful day! Cabin cats Lidia and Tiny.

Thanks for this information! One of the major causes of strokes is uncontrolled AFib. If you notice your heart fluttering call your doctor for an EKG. My DH developed AFib after drinking too much caffeine day after day. He waited until he went in for his annual physical, the doc checked his heart with the stethescope and said "are you feeling OK". EKG revealed AFib so he had to get in ASAP for cardioversion (heart shocking), it took three shocks to get it into rhythm. He is lucky he didn't have a stroke.

@smitty34877Prayers for your DH.

Finally back home from the hospital. My DB is in good spirits and eating well. He liked the M&M shortbread cookies I brought him. They still have no results from the culture of his knee implant area. We had a nice visit even though we had a couple of interruptions. DSIL is worried that he is not able to sit up on the edge of his bed yet and I agree, it bodes for a rough recovery to get back on his feet. Today is a gorgeous day. Especially after a late night watching the Ravens beat the Buccaneers. That always puts a spring in my step. Most of my packing is done for the cold weather clothing to go out by Fedex. Shoes and all. Have to add new socks I bought and a couple little things. I did a trial fill down the basement where my luggage and cruise specific clothes are stashed. When we get the word about pick up I will unload it and repack it upstairs as it will be really heavy. Thanks for the Daily and Fleet Reports @richwmn. I am glad several others mentioned the Pooh connection because I thought the same thing. I like chocolate but it isn't my favorite for dessert or a snack. I still have a few stuffed animals on a bed at the cabin including my Zippy monkey circa 1950s. DF loves sushi and we dined at Nami Sushi on the NS since there aren't a lot of sushi places around here. The cocktail looks tasty as does the Rochioli which I still have a few in the cellar. When I retired we cut back on our wine ordering and this one hit the chopping block. @StLouisCruisers, @HAL4NOW and @Quartzsite Cruiserthank you for the photos of La Serena. We are going to be there next January 19th. I am glad it is a city with things to do in walking distance as we don't have anything booked to do there yet. Thanks @rafinmdfor the Daily Care and Celebration reports. It seems the top list is growing again. Prayers for all needing them especially Lenda with your husband's recovery and @kazu Prayers for your DBIL who is now hospitalized. I hope you have an easy flight to Spain. Have a wonderful Friday!

Good Friday morning. Sitting in the hospital lobby. Visiting my brother at hospital but just as I arrived they are changing his pic line. 40 minute procedure. At least my DS will be here soon so we can visit a while. Will try to get caught up later.

Jacqui I am so happy this is coming through for you. Beautiful ports and relaxing time at sea. Following along. 🍾⛴️

I lost my comments for today. I will be brief as we are running out of the house. DB had surgery yesterday and replaced a part in his knee implant and took tissue samples for culture to check for infection. He may get out Friday or stay through the weekend. It is never good if you pick up an infection in the hospital. Thanks for the Daily Reports and for the Cares and Celebration lists. Prayers for all on our list and for those cleaning up in Florida and for the people of Ukraine. Have a wonderful day!

Happy birthday Graham!