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Hi!  I haven't posted in such a long time.  So nice to see familiar faces in here!   We have 3 cats here.  Two are sisters and the youngest has been with us almost a year and she was a rescue.  All 3 of them are amazing hunters, which is good because they have gotten 3 or 4 mice in the house in the past month.  We live near a lot of farms, so lots of small grey critters for them to hunt for.

2 hours ago, 0106 said:

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.

Not many comments on today’s quote.  Please allow me to put on my English teacher hat… Some books have been repeatedly banned or challenged throughout history. These books appear the most often on banned books lists. Have you read any of them?
1984 by George Orwell

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

 

 

Not only have I read them all, I also own all of them and they are in my library.  

4 hours ago, Lady Hudson said:

Good morning and thanks to all who make this thread what it is — a great place to discuss cruises and whatever else strikes your fancy.  Though I have only traveled on a BHB a couple of times, I am really glad I discovered all of you early in our national nightmare — aka the Pandemic.

 

Our ship reaches Charleston today and we will go out to eat lunch.  A chance of showers but hope we miss them.  
 

Prayers for all in need and those on our care list.  Have a great Saturday.  Katherine 

Lady Hudson  it was a global/international pandemic, not just American.   

There are heated tables in the spa area of the ships. (Check to see if your ship has a spa.)  This will require that you get a spa pass, but this "loungers" are worth every penny.  I used to love them when I was on the Noordam. There is also a pool in the spa area for people to use if they have a spa pass.  I never saw more than  1 or 2 people in there at the same time.  It's a lovely, quiet area. 

@marshhawk my thoughts are with you today. 

It's a very sunny and cold day here on the Niagara Peninsula. 

When Roy mentioned outliving his brother, I was fairly certain that it wasn't his birthday, but he had lived to the age that his brother had been.  On the day that I knew I had outlived my mother, I was sad and I thought about her for most of the day.  She was in her 30's and died unexpectedly.  I was 6 years and 24 days old at the time.  I think any child that loses a parent at that age feels it whether they talk about it to adults or not, it will always be a part of our life. 

My dh just came in from surveying the driveway and he's not happy.  There isn't enough snow to use the snowblower.  It's cold, it's crusty and white, but not deep. 

Thank you so much for the Daily Report and everyone who posts here! 

Went to bed hearing the east side of the house getting thrashed with sleet or ice pellets or something.  Dh and I had a wonderful fire in the fireplace while we watched tv after supper.  Woke up to lots of snow, but one part of our patio remained absolutely clear due to the wind. There is a snow drift right outside our back door.  We didn't lose power thankfully.    Lots of closures for various things today, including schools.  So glad neither one of us need to go anywhere today. Still under a freezing rain warning. I made dh a coffee so he didn't need to go to Tim Hortons.

It's been snowing in the Niagara region for a couple of hours.  Very little accumulation because the wind is horrific.  

I will pass on the food and drink and wine.  My dh would love the food.  He gets his shrimp curry at a  local restaurant. 

@marshhawk my heart is breaking for you and Neko.  All 3 of my cats send you love as you deal with this.

3 hours ago, St Pete Cruiser said:

Heartly agree with posting prayers for President Jimmy Carter, a true humanitarian.

My parents went to see and hear him in Plains many years ago, and I only wish I had done the same.  

 

For those who knew Gene Young, a world cruise CD many times, please see Copper's post on todays other news. 

Where do I find "todays other news"?  

Happy Half Price Chocolate Day!!  I am heading up to the food bank in a bit to donate the dark chocolate that dh got me.  (He also got me milk chocolate, which I love.)  I don't know anyone else that eats it within driving distance.

It's really windy here today! 

Thank you for the Daily report and everyone who posts on it!   Italian Wedding soup is really good. The sunrise was gorgeous, but we are in for bad weather later today.  I need to  do some errands, so I hope to get them done before the rain starts. 

Hi!  Most of the ice and snow has melted now that the temperature has gone up.  We are in for a few "warmer" days, even though some posters on here wouldn't consider them warm.

I will pass on the food, drink and wine.  I've never been to the port, but it's lovely.  Thank you to everyone who posts pictures.  Thank you to everyone who posts for making this a nice place to be on a "Daily" basis. 

Hi!  It's plus 2 Celcius here right now after 3 VERY cold days.  The really good news is that the bugs must all be dead!  

My second husband was a jerk.  My life has vastly improved since 2014. Enough said. (Actually my first husband was also a jerk.)  Third time lucky, for sure!!

My dad once owned a vacation home that had a huge shower with 3 shower heads along one wall.  To my knowledge, there was never more than one person in that shower at a time.  The house was over 7.000 sq. feet on 50 acres. Five bedrooms and 3 bathrooms, but only 1 bathroom had a shower.  All the bedrooms were on the upper level and the shower was beside the kitchen on the lower level.  It was a weird house. 

I will pass on the meal and the drink and the wine.  I would love to go to Waterford one day. 

Hi everyone!  It was minus 14 Celcius when I got up and now it's snowing and minus 11 Celcius.  

We went out for breakfast.  No ice cream involved.  We also did some grocery shopping. Still no ice cream involved.  We are having soup for supper.  Today's meal sounds good. I will pass on the drink and the wine. 

@kochleffel hmmm...  I wonder why she's a solo.  LOL!

It's minus 10 Celcius here.  No idea what the wind chill is, but today is a rare day in our home.  Dh is very rarely cold, he loves winter but today he said he was cold.  It's 22C inside the house which is higher than usual, but we had a roaring fire last night and it got up to 26C in the living room.  Dh actually had a window open just before I went to bed.

I will pass on the food and wine, but the drink sounds great! 

I need to go to the bank and maybe get some groceries before I go to knitting.  

We are having "Pasta Fagioli" tonight.  I have all of the ingredients in my pantry.  

There isn't any sunshine in our area, so I say spring will begin on March 20. 

Thank you to everyone who helps make this Daily report happen.   I will pass on the food and the drinks today. 

Hi!  

Putting a pina colada into a martini glass doesn't make it a martini, but the drink sounds good.  I would make enough to put into a  much larger glass.  

I try to be a spunky old broad, but some of my friends don't appreciate it when I get too spunky.  I would say that out of the 4 knitting groups that I go to, only  1 of them is actually fun.  

Hmmm...  I think Graham and Pauline are on  vacation somewhere.  Maybe onboard a ship.

Thank you everyone for your contributions to the Daily Report! 

It snowed a tiny bit here yesterday.  Nothing that needs to be shoveled though.  

Absolutely no plans for today. 

There was a standing ovation for Hazel McCallion at the Toronto Maple Leafs game last night. 

Thank you for the Daily Report!  Not much going on here today.  

@puppycanducruise yes she most certainly was! She dealt with that train derailment in the 70's, her husband had dementia  (or alzheimers) and she dealt with that and she  ran the city like a business and did an awesome job!  So many condos got built, including "the dancers"  which are the tallest in the area and every floor  was slightly different than the one above or below it.  I lived  just north of there for 40 years.  

@*Miss G* thank you for the news on Hazel M.  Are you in or near Mississauga? I used to live near there.  

I bought a Royal crosscut shredder from Costco many years ago and it's still going strong, plus it shreds  credit cards and other pieces of ID.

Not a lot planned for today.  Dh will be watching NFL football.  I will be cooking a roast of pork later with crackling.  There will also be homemade  scalloped potatoes.   It's another cold day here.  No sun yet. There is a possibility that we might go to Costco today.  Not sure yet.  

Not much going on here today.  My dh has gone out to pick up a coffee at Tim Hortons.  I have some iced tea.