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They will only be open for a limited number of hours, not 24 hours

@Sea Dog Greg, I couldn’t help but think of you when I got this in my email this morning. Wendall August Forge is a hand crafted, metal forge, not far from our area. They have been doing custom metal pieces for nearly 100 years. We have several coasters, Christmas Ornaments, and plates from their forge. When we were looking for a unique gift for our DIL’s parents, that was made in America, this is where we went.

We have something similar in our area with free concerts all summer, although only a couple times a week. They have some really good groups that we enjoy.

If you are trying to book iFly or north star for the port days that are free, those slots will fill up before shows would. You can always book those two for a fee on sea days.

Supper tonight. Filet, butter potatoes, corn on the cob, and Cheesecake Factory bread. At my quarantine table for one on the back deck. I know I will have to take over some cooking, once I am allowed to touch things again. But right now, it is kind of nice being served. 😀

I am still being treated as a leper, but that is probably because I still tested positive this morning. Thankfully, Susan is still negative. DIL and grandson will test later, after they get up. It is 60° and raining this morning, which means I won’t have to water my son’s garden this morning. He has been sending lots of wonderful pictures of Paris, but they had some rain too. Daughter is feeling good after her surgery, but she will miss the rest of the school year. She is going to try to go in on the last day to see her students one last time. Now my goal is to at least test negative by Tuesday, so I can celebrate Susan’s birthday.

As someone who knows nothing about tending to a garden, my son left me in charge of watering his while he is away. I have been diligently watering, and the plants seem to be growing. For you gardeners out there, is there anything else to it? Oh, and should I be concerned? I saw one of these California flying fish out there today!

Last we heard, things went well, and they were closing up. Will probably be a while before we are able to talk to her.

Good luck to the Rangers. My theory is that with a different bounce, and my Pens would be there. Since the Pens are out, I hope the Ranger hoist the cup this year. Enjoy the game. There is nothing like live, playoff hockey.

So, it seems to never fail, that when we are away, something happens with my daughter or her family. Why should this trip be different. She had called a few days after we got to California, and said she had been having pains. Went to the hospital, had some scans done and they said it was maybe a kidney stone up high, gave her some antibiotics and sent her home. Then last night, we get a call. She is in the hospital for an emergency appendectomy. Now the waiting begins to see how things are.

It looks like Symphony is the only one impacted so far. Their sailing got pushed from today to tomorrow. I still have to watch the last two episodes. I have been binge watching the Americans series while serving my quarantine. One more season to watch in it. Congratulations on the move. I like the darker handles, faucets, lighting and the new paint scheme. Only one garage door? Where are you putting all the cars? Dani, sorry to hear this story. Hopefully things are still on track for your cruise. So an update on my quarantine. Susan wanted me to test again yesterday (Saturday morning), although it hadn’t been 5 days since my positive test, but it had been 5 days since my start of symptoms. Still tested positive, although most of my symptoms have now disappeared. She tested also, and she is still testing negative. I guess wearing the mask, avoiding everyone, and walking around with a Clorox wipe in my hand all the time has helped so far. I hope I am able to see that movie this week, before my grandson finishes school for the year, and we have him for the summer.

I have heard of that. Doesn’t matter. All that matters is that your correct cabin number is listed.

I agree. He was almost finished with this bath before we left for our cruise. He was down to cutting and installing new oak baseboard, when he called me up to look at the stain that he thought was too light to match the existing door frames. Fortunately, I still had some dark walnut stain that matched all the woodwork in our house, and did some test staining on some scrap oak to make sure it matched. He said his mistake, and he went and bought new oak trim and stained it with the matching stain. We have been so satisfied that he is not only good, but fast, that we give him a bonus when he finishes.

It is 61° and sunny, with a high of 70° today. I am glad it has been nice every day in the Bay Area, so I can spend my day on the back deck, instead of in my quarantine room. I am glad grandson still has another week of school, so we do not have to keep him entertained all day. Tomorrow will be the 5th day after testing positive, so I am hoping for a negative test then. So far, everyone else has no symptoms. I was hoping I wasn’t contagious before my son flew to Europe last week, and he is still fine. He is traveling from Munich to Paris today. He has another week there, and it is a pain that you have to test to fly back to the US, when you can cross any border by land without testing.

Congrats on that weight loss, Greg. That is an impressive goal, and I hope you make it. I have found that frequent cruising makes it much harder to achieve and maintain. 😏

Congrats on the weight loss. We did one of those “Biggest Loser, Family Edition” a few years ago. Instead of pounds lost, we modified it to % of body weight lost. It does make for a friendly competition.

Maybe I should come over there, since I am wearing my KN95 all the time since testing positive. Too bad I couldn’t send you the guy we use to do any remodel jobs at our house. He is a perfectionist, and does what is needed to do a job properly. As an added bonus, he does the work for less than what I think it should be. We had him do a small bath remodel a couple years ago, and just had him do our master bath remodel, which he finished while we were on our cruise. It was perfect as well. Hope you get your backsplash problem corrected without too much hassle.

It looks like CC must use the Urban Dictionary to come up with a list of words that are banned.

Sorry to hear about your ankle. Hope everything goes well with rehab.

I have a couple of those too.

My guess was that I got it at grandparent’s day at the school last Tuesday, or on the flight to California on Wednesday. There was an awful lot of coughing and hacking going on from people in lines at the airport and on the plane. Started having symptoms of a sore throat on Friday evening. Tested Saturday and Sunday, and those were both negative. The first positive test showed up Tuesday morning. Of course, my granddaughter had symptoms show up the same time as mine, and she tested negative. She had it in January, so maybe she still had some immunity, and her symptoms only lasted a couple days this time, so they didn’t retest her.

Thank you, and thanks to all who wished me well. So far, no one else has had any symptoms. Today, it just feels like it does a couple days before you shake a typical cold. I will probably wait till Friday to test again, and hope it will be negative by then. I was hoping I would not have an appetite, because I could shed a couple pounds, but that hasn’t been the case.

@Ocean Boy happy birthday. You share a birthday with my daughter.

I still feel about the same, with just cold symptoms. After two negative tests the last couple days, I got one of these this morning. I have been staying away from everyone, because even if it was a cold, I didn’t want to pass it on. I guess I will just miss out on a few fun things for a few days. I just hope I wasn’t contagious when my son flew to Europe Friday morning. I would hate for him to have to deal with it while there. Thanks for asking, Dani.

Beautiful photos. I recognize many of those places. It looks like you made the hike up Diamond Head to take a couple of them. All the islands have their own, unique charm. Still, I think Maui is my favorite.