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It will be interesting to see where the elf appears each day. Dr. says she has strep, but not a highly contagious version. She was tested for flu, Covid, and RSV also. Today was a Christmas luncheon for my old company. Glad to see the new owners are continuing the tradition. I had to eat light, since we are meeting friends for dinner tonight. Chicken Alfredo for lunch.

Well done.

@LucasLikesToCruise, if I haven’t already, please let me add my condolences on the passing of your mother.

Starting off our frosty morning, watching a sick granddaughter. It appears the Elf escaped from the light, and landed in a cup of cocoa this morning.

“Linda” sounds exactly like one of our neighbors. A constant complainer that everyone tries to avoid. Hmm, haven’t seen her around. Maybe she is cruising. 🤣

We were out, walking around an exercise trail this afternoon, when these crossed our path. IMG_6336.MOV

Our granddaughter had to FaceTime us early this morning, because this showed up. I never saw anyone so excited to have something watching over them to make sure they were good. 🤣🤣 She even goes to the Santa cam and talks to it every day. Guess she isn’t taking any chances.

I, for one, would like to see the video. I could probably pull off the Santa look this year, and with the real deal beard. Grandkids wanted me to let my beard grow for a Santa look this Christmas, so I have let it grow for the last few months. Since my beard started turning grey at 30, it has been pure white for many years. After a few months growth, it is a full, white beard. I would have posted a picture, but dang, it makes me look old. 🤣🤣

l would make sure you had it tethered to you, so you don’t drop it in the water. I filmed with an iPhone, in a waterproof case, with a lanyard around my neck. It surprised me how slow it seems, until you hit the springs at the bottom.

Ok, you got me following along. We were supposed to do this same itinerary on Harmony next month, but that was one of the five we had to cancel, and you know why. So with a tear in my eye, I will be helping our technology challenged friends check into that cruise, tomorrow night. (I know, they are late and will probably get a boarding time just before sail away) We were looking into renting a 4x4 in Aruba, instead of doing Eagle Beach again, because there is more to explore there. Have a great cruise, and get some good flow rider time in.

Do they have their soot problem fixed. When we were on last year, this area of the track and loungers, as well as us, got coated with black speckles. It looks pretty clean in your photo.

@HBE4, I was so sorry to read this. May your wife rest in peace. This thread has so many kind and caring posters, and I am so glad that Dani started it and we can all come here and share parts of our lives. Susan and I send our condolences.

Happy birthday to your daughter

We were known to sit in those chairs and enjoy a latte.

It was definitely some pretty awesome driving skill. I can imagine the amount of practice that needs to go into some of those “near misses” I remember taking my kids to the mall parking lot, on early Sunday mornings in the winter. It was the best place for them to learn how those big, rear drive, cars handled in snow and ice. Not that I encouraged doing donuts, but that seemed like a natural progression, after they learned how to put cars into and pull them out of skids.

@Lionesss glad you are feeling better. You are at 10 days, or so, to be promoted to the grandma category.

I want to know how they got so many Ft. Lauderdale streets, and other Florida highways clear of traffic to do this? I recognize a lot of those areas

Right you are! This was Allure last May

So this was the best $9 spent, ever. Granddaughter wanted Christmas lights for her doll house, so I picked up a led light strip and put it on for her. She was so excited, especially since it had options to pulsate and change color with music. She had to show everyone how it worked. IMG_6332.mp4 I was surprised that it took all 16 feet to outline the perimeter of the doll house. Oh, and here is the completed gingerbread house. It took a little longer, because of this help.

We love the Celebrity ships with these pools. Not all have them.

I saw signs of the snowbird migration in Pennsylvania this morning. I think they are a long way from home. Last night, my grandson finished up the Lego gingerbread house, and he was starting this one. It was finished when we got here this morning. Note - This is just a rocket. It isn’t a lighthouse, or a lighthouse cookie, or any other imagined thing. 😁

It never ceases to amaze me, how quickly those winter tans fade.

we have had some sailings that left right after the New Year cruises, and the trees were up for a day or two. It was surprising how fast they disappeared, though.

I gave up on those beef on weck sandwiches long ago, after getting so many bad ones.

Speaking of Celebrity, I got my annual email from them with a code for a free photo book using Mixbook. That is nice that they do that. I have used them to create books for some of our sailings. I used this one to put together a book of our summer with our California grandson. Just finished it today, and they will ship it to him. I think it turned out really nice.