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I also agree 150 the ambience is more upscale than say chops or Giovanni. A little more fancy and dressy feeling.

Playmakers is ala carte, just walk up. I think they are known for their onion ring tower. It's too much to eat for one person but I love good onion rings, if real onion, not minced. They have poke nachos and wings and sliders and truffle fries. That kind of fare. I can get enough for $20. If you have unlimited I think they allow $20 per person so it's better maybe for a couple or share one sitting and then share a 2nd sitting depending how much you can eat at once. It doesnt take much to fill me up. Anyone can eat at 150. I too had the lobster thermidor. I liked it the dessert I was so so about. Seems like something marshmallow type idk. But it wasnt memorial but I liked everything else.

Yes I'm firefly. I went to the tail end of the water aerobics class, got involved in a discussion with the mgmt co of my oceanfront condo they manage. The teacher had to leave a bit early, class from 9 to 10 am Tues and Thursday. Chair yoga tomorrow. I have a goal of meeting new people and getting back in shape. One of the ladies said she thought they played bridge down at the veterans museum, the next bldg after mine. 1130 to 3 pm on Wednesday so for sure I will be there. No one knew what kind of bridge, I prefer duplicate but I'll do party bridge I'm so desperate to play some bridge. Tomorrow! Crossing fingers a new comer is welcome, without a partner. I cant wait. That place that has tacos john was always on about (sandbar sports grill) I promised myself tonight. Its across from Ron Jon's that surf place. Pay parking until 5 pm so i can wait for 5 pm. John says i can sneak and park free at the pizza inn but idk, maybe tonight wait for 5 pm and decide. I need a swim noodle for water aerobics class. I'll look around on my way to tacos. I'm down to 2 dish packs. Full of little tiny mostly cruise stuff I'm not sure what to do with. I have a hall closet I cant get the doors open eventually maybe there, but these 2 boxes are really hard to figure out where to put stuff. So 2 dish pack half empty boxes and 6 wardrobe boxes left to go. I didnt get much unpacking done today. I hope bridge welcomes newcomers and everyone not already paired up. High hopes. I love to play bridge. Honestly I think this place is perfect for me. All the ladies in the water aerobics about my age. Youngest maybe 60 up to maybe 80? But most here are older. I meet one lady who said she was 90. Lol. Quite a few have pets. I still think this was a perfect choice for me no matter how hard moving is. Next quest a noodle for the pool. I went back thru the library here, and found 2 J A Jance books I dont think I've read. One of my favourite authors. The library is quite a good selection of books. I think this is better than I could have hoped.

I don't think it's the title company. It's his lender. He says it's the title company's fault they should have known how the letter has to be. She just doesnt want to take the blame. She wrote a letter and he signed it and his lender said no, he has to write the whole letter in his own hand writing to prove he understands what hes signing. It's his lender who is demanding the letter. On the plus side my sisters ID came in the mail. Just picked up the mail. My brother in law says texas changed the expiration and what's required to get one because of the errrr.. foreign born, am I allowed to use that word on cc and not get in trouble? She had to go in in person with her original birth certificate to get her address changed. Cross that one off my list. I actually called my bil daughter and I think she helped get it to me. His cell phone she said isnt working right. Hes also 85 and kind of deaf and just turns his cell phone off. I cant believe texas made it so hard to change your address for a existing texas id. I'm living here forever. I'm never moving again. Lol. They are stuck with me here. Keeping my eye on the prize. Booking some nice cruises for the future. Ok finally now to submit to dallas property appraisal district her new ID. See if that's enough. Takes 2 to 3 months for them to reply to emails so I wouldn't know for a while. The house is in Dallas county. Yea finally can cross that off. I could understand having to come in but to have to bring her passport or birth certificate to change her address on her ID crazy. If you want to change the address on your drivers license easy to do online.

So wifi is included on those 3 ships no others for sky junior suites? It's for icon utopia and spectrum, no other...

He says he has insurance. It's the paper not in his handwriting saying he speaks and reads English. He says lender and insurance same company as I said above. He blames title co, who just says she doesn't have a paper from lender saying he has insurance. Both blame each other. I do agree if it's his lender he should call and have gotten it straightened out. He says title co should have known. Letter had to be all in his handwriting. Not just him sign a letter she wrote. I never heard of such a letter. Clearly english not his first language but also news to me he has to write out a letter on paper before lender will fund. Again this is just a tiny house I bought to be 5 minutes from my parents. My mom had quinta hidden everywhere. We talked about me moving in. I said do I get to make any decisions, nope. I cant live like im a child and have no say. This was our familys compromise I bought this house 5 minutes south of their much larger 4 bedroom, 3 car garage custom house. Now im trying to restart and have my own life. It just seems lots of issues. Doing the best I can. It's a crappy little bitty older house I'm taking a loss on cash sale. I totally spent too much money fixing it up. Who could know how long my parents would live or my sister who never had a date in her life would marry the bus driver from the senior center. I can tell you we were sure surprised. She was born with problems. I've dealt with her problems too all my life. A husband, yippee odd but if she loves being married and they both love church and going out to eat it's a great solution for us if she is happy. He loves the house too. Now he has a bath tub to take a bath, he too has back issues. Hes 85, turning 86 this year older. He has a daughter who also is helping out. If they want more money to go out and eat every night, heres more money. In her trustee. I'm more than willing to write checks and have her in mom and dads old house. She doesnt cook or clean or drive. I'm very happy to support and help them have a happy life. But that's why tax filing, getting her texas ID, homesteading etc will fall on me. Hes a hard worker but paperwork doesnt seem to be this thing. I will continue to help all I can and am thrilled to not have to take care of her. I used to drive her too, not just my parents. I'm just the only one who is there to do these things and now I can start living my own life. Im thrilled beyond your imagination. This is the best for everyone. Just gotta get thru some problems.

All this over because he just signed the letter she wrote out. The whole letter has to be in his hand weiting. Keksie not sure why you assume there is a realtor. He was flipping the house next door. Maybe kinda. Later I'm not sure if he was the owner or not. But anyway he introduced himself as having bought the house next door. I said hey buy mine too. Mine is a little bity house I'm actually taking a loss on. It's a older house and thing after thing broke and had to be fixed plus I gutted the kitchen. It wouldnt sell for a profit and adding 6% commission wouldn't have made thing better. It's a cash sale. It's a good school system and to me ok for me alone but I wouldn't want to raise a family there. Too small. But his gf does nails, it's all she can afford. To get Richardson schools for that price is all she can do. And then turns out her credit stinks from her divorce so mr flipper steps in and says he will co sign. Nope she cant even be on the title. Their families are friends they say, I dont care, but then I agreed again, i dont care whose name is on the title get this closed. I lived 15 minutes away and it drove my dad crazy. I bought this house for him. I'd never otherwise have bought it. He asked me to move within 5 minutes. Its directly south of my parents house where is could go main street or a back way. People went north with money up where bonnie lives. My parents were too old and lived in their custom house like 40 years. I've been back at least 22 years taking care of everyone. My dad got macular degeneration and my mom hates anything that moves, she hates to travel and my sister has epilepsy so she cant drive. Though I'm not sure why I feel I need to defend living there, but it's a house I bought for my family to be very close. Used to be a nice mall across the street. My mom wanted that house thinking my sister could walk to the mall and have a bit of life. Mall closed and we were afraid my sister would fall.. but anyway, I was living and had a job and lived on the water in boca raton florida and moved to texas over 20 years ago. It's a cash sale. We agreed to close june 15, neither of us looked it was last saturday so title co said last friday or today we close and I wait and wait and nothing saying we are closed and all this stuff comes up where buyer has to hand write this whole letter in his handwriting. I hope its settled. I'm still dealing with unpacking and damage claim and movers. Anyway that's my story and why I moved back to texas to take care of my family and lived in this house I cant wait to get rid of. Starting a whole new life. Sounds stupid to move where i know no one but for the first time maybe my whole life I'm not taking care of family. Cruising was just my escape, a way to have time away from family. We would plan doctors and food shopping around my cruises and before i didnt go far, now I'm talking to my TA about a Panama transit and a trip ending in rome. I havent felt free to go this far from family before. I feel like I've taken care of family since I was age 5. There was no one else. It's always been me having to take care of a HC sister and then parents who shouldnt drive. My sister found herself a husband and my parents passed. I'm free for the first time in my life to do whatever I want ... as soon as I get thru this.

Ok great news. I thought I read they took away included wifi. That's all I want to make my day. I hate to feel cut off from the world.

I feel like in living in a nightmare and just never can wake up from it and life goes on as normal. The bed I bought isnt right, I need some kind of pillow top. I called. One bed still hasnt been touched. I asked if I could upgrade or pay the difference. The owner is on vacation this week. By last night I'm walking like a cripple. So I put my 4 inch topper on the bed and wake up and can stretch and move first time in a week. I assumed it was unpacking but it's the mattress. I'm willing to eat the motion, its not me. Bending me in half like a pretzel just makes my back hurt more. Ok whatever, but I called to ask if I can upgrade to a pillow top or different mattress and in a week he will call back. If I cant i guess i go back to using my 4 inch foam topper. Its ugly but i cant have my back so i cant walk. I made a mistake. Laying on a bed in the showroom is different than sleeping on it. Selling my house in dallas. We extended the closing date to june 15. Title co said last friday or today. Friday she says we cant close because she doesnt have a paper with proof of insurance. Buyer kept saying nothing he can do. So this morning they sent a notary to my house. News to me but said texas if the buyer is getting a loan has to be a notary. Its lucky it's not a florida sale, Florida requires 2 notarys be present. I wait and I wait. Finally call about 4 pm. She doesnt have the insurance paper. Lender wouldn't fund. I told the buyer tonight to get on the phone and get this fixed. Hes saying lender and insurance same co. I don't care, it's your loan, call and get this fixed. He just called back and says its title company's fault. She wrote out a paper saying he could read and understand English. He signed it. It had to be a paper he wrote out and copied in his handwriting what the letter said. He says will be taken care of in the morning. Its title company's fault, not his. And why did I leave everything in the garage. I clearly told him I was leaving everything in the garage. In fact I told bil I'd leave her the compressor to air her tires. I sent my bil over on sunday to look and he took some stuff he wanted. Some shelves used to be in the kitchen nice. I gutted the kitchen and added a whole wall of cabinets. We put the shelves out in the garage and he took some other stuff he wanted. My dad's saws were out there and he went back and made another trip. I thought buyer might be upset we took stuff after I said I'm leaving everything in the garage. My condo has a carport. I asked bil to not take things like hedge clippers and gloves and leave all that stuff. My hedges grow like crazy. When he was on the phone about how this wasnt his fault, its Michelle at title company fault he ranted why you leave everything in the garage. I told him I'm leaving everything in the garage quite clearly. His gf wants to turn it into a she shed. Idk about the extra power, personally I'd worry the electric panel isnt set to do additional power for the extra space and it's not safe to not park in the garage. Hails there. I'm sure bonnie can attest we get hail in dallas. And people steal. But I told him I'm leaving everything in the garage and not moving it. I've never heard of having to hand write out a piece of paper saying he speaks and understands English and writes English. Hes vietnamese. Since friday we I've been away closing is held up over proof of insurance. I say to title company if I knew there was still a funding problem I wouldn't have signed. ..her reply .. to me doesnt make sense. He picked the title co. " They are waiting for the insurance company to send the declaration page over to the Lender. If he dens ‘have insurance, we would not be signing today." .

When these sky JS first were offered they came with wifi and I'd have been interested. Then a TA posted they took away the included wifi unless you were already booked before the charge. I'm confused myself. What is extra they are now changing for after the wifi removed from the sky JS.

CNBC today been nattering on about how travel slowing, especially europe and showing the percentage each cruise line has in europe. CCL by far had the largest exposure, at least double the exposure RCL has. Like 14% vs 34%. CCL has P &O and a lot more ships calling on europe. They were talking about flying and hotels, and said flights next year are actually lower than this year. Not because of fewer flying but capacity next year more seats available. Like rcl adding more ships with more berths type of reason. Not because fewer flying.

Ok I see someone else already posted the new policy. Sorry

Actually that's the old policy. I think it was earlier this year they changed the policy to 1 bottle of wine per adult. It used to be 2 per cabin before the policy changed. As a solo now I can only carry on 1 bottle, not 2. If there are 3 adults in the stateroom, 3 are allowed. Mostly it penalized solos best I can tell. I forget exactly when they changed the wine policy but seems like earlier this year but it's been a busy time so could be longer. I'm sure someone will tell me when the policy changed.

I had to have painful surgery last year on my wrist twice. First guy put me to sleep and attached the long bones in my forearm to my wrist and they didnt stay attached. Even the 2nd doctor said terrible job. 2nd doctor for sure didnt win any personality awards, rude, acted egotistic But he was rated high as a surgeon. Just going thru surgery twice and it hurt so bad I cant even say how much it hurt when the long bones were not properly attached and rubbing on each other. You do NOT want to have bad surgery and have it done twice. It's worth a 2nd opinion. Better than bad surgery. Find a surgeon that is good. That you feel good about. The first surgery the 2nd doctor said well obviously he had a bad day. The hospital I went to wasnt a primary, a secondary he said and some times they have good days and sometimes bad. This was a bad day. If you ever want use of your right arm again it has to be redone.

Oh they are so good. Best crackers I ever tasted. I love seeds in almost anything. Idk if there is a sprouts here. We had them in dallas. But for sure I'll get more of these crackers. Found my silverware and utensils today. Boxes marked kitchen imagine that. A few packers maybe spoke english and a few boxes labelled I found. Here is a unmarked box I opened first this morning. Nothing removed. A whole box that only had 2 spectrum cords, my land phone and a small surge protector. This is all that was in this box and taped shut. Is anyone surprised I ran out of cubic feet and they had to charge me more if I wanted my bedroom set. I thought empty hangers in the wardrobe boxes was the worst, but this is worse waste of space. I about put out my back lifting my microwave and have had to tske it easier unpacking. Still missing some stuff but plates and all I can do without. Silverware and spatula and real knives finally! I've emailed 3 or 4 times asking about is included with the packing I paid for. And the wasteful packing. Tell me someone was not packing on purpose so cubic feet used up and I had to oay more. On the other hand the sun is out here. The screens on the windows of my balcony make the picture look dark but the sun is sparkling on the water today. Entire box and taped up like this. 4 small items.

Thanks so much for letting me know this. I guess I would have thought if you have cancer cells growing get them out. I wasnt aware people didnt always just get rid of them. I dont have a lot of medical knowledge obviously. This helps to know.

It's good at least you can do them at home. I was also driving both ways about a hour each way. I was supposed to getting moms paperwork done and doing PT 3 times a day to me wiped out my whole morning. Plus more of my time doing it at home. I hope too you can transfer to full weight bearing. And get your life back. It takes up a lot of your day too if you are doing it 3 times a day. That's a lot of your day spent exercising.

I had cheese and I guess biscuits last night myself. The best crack like I've ever had. Called crunchmaster... the publix here has new things to try. Someone in the store was putting goat cheese on them. Idk I even liked goat cheese but it was good. I got some vermont cheese which to me is a bit crumbly and honey ham. Idk I'd get that Vermont cheese again but all together I, loved it. Crunchmaster mulitseed even come in a protein variety. All kinds of seeds in them. 4 oz I think was 4.79 or something I thought was kind of high for 4 oz of crackers but the best I've ever tasted. I think the 8 oz of crackers were 8.99. But so good. If someone hadnt been giving out samples I'd have never tried them. Sun is out here. It's a lovely fathers day. Happy fathers day to all the fathers.

Unfortunately not. A apple iPhone with service has to be turned on near them and even then still doesnt work well. Was being discussed on another thread how this doesnt work very well. Someone had a HC child they wanted to keep track of. Air tags got a bit to go to really work on a ship.

What many are suggesting is booking a parent in each cabin and once onboard switching so the kids have their own cabin. Or even kids get a gty inside, to save money. Give the parents a balconys gty. But book them originally with a parent in each cabin. Get a extra key once onboard. People obviously do this all the time, reading other posts.

I could be wrong but you seem to like your drinks. I think for you I bet it makes sense. For me just coffees and fresh OJ and vitamin water, sometimes a soda it wouldnt. Tried it twice and hardly used it.

Yea and I should have noticed the ladder wasnt delivered. I dont have the balance to jump up on a kitchen chair and change ceiling light bulbs. I feel I need something to hang onto. How could I miss a 6 ft step ladder. I worked too hard helping. I'm still beat and now I have boxes to open. I found the lamps but they removed those things to put the shades on. Shelves need to be put back into things. I just screwed the 4 posts onto my 4 poster bed this morning. Do movers typically remove those things from the top of lamps? I'm not sure I know how to put them back on. I'm going to have to hire someone once I do all I know how to do. If I can find some utensils I think I can manage everything I need to here. I found the microwave, my metal tongs and 1 metal fork packed with it. I'd, like real silverware and I need my spatula and that stuff to cook in nkn stick pans. A plastic spoon from take out not good for cooking. I am so happy to have my microwave this morning though. To zap my coffee. Though I think it's odd to not fill up the box just throw in a fork and my tongs. These are what I have to figure out how to attach to lamps if I want the shades on them. Progress. Doing the smaller boxes in front of the tall wardrobe boxes in the back. Did about 3 yesterday of the smaller stacked boxes. My toaster was packed upside down on top of plastic bowls and microwaveable plastic and pots and pans. My bad. Crumbs were in the tray on the bottom of the toaster. Every single item had crumbs from the upside toaster on top so yesterday I had to wash every single item from that box. But progress. Clearly I'm not handy, dont know how to reattach these to lamps. I've sent 2 emails asking what the service includes I paid for. I paid for partial packing. I keep asking if that includes unpacking. Picking up the microwave to put it on my kitchen shelf. Putting lamps back together. Screwing posts back on my 4 poster. And they forgot to unwrap that triple dresser standing on end. I'll call and hire someone when I get stuff sorted I need help with. Lamp pieces to put back together. Some boxes gone from row in front of wardrobe boxes. 6 wardrobe boxes to go. Plus the smaller boxes. Most of the red small staples boxes in the back are moms quilts, just gotta figure out for sure which arent. Havent really seen any good su rises yet. Been here a week. Too many clouds to see rhe sun itself come up. I do so love being able to look out and no one can walk by and see in like my house. Priceless. The view is good for my soul.

IMO the reason they are offering a discount to diamond and above for beverages is I bet many D, D+ and pinnacles say hey I get this many free, it's not worth paying for the drink package at full price. Below Diamond you dont get free drink daily vouchers. It's those D and above who need a extra discount to make it worth buying.

I worked so hard Wednesday helping the movers I didnt do much yesterday, but today I opened a few boxes. My back says stop, no more. I am sure I am missing my 6 ft step ladder. It's not a expensive item, bought at harbor freight. Its listed separately on the bill of lading and I didnt notice until today no step ladder. I use it to change light bulbs for instance in the ceiling fans. I dont really need a 6 ft here, but did at the house. I dont think there is any way its packed in a box, though I've only opened 1 of 7 wardrobe boxes. The other boxes are smaller. I listed some broken stuff on the bill of lading but didnt realize the step ladder is missing. I got a reply about filing a claim and told I have 90 days to file the claim but once filed I cant add stuff later. She said wait until I've gone over everything. Lol ray the maintenance man here helped me run a few boxes I've been using down to bldg A, I got some from some delivery guys Monday. He said its Friday, I need to wait for a pick up before I dispose of more boxes. I've reached my limit lol. I cant hog the whole bin. Next week I can get rid of a few more boxes. I'm missing my 6 feet step ladder I bought at harbor freight. I cant see this fitting into a box, im pretty sure its stolen ..missing.

I was probably just as sick and coughing and it was bronchitis or pneumonia I'd guess. I thought for sure at the time I had covid and was prepared to be confined to my cabin. I tested negative for covid. They sold me nyquill and a envelope of cough drops. They asked if I wanted to see the doctor and I said no. I still mostly stayed in my cabin away from others. Clearly I was sick and they sold me stuff for my coughing and all. Charged to my account. To get a doctors advise she said would cost like $175 so i declined. Said no thanks. I tried the 7 11 in cozumel no cough medicine or in the onboard stores. Ran out of the cough drops. They sold them in a plain white business envelope. I hope I'm done getting sick on cruises. Never got sick before covid and then now twice since covid. The other was food related. That time a bunch of us all got it and the ones who got off that leg and had doctors tests said e.coli. Time for some good luck. Oddly I was on oasis spring last year and a friend also had the runs and he was treated completely differently and he was confined to his cabin. He also was on a b2b or really s2s and they wouldnt let him board. Me they sent back to my cabin. I dont think there is a one answer this is what they will do. I've now added a few items to my suitcase travelling pharmacy. Seems like I got more pharmacy stuff packed than clothes at times. .. just in case.