Cruzin Terri

Thanks for your detailed help with the clothing. The farthest north we are going is Trondheim. i guess we will not be in the coldest part of Norway but we will make sure we have enough layers with us. I follow Jeff Farschman’s blog and saw that they were very cold in Kirkwall, Orkney Islands. We are stopping there and have an all-day tour there. All I know is that I want make sure we both stay warm. Thanks for all your help and good luck in getting your financial affairs straightened out. Terri

Good morning to all. Thank you to Rich and Vanessa for the lists. Debbie for keeping us fed and Dixie and Ann for keeping us hydrated. Interesting collection of days. Cheers to Donald Duck. I enjoy him. But then again I like all things Disney. I’m all for Writers’ Rights. However I am not a fan of Strawberry Rhubarb Pie. Today is dedicated to packing. We leave for Jacksonville a week from today and will fly to London a week from tomorrow. I am still trying to figure out what clothes to bring. Usually I have little problem because I usually have summer clothes but this is harder. Also living where I do, I don’t have many clothes for cold weather. Prayers for all on the cares list. You are all in my daily prayers. Hope those who are cruising are having a great time. Cheers to those celebrating. Have a wonderful day. Stay safe. God Bless, Terri

Maureen, I hope that you get this taken care of quickly. We had a similar situation in September 2020 and had to change bank accounts, credit cards and all the automatic billing. It was a nightmare. It took forever to get it all straightened out. It is exhausting. And just when you think it is all done, you find that there is more that you forgot about. Prayers that you get it all done quickly and without any glitches. Terri

Did you climb the Giralda? I did that back in 1982. My legs would not let me do it now. Hope you had a great day in Sevilla. Terri

Debbie, Jim’s brother was a special needs person who was mentally challenged. He was unable to execute a will. That is the problem. Plus we are dealing with two states. New York and South Carolina. Add that to a very uncooperative bank (Capital One) that does not want to reissue checks that were sent to Jim as Guardian after Eugene died and were not cashable. They keep asking for more and more information like it is their money. Then we are dealing with the Queens County Surrogates Court in New York, which is part of the Old Boy Democratic network. In plain English, if you don’t know someone here, things take forever to get done. One of these days we will get this done. I would just like to be the paper supplier for these people. i would be filthy rich. Terri

I was having the same problem. i called my TA. She uses a different login than we do and she was able to make my choices for me. Terri

Good morning to all, These are busy days and adding to the mix that my PMR is acting up is not helping the situation. Thank you to Rich, Vanessa, Debbie, Ann, Dixie and all who make this thread happen on a daily basis. Hats off to best friends. What would we do without them? I always like to say that DH is my best friend and always will be. But then there are others too. Pick my poison. I’d rather not. Don’t have many these days. We all have to take care of our Oceans. We are a group that love the seas. I like the meal and it sounds like something I may make tonight. I will skip the wine. A bit above the budget. I will skip the drink as well. Have not been to the port. Would you believe that we are still completing forms to get DBIL’s estate settled? It is almost two years. I just cannot believe there can be so many papers to fill out. I still say that I will never put a penny in Capital One Bank. The amount of grief that they have generated is beyond the pale. @smitty34877 I am sorry to learn of your DH’’s health news. Prayers for him and your whole family. @aliaschief Enjoy Sevilla. Last year when we were on the Oceania Nautica we also sailed up the Guadalquivir River to Sevilla. It was really great to dock right in the city. Unfortunately, even though we were there for two days, DH and I only had one due to our Covid isolation. We only had one day and I was exhausted. Enjoy that beautiful city. Today DH has a dentist appointment. Since we only have one car now and DH no longer drives, I am the designated driver. Then to the bank to get more forms notarized and sent off to the Probate Court. It never ends. Trying to get ready for our cruise. Too much to do. I am really not sure what kinds of clothes to take with me. I think I need warmer stuff than regular summer clothes, but not really sure. We are going to Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway. Does anyone have any suggestions? i hate being cold. If I had my way, I would be in the Mediterranean. Anyway!!! Any input would be most welcome. We will be on the Baltic from June 21 to July 23. I hope that those who are affected by the smoke condition stay inside and safe. Especially those with lung conditions and breathing problems. Have a good day everyone, God Bless, Terri

Good morning, Hope everyone is doing well. Still feeling a bit under the weather. It seems I am having another flare-up of the PMR and leaving me feeling very tired and achy. Prayers for all. Praying for Pope Francis, who has an incarcerated hernia. Strange that in 2014 when we were in Rome, DH was not feeling well and ended up in the same hospital in Rome (Gemelli) as the Pope for the same reason. If Dr. Antinori operates on the Pope as he did on DH, he will be as good as new in a few days. I have nothing but praise for the care DH received there. As for the days—there is nothing better than chocolate ice cream. We no longer have a VCR and sometimes I wish we still did. When cleaning out all our stuff due to the flood we found some old cassettes that I would love to play, but don’t have the means to do so. Hats off to tailors. A good one is hard to find. We had a guy named Julius around here, who was wonderful. He had the nerve to retire! Not much to report. Just trying to work through the pains and get my stuff done for the trip. Hope everyone has a good day. God Bless, Terri

Sorry I haven’t been around for a few days. Things have been a little hectic around here and I have not been feeling well. Trying to get everything done before we leave for London on June 17. We drive to JAX on Friday afternoon and then fly out the next day. Too much to do and need to feel better. Hopefully will be in better shape tomorrow. Terri

Thank you Graham @grapau27 for Father David’s sermon. Glad you are back and the only problem was your phone. Terri

Good morning to all, I hope everyone is having a good day. It is a beautiful sunny day here in the Low Country of South Carolina. We leave for London two weeks from today. Thankfully we have flights to get us there. We board the Oceania Marina on June 21 and will be on her for 32 days as we sail around the Baltic Sea. Thank you Rich for getting us started every day. Interesting collection of days. The only one I can identify with is Bicycling. However, I haven’t done that in a while. I like the quote. Debbie, the meal sounds good and I may think about trying it. The wine is a bit above my budget right now. The drink is a maybe. Prayers for all on the cares list. @smitty34877 I hope DH is recovering well. Prayers for him. @marshhawk Hope you are feeling better and soon will have Covid behind you. @aliaschief Bon Voyage. Hope you enjoy your cruise. We departed from Dover once on the Insignia. I tried to post some photos of the White Cliffs as we sailed away but they don’t show up. Sorry. Hope everyone has a nice Saturday and a pleasant weekend. God Bless, Terri

A pretty sunset tonight from our back yard. Good night. Terri

Good morning. It is amazing what a good night’s sleep will do. I am surprised that I was able to sleep but I was so tired after all of the angst we had yesterday. Thank you all for your prayers and helpful comments., In the end, while it cost us some money, we have dependable flights and we will be okay. Thank you to Rich, Vanessa, Dixie, Ann, and Debbie for your contribution to the thread,. You all keep us going each day. Graham, thank you for your daily explanation of the days we celebrate. I will pass on the drink and meal today. Not yet sure on the wine. Interesting quote. Have not been to the destination. Prayers for all who are on the cares list and cheers to those celebrating and cruising. Hope everyone has a good day. God Bless, Terri

While we were able to book alternate flights on Delta, this cost us thousands $$$$$ that we were not prepared to spend. We had booked flights using AA miles on BA to London. AA was unable to find any flights.to accommodate us. i think I was too quick to give up and should have insisted on escalating our problem. Especially when this happens two weeks prior to departure. i am very unhappy with AA. I think they should have gone a step further. They said they could only look for flights within 300 miles of Philadelphia. While there was availability in Miami they were not allowed to book that. I am not sure I have any recourse now that i had the miles redepositied in our accounts. I think I should not have agreed to that. Having such a short window to get a flight I panicked and felt I had to find something quickly. So it is great we have flights but I wish I felt good about the whole thing. I really don’t. Terri

Well, since we booked with miles, they were limited in what they could do. In the end, it was sorry, we cannot do anything for you. We had booked through AA on British Airways to London in Business Class. Since I had and DVT and Pulmonary Emboli it was suggested that I do not fly in economy on long haul flights. There were no business class tickets to be found with miles. Or at least what they told me. The lady tried for two hours and had her supervisor working on it too. In the end they refunded the miles and the taxes. I am really bummed out. They would not put me on another airline other than AA or BA. At the last minute the flights were full. So we bought tickets on Delta (out of JFK) using our Chase Points and cash (a lot of it). I had some credit for a flight to Philly, which I changed to JFK and we are good to go on June 17 as planned. We got the last two business class seats on a Delta non-stop from JFK. I have been on the phone all day. Got nothing done that I needed to do today. What a mess! Terri

Well, guys, if I ever need prayers it is now. British Airways has stopped all operations from Philly and my flight is cancelled. We booked with AA miles and they are unable to rebook us. We are supposed to fly out on June 17. I have been on the phone with AA for the last 1 1/2 hours they have just come back and told me nothing is available. Terri

Good morning to all. Hope everyone has a great day. Busy day today. God bless everyone. Terri

Did dump the cookies. Terri

O Rep said he was not aware of any problems with booking on line. Terri

@kazu Happy Birthday Tina @0106 Sorry I forgot to mention you before. Terri

For the last five days I have tried to no avail to book some shore excursions on line. Knowing that O usually does maintenance on the weekend and that yesterday was a holiday, I decided to wait until this morning to try and book my excursions. I still was not able to book them. After selecting my excursions and “proceeding to cart” I then had a screen that showed “loading cart” that just remained there forever. Finally I had to call to book the excursions. The Rep said there was no problem. Is it my two computers? I Pad and Desktop? Two different browsers? Don’t know what I was doing wrong. Terri

Good morning. I hope everyone is doing well today. Thank you to Rich, Eva, Ann, Dixie for all you do to keep this thread going each day. Graham, each day you make me a bit smarter with your explanation of each of the days we celebrate. Thank you to you too. We have another gloomy day. However it is a bit warmer. I am going to try to get some clothes together. It appears that I need things that are of the warmer variety for this cruise rather than the regular summer variety. Welcome home to Lorraine and Vanessa. @smitty34877 Prayers for your DH Hope everyone has a good day and God Bless, Terri

@cat shepard A very Happy Birthday to you. And many more. Terri

I have seen that. I also found out that there is a HOHO boat and we would like to do that. I am just trying to figure out where to pick it up. We are in port from 12 noon to 8 pm. The Naval Museum is closed for the Summer due to the conflict in Ukraine. I will say no more about that! The HOHO Boat seems to be a good choice there. I have printed out the info from that website for a number of those ports. Thanks for that info and the ad blocker tip. Terri

Good morning. Happy Memorial Day to all. May we all remember those who made the supreme sacrifice with their lives so that we can be free. Thank you to all who contribute to this thread and get us going every morning. It is really a great place to be every day. I really appreciate all who contribute to this thread. I was very grateful to all of you who gave me suggestions on tours and things to do in the ports. I am still trying to pick up some ship cruises but Oceania’s website is still under maintenance for the weekend. Since it is a holiday no one has decided to get it up and running today. Will keep trying. I have a few things to do around the house and then I will get busy with working on the cruise ports. Hope everyone has a great Memorial Day. God Bless, Terri