Cruzin Terri

Good morning to everyone. We are so excited today that work will finally begin on our house. We have been waiting almost three months for this. However, we have had one disappointment in that the flooring we chose is not available and we had to select something different. It is darker and while my husband likes it, i am not that fond of it. Oh, well! I am up early and dressed because I have to bring my car in for servicing. It is the 6 month checkup and oil change, etc. I am still very busy trying to finish up changing the emails and getting all bills paid. We leave for our 18-day Christmas cruise on Dec. 7. We will stay in Jax one night and then two nights in Miami, We board the Nautica on Dec. 10 until Dec. 28. I can’t wait to get out of this dumpy apartment. Thank you @richwmnfor the Daily and Fleet report. I like the days. Charitable donations are good, At one point in my life I did learn to Square Dance. Not sure I can do it now. I like Lemon Cream Pie. As for the meal, I don’t eat Cauliflower, so the pizza is out of the question. The wine sounds good, but I will pass on the drink. I like the quote. Thank you @rafinmdfor the cares list. Prayers for all on it. Cheers for those who have reason to celebrate and those cruising. Enjoy! Have a great day everyone. Have to get out of here and to the car dealer. God Bless, Terr

The best news ever. Work will start on our house tomorrow. You cannot know how good that make DH and I feel. It is almost 3 months since the flood. Finally we can see a light at the end of the tunnel., Terri

@JazzyVVanessa, my deepest condolences to yoru BFF on the loss of his father. It is so nice that you are there to help him during this difficult time. Prayers for all of you. Terri

A good cyber Monday morning to all. I like French Toast, and Cheers to Mauritania for their Independence. i don’t like Reubens so I will pass on that. The drink sounds nice, but the wine is way over my budget. Thank you Rich for your untiring work in giving us the Daily and Fleet Report. Thank you also to Roy for the Cares list and special prayers for @JazzyV’s BFF’s Dad during his final days. Prayers also for the family. Prayers also to all those who need them Sandi and Dixie. @StLouisCruisers and @summer slope How nice of you two to spend time together on your cruise and grace us with such a lovely picture. Hoe you enjoy the cruise. Cheers to everyone else celebrating and cruising. Have a great day and God Bless. Terri

Oh Vanessa, I am so sorry to hear this. However, it is so good that you two decided to cancel the cruise. You both would have been beside yourselves had you been away when all this happened. Prayers for all of you. Terri

Hi Vanessa, The brand is Fusion. It is also on Wayfair under another name. I will tell you it is very comfortable. So don’t be afraid to order it online. Terri

A good Sunday morning to all. Today, while it is warm, it is also rainy. So very glad that DH and I made our trip to Beaufort yesterday to look at the the furniture that i have been eying for the last two months. Today is a stay at home day. Or I should say, stay in the apartment day. I hesitate to call this place “home”. Thank you Rich for the Daily and the Fleet Report. Interesting collection of days. Don’t think I want a pie in my face, but I would happily have a piece of Bavarian Pie. I used to have a pet turtle when I was a child. I used to drink Cuba Libres but not any more since I do not drink carbonated beverages of any kind. However, I did enjoy them at one time. Will pass on the meal and the wine is a bit above my budget. Like the quote. Have never been to Cyprus. Thank you Roy for the lists. I am doing much better. It seems that my polymyalgia is again under control. Yesterday when I got my flu shot, the pharmacist and I were talking about the flare up after the Covid vaccine and he said that is a known side effect for people with my condition. Thank you all yesterday for your positive comments on the furniture and the advice on the ottoman. Will take all under advisement before we decide to order one. Hope everyone has and wonderful Sunday and stay safe. God Bless, Terri

i will keep that in mind as a possibility. I really like the looks of the ottoman. Terri

Glad you all like the furniture. Thanks for all the positive comments. i understand the concern about the ottoman. I am having second thoughts myself but like the color contrast,. Not yet sure what we will do about it. Still thinking about it. Terri

Welcome to the Daily. We hope you like it here. We are a fun group and everyone is welcome. Terri

So today was a fruitful day. Jim and I went furniture shopping for our living room. I had seen a picture of something I liked and we went to the store to look for it. We were lucky in that they did have most of it in stock and had a Black Friday Sale of 15% off. So we ended up with a bargain. Also since we put half deposit down, they will hold it until we are ready for it. So we don’t have to worry about it not being in stock when we need it. The only item not available was the ottoman/cocktail table. They are not sure if they can get it. If not, Wayfair has it and I wail order it from them. However, they are more expensive. Here is a picture of what I ordered today. We are so excited about it. Terri

@kazuThank you Jacqui. It worked. I don’t know why I was trying all convoluted stuff when it was so simple. Terri

Good morning to all. Happy Saturday after Thanksgiving. Finally all the packing is done and we are ready to go with the repairs. I went to our house yesterday and there is not even a chair on which to sit. You guessed it, didn’t stay long. Maybe I can finally get some rest. I have still be working on changing my email address. i have had no luck on adding my email to my signature. @JazzyV Thank you for your suggestion but I could not get it to work. If anyone else can offer any help I would appreciate it. Today it is 57 degrees right now and promises to go up to the high 60s with sunshine. DH and I may go look at new living room furniture. I have had my eye on something for a while but have not had the time to get to the store to look at it. I have gotten the flare up under control and plan to reduce the Prednisone dosage (again!) starting tomorrow). Thank you Roy for keeping me on the cares list but I think you can remove me from there. I like the collection of days and I like the meal. French Onion Soup is one of my favorites. Will pass on the drink and the wine is a bit above my budget. Never been to the port. I like the Nicholas Sparks quote. @StLouisCruisers Hope you are enjoying your cruise and how nice that your Soccer players are being considered. @JazzyVi am sorry that you are missing your cruise. I hope your friend’s family member is recovering. @seagarsmokerglad you are feeling better. @smitty34877Hope you are doing okay and that both Tana and your DH and holding their own. Hope you can get some rest. Cheers to those celebrating and cruising. Have a wonderful Saturday, stay safe and God Bless, Terri

Vanessa, I am so sorry to hear this. However, I guess you have to do what is best. Prayers for all of you. Take care, Terri

Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate today. Happy 60th Anniversary to @Vict0riann Ann and Pat. I wish you many more happy years together. Thank you to Rich for the Fleet report and Daily and to Roy for the Cares and Celebration List, And thank you to all of you who contribute everyday to make this such a great place to be. Jim and I do not have any family with whom to celebrate today. Nor do we have a home right now to cook our own dinner. So we are going out to dinner at a very nice restaurant. i love the quote. As for the destination, San Juan is near and dear to my heart. Back in 1972 (i am dating myself) i spent a summer in Puerto Rico studying Spanish. It was a wonderful experience. I also was the liaison with the SSA New York Regional Office to Puerto Rico and had to go to San Juan on business quite often. So I have a number of friends there. We will be stopping there on our next two cruises. One on Christmas Day and another in February. Hope on the second one to meet up with some friends for the day. I hope everyone has a nice day with family and friends or however you wish to honor this day. God Bless and stay safe, Terri

Good morning to all It is a cloudy day here on Hilton Head. I received a good report from the Mayo Clinic so all is well. The best part was that I was able to move up my appointment and we were back home by the time of my original appointment. I don’t know in the end if that was good or bad. We ended up helping pack up various closets in the house. That really tired me out after driving three hours. Then we packed some more yesterday. Today we are not driving anywhere. We are staying put. Have other work to do here. Thank you to Rich for the Daily and Fleet Report. Interesting collection of days. Like cranberries and espresso and was a jukebox fan back in the day. I’ll take a pass on the meal and libations. Like the quote. I have been to Kotor twice. i will see if I can find some photos. Thank you Roy, for the lists. You can take Joanne off the cares list. She is home and recovering. I am not sure of her overall status. I was only able to speak very quickly with the aide. I have increased the prednisone dosage and it has helped with the flare up. Hopefully I can reduce the dosage next week. Jim and I plan to go to a restaurant for Thanksgiving. We do not have any family. If I were home, I would have cooked a dinner but it is difficult in a rental with less than optimal cookware and utensils. I hope everyone who is celebrating Thanksgiving has a wonderful day no matter how and with whom you celebrate. We all have something to be grateful for. Stay safe and God Bless, Terri

Good morning from Jacksonville. I lucked out today. I had a 2:15 appointment that I managed to get moved up to 9:30 so I am finished. I am sitting in the dining room with DH while he finishes his breakfast and then we are out of here. This morning i took a wonderful shower. After having to shower in a dumpy bathroom in our dumpy apartment, However, I never thought of the bathrooms at the Courtyard Hotels as luxurious but everything is relative. We will be heading home in a little while. We’ll stop at our house to watch them remove more furniture into the POD and wait for the mail. I don’t have an update on my neighbor Joanne. Will try to find out something today. We appreciate everyone’s prayers. Thank you Rich for the Daily and Fleet Report. Like the days. Gingerbread cookies are delicious. What would we do without TV??? And as for odd socks. DH has plenty of them. I am forever throwing them out, especially the ones with holes in them. Give a pass on the libations and the food. Thank you Roy for the lists. Prayers for those who need them and cheers for those who are celebrating and traveling. Welcome home to those who have returned from cruising. Have a great day. Stay safe and God Bless. Terri

Good Sunday morning, it is cold and rainy here in Hilton Head. Just checking in real quick. Heading down to Jacksonville for an appointment at the Mayo Clinic tomorrow. it is almost welcome to go there and sleep on a decent bed instead of the one in this dumpy apartment. Thank you Rich for the Daily and Fleet Report and for the lists. Hope everyone has a great day., Terri

A very good Saturday morning to all. it is a cool 45 degrees on Hilton Head and going up to 60. Not very sunny today. Since I now have all my selections for the house done, I can turn my attention to other things. i have to finish migrating my email to the new platform before Hargray shuts me down. I have been putting it off. Some sites are very easy to edit and some others are very difficult. CC was not the easiest by far. Another site required that I open a new account, losing all my history of orders I had ever placed with them. They just cannot change the original email. Go figure! Lots of financial work to catch up on to make sure we are solvent. I just received notice from Oceania that it is time to check in for our cruise. That means it is 21 days away. This is good. We only have to put up with the dump where we are staying for less than that before we leave for Miami on Dec. 7. Then we will have 3 full weeks of luxury before we again return to this place. Hopefully, by that time, the work on our house will be well on its way and we will be close to going home. Thank you to @richwmnfor the Daily and Fleet Report. Nice set of days. Interesting quote. I may try the meal. I’ll wait for Debbie to see the recipe. Not sure about the wine or the drink. While I have been to Alaska, we did not venture as far as Fairbanks. My neighbor Joanne is still in the hospital. No change in condition. i thought something had changed yesterday as the Aide’s car was at her house, Not sure why it was there. @StLouisCruisersSandi, have a great cruise. Itinerary looks wonderful. @Quartzsite Cruiserhope DH is doing okay today. You have a lot on your plate. Prayers for you. Prayers for all who are on the cares list and all those who need them. Cheers for those who are celebrating and cruising. Have a great day everyone. God Bless, Terri

Good morning from our apartment in Hilton Head where it is 39 degrees. The apartment is paid for by the insurance company. It is kind of dumpy, but at least we have a place to stay and keep our things. Thank you @richwmn Rich for the Fleet Report and the Daily. Interesting collection of days. i like Apple Cider. I adore Mickey Mouse, so much so, that my DH says he’s my patron saint (LOL). I never considered myself a princess. Lady Gaga’s quote is interesting. It is thought provoking. I am all for everyone following their dreams, but when you have found the love of your life, your should follow that dream as well. There is nothing like feeling loved and imparting that love to another. I will pass on the meal and the drink. We shall see about the wine, depending on whether it fits in the budget. Never been to Japan. Yesterday was a fruitful day. We went to Savannah to make the selections for our Master Bath. We were able to make selections for tiling, flooring, vanity and all the parts that go with it. It was truly one stop shopping in a beautiful store. The staff were so helpful and patient with us. i am so glad that we were able to get that all accomplished and it is behind us. I feel so swamped with the many things that seem to be coming our way these days. When we returned to our house yesterday afternoon we found the living room furniture gone and all the bedroom furniture wrapped up, These people work non-stop. i have no update on my neighbor Joanne. I did not get to see her husband yesterday. hopefully today. i hope everyone has a good day. God Bless, Terri

I finally read through the posts. @StLouisCruisers Bon Voyage! i hope you have a wonderful cruise. @JazzyV Hope you are feeling better and able to enjoy your cruise @Quartzsite Cruiserthanks for clarifying your post. i was puzzled at first. Hope everyone had a restful night. Terri

Good morning everyone, If i don’t write now, it won’t happen; Life seems to get busy around here. It is a cool 46 degrees here on Hilton Head, SC this morning. We have spent the last three days getting everything we need out of our house that we need and have brought it to out apartment. When our house is ready, it is going to take forever to get all this stuff back there. Thankfully the Service Master people have come to help us. I don’t know how we would have done it alone. Today we have to go to Savannah and select the tile for our bathroom — shower and flooring. Since our contractor is based in Savannah, all his suppliers are there. It makes it a bit difficult for us. We have our paint colors selected, And I am pretty sure i know which vanity I want. I just want it to be compatible with the tile and paint. Then we are done and can relax a bit. My polymyalgia is still acting up and I think it may calm down once I stop doing so much. My neighbor Joanne is still in the hospital. She has some sort of infection and a specialist from MUSC from Charleston had to be called in. Don’t know any more than that. Her husband says she is holding her own as of yesterday morning. We have a POD in our driveway. I am sure that our neighbors are not thrilled with this. Thinking of putting holiday lights on it (LOL). Don’t have much of a choice. Need a place for the furniture while work is in progress. Thank you @richwmn for the Daily and Fleet report. Interesting days. Not sure about the quote. I want to go to heaven regardless of who’s there. Have not been to the port. Pass on the meal and libations. Thank you @rafinmdRoy for the lists and for including Joanne on the list. She really needs all the prayers she can get. Prayers for all who are on the cares list and cheers to thos celebrating and cruising. Hope everyone has a great day and stays safe. God Bless, Terri

Somewhat, but not as much as I would like. I have to increase the dosage further than I did. Terri

Good evening all, There is a lot to be happy about tonight. Our insurance company has come through and is paying every penny that our contractor has estimated for the cost of repairs. It has taken a while, but our contractor was not going to take no for an answer. We are very pleased. Also, I was losing sleep trying to figure out how we were going to get all things ready by Thanksgiving. Well, I decided, it was impossible. So I got in touch with our contractor. It turns out that the Water Mitigation company needs to come back and finish packing up and then get all the furniture in the Pod, which will be delivered tomorrow. They will also help us with getting our clothes out of the closet so we can get them to our temporary accommodations. What a relief! I have lost three nights of sleep trying to figure this out. We have selected our paint colors and am working on the the bathroom vanity. Need to select the tiles, but that requires a trip to Savannah. We will do that next week. So it appears that we are finally getting started and hopefully we can see the light at the end of the tunnel. On another note, we have not heard from our next door neighbor regarding his wife. Don’t know if that is good or bad. No car in the driveway, so no reason to go over and knock on the door. Please continue to keep her in your prayers. Her name is Joanne. Maybe in the next few days we will get an opportunity to relax. Good night all and God Bless, Terri

Good morning everyone. Thought I would post while i have a few minutes We will head over to our house to continue to pack things up. Not a job I am enjoying. Thank you for the prayers for our neighbor. She remains hospitalized with lots of tests. Don’t know how long she will be there. I do know from her husband that she has two different infections that they are trying to clear up. She has been in a wheelchair for many years due to a massive stroke. Cannot do anything for herself. She did not need another. Will update if I learn more today. Just as I suspected, but hoped it would not happen, my Polymyalgia Rheumatica flared up again right after I received the latest Covid booster. So I have to start another regimen of Prednisone. I had just weaned myself off of it and now it is back to square one. Last night was awful with very painful arms and shoulders, keeping me awake for most of the night. Hopefully the meds will kick in soon and make me more comfortable. We are working hard at the house trying to meet the deadline of Thanksgiving to get everything packed. Lots to do. Will try to post later tonight when we are back at the apartment. Take care and God Bless, Terri