Husky1987

OMG I'm going to make it one of my life's goals to be on a cruise with you at some point 🙂

Yep, exactly. If they made these on a case-by-case "We don't think someone would want to upgrade from a 2BR suite" decisions, I can imagine the inevitable "Royal sucks, they didn't even give me the chance to bid on a Royal Suite" post that someone else would start.

It’s pretty much going to be a new house…new roof, 3/4 new roof trusses, all new walls, they ended up going down to the studs through the whole house, new electrical, new HVAC. This is the color scheme…Sherwin Williams. Walls are the Repose Gray and accent walls are the Slate Tile, it’s a darker gray with a very slight blue tint.

A few house pics from today. Paint is done (minus the inevitable touch-ups). Doors, trim, and cabinets scheduled over the next couple weeks, then flooring and carpets. We probably aren’t going to hit our June 1st goal, but it’s getting closer and closer. Kitchen with accent wall Master with accent wall Master bath with accent wall Living room from entryway (accent wall follows kitchen around to the right) Not sure I mentioned, in the last pic you can see a column and the base on the floor to the right. There was a column on each side of the living room that supported an arch that separated the living room from the entryway. We always hated that because the columns took away from space that we would have used to put furniture, things on walls, etc. So we had the reconstruction folks take it out. Post-fire pic of the arch:

Thank you for asking! She’s doing great. Current situation, patiently waiting for Andi to wake up (as of 5 minutes ago):

Fresh crack celebration for Saturday night. House walls are all textured and they started priming today! Should be painting by the end of next week. The end is near, tentative move in date of June 1st (which I’m sure will slide a bit with inspections, etc.)…pics of painted walls to come next week 😊

We'll just do knockdown. We're doing a light gray over the walls and ceilings, with a darker gray with a bluish tint accent wall in the living room, master bedroom, and master bath.

The nice thing about living in Seattle is we pretty much live with an eclipse October through April. Drywall is up!!! ETA: First pic is living room. One thing I always hated is that there was no lighting. So we had them put in six can lights. We also had them take out an arch that separated the entry (where I took the pic from) and the living room. And there was a gas fireplace that was in the corner by the window that we never used...we had them take that out as well.

I've been through TSA and sitting at my gate at FLL by 8:00 many times. If you're a worrier, don't do it. But you'd be fine.

::whispers:: and better Painkillers

Whether it means a tux/cocktail dress or shorts, dress to your comfort level and have fun. The only people who care what you wear are the CC dress code police.

Have never done this tour from a cruise, but I can tell you that Pompeii was probably the highlight of our land trip in Italy in 2022. It is an amazing place and I hope your tour gives you plenty of time to explore it.

Nice collection! I spy a few of my favorites in there.

That's one of my bucket list trips....I'm just not sure I want to wait in line all day for it 🙂

My wife and I were eating lunch out on the street at Russian River, and I kept seeing people carrying 2 or 3 cases of beer out, one even had like 6 on a hand cart. Asked the waitress and she said, oh yeah that's our Pliny the Elder. I had one and was hooked. Left with two cases of it. Now every time we go down there I always bring a couple cases back home. Can't find it in any store here either.

Oh boy, I'm with ya on the beer thing. About 8-9 years ago we made our first trip to Sonoma Valley CA. It was my first time trying Pliny the Elder at Russian River and I fell in love with craft IPAs.

Just followed! I just realized you can label your bottles opened, unopened, and empty as well. My wife just shakes her head at me with this 🙂 I've got a few open bottles that are my mixers, about 10 nice bottles that are open and I drink neat occasionally, and about 30 unopened. I'm kinda following a self-imposed rule now that I can't open one until I've emptied one (I'm about one pour away from emptying my Smoke Wagon, and debating which I'll open next), and I SHOULD have a rule that I can't buy one unless I empty one...but what are ya gonna do 🤷‍♂️

Thank you! Just downloaded that…great way to track! I follow the guys who made the app, SLB, on Youtube.

One of these years we should add a CC bourbon trail getaway to all the cruise vacations!

I haven’t tried it before but this is a barrel pick so I figured it would be a great place to start! I'm not a huge fan of the 90 proof off the shelf Woodinville, but it’s local and this one is a cask strength group barrel pick that I’ve heard really good things about so I figured I’d pick that one up as well.

Nice little bourbon group pick up today…a few barrel picks.

Thank you for thinking of me! I haven't been here around much, work is busy and my wife got a new job with hours a bit later each evening so I've been playing more house husband as well 😊 House is coming along! They are finishing up with insulation this week. Then (yet another!!) inspection for that, then they'll start putting up drywall. That should take a few days then the real work begins...taping and mudding the drywall will take a week plus. From there the end is near with the finish work...paint, carpet, floors, trim, etc. We'll be picking out cabinets soon. Target date for move-in is mid-May, but not holding my breath. Could go later with delays, or could even be a bit sooner if everything goes perfectly.

I hear ya. I've had my beard since 1992. In all that time, I shaved it off once. And it couldn't grow back fast enough.

Just popping in to say WOOF

And not really caring whether a cruise line chooses to give the crew free internet is not a crime against humanity. Lighten up.