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Thanks for all the birthday wishes...and for remembering me....!!! Yesterday...before my family came with yummy cakes and neat gifts....I put little lights in my lego's....it was just like setting bombs...took an hour...but they got a real kick out of it..... I had never put a lego together until receiving the Bonsai Tree for Christmas....and as my family said....it was a slippery slope....and I am now running out of room....!!! 😂😂

I honestly don't know why I got this email...as I do neither...but I'd thought I'd share....:) Nautical Knocker Knitters Cruise 2024...for knitting and crochet Holland America Eurodam to Alaska...June 8-15th, 2024 I too...appreciate this list....I check it before each booking....thanks...!!!!

I am so sorry.........

Me too...!!! They always think it's going to be higher than it really is...they crank it up and my arm spasms...!! Love the "take a photo" idea....😅

To all those women who continually love and nurture....whether they are your furbabies...or your role as Mother, Grandmother...or Auntie....Happy Mother's Day....!!!

From the Snow Cloud Juneau webcams....:)

Interesting and now I am curious.....😉 Jo Johnston on her World Cruise blog...said she has booked a 50-day Mediterranean round-trip cruise out of Fort Lauderdale...for the fall of 2024... Said it hasn't officially opened up yet...but they were taking advanced reservations on the ship... My friends took a 49 day Mediterranean round-trip several years ago....and it was a great cruise....!! Anyone here heard about this new cruise.....????

Gorgeous blossoms on the memorial tree my son and his wife planted in honor of DH...so pretty...❤️

I still get these questions....in fact one just yesterday....😂

Sunrise....tulips...and everyone needs a palm tree....😅🌴🌞 Happy Sunday.... hope everyone is well...😊

I didn't miss the first part... because I was awake as usual.... actually even earlier than usual...:) Love seeing the places I have been...!! Sorry... probably not the greatest pic's...was taking them with my phone off of my computer....

I took our oldest son...at age 5...to the first Star War's movie in 1977...the whole family has been addicted since....including saving this "second home" plan....😂 May the 4th be with you.....!!!!

Today is my birthday....and I get to celebrate it with my family again this year....!! In 2019.....one of my son's brought this cake....besides looking great and being totally yummy....it was a big joke....😅 We have several Roth's bakeries here....but for years.....I would always drive miles across town to the best one... "the Good Roth's".....my son said they understood the part about having a Hawaii theme...but couldn't quite believe what else he wanted on that cake...LOL...😂 Hope everyone is well...and you are all enjoying the weekend....!!!!

One of my favorite grill cheese was in London...a ham and cheese toastie...and a bakewell tart...🥰 If it wasn't for my gimpy shoulder....I'd be there right now this whole month....and yes....I AM whining....😕

Wow...surprise...I'm tempted to drive up and take a peek....I think I left something in the Grand Dutch Cafe......but maybe I'll wait until it isn't raining a gale....:)

Let's Laugh Day is perfect...!! At 11:11 pm last night....my cell phone did some kind of crazy update thing....and I heard 14 rapid "dings" when some missing text messages finally arrived.... The last one was from one of my sons saying he was on his way over.....my mother-radar worry-button and adrenaline suddenly spiked....until I saw his smiley face emoji.....and realized he had actually sent that text earlier yesterday morning......😅 Of course by then I was TOTALLY awake....but just read a couple of hours and eventually fell back to sleep....😅

Gotta love Genealogy Day....!! I've been addicted to genealogy for over 50 years...actually it's getting closer now to 60 years... I post all of my research on Ancestry...so that it has a public forum and can be seen by anyone who might be searching... Four of the genealogy trees are our family....and 25 trees are a mix of friends who have asked for help.....and complete stranger's who have hit a brick wall... I love helping and finding their problems...I love the "dig"....my DH always said I should have been an FBI investigator...:) And I've loved all the research trips here in the US....and especially those in London...!! Two days ago I was reading a bit of fluff and escaped into a Regency book...it was fiction....when suddenly a name came up in an actual fact the author had thrown in..........dropped the book, grabbed my laptop....and off I went.......!! Turned out to be a great hint...and I'm still working on it....:) Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend....!!!

As soon as the sun comes up...I'm off to do something I haven't done in ages....stopping by our best bakery on the way to the ATM.....and no....I don't feel one bit of guilt....😂

I have been on this ferry many times....too funny....:)

"It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.--Marlene Dietrich" Love the quote....couldn't help but think of the friends I "see" on Cruise Critic...at 3 a.m....:)

Our Paws did have thumbs....very useable thumbs....that occasionally got him in a bit of trouble...!! And....was only a svelte 17 pounds...:)

Thanks for posting this thread....it's a concerning issue and I hope the HAL forum monitor let's this thread remain on this board...where it's easily seen and not moved to another board... I haven't taken a solo cruise since my husband passed away a year ago...but I flew to Waikiki and stayed two months solo last fall...with the only daily "chore" of bobbing in the pool and watching the sunset....!! I think the advice of taking a quieter, less-busy cruise at first is great...an easier transition to get pass any anxiety or potential problems.... Thanks again for posting....:)

I also escape in books....I don't watch television...in fact...I gave away all our televisions to family...:) I have Netflix, Prime and OPB on my laptop and kindle....and my family often call and suggest a new movie or series to watch....they also tell me which ones have a "high-body count" to avoid...!! I put them on my favorites list....and then.....start another book....😅

These pictures probably look pretty puny compared to all the snow so many of you are dealing with.....but this is a big deal.... My granddaughter, her husband and their dog...this morning at the coast in Newport, Oregon.....where it rarely, ever, snows....😅 And...because it will drop to 21 tonight...I had to cancel my MRI tomorrow and reschedule for the 9th...oh well....it is pretty out there....😉

I am also in the "3:00 AM" club...!! It started a year ago when my DH was in the hospital....and I'm still waking at 3:00 if I'm lucky..........sometimes it's 1:00..........and on very rare nights I make it clear to 4:00.... I worried about it when I couldn't seem to get back in sync....but now I just roll with it and enjoy the early...very early....peace, quiet and the eventual sun coming up... And...even tho I'm sitting on the west coast....I am usually one of the first to read the Daily.... 😅