Royal Caribbean Cruisers -- How Are Things Where You Are? (was "Routine" ​ 😁 ​day in lockdown... how was yours?)

[Ocean Boy]

10 minutes ago, A&L_Ont said:

Looked outside the window tonight to see the most beautiful moonrise.  Grabbed the iPhone and went out in boxers and a winter coat for 10 minutes.  Not bad for under 40F.

 

I'm glad you put the coat on.

[xpcdoojk]

2 hours ago, Lionesss said:

OK my long sarcastic post just vanished.

 

 

So to summarize

 

Dinner was great all home made from Lasagna, to garlic bread to salad.

One rule in house, I cook and DH cleans up and starts dishwasher.

He can trade roles any time, but in soon to be 30 years of marriage is happy I cook.

He can play with food on a BBQ grill

if you call that cooking

 But has no clue on planning, prepping cooking, making sides

 

Dishwasher broke

Damn  crisis mode.

 

So what do I do.

Exit stage left and take a bubble bath,

I never knew you could make that much noise doing dishes. I mean I had to turn up the jets on in the tub upstairs (Garden tub with jets) just to drown him out.

 

So I told him,, no dishwasher start bringing home dinners from you favorite carryout places. 

I'm not cooking. 

We have enough paper plates and stuff.

 

So guess where we are going tomorrow.

 

Yup out to dinner.

Then look for a new dishwasher.

 

Wasn't on the plan especially since we found out we both owe taxes this year, state and federal.

 

Damn

 

 

Right now a lot of appliances are in short supply.  I ordered a basic black refrigerator for the lake house in early May, I finally took delivery in late July.

[grapau27]

54°F with a high of 60°F today.

I have some Easter eggs to drop off for family then when I get back I will get my holiday brochures out and sit in the sun with my white strong coffee no sugar.

Hope everyone has a good day.

Graham.

[mo&fran]

7 hours ago, xpcdoojk said:

Right now a lot of appliances are in short supply.  I ordered a basic black refrigerator for the lake house in early May, I finally took delivery in late July.

My dishwasher started leaking just after Thanksgiving , so I bought a new one. It was delivered last week. It was not the one we wanted. Wanted a white one, ended up switching to stainless.

[A&L_Ont]

8 hours ago, Ocean Boy said:

I'm glad you put the coat on.

Lisa offered to post a photo, but I suggested otherwise. Amazing what some find funny. 😀

[sara mom]

9 hours ago, George C said:

My wife is from Buffalo area so we visit the area often, our first trip to Seneca I hit for 750 on a 5 dollar slot we were with friends so that paid for a great dinner for the four of us. Do prefer view from Canadian side. 

I prefer the Canadian side as well.  The views are better and there is more to do if you are going for a day or two. We stayed at the Hyatt Place the view was not nearly as good as staying at the Sheraton on the Canadian side.

 

This is our spring break and this was definitely not the water I was planning on seeing this week, but we made the best of it.  Our cabin on the Allure would of been much nicer.

[Lionesss]

9 hours ago, xpcdoojk said:

Right now a lot of appliances are in short supply.  I ordered a basic black refrigerator for the lake house in early May, I finally took delivery in late July.

 

I guess it depends on what people say, location location location.

I live in no mans land USA

 

Last night googled and found 4 dishwashers I kinda like, well waiting till I see them.

 

Two of them are GE, one Samsung and finally Bosch (never heard of them).

 

After hating my current broken down model, I will never buy another LG.  lasted 7 years

 

All 4 are in stock at Lowes, and free delivery.

 

Now the question is how much to take away.

 

My DH installed the last one with no issues, but with new floors, not going to happen.  Paying for installation.  If they mess up the floors, then I will have to see what they will do to fix them.   Hope all goes well.

 

Stay healthy

[xpcdoojk]

Bosch is a very good product in general.  Hope you like one of them.  

[xpcdoojk]

Part of my problem was wanting Black to match all of the 1980/90s appliances at the lake house, and not wanting an ice maker, etc.  We have a very old well, that I have spent a fortune trying to get rust out of the water, so we don’t drink the water.  It is probably not bad to drink but I know what all is in it before I started clearing it up.

 

jc

[Momof3gurlz]

11 hours ago, Lionesss said:

 

One rule in house, I cook and DH cleans up and starts dishwasher.

He can trade roles any time, but in soon to be 30 years of marriage is happy I cook.

He can play with food on a BBQ grill

if you call that cooking

 But has no clue on planning, prepping cooking, making sides

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is exactly how it works in our house as well.  Even whatever he grills has been planned & prepped by me. 
 I recall years ago when kids were small, I was sick with strep throat and DH made dinner (which I’m sure was really just heating something up). One of the girls saw him cooking and said “Dad knows how to use the stove???

Funny thing, this rule also applies in our two married daughters households. 

[bobmacliberty]

41 minutes ago, sara mom said:

I prefer the Canadian side as well.  The views are better and there is more to do if you are going for a day or two. We stayed at the Hyatt Place the view was not nearly as good as staying at the Sheraton on the Canadian side.

 

Growing up in Buffalo, we'd visit the falls several times a year.  Anytime someone visited us for the first time, we'd show them the falls.  We much preferred the Canadian side also, although that was many years ago.  As a kid, I loved the Skylon Tower.  On the American side, I really like touring through the Robert Moses Power Plant.  I was born to be an Engineer.  😁

[sara mom]

1 hour ago, xpcdoojk said:

Bosch is a very good product in general.  Hope you like one of them.  

My dad has a Bosch and it is the quietest dishwasher I have ever (not) heard.  He does not scrape food bits off and just puts the dishes in and they come out clean...so I would say its pretty good at cleaning.

[OnTheJourney]

11 hours ago, A&L_Ont said:

Looked outside the window tonight to see the most beautiful moonrise.

Second photo is sunset....right?  At least I assume so. Maybe stupid question but...neither pic looks like the moon... (?)  Either way, love the 2nd one! 

[OnTheJourney]

11 minutes ago, sara mom said:

My dad has a Bosch and it is the quietest dishwasher I have ever (not) heard. 

Have to agree. We just bought a 500 series and thus far really like it.  Love how the door pops open once it's all done. Longer cycle than our old Maytag (which lasted far longer than any new one will for sure), but dishes come out clean and dry. Had an initial problem with it leaking right after installation though. Problem was thankfully a quick fix. We also have a Bosch washing machine ordered but could take months to get it (as did the dishwasher). With our luck our washing machine was probably on one of the box ships that was delayed in the Suez and is now perhaps slowly making its way around Africa LOL.  

Edited March 30, 2021 by OnTheJourney

[mets07]

57 minutes ago, Momof3gurlz said:

This is exactly how it works in our house as well.  Even whatever he grills has been planned & prepped by me. 

I must be lucky. My husband does 90% of the cooking. Started many years ago when we worked different hours and since he had to go to bed early, he prepared dinner so that we could eat on the early side. This tradition has continued.  I typically do the clean-up. 

 

Now that our sons are grown, we go out to dinner at restaurants on weekends. So that is nice as well. 

 

On the subject of dishwashers, we purchased a Kitchen Aid dishwasher at Lowe's about a year ago. We are satisfied although I am always using "Express wash" as the normal cycles on these things now run forever (as noted by previous poster). 

[clochette]

Loved the pictures of Niagara Falls, my oldest went to Niagara university and loved it as they could go over to Canada and do the night scene there. 

[Momof3gurlz]

It’s not a routine day for us - DH got his first shot this morning.  Let the vacation planning begin.  We’re headed to FL for 2-3 weeks in May.  

[bobmacliberty]

We've had Bosch dishwashers for years and for the most part, have liked them.  Quiet and they clean well.  Our only issue with Bosch, and it's a big one for my wife, is the arrangement of the tines in the bottom rack.  Half the tines face one way and the other half face another way.  Makes it difficult to load a mix of plates and pots/pans.  Can't seem to get as many pots in and end up hand washing some.

 

As we've looked to replace the terrible GE dishwasher in our new house (haven't pulled the trigger yet), we're narrowing in on the KitchenAid Freeflex.  The third rack looks very useful (more than just utensils) and it gets good reviews for cleaning, drying, and noise levels.  Oh, and the bottom rack tines all face the same way. 😀

[HBE4]

Add me to the list of Niagara Falls fans. As a child, we'd take family vacations there every 3-4 years.  This is back in the 1960-s-1970-s. And in true road trip style, we'd make stops long the way such as Watkins Glen (the park, not the race track. lol). One year, we were there when the American falls was "shut-off". As a kid, it was disappointing but the adults marveled at the engineering feat.

 

Like others, the Canadian side was much more lively with more to do on Clifton Hill and better views although my favorite part of he trip was on the US side: Cave of the Winds which is not a cave but a boardwalk/staircase that gets you so close to the base of the American Fall, you feel like you can touch it. Goat Island is  nice place to picnic.

 

I loved hearing the stories of people going over the falls in a barrel or "shooting the rapids" downstream, the old barge that grounded a few hundred feet from the edge (the guys on that barge must've been pooping in their pants), the Skylon Tower. We'd also take a side trip to the Welland (sp?) Canal were I would marvel at the ship locks in action. Perhaps that sowed the seeds for my love of cruising. 🙂

 

As an adult, I've only been back twice, most recently in 2014. The casino's on either side certainly add to the appeal as does the wine trail in Niagara-on-the-lake.

[HBE4]

58 minutes ago, sara mom said:

My dad has a Bosch and it is the quietest dishwasher I have ever (not) heard.  He does not scrape food bits off and just puts the dishes in and they come out clean...so I would say its pretty good at cleaning.

 

I have this debate with family all the time. They like to pre-wash the dishes before loading the dishwasher. Too me, that defeats the purpose. The owners manual actually states not to do this as it messes up the sensors & makes the dishwasher think the dishes are clean.

 

I have to check into Bosch. I have a 15+ year-old Kenmore what sounds like someone parked a cement mixer in the kitchen. Problem is, it does a fabulous job of washing and drying in under 2 hours so I don't want to "downgrade" to a new model.

[island lady]

4 hours ago, mo&fran said:

My dishwasher started leaking just after Thanksgiving , so I bought a new one. It was delivered last week. It was not the one we wanted. Wanted a white one, ended up switching to stainless.

 

At my previous house, the leaking dishwasher (that was leaking behind the cabinets) ended up costing us a new kitchen.  Boards were all rotted out behind the cabinets.  

 

Oh well, new kitchen came out much nicer than the old one.  😉 

[island lady]

2 hours ago, xpcdoojk said:

Bosch is a very good product in general.  Hope you like one of them.  

 

That's what I have.  Love it.  Gets dishes very clean, and best thing...very quiet!  🤗

[Lionesss]

The DH just called and told me we cannot go out to dinner tonight and then get a new dishwasher because they added a conference on and he will be home by 7:30 pm. So I went to store to shop. And the good wife I am I bought him this for when he dries the dishes. 

[Lionesss]

Dinner planning now 
Then feeling guilt and the Slovak/Polish girl I am I broke down and made stuff cabbage in the Bundt pan. Growing up my mother tried so hard to teach me the correct way to wrap them. But they never stayed wrapped.  I even bought the cabbage wrapper on line.  What a joke. First time worked great. Then it broke. 
So now this is how we make / and eat stuff cabbage. 

[island lady]

40 minutes ago, HBE4 said:

 

I have this debate with family all the time. They like to pre-wash the dishes before loading the dishwasher. Too me, that defeats the purpose. The owners manual actually states not to do this as it messes up the sensors & makes the dishwasher think the dishes are clean.

 

I have to check into Bosch. I have a 15+ year-old Kenmore what sounds like someone parked a cement mixer in the kitchen. Problem is, it does a fabulous job of washing and drying in under 2 hours so I don't want to "downgrade" to a new model.

 

Same with Bucky.  He must just be so used to bad dishwashers, he practically washes them before he puts them in.  All I do is scrape them off, rinse them off and put them in.  Come of clean either way with our Bosch as well.