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

[Sea Dog]

21 minutes ago, bobmacliberty said:

I may need to try the classic Old Fashioned recipe with a sugar cube as a base for comparison.

That is how I started making my old fashioned by muddling a sugar cube with bitters. I started tinkering with the recipe with different things and finally came up with the Amaro combination for Sea Dog's Old Fashioned.

[h20skibum]

After a couple days of the old song “who’ll stop the rain” playing in my head, the rain stopped and the sun came out today.   We had some flooding and high water in our area. 

This was just one of the signs. 
 

 

We decided to go boating today, and managed to find one launch ramp open.  We had so much rain, it raised the lake level by 8 feet.  If you have your boat docked, you have about a 200 foot swim from the new shoreline to the docks. 
 

 

But it was nice to see the sun, and grandson enjoyed lounging on the tube with his grandma. 
 

 

We did a short trail hike down past the dam

 

 

And it looked like they were trying to lower the lake level. 
 

 

Found this guy laying in the sun. 
 

 

 

[sgmn]

6 hours ago, BonTexasNY said:

So sorry for your loss. 

 

Congratulations on your son's upcoming wedding.  I hope you're all over the moon with excitement.

Thank you for your condolences and congratulations.

Excitement is building here 🙂

The wedding should of been last year but was delayed because of covid.  My DIL (to be) is a teacher and very organised and has done most of the arrangements herself. Her mum lives abroad and as its a country on our covid red list she had to isolate at her own cost in a approved airport Hotel for 10 days, but she's  here now so all is good.

Our final restrictions ends tomorrow in UK  so we hopefull it's going to be  everything we want it to be , though still waiting to hear from the vicar if singing in church is allowed and if masks are required, and from the reception venue if dancing is allowed .

🤞

Edited July 19, 2021 by sgmn

[Bailey & Sophie]

 

Beautiful day in Minneapolis. Don't know what the temp was but there was a slight breeze for our picnic. Then meandered around Minneapolis/St. Paul and area for a few hours. Delightful.

Homemade sausage rolls for sandwiches, veggies, fruit for dessert. Sorry, pic is sideways.

 

[ReneeFLL]

@Lionesss What a beautiful way to remember tribute to the grandmothers.

 

@Jimbo Hope the mom comes around. It will be sad for the babies to lose their mom.

 

 

[ReneeFLL]

@Momof3gurlz What a great way to include the pin on the bouquets.

 

@A&L_OntLisa did a great job on the cupcakes.

[grapau27]

Good morning everyone.

I have a few things to do this morning then hopefully have the afternoon in the garden.

It is partly cloudy and 58°F with a high forecast this afternoon of 68°F.

Take care everyone.

[ReneeFLL]

Good morning Graham. That sounds like a nice day. We will be going to Costco which is nothing of interest. The garden sounds lovely.

[dani negreanu]

6 hours ago, sgmn said:

Our final restrictions ends tomorrow in UK  so we hopefull it's going to be  everything we want it to be , though still waiting to hear from the vicar if singing in church is allowed and if masks are required, and from the reception venue if dancing is allowed .

 

🤞 Indeed.

 

I find it so sad that, instead of looking forward with joy and expectations to one of the happiest moments in your life, you're waiting, with some stress and trepidation, to hear what restrictions will be imposed upon....

 

Hopefully, it will all be a "smooth sailing" along the aisle, with songs and dance 💕

[sgmn]

27 minutes ago, dani negreanu said:

 

🤞 Indeed.

 

I find it so sad that, instead of looking forward with joy and expectations to one of the happiest moments in your life, you're waiting, with some stress and trepidation, to hear what restrictions will be imposed upon....

 

Hopefully, it will all be a "smooth sailing" along the aisle, with songs and dance 💕

I'm quietly confident everything will be as they want it to be 💕

They have a choir and if we can't sing out loud I'll just hum to myself and sing in my head 🎶

I have my dance songs requests all planned 😊

It will be a superb day whatever happens 

Edited July 19, 2021 by sgmn

[A&L_Ont]

2 hours ago, ReneeFLL said:

We will be going to Costco which is nothing of interest. The garden sounds lovely.

The afternoon in the garden sounds lovely.  A trip to Costco though is more like a contest.  Two of my favourite versions; can you get everything without a cart or, can get get out with a bill under $100.  Rarely win either, but upon occasion it is the second option.

[grapau27]

36 minutes ago, dani negreanu said:

 

🤞 Indeed.

 

I find it so sad that, instead of looking forward with joy and expectations to one of the happiest moments in your life, you're waiting, with some stress and trepidation, to hear what restrictions will be imposed upon....

 

Hopefully, it will all be a "smooth sailing" along the aisle, with songs and dance 💕

I called at the bank everyone wore masks.

I called in a post office/convenience store and only 1 person wasn't wearing a mask.

Pauline went into Morrison's supermarket and all the customers were wearing masks.

Social distancing has gone but if everyone wears a mask while walking around indoors it will protect everyone.

[grapau27]

15 minutes ago, sgmn said:

I'm quietly confident everything will be as they want it to be 💕

They have a choir and if we can't sing out loud I'll just hum to myself and sing in my head 🎶

I have my dance songs requests all planned 😊

It will be a superb day whatever happens 

Hopefully everything goes perfectly for you and the happy couple Sue.

Graham.

[grapau27]

3 hours ago, ReneeFLL said:

Good morning Graham. That sounds like a nice day. We will be going to Costco which is nothing of interest. The garden sounds lovely.

The gardening company have just been and sprinkled fertilizer granules and a spray on our lawn's so I will be staying on the patio.

There is no rain forecast for several days so I will set the water hose up and spray water on the lawns later this afternoon.

[Ocean Boy]

24 minutes ago, grapau27 said:

I called at the bank everyone wore masks.

I called in a post office/convenience store and only 1 person wasn't wearing a mask.

Pauline went into Morrison's supermarket and all the customers were wearing masks.

Social distancing has gone but if everyone wears a mask while walking around indoors it will protect everyone.

It seems like you folks are about three months, or so, behind us. There is very little masking in NEW England these days.

[Ocean Boy]

1 hour ago, dani negreanu said:

 

🤞 Indeed.

 

I find it so sad that, instead of looking forward with joy and expectations to one of the happiest moments in your life, you're waiting, with some stress and trepidation, to hear what restrictions will be imposed upon....

 

Hopefully, it will all be a "smooth sailing" along the aisle, with songs and dance 💕

It seems like getting married and cruising are subject to the same perils.

[grapau27]

All set hopefully for a relaxing afternoon.

It is 11.58 am and 73°F.

[sgmn]

53 minutes ago, grapau27 said:

I called at the bank everyone wore masks.

I called in a post office/convenience store and only 1 person wasn't wearing a mask.

Pauline went into Morrison's supermarket and all the customers were wearing masks.

Social distancing has gone but if everyone wears a mask while walking around indoors it will protect everyone.

Good to hear Graham.

My version of our first day with no restrictions:

In the gym first thing,  normally have to wear masks walking around inside the building but not when working out, today half were wearing masks and half not. My PT didn't wear her mask 

Later in the hairdressers, some as when we had restrictions. Temperature checks and masks for everyone. 

Didn't go shopping, but from what I could see people were putting masks on to go into shops

Edited July 19, 2021 by sgmn

[sgmn]

1 hour ago, Ocean Boy said:

It seems like you folks are about three months, or so, behind us. There is very little masking in NEW England these days.

Its our first day without any restrictions today but our rates are through the roof because of the delta variant.  We are back up to January levels with 50,000 plus a day.  Thankfully because of our very high rate of vaccinated population the death rates and hospitalization are fairly low . But the 'experts ' are predicting soaring rates in the 100,000s because of lifting of restrictions 

Because its so wide spread I shall continue wearing masks indoors for the moment .

Mainly I'm worried about getting 'pinged' by track and trace and told to self isolate because of contact with a covid carrier and miss our family wedding.  Because of this my husband and I will restrict our socialising from next Friday 

Edited July 19, 2021 by sgmn

[George C]

Strange day yesterday at the memorial for my wife's uncle she met her new cousin , because of DNA test we discovered she had a couple of new cousins , nobody had know he uncle had a child before he was married so he showed and met his two brothers all in late 50's.  I found no new cousins in my DNA tests. Today we visit graves of her sister and uncle who passed last year.

[Jimbo]

2 hours ago, A&L_Ont said:

The afternoon in the garden sounds lovely.  A trip to Costco though is more like a contest.  Two of my favourite versions; can you get everything without a cart or, can get get out with a bill under $100.  Rarely win either, but upon occasion it is the second option.

You have to be extremely focused to get out of there with a bill under $ 100. The only way you even have a chance is DO NOT get a cart !

[BonTexasNY]

2 hours ago, A&L_Ont said:

The afternoon in the garden sounds lovely.  A trip to Costco though is more like a contest.  Two of my favourite versions; can you get everything without a cart or, can get get out with a bill under $100.  Rarely win either, but upon occasion it is the second option.

Believe it or not, I once exited Costco after buying only 1 item. I had to get my daughter contact lenses and rushed in the store with my head down, walking quickly to the optical counter.  My husband was amazed, actually speechless when I got home!

[Jimbo]

1 minute ago, BonTexasNY said:

Believe it or not, I once exited Costco after buying only 1 item. I had to get my daughter contact lenses and rushed in the store with my head down, walking quickly to the optical counter.  My husband was amazed, actually speechless when I got home!

LOL  Not impressed, Optical counter is about 50 ft on the left as you enter our Costco..........Tell me if you can do that going to the back of the store where the Bakery and Meat Counter is?

[A&L_Ont]

Big action at Sharon’s today. 

 
 

 

 

Edited July 19, 2021 by A&L_Ont

[BonTexasNY]

3 minutes ago, Jimbo said:

LOL  Not impressed, Optical counter is about 50 ft on the left as you enter our Costco..........Tell me if you can do that going to the back of the store where the Bakery and Meat Counter is?

Not as easy as you think.  As you enter, you see a lot of displays before you get to the vision counter.  AND the fact that I was IN Costco should have been enough temptation.  I doubt I would have stopped to pick up anything else no matter where the vision counter was located.  I was goal driven to only get that one item.

 

I went into Kroger yesterday and only bought milk.  1 item but I admit not as tempting as Costco.