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

[NHProud]

5 hours ago, ReneeFLL said:

 

Your SIL should have dropped you and Toby off at the front of the place.

 

That’s what I would have done ! 

[NHProud]

1 hour ago, Sea Dog said:

It’s been a very sad for me but I won’t discuss politics. What I will discuss is my son doing a belated Father’s Day with me.

 

First we went had sushi together at one of our favorite spots. Boy it’s nice when your son picks up the tab.

Then we went to a nearby craft cocktail bar and tasted some interesting cocktails. Sorry there are no pics.

 

After we got home he presented me with several gifts.

 

 

The first being a do your own whiskey kit. Here you can take a basic bourbon and add different flavors and age the spirits in a bottle for several weeks.

 

Some of the flavors that you can infuse are dark chocolate, vanilla, orange peel, and birds eye chili to create a flavor infused bourbon.

This should be fun.

 

Next a cocktail smoker.

 

 

 

and finally a book that we really need.

 

 

All in all I could not be prouder of my son and who he has become. It made my sad depressing day a little brighter.

Great gift !  Better living through chemistry and experimentation.  

[George C]

1 hour ago, Sea Dog said:

What martinis did you have? Cheers!

We always go for dirty martinis, we have waiters trained to keep them coming 😁😁.  On a rare occasion I will get a lemon drop.

[Ocean Boy]

When you think you are just doing the mundane chore of bringing out the trash and you are greeted by this....

 

[broadwaybaby123]

16 hours ago, ReneeFLL said:

 

Our cat also has fur like that. Lilo is a mixed breed of we don't know what. She was a stray. First picture when she was a baby and next 2 she is grown. She's a small cat. Her fur feels so soft unlike other cats we have had.

 

 

 

 

She's adorable!   

 

This was my little girl. Her name was Duchess. She passed away, along with her 2 brothers about 10 years ago. I miss them all everyday. All of them were Pekingeses.

[NHProud]

22 minutes ago, Ocean Boy said:

When you think you are just doing the mundane chore of bringing out the trash and you are greeted by this....

 

Here’s ours ! 

[Momof3gurlz]

1 hour ago, Arzeena said:

Sometimes lots of kisses, a back rub, head massage, will eliminate some grouchiness.

Yes, I would love all of these! Just kidding. He’s doing well considering. And getting plenty of TLC. 

[DaniDanielle]

You deserve some TLC also😊As a caregiver you deserve it.

[Keksie]

42 minutes ago, broadwaybaby123 said:

She's adorable!   

 

This was my little girl. Her name was Duchess. She passed away, along with her 2 brothers about 10 years ago. I miss them all everyday. All of them were Pekingeses. 110.87 kB · 0 downloads

Sweet babies.  

[Sea Dog]

2 hours ago, A&L_Ont said:

Greg I remember watching someone return an opened, and half empty box of Christmas Crackers in January for a refund. 
 

I wonder, 🤔 would this with Louie too? 😂😂😂

Costco says you can return anything anytime for a full refund. Hmmmm you got me thinking…😉

 

1 hour ago, ReneeFLL said:

Wow, that’s crazy expensive. I wonder if they sell very many? Do you know why it’s so expensive?
 

Good to hear he is doing better.

 

Most of it is because they age some of the grapes for a hundred years. The Bacarat crystal decanter adds expense to it also. I must say it was the smoothest best cognac I’ve ever had.

 

 

1 hour ago, bobmacliberty said:

 

What a great day with your son.  You have a lot to be proud of...and some fun new "toys" to play with.  What cocktail are you going to smoke first?

 

Thinking of doing Sea Dog’s Old Fashioned first.

[Ozark_Kid]

1 hour ago, Ocean Boy said:

When you think you are just doing the mundane chore of bringing out the trash and you are greeted by this....

 

Rare to see a double rainbow like that.  Nice.

[Ocean Boy]

[mets07]

Our local reservoir looking pretty again this evening.... my husband keeps rolling his eyes as I have him pull over to take another photo.....

 

[h20skibum]

3 hours ago, Sea Dog said:

It’s been a very sad for me but I won’t discuss politics. What I will discuss is my son doing a belated Father’s Day with me.

 

First we went had sushi together at one of our favorite spots. Boy it’s nice when your son picks up the tab.

Then we went to a nearby craft cocktail bar and tasted some interesting cocktails. Sorry there are no pics.

 

After we got home he presented me with several gifts.

 

 

The first being a do your own whiskey kit. Here you can take a basic bourbon and add different flavors and age the spirits in a bottle for several weeks.

 

Some of the flavors that you can infuse are dark chocolate, vanilla, orange peel, and birds eye chili to create a flavor infused bourbon.

This should be fun.

 

Next a cocktail smoker.

 

 

 

and finally a book that we really need.

 

 

All in all I could not be prouder of my son and who he has become. It made my sad depressing day a little brighter.

Greg, sounds like a great day with your son, and a really nice gift.  Have fun experimenting. 

 

3 hours ago, A&L_Ont said:

 

Hi everyone! Good news to report today. Owen’s wrist is lined up perfectly, so he will not require surgery. When they removed the temporary cast, his wrist is still quite swollen. But, he is now sporting a dark blue for the Athletic’s (his team colour) fibreglass cast. Much lighter and easier for him to manage. We will be back to the fracture clinic on July 4th for a new cast once the remaining swelling is gone. We will find out more about healing time at our next appt.

 

Great news about Owen.  Hope he has a short time to full recovery.

[Coralc]

2 hours ago, Ocean Boy said:

When you think you are just doing the mundane chore of bringing out the trash and you are greeted by this....

 

Beautiful photo! I am still amazed at the size of your lots! 

[h20skibum]

It seems like our days are so filled, it is hard to keep up here.  This morning, I was out doing some prep work for the First weekend of summer party tomorrow.  
 

Our grandson was busy helping make some cookies.  You can tell he likes lots of chocolate chips, just like Susan

 

After making some small ones

 

 

He decided he wanted to make a really big one. 
 

 

Baking out of the way, we decided to grab some lunch and eat on the boat

 

It was a beautiful day, with very little boat traffic

 

 

This was the maiden voyage for this season, and everything was running smoothly for a boat that we have now had for 38 years.  
 

 

Finished off our evening as we do most nights.  Drinks in the hot tub while streaming something.  Tonight it was just my grandson and me, so we watched the first five episodes of Man vs Bee, the new series on Netflix with Rowan Atkinson. If you like his humor it is worth a watch.  We were both laughing. 

 

 

[Coralc]

4 hours ago, Sea Dog said:

It’s been a very sad for me but I won’t discuss politics. What I will discuss is my son doing a belated Father’s Day with me.

 

First we went had sushi together at one of our favorite spots. Boy it’s nice when your son picks up the tab.

Then we went to a nearby craft cocktail bar and tasted some interesting cocktails. Sorry there are no pics.

 

After we got home he presented me with several gifts.

 

the first being a do your own whiskey kit. Here you can take a basic bourbon and add different flavors and age the spirits in a bottle for several weeks.

he flavors that you can infuse are dark chocolate, vanilla, orange peel, and birds eye chili to create a flavor infused bourbon.

This should be fun.

 

Next a cocktail smoker.

 

 

 

 

and finally a book that we really need.

 

 

All in all I could not be prouder of my son and who he has become. It made my sad depressing day a little brighter.

 

What a wonderful day with your son! I am an only child too. Which is awesome, until your parents get older.  I'm sure you are very proud of your son. I know my mom was really proud of my biology degree and a career as a well paid biologist.

 

And what great gifts! 

[mets07]

I was actually in a movie theater today for the first time in many years and saw the new Elvis movie. We enjoyed it. 

[grapau27]

8 hours ago, Sea Dog said:

It’s been a very sad for me but I won’t discuss politics. What I will discuss is my son doing a belated Father’s Day with me.

 

First we went had sushi together at one of our favorite spots. Boy it’s nice when your son picks up the tab.

Then we went to a nearby craft cocktail bar and tasted some interesting cocktails. Sorry there are no pics.

 

After we got home he presented me with several gifts.

 

 

The first being a do your own whiskey kit. Here you can take a basic bourbon and add different flavors and age the spirits in a bottle for several weeks.

 

Some of the flavors that you can infuse are dark chocolate, vanilla, orange peel, and birds eye chili to create a flavor infused bourbon.

This should be fun.

 

Next a cocktail smoker.

 

 

 

and finally a book that we really need.

 

 

All in all I could not be prouder of my son and who he has become. It made my sad depressing day a little brighter.

That was very nice and thoughtful of your son Greg.

You are right to be proud of him and I'm pleased for you.

Graham.

[grapau27]

8 hours ago, A&L_Ont said:

 

Hi everyone! Good news to report today. Owen’s wrist is lined up perfectly, so he will not require surgery. When they removed the temporary cast, his wrist is still quite swollen. But, he is now sporting a dark blue for the Athletic’s (his team colour) fibreglass cast. Much lighter and easier for him to manage. We will be back to the fracture clinic on July 4th for a new cast once the remaining swelling is gone. We will find out more about healing time at our next appt.

 

Great news Andrew.

I am pleased for Owen.

 

[sgmn]

18 hours ago, Sea Dog said:

 

Sue so glad you had a great cruise. I am a big Captain Kate fan and hope some day to sail with her. I know Celebrity honors Royal C&A is Elite equal to Diamond? 

 

 

 

I feel the same way. As soon as Linda and I reach Diamond (After our next two cruises) we would like to book a few cruises on Celebrity.

 

 

 

Yes Greg, RCs Diamond = Elite on Celebrity.  This is the highest you can transfer too, your points start at zero though.

You get happy hour drinks menu unlimited between 5 and 7 (not first night), but if you've got always included drinks package it doesn't really make any difference 

Other perks are one bag each wash and fold laundry,  Elite breakfast with speciality coffee and mimosas.  Plus meet the officers evenings, 90 min each wifi and a few other things

[sgmn]

16 hours ago, HBE4 said:

 

Who is the photo-bomber in the lower left? The woman next to him seems to enjoy it but the two people standing in the back seem less than amused.

This was a preview show for Elite and above. They asked if anyone wanted photos with them at the end. I went up too but the photo looks awkward 😬 and I deleted it 😅 

[sgmn]

10 hours ago, Sea Dog said:

It’s been a very sad for me but I won’t discuss politics. What I will discuss is my son doing a belated Father’s Day with me.

 

First we went had sushi together at one of our favorite spots. Boy it’s nice when your son picks up the tab.

Then we went to a nearby craft cocktail bar and tasted some interesting cocktails. Sorry there are no pics.

 

After we got home he presented me with several gifts.

 

 

The first being a do your own whiskey kit. Here you can take a basic bourbon and add different flavors and age the spirits in a bottle for several weeks.

 

Some of the flavors that you can infuse are dark chocolate, vanilla, orange peel, and birds eye chili to create a flavor infused bourbon.

This should be fun.

 

Next a cocktail smoker.

 

 

 

and finally a book that we really need.

 

 

All in all I could not be prouder of my son and who he has become. It made my sad depressing day a little brighter.

Your son sounds wonderful Greg and what great presents, may have to pinch the whisky kit idea 

[sgmn]

10 hours ago, A&L_Ont said:

 

Hi everyone! Good news to report today. Owen’s wrist is lined up perfectly, so he will not require surgery. When they removed the temporary cast, his wrist is still quite swollen. But, he is now sporting a dark blue for the Athletic’s (his team colour) fibreglass cast. Much lighter and easier for him to manage. We will be back to the fracture clinic on July 4th for a new cast once the remaining swelling is gone. We will find out more about healing time at our next appt.

 

Sorry to hear about Owens injury.  I missed out on two weeks CC so missed this. Hope he's not in any pain, the young heal fast, though annoying to happen right at the beginning of the school holidays 

[sgmn]

Here are a few pics of the ports of our Greek and Malta cruise.

 

The port for Olympia. We've been here before so just stayed in port and wandered through the lovely little port area 

 

RHODES we spend the day exploring the city but didn't have enough time to do it justice 

 

Santorini,  beautiful day, took the ferry to Oia

 

Mykonos,  took the ferry to Delos and then spent time in Mykonos 

 

Athens, took the bus into the center, saw the changing of the guards and as very hot and we've been to Athens before we went to the cool acropolis museum 

 

Malta- did a wonderful cruise excursion,  called three cities and harbour cruise,  wonderful day, our best port

Edited June 25, 2022 by sgmn