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

[Sea Dog]

Dani Happy 50th Anniversary! What a great milestone. I’m so happy for you!!

[dbancroft]

@dani negreanu 50 years ....WOW... Congratulations. We just had our 40th last year.

[Ocean Boy]

2 hours ago, Momof3gurlz said:

1/29 NCL Encore.  

I sail on the 28th... Odyssey.

[helen haywood]

@dani negreanu Let me add my congratulations on an amazing milestone anniversary!  And regarding the mixer, I have a Kitchen Aid that weighs a ton in a bottom cabinet.  I’ve decided my definition of “old” will be when I can no longer pick it up and put it on the counter.  So far I’m still young.

[Luckynana]

5 hours ago, dani negreanu said:

 

Thank you, Deb.

 

Now, that I've finished with the "gift", we're looking both at a dinner out with friends with whom we're together from the very beginning, also a short getaway to either Jerusalem or Tel Aviv.

 

The boys and our DIL, have already booked a nice and affordable restaurant, not far from our in-laws, who have been "volunteered" to baby-sit on the Friday night, after our "real" anniversary, which falls on the middle of the week.

 

Jerusalem is more special, with some historic and very expensive hotels, but it's also much colder than Tel Aviv, weather wise.

May I ask what your Anniversary day is, Dani?  I wish you and your DH so much love and happiness!🎉💖🎉

[George C]

1 hour ago, dbancroft said:

@dani negreanu 50 years ....WOW... Congratulations. We just had our 40th last year.

Agree great milestone, my sister and a couple of my best friends are hitting same number,  I got married in my 40’s so I got away to go 😁

[Ozark_Kid]

I am backing up and cleaning out my 2022 picks from my phone. I saw this pic from Lakeside and wondered what it was.



 

 

[Jimbo]

 

 

Cody has seemed to have found a spot he likes.

 

Hard to see from my pictures, but the countertops have silver sparkles in it. With the dimmer lights on now in the evening, they twinkle like stars when you look at the counter walking around it.

 

 

Hard to get a good picture with so much light coming in from the windows

 

This is where the gas range goes.

 

The guy that measured for the counter took our copper sink, when it arrived back today with counter tops the Copper sink was damaged with a scratch in the front..............So  another $800 sink has been ordered and will be here Wednesday.  We are having the sink dropped in from the top, it will not be mounted under the countertop. That is the way we wanted it.

 

The large countertop for the island came in 2 pieces. Here is what it will look like when mounted.

 

Cody photo bombing again..... So far out of our 3 cats, he was the first to jump up on the countertop.

Edited January 7, 2023 by Jimbo

[brillohead]

18 hours ago, Ocean Boy said:

Possibly to keep him deeply sedated to decrease cerebral cortex use. His brain needs healing from the anoxic trauma.

 

But he wasn't sedated... he was writing questions out on paper because he was still on the vent.

 

 

 

15 hours ago, bobmacliberty said:

I don't recall the UC Doctors mentioning VAP, although I easily could have missed it.  I do recall them saying that they don't feel he can breathe 100% on his own yet and will slowly wean him off the ventilator as his breathing improves.  I think this was from lung damage sustained during CPR??? The only negative that I remember them mentioning is the discomfort of the ventilator to Damar.  

 

I haven't been following the case really beyond what has been discussed here, but that just sounds hinky to me (the lung damage part).  

Oh well, they did finally take him off the vent -- he's a very lucky guy.

 

[brillohead]

Y'all... I am inordinately excited right now.  

I'm flying to Houston next week to go on a B3B on Allure out of Galveston.  This will be my first time cruising out of Galveston, and all three weeks will be going to some of my favorite ports (Roatan and Costa Maya).  

AND I JUST REALIZED THAT I CAN HAVE MY UBER STOP AT BUC-EE'S ON THE WAY TO GALVESTON FROM THE AIRPORT!!!!!!!!!

 

[dani negreanu]

 

@DaniDanielle, Marietta. Wishing you a wonderful Birthday.

 

 

 

@BonTexasNY, Bonnie, wishing your daughter also a wonderful Birthday.

 

 

 

@Luckynana, Maryann, thank you. Our actual anniversary, as well as DH's birthday, is January 17th (shared with the late Betty White).

 

It will also be a bitter sweet b'day for DH, since his sister (7 years older than him), with whom he shares the b'day, went into irreversible coma. She was 73, and now DH is "catching up" with her....

[ollienbertsmum]

4 hours ago, brillohead said:

AND I JUST REALIZED THAT I CAN HAVE MY UBER STOP AT BUC-EE'S ON THE WAY TO GALVESTON FROM THE AIRPORT!!!!!!!!!

 

 

So I am excited for you.  Three weeks of cruising wow.  But what is Buc Ees? 

[brillohead]

13 minutes ago, ollienbertsmum said:

So I am excited for you.  Three weeks of cruising wow.  But what is Buc Ees? 

The three weeks of cruising isn't such a big deal to me (although I'm gonna enjoy the heck out of it) -- I did ten in a row in the fall.  

Buc-ee's, though, is something I've never experienced.  It's a chain of gas stations and convenience stores that are LEGENDARY.  It's a huge store that sells food and home decor, in addition to being a gas station and having huge amazingly clean restrooms:  click here to read more.  

 

[aussielozzie18]

Overcast and occasionally rainy Saturday in Sydney today.  Perfect day for doing indoor activities in the city.  Started off with re-visiting Van Gogh Live.  It’s returned to Sydney and is being held in a larger venue this time round.

You have various photos ops available.  I went with the have your photo taken in a Van Gogh Painting:

 

There also a room full of sunflowers and a room full of mirrors.  The onsite “French” cafe did a nice lunch.  Then it was onto the main event, where Van Gogh’s life, diary entries and paintings are projected onto the walls and floors of the exhibition hall.

 

 

 

 

Photos don’t do it justice but enjoyed the experience just as much the second time around.

 

 

[grapau27]

@DaniDanielleMarietta.

Happy birthday.

[aussielozzie18]

Next indoor event was National Geographic’s Our Country which was on at the Exhibition Hall in Darling Harbour.  This was a similar concept but it was showcasing the beauty of Australia’s varied landscapes and flora and fauna.  I didn’t take any photos of the storm footage but that was impressive too.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[grapau27]

@BonTexasNYBonnie.

Happy birthday to your daughter.

[aussielozzie18]

Final indoor event for the day was Frida Kahlo, life of an icon, a Sydney Festival event at Barangaroo.  This was all about her life and was very well done.

 

 

This room was interactive, when you stepped onto the floor, the artwork swirled around your feet.  
 

 

30 min video of her life projected on all the walls of the room.

 

 

There was a VR experience as well and then at the of the exhibit a bar, cafe and Mexican band and dancers and the opportunity to make your own floral headband.

Spent far longer here than expected but very good.

[aussielozzie18]

Walking from Barangaroo to Circular Quay, saw the Amazara Quest depart White Bay heading for the Harbour Bridge under gloomy skies.

 

 

Saw Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth at OPT and judging by the crowds watching, she was due to depart too but alas the phone battery died and the skies were about to open so no photos.

[bobmacliberty]

2 hours ago, aussielozzie18 said:

Overcast and occasionally rainy Saturday in Sydney today.  Perfect day for doing indoor activities in the city.  Started off with re-visiting Van Gogh Live.  It’s returned to Sydney and is being held in a larger venue this time round.

You have various photos ops available.  I went with the have your photo taken in a Van Gogh Painting:

 

There also a room full of sunflowers and a room full of mirrors.  The onsite “French” cafe did a nice lunch.  Then it was onto the main event, where Van Gogh’s life, diary entries and paintings are projected onto the walls and floors of the exhibition hall.

 

 

 

 

Photos don’t do it justice but enjoyed the experience just as much the second time around.

 

 

 

There is a very similar Van Gogh experience happening in Jacksonville, Florida right now.  I looked it up and it's called Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience.  It also projects art on the walls and floor with an accompanying soundtrack.  Apparently, there are 5 different Van Gogh immersive experiences.

 

Off to investigate buying tickets for the Jacksonville show.  Looks interesting.

[Keksie]

@dani negreanu Have a wonderful anniversary and a Happy Birthday to your husband.  A special day for sure.

[Momof3gurlz]

12 hours ago, Ocean Boy said:

I sail on the 28th... Odyssey.

One of the new girls, very nice.  Let’s both hope the weather cooperates for flying 🤞. 

[Jimbo]

For those that have been to Coco Cay, which Day Bed locations are best........give pros and cons of each, nearest free  food, rest rooms etc.

 

Breezy Bay $199

South Beach $199

Chill Island $299

 

Are the above prices per person or per bed? Website a little confusing.

 

Not going to be hooked into any of the Over priced Cabana's  for just 1 day , just to bring your food to you. Could go out  4  or 5 times to nice restaurant  back home for those prices.

 

 

Edited January 7, 2023 by Jimbo

[Momof3gurlz]

@Jimbo the kitchen reno looks great.  How long to completion? 
 

@DaniDanielle Happy Birthday Marietta!  

[Jimbo]

24 minutes ago, Momof3gurlz said:

@Jimbo the kitchen reno looks great.  How long to completion? 
 

@DaniDanielle Happy Birthday Marietta!  

Waiting for a few more supplies that are needed for completion. We are going away on the 20th to the 29th this month. So  nothing will be done while we are away.  So if I had to guess completion will be the first or second week on February.

 

We might have a Super Bowl Party inviting some of the neighbors over for the reveal. Some of them have been asking to see it. They all knew we have been doing something over here because  a Port-a- Potty has been sitting along the driveway for months. 🙂

 

Here is a closeup picture of the countertop, has like almost looks like tiny broken up pieces of mirror in it which makes it sparkle as you walk around it when light is on it at night. Pretty cool . It's quartz.

 

Reflections of the pendant lights and beam above are showing in the pictures.

 

 

 

 

Edited January 7, 2023 by Jimbo