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

[sgmn]

Our littlest grandsons Christening/first birthday party was yesterday. Held in a church that has strong links for us. We were married there, our kids were christened there. Gary and I were baptised there as adults and my parents are buried there. 

Lovely little Christening service from Father Richard and great party in the church hall afterwards 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited September 4, 2023 by sgmn

[Sea Dog]

1 hour ago, sgmn said:

Our littlest grandsons Christening/first birthday party was yesterday. Held in a church that has strong links for us. We were married there, our kids were christened there. Gary and I were baptised there as adults and my parents are buried there. 

Lovely little Christening service from Father Richard and great party in the church hall afterwards 

 

 

 

 

 

Love the cake! Looks like a great celebration in a very special place for you.

[Sunshine3601]

1 hour ago, sgmn said:

Our littlest grandsons Christening/first birthday party was yesterday. Held in a church that has strong links for us. We were married there, our kids were christened there. Gary and I were baptised there as adults and my parents are buried there. 

Lovely little Christening service from Father Richard and great party in the church hall afterwards 

 

 

 

 

 

Happy Birthday Theo!

So nice to continue on with a church that is special for your family for many reasons.

Beautiful cake too.  I love how the gate on the cake is open for Theo.  Lovely!!

 

Edited September 4, 2023 by Sunshine3601

[Keksie]

2 hours ago, sgmn said:

Our littlest grandsons Christening/first birthday party was yesterday. Held in a church that has strong links for us. We were married there, our kids were christened there. Gary and I were baptised there as adults and my parents are buried there. 

Lovely little Christening service from Father Richard and great party in the church hall afterwards 

 

 

 

 

 

What a wonderful day.  Theo is super cute and the cake looks so good.

[sgmn]

44 minutes ago, Sunshine3601 said:

Happy Birthday Theo!

So nice to continue on with a church that is special for your family for many reasons.

Beautiful cake too.  I love how the gate on the cake is open for Theo.  Lovely!!

 

A good friend who is amazingly artistic made the cake

 Here is a wedding cake she made and a cake for my other grandsons 1st birthday 

Front of cake 

Back of same cake

Grandson's 1st birthday 

 

[akcruz]

3 minutes ago, sgmn said:

A good friend who is amazingly artistic made the cake

 Here is a wedding cake she made and a cake for my other grandsons 1st birthday 

Front of cake 

Back of same cake

Grandson's 1st birthday 

 

 

Wonderful cakes.  Happy Birthday Theo.

[h20skibum]

2 hours ago, sgmn said:

Our littlest grandsons Christening/first birthday party was yesterday.

Happy first birthday to Theo, and congratulations on his christening.  
 

Great looking cakes, and lovely photos. 

[Sunshine3601]

32 minutes ago, sgmn said:

A good friend who is amazingly artistic made the cake

 Here is a wedding cake she made and a cake for my other grandsons 1st birthday 

Front of cake 

Back of same cake

Grandson's 1st birthday 

 

Fabulous idea for a two sided cake.   I have never seen anything like this before now.  Genius!! 

All her cakes are beautiful and I'm sure they taste as good as they look.

Edited September 4, 2023 by Sunshine3601

[DaniDanielle]

Greg, Valentina says thanks and hopes you feel better!

[helen haywood]

11 hours ago, Sea Dog said:

 

At this point I probably will not mess with it. And to be honest I see how people treat people on scooters on cruise ships and it's deplorable. When I see someone waiting to get on the elevator with a scooter I make sure to hold the door open for them and make sure they get on first. People are so rude trying to board before someone on a scooter. I just don't want the hassle of being treated like that.

Just make sure your wife agrees with your decision. 😁

[DaniDanielle]

2 hours ago, akcruz said:

 

Wonderful cakes.  Happy Birthday Theo.

🎂🎉

[Ocean Boy]

11 hours ago, Sea Dog said:

 

 

Love the cake! Tell her Sea Dog wishes her a Happy Birthday.

 

 

 

 

At this point I probably will not mess with it. And to be honest I see how people treat people on scooters on cruise ships and it's deplorable. When I see someone waiting to get on the elevator with a scooter I make sure to hold the door open for them and make sure they get on first. People are so rude trying to board before someone on a scooter. I just don't want the hassle of being treated like that.

With all respect, this is a two way street. I've seen scooters going down the Royal Promenade as if they own it and people had best get out of their way. I came very close once to having my foot run over.

[Sea Dog]

41 minutes ago, Ocean Boy said:

With all respect, this is a two way street. I've seen scooters going down the Royal Promenade as if they own it and people had best get out of their way. I came very close once to having my foot run over.

 

Agreed. I have seen that too.

[c-leg5]

48 minutes ago, Ocean Boy said:

With all respect, this is a two way street. I've seen scooters going down the Royal Promenade as if they own it and people had best get out of their way. I came very close once to having my foot run over.

I think the problem is that there are a lot of “novice drivers” on a ship, as well as those that think they own the place. 
 

I agree respect and patience is needed all round.

Edited September 4, 2023 by c-leg5

[Luckynana]

21 hours ago, h20skibum said:

 

I had an email from one of the ancestry sites today, and they were suggesting everyone tell some of their family stories, when together with family for Labor Day.  As I continue with my family history book, There are things I discovered that I wish I would have known earlier, and been able to ask my parents and grandparents.  

The acorns are never-ending here, as well.

 

Our daughters gave Jim and I each our own Storyworth(?) with many different topics to write about so they and our grandchildren can learn of our histories of our childhoods, as well as interesting facts about our parents..their grandparents and great-grandparents.  I so wish that I had asked my Mom some of the questions that Storyworth is asking of me.

[Luckynana]

20 hours ago, ReneeFLL said:

Here is the rest of the schedule so tomorrow is a cruising day. It’s going by way to fast.

9-04  CRUISING

9-05  PRINS CHRISTIAN SUND  2:30 - 8:30

9-06  QAQORTOQ, GREENLAND  7:00 - 4:00  

9-07  CRUISING

9-08  ST.JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND  2:30 - 10:00

9-09  CRUISING

9-10  HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA  7:00 - 5:00  

9-11  SYDNEY, NOVA SCOTIA  10:00 - 8:00

9-12  CRUISING

9-13  CRUISING

9-14  CAPE LIBERTY, NJ 7:00am

Very nice, Renee!

 

19 hours ago, DaniDanielle said:

Marietta, your granddaughter Valentina is such a pretty and sweet-looking young lady!  Happy Birthday wishes to your sweety!

 

17 hours ago, Sea Dog said:

My knee injection has not worked very well which is what I was afraid of. Having a torn meniscus and torn ACL along with the arthritis is not helping with the injection. At this point I will suck it up and enjoy my cruise on October as much as I can and then get my replacement surgery November 3rd.

Gee, Greg.  I'm sorry to hear that your knee didn't behave after your injection,  Once you have your replacement surgery, there'll be no holding you back!!!  

[Luckynana]

19 hours ago, grapau27 said:

Thank you for thinking of us.

The weather is forecast to be warm and sunny all week.

I hope you have a wonderful time with your mam and dad.

Church was lovely this morning.

Graham x and Pauline x.

Another beautiful picture of a beautiful couple.  Wishing the two of you a wonderful evening!

17 hours ago, h20skibum said:

Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend. I think we hit 90° today.  Granddaughter is in the parade tomorrow, so we will be there, and enjoying some good music and festival time.  
 

Now that Susan and I don’t have our grandson here, we are spending more time on walks. Saw these two tonight.  They lost almost all their spots. 

 

 

I never knew that deer lose their spots.  I learned something new today.  Thank you, Mark!

Did you see the baby giraffe that was born without spots last week?  I believe they said it was a first!!

[Sea Dog]

8 minutes ago, Luckynana said:

Very nice, Renee!

 

Marietta, your granddaughter Valentina is such a pretty and sweet-looking young lady!  Happy Birthday wishes to your sweety!

 

Gee, Greg.  I'm sorry to hear that your knee didn't behave after your injection,  Once you have your replacement surgery, there'll be no holding you back!!!  

 

Yes I am really looking forward to getting this all behind me. Yes I will have to deal with pain, soreness and rehab for awhile but my other replaced knee feels great. It's not as perfect as a real knee but I at least don't have pain walking or climbing stairs. Let's do this!

[Luckynana]

6 hours ago, sgmn said:

Our littlest grandsons Christening/first birthday party was yesterday. Held in a church that has strong links for us. We were married there, our kids were christened there. Gary and I were baptised there as adults and my parents are buried there. 

Lovely little Christening service from Father Richard and great party in the church hall afterwards 

 

 

 

 

 

Congratulations on your happy occasion!  Beautiful family, Sue!

[Luckynana]

4 hours ago, sgmn said:

A good friend who is amazingly artistic made the cake

 Here is a wedding cake she made and a cake for my other grandsons 1st birthday 

Front of cake 

Back of same cake

Grandson's 1st birthday 

 

Awesome cakes.  She is so talented!  

1 hour ago, Ocean Boy said:

With all respect, this is a two way street. I've seen scooters going down the Royal Promenade as if they own it and people had best get out of their way. I came very close once to having my foot run over.

I once got rammed in my back by a woman on a scooter on once of our cruises.

[Luckynana]

17 hours ago, NHProud said:

 

@ReneeFLL Ships docking in Halifax used to be greeted by a bagpiper . If you are on a Cunard ship they serenade you arriving and departing.  You’d have to check if they still have that tradition. 

 

After we docked in Halifax last October on Adventure, Jim and I were taken to the hospital for his emergency Gallbladder operation.  I had read and seen pictures of those on our Roll Call where they said they loved the Bagpiper who played while the ship was departing.

 

We've actually had bagpipers at two of our daughters Weddings.  We had an entire Pipe Band for one daughters wedding in the middle of the Reception.  For our second daughter's Wedding, we had a lone Piper playing outside the Coast Guard Chapel as the guests were exiting the Chapel.

[Luckynana]

@singinalot  Crystal, I hope your home in Florida did not sustain any damage from last week's Hurricane.🙏

[Sunshine3601]

1 hour ago, Sea Dog said:

 

Agreed. I have seen that too.

Yes, there are rude people that will jump in front of a scooter for an elevator.  We experienced that first hand on Oasis last year, but there were A Lot of rude people on that particular sailing.  @DaniDaniellecan vouch for that

 

And yes, we have seen some scooter drivers out of control too, goes both ways.

 

Having a scooter gave Eric peace of mind knowing he could use it onboard and avoid aggravating his back.

 

Hopefully your knee cooperates and doesn't swell up to the point you are laid up in your balcony on sea days.

 

Will your surgeon be okay to perform the surgery if your knee is swollen when you return home?

Edited September 4, 2023 by Sunshine3601

[Sunshine3601]

37 minutes ago, Luckynana said:

 

We've actually had bagpipers at two of our daughters Weddings.  We had an entire Pipe Band for one daughters wedding in the middle of the Reception.  For our second daughter's Wedding, we had a lone Piper playing outside the Coast Guard Chapel as the guests were exiting the Chapel.

That sounds beautiful!

[DaniDanielle]

Debbie is so right.  Our Oasis sailing was a nightmare with all the rude people