lenquixote66 Posted May 12 #121401 Share Posted May 12 19 hours ago, doghog said: I agree. IMO, the last few years Survivor seems to be more scripted and way to soft compared to previous years. But... No need to do that. 😉 Amazing Race and Survivor have changed over the years. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenquixote66 Posted May 12 #121402 Share Posted May 12 On 5/11/2024 at 11:10 AM, Arzeena said: We are driving to Fort Lauderdale today, boarding the Beyond tomorrow for a 6 night cruise. Ports are Coco Cay, Grand Cayman and Bimini. First time to Bimini. Will post some pictures. Have a fantastic cruise,Arzeena. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckynana Posted May 12 #121403 Share Posted May 12 @MJSailors I am so sorry about your beloved baby Christopher John. You experienced every parent's fear. I am so happy for you and DH that you have the joy of sharing your love with your many friends children and grandchildren, along with your Godchildren. Thank you for sharing. It had to be somewhat difficult sharing your heart with us.❤️ 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckynana Posted May 12 #121404 Share Posted May 12 @Arzeena Bon Voyage, Arzeena! Have a great cruise on the Beyond!🛳️ 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenquixote66 Posted May 12 #121405 Share Posted May 12 I am in the minority here.My wife and I buy each other gifts for birthdays,anniversaries,Mothers Day and Fathers Day.Our children do the same. When I was working I bought birthday gifts for every employee of the company that I worked for .At times there were more than 100 people.I enjoy giving gifts I have not been able to cross a street since May 2016 on my own and can no longer get to a store.My children buy gifts for me to give to my wife and I reimburse them. One of the few pleasures I have in life is posting on CC 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Momof3gurlz Posted May 12 #121406 Share Posted May 12 On 5/11/2024 at 11:10 AM, Arzeena said: We are driving to Fort Lauderdale today, boarding the Beyond tomorrow for a 6 night cruise. Ports are Coco Cay, Grand Cayman and Bimini. First time to Bimini. Will post some pictures. Bon voyage Arzeena! 16 hours ago, Ocean Boy said: I'm at the beach. Don't see any lights and it feels like winter. I was disappointed we couldn’t see anything last night either. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapau27 Posted May 12 #121407 Share Posted May 12 @Arzeena. Bon Voyage. I hope you have an amazing cruise. 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reallyitsmema Posted May 12 #121408 Share Posted May 12 (edited) Happy Mother’s Day to all the Moms! Gorgeous weather today on Liberty as we have passed the storms and will hit our first port tomorrow. My DH is doing the Americas Cup sailing excursion tomorrow. I originally was going but was advised to skip it. Liberty had a beautiful cake in the WJ at lunch. Probably long gone now based on the sizes of the slices they were giving. I asked for a small piece! It was good though. We shared one piece and still have a pile of frosting leftover. It was strawberry shortcake with fresh berries and a very nice sponge cake with a light frosting. Well done by the pastry chef! Edited May 12 by reallyitsmema 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaniDanielle Posted May 12 #121409 Share Posted May 12 Charlie and I don’t typically give gifts for everything. Once in awhile flowers or a card will show up! As others have said we would rather spend money on cruises or Atlantic City😊, although his health is seriously getting in the way of that😳 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocean Boy Posted May 12 #121410 Share Posted May 12 @Arzeena Buon Viaggio! Is Capt. Kate still aboard? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine3601 Posted May 12 #121411 Share Posted May 12 17 hours ago, MJSailors said: @Tree_skier I feel the need to respond to your post concerning an informal survey re: husbands giving wives gifts for Mothers’Day. It seemed to me a bit sarcastic,hopefully that was not your intent.Perhaps you were just curious if other husbands mark the occasion for their wives. I am not certain of your motivation,of course. I will give you a little backstory as to my husband giving me flowers for the occasion. On my first “real”Mothers’Day, my DH gave me a bouquet from our infant son,Christopher John. Sadly, we lost our infant boy shortly after to SIDS. This was in 1987. Christopher John would have been thirty-seven this past February. We had no other children, but my DH would always give me flowers for Mothers’ Day .My husband is a loving and generous man. He always wants me to know that I am a very caring and loving person.We have been fortunate all theses years to be surrounded by loving and supportive family and friends. I am an aunt and a godmother to a number of children. In 2004,I hired a teacher for our department. She and I became close friends. So close that she and her husband have “adopted” us as the parents she never truly had. We are considered grandparents to her two children. Miracles can happen. We lost our baby son,and it took some time,but we have gained a family that we truly love and they truly love us. As others have posted,we do not exchange gifts any longer. We celebrate with experiences rather than giving things. At this stage if life,we are trying to dispose of some of our things, not collect them. My DH has always marked occasions with flowers. It is something he does from his heart. I may suggest that you think of surprising your wife with some flowers tomorrow. She may be quite glad if you do. MJ Thank you for sharing😊 Happy Mother's Day💐 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocean Boy Posted May 12 #121412 Share Posted May 12 38 minutes ago, reallyitsmema said: Happy Mother’s Day to all the Moms! Gorgeous weather today on Liberty as we have passed the storms and will hit our first port tomorrow. My DH is doing the Americas Cup sailing excursion tomorrow. I originally was going but was advised to skip it. Liberty had a beautiful cake in the WJ at lunch. Probably long gone now based on the sizes of the slices they were giving. I asked for a small piece! It was good though. We shared one piece and still have a pile of frosting leftover. It was strawberry shortcake with fresh berries and a very nice sponge cake with a light frosting. Well done by the pastry chef! Enjoy St. Maarten. It is one if my favorite islands. My past several cruises have not stopped there. I'm looking forward to getting back there next year. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaniDanielle Posted May 12 #121413 Share Posted May 12 I love St. Maarten😁 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine3601 Posted May 12 #121414 Share Posted May 12 The kids will be here after visiting Donna's Mother. Rainy day here but that's okay we plan on ordering some pizza and cheesesteaks for dinner. The kitties gave me this card😺 2 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Momof3gurlz Posted May 12 #121415 Share Posted May 12 💐 Happy Mother’s Day!! 💐 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BonTexasNY Posted May 12 #121416 Share Posted May 12 1 hour ago, lenquixote66 said: I have not been able to cross a street since May 2016 on my own and can no longer get to a store.My children buy gifts for me to give to my wife and I reimburse them. One of the few pleasures I have in life is posting on CC Lenny, Amazon, Wayfair, QVC among others. Let your fingers do the walking. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BonTexasNY Posted May 12 #121417 Share Posted May 12 @Arzeena Have a wonderful cruise "Beyond" your wildest expectations. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapau27 Posted May 12 #121418 Share Posted May 12 (edited) 3 hours ago, grapau27 said: Good afternoon. We had a lovely church service this morning but when we got to the beach afterwards it was foggy so we ate our Starbucks snacks and drinks then went home. Yesterday our route to the beach was cordoned off by Police and coastguard so I made a detour. We heard a loud bang and just heard it was an unexploded bomb found on the quiet beach near Noses Point about 1 mile from our usual spot which was detonated by the British Army bomb squad. Our city Sunderland used to be the largest shipbuilding town in the world in the 1940s. Sadly the last of our shipyards closed in 1988. Edited May 12 by grapau27 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJSailors Posted May 12 #121419 Share Posted May 12 Thank you to all who posted kind thoughts. @Arzeena Thank you for your input. I wish you Bon Voyage! Hoping you post your thoughts here about the Beyond as it is one of the relatively new ships in the Celebrity fleet. Just sharing some cruise news too ! DH and I have been wanting to take a cruise from NYC to Quebec this Fall. I searched most of the usual cruise lines including RCL and found that most are going out of Boston which required round trip airfare to Boston and an overnight hotel stay. Then, I found that Cunard has a round trip NYC to Quebec with an overnight in Quebec! We booked the cruise on the QM2 early this AM. So looking forward to this! We did a transatlantic on the QE2 in 2001. We are familiar with the Cunard way of cruising, although they have made changes in the cruise style since 23 (!) years ago. The ship stops in Portland ME, so we can visit our niece who lives there. Now I need to look at my "fancy" dresses and see if my DH would like to wear a dinner jacket at least for one of the gala nights. The cruise is set for September. 🤞that we stay well and in somewhat good shape until then.😊 MJ 🙋🏻♀️ 16 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapau27 Posted May 12 #121420 Share Posted May 12 9 minutes ago, MJSailors said: Thank you to all who posted kind thoughts. @Arzeena Thank you for your input. I wish you Bon Voyage! Hoping you post your thoughts here about the Beyond as it is one of the relatively new ships in the Celebrity fleet. Just sharing some cruise news too ! DH and I have been wanting to take a cruise from NYC to Quebec this Fall. I searched most of the usual cruise lines including RCL and found that most are going out of Boston which required round trip airfare to Boston and an overnight hotel stay. Then, I found that Cunard has a round trip NYC to Quebec with an overnight in Quebec! We booked the cruise on the QM2 early this AM. So looking forward to this! We did a transatlantic on the QE2 in 2001. We are familiar with the Cunard way of cruising, although they have made changes in the cruise style since 23 (!) years ago. The ship stops in Portland ME, so we can visit our niece who lives there. Now I need to look at my "fancy" dresses and see if my DH would like to wear a dinner jacket at least for one of the gala nights. The cruise is set for September. 🤞that we stay well and in somewhat good shape until then.😊 MJ 🙋🏻♀️ Delighted for you MJ. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJSailors Posted May 12 #121421 Share Posted May 12 Graham-Question for you-have you and Pauline cruised with Cunard out of Southampton? If so recently could you give us some tips to enjoy the cruise? Thank you! MJ🙋🏻♀️ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapau27 Posted May 12 #121422 Share Posted May 12 8 minutes ago, MJSailors said: Graham-Question for you-have you and Pauline cruised with Cunard out of Southampton? If so recently could you give us some tips to enjoy the cruise? Thank you! MJ🙋🏻♀️ Sorry we have never sailed on Cunard but you will get excellent advice on their threads including from their cc host Hattie. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJSailors Posted May 12 #121423 Share Posted May 12 Thank you , Graham. I have looked at their threads, but I will definitely give attention to those posted by Hattie the CC host! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Sea Dog Posted May 12 #121424 Share Posted May 12 @MJSailors What an emotional story thank you sharing and barring your soul. I’m sorry for your loss. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare bobmacliberty Posted May 12 #121425 Share Posted May 12 41 minutes ago, grapau27 said: Sadly the last of our shipyards closed in 1988. Graham - This is very interesting. Thanks for sharing. I took a look at Sunderland on Google Maps and between the Sunderland docks area and the banks of the River Wear, I can guess where many of these shipyards were likely located. You can still some of the remnants. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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