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

[Sea Dog]

43 minutes ago, Ozark_Kid said:

Last week Finnley turned 4 months old and had her 4 months check-up.  She measured 27 inches which puts her in the 99 percentile.   Looks like we'll have a basketball player in the future. 

 

The little mermaid 

 

And she helped decorate the tree.

 

 

 

 

Beautiful pictures. All are Christmas card worthy. Merry Christmas John to you and your family.

[lenquixote66]

13 hours ago, BonTexasNY said:

Nothing better than Goobers or chocolate covered vanilla ice cream bonbons at the movies.  Raisins YUK!

Priceless sweetheart girl!

I loved bon bons and goobers but because one of my medical problems is Optical Migraines three things I had to give up in 1984 when I was diagnosed were chocolate ,wine and certain cheeses.My current Neuro Opthalmogist also has Optical (Occular) Migraines and said that she cannot fully give up chocolate so I have some at times .

 

Did you ever go to the Essex Theater ? 

Edited December 20, 2022 by lenquixote66

[lenquixote66]

1 hour ago, Luckynana said:

When our first grandchild was born, I took so many pictures that I filled 4 baby albums.  2nd grandchild arrived, filled 2 baby albums.  As more grandchildren arrived, I continued taking pictures, of course, but only filled one album for each child, but have so many pictures that I never found the time to put in the albums for them.  I keep thinking it will get done and present them to the kids, but so far, it hasn't happened.  They all love looking at their baby albums.  

I have baby albums but also have slides of my daughters when they were babies and VHS tapes of them that my granddaughters love looking at.

[lenquixote66]

51 minutes ago, h20skibum said:

So, adding to the what else can go wrong story.  
 

Found out yesterday that our CA grandson has the flu.  High temp and other symptoms.  And, of course there is a nationwide shortage of Children’s Tylenol.  Daughter-in-law was able to find the last bottle of a generic brand, out of dozens of stores she checked in the Bay Area.  I know we have a shortage here, but we did get a bottle when granddaughter was sick. Hopefully he will be over it by the time they fly to meet us.  
 

Next, Ricky was playing with a door this morning, and managed to get his paw stuck and injured it.  So he has been limping around, and is off to the Vet soon to get checked out. 
 

Just more things to put stress on Christmas travel plans.  

Hopefully your grandson will get better very soon.

[Ocean Boy]

[BonTexasNY]

1 hour ago, lenquixote66 said:

I loved bon bons and goobers but because one of my medical problems is Optical Migraines three things I had to give up in 1984 when I was diagnosed were chocolate ,wine and certain cheeses.My current Neuro Opthalmogist also has Optical (Occular) Migraines and said that she cannot fully give up chocolate so I have some at times .

 

Did you ever go to the Essex Theater ? 

Loew's Delancey was my go to place for movies.   It opened in 1912 and closed in 1977.

 

 

 

 

 

[Sunshine3601]

8 hours ago, Ocean Boy said:

LOL, I did not notice the whip! I don't mind Sandy. The crew will have to get use to her very different style from Lee. I actually prefer her to a grumpy guy.

I recorded last nights episode and have not yet watched but did see it was Capt Sandy as replacement.    i don't think Chef Rachel has ever worked with Capt Sandy.    Will be interesting to see if they get along as well as she does with Cpt Lee

Edited December 20, 2022 by Sunshine3601

[Sunshine3601]

4 hours ago, helen haywood said:

Well, Diana is four and normally a quiet, sedate cat.  Minnie (aka Denise the Menise when she was a kitten) is two.  I put the sedative in both their food.  Only Minnie ate some.  Got them in the carriers and off we went.

 

Diana immediately began to meow.  I figured she’d stop.  Forty-five minutes later when her meows had changed to heartbreaking cries we pulled over and George put her carrier on his lap.  She quieted down and only made the occasional comment.

 

Meanwhile Minnie was so silent we had to pull over again to check on her.  I had the carriers covered with a sheet as I’d read they felt safer in the dark.  In our case it would have been easier to check on them if we could see into their carriers.  We pulled the sheet off Minnie who was calm and quiet until about the last twenty minutes (Are we there yet?!) and began to try to break out but stopped when we told her to.

 

Once in the house they explored some but spent the evening on the sofas or ottomans with us.  Slept on the bed as usual with us.  Don’t know what they’re really thinking…but I know both are thrilled they weren’t left behind again.  Minnie kept coming up to me and rubbing her head against my legs all evening in grateful loving appreciation.

 

Now all I have to do is unpack a million boxes.  Thanks so very much to all who offered me advice and support during this move!!!

Happy to hear everything went well with your move and the kitties move.    Have a blast unpacking and the kitties helping by checking out every box😃

[Sunshine3601]

2 hours ago, Ozark_Kid said:

Last week Finnley turned 4 months old and had her 4 months check-up.  She measured 27 inches which puts her in the 99 percentile.   Looks like we'll have a basketball player in the future. 

 

The little mermaid 

 

And she helped decorate the tree.

 

 

 

She is precious!    Looks like puppy (Millie is it?) enjoys being nearby and protecting her.

[lenquixote66]

15 minutes ago, BonTexasNY said:

Loew's Delancey was my go to place for movies.   It opened in 1912 and closed in 1977.

 

 

 

 

 

 

15 minutes ago, BonTexasNY said:

Loew's Delancey was my go to place for movies.   It opened in 1912 and closed in 1977.

 

 

 

 

 

Toby and I were at that theater more than once.My cousin Sam was a Waiter at Ratners.We used to  go there and the movies on the same day.

I loved Ratners.

[A&L_Ont]

Just watched Below Deck. Camille can’t go soon enough. 

[Ozark_Kid]

2 hours ago, Sunshine3601 said:

She is precious!    Looks like puppy (Millie is it?) enjoys being nearby and protecting her.

Yes Millie.  That was their "baby" before Finnley.  They love them both.

Here is the Christmas card we got of Kenzie and kids. It was taken at Lakeside this last summer. 

 

Here's Kenzie dancing in her sister's boots.

 

 

[Ozark_Kid]

4 hours ago, Sea Dog said:

 

Beautiful pictures. All are Christmas card worthy. Merry Christmas John to you and your family.

Thanks Greg.  We will be getting together with Sharon's family.   We try to have a big get together every 4 years.  A couple families may not make it this year so we a guessing about 85 will be there.  We have had over 100 in the past.  Fun times.

I can't even imagine you not having a great Christmas.   Merry Christmas to you too!

And Merry Christmas to all.

[aussielozzie18]

Kindness of strangers - my friend’s sister had her second round of chemo this week.  She explained to the hairdresser in the salon through a lot of tears and sobs why & what she needed done.

It wasn’t her usual hairdresser as she couldn’t get an appointment so close to Christmas.  New hairdresser was extremely kind and gentle.  

When she went to pay, he said no need.  Another customer in the salon paid for you when he was paying for his as wife had been through the same experience.

 

 

[aussielozzie18]

@Ozark_Kid you grandchildren are absolutely precious.  Thank you for sharing their photos.

 

Edited December 20, 2022 by aussielozzie18

[Lionesss]

Over the river and thru the traffic to Zoey’s temporary residence I go. This time to hold her for the very first time. 
 

First some more pictures from earlier. 
 

Miami university has a contract with this sports company. 

 

 

 

 

Them mom decided give the home made milk dispenser a break and let a “ Binky” calm her. 
 

 

Be safe. 

Edited December 20, 2022 by Lionesss

[grapau27]

[Momof3gurlz]

12 hours ago, aussielozzie18 said:

I went to Officeworks tonight with the intention of printing off 2 photos to put in Christmas decorations as gifts.  I ended up printing off 100.  Lol.  Does anyone still print off physical photos?

I do.  See below.

7 hours ago, Luckynana said:

When our first grandchild was born, I took so many pictures that I filled 4 baby albums.  2nd grandchild arrived, filled 2 baby albums.  As more grandchildren arrived, I continued taking pictures, of course, but only filled one album for each child, but have so many pictures that I never found the time to put in the albums for them.  I keep thinking it will get done and present them to the kids, but so far, it hasn't happened.  They all love looking at their baby albums.  

I was on a kick of printing photos since the start of the pandemic. Figured I’d have lots of time to put them into albums; nearly 3 years later and all I have is boxes of prints!

6 hours ago, h20skibum said:

So, adding to the what else can go wrong story.  
 

Found out yesterday that our CA grandson has the flu.  High temp and other symptoms.  And, of course there is a nationwide shortage of Children’s Tylenol.  Daughter-in-law was able to find the last bottle of a generic brand, out of dozens of stores she checked in the Bay Area.  I know we have a shortage here, but we did get a bottle when granddaughter was sick. Hopefully he will be over it by the time they fly to meet us.  
 

Next, Ricky was playing with a door this morning, and managed to get his paw stuck and injured it.  So he has been limping around, and is off to the Vet soon to get checked out. 
 

Just more things to put stress on Christmas travel plans.  

I hope your grandson is better soon. My two granddaughters are just recovering from an ear infection-and resulting search for a pharmacy with Amoxicillin in stock (another shortage). The other one had flu-like symptoms, fever, etc for 3 days with negative C19 & flu tests.  She finally turned the corner in day 4. 

1 hour ago, aussielozzie18 said:

Kindness of strangers - my friend’s sister had her second round of chemo this week.  She explained to the hairdresser in the salon through a lot of tears and sobs why & what she needed done.

It wasn’t her usual hairdresser as she couldn’t get an appointment so close to Christmas.  New hairdresser was extremely kind and gentle.  

When she went to pay, he said no need.  Another customer in the salon paid for you when he was paying for his as wife had been through the same experience.

 

 

What a wonderful gesture.  There is kindness in the world. 

[Momof3gurlz]

Okay Kracken fans. I’m trying out 3 cocktails, trying to decide which one to serve Christmas Eve.  Tonight is experiment #1, the Fig Dark & Stormy.  I’m giving it 4 out of 5 stars.  

 

I did all my grocery shopping today for our holiday meal.  I host Christmas Eve and middle DD hosts a Christmas Day brunch.  It’s Andy & I, youngest DD, middle DD, SIL, 2 granddaughters and my aunt.  Our menu is:

 

Roasted Shrimp Cocktail 

Charcuterie Board

Prime Rib of Beef with gravy

Mashed Potatoes 

Roasted Green Beans 

Carrots Au Gratin

Gingerbread Cake with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting

Leftover beef is used to make prime rib hash for the Christmas Day brunch

 

We’ll all travel to PA for New Years weekend to celebrate “2nd Christmas” with our oldest DD and her family.  We always look forward to having the whole family together even though it’ll be mostly chaos!

 

 

[Momof3gurlz]

For you Hallmark movie lovers.

[Arzeena]

8 minutes ago, Momof3gurlz said:

Okay Kracken fans. I’m trying out 3 cocktails, trying to decide which one to serve Christmas Eve.  Tonight is experiment #1, the Fig Dark & Stormy.  I’m giving it 4 out of 5 stars.  

 

I did all my grocery shopping today for our holiday meal.  I host Christmas Eve and middle DD hosts a Christmas Day brunch.  It’s Andy & I, youngest DD, middle DD, SIL, 2 granddaughters and my aunt.  Our menu is:

 

Roasted Shrimp Cocktail 

Charcuterie Board

Prime Rib of Beef with gravy

Mashed Potatoes 

Roasted Green Beans 

Carrots Au Gratin

Gingerbread Cake with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting

Leftover beef is used to make prime rib hash for the Christmas Day brunch

 

We’ll all travel to PA for New Years weekend to celebrate “2nd Christmas” with our oldest DD and her family.  We always look forward to having the whole family together even though it’ll be mostly chaos!

 

 

Your menu looks fantastic!

[MJSailors]

@Ozark_Kid Your grandchildren are beautiful!

Kenzie’s smile and the twinkle in her eye comes through in every photo.

Enjoy the holidays with them!

MJ🙋🏻

[brillohead]

[brillohead]

37 minutes ago, Momof3gurlz said:

For you Hallmark movie lovers.

 

[BonTexasNY]

4 hours ago, lenquixote66 said:

 

Toby and I were at that theater more than once.My cousin Sam was a Waiter at Ratners.We used to  go there and the movies on the same day.

I loved Ratners.

We also loved Ratner's.  Their mushroom barley soup, blintzes and baked goods were legendary although my favorite place for rugelach was Gertel's on Hester Street near Guss pickles.