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

[firefly333]

9 hours ago, Coralc said:

Really? I hope that is not the case. Because I certainly wasn't planning to empty the file cabinet. There is nothing breakable in it. There will be some liquids, but they will be conveniently boxed. We are still working on packing ourselves. 

 

It does sound very stressful Jane. I haven't interviewed movers yet. And this is stressful enough. Your new place should be a breath of fresh air. 

 

The unexpected termite work bathroom remodel should be done by next week. The painter pressure washed on Tuesday and will start scraping, sanding and replacing a couple of vents and stucco cracks on Monday. And then they will start painting. This past month has been awful. 

 

I would actually appreciate 12 to 14 days for the movers to arrive. It is a full house that we are moving to. ☺️

Well on the liquids like extra shampoo and bathroom stuff they said if it's already sealed in a box, what they cant see they cant complain about. I didnt try and hide anything though.i took the bathroom stuff in my car, not that it probably didnt get just as hot sitting in my car for days driving here. 

 

I still havent sold my house. If the buyers fall thru I may be flying back to sell. Last I heard was the guy was selling a place june 4 and being funded June 8. I agreed now to june 15. Selling at a small loss actually. Dallas prices are soft.

 

I just changed hotels for the 5th one last night. A extended stay with a full kitchen. Lol I bought a bunch of activa yogurt last night at publix last night. My Kroger in dallas quit selling activa yogurt, just has the drinks. And this place has yogurt free for breakfast but probably not as good as activa.  Never do hotel yogurt but this morning grabbed one to try. I have a feeling I'll be here a while. First night in this hotel and it's nice. That expensive place I was at last didnt have a nice arm chair like here. And I wanted a  microwave as I have some popcorn I might make later.

 

Sorry I've missed so many birthdays, happy belated birthdays to all those I missed. Today I will relax and look around, see what there is to do. I'm pretty sure at best I wouldnt hear anything from the movers until next week. I'm betting their offices are closed. I am a pack rat. But I told them before I left I had about 80 packed small boxes. I have about 50 of quilts I refuse to give up. The boxes are the small kind printer paper comes in. 1 quilt per box. I kept mynfsvprites and gave away the rest to family as I'd said before. I probably gave away 500. And my cousins are spreading them thru their own families. Mom was the youngest of 13 so lots of family. The 80 already packed boxes were included in the original estimate plus my own stuff. Some of the boxes were papers. I brought the important papers in my car and jewelry, a couple of valuable pictures, antique pottery. I have a SUV. 

 

I stayed in vicksburg last  Monday night. It's a casino town. The casino is on the Mississippi river with a view of the bridge. I only saw it at night though, but always thought it looked like a pretty town. So decided this is my new home away from home, got more comforts of home here.

 

Sorry george about I think it was your nephew. Lots going on I've missed. I'll catch up today.

 

 

[George C]

17 minutes ago, BonTexasNY said:

@Ocean Boy OB, wishing you the happiest of birthdays.  May all your birthday wishes come true

Ocean Boy have a great birthday you deserve it .

Edited June 1 by George C

[BonTexasNY]

 I just checked my Celebrity status and listing is weird. 2 are correct but I don't understand the 3rd listing for 1970 which never took place.  I also remember cruising to Bermuda 2 years in a row, not 4 years apart. With the 2013 point conversion I have 90 club points.  I'm Select status whatever that means.

 

 

7 Night Bermuda Cruise

Horizon

Jun 30 — Jul 7, 2001

Points earned: 1

 

7 Night Bermuda Cruise

Zenith

Jul 5, 1997

Points earned: 1

 

Celebrity Cruise

Nov 5, 1970

Points earned: 1

[dani negreanu]

1 hour ago, Ocean Boy said:

Thank you so much! With everything you have to deal with remembering my BD should be close to the bottom of your list.😐

 

@Ocean Boy

 

The posters in this thread keep me [relatively] sane during this ongoing nightmare, giving everyday life a semblance of normalcy -- birthdays, weddings, graduations, even a laser op or, G-d forbid, an accident.

 

And, yesterday evening our local time, President Biden gave me and many many others a glimmer of hope, for which we're all very thankful. Hopefully, he will succeed in this mission 🤞.

 

[Sea Dog]

5 hours ago, h20skibum said:

@lenquixote66 Lenny, @NHProud Judy, thank you for the birthday wishes for my daughter.  Today is her actual birthday.  

I hope your daughter has a wonderful birthday.

 

 

 

1 hour ago, Ocean Boy said:

Thank you so much! With everything you have to deal with remembering my BD should be close to the bottom of your list.😐

Happy Birthday to my favorite Doctor! I wish I knew your name to properly address you but respect your privacy. I wish you a great celebration of you and your latest trip around the sun.

[BonTexasNY]

18 minutes ago, firefly333 said:

Well on the liquids like extra shampoo and bathroom stuff they said if it's already sealed in a box, what they cant see they cant complain about. I didnt try and hide anything though.i took the bathroom stuff in my car, not that it probably didnt get just as hot sitting in my car for days driving here. 

 

I still havent sold my house. If the buyers fall thru I may be flying back to sell. Last I heard was the guy was selling a place june 4 and being funded June 8. I agreed now to june 15. Selling at a small loss actually. Dallas prices are soft.

 

I just changed hotels for the 5th one last night. A extended stay with a full kitchen. Lol I bought a bunch of activa yogurt last night at publix last night. My Kroger in dallas quit selling activa yogurt, just has the drinks. And this place has yogurt free for breakfast but probably not as good as activa.  Never do hotel yogurt but this morning grabbed one to try. I have a feeling I'll be here a while. First night in this hotel and it's nice. That expensive place I was at last didnt have a nice arm chair like here. And I wanted a  microwave as I have some popcorn I might make later.

 

Sorry I've missed so many birthdays, happy belated birthdays to all those I missed. Today I will relax and look around, see what there is to do. I'm pretty sure at best I wouldnt hear anything from the movers until next week. I'm betting their offices are closed. I am a pack rat. But I told them before I left I had about 80 packed small boxes. I have about 50 of quilts I refuse to give up. The boxes are the small kind printer paper comes in. 1 quilt per box. I kept mynfsvprites and gave away the rest to family as I'd said before. I probably gave away 500. And my cousins are spreading them thru their own families. Mom was the youngest of 13 so lots of family. The 80 already packed boxes were included in the original estimate plus my own stuff. Some of the boxes were papers. I brought the important papers in my car and jewelry, a couple of valuable pictures, antique pottery. I have a SUV. 

 

I stayed in vicksburg last  Monday night. It's a casino town. The casino is on the Mississippi river with a view of the bridge. I only saw it at night though, but always thought it looked like a pretty town. So decided this is my new home away from home, got more comforts of home here.

 

Sorry george about I think it was your nephew. Lots going on I've missed. I'll catch up today.

 

 

 

I still havent sold my house

 

I thought your sister and brother in law are living in your house?

 

Try and rest up a bit and enjoy the next chapter in your life with best wishes on your move.

[BonTexasNY]

5 minutes ago, dani negreanu said:

 

@Ocean Boy

 

The posters in this thread keep me [relatively] sane during this ongoing nightmare, giving everyday life a semblance of normalcy -- birthdays, weddings, graduations, even a laser op or, G-d forbid, an accident.

 

And, yesterday evening our local time, President Biden gave me and many many others a glimmer of hope, for which we're all very thankful. Hopefully, he will succeed in this mission 🤞.

 

Keeping fingers crossed as well.

[Ocean Boy]

37 minutes ago, Sea Dog said:

I hope your daughter has a wonderful birthday.

 

 

 

Happy Birthday to my favorite Doctor! I wish I knew your name to properly address you but respect your privacy. I wish you a great celebration of you and your latest trip around the sun.

Thanks very much!

[Momof3gurlz]

Belated congratulations on birthdays and graduations @Luckynana and @DaniDanielle. 
 

@Ocean Boy Happy Birthday!  Mother Nature is putting on a show this weekend in celebration.  I hope you enjoy it to the fullest.  
 

No baby yet.  

[Ocean Boy]

2 minutes ago, Momof3gurlz said:

Belated congratulations on birthdays and graduations @Luckynana and @DaniDanielle. 
 

@Ocean Boy Happy Birthday!  Mother Nature is putting on a show this weekend in celebration.  I hope you enjoy it to the fullest.  
 

No baby yet.  

Thanks very much. Awesome weather. I'm reading this at the beach.🙂 Barely a ripple in the ocean.

 

 

 

[Ocean Boy]

Just got this email from RCI titled.... Take this quiz to see if cruising is right for you.... Seriously? I didn't get to D+ because I'm into self torture.

[voyager70]

4 minutes ago, Ocean Boy said:

Just got this email from RCI titled.... Take this quiz to see if cruising is right for you.... Seriously? I didn't get to D+ because I'm into self torture.

Got that email as well and thought the same thing.

 

[ATG]

1 hour ago, BonTexasNY said:

 I just checked my Celebrity status and listing is weird. 2 are correct but I don't understand the 3rd listing for 1970 which never took place.  I also remember cruising to Bermuda 2 years in a row, not 4 years apart. With the 2013 point conversion I have 90 club points.  I'm Select status whatever that means.

 

 

7 Night Bermuda Cruise

Horizon

Jun 30 — Jul 7, 2001

Points earned: 1

 

7 Night Bermuda Cruise

Zenith

Jul 5, 1997

Points earned: 1

 

Celebrity Cruise

Nov 5, 1970

Points earned: 1

My RC cruise history has a cruise in 1970 for Dave and me.  In 1970 I was a sophomore in high school and Dave had just graduated high school.  We didn’t meet until 1973 in college and didn’t take our first cruise until 1981.

[DaniDanielle]

Sister Sophia is now in “The Secret Garden” as head Housekeeper!  Don’t know if she got promoted 😳

[DaniDanielle]

Just came home from this, so proud.

[Arzeena]

5 minutes ago, DaniDanielle said:

Sister Sophia is now in “The Secret Garden” as head Housekeeper!  Don’t know if she got promoted 😳

Sister So was probably looking for another job. Did she get kicked out of the convent?

[Arzeena]

5 minutes ago, DaniDanielle said:

Just came home from this, so proud.

Congratulations to the graduate and the proud family!

[Ozark_Kid]

@Ocean Boy

Happy Birthday!  Looks like you are having great weather! Enjoy!

[Lionesss]

@Ocean Boy

Happy Birthday. 
 

Wishing you a safe fun  day and an upcoming year full with new adventures. 
 

Be safe. 

Edited June 1 by Lionesss

[TravelGirlinDallas]

@Ocean Boy Happy birthday!! How will you celebrate?

[MJSailors]

@Ocean Boy It is a beautiful weather day to celebrate a birthday!

Enjoy!

MJ🙋🏻‍♀️

[h20skibum]

On 4/15/2024 at 5:50 PM, BonTexasNY said:

i love the color. Sort of a muted Seafoam green.  It was the dominant color in our den in NY.  If you can, please share a picture of the finished work.

 

 

 

I know this post is from a month and a half ago, but the bath repainting project turned into much more.   But it looks like it will be finalized in a couple more days.

 

What started out as picking colors that would go with accent pieces, turned into much more.  Since that repaint, I have….

 

Replaces all wall switches and receptacles.

 

Replaced one ceiling light.

 

Gave my opinion on three different carpet colors to go on the tile in front of the shower and toilet. (Yes, those ones we had that would supposedly match with the color we picked, didn’t). The new ones are finalized and down.

 

Gave my opinion on four different sets of new towel colors, because as it turns out, the old ones clashed somewhat with the new color.

 

Just had curtains 5, 6, and 7 (thank goodness for Amazon returns) arrive today, and one of those colors will work.   (Of course, the old ones that were supposed to work, didn’t.  
 

So since we have gone through so many curtain colors, we only ordered the valances for these last three choices.   Now, to get the rest and finish it.

 

I don’t know how people choose things for an entire house anymore, with so many choices.  After this, I think the paint schemes in the rest of our rooms look just fine. 

 

 

[Tree_skier]

13 hours ago, firefly333 said:

Moving. It's been 97 in dallas. Movers cant move hazardous or liquids. All drawers have to be empty I'm told. I was quoted just under $$7500. Remember this is a tiny house 1107 sf. Huge kitchen a garage and a few small rooms, one bedroom set up. 2 closets. Went over the inventory list twice. 4 movers show up last Monday and I see they packed my closets, hanging up empty hangers, and tee shirts. Throw them in the box. Hangers dont need to be hung in special wardrobe boxes. I was busy packing my car, was too hot to pack ahead. Nothing moved from garage, except my ladder, none of my cleaning products from under kitchen sink, nothing from the bathrooms, equal my scales, rest are liquids. Head guy says you've used up your allowed space, and of course I say I want my bedroom packed too lol. Price winds up over 9k. Imo that's a bait and switch. They asked when I wanted it delivered. I said today friday. 

 

Turns out now they say it can be up to 12 BUSINESS days from last tuesday. I said I moved Monday right before the tornadoes hit. I'm still seeing posts from neighbors no power or off and on power 5 days later so I am lucky I got out monday. So I push on thru and last I heard from them she says if I dont hear from the movers by june 6 or june 7 contact customer service again. What? Guy who sold it to me also said I might know a week ahead, the truth is they text within 24 to 48 hours when they will come. It's been so hot. The coolest day was 96 and was 101 I noticed when I hit I10 biloxi. The heat and humidity not helping. So I am at the condo last Wednesday and now know why rhe increase in HOA. They are replacing both elevators. Tuesday my realtor said they were fine. Wednesday the one working is shaking and stopping at floor 5 every trip a long time. I spent 2 hours in the heat unloading my car and gave up, finished unloading today, but right now only 1 of 2 elevators is working. Bet that costs me extra.

 

The good news is I love the new condo. Right now I'm wishing it wasnt top floor 8 with the slow elevator the whole bldg is sharing. Hotels cost a fortune to me. The one I was at last night said a AAA tournament is in melbourne. Over $200. Avid. Never heard of it. Stayed in the cutest boutique hotel in Tallahassee I've ever seen I loved. Most of the hotels are 100% sold. Where I am now he said is full friday and Saturday so I'm lucky I booked yesterday. The hotels along the road 520? To Merritt island look run down to me, wouldnt stay at any I saw. Cocoa isnt much, not cocoa beach, cocoa. I'm here and could sit here in a hotel another week or more. I do absolutely love the new condo. I planned to buy new furniture when I got moved, so imo I didnt move that much. 3 guys who barely spoke english and a head mover who upped the contract. Wait until they find out only one elevator works. I have to give 24 hours notice to this guy on the property so he can pad the one working elevator. So far either his number doesnt work or I just leave messages he doesnnt return. My self install spectrum equipment arrived today, I'm going to hire someone to install. I still feel exhausted and not eating enough. Supposed to maybe be under 90 tomorrow. I arrived in florida tuesday and here Wednesday and just trying to get stuff set up. Now I need my stuff delivered. I am stressed to the max, but here safe and sound in a hotel. I dont even have a chair in the new condo to sit on yet. I love the huge walk in closets. I love it's so big. Some welcoming committee lady raved over how much she loved my counter tops and deep double sink, so I'm guessing she doesnt have that in hers. Agreeable grey isnt very grey but the place is clean and looking fabulous to my eyes. Anyway, that's why I've hardly been posting. I'm just too tired. Not mad or upset at anyone.. just tired and not sleeping enough. Or eating enough. No appetite. Went to publix tonight, first time in over 20 years. Ate at sonnys BBQ the other night, I thought I was in dallas lol. 

Nightmare!!!

 

@firefly333  I hope things get smoother for you soon... 

 

@Ocean Boy Happy birthday Doctor.  You're not getting older, you're getting better. 🙂 

[Ocean Boy]

33 minutes ago, Ozark_Kid said:

@Ocean Boy

Happy Birthday!  Looks like you are having great weather! Enjoy!

Thank you very much!

[DaniDanielle]

36 minutes ago, Arzeena said:

Sister So was probably looking for another job. Did she get kicked out of the convent?

Probably, she’s a feisty one!