StanleyandGus

@grapau27 Pauline seems to get younger in every photograph!

I’m going to have to cruise out of Galveston because now I have to visit Buccee’s!

I guess it’s about a 30 hour drive more or less straight south.

@dani negreanu Have a great holiday- you really deserve one!

6 hours ago, Ozark_Kid said:

Kenzie is turning 4 today!  Finnley turned 2 a couple weeks ago.   Not a lot of difference in size.

What beautiful girls they are!

48 minutes ago, jmh2006 said:

+9  My heart aches so for everyone!

+10

12 minutes ago, Sea Dog said:

Doc put me basically on the same thing but it doesn’t say Lasix just Furosemide 40mg which is my understanding the same thing. I will be anxious to hear how well it works for you. I hope it solves mine.

Lasix is the original brand of furosemide. The drug lost patent protection ages ago.

1 hour ago, SteelCityCruiser10 said:

For the record, the number of treats this dog has received is absurd. 🥰

 

She looks like she’s not quite done getting treats yet!

2 hours ago, Lionesss said:

I do not do bugs

Totally understand! I garden, and bugs and spiders are fine outside. I like bees.

Bugs do not belong in the house! 
 

That reminds me, I have to pick up windfall apples, avoiding wasps. Next week will be apple day. Sigh. It’s nice to fill up the freezer, but it’s hard work to get it that way.

Have a great cruise!

6 hours ago, A&L_Ont said:

Too bad they didn’t have Nanaimo Bars for dessert. These are amazing. It consists of three layers: a coconut crumb base, a custard filling, and a chocolate ganache topping.

Oops- I just remembered that I have Nanaimo bars in the freezer. They are left over from Christmas!

We brought on about 8 bottles of wine and vermut, and were looking for security take it away until we debarked. The port staff couldn’t understand why we would want to do that, and asked if we couldn’t keep it in our closet.

We agreed that we could, and did.

We like to be in touch with home, so, yes, it’s worth it for us, even though it’s expensive. I guess for you it depends on whether you are working, or have anyone back at home that you want to be able to contact you.

Since your cruise is next month, buy it now, but if Royal Caribbean has a Labour Day sale, which they almost certainly will, cancel your purchase and rebuy at the lower rate. If you need more than one device, it’s cheaper to buy a single package with as many devices as you need. There will be logins for the number of devices you specified. 
 

Have a great cruise!

@grapau27 happy anniversary to a lovely couple!

16 minutes ago, TravelGirlinDallas said:

You sprinkle a layer of pecans & coconut on the bottom of the pan. Pour chocolate cake batter over those layers. Spoon on dollops of cheesecake mixture and swirl together with the chocolate cake mix, then bake. It's called earthquake cake because the cream cheese swirls make craters in the top of the cake. It's kind of ugly, but it's delicious! Brian often asks for that for his birthday.

That sounds decadent, but lovely! I, on the other hand, am making zucchini bread, and we not quite done yet with zucchinis!

If anyone is similarly afflicted with zucchini, Smitten Kitchen has a great recipe, and it doesn’t require drying the zucchini.

2 hours ago, firefly333 said:

And we have light. Sun starting to come up over the horizon. I dont think I'll ever get tired of watching it come up. It's a bit different every morning. I know I need a better camera. Looks like a nice day but they are warning of rip tides. Ernesto is starting toward bermjda affecting our waters here too. Glad I picked sept instead of august to go to Bermuda. I think they got rerouted. I'd be sad to book a cruise to see Bermuda and then miss it. I have my fingers crossed.

 

One of the ladies in aerobics class is having all her balcony windows replaced. Yikes. Hers leaked when it rained. Boy do I feel like lady luck smiled on me. We didnt check windows during a rain but mine are air tight. True i could update some things but nothing here has to be done.

 

I’m glad you seem to be settling in well! Your condo has beautiful views.

5 minutes ago, h20skibum said:

My wife said my planning made it so much easier.  For her, and our grandson, that is.

Exactly! I wish it was easier on the planners.

11 hours ago, h20skibum said:

 

Would I go back to Disney?   As they say “Never say Never”, but at this point I don’t think so.  If we return to any parks, it would probably be Universal Studios.  That one was so much easier

I was talking to my husband this morning about your trip. We started reminiscing about our last trip, which was in February last year. We did pretty much the same thing that you did- that is, resign ourselves to spending a lot of money! We own DVC at the Boardwalk, so we tend to stay there.

 I asked Chris whether he found the trip relaxing. I am the planner, he trusts me to get it right. He had a great time, because I had taken care of pretty much everything! 

30 minutes ago, helen haywood said:

Well, I was lucky with Diana and Tenzing.  Neither were interested in clawing the furniture.  The arrival of Minnie, however…. I put towels on chairs to protect them…. I had to put clear tape over sofa corners and other tempting spots…. They do outgrow the instinct.  At least in my experience.

Oh well. Gus is seven, so I guess he’s set in his ways! Luckily, most of our furniture is leather. The dining room chairs, on the other hand, are finely shredded.

I took a photo today of them cuddled up together.

@helen haywood it’s nice you have those pictures of Tenzing! 
 

But how did you keep fabric upholstery from getting shredded by cat claws? We have scratching posts, but Gus can’t resist fabric between his claws.

5 hours ago, George C said:

Shelagh has been wanting new curtains, need to wait until Siam is done climbing them

Awww! Memories! We had a Siamese when we were students in Vancouver. We got him home, and he promptly climbed the curtains.

We named him Tenzing.

2 minutes ago, DaniDanielle said:

So, my granddaughter is planning her escape from the hospital. She wanted to know if I had an axe so she could break out the window😳

That’s good; she must be feeling much better!

3 hours ago, SteelCityCruiser10 said:

Emma loves her homemade frozen summertime treats.  They are just watermelon, blueberries, and (homegrown) mint blended and put into molds in the freezer.  

 

What a great idea! What are the proportions? I would like to do this for Thor the next time he is here. 
 

What breed is Emma? She’s a beautiful girl.

Apparently it’s National Beer Day- for anyone who wants a drink package, it might be worth checking. We don’t drink enough to make it worthwhile, so I don’t keep track of prices, but I thought it was actually a sale!

For those who are impatiently waiting for h20skibum (and Daryl) to complete the flight, here’s a picture of Pink Bunny in the concierge lounge during a Panama cruise. She is enchanted by a pink drink.

Pink want to know if Daryl gets a seat on the plane, because she doesn’t, which she finds unfair.

Congratulations on your anniversary! Looking forward to the trip report, and Daryl is quite a dapper…, ummm…llama?

@helen haywood your cat condo looks great! Do you remember where you bought it? My cats are getting older, and Gus never was much of a jumper- they would probably like this one!