Haljo1935

Grrrr - my post disappeared!! I'll gladly celebrate Earth Day 🌎 and Girl Scout Leaders; I have many fond memories of my time in the Scouts and still buy their cookies. Barbara Walters was a ground breaker - I'm sure that wasn't easy. I like some coleslaws so we'll see what recipes come our way. No idea what the drink is, would try the wine, been to Mykonos once (June 2017) but no pictures as they're on my computer. Thanks @Quartzsite Cruiser for your beautiful pictures. Thanks @aliaschief for another round of fabulous pictures. Prayers 🙏 @JazzyV for a successful surgery and speedy recovery. Yesterday was a great day w/the grand. Bubbles were a huge success - DH has not lost his touch w/the ladies, lol. DGD had her face painted at the art festival - soooo cute. Today is full of phone calls to confirm records were sent to PCP so she can complete LOA papers. Feels strange to not check messages and not set alarms for conf calls. I'm sure I'll get used to that fairly quickly though. Currently cool 45° headed to sunny 72°. Maybe the yard will dry before rains return on Friday. Prayers 🙏 and positive thoughts for all.

Bon Voyage @summer slope

Happy Birthday @Rowsby

Happy Heavenly Birthday to your Mam @grapau27

About half the time is massage the other half being seaweed and shower. This has been my favorite until they removed the waterbath tables, so I no longer do them. But the massages really are the best as typically the best masseuse do these treatments.

Dec 2023 no good way really to avoid the mob, but there was a line specifically for 4*, 5*, suites & CO. You have to be diligent about showing that & the Priority on the boarding pass as they will try to just put you in the lines.

I love chocolate covered cashews and fondly remember kindergarten led by Mrs Kunkle. Yes to the meal (ham & cornbread also sound like a winner - what time is dinner @Seasick Sailor?), would try the drink, pass on the wine, not been to the port. Elvis certainly helped change the music world. The northern lights volcano picture is beautiful @0106. So thrilled Tana was able to enjoy family dinner @smitty34877. Today is visiting w/grand - we'll be gone for her birthday (the adorable but trying 2 yo) so we're delivering books & bubbles to her today. Rains finally stopped & not due to return until Thurs night, currently 52° headed to 66°. Prayers 🙏 and positive thoughts for all.

Bon Voyage @kazu

Happy Birthday 🎂 🥳 @sailingdutchy

Happy Anniversary @bennybear and Mr Bear!! 🥳🥂

Bon Voyage @VMax1700

It's been raining 🌧 here since very early this morning. Safe travels to them as they go from Austin to Houston; Houston is prone to flooding.🙏 Go Ren!!⚽

So thrilled 💖 you are going - you deserve this!! I'm happily following along 😊 looks like a great itinerary. Bon Voyage!

Temps continue to drop as does the forecasted high. Now have a flood advisory. I just need to make it home from my appointment & let the dogs out, then it can do whatever it's threatening to do. Lot of us seem to be in the path of bad weather- Stay safe!

Ooh - the Institute has opened its long awaited weekend tech support shop with First Customer prize going to @kazu!! Is the prize membership in the Bubble of Awesomeness?🥳 So happy to hear you made it to FL & are dangerously close to going on a cruise - enjoy @kazu!!🥂

Welcome to CC! Unfortunate you have to cancel anyone from the cruise - hope all goes well. Will you come back to update us on the final outcome? Curious as to what HAL allowed you to do.

Where in N MN are you located? I went to college in Moorhead - go Cobbers!!

Interesting collection of days - I'll pass on Cli-Fi day after reading @grapau27 educational post. Pass on the meal (b sprouts), drink (beer) and wine (price - ouch), not been to the port. Good day in racing history. Thank you to everyone for the suggestions re my cat. It's hard leaving such a social guy completely alone. The vet was no help - said "we have availability if you'd like to board him." No thank you - I can't imagine being locked in a cage for so long🥺 So, we'll find a sitter, but not sister. And we'll be sure the dog door is closed - I didn't even consider that he might bring something inside the house.🫣 Yesterday ended up being a very long work day - got the guide published w/no review from boss then spent 2.5 hours covering the project recap & checklist w/him & my fill in, then another 2.5 hours creating some auto-subscriptions for 50 users that had to be done before I could log off. HAL was closed by the time all that was done, so I did not get to call about the courtesy holds I did. We'll see what they say when I call today. Extra hugs🤗 and prayers🙏 for those with procedures and losses; the list is long. Rains have begun and the thunder is really crackling & booming; Mr Weather doesn't know it's dumping. 💦Temps dropped a tad since I first checked. We had already reached our high for today, but now we have a couple points to go. Currently 59° headed to a rainy 61°. Prayers 🙏 and positive thoughts for all. Light rain? No, we need Noah to send his ark An hour ago, I got this

Are the furry babies boarding, too? Very cute picture.

Bon Voyage @Taters

Good collection of days today - DH believes there's no such thing as too much garlic, so today must be his day. I like Mr King's quote (and his house if you get an opportunity to peak at it). Pass on the meal (only the sun dried tomatoes appeal to me), would try the drink & wine, although I am w/ @cat shepard about questioning bubble gum wine, not been to the port. Big day in history for Australia. So thrilled for @kazu to be headed to her cruise!! ⛴️ Thanks @aliaschief for sharing more great pictures - sounds like a wonderful night ahead. Full day of work as I finish a guide and prepare to hand off my work load. Also have to get anything I want/need off computer onto the external drive in case they lock the computer, which is at Mgr discretion. I put a couple cruises on hold last night as an agent will need to finalize bookings. They show "$1 reduced deposit" but at the payment stage I only had the option of paying the full amount or doing a courtesy hold, which is frustrating & baffling. Did not matter if I included HIA or not, I got the same results. Also did not matter the sail date - end of this year or anytime 2025, still only pay in full or hold. I just hope I can power through work and finish in time to call in. One of them I would like to add CO, so I did it as a GTY. I don't have anything booked for next year & having canceled 2 this year, I am hoping at least 1 or 2 come together.🤞 we shall see. This weekend is Figure Out Cat Care - sister usually comes by to check on animals when we're gone, but she's been very unreliable lately, so I'm hesitant to ask her. The dogs will go w/us, leaving only refilling food & water and possibly scooping/refilling litter box for the cat - easy peasy. My concern is that he is extremely social so being alone for a full week will be stressful for him. He uses the dog door, which is great and should result in less scooping/refilling the box, but I'm concerned that if he continues coming into an empty house every day, he may eventually not come back. If sister would be at the house at the same time every day and spend a little time w/him, I think he would know he would have human companionship and would be there. Of course, we can close off the dog door, ensuring he's home, but not going outside AND being alone inside I think would really stress him out. If he goes to the kennel, I think he'd be locked up for a week - they don't let cats out like they do dogs, do they? Maybe I'm overthinking it. This will be the first time in his 4 years of living that he's ever been alone.🤷‍♀️🤔 Suggestions are welcomed. Currently 61° headed to cloudy 66° w/🌧 🌦 tomorrow. Prayers 🙏 and positive thoughts for all.

Happy Birthday HAL!! 🎂🥳🥂 Thanks for the memories.

You seem to have a solid grasp of the process.😊 And based on your "willies" comment, I think you have a fairly good idea of port conditions. 😏 The good news is, it WILL be behind you and you'll be onboard a BHB for a fabulous cruise!

Thank you @JazzyV for the awesome pictures! Prayers 🙏 your insurance approves the surgery soon.

Thank you @rafinmd and @Cruising-along for the great pictures!