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My granddaughter wants to get Ricky a costume, so he can dress like her for Halloween. Will be interesting to see if it happens, and how it goes.

That was our welcoming committee in Costa Maya. It was tied up to our catamaran at the dock in Mahahual, and had to move so we could leave the dock.

I don't think I have been in the D (excuse me, the Crown) Lounge for anything except a morning latte, since they went to the voucher system. Those deck 4 lounges do not hold the same appeal as those larger venues with a view.

And here I was, envisioning something like this from one of our sailings in 2009.

I hate autocorrect. I just noticed this when I went back. Actually, he was pecking, not peeing at the driver. 🤣🤣

While returning from lunch yesterday, we saw this. The Turkey kept peeing at the Amazon vehicle, and wouldn’t let the driver out. I guess someone’s package is going to be late.

Yesterday, the grandkids were off school, so I had to watch them for the day. Making chocolate chip cookies was one of the activities I planned. I guess the secret to having lots of chips in each cookie is to ignore that 2 cup measure and dump a 36 oz. bag in. Even Ricky was shocked at the amount. So after the cookies were baked, they put a Reese’s mini in the center and started decorating. And now there are spiders on the cookies. I did have to break down and sample one. Yum!

Oh my, I wish you could edit in a longer time. I meant to write benign, but it was too late to edit. All I know is we will both rest easier once the results are back.

I guess I may be one of those fortunate ones. Of course, maybe all my readings and averages don’t mean much either.

Uh oh, I hadn't noticed. 🤔 I think I missed something the last couple days. Spent Wednesday and Thursday at the hospital in Pittsburgh with Susan. She had surgery, and she is now out and on her road to recovery. Dr. said things looked malignant, but they will not know until pathology comes back next week. I wasn’t aware you could tell by looking.

That would be nice, but they may want to keep me on them to address my aneurysm. Maybe at a reduced amount would be good.

Congrats to both of you. I am ashamed to admit that I put on a few extra pounds while watching our grandson all summer. I guess I can’t eat the same quantities of bad food like an 11 year old can. So after her went home in August, I started eating healthy, low calorie meals. I had a goal to lose 20 pounds, which would get me out of that “overweight” BMI range and back into the “normal” range. After looking at what they consider as a normal BMI for my 5’-8” height (that is a weight between 122 and 164), I realized I don’t know many “normal” people. And Greg @Sea Dog, weight loss will lower your blood pressure. At least that is what I am seeing. I think I mentioned I had been keeping a log of blood pressure readings, twice a day for the last six months. My average has gone down about 10 points after losing those extra pounds. Will have to see what my cardiologist has to say at my appointment in a couple weeks, since mine seems to be getting a little low now with the BP meds. Hovering right around 97/60 now.

+1 @dani negreanu Dani. I am heartbroken, every time I turn on the news, and see the terror that has been unleashed on Israel. My prayers are with you, your family and friends.

+1 @Sea Dog Greg.

I won’t even say how long our heat has been on. Happy wife, and all that. 😂 I have even been getting prompted to get the propane heater set up by the hot tub already.

I was just talking with Susan about doing Royal up for a GS for our December cruise on Symphony. According to Royal’s site, there are still seven available, as well as two bedroom ones, a few CLS and a Royal Suite. Who knows, maybe we will get lucky. I thought it odd that the GS cabins are currently listed less than a JS for that sailing.

Yes, that is the one. We will be there on the 20th, and Aruba the day before. Our Odyssey sailing was a little different, because we were sailing with Covid protocols, and at about 1/3 capacity.

The best way to enjoy that hot apple cider, is to add some fireball to it.

A cold, wet weekend for us. Saturday, we went to our grandson’s football game. They are now 1-1 on the season, with this as their first win. After the game, we traveled to Applefest. Surprised that this little town of about 8,000 packs in about 100,000 for their 3 day festival. We missed the rain while there. The have a couple of parks that were filled with craft vendors and festival food. This is a place that attracted me. They were giving out free samples of vodka, rum, whisky, bourbon, etc. More rain when we returned home, but we were rewarded on our walk with a nice rainbow

I think it was @dani negreanu Dani that asked if there would be a “Summer of Fun 4”? Well, the answer appears to be “Yes!”, as some planning is already underway. As part of 2024’s Summer of Fun, this happened last week. That’s right, that cruise #3 on the list for us, will be my California grandson’s first cruise. Not only that, but we will be taking all 3 grandkids along, as well as my daughter and her husband. My daughter had been the lone holdout, remembering how seasick she got on the one cruise we took her on when she was 11. We convinced her that a short cruise on an Oasis Class ship, in a low, midship balcony would be a perfect one to try again. So I booked three, deck 6 balconies on the, soon to be new, Utopia of the Seas. The grandkids are all ecstatic, and my SIL is just as ecstatic, because he has always wanted to try a cruise. I just hope our weather is nice in August. The last time we sailed in August, it was on this ship. And we had the worst hurricane of the last century. That sailing was our honeymoon, and we will be celebrating our 44th anniversary on our Utopia sailing. We also hope to squeeze in some Disney World time as part of next year’s fun. So, stay tuned.

Thanks for the entertainment @harryfat1. I have enjoyed your report, as always. Enjoy your cruise on Odyssey. We did that same route on her a couple of years ago. We like those 8 night sailings to A & C so much, we did a couple more of them since then and have another in December. We will be like two ships passing in the night, since we will be on Symphony, sailing into port the day after you sail out.

@Sea Dog Greg, definitely stay on top of it. Hope you get back to normal before your cruise. @A&L_Ont Andrew, how is the jaw doing. I hope you are able to get it open to enjoy some eating pleasures.

I have done that, but evidently they have not heard the message.

+1 @dani negreanu Dani.. Adding our prayers for your safety.

Happy engagement anniversary. Dinner looks great.