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This is exciting news! What a blessing it all worked out! We all wish you all have a great cruise. I am sure all here will be excited for you to share the journey here when you can.

We still have time. It's not over until it's over! I love the size and quality of the Amish Paste. Do you like to make pizza? Here is a nice recipe for pizza sauce that I have been using a few years. https://www.sprinklesomesugar.com/the-best-homemade-pizza-sauce/ Another good thing about using blender and not skinning is the skin holds a lot of nutrients. Last year some here suggested me to roast some of my garlic harvest. The other day I roasted some. After enjoying some Sharon came over to give me a kiss goodnight and she about fell over. 😆 She said it was strong!

Last year when we cruised it really helped heal my foot. It had been a few months since I had injured my foot and it was not fully healing until I spent the week getting around on the cruise (and almost another week trying to get home 🙃 😅) I hope it helps Eric. Breathing in that sea air is nice too.

That is what I like about it. Also nice to be close to the restaurants. Also if the elevators are slow it's not that bad taking the stairs. Nice central location.

Hey Debbie! I can understand how hard it would be to keep up here. It has been hard for me the last couple weeks. Good to here your Amish paste are doing well. Is this your 1st year growing them? What kind of sauce did you make. I have made a bunch of spaghetti and pizza sauce then seal with the chamber vac. It is nice to be able to flatten the sauces out before freezing. Saves a lot of space. I tried something new last week. Instead of skinning the tomatoes by boiling a minute then I water, I just cut out the hard stem area and blended them in the vitamix with the skin on. A lot less work and clean up! It worked great. Garden, first the bad. Pole beans, peas cucumbers and cherry tomatoes did poor. I picked only 6 pear cherry tomatoes and this evening I picked my only cucumber. Most of the peppers are doing good. Remember they are self pollinators so tap like you do the tomatoes. Tomatoes are doing good. About 280 so far. They are growing so tall I have been zip tieing extention poles onto the cattle panel. A big rain last week caused cracking. To finish the season I planted more the last 2 weeks. 15 tomato, 8 zucchini, 10 Brussel sprouts, 24 bush bean and will do cucumbers again. Zucchini Brussel sprout put out Saturday. Bush bean popping out of big rain today.

Thanks for posting. This would of been another time for me missing something if I didn't see this post.

Cherry tomato plants can be very productive. My first Cherry tomato plants I tried this year was a failure. Saturday I planted 11 Cherry tomato plants with mature in 65 days and four 42 Day tomatoes. I also planted 10 Brussel Sprout plants and seeded some bush beans. My zucchini that I planted a little over a week ago is really taking off. I am also restarting the cucumbers. Nice having a second chance with a long season.

That is our favorite too. Oasis class, OVB, mid ship, deck 8.

Nice pics. I love the different colors of the buildings.

I was just watching The Andy Griffith Show. On the store window it was advertising 2 lbs of tomatoes for $0.25.

Last May on Ovation the ship internet was not that good but our AT&T 5g worked great at port and usually for about an hour after leaving port when out on the balcony or deck. That should give you opportunity to post pics here. I'm sure all here would love for you to share some. Enjoy the cruise. Alaska is such a beautiful place to visit.

I forgot it was on. Thanks 😊

I was surprised to find one on our deck yesterday. They are one of my big memories of growing up in Ohio. When we lived in Brecksville I remember them being everywhere one year. You would find their casings attached to trees. We used to fish with them. Happy to see you tested negative. Hope you enjoy the cruise. Have you ever tried the Samba Grill? I didn't remember it on Allure the last time we were on. Plan to try it in October.

I have done that with texting and here!.

I think it's an age thing. Now if I get more than one thing on my mind it's easy to drift. 😆 It's like when I open the drawer next to the fridge, stand there for a second wondering what I wanted then open the fridge and get a coke. 😆

If you were getting in early I was going to recommend riding on the Metromover. It was free and takes you all around Miami. We stayed at the Hampton Inn in Brickell. Catty-corner was a place called Coyo Taco that has great fish tacos. Not sure I would travel that far for it. Not far from you is Bayside Marketplace. We enjoyed going there. When we were there they had live music going on. We were there during the day. Might be worth researching if you are looking for something to do. My most memorable time was getting to stay a couple extra days. 😆

So this is what it looks like when you try to go to a page but put it in the reply box and hit submit. 😆

Last October we sailed Symphony out of Miami. I don't remember if suite and Key holders shared the same line but I would think they would. We got there early, before the regular line opened, and walk right through. Very easy. The only pause is when they check out your documents and that was no big deal. Things might of changed but right as you board you enter the Promenade where they had stations set upwhere to make your dinner reservations. If they are not using them anymore I am sure you know to head to one of the restaurants. Are you getting to Miami early? If so, where are you staying. We really enjoyed our extra time in Miami.

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I think I've heard it before but what does it mean, "getting up at 5:30 am. 🤔

Me too.

@Sea Dog I vote #2.

I too use a FP. I usually blend up everything but the basil first. Then I chop up the basil with a knife before adding if in the FP. This helps the pesto to stay greener. Before, when I just tossed it all in, the basil would turn dark before the pine nuts were finely chopped. I plan to make some when my DD comes tomorrow. Maybe make some pizza with it

😆 I read this wrong. My age is showing. 😆 I read, Jack has a video called Coming in the morning from his doctor. I started wondering if he made the video or found it. 🤔 😆 I hope he gets well quickly .

Glad you enjoyed your cruse and thanks for posting the pic. I love see the beautiful sea.