Cruzin Terri

Why would we not be?? Just that the last two days have been a horror. Read my post today, Terri

Good Sunday morning. Thank you to Sandi @StLouisCruisersfor getting us started today. I like the Carnival Day and Carpe Diem. Not a big fan of Pistachios. Quote is interesting. Like the wine but will pass on the drink and meal. Have not been to Egypt. Thank you to Vanessa @JazzyVfor the Cares and Celebration list. My prayers for all that need them. Cheers to those with something to celebrate. And hope those that are cruising are enjoying their days at sea. Thank you Graham @grapau27 for Father David’s sermon. Always welcome. Hope Sarah is doing okay. I have not been around for the last two days so I have some catching up to do do. I just read @Azz’s account of the kitchen renovation. Believe me, if anyone knows about delays, it is me. On March 4, that is this coming Saturday, it will mark six (6) months since we had the flood in our home. AND WE STILL DON’T HAVE A MASTER BATH. And there is no telling when that is going to happen. The contractor does not have a tiling sub available, so we have to wait. To add to the mix, yesterday was a horror. Our one and only toilet (brand new) decided to give us trouble, Plunger, etc, would not do the job. Tried to call a plumber on a Saturday. NO ONE ANSWERS THE PHONE AND NO EMERGENCY NUMBERS. This took up most of the day. Finally, at 7 pm a neighbor, who works as a handyman came over (he had been out all day) and got the job done. We were just about to go to a hotel. I’m exhausted, and we just got back from a cruise. I feel like I need another one. So that is where I am at. I will try to catch up and read all the posts today. Take care everyone and God Bless. Happy Sunday. Terri

Just to set the record straight. March 4 will make 6 months from the date of the flood. And we still don’t have a bathroom.

Good morning. Thank you Sandi for getting us going this morning. Thank you Vanessa for the Cares and Celebration Lists. Thank you Summer Slope for the drink of the day and to Cat Shepherd for the Wine and to Debbie for the recipes. I like the quote. Have not been to the destination. Interesting collection of days. Don’t have a dog, so really don’t appreciate dog biscuits. Like tennis and there is always something to learn digitally. @JazzyVSorry to hear about BFF’s uncle. My condolences. Hope those in the path of the snow storm are okay. I have to stop hanging around you guys. Last night I had a bad night and woke up at 4:30 am. I do not want to join the 3 am club. Well, the linen closet in the bathroom is finished and the lights are up. Now we are in the waiting phase for a tiling subcontractor. Hopefully that will be soon. I am losing my patience. Today will be devoted to opening more boxes. It is amazing at the things one finds, Hope everyone has a great day. God Bless, Terri

Good morning from Bluffton, SC where it is overcast, but the sun promises to shine later and the temps rise to 80 degrees. Thank you to Sandi for the Daily and Fleet Report and to Vanessa for the Cares and Celebration List. Appreciate the receipts for the drink and food. And thank you to all who contribute to make this thread a special place. Happy birthday to George. As we mark the beginning of Lent, may those who observe Ash Wednesday find some blessings during this holy season. We all try to practice some humility. I will pass on the meal as I do not eat curry and the wine, while it looks lovely, is way above our budget. I like the quote. I have not been to the destination. Prayers to all who need them and to those who are celebrating—Cheers! Today is more of the same for us. We keep trying to put things back in place. I just can’t seem to remember where everything goes. Work continues on the bathroom. Have a good day everyone and God Bless, Terri

Well, I have a bit more information as to why my Master Bath is not finished. After we left for our cruise and they started to pull up the old tiles and move the drain, it became apparent that the bathroom floor was not level and it required a lot of grinding down prior to moving the drain and setting the new tile floor in the bathroom. This took more time than anticipated and because of doing this, the contractor lost the window for his tiling subcontractor. So now it is a waiting game until he can get the tilers back to do the work. At least I understand the reason for the delay. it doesn’t make me happy, but I know why. Terri

Good morning from Bluffton, SC and back to reality. Thank you to Sandi @StLouisCruisers for the Daily and Fleet Report. Appreciate you taking over at this time. Hope you enjoyed your cruise. Thanks also to Vanessa @JazzyVfor the Cares and Celebration List. Prayers for everyone who needs them. I slept really well last night. I was exhausted. Just needed to crash. Will try to catch up with you all today. Have a good day everyone. God Bless, Terri

Well, this is the sorry story. We had FIVE different delays on I-95 today. So all in all it took about 1 1/2 hours longer than anticipated. We were expecting to get home about 2 pm. Instead we arrived at 3:30. Just more traffic than we ever though we would encounter. And then the major disappointment. The bathroom is not finished. it is requiring more work than anticipated and will require about another 2 weeks at least. i can’t believe it. Anyway, if you want pictures I can send some but they are not pretty. I did all the driving today and am exhausted. So i am sitting in front of the TV for a while. Jim and I are now sleeping in two separate bedrooms until the bathroom is finished. Too much dust in the MBR for now. Anyway, this too shall pass. More tomorrow. Good night and God Bless, Terri

Good morning from central Florida. I thought I would post now, because I am sure later I will be too busy. I am dressed and ready for breakfast, but Jim just got up so I am waiting for him. We decided not to drive the whole way yesterday because it is just too much for me doing all the driving. We have about 5 hours of driving today. We had a good cruise and got a chance to rest and recoup, knowing that we are going back to lots of work. I am really anxious to see what our bathroom looks like. I was disappointed on Friday that we did not get any photos from the contractor. I only got to read yesterday’s Daily this morning as I was so tired to do it last night. @StLouisCruisers Welcome home and thank you for the Daily and Fleet Report. Glad you are home safe and sound and enjoyed your cruise. @grapau27 Graham condolences to Sarah on the loss of her dear friend. @JazzyVthank you for the cares and celebration lists. Prayers for President Jimmy Carter. I agree with the others who have posted. He is to be admired for his dedication to service to our country and God. I hope his transition is easy for him. Prayers for the people in the Ukraine and those from the cyclone Gabrielle and the earthquake. I am really not good and remembering everyone, but do remember all of you each day in my prayers. Hope everyone has a good day. DH is ready and time for breakfast. God Bless. Terri

Good evening. Very late checking. It was a long day. We are staying in mid-Florida tonight and will drive the rest of the way tomorrow. Will check in tomorrow. Just too tired to write any more. Terri

Good morning from somewhere in the Atlantic near Cuba and Miami. Today is the last day of our cruise. That means packing and doing the last minute things we want to do on this cruise. We are glad we got away and hope we find our bathroom finished when we arrive home on Monday. Thank you to Ann @cat shepard for the Daily and Fleet Report. And thank you to all who contribute that make this the place to be everyday. I like the days—especially National Drink Wine Day. I also like Woody Allen’s full quote. Thank you Rich for filling in the blanks. The meal sounds good, but I will have to eat what is available on the ship tonight. That will be Chateaubriand. Not a bad substitute. Same for the wine and the drink. I have not been to the port. As for the other two days, Battery Day and Whales Day, Hats off to them too. Hope everyone has a good day. Prayers for all who need them and cheers to those celebrating. God Bless, Terri

Good morning from the lovely Oceania Sirena. This is the first of two sea days before we arrive in Miami on Sunday. I don’t have much planned for the next two days except get all the rest I can because when I get home we will will be doing the final work to put our house back together again. I am promised photos today from the contractor so I am eagerly awaiting them. Thank you to Ann @cat shepard for the Daily and Fleet Report. Appreciate you willingness to step in and take the helm. Thank you to Vanessa @JazzyV for the cares and celebration lists. Prayers for all who need our prayers. Not much to report today except that the menus have their folders again and the GI issue seems under control. Thank God. Hope everyone has a good day and God Bless, Terri

Well, the menus are back in the folders. No more reminders about the hand sanitizers. According to the dining room waitress, the health situation is contained and under control. We are thankful it did not spread and the powers that be nipped it in the bud. Two more days to go and we will be back in Miami. We will take two days to get home with a stop midway in Florida. No reason to rush. Hope everyone had a good day. Terri

So yesterday I received a message from the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville regarding my appointment that I had on February 28 at 1:15 pm. It was perfect. I needed to go the night before for blood work the following morning and see the doc at 1:15 pm and then I would be able to drive home. Basically, the message said “we have moved your appointment to March 6 at 4:15 pm FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE. (My convenience???? I don’t think so). They left the blood work on Feb. 28. Arghh!!! So i had to turn on my phone and call them. I told them about “my convenience” and corrected them that it was for the “doctor’s convenience”. She agreed. I also asked to have the blood work moved to the same day. Now “my convenience” will cost me two hotel nights instead of one. So I’m GROUCHY!! And they did me no favors. Terri

Good morning to all from beautiful Tortola. We were going to go to the beach today but had some rain and decided against it. Surprisingly it is a bit cool at 78 degrees high. We went for a walk at the pier and ended up soaking wet and had to come back to the ship and change our clothes. So I think the rest of the day will remain on board. Thank you to @cat shepard for taking the helm and keeping us going during this time. Appreciate all your efforts and that of @JazzyV for the Cares and Celebration lists. Interesting Days. We have not yet cut the cable cord, but with the prices going up, it may be time to do so,. As for do a grouch a favor, I try to be nice to everyone. Innovations are wonderful and keep our world going. I will pass on the wine, way above my budget. The meal looks nice but not for today. pass on the drink as well. Okay on the quote. @grapau27Graham, thanks for the lovely photo of the Northern lights. Hope to see that some day. Maybe on our cruise this summer of the Norwegian coast and the Baltics. Prayers for all that need them. Cheers to those who are celebrating and cruising. Enjoy your days. Take care and God Bless, Terri

Well, i did a bit of investigating and with the help of some willing staff (won’t say who), I found out that there is one couple on the ship with Norovirus. That was enough for the ship to take immediate action. The couple is in isolation until they are better and the ship is taking every precaution to make sure it does not spread. Hopefully the measures they are taking are sufficient. So far, Jim and I are fine. Glad you all liked the sunset. Terri

Just have to share my sunset over Guadeloupe. Just beautiful tonight.

Yes, we have. I will try to stay as safe as we can. Thanks for the heads up. Terri

I remember your experience Jacqui, but I think you were refused because of the Norovirus and not COVID. It was before Covid if I remember correctly. Nothing more has been said and no other precautions have been instituted yet. Keeping my fingers crossed. Terri

Good morning to all from the Island of Guadeloupe. We will stay on board today. Last time we were here we had a not too good experience so we will not venture off the ship today. Thank you to Ann, @cat shepardfor taking over for Sandi who is taking over for Roy who is taking over for Rich. The list gets longer, LOL. Thanks also to Vanessa @JazzyV for the cares and celebration list. Prayers to all that need them. Especially the citizens of Ukraine and the victims of the shooting in Michigan and the victims of the earthquake in Turkiye and Syria. I pray also for those in our group who are ill and awaiting results of tests and those in pain. Roy, Tana, @tupper10, Jacqui, and all others who need our prayers. @grapau27Graham, glad for the good results. I like gumdrops, Glad I am not single, and hats off to Susan B Anthony and her work. No to the meal and the wine is above my budget. I enjoyed the quote. Have not been to the port. Not sure what is going on but all of a sudden there are announcements to use the hand sanitizers and in the dining rooms the menus are just a piece of paper instead of being in the folders. When asking why, the waiters just say they don’t know. Huh! Interesting. There has been no mention of illness, either GI or Covid so it is left to one’s imagination. Other from that, we are going to have a quiet, restful day on board. Have a good day and stay safe and well. God Bless, Terri

Good afternoon from beautiful Barbados. We spent the day on the Silver Moon Catamaran and it was lovely. It took me a long time to get through all the posts. I really need to take a shower so this will be short for now. First of all HAPPY VALENTINES DAY TO ALL! Prayers for al. Especially those who are still having problems. Tana, Jacqui, Roy, Sandi’s Brother, Debbie’s brother’s inspection, etc. I love Ferris Wheels. I tried to post a picture of DH and I on the London Eye but it did not show here on CC. Sorry. Terri

I understand what you’re saying. We also decided a while ago to try another line and have not been sorry. It was a good decision for us after a few unpleasant experiences on HAL. Terri

Good morning from St. George’s Grenada. We were going to go to Grand Anse Beach today, but DH doesn’t feel like doing so. Instead we went to the little mall at the end of the pier. We are joined by the Costa Fascinosa in port and we look like a little row boat next to it. Bought some spices and specialty coffees and am back on the ship. Will spend the afternoon at the pool. Thank you to all who make this thread work. @cat shepard, @JazzyV, @dfish, @summer slope and all the others. @Quartzsite Cruiserthank you for the lovely photos of both Le Havre and Paris. Brings back wonderful memories. I changed my name years ago when I married DH and have no intention of changing it again. I just got a new laptop, so it is clean as a whistle. Don’t think I need a wingman. I love lasagne, but not today. No to the wine and the drink. I hope everyone has a wonderful day. We are just taking it easy. Tomorrow we are on our favorite catamaran in Barbados—Silver Moon. Will probably post late in the day. Take care and stay safe everyone, God Bless, Terri

Good morning to all from Roseau, Dominica where we finally have calm seas. It is a beautiful day. We did not have anything planned for today so we are just chilling out on our veranda right now. Everything in town looks closed because it is a Sunday. We are the only ship in port until noon when the Windstar will be joining us. Thank you to @cat shepard for the Daily and Fleet report. Nice of you to step in for Sandi and Roy and Rich. Thank you also to @JazzyV Vanessa for taking care of the Cares and Celebration lists for Roy. Glad to see that he is improving and slowly getting up to speed. Prayers for all on the Cares list and cheers to those celebrating and cruising. We heard from our contractor that the Master Bath is moving along and they hope to be finished by the time we get home on Feb. 20. YAY! Also they were able to fix the light fixture that went kaput during a power surge. There will be SuperBowl festivities beginning at 6 pm (Atlantic Time) in the Sirena Lounge with a Tailgate Party and then the game starts here at 7:30 pm since we are one hour ahead of Eastern Standard Time. As for the days, Happy Birthday to Honest Abe, I guess I have lost a few pennies in my lifetime. I don’t think I have ever had plum pudding. I like the quote. I have not been to the port. I will skip the meal and the drink and definitely the wine. That is way above my budget. Don’t want to squander my casino winnings on that. Thank you to all who contribute to make this a happy and positive place. Have a great Sunday and hope that whoever your favorite team is, that they win. I am not a football fan. Here’s a photo of the Windstar coming into port. Have a great day everyone and God Bless, Terri

Good morning from the Oceania Sirena. Today is Day 5 of our cruise and as predicted, we missed our port of call in St. Barth’s. So far we have missed 2 of the first 3 ports on this cruise and I predict there are more to come given the condition of the seas. It appears that we will probably not dock at any ports where the pier is not protected—especially on this little ship. According to the Marine Forecast, this has no intention of letting up anytime soon. So this may turn into a “ Cruise to Nowhere”. We shall see. Thank you to @cat shepardfor the Daily and Fleet Report for today. I like the combination of days. I think that we should take care not to spill milk these days or we will cry, given the prices of everything. I have made many friends here and treasure them. Hope to meet you all some day. Inventions are always good and interesting. I like the quote, the full quote, The wine is a bit above my budget. Will skip the meal. We circled Cape Horn on the Veendam in 2012. Enjoyed that cruise very much. Thank you to @JazzyV for the Cares and Celebration list. Prayers to all that need them. Good to see that Roy is improving slowly buy surely. Jacqui, hoping that Spring comes quickly for you and that your arm heals just as quickly. Joy, hope you are feeling somewhat better. Prayers for Kathi, Tana and all others who need them. Cheers for those who are celebrating and cruising. Bon Voyage to @StLouisCruisers. I hope you have calmer seas than we are having. Thank you to @summer slopefor the drink recipe. May try one. And a thank you also to @dfishfor your dedication to making sure we are well nourished everyday. Since we have an unexpected sea day, I plan to work on some ports for our upcoming Baltic Cruise. i have put that on the back burner due to all the problems with our house. This is a good opportunity today. Hope everyone has a good Saturday and God Bless, Terri