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I laughed at the painting project, because getting paint on carpet creates color, and it gives me the opportunity to get new carpet, or find my wood floors. But I dont want it on the base boards, unless I am willing to paint the base boards. 🙄 @smitty34877

and 45 minutes later, the sun is gone and the clouds moved in. yuck.

I think the last time we cruised with Platinum, we could use that drink voucher at the coffee shop. Since we dont drink, it was a good option for us. And I agree with @johnboy036, the laundry is the best perk! Even if it's a 5 day cruise. It's nice to go home with clean laundry, then know that's the first thing you have to do when you get home. Have a great cruise!

@4966and556 Feral fawn has been having the same ear issues. But our vet said that after their last attempt to see the cat, when she jumped out of the carrier, clawed the assistant and then jumped from her head trying to get into the ceiling, that Fawn is NOT ALLOWED ever again at that vets. I think I will just call instead. Maybe they can just sell me some meds. I hope that you have more luck than I do with cats at the vets.

Good Monday Morning Dailyites! I like pie, pretty much all pie, and if I don't like the pie, I put whipped cream on it, and then I like the pie. When I was a kid, I hated pie. Didn't like the crust, now I appreciate a good crust. Ahhh....maturity. The computer says it's 38 degrees, and it's sunny today, it just wont get warm. I used to have good handwriting, now it seems to be mood sensitive, it leans to the right, and then leans to the left, and sometimes, it's just straight up and down. I used to work in insurance fraud, matching signatures from the original application, and those reinstatements that mysteriously appeared after a customer had passed away. Right now, I wouldn't be able to pass that signature test. It has changed from being my own, then looking like my mom's and then my dads and then sometimes my brothers, and then now, I cant read my own writing. This morning is girls breakfast out, but because Penny has to take Jessie for a Proton radiation therapy check up right after breakfast, , she is bringing Jessie, and then DH found out that Jessie is coming, and he wanted to come, so that when he orders a pancake or a muffin, it would still be warm when he ate it. And then I called Terry and told her if she didn't mind to bring her hubby Marshall. I have not heard back from her. All 3 hubbies have had cancer, each one a different type.

My neighbors are back in Vietnam again, for two months, they left two weeks ago. Tonight I keep seeing a car, come up the street, stop at the drive (we share a drive) and then go back to the top of the street. I hope they aren't casing the place. I have gone over and moved the front porch furniture, I should hang a plant out (if it wasn't so cold and rainy! ) Maybe a fake fern? But this time, their car is not pulled in all the way, and it's quite obvious it hasn't moved in a few weeks. @kazuWhen I broke the tip of my elbow off, and had the surgery to find the tip ( i knew where it was based on the fact, that I had a lump on the other side of my arm) I really didnt do anything but sit on the couch for two months. I slept on the couch, I ate on the couch, I became the couch. To me you are doing a fantastic job.! If you have the cash to do so, hire yourself a private nurse, to help bath you. I truly enjoyed two things for those first two months, DH washing my hair, and scrubbing my back, as I was not allowed to get the cast wet. When I got to wash my hair for the first time, using both arms, I was so happy!!!! (\__/) ( *.* ) />😸

@RMLincoln Welcome to the daily! A most loving group of instant friends, and spontaneous family. I also meant to welcome @cruising sisterthe other day, but unless I write things down, they are in my head, and then gone. And when I do write things down, I lose the paper I wrote on 75% of the time. Please forgive my tardiness, and WELCOME!

@Cruising-alongYour nieces' life and health has been very sad, but from what you have shared about her, she lived in joy and made others feel her joy. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. Annie

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@HeartgroveWhen we were on a Carnival cruise in September, our muster was not outdoors, nor stuffed into a room, we had to go to our muster station, check in, watch a brief instruction class with only about 150 people in the theatre, and then were released, this went on several times during the day, and we had to wear masks in the theatre. It was not like the old days, when we stood outside one behind another waiting and waiting. Have a great cruise!

Good Sunday Morning Dailyites! Thanks for sending the storms up this way. I enjoyed the thunder and lightening at 4 something this morning. And 5 something this morning, and 6 this morning, and then it got quiet, and the rain is gone. BUT the computer with all of it's knowledge says "rain off and On". Of course it will. And then as @StLouisCruisers said we will see the big bright orb for two days, and then get rain again. @grapau27Thank you for bringing us Father David each Sunday. DH and I both enjoy listening to his message. @dfishI'm glad that the Saturday Farkle Birthday Bash went well! I made brownies last night, the regular kind, of course from a box mix, and I cooked them the time that the box said, and they came out, and were all gooey and wonderful, but DH likes crunchy brownies. So how can I crunch up the cooked brownie I love the Anne Frank quote. @MISTER 67You can be mad at HAL if you want to be, but this in reality is a Cruise Critic thread, and we don't care if you are mad at HAL. We do miss your posts when you are not here. I haven't had a chance yet to be mad or glad, my first HAL cruise is in May. I'll let you know when I get home. I try to answer all my cats questions.

Years ago in another life, I went to a black powder gun shoot. I dont shoot. But the contestants were to dress in period pieces to match their guns. One guy showed up all in fur, all from road kill. Coon skin cap, kilt made out of deer, but his coat was made of coyote. He looked like a poorly put together stuffed animal. I see more road kill up in the GA mountains in the spring, but they are all skunks. Between the cat food and the bird seed, I feed all the squirrels and racoons in the neighborhood. I am so appreciated that the birds flock around me when I put out seed. They get first dibs then before the squirrels. And yes, our power problem with the house this winter was caused by squirrels. @Overhead Fred I love your white squirrel! Winter camo. Supposed to get some serious cold rain tonight. Computer says Heavy rain soon. Fawn is asleep on the porch, the vermin have come and dined on the extra cat food, and I'm thinking about going to bed. Lots of errands to run tomorrow. Groceries, bird seed, and sundries for the house. @kazuI think this year, you have had 3 bad things happen already. so maybe you are past the 3 bad things..if things happen in 3's, and the year started last year.... @HeartgroveHave fun on the Legend. My favorite part of the ship is the front of deck 3, there is a room that goes around the front of the ship, with huge round windows, it's a quiet place, seats to read and contemplate. Lots of family folks named Roy, my grandfather was LeRoy. No one ever called him Roy. (but it 's sort of close) and it wasn't Lee Roy, it had a french accent . Le Roy. But no one can pronounce our last name at all.🙀

Happy Saturday Morning Dailyites! It's cloudy and 41 degrees. FYI, when I woke up earlier due to leg cramps the sun was out, but it was just rising, and I finally could go back to sleep and since I was wiped out from being in pain, I slept, Until 8:45. We went out for BBQ last night and brought back the sliced beef and sliced pork (it was a 3 meat plate) then we stopped at the store, and bought some gravy and instant taters, and will have the rest of last nights dinner, for tonight. We both work until 6 so that is my easy peasy dinner. I do have to admit that the Cacciatore looks better than my left overs! Feral Fawn could care less about squirrels, even though they sit in the bird feeders and munch all day. She seems to know the difference between a tree rat, and an actual rat. She will kill rats. I love the quote. I am not sure if we went to Cannes when I was little, I know we went to Nice. I know I am getting older, I'm losing the memories. I hope you all have a wonderful day. I have to listen to a radio recording before I start work. Which to me is work....

Good evening. I'm back. My first goal this morning was to go to Walgreens, it's 3 blocks from my house, to get computer paper. They did not have any, and Dollar Tree does not sell blank paper. So tonight I get to print 3 days of work. I picked some up at the grocery store. I walked the neighbors dog, fixed lunch and went to work. And made a larger sale than yesterday. (2 times bigger) People want box seats at the bowl, and they don't even know what they will see yet, as the season is not announced. I wish that when calling for donations, more people had faith that their money would bring great things about. Thank you all for the information about MDR and Lido. I think our BFF has made reservations for Tamarind on embarkation day. If the PG will be open for lunch we may try eating there at lunch one day. My men folk love pancakes of the blueberry persuasion, being a diabetic it's no longer something that I search out, but I noticed they have buckwheat pancakes on the MDR menu. My favorite breakfast is a hard (very well done ) boiled egg, and some form of meat. I think I may try one of those English breakfasts, so I will understand @grapau27's pictures better.😁 I hope you all have a great evening !For those of you who are feeling poorly, or a family member or friend feeling down, I'm sending a gentle virtual hug your way.

We are on N. Amsterdam, and have been told that Club Orange would not be worth it for us. BFF chose any time dining (after my last experience with that I changed my next carnival cruise to assigned) . But he did not want to do that, because of excursion times. It's an Alaskan cruise, I was hoping that there would not be too much having to dress up. I know about dinner dressy, but besides arriving in my PJ's how dressy do we have to be for breakfast and lunch?

Friends, I have HAL questions...and of course it's about food. Is the MDR open every day for breakfast? Do you prefer the Lido buffet? When is the MDR open for lunch? (that may be a dumb question, but I dont know) Would you book a specialty restaurant on embarkation day? What is your favorite meal on a HAL ship? Inquiring tummies want to know.

Good Friday Morning Daiyites! The computer says its 42 and sunny. Yesterday was so warm, with a warmish wind, that I opened the den windows and had fresh air come blowing into the house. Cat fur flying everywhere! We had a bit of a cat emergency yesterday. Both DH and I sat down to start work at 1, and in about a half hour the office manager cat, Neko starting getting very squeamish, and started howling, and tried to put a paw in her mouth as if she wanted to dig something out of her mouth. DH said we should take her to the vets, as she really has not been eating well. I called the vet, and they could see her at 3:30 yesterday or Monday at 10. We stopped work and got to the vets. She took a look, and came back and said, that the cat had some kind of either infection behind her last teeth, or a tumor, but they couldnt tell because it was so swollen. She said to the cat it felt like s bad sore throat. They gave her a shot of steroids, and an antibiotic, and she goes back in 2 weeks to see if it's a tumor, but they couldn't verify yesterday due to swelling. They were amazed at how the cat was so friendly and purring, and DH and i looked at each other, wondering if they were looking at our cat... New rules at the vets, fur parents are not allowed in the examination rooms. If you miss an appointment, they will charge you 25 bucks, if you are 15 minutes late to your appointment, they will cancel you. We got home and I went back to finish my shift, and then "went" to my other job. There were still problems with dialing, but I was getting through to folks, and then I get a text from that boss that I need to sign off and quit for the day. Well the other boss said I could go back and work -they didnt care about phone problems, and lo and behold, on my first day back after a year with the campaign, I got a 1500.00 sale.! Wow! On the other hand, DH's campaign ends on Saturday. My coordinating boss (my boss who hired me years ago) texted about David Crosby, wanted to make sure I was OK, as I was a very and still am a huge CSN fan. He was also surprised that DH hadnt been added to another campaign, as he had been told that he had.. from the same boss who transferred me last year telling the new boss that I was completely free to be transferred when he knew I worked for someone else. Sorry I know, too much stupid info. Any way... When there is tofu in something, I give it to DH. I love penguins, and I'm not sure what buttercrunch is, Like a Heath bar?

Good Thursday Morning Dailyites! The computer says 60 and cloudy. It is island storm warm this morning when I took the food out to the cats, and it is VERY cloudy! DH's eye infection is actually caused by the dropping lower eye lid, the surgeon explained the surgery, the care time, and how the surgery will effect his face and vision, He is scheduled for surgery soon, by mid February she said, but they will call when the day is, and the surgery will be at one of the closer Emory hospitals. Which is good. Since he only has the one eye that actually sees, it will be a rough few days following the surgery. @Mr. Boston We will be in Kusadasi in October on our Greece and Turkey cruise. Thank you for all the pictures! Both DH and I are working split shifts today, and we will be off for one hour at the same time. Dinner gets started by me and gets finished by him. No turkey. Chicken, and half a sweet potato. I'm dreaming of a day off vacation day. Last night when I got on the phones to call, the problem that I had reported with the phones dialing, and was ignored, was now a major problem through out the company. The phones were NOT dialing. I got 1 complete call for every 10 that I started. Failed to dial was the response, and after awhile it just was a futile experience. I am starting a new campaign at 1 today, so I hope that they got that problem fixed! Have a great day!

@atexsixCarnival in Alaska is totally different than Carnival in the Caribbean. There is a naturalist on board, lots of films about Alaska to see, and even the shore excursion talks were not bad. No there is not a lot of classical music on board, but the ship was not bomb blasted with the constant techno music. Local storyu tellers, artists and musicians were brought on board to sing, and tell stories. Folks did not stay up late partying, it was all about the Alaskan experience. Now that was 2016 when we did Alaska in September, but I doubt if it changes much. We visited Skagway, Ketchikan, Juneau and Glacier Bay for a day (incredible). Our next cruise there in May is on HAL, only because the person who is paying for the cruise (we are responsible for the excursions and hotel stays, and things to do in Vancouver) booked it for where it was going rather than the line itself. I have no idea why Carnival gets such a bad wrap. Prices are always good, food is good, ports and excursions are good, and a cruise no matter what line you are on, is what you make it. Some ships spoil you more than others, that is true. But I have a funny feeling that HAL is not going to spoil me for my first cruise with them, any more than being Platinum on Carnival does. Which is pretty much never. I am very happy that you are about to book a cruise with your father. I hope that you have a great time! I love Alaska, and am very grateful to our BFF who wanted to go back.

I have printed the directions, and we are leaving at 2:30 for a 3:30 appointment. Winnie the Pooh was not part of my childhood. BoxCar Children, Bobsey Twins, Nancy Drew and any book about horses were my thing. I found both Pooh and Paddington in college, and they became my two new best friends.

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Good Wednesday Morning Dailyites! @aliaschiefoh no not the air horns! It's bad enough just to get answering machines, which I didn't get very many of. Texas must has been having weather last night, as I just got, Line did not ring. DH's boss told him he had to have a sale in the next two days, or they were letting him go. He decided he would stay on line until he got a sale. He started at 4, and worked until midnight, and he got a sale at 10 pm. After work you need some down time, so I went to bed at 12:30, and stayed awake while the cats first fought over my body (scary) , the big Bobagingee climbed on my feet, the other two calmed down, and when DH came to bed, they all took off, and I got to sleep around 2. But I work today at 10, and since I work until 9:30 tonight, and have to be up at 5 for one of my Dr. appointments tomorrow I wont be up until midnight and beyond again. It is foggy, the computer says it's 58 degrees, and I cant wait to see todays meal. Yogurt for breakfast for me, and a salad for lunch. Then off to DH's eye specialist appointment, I would normally print out directions, however, the printer is broken, (due to cat) and I will need to write the directions down. NO highway! Maybe though, just maybe, I pass a Cracker Barrell and can get a hot dinner on the way home.

@dfishI go to appointments when the doctor tells me they cant run a test because Medicare wont pay for it, or if I had made the appointment for two weeks later, they could run my A1C test. Ummm, they told me to schedule it at that time. Now they get paid for the visit, and I get to pay them too, but I have to reschedule for the tests so they get paid twice by Medicare, and twice by me. Not fair to the patient. Golly gosh, I wrote the top portion of this post hours ago, thought I had sent it, and no, it's right here going no where quickly. So much drama today in DH's life! His boss told him if he didn't get a sale in the next two days, he was going to be let go. He got in touch with our coordinating boss, and he said he would look into another job for him. Then tonight he decided to work until midnight (he calls the west coast) and guess what? At 10 eastern time, he got a sale! three weeks with no sale! It's like me with fundraising. I got a huge donation tonight. Yes, I'm being sarcastic. 20 bucks. I felt like I should have matched it. Well next week and the end of this week, I will be working two jobs, and finally seeing some money come in! Now if only the bills I mailed on the 6th would get to where they were mailed to. It is so frustrating doing the right thing, and with the mail box thefts, and the mail being slower than snails, I cant seem to get my checks to where they need to go. Does anyone else feel that the world is off balance? When what was normal is so out of whack? I was told years ago that normal is a cycle on a washing machine. Have a great night!

Good Tuesday Morning Dailyites! My computer is spot on with the weather, it says, it's raining now. And it's right. I have no idea what the temperature is, but it's above freezing because I ended up going out the back to the front door and gave Bubbles some food. He has taken to sleeping on a blanket that is on the front porch, and has stopped coming around to the back of the house. And Uggles has returned. Mr., Mean Macho cat that he is, will beat up his own daddy. So sad . @StLouisCruisers I have cancelled a cruise because I really didn't want to be with the people that we had originally booked with. BUT as you said, this was a cruise you really wanted to do, and you get to cruise with @dfish!! It's not just a cruise, it is an adventure, so no, I would not change. They said they were thinking about doing it. Is this their norm,? Maybe they haven't' booked it yet. And if you change it, you lose, they may not even get on board. Or maybe they read cruise critic?? I asked DH what he would do, he said if they do show up, then tell them the truth. And then go on your way. I on the other hand, say tell the truth, and would watch my back. Good Luck. I like lamb when it is in gyro meat. Other than that it is too gamey for me. But I have always wanted to try the Lamb chops that look so good on some menus.

It was announced on the news this morning that both Devin and another passenger were killed. They showed a young athletic female cheer leader. But I didn't catch her name.