Royal Caribbean Cruisers -- How Are Things Where You Are? (was "Routine" ​ 😁 ​day in lockdown... how was yours?)

[cruiselvr04]

1 hour ago, Jimbo said:

John Deere Tree is done,will be working on the 9ft Wilderness Tree tomorrow.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Where do you store all this?! I have an entire Christmas closet under the stairs. We have no basement and the garage gets over 100 degrees in the summer so it can’t be out there.  There are 10 totes plus tree plus portable wrapping station. DH thinks we have too much at that. When we built this house they weren’t going to utilize the space under the stairs.  I said no wasted space!  So in my powder room is the Christmas closet door, right by the toilet. I wonder how many guests have opened it out of curiosity?  

[Jimbo]

16 minutes ago, cruiselvr04 said:

Where do you store all this?! I have an entire Christmas closet under the stairs. We have no basement and the garage gets over 100 degrees in the summer so it can’t be out there.  There are 10 totes plus tree plus portable wrapping station. DH thinks we have too much at that. When we built this house they weren’t going to utilize the space under the stairs.  I said no wasted space!  So in my powder room is the Christmas closet door, right by the toilet. I wonder how many guests have opened it out of curiosity?  

There is a closet downstairs off the in-law suite area where our water filters are for where our city water hookup comes into the house. The closet is pretty large 8ft x 10ft.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There on the left is just 2 of the tree boxes, but all 7 do fit in this closet. Just have 2 now sitting in workshop and 3 upstairs in the bedrooms walk in closets.

After all trees are taken down ALL 7 tree boxes will go in this downstairs closet.

 

Tree(#8) upstairs in bonus room over garage stays up year round on the table.

 

Edited October 29, 2023 by Jimbo

[A&L_Ont]

1 hour ago, HBE4 said:

 

Is he still part owner of the Tex Rangers? He was at one point. 

I think he has been out for a while, but off to look. 
 

Edit to find the following.

 

Bush does not own the Rangers, but he had a stake in the team from 1989-1994. Bush helped organize a group to buy the Rangers for $89 million after the franchise went up for sale in 1988.

Edited October 29, 2023 by A&L_Ont

[aussielozzie18]

We have a large shed in our backyard where everything is stored in storage boxes.  Our singular tree is stored in its original cardboard box.  I take it out the day before we bring it indoors, set the tree up (without decorations) and spray it all over with bug spray, leave it  overnight before bringing indoors.  Don’t want any surprise spider decorations…

[HBE4]

7 hours ago, Jimbo said:

We usually take them down the 2nd or 3rd week of January. No rush. None of them are real  live trees.

 

While I do wait to embrace Christmas until after Thanksgiving, I am slow to let it go. I've been know to leave the Christmas decorations up to the end of Jan/early Feb.  After all, there are no "real" festive holidays until St Patricks Day in mid-March. Valentines Day doesn't count as I'm sure that's a fake holiday invented by Hallmark cards & chocolate companies. 🙂

 

Speaking of March, I once left a live Christmas tree up thru March. It was a Douglas Fir and it just wouldn't die.

 

[Jimbo]

We have alot of deer that rest in our back and side yards. I keep the grass cut  higher this time of year so the deer have a nice fluffy bedding. The feel safe here after out and about all day I guess.

There will be areas in the yard all flatten down where I know they have been resting the night before.

 

 

[mets07]

We only get one tree. A real one. We buy it a few weeks before Christmas and bring it inside a few days before Christmas. Get it set up physically and then decorate it the following day. But then again our house is about 95 years old and we don't have a lot of space. 

 

Whatever you do, enjoy.

😉🎄

 

 

[HBE4]

20 minutes ago, A&L_Ont said:

I think he has been out for a while, but off to look. 
 

Edit to find the following.

 

Bush does not own the Rangers, but he had a stake in the team from 1989-1994. Bush helped organize a group to buy the Rangers for $89 million after the franchise went up for sale in 1988.

 

I was only off by 30 years. 😆

[A&L_Ont]

The deer in our area are out and about. 
 

This was Thursday night at the end of our driveway. 
 

 

 

 

And Friday I saw another pair at the back bush. 
 

 

 

 

This buck has a decent rack. Can’t count the points as I took the photo driving the Gator. Not the best pic by any means. 
 

[A&L_Ont]

Just now, HBE4 said:

 

I was only off by 30 years. 😆

But your memory is good.  Most wouldn’t remember at all. 

[A&L_Ont]

Just got home from the arena. 3 games this week for Owen. Today their team finally got a win, 3-2 and they are no longer last in the league of 9. That’s a whole other conversation. 
 

That said we have the best food optioned cantina in the league. We have the regular items. 
 

 

And since the folks that run it own the local Thai restaurant, we also have these items. 
 

 

 

Did I mention you can get it to go? 😋

 

[aussielozzie18]

@A&L_Ont Congratulations to Owen & his team on a win!  
 

That Thai menu is awesome.   Sausage sangers were the main canteen option during my son’s years of weekend sports.  
 

Does the photo you posted mean your jaw is improving?

Edited October 29, 2023 by aussielozzie18

[akcruz]

I think I shared somewhere here on CC but adding for this post, our 36th anniversary was earlier this week.  We try to do something each year and this year was a trip back to Charleston and the local area. 

 

We stayed downtown, right across from the market, for 1 night then went across the bay to Mount Pleasant, much more reasonable and on the marsh, for another few nights.  We have been to Charleston before so have done most of tours so this time was wandering around, shopping, eating, and drinking so nit too many pictures.

 

The next few days we bopperd around to Folly Beach, Sullivan's Island, visited the Angel Oak a 400 year old hugh living oak, the USS Yorktown a retired navy vessel and stopped to tour Boone Plantation on the way back home.  

 

Great few days where the weather cooperated beautifully.  Lots of great places, here are a few pictures from 36 years ago and this past week.

 

 

On our anniversary in front of the Pineapple fountain in Charleston

 

The pineapple fountain without the distraction

 

The pink houses in the French district 

 

We had dinner at a restaurant called Church and Union, for anyone who the book The Art of War, the entire book is written on the ceiling.  Your bill is then out into the book, it's fairly short, where you can add notes etc the book.  Interesting place.  Lots of great restaurants in Charleston.

 

Angel Oak, not quite like Maui but quite large and still growing

 

 

 

 

Didn't take many pictures on the Yorktown.  Just this of a Blue Angel plane on the deck overlooking the bridge

 

And one of my daily, sshh, Bloody Mary's, this was the best at Poe's on Sullivan's Island.

 

The entry to Boone Plantation, gorgeous

 

The main house

 

A few shots from the Shem's Creek area, beautiful spot to what the sunset

 

Looking out towards the bay, hotel to the right lots of restaurants along both sides, Charleston across the bay.

 

 

A few of the shrimp boats, the creek is lined with them

 

 

Sunset

 

Found a feathered friend on the walk though the marsh, pictures don't do it justice.

 

 

 

[A&L_Ont]

1 minute ago, aussielozzie18 said:

@A&L_Ont Congratulations to Owen & his team on a win!  
 

That Thai menu is awesome.  Does the photo you posted, mean your jaw is improving?

Thanks for asking. It is slowly improving. I have to wear one appliance all day and a 2 piece upper one at night. I have one appointment a week with a registered massage therapist for deep tissue massage and another for heat treatments through the TMJ clinic. 
 

I can now easily slide my thumb into my mouth sideways. I have doubled my motion. Still have a way to go though. 

[A&L_Ont]

3 minutes ago, akcruz said:

 

I think I shared somewhere here on CC but adding for this post, our 36th anniversary was earlier this week.  We try to do something each year and this year was a trip back to Charleston and the local area. 

Happy Anniversary to you both. Beautiful photos. 

[akcruz]

31 minutes ago, Jimbo said:

We have alot of deer that rest in our back and side yards. I keep the grass cut  higher this time of year so the deer have a nice fluffy bedding. The feel safe here after out and about all day I guess.

There will be areas in the yard all flatten down where I know they have been resting the night before.

 

 

 

We had deer like that in our yard in NJ, always knew where they bedded down for night.  Beautiful creatures but glad to not have them destroy all my plants here.

[HBE4]

17 hours ago, h20skibum said:

We never have any leftover candy, because we tell some of the kids to come back at the end of trick or treat hours, and they get what is left.

 

I do my best to not have leftover candy so as the night goes on, I become more generous with what I hand out. Apparently word gets around because some kids will come back for more. Some will deny being here before when asked but once or twice, someone will say "yeah, you gave me 2 pieces but then I heard you are now giving out 4 pieces so I came back for more". 

 

Brazen, sure but I gave them 6 more pieces for honesty.

[A&L_Ont]

Last sports update of the week. Owen’s Sr football team had a record of 0/5 all season. Every team gets one playoff game, and the Sr team at his school has not won a single game in 7 years. 
 

Well, that streak ended on Thursday, with a solid win. 
 

Owen did his part with 4 pats

 

 

and kickoffs. 

 

He even took out a kid on the kickoff return. 

 

Final score. One more game this week to come. 

 

[Jimbo]

3 minutes ago, A&L_Ont said:

Last sports update of the week. Owen’s Sr football team had a record of 0/5 all season. Every team gets one playoff game, and the Sr team at his school has not won a single game in 7 years. 
 

Well, that streak ended on Thursday, with a solid win. 
 

Owen did his part with 4 pats

 

 

and kickoffs. 

 

He even took out a kid on the kickoff return. 

 

Final score. One more game this week to come. 

 

Soccer

[HBE4]

10 hours ago, A&L_Ont said:

 

Damn, we spend $30 for chips and full sized chocolate bars at Walmart and we will get to keep half of it. 

 

At Rite-Aid, I bought $74 worth of candy that was on sale for $50. But then I had $11 in Bonus money  so that brought the cost down to $39.  But there's more, I earned $20 in Bonus money with that purchase so that brought my final price to $19.

 

It's like stealing candy from a giant drug store chain. 🙂

Edited October 29, 2023 by HBE4

[Jimbo]

'Friends' star Matthew Perry dead at 54, according to reports

 

According to TMZ, Perry was found at a Los Angeles-area home, where he appeared to have drowned.

 

Edited October 29, 2023 by Jimbo

[BonTexasNY]

2 hours ago, NHProud said:

My better half at the Nixon library. Is that a smile or a smirk ? We’ve also visited the Reagan , JFK , Lyndon Johnson libraries and Hyde Park . I agree with your comment. 

We had friends who visited almost every Presidential Library except for 2.  They also did a car trip stopping at every bbq place rated as tops for each area in TX.

2 hours ago, derorim said:

 

Holy Moly!  I guess I should be grateful that we only get a few tick-or-treaters, but actually, I wish we had more.  I love giving out candy to the kids.

I know I posted this before.  I once ran out of Halloween Candy and my daughter was scandalized when I started giving out fun size boxes of raisins.

 

@akcruz Looks like you had a fabulous Anniversary celebration.  Your pictures are wonderful and your wedding gown is gorgeous as is the bride and groom.  Wishing you many more years of happiness together.

[voyager70]

5 minutes ago, Jimbo said:

'Friends' star Matthew Perry dead at 54, according to reports

 

According to TMZ, Perry was found at a Los Angeles-area home, where he appeared to have drowned.

 

Just heard this. So sad. 

[HBE4]

I used to love seeing deer in my yard. Until I got Lyme disease, now not a fan. Still, they seem to love it. All time record was 14 at once. I think it's because so many of my neighbors have fenced in yards mine has become a major expressway through the neighborhood 

 

Edited October 29, 2023 by HBE4

[BonTexasNY]

1 hour ago, HBE4 said:

I used to love seeing deer in my yard. Until I got Lyme disease, now not a fan. Still, they seem to love it. All time record was 14 at once. I think it's because so many of my neighbors have fenced in yards mine has become a major expressway through the neighborhood 

 

I hope your Lyme Disease is controlled.  It can be very painful. My friend's father contracted Lyme Disease when he was in his 70s.  He hadn't left the Bronx in at least 20 years.  For those not in the know, The Bronx is a NYC borough, heavily populated, not a place you would find deer. Took a long time to diagnose.