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

[aussielozzie18]

@akcruz Congratulations on your wedding anniversary & thanks for sharing the photos of your time away to celebrate.  Lovely photos.

[aussielozzie18]

3 hours ago, A&L_Ont said:

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. 

I am glad there is progress but sorry it’s taking so long to rectify 

[h20skibum]

5 hours ago, A&L_Ont said:

Happy Anniversary to you both. Beautiful photos. 

+1 @akcruz Happy Anniversary to you 

[h20skibum]

Yesterday was my grandson’s last, regular season football game.  They won 38-14.
 

Next Saturday is the championship game.  They are playing a team they beat in the regular season, so he is hoping for a repeat.

[sgmn]

On 10/28/2023 at 1:54 AM, helen haywood said:

Apologies to those who like to decorate early…. I’m not one of them …😜

We use to wait until after my sons birthday in December before putting up decorations. Now it's usually the first week in December. We always get a real tree and after a few weeks they start dropping their needles.

I have decorations going back to when the kids were born 

[sgmn]

7 hours ago, voyager70 said:

Just heard this. So sad. 

Very sad, he was part of a great series that everyone I know enjoyed 

[sgmn]

20 hours ago, reallyitsmema said:

We are on Serenade out of Boston on a NE/Canada cruise. They do a short fall schedule from Boston every year. We are in 9260, which is a center aft facing balcony. We typically book corners but there were none available. Love the big balconies on the aft. 

We had 9660 next door a few weeks ago on Serenade

 Loved the balcony 

[sgmn]

We were going to have a extended family meet up in Virginia Water park ( part of Windsor Great Park) today for an Autumn walk, but its been cancelled due to bad storms expected. Disappointing as I haven't seen some of my neices and nephews and their families for a couple of years.

My immediate family is still coming over and I'll cook a roast dinner instead xx

Edited October 29, 2023 by sgmn

[h20skibum]

I think we will only put up our pencil tree in our family room this year, since we are leaving so early for Florida.   That will have to wait till after Thanksgiving, because that is where we set up for Thanksgiving dinner, and we will have 12-14 people plus our big table we set up.

 

 

[dani negreanu]

6 hours ago, aussielozzie18 said:

@akcruz Congratulations on your wedding anniversary & thanks for sharing the photos of your time away to celebrate.  Lovely photos.

 

@akcruz  April  + 1 💐

[A&L_Ont]

10 hours ago, Jimbo said:

Soccer

Soccer net in the corner of the field under the scoreboard.  Imagine if that was a soccer score. 🤯

[Arzeena]

11 hours 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!
Love the "then and now" pictures in front of the Pineapple Fountain.

[maggieq]

10 hours 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.

 

So very sad.  A huge friends and Matthew perry fan.  His struggle with addiction was awful.  Very well detailed in his book.  😞 

[Keksie]

The kittens are getting big.  6 weeks old now.  They will go to their forever homes in 6 more weeks.

 

 

[Ocean Boy]

17 minutes ago, Keksie said:

The kittens are getting big.  6 weeks old now.  They will go to their forever homes in 6 more weeks.

 

 

They are looking really cute!

[Sunshine3601]

12 hours ago, akcruz said:

 

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.

Beautiful photos.   lovely get away for your anniversary.  💐

[Sunshine3601]

11 hours 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.

 

Very sad to hear he passed away at such a young age.  May he RIP

 

I've heard he has struggled with addiction problems for many years.

[Sunshine3601]

52 minutes ago, Keksie said:

The kittens are getting big.  6 weeks old now.  They will go to their forever homes in 6 more weeks.

 

 

They are growing up too fast.   Seems like they were just born.   

They are soon adorable.  Enjoy watching them grow up.   Never easy giving them away but I'm sure you have found them wonderful forever homes.

[grapau27]

12 hours 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. 

 

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.

 

 

 

Great photos including nice wedding photo.

Happy 36th wedding anniversary.

Edited October 29, 2023 by grapau27

[reallyitsmema]

Pretty sunrise getting back into Boston this morning. Followed into port by Seven Seas Mariner. Easy getting off ship as we didn’t have to go through customs since we already did in Bar Harbor. Left cabin just after 8, at curb at 8:23 and first laundry in before 9. 🙂 

 

 

 

 

[helen haywood]

Not sure what, if anything, we’ll do for holiday decorations.  At our previous home we had a stained glass front door so couldn’t put a wreath up…. Once upon a time there I used to frequently have the house on the Christmas Tour so lots of decorations…including a lit tree up in the cupola.  One gets burned out.  Especially as it’s just the two of us.

 

I’ve considered having someone wrap lights around our palm tree here…or go with Christmas flamingos…

[Jimbo]

3 hours ago, A&L_Ont said:

Soccer net in the corner of the field under the scoreboard.  Imagine if that was a soccer score. 🤯

If that was the endzone where that soccer net is stored, where was the goal post on that end of the field?

[Arzeena]

47 minutes ago, helen haywood said:

Not sure what, if anything, we’ll do for holiday decorations.  At our previous home we had a stained glass front door so couldn’t put a wreath up…. Once upon a time there I used to frequently have the house on the Christmas Tour so lots of decorations…including a lit tree up in the cupola.  One gets burned out.  Especially as it’s just the two of us.

 

I’ve considered having someone wrap lights around our palm tree here…or go with Christmas flamingos…

Loving the Christmas flamingos idea. I have kitchen towels and some ornaments with those.

[derorim]

2 hours ago, Keksie said:

The kittens are getting big.  6 weeks old now.  They will go to their forever homes in 6 more weeks.

 

 

 

Cuteness overload!

 

Andy's sister, who's going through chemo, recently said she wanted to get a cat.  We got her this instead.  Maybe I should reconsider.  🙂  

 

[Arzeena]

16 minutes ago, derorim said:

 

Cuteness overload!

 

Andy's sister, who's going through chemo, recently said she wanted to get a cat.  We got her this instead.  Maybe I should reconsider.  🙂  

 

Wishing her well.