The Fleet Report and Daily for Monday September 12th, 2022

[richwmn]

 

Today is Chocolate Milk Shake Day, National Video Games Day, and National Day of Encouragement
 

Never love anyone who treats you like you're ordinary.--Oscar Wilde

Meal Suggestion for today - roasted chicken
Drink of the Day - Blue Lagoon
Wine of the Day - Cantina di Venosa 2018 Balì (Aglianico del Vulture)
Destination of the Day - Laem Chabang (Bangkok), Thailand
 

Eurodam

Juneau, Alaska 13:00 - 22:00
 

Koningsdam

Tracy Arm Fjord, Alaska - Juneau, Alaska 09:00 - 09:30
 

Nieuw Amsterdam

At Sea Destination Kodiak Island, Alaska eta 09/14
 

Nieuw Statendam

Charlottetown, PEI Canada 11 - 7
 

Noordam

Hubbard Glacier, Alaska 15:00 - 18:00
 

Oosterdam

Livorno, Florence-Pisa, Italy 07:00 - 20:00
 

Rotterdam

At Sea Destination Eidfjord, Norway Hardangerfjord eta 09/13
 

Volendam

Rotterdam Waalhaven
 

Westerdam

At Sea Destination Juneau, Alaska eta 09/13
 

Zaandam

Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada 09:00 - 18:00
 

Zuiderdam

Ketchikan, Revillagigedo Island, Alaska 10:00 - 18:00
 

[portofrome]

Thank you for the Fleet Report.

[seagarsmoker]

Thanks for the Daily Report and I hope everyone had a great weekend! 

[puppycanducruise]

Good morning.  Thanks for the Fleet and Daily Report.

 

It's still dark.  I couldn't sleep.  We've got a chance of rain today.

It's my mum's 85th birthday.  We spent yesterday afternoon with her.  Had some prosecco and cake.  We had take out Chinese food for supper.  Bertie chased the squirrels from her yard.  It was a nice time together.

 

I haven't had a milk shake in years, thanks for the suggestion.  I don't play many video games.  I encourage everyone to have a wonderful day

Love the quote.

I love roast chicken especially with mashed potatoes and gravy.  Yum.  

I hope the drink is tasty.  Not sure about a wine with "vulture" in the name.

 

Prayers for everyone.

Stay safe.

 

[grapau27]

Thank you for today's fleet reports and Daily Rich.

Interesting days.

Nice food today.

We are waiting for our lunch at the moment.

Not keen on the drink.

Prayers 🙏 for everyone who need them.

I hope everyone has a nice day.

Graham.

[Crazy For Cats]

Good Morning Everyone, thanks for the daily fleet report.  Today’s meal suggestion is a favorite here.  I’ll probably wait until the weekend to make it since we had chicken last night.  I’d like a good chocolate shake, haven’t had one in a long time.    I hope everyone has a nice Monday.

[rafinmd]

Thank you for the Monday report, Rich.  I'll certainly celebrate Encouragement but pass on the other 2 days.  Love the Wilde quote and roasted chicken,  Been to Laem Chabang twice, boarding Queen Victoria there in 2010 and as a port of call on MS Zaandam in 2012.

 

Today’s care list:

Rest in Peace Her Royal Majesty Queen Elizabeth 9\8/22
RIP luvteaching’s friend Waybe 9/3/22 and strength for Karen
Western wildfires
Marshhawk’s friend Jesse with throat cancer and in denial
Horizon Chaser 1957 needing new treaatment for arthritis
The locks at Ijmuiden(Rotterdam diverted to at least 9/18)
From the rotation:
Cruzuin Terri leak damage
HAL Sailer Sister in Law recovering from cancer surgery, poor biopsy, awaiting scans 9/13,  and making hard decisions
Status of St. Louis Sal (7/1), msmayor (5/20) and JAM37 (7/7)
Heartgrove brother discharged but in hospice care

 

Celebrations and Shoutouts:

Happy Birthday to puppycandu’s mom
Rowsby in Hawaii until 9/28
Cruzin Terry settling into a condo
5 days for norseh20 (Regata 9/17 to 9/25)
4 days for sailingdutchy (Oosterdam 9/16 to 10/10)
Bon Voyage  Marshhawk (Ecstasy 9/12 to 9/22)
lindaler (Westerdam 9/11 to 9/18),  Vict0riann (Nieuw Amsterdam 9/11 to 9/25), and  Gail&Marty (Rotterdam to 10/15) at sea
Staff Captain Sabine - Our first female Staff Captain and HAL’s likely first female Captain(I know this is a repeat but she’s worth it)

Roy

 

[kazu]

Thanks for our Monday Daily, Rich.

 

I’m going to try to start the week off right by posting but warning - it’s a long one. 😝 

 

I’ll happily celebrate the day of encouragement.  Many people need it.  Love today’s quote and chicken sounds like a good idea for dinner to go with all my other leftovers.

 

My sister and BIL came down for a visit for a couple of days so I decided to do Jose’s Celebration of Life while they were here and could help and share the memories.

 

Both of my sweet sisters gave me flowers for the occasion

 

 

 

I put them to good use on the two tables.

 

My sister & BIL were shocked when they arrived Saturday morning and saw I already had the tables set up.

 

For the buffet - each silverware setting was in a plastic bag and wrapped with a serviette for safety.

 

 

On the right had side of that pic are the jams for those that came

 

 

This table was for Jose’s tribute, dessert, tea and coffee

 

 

The pergola just needs the ice bucket and the liquor & red wine added.

 

 

And the glasses are all set up on the teak tables.  There were pictures of memories of Jose on all the umbrella stands & the back wall.

 

 

We had a very good turnout - about 38 people.  We really had more chairs than shown - a lot just like the pergola 😉 

 

 

 

And happily, several people spoke and shared their memories

 

 

And of course, there was food!  Endless appetizers - my sister & I were like a well oiled machine (except for the delay in the paella heating up)

 

 

 

 

 

And lots of food for the meal.

 

 

Tons of dessert - my friend and her daughter made the 2 lovely cakes and I had help from a dear friend with more dessert.

 

 

Everyone seemed to enjoy and thought it was well done.  My sister said it was the best Celebration of Life she has been to.  I’m pretty sure she’s prejudiced though 😉 

but I did the best I could.

 

Prayers for everyone on the Care list & for those that need them and 🥂 to those on the Celebratory / Shout Out list.

 

Have a great Monday everyone!

[Gail & Marty sailing away]

Thanks for the info. 

[rafinmd]

@kazu I wish Cruise Critic would allow me to add both "Like" and "Thanks" but I had to just choose one.

 

Roy

[grapau27]

23 minutes ago, rafinmd said:

Thank you for the Monday report, Rich.  I'll certainly celebrate Encouragement but pass on the other 2 days.  Love the Wilde quote and roasted chicken,  Been to Laem Chabang twice, boarding Queen Victoria there in 2010 and as a port of call on MS Zaandam in 2012.

 

Today’s care list:

Rest in Peace Her Royal Majesty Queen Elizabeth 9\8/22
RIP luvteaching’s friend Waybe 9/3/22 and strength for Karen
Western wildfires
Marshhawk’s friend Jesse with throat cancer and in denial
Horizon Chaser 1957 needing new treaatment for arthritis
The locks at Ijmuiden(Rotterdam diverted to at least 9/18)
From the rotation:
Cruzuin Terri leak damage
HAL Sailer Sister in Law recovering from cancer surgery, poor biopsy, awaiting scans 9/13,  and making hard decisions
Status of St. Louis Sal (7/1), msmayor (5/20) and JAM37 (7/7)
Heartgrove brother discharged but in hospice care

 

Celebrations and Shoutouts:

Happy Birthday to puppycandu’s mom
Rowsby in Hawaii until 9/28
Cruzin Terry settling into a condo
5 days for norseh20 (Regata 9/17 to 9/25)
4 days for sailingdutchy (Oosterdam 9/16 to 10/10)
Bon Voyage  Marshhawk (Ecstasy 9/12 to 9/22)
lindaler (Westerdam 9/11 to 9/18),  Vict0riann (Nieuw Amsterdam 9/11 to 9/25), and  Gail&Marty (Rotterdam to 10/15) at sea
Staff Captain Sabine - Our first female Staff Captain and HAL’s likely first female Captain(I know this is a repeat but she’s worth it)

Roy

 

Thank you for today's lists Roy.

I did a couple of sales calls this morning then we called for lunch.

Graham.

[jimgev]

21 minutes ago, kazu said:

Everyone seemed to enjoy and thought it was well done.  My sister said it was the best Celebration of Life she has been to.  I’m pretty sure she’s prejudiced though 😉 

but I did the best I could.

Jacqui, what a beautiful event. I know there were lots of smiles and tears. You did Jose proud!

[mamaofami]

39 minutes ago, kazu said:

Thanks for our Monday Daily, Rich.

 

I’m going to try to start the week off right by posting but warning - it’s a long one. 😝 

 

I’ll happily celebrate the day of encouragement.  Many people need it.  Love today’s quote and chicken sounds like a good idea for dinner to go with all my other leftovers.

 

My sister and BIL came down for a visit for a couple of days so I decided to do Jose’s Celebration of Life while they were here and could help and share the memories.

 

Both of my sweet sisters gave me flowers for the occasion

 

 

 

I put them to good use on the two tables.

 

My sister & BIL were shocked when they arrived Saturday morning and saw I already had the tables set up.

 

For the buffet - each silverware setting was in a plastic bag and wrapped with a serviette for safety.

 

 

On the right had side of that pic are the jams for those that came

 

 

This table was for Jose’s tribute, dessert, tea and coffee

 

 

The pergola just needs the ice bucket and the liquor & red wine added.

 

 

And the glasses are all set up on the teak tables.  There were pictures of memories of Jose on all the umbrella stands & the back wall.

 

 

We had a very good turnout - about 38 people.  We really had more chairs than shown - a lot just like the pergola 😉 

 

 

 

And happily, several people spoke and shared their memories

 

 

And of course, there was food!  Endless appetizers - my sister & I were like a well oiled machine (except for the delay in the paella heating up)

 

 

 

 

 

And lots of food for the meal.

 

 

Tons of dessert - my friend and her daughter made the 2 lovely cakes and I had help from a dear friend with more dessert.

 

 

Everyone seemed to enjoy and thought it was well done.  My sister said it was the best Celebration of Life she has been to.  I’m pretty sure she’s prejudiced though 😉 

but I did the best I could.

 

Prayers for everyone on the Care list & for those that need them and 🥂 to those on the Celebratory / Shout Out list.

 

Have a great Monday everyone!

Jacqui, everything looks beautiful. I’m sure it was a win celebration of Jose’s life. 

[summer slope]

Blue Lagoon Cocktail:

 

Ingredients

1 ½ parts Pinnacle^® Citrus Vodka or Pinnacle^® Original Vodka

½ part DeKuyper^® Blue Curacao

Fill with lemon-lime soda

Top with lemonade

 

 

Instructions

Add the Vodka and Blue Curacao to a tall glass filled with ice. Fill with lemon-lime soda and top with lemonade. Stir and serve.

[1ANGELCAT]

Good cloudy and humid morning. More rain later today.

I had a chocolate milkshake yesterday from my favorite roadside stand . Next Sunday is their closing day for the season, I already have 2 half gallons of ice cream in the freezer.😃

      Blessings and prayers to all on our lists.❤️🙏

[cunnorl]

Good Morning from a warm and sunny day at the beach

    A chocolate milk shake would be great. Dont play video games. It is always a good thing to encourage someone.  Love roasted chicken, it is one of those comfort food meals.

       @kazu   Your tribute looks wonderful. I hope that your friends and family can begin to bring you peace.

         I had the "new" booster on Saturday. It kicked my butt. I have never had a reaction to a vaccine . My family received it on Friday and was fine. I woke in the middle of the night with a wicked headache and chills. THe overall achiness lasted most of yesterday. Feel fine now and glad I got it. Just surprised at my reaction.

          Off to water aerobics.

 

Stay safe and enjoy today

     Charlene

 

[dfish]

Good morning, everyone!  

 

@kazu You really put your all into the Celebration of Life for Jose.  I know he must have been up in heaven just beaming down on you.  Thankfully your sister was there to help with the clean up and work involved that day.  I would have happily acted as scullery queen if I had been there.  

 

Today the photographer comes at 10:30 to take pictures for the listing of the house.  This has been a ton of work!  I am taking the rest of the day off and then tomorrow I'll go back to packing in anticipation of a sale and a purchase.  We did counteroffer on the house in Midland and haven't  heard anything.  I don't expect to hear anything for a few days as they had an Open House yesterday.  

 

Today's meal reminds me of Sunday dinner at Grandma's house.  Roasted chicken, potatoes and vegetables roasted with the chicken, gravy, the whole works.  In a way that is a comfort food because of all the memories it invokes. 

 

Rotisserie chicken is one form of roasted chicken. Originally Rotisserie Chicken appeared in France during the Medieval period. Grilled chicken was a favorite for King Richard the Lionheart during the 12th century. At this time it was made as a stew. The appeal of rotisserie chicken is the roasting of the meat using spit skewers. The “spit” is a metal rod that went through the whole chicken, which then would be rotated and cooked slowly over a heat source. Rotation of the meat allowed it to be cooked evenly, within rows by the heat radiation. There were records that the first rotisserie was turned by dogs, then it went onto steam, then clockwork. 

 

 

For centuries, the British were famous for their roast meat, attached to a spit before being hand-turned by some poor soul in front of a devilishly hot fire. We no longer do this, today we cook them in the oven, so technically they are baked meats not roasted ones. Searching for historical recipes for roast chicken is rather tricky: they were rarely roasted – they were a dependable source of eggs after all.  

 

When you do find a recipe, there is little focus on the roasting itself. Check out this recipe for ‘Chicken Endored’ from around 1450:

Take a chicken, draw it and roast it; let the feet be on and take away the head. Then make a batter of egg yolks and flour, and add to it ground ginger and pepper, saffron and salt, and spread it over until it is roasted enough.

 

By the eighteenth century, there is little more instruction, but we do at least get a cooking time:  

To roast young chickens, pluck them very carefully, draw them, only cut off the claws, truss them, and put them down to a good fire. Singe, dust and baste them with butter, they will take a quarter of an hour roasting. Then…lay them on your dish.

We can only assume that the roasting part of the process was already in the readers’ skill set.

 

Our first recipe comes from Ina Garten and the Food Network.  https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/perfect-roast-chicken-recipe-1940592

 

 

Next up we have a garlic herb roasted chicken.  I love anything with garlic, so had to include this one.  https://cafedelites.com/garlic-herb-butter-roast-chicken/

 

 

This one claims to be the easiest recipe ever when it comes to roasted chicken.   https://www.rachelcooks.com/roasted-chicken/

 

 

One last one, also claiming to be super easy.   I chose this one just because it looks good.  

https://www.jocooks.com/recipes/roast-chicken/

 

 

 

Wishing everyone a wonderful day.  @marshhawk I sure hope you enjoy your cruise!

 

 

 

 

 

 

[superoma]

59 minutes ago, kazu said:

Thanks for our Monday Daily, Rich.

 

I’m going to try to start the week off right by posting but warning - it’s a long one. 😝 

 

I’ll happily celebrate the day of encouragement.  Many people need it.  Love today’s quote and chicken sounds like a good idea for dinner to go with all my other leftovers.

 

My sister and BIL came down for a visit for a couple of days so I decided to do Jose’s Celebration of Life while they were here and could help and share the memories.

 

Both of my sweet sisters gave me flowers for the occasion

 

 

 

I put them to good use on the two tables.

 

My sister & BIL were shocked when they arrived Saturday morning and saw I already had the tables set up.

 

For the buffet - each silverware setting was in a plastic bag and wrapped with a serviette for safety.

 

 

On the right had side of that pic are the jams for those that came

 

 

This table was for Jose’s tribute, dessert, tea and coffee

 

 

The pergola just needs the ice bucket and the liquor & red wine added.

 

 

And the glasses are all set up on the teak tables.  There were pictures of memories of Jose on all the umbrella stands & the back wall.

 

 

We had a very good turnout - about 38 people.  We really had more chairs than shown - a lot just like the pergola 😉 

 

 

 

And happily, several people spoke and shared their memories

 

 

And of course, there was food!  Endless appetizers - my sister & I were like a well oiled machine (except for the delay in the paella heating up)

 

 

 

 

 

And lots of food for the meal.

 

 

Tons of dessert - my friend and her daughter made the 2 lovely cakes and I had help from a dear friend with more dessert.

 

 

Everyone seemed to enjoy and thought it was well done.  My sister said it was the best Celebration of Life she has been to.  I’m pretty sure she’s prejudiced though 😉 

but I did the best I could.

 

Prayers for everyone on the Care list & for those that need them and 🥂 to those on the Celebratory / Shout Out list.

 

Have a great Monday everyone!

What a lovely tribute! So glad the weather cooperated with you.

[StLouisCruisers]

Good morning friends!  It's a lovely sunny morning here and our extended forecast shows lots more sun all this week.  Slight chance of a shower today then we're good for a while!  

 

Thank you Rich @richwmnfor today's Fleet Report and Daily.  I can  celebrate chocolate milk shakes though I haven't had one in a long time.  Never was a video gamer. 🤪  I really appreciate a day of encouragement because we can all use that.  Nice quote but sometimes you can't help who you love.  Finally, a dish I can figure out without searching on Duck, Duck, Go!  Thanks Debbie @dfishfor those gorgeous photos and delicious recipes of the roasted chickens.  Fingers crossed your offer is accepted in Midland!   Thanks for the drink recipe Dixie @summer slopebut probably a no to the drink (and wine) though.

 

Laem Chabang (Bangkok), Thailand is a new port of the day for us, amazingly enough.  We began a cruise from there in 2010 on Diamond Princess, and stopped on another cruise on Diamond Princess in 2013, but that time I was ill that day and we stayed on the ship.  It's quite a distance to Bangkok from Laem Chabang.  I'd be interested to hear if anyone has every really visited the town of Laem Chabang, since most of us would want to head to Bangkok I would think.  I'm sure I have a few photos of our 2010 visit and will put some together for you.

 

Jacqui @kazuwhat a wonderful Celebration of Life you had for Jose!  There was quite a crowd of people happy to attend, I see.  The tables were all beautifully presented and arranged.  How sweet to send home some of your delicious jams.  I hope you had someone to help with the cooking (besides the beautiful cakes you mentioned), or did you get some dishes catered?  And by the way, that is the largest deck I've ever seen.  Perfect for your Celebration!  Thank you so much for sharing some photos.❤️

 

Melanie @puppycanducruisea belated happy birthday wish to your 85 year old Mum.  I know she must have appreciated having you come over for a get together. 

 

And finally Roy @rafinmdthank you for the updated Care and Celebration lists.  I know it's quite a chore and we appreciate it.  Prayers for everyone in need and cheers for all on the Celebration list.  Have a wonderful cruise everyone, especially Annie and Chuck @marshhawkas you embark today.  

 

Have a great Monday everyone! 

 

 

[4966and556]

Thank you for the Daily Fleet  Report and everyone who contributes.  @kazu thank you for sharing the lovely pictures  from yesterday. 

[aliaschief]

Good morning! @kazuJacqui what a beautiful setting and day to have your Celebration of Jose’s Life. Glad it went well.

Rich thanks for the report and Roy for your Care and Celebration post. I’m enjoying my morning coffee and then it will be time for my walk. It actually may not rain this morning after receiving around 5 inches throughout the weekend!

Being Monday means it’s laundry day. We cleaned out closets this weekend and have approximately ten large garden bags of clothes for Waterfront Mission’s neighborhood pick up tomorrow.

Have been to Bangkok but those pics are on old slides somewhere in the attic. Another box that needs to be tossed.
Enjoy the day.

 

Bruce

[smitty34877]

Good morning to all. I sometimes feel as if most of my day is spent encouraging people and will celebrate that day. I have never enjoyed video games or chocolate milkshakes. We have not been to Bangkok but would love to see pictures.

@kazu, Jacqui, I enjoyed seeing the pictures of your beautiful outdoor space set up for the Celebration of Life. I am glad your sister and BIL were with you as it had  to be both a happy and a sad occasion.Did you make all the food?

@puppycanducruise, Happy Birthday to your Mom!

 

@dfish, I hope the photo taking goes well and that you can enjoy a rest. Thanks for the recipes today. We always use the foolproof Ina Garten recipe and will do so today as the Executive chef decrees. I just need to figure out something for the vegetarians.

Terry

[puppycanducruise]

@kazuThank you for sharing pictures of the Celebration of Life.  I'm sure you now have even more memories to cherish.  

[StLouisCruisers]

After long flights we arrived in Bangkok on April 10, 2010.  We stayed at the Princess Cruise Line hotel, Shangri-La which was absolutely outstanding.  

 

Our view of the Chao Phraya river from our room.

 

We used the express river boats to get around.

 

We took the boat to the Grand Palace.  Of course the weather was very hot and humid so it was quite draining to be out in the sun too long.  Due to civil unrest hotel tours were cancelled so we went on our own.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On our way back to the hotel we took a larger ferry.  

 

 

 

From our hotel we would walk to restaurants.  This is what a busy street in Bangkok typically looks like.

 

That is what it looked like when we walked to a Thai restaurant recommended to us.  We were able to find a mild dish that our cruising friends liked, as well as myself.  But here is where our friends liked eating best.

 

When walking up to the hotel lobby you could begin to feel the air conditioning from about this far away!  Yes it was HOT out, and yes they had the AC cranked down to frigid temperatures!

 

We had entertainment in the lobby.  This group of youths danced for us!

 

 

A truly gorgeous hotel.

 

 

After several nights spent at this hotel, we rode a Princess transfer bus about 1 1/2 hours (maybe 2) to Laem Chabang.  Unfortunately after about 10 minutes the AC on the bus broke down, and we suffered terribly along the way.  They had to stop to purchase cold water to hand out.  The windows would not open so it was sweltering inside.  We must have all lost 5 pounds!  Princess refunded us our charges for that transfer which is only fair.  Here is Laem Chabang, taken from the ship.

 

Skyscrapers off in the distance.  Bangkok I would guess.

 

All in all, a very interesting visit to Thailand.

 

 

Edited September 12, 2022 by StLouisCruisers

[puppycanducruise]

@rafinmd @smitty34877 @StLouisCruisers Thank for the birthday wishes for mum!