The Fleet Report and Daily for Sunday August 13th, 2023

[luvteaching]

Good morning, 

 

It's supposed to get close to 90 today and tomorrow and just a bit cooler as the week goes on which is hot for the Pacific Northwest! DS is coming over in a bit and will fill the hummingbird feeders for me and do a few other "son-do" jobs as well as have a visit which I always enjoy. 

 

@0106 Tina, I love my air fryer and even moreso now that I'm cooking for one. I have replaced my toaster oven with the air fryer on the counter. In addition to not using oil most foods come out moister and I like that. My favorite is doing pork chops in it. I put a bit of olive oil on them and put then in at 400 for 15 minutes (they are the thicker ones) and they are so good. I've done corn-on-the-cob this week and so yummy. I now do my bacon in there as well. Mine is the "basket" kind but I have a friend with one that's more of an oven one and she even bakes in hers. I haven't got that adventurous yet. 

 

Enjoy your Sunday everyone! 

 

Karen

[57redbird]

A couple of comments on being a lefty --- my mom learned to print with her right hand but when it came time to learn cursive, she broke her right wrist so she 'wrote' with her left hand.  I am left handed but she taught me to do some things (knitting, using scissors) with my right.  When I applied to the phone company to be a long distance operator, they weren't sure if I'd be able to key the numbers with my right hand---- of course of I could.

[kazu]

27 minutes ago, luvteaching said:

Good morning, 

 

It's supposed to get close to 90 today and tomorrow and just a bit cooler as the week goes on which is hot for the Pacific Northwest! DS is coming over in a bit and will fill the hummingbird feeders for me and do a few other "son-do" jobs as well as have a visit which I always enjoy. 

 

That is so great that you have him to give you a hand 👍. Not to mention the joy of his company 🙂 

 

 

27 minutes ago, luvteaching said:

 

@0106 Tina, I love my air fryer and even moreso now that I'm cooking for one. I have replaced my toaster oven with the air fryer on the counter. In addition to not using oil most foods come out moister and I like that. My favorite is doing pork chops in it. I put a bit of olive oil on them and put then in at 400 for 15 minutes (they are the thicker ones) and they are so good. I've done corn-on-the-cob this week and so yummy. I now do my bacon in there as well. Mine is the "basket" kind but I have a friend with one that's more of an oven one and she even bakes in hers. I haven't got that adventurous yet. 

 

Ok you have inspired me.  I need to get better at using mine.  It has been sitting on the counter unused since DH passed.

 

 

[Crazy For Cats]

Good Afternoon, thanks for today’s daily fleet report.  We made good time driving home, about six hours. After feeding the cats we went for dinner and then a quick trip to Aldi.  Now I’m doing a load of laundry.  The rest of the day will be spent resting and spending some time with the “kids”.

[Quartzsite Cruiser]

Good afternoon from a hot central Texas.  This morning I made my version of the lemonade pie and tweaked it again.  I had a few fresh blueberries left so I stirred them into the pie.  I figured if my lemon pound cake is good with blueberries added, so why not.  To go with the pie, we'll be having the garlic stir fry shrimp again.  Again this will be tweaked since I don't have enough red bell pepper, I'll add some green bell pepper.  It beats going to the store in this heat.  We'll have a Caesar salad and wine to round out the meal.  Not much else going on except folding the clothes when the dryer is finished.

 

4 hours ago, cruzn single said:

Good morning!  Very early for me!  Interesting days - I "should" have been a left-hander, but my DF made me use my right hand.  There are still things I do with my left that seem more natural.  He felt that his DM and DSis who were lefties had so much trouble that he wanted to save me from that - i.e., left handed irons and scissors for example!

 

Garage sale day is ironic for me  today.  The end of my estate sale was yesterday.  When the company notified me of the amount of sales (or maybe my portion) I was disappointed. My neighbor indicated to me what she thought had sold.  When I went to my old house I was at least happy that everything was gone, and after the final cleaning on Tuesday, I will turn over the keys to the landlord's daughter.  As far as having everything gone, it is a "freeing moment" and I have come to terms with the fact that I have let lots of things go.  Time for a new chapter of my life!

 

@smitty34877, my prayers for your DH. Oh how I wish I was in NY, not Western Colorado, as I would be happy to be a fill-in at your home for Tana.  I hope and pray that all aspects of life improve for you and all of your family!

 

@marshhawkyour day yesterday sounds like the perfect plan for helping your DH.  What sights you saw.  You can send your rain to Texas or Colorado or both!  Our two states plus many more need rain desperately.  I think our one afternoon rain was the beginning, middle and end of our monsoon season.

 

Suppose I need to get started on accomplishing a few things.  Went to church yesterday.  I am expecting a delivery of my new (very small) table and chairs this afternoon.  Need to rearrange the dust on things as I have a friend coming from Denver tomorrow.  I do have cleaning included here at my new apartment, but they don't dust.  

 

My prayers continue for all on the Cares List, and hope those on the "happy" list continue to enjoy great celebrations!  Have a great Sunday for all who continue to make this such a special place.

Mary Kay

 

Mary Kay, I've noticed when I've had a gargae sale and priced things I thought with reasonable prices, the shoppers, especially in Quartzsite, are cheap.  The always bargain try to get them for as little as possible.  Still, it seems having an estate sale would be less stressful, especially for big items that would not sell at a gargae sale, and would be difficult to donate.  I'm glad you have cleaning at the new apartment, but I can't imagine dusting not being included.  That is the chore I dislike the most.

 

3 hours ago, Cruising-along said:

Good morning all!

Again I'm the first one up this morning so it's nice and quiet in the house.  Today is our last day with DGS and it will be another full day.  He had a ball yesterday at the Aquatic Center and can't wait to go back.  Maybe next month when we have both boys here on the 9th. Today will be the Children's Museum and then an inflatable play center that the boys have been going to since they were toddlers.  Then it will be dinner at his favorite spot and take him home.  Then Nana will collapse!  It's been a lot of fun but wow my stamina isn't what it used to be!  BTW these weekends each boy had with us were their birthday presents from us.  Doing everything they love to do and favorite foods, each one separately instead of always together.  It seems to have been a big hit!

 

I am left handed and don't understand when I hear that we have "problems" using things like scissors etc.  I have never noticed any problem -- I guess I've just adapted and don't notice.  There was only one person who tried to switch me to right-handed, a teacher.  But when my mother found out she let him know what she thought of that! 

I'm the youngest girl of 3, and have never had a garage sale.  Too much work!  I'll pass on the meal, red wine and drink. 

 

Tina @0106 I've never had an air fryer either.  I do have a deep fryer but only use it when making Lumpia -- which I make maybe once or twice/year.  Would the air fryer do the same as the deep fryer for that?  I would like to not use all that oil, and would get an air fryer for that reason alone.

 

The next few days will be "hot" here (for us) up to 90.  I'm sure we'll be turning on the new A/C we got last year!  Then it will be back down to the 70's.  It never stays hot here for long, thank goodness.  

 

Happy Birthday Dennis @StLouisCruisers!!

Happy Anniversary John and Maria @Copper10-8!!

Welcome home @AV8rix!

Terry @smitty34877 I was so sorry to hear about your DH's chemo-related condition but happy that the doctors can treat it.  I remember that my sister had lots of ups and downs with chemo too.  Continued prayers.

 

Now for another cup of coffee.  I hear stirrings in the house...

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carolyn, I think the lumpia would work in an air fryer, especialy one that has shelves instead of a basket.  Much of what I cooked in the deep fryer, I now cook in the air fryer.  I get the battered cod fillets for our fish and chips and frozen shrimp tempura.  They come out as good but less oily in the air fryer.  The secret is a light spray of oil on both sides and turning them over half way through cooking.  DH's DSIL is from the Phillapines, and I have her lumpia recipe.  I haven't made it in about 30 years, because the recipe makes too much for the two of us, but if I made it, I'd do it in the air fryer..  The only thing I've found that doesn't work well is something with a wet batter even though the cookbooks have those recipes.

 

40 minutes ago, luvteaching said:

Good morning, 

 

It's supposed to get close to 90 today and tomorrow and just a bit cooler as the week goes on which is hot for the Pacific Northwest! DS is coming over in a bit and will fill the hummingbird feeders for me and do a few other "son-do" jobs as well as have a visit which I always enjoy. 

 

@0106 Tina, I love my air fryer and even moreso now that I'm cooking for one. I have replaced my toaster oven with the air fryer on the counter. In addition to not using oil most foods come out moister and I like that. My favorite is doing pork chops in it. I put a bit of olive oil on them and put then in at 400 for 15 minutes (they are the thicker ones) and they are so good. I've done corn-on-the-cob this week and so yummy. I now do my bacon in there as well. Mine is the "basket" kind but I have a friend with one that's more of an oven one and she even bakes in hers. I haven't got that adventurous yet. 

 

Enjoy your Sunday everyone! 

 

Karen

 

Karen, I'm glad your DS is there to help and to visit.  I was surprised at how much I use the air fryer after I finally broke down an bought one.  

 

13 minutes ago, 57redbird said:

A couple of comments on being a lefty --- my mom learned to print with her right hand but when it came time to learn cursive, she broke her right wrist so she 'wrote' with her left hand.  I am left handed but she taught me to do some things (knitting, using scissors) with my right.  When I applied to the phone company to be a long distance operator, they weren't sure if I'd be able to key the numbers with my right hand---- of course of I could.

 

My mother was a lefty and my father was a righy.  Neither could do much with the other hand.  I seem to be a slight mix of both.  I still can only write and eat with my right hand, but there are some things I do with my left hand or either hand.

 

11 minutes ago, Crazy For Cats said:

Good Afternoon, thanks for today’s daily fleet report.  We made good time driving home, about six hours. After feeding the cats we went for dinner and then a quick trip to Aldi.  Now I’m doing a load of laundry.  The rest of the day will be spent resting and spending some time with the “kids”.

 

Welcome home, Jake and Juan.  I'm glad you made the trip safely.  I bet the "kids" were glad to see you.

 

@Seasick Sailor  Joy, I really like my air fryer, but I also use my InstaPot quite a bit.  I even used it the other night to make mashed potatoes.  Cooking the potatoes takes about as long what with getting to pressue and then releasing the pressure, but the best part is it doesn't boil over.  I can do other things in the kitchen and not have to watch the potatoes to prevent the almost certain mess.  I like that it can saute, slow cook, pressure cook and other things I haven't tried yet.

[grapau27]

6 hours ago, Copper10-8 said:

Thanks for the wishes y'all! Flying home today from Vancouver, BC after seven days on Nieuw Amsterdam in combination with a 4-day land tour of Alaska. Had a great time!

 

Fantastic photo of a lovely couple.

[grapau27]

5 hours ago, Quartzsite Cruiser said:

Here are some more pictures from our stops in Mazatlán.  Most were taken on December 1, 2021, when we did a short tour in one of the open air vehicles.

 

We'll start our tour with the blue line that leads passengers to the Old Town.  I didn't walk it, but may the next time we're there.

 

There are many statues around town and along the waterfront.  These are just a few.

 

 

 

A nice playground and water park across from the statue above.

 

Even though it was December 1, the decorations for Día de los Muertos were still up in the main plaza.

 

 

The traffic along the coast road, and the divers.  My timing was off when the diver made is move.  BTW, you could not pay me enough to make that dive.

 

 

 

A nice neighborhood heading to the coast road.

 

Looking out from the overlook.  With the Carnival Panorama and NCL Bliss in port with us, the port area and town were sure crowded.

 

 

This place we passed looked interesting with food, books and beer.  Too bad the books are probably all in Spanish.

 

Town as seen from the upper deck of Koningsdam.

 

 

The sun was setting as we sailed.

 

 

Lenda

Superb photos and descriptions as always Lenda.

Graham.

[grapau27]

4 hours ago, JazzyV said:

Good morning. Thanks for the Fleet Report/Daily.

I write with my right hand, but can use my left hand as well for things. And interestingly I bat and swing a golf club left handed. No siblings. I used to have garage sales, then switched to ebay or donating stuff. Interesting quote. Maybe on the meal, pass on the drink and yes to the wine. Sad that the Aztec Empire ended. I have been to Mazatlan, on my Panama Canal cruise.

 

It was cool this morning, in the mid-60's, but now sunny and 74. We got some rain last evening, with lots of lightning and thunder (one bolt made me jump), but nothing severe. The county to the south of me had 1 confirmed and another possible tornado touch down. The back isn't happy today, so I've put on a Salonpas patch; it may have been doing laundry yesterday. I'm sad that doing normal household things make me hurt 😞. I think it's too wet to mow, but maybe I'll check later. More rain tomorrow. The lawn was just fertilized, so the grass will be growing even more.

 

Sadly by late last night 4 people had been found dead from that house explosion, that also took out the houses on either side. They had to stop searching because of the storms last night, but have resumed today.

 

@StLouisCruisers Happy Birthday to Dennis! Nice photos from Mazatlan and Iceland.

@0106 I have a counter-top air fryer oven. I use it as a toaster, to bake when I don't want the big oven on, and to air fry (I never deep fry and only rarely shallow fry things).

@cat shepard I need to do the same brutal weeding out of my stuff, just lacking ambition.

@aliaschief I was going to ask if you were going to Fogo De Chao. Enjoy the Little League World Series game.

@smitty34877 Continued prayers for DH's recovery and for Tana. Do you think they might change the chemo or the dose after this reaction?

@dfish Thanks for the photos from Grundarfjordur.

@GTVCRUISER Nice photos. 

@marshhawk It sounds like a nice day, even with all the rain. 

@Copper10-8 Happy Anniversary to you and Maria!

@Quartzsite Cruiser Lovely photos from Mazatlan.

@cruzn single Best wishes for this new chapter of your life!

 

Prayers for the Care List and a Toast to those Celebrating.

 

Some pictures from Mazatlan copied over from Aug 2021:

The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Mazatlan

 

 

 

At the Central Market

 

 

Performers at Plaza Machado

 

 

Day of the Dead decorations

 

 

Flowers

 

Olas Atlas Beach

 

 

Cliff Divers

 

 

Modern Mazatlan

 

Sunset

 

 

Interesting jetty

 

 

Thank you for your lovely photos Vanessa.

Prayers 🙏 and condolences for the families and friends of your 4 neighbours who sadly died in the house explosion.

Graham.

[grapau27]

46 minutes ago, Quartzsite Cruiser said:

Good afternoon from a hot central Texas.  This morning I made my version of the lemonade pie and tweaked it again.  I had a few fresh blueberries left so I stirred them into the pie.  I figured if my lemon pound cake is good with blueberries added, so why not.  To go with the pie, we'll be having the garlic stir fry shrimp again.  Again this will be tweaked since I don't have enough red bell pepper, I'll add some green bell pepper.  It beats going to the store in this heat.  We'll have a Caesar salad and wine to round out the meal.  Not much else going on except folding the clothes when the dryer is finished.

 

 

Mary Kay, I've noticed when I've had a gargae sale and priced things I thought with reasonable prices, the shoppers, especially in Quartzsite, are cheap.  The always bargain try to get them for as little as possible.  Still, it seems having an estate sale would be less stressful, especially for big items that would not sell at a gargae sale, and would be difficult to donate.  I'm glad you have cleaning at the new apartment, but I can't imagine dusting not being included.  That is the chore I dislike the most.

 

 

Carolyn, I think the lumpia would work in an air fryer, especialy one that has shelves instead of a basket.  Much of what I cooked in the deep fryer, I now cook in the air fryer.  I get the battered cod fillets for our fish and chips and frozen shrimp tempura.  They come out as good but less oily in the air fryer.  The secret is a light spray of oil on both sides and turning them over half way through cooking.  DH's DSIL is from the Phillapines, and I have her lumpia recipe.  I haven't made it in about 30 years, because the recipe makes too much for the two of us, but if I made it, I'd do it in the air fryer..  The only thing I've found that doesn't work well is something with a wet batter even though the cookbooks have those recipes.

 

 

Karen, I'm glad your DS is there to help and to visit.  I was surprised at how much I use the air fryer after I finally broke down an bought one.  

 

 

My mother was a lefty and my father was a righy.  Neither could do much with the other hand.  I seem to be a slight mix of both.  I still can only write and eat with my right hand, but there are some things I do with my left hand or either hand.

 

 

Welcome home, Jake and Juan.  I'm glad you made the trip safely.  I bet the "kids" were glad to see you.

 

@Seasick Sailor  Joy, I really like my air fryer, but I also use my InstaPot quite a bit.  I even used it the other night to make mashed potatoes.  Cooking the potatoes takes about as long what with getting to pressue and then releasing the pressure, but the best part is it doesn't boil over.  I can do other things in the kitchen and not have to watch the potatoes to prevent the almost certain mess.  I like that it can saute, slow cook, pressure cook and other things I haven't tried yet.

We have done 2 car boot(Garage) sales which are organised in a large field which is well organised and hundreds of stalls are set up.

Our first was on 31st August 1997 and everyone who was there were shocked by the death in a car accident of our 

Princess Diana that morning.

[DeeniEncinitas]

6 hours ago, Seasick Sailor said:

Prayers to our Daily friends and family. Prayers lifted for @DeeniEncinitas , David, and all suffering the Maui fires

🌺Aloha

Just to let all know fire 🔥 is contained not far from our place in Kaanapali yesterday. Hotels some have power alot don’t. We are fine and doing well. Most cell towers destroyed phone service is awful. Hope this gets through. Whalers Village all closed down, and Kaanapali Trail from Canoe Beach all along our beautiful hotels to Black Rock closed down due to the fires popping up everywhere. Kaanapali is safe though. A lot of power outages everywhere. Whalers Village is now the place to get visitors out to Kahlua Airport from hotels. A lot of bus services. Sad thing is the highway going to airport will be opened then it shuts down and people stuck in cars.Like I said we have 3 large generators when needed. I got to go. I won’t be doing anymore texting or emails. Will be home end of September. 🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺

Please remember Aloha Spirit to all here on Maui. We are United and One helping each other! I am doing my share here helping.

🌺Mahalo

Denise

[Seasick Sailor]

1 minute ago, DeeniEncinitas said:

🌺Aloha

Just to let all know fire 🔥 is contained not far from our place in Kaanapali yesterday. Hotels some have power alot don’t. We are fine and doing well. Most cell towers destroyed phone service is awful. Hope this gets through. Whalers Village all closed down, and Kaanapali Trail from Canoe Beach all along our beautiful hotels to Black Rock closed down due to the fires popping up everywhere. Kaanapali is safe though. A lot of power outages everywhere. Whalers Village is now the place to get visitors out to Kahlua Airport from hotels. A lot of bus services. Sad thing is the highway going to airport will be opened then it shuts down and people stuck in cars.Like I said we have 3 large generators when needed. I got to go. I won’t be doing anymore texting or emails. Will be home end of September. 🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺

Please remember Aloha Spirit to all here on Maui. We are United and One helping each other! I am doing my share here helping.

🌺Mahalo

Denise

 

Thank you Lord for hearing from Denise. My heart has been worried for her and David. Yes, Aloha Spirit is alive and well. See you in September! Love to you. 

[grapau27]

1 minute ago, DeeniEncinitas said:

🌺Aloha

Just to let all know fire 🔥 is contained not far from our place in Kaanapali yesterday. Hotels some have power alot don’t. We are fine and doing well. Most cell towers destroyed phone service is awful. Hope this gets through. Whalers Village all closed down, and Kaanapali Trail from Canoe Beach all along our beautiful hotels to Black Rock closed down due to the fires popping up everywhere. Kaanapali is safe though. A lot of power outages everywhere. Whalers Village is now the place to get visitors out to Kahlua Airport from hotels. A lot of bus services. Sad thing is the highway going to airport will be opened then it shuts down and people stuck in cars.Like I said we have 3 large generators when needed. I got to go. I won’t be doing anymore texting or emails. Will be home end of September. 🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺

Please remember Aloha Spirit to all here on Maui. We are United and One helping each other! I am doing my share here helping.

🌺Mahalo

Denise

Take care and stay safe.

Prayers 🙏 and condolences to all in Lahaina.

[StLouisCruisers]

Dennis and I have had a lovely day and evening. He thanks you all for your kind wishes and we also thank Debbie @dfish for stopping to see us tonight in Ocean Bar before our Pinnacle dinner. Love your photos Debbie!  Dennis received texts from our beautiful kids and fantastic grandkids wishing him a happy celebration. Dinner was delicious!  
 

Terry @smitty34877 I’m thankful you know what the issue is with Lou and he is getting proper treatment. Prayers for him and your whole supportive family. 🙏
 

Denise @DeeniEncinitas prayers for the Maui residents and for those lost. We are so glad you and David are fine and safe. Thank you for all you’re doing to help out. 
 

Annie @marshhawk it was such a nice story today about you getting Chuck out of the house to have an adventure!  Even with all the storms it seemed to work out. You are a great gal and you prove it to us every day.

 

We’re moving our clock backwards an hour tonight so plenty of time to relax, read, and digest before slumber time. Good night all!😴

[cruzn single]

50 minutes ago, DeeniEncinitas said:

🌺Aloha

Just to let all know fire 🔥 is contained not far from our place in Kaanapali yesterday. Hotels some have power alot don’t. We are fine and doing well. Most cell towers destroyed phone service is awful. Hope this gets through. Whalers Village all closed down, and Kaanapali Trail from Canoe Beach all along our beautiful hotels to Black Rock closed down due to the fires popping up everywhere. Kaanapali is safe though. A lot of power outages everywhere. Whalers Village is now the place to get visitors out to Kahlua Airport from hotels. A lot of bus services. Sad thing is the highway going to airport will be opened then it shuts down and people stuck in cars.Like I said we have 3 large generators when needed. I got to go. I won’t be doing anymore texting or emails. Will be home end of September. 🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺

Please remember Aloha Spirit to all here on Maui. We are United and One helping each other! I am doing my share here helping.

🌺Mahalo

Denise

So happy to read that you are doing as well as you can under circumstances.  Thanks for keeping Aloha alive in beautiful Maui🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[cruzn single]

@Quartzsite Cruiser, the reason for no dusting is because there are items on my flat surfaces.  They don’t want to harm knick knacks, etc. it only took me about 10 minutes to get that little chore done.  With my not having to cook, clean-up, change bed, or general cleaning, I think I can spend the few minutes once or twice a week. 😁😁

Mary Kay

[1ANGELCAT]

Good hot and sunny afternoon. So glad to hear from @DeeniEncinitasthat she and David are still OK and spreading the love to those who so desperately need it.❤️🙏

@Crazy For Cats, glad the kids welcomed you home and you had a good trip.

DB is a lefty. The cats are not picky about which paw they use.

Blessings and prayers to all on our lists.

[dobiemom]

@marshhawk Annie, your storms are what probably caused my mom’s flight from ATL yesterday to be delayed 3 hours, and sis’ flight to ATL to be delayed and eventually cancelled. Since DS was already through security she just waited for DM at her gate. They finally got home at 2am. 

[dfish]

Sunset at sea on the way to Greenland.

 

 

 

Edited August 13, 2023 by dfish

[Quartzsite Cruiser]

2 hours ago, DeeniEncinitas said:

🌺Aloha

Just to let all know fire 🔥 is contained not far from our place in Kaanapali yesterday. Hotels some have power alot don’t. We are fine and doing well. Most cell towers destroyed phone service is awful. Hope this gets through. Whalers Village all closed down, and Kaanapali Trail from Canoe Beach all along our beautiful hotels to Black Rock closed down due to the fires popping up everywhere. Kaanapali is safe though. A lot of power outages everywhere. Whalers Village is now the place to get visitors out to Kahlua Airport from hotels. A lot of bus services. Sad thing is the highway going to airport will be opened then it shuts down and people stuck in cars.Like I said we have 3 large generators when needed. I got to go. I won’t be doing anymore texting or emails. Will be home end of September. 🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺

Please remember Aloha Spirit to all here on Maui. We are United and One helping each other! I am doing my share here helping.

🌺Mahalo

Denise

 

Denise, thanks for letting us know you and your DH are still safe and doing well.  I wish that was the case for the rest of Maui.

 

Lenda

[Quartzsite Cruiser]

1 hour ago, cruzn single said:

@Quartzsite Cruiser, the reason for no dusting is because there are items on my flat surfaces.  They don’t want to harm knick knacks, etc. it only took me about 10 minutes to get that little chore done.  With my not having to cook, clean-up, change bed, or general cleaning, I think I can spend the few minutes once or twice a week. 😁😁

Mary Kay

 

Mary Kay, I guess with all the perks, I could luve with dusting too.

 

47 minutes ago, dobiemom said:

@marshhawk Annie, your storms are what probably caused my mom’s flight from ATL yesterday to be delayed 3 hours, and sis’ flight to ATL to be delayed and eventually cancelled. Since DS was already through security she just waited for DM at her gate. They finally got home at 2am. 

 

Marcia, I'm glad your mother made it home safely, if late.

 

13 minutes ago, dfish said:

Sunset at sea on the way to Greenland.

 

 

 

 

What a beautiful sunset, Debbie.

 

Lenda 

 

 

[kazu]

2 hours ago, DeeniEncinitas said:

🌺Aloha

Just to let all know fire 🔥 is contained not far from our place in Kaanapali yesterday. Hotels some have power alot don’t. We are fine and doing well. Most cell towers destroyed phone service is awful. Hope this gets through. Whalers Village all closed down, and Kaanapali Trail from Canoe Beach all along our beautiful hotels to Black Rock closed down due to the fires popping up everywhere. Kaanapali is safe though. A lot of power outages everywhere. Whalers Village is now the place to get visitors out to Kahlua Airport from hotels. A lot of bus services. Sad thing is the highway going to airport will be opened then it shuts down and people stuck in cars.Like I said we have 3 large generators when needed. I got to go. I won’t be doing anymore texting or emails. Will be home end of September. 🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺

Please remember Aloha Spirit to all here on Maui. We are United and One helping each other! I am doing my share here helping.

🌺Mahalo

Denise

 

So glad to hear from you Denise and that you are safe ♥️ 

 

Our prayers are with all in Hawaii affected by this horrific fire.  It’s so heartbreaking.

 

Please stay safe and take care.

[marshhawk]

We did the shopping today, watched a weird movie, which I sort of enjoyed, and watched a couple of car races.  I forgot to mention that my adventures with wildlife last night did not end when we got home, I got up in the middle of the night (bathroom) and when I got back in bed there was a cat in my space. I snuggled up to him and I was going to move him, and he turned over for a belly rub, but scratched my nose ( he is a cat) which bled for the longest time.  Bad kitty. 

 

 

 

[Cruising-along]

8 hours ago, Quartzsite Cruiser said:

 

Carolyn, I think the lumpia would work in an air fryer, especialy one that has shelves instead of a basket.  Much of what I cooked in the deep fryer, I now cook in the air fryer.  I get the battered cod fillets for our fish and chips and frozen shrimp tempura.  They come out as good but less oily in the air fryer.  The secret is a light spray of oil on both sides and turning them over half way through cooking.  DH's DSIL is from the Phillapines, and I have her lumpia recipe.  I haven't made it in about 30 years, because the recipe makes too much for the two of us, but if I made it, I'd do it in the air fryer..  The only thing I've found that doesn't work well is something with a wet batter even though the cookbooks have those recipes.

 

Thank you Lenda, I’m going to look into getting an air fryer now. We really love lumpia so maybe we’ll have it more often!

[erewhon]

Thank you for the HAL Fleet report,and  the daily.

 

In History, today 14th of August, in 1891 The first petition,  containing 9000 signatures,supporting the introduction of Parliamentary voting rights for women in New Zealand is presented to Parliament.

 

Best wishes to all on the Care list.