The Fleet Report and Daily for Monday, January 8th, 2024

[kazu]

20 minutes ago, cruising sister said:

Hello from the Volendam,

 

It has been going very well. The food has been good, great lectures and nice people. I have enjoyed meeting the fellow Dailyites. Tomorrow is our first stop in Honolulu. 
 

I will celebrate divorce day. Not everyone has a happy and healthy marriage. My first husband was mentally ill and  it was a very physical and mentally damaging relationship. It was a great day when that marriage ended. 
 

Prayers and well wishes. Have a great day. 

 

Could you do me a favour please?

 

Since you are on the Volendam can you tell me if there is still a nice are in the Crow’s Nest for a Meet and Greet (ie the old Captain’s Corner) or has it been renovated so that it would not be a nice spot?

 

If you have time.  Thanks so much 🙂 

[JazzyV]

Good afternoon. Thanks for the Fleet Report/Daily @kazu.

I like argyle socks and sweaters. I'll pass on bubble baths for showers instead, and divorce. Funny quote. Interesting meal. Pass on the drink and wine ($$$). I have been to Napier, NZ on my first HAL cruise from Auckland to Sydney. 3 good days in history. 

 

It's chilly here, and cloudy. Rain later in the week and very high winds. I got about 4 hours of sleep again. I got an early call this AM from the nurse of the interventional radiologist, saying they needed to see my MRI. So sending the referral directly to them worked! I have a disc that I will mail to them. Then I had to straighten out a bill for the MRI. I also called my insurance claim specialist to see if the mitigation bill will be covered. So I got some things done.

 

@seagarsmoker Good news that you're feeling much better.

@grapau27 Thanks for the explanations.

@StLouisCruisers Excellent photos of Napier. That rocket headed to the moon has a lunar lander built right here in town by Astrobotic and also a rover that is a project of CMU students (Carnegie Mellon University).

@rafinmd Thank you for the maps. Good luck with your treatment today. 

@ger_77 🥶That's cold! I hope DH is feeling better soon.

@Nickelpenny I used to make yogurt all the time in my Instant Pot. I need to get back to it. Sad anniversary for Gabby Giffords and the 6 people killed.

@aliaschief That sounds like a great evening.

@dfish Stay safe in the storm! All the recipes look good.

@cunnorl I remember you telling us about that awful shuttle driver. 

@RMLincoln I hope there's not too much flooding in your area. Enjoy watching the game tonight.

@smitty34877 Thinking of you and Tana.

@marshhawk I hope all goes ok with the Endocrinologist.

@sailingdutchy Great photos.

@VMax1700 Good to hear that DW's tests were ok. 

@Vict0riann Good luck getting the "bumps" removed. 

@kochleffel That balcony isn't bad at all.

@Cruzin Terri Safe travels tomorrow and I hope the procedure goes well. At least if the bloodwork is off, the doctor may have recommendations to help your pain. 

 

Prayers for the Care List and Cheers for those Celebrating.

 

Some pictures from Napier: 

Logs at the port ready for shipping

 

Black sand beach

 

Napier is the Art Deco capital of NZ

 

 

 

 

Art Deco Church

 

The Twin City Stompers entertaining

 

View of the Statendam from Bluff Hill Outlook

 

Unique trees and man all leaning on Bluff Hill

 

Waterfall in Centennial Gardens

Edited January 8 by JazzyV

[1ANGELCAT]

Good sunny afternoon. The rain starts tomorrow morning and we are supposed to get flooding tomorrow night. 
HAL has a cute spot on FB for the Washington Huskies game tonight as their team.

[Haljo1935]

Hmm, is Monday a better day than any other to get divorced? I think I'll pass as well for the quote.

Not been to the port and no sunrise pictures to share 😕 

Important days in history - don't think we'll ever see zero debt, but I guess one can hope.🙄

54° headed to a rainy 63°

Prayers and positive thoughts for all. 

[jeda4137]

5 hours ago, ger_77 said:

Good morning, thanks for the Fleet Report and Daily!  I think DH has some argyle socks, I haven't had a bubble bath in years, and I tell people we can't divorce because neither of us wants the kids.  LOL   I'm kidding!

 

Well it happened, winter has begun.  We had more snow yesterday and I'm expecting to hear the blower going any time as our snow removal guy makes an appearance.  And it's cold.  Right now it's -23C (-9F), and it's expected to get colder as the week progresses.  I took out my downfilled jacket yesterday in anticipation of the change in weather and will put my light leather jacket back in the closet.  

 

DH was supposed to for a tooth extraction today, but yesterday woke with another head cold (what's up with that?), so I called and left a message canceling his appointment.  We'll see how the week progresses and hopefully he can get it taken care of before we leave on vacation.  

 

@rafinmd thinking of you as you begin your radiation treatments today.

@marshhawkhope all goes well with your endocrinologist appointment.

 

Other than staying warm, there's not much on the agenda, so I think I'll work on going through our cruise clothes to see what fits, what should be brought, what should stay home and what needs to be purchased to fill in the blanks.  We're getting to FLL 3 days in advance of sailing, so anything I've forgotten will be able to be replaced without worry.  We've cruised often enough that it's rare to actually forget things, but you never know!

 

I'm going to give the drink of the day a pass - I had one when we were in Japan and drank it to be polite, but that's all.  I'd like the wine, but it's out of my budget, and look forward to today's recipe.  I'm going to take out some salmon fillets that will be baked in the air fryer and served along with tater tots and a side salad that we can enjoy at the kitchen table tonight.  And wine.

 

Prayers for everyone who needs them, especially those in the midst of wars.  Cheers to all with celebrations happening today.

 

Smooth Sailing!  ☺️☺️☺️

Gerry

He may have developed allergies. Took me years to figure out why I was getting so many - COLDS ! 

[cruising sister]

1 hour ago, kazu said:

 

Could you do me a favour please?

 

Since you are on the Volendam can you tell me if there is still a nice are in the Crow’s Nest for a Meet and Greet (ie the old Captain’s Corner) or has it been renovated so that it would not be a nice spot?

 

If you have time.  Thanks so much 🙂 

On either side there are open areas to use. Ours was very large and people were spread out. 

[Quartzsite Cruiser]

2 hours ago, cruising sister said:

Hello from the Volendam,

 

It has been going very well. The food has been good, great lectures and nice people. I have enjoyed meeting the fellow Dailyites. Tomorrow is our first stop in Honolulu. 
 

I will celebrate divorce day. Not everyone has a happy and healthy marriage. My first husband was mentally ill and  it was a very physical and mentally damaging relationship. It was a great day when that marriage ended. 
 

Prayers and well wishes. Have a great day. 

 

Lorraine, I'm glad the cruise is going well and that the food is good.

 

2 hours ago, Cruzin Terri said:

Good Monday morning to all the Dailyites.

Thank you to Jacqui @kazu for taking over for Rich so that we have the Daily to look forward to each day.

Thank you to Vanessa @JazzyV for the Lists that are kept so meticulously.  I pray that you get some relief soon from your pains.   

Thank you to Debbie @dfish, Ann @cat shepard and Dixie @summer slope in the Food and Beverage Departments.  We can always count on the three of you to keep us fed and hydrated.   

Today it is now 49 degrees outside and promises to go up to 56.  Good day for my Argyle sweater.   Since we replaced our Garden Tub with a beautiful big shower, I don’t think I will be taking a Bubble Bath.   As for a Divorce, Monday or otherwise, I will pass on that.  After 42+ years of wedded bliss, I think we will stay that way.   

 

We will pass on the meal and drink.  The wine is a bit above our budget.

 

I have been in a bit of a funk the last few days.   Lots of worries in spite of my resolution to take one day at a time and make the best of each day.

 

Tomorrow I have two appointments at the Mayo Clinic.  One for blood work to see where we are with the PMR.  I already know from the pain level that it is not in a good place.

 

The other is to remove the two cancerous lesions on each leg.    Our plan is to drive down tomorrow morning and get an early check-in at the hotel on campus, where I am well-known and then go to my appointments in the afternoon.   Well, after we saw the weather forecast for tomorrow, we rethought the plan and figured it might be better to go today.  That is, until I called the hotel.  No room at the Inn tonight.   So we had to scrap those plans.

 

The weather forecast for tomorrow is horrendous.  I am not looking forward to this.  However, if I don’t keep this appointment, I don’t know when I will get another.   I was offered this earlier appointment when someone cancelled.  My original one was on Feb.  27.  I am sure that one is gone now.  

 

So we plan to leave early tomorrow.  About 9:30 and take it slow.  It usually takes about 2 1/2 hours.  I am sure tomorrow will take much longer.   The hotel promises to have a room available for me for early check-in.  Keeping my fingers crossed.

 

On Wednesday we are coming back early so that I can attend a workshop on Wills and Trusts.  While we just had new wills done, my Financial Advisor is urging us to look into finding out how to protect our assets.  A local attorney is holding a workshop on Wednesday afternoon.  So we will try to get back in time for that. We will have to make some decisions in that regard.

 

And then at 9:30 am on Thursday, we meet with the Neurologist to go over the results of Jim’s tests and see where we go from there.   

 

So, as you can see, there is a lot on my mind.

 

Will try to be more communicative.  

@rafinmdHope all goes well for you today.

@smitty34877 Hope your aide is back and things are a bit better in your house.  Prayers for you.

 

Take care everyone.

God Bless.

Terri

 

Terri, safe travels tomorrow, and I hope the procedure goes well and the bloodwork provides some answers for the doctor.  Just a thought, but could you leave today and stay at a different hotel in Jacksonville tonight to avoid driving in bad weather.

 

1 hour ago, JazzyV said:

Good afternoon. Thanks for the Fleet Report/Daily @kazu.

I like argyle socks and sweaters. I'll pass on bubble baths for showers instead, and divorce. Funny quote. Interesting meal. Pass on the drink and wine ($$$). I have been to Napier, NZ on my first HAL cruise from Auckland to Sydney. 3 good days in history. 

 

It's chilly here, and cloudy. Rain later in the week and very high winds. I got about 4 hours of sleep again. I got an early call this AM from the nurse of the interventional radiologist, saying they needed to see my MRI. So sending the referral directly to them worked! I have a disc that I will mail to them. Then I had to straighten out a bill for the MRI. I also called my insurance claim specialist to see if the mitigation bill will be covered. So I got some things done.

 

@seagarsmoker Good news that you're feeling much better.

@grapau27 Thanks for the explanations.

@StLouisCruisers Excellent photos of Napier. That rocket headed to the moon has a lunar lander built right here in town by Astrobotic and also a rover that is a project of CMU students (Carnegie Mellon University).

@rafinmd Thank you for the maps. Good luck with your treatment today. 

@ger_77 🥶That's cold! I hope DH is feeling better soon.

@Nickelpenny I used to make yogurt all the time in my Instant Pot. I need to get back to it. Sad anniversary for Gabby Giffords and the 6 people killed.

@aliaschief That sounds like a great evening.

@dfish Stay safe in the storm! All the recipes look good.

@cunnorl I remember you telling us about that awful shuttle driver. 

@RMLincoln I hope there's not too much flooding in your area. Enjoy watching the game tonight.

@smitty34877 Thinking of you and Tana.

@marshhawk I hope all goes ok with the Endocrinologist.

@sailingdutchy Great photos.

@VMax1700 Good to hear that DW's tests were ok. 

@Vict0riann Good luck getting the "bumps" removed. 

@kochleffel That balcony isn't bad at all.

@Cruzin Terri Safe travels tomorrow and I hope the procedure goes well. At least if the bloodwork is off, the doctor may have recommendations to help your pain. 

 

Prayers for the Care List and Cheers for those Celebrating.

 

Some pictures from Napier: 

Logs at the port ready for shipping

 

Black sand beach

 

Napier is the Art Deco capital of NZ

 

 

 

 

Art Deco Church

 

The Twin City Stompers entertaining

 

View of the Statendam from Bluff Hill Outlook

 

Unique trees and man all leaning on Bluff Hill

 

Waterfall in Centennial Gardens

 

Vanessa, I'm glad you made some progress with the interventional radiologist and the insurance matters.  Thank you for the great pictures of Napier.

 

2 hours ago, sailingdutchy said:

 

Good morning to all !  Thank you for the Daily :  Jacqui , Rich , Vanessa, Debbie ,  Roy, and for ALL the contributions from many others . 

I might not be posting that often but I have been reading the Daily almost everyday .

 

We have been to Napier , New Zealand and had a wonderful day there so I will check if I have some special pictures to share.  This from the Oosterdam on April 1st 2013 .

 

Uhhh….. NO honestly…….we did not go to Hooters ……..and I have no pictures from there!

 

 

Six siblings from one family live in these similar houses although exterior looks different .

 

Different architectural designs even for newly built homes and offices 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Art Deco architectural designs found in Napier where a direct result of the rebuilding of this city after the devastating earthquake hit the city on Feb 3rd 1931 and the rebuilding started right after that.

 

 

 

 

Mission Winery 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beautiful scenery outside of Napier 

 

 

 

 

 

Back into Port we had a nice send off .

 

 

 

 

DW forgot her ID when returning to the port and she was taken into detention for a while , but was later allowed to rejoin me after a lot of  questioning . ppppfffftttttt ! Lucky me !

 

Have a wonderful week everybody ! 

Tony 😄

 

Great pictures, Tony.  Thanks

 

2 hours ago, VMax1700 said:

Good afternoon from Cork,

Currently it is 3°C/37°F but with wind chill it feels like -1°C/33°F.  Overnight it was -5°C/23°F.  I thought it cold until I read of @ger_77 and the -23° in frozen tundra! I just could not handle that level of cold.  

There was black ice on the roads this morning so chaos ensued.  We (as a nation) just cannot handle freezing conditions on the road.

DW went for her tests this morning and initial results are good.  Her BP has returned to normal and the ECG looks good.  We will hear later in the week for the official result.

Next on the list was taking DS to the dentist for his checkover and any necessary work.  He says that the prices here are at least 50% lower than in Vancouver.  Shame he forgot to take his wallet with him 🙄. Ya just can't beat sponsored dental work 🥲

 

That's it from me. Hope everyone has a great day!

 

I'm glad your DW's BP is back to normal and the ECG looks good.

 

2 hours ago, Vict0riann said:

Good morning, Dailyites, another Monday here...  It is finally raining hard, but we are threatened with wind and snow later in the week.  I will be happy to just stay indoors if that happens.   I had chicken for us and a piece of fish out for DD last night when she said she would go and get fish and chips from a place near where we used to live which is reputed to be the best in Victoria, so I immediately agreed, and we will have the defrosted chicken and fish today.  Later this month we will compare the fish and chips with a place nearer where we are now, which claims to be the best in Victoria... 

 

Hope all goes well with Roy, and no aftereffects, except good ones!  I will be having two "bumps" removed next week, which the dermatologist says are squamous cell carcinomas.  One is on the back of my right hand which I seem to be continually bumping so it is sore.  The other is on my left wrist, so gets in the way of my watch.  I'm looking forward to getting rid of them both!  I have already primed the household that I will have to keep the areas dry, so I won't be washing dishes.  I wonder how long that will last!

 

We have been to Napier, on a driving trip in NZ, I remember enjoying the Art Deco streets, but they interfered with them by shading the sidewalks.  

 

 

Ann, I hope the removal of the two bumps goes well next week.  Great picture.

 

32 minutes ago, jeda4137 said:

He may have developed allergies. Took me years to figure out why I was getting so many - COLDS ! 

 

Welcome to the Fleet Report/Daily.  I hope you will join us often.

 

Lenda

[puppycanducruise]

@jeda4137 Welcome to the Daily!

[Haljo1935]

2 hours ago, kochleffel said:

My room is an obstructed-view balcony stateroom. It’s classed as 50% obstructed but from the deck plan and a photo on the interweb I thought it would be less. It’s actually much less.

Congrats - looks like a great view! I'm sure it will be well enjoyed.

[Cruzin Terri]

9 minutes ago, Quartzsite Cruiser said:

Terri, safe travels tomorrow, and I hope the procedure goes well and the bloodwork provides some answers for the doctor.  Just a thought, but could you leave today and stay at a different hotel in Jacksonville tonight to avoid driving in bad weather

Thought about staying elsewhere.  Called a few places and all are full.  Just not going without a reservation.  Just will have to suck it up and drive carefully. Will do the best I can.

Not a happy thought.

Thanks for the advice.

Terri

[ottahand7]

Roatan today.   Heaven.  

[Quartzsite Cruiser]

10 minutes ago, Cruzin Terri said:

Thought about staying elsewhere.  Called a few places and all are full.  Just not going without a reservation.  Just will have to suck it up and drive carefully. Will do the best I can.

Not a happy thought.

Thanks for the advice.

Terri

 

I'm sorry going today did not work out, and I should have realized you would have tried other places.  I know it will be hard, if not impossible, but try not to worry about the drive tomorrow.  Just add a little extra time to the travel time.  It goes without saying, but I will anyway, be extra careful.

 

Lenda

[kazu]

48 minutes ago, cruising sister said:

On either side there are open areas to use. Ours was very large and people were spread out. 

 

THANK YOU so very much 🙂. I so appreciate this.

[kazu]

1 hour ago, jeda4137 said:

He may have developed allergies. Took me years to figure out why I was getting so many - COLDS ! 

 

Welcome to the Daily 🙂 

[dfish]

4 hours ago, kochleffel said:

Butternut squash soup is on the MDR menu tonight. There’s also butternut squash risotto on the lunch menu. There was no butternut squash at breakfast.

 

The special French starter is escargots.

It seems that you will forever be plagued by butternut squash.  Enjoy it!

[Haljo1935]

@jeda4137 welcome! I am new here myself - felt very welcomed and really enjoy my time here. Lots of great, supportive people who make my days better.  Hope you'll stop in often.

Edited January 8 by Haljo1935
Typo - darn auto correct 😑 😒 🙄

[grapau27]

@jeda4137.

Sending you a big welcome from England UK.

Graham.

[P&PNH]

Good afternoon to everyone and thanks for the FR&D.  Welcome to @jeda4137, I read often, and post sometimes.  There are a lot of Dailyites on cruises right now, and I hope all of you are enjoying your time at sea.  Adding a photo of the view of our deck from our dining room slider this morning before I started the clean up.  Have a great evening.

@rafinmd Hope your procedure went well today.

 

[grapau27]

Roy @rafinmd.

I hope everything went to plan today with your radiation treatment.

 

Edited January 8 by grapau27

[rafinmd]

I really wasn't expecting problems today and don't expect any although I was on the table a lot longer than expected.  The big question is how much good it will do and that will take some time to find out.

I won't say any more for a whie as I am 40 minutes away from 3 meetings, will surely be tired when I get home, and will run my errands tomorrow early to try to stay ahead of the coming storm.

 

The computer ate my finance report so I had to recreate it when I got to the station.

 

Roy

[P&PNH]

Forgot to add the Photo!! DUH!

[Quartzsite Cruiser]

1 minute ago, P&PNH said:

Forgot to add the Photo!! DUH!

 

Don't worry about that as it happens to all of us at one time or another.  The snow is beautiful, especially on a computer screen in southwest Arizona.  That's the way I like snow now, though we dealt with it when we lived in southeast Pennsylvania, when we were much younger and could enjoy it with the kids.

 

Lenda

[kochleffel]

17 minutes ago, rafinmd said:

 

The computer ate my finance report so I had to recreate it when I got to the station.

 

Roy

BAD COMPUTER! BAD COMPUTER!

 

[grapau27]

25 minutes ago, Quartzsite Cruiser said:

 

Don't worry about that as it happens to all of us at one time or another.  The snow is beautiful, especially on a computer screen in southwest Arizona.  That's the way I like snow now, though we dealt with it when we lived in southeast Pennsylvania, when we were much younger and could enjoy it with the kids.

 

Lenda

When I was a child we had deep snow every winter.

Now we just get days of continuous rain with our milder temperatures now.

[Cruising-along]

Greetings from the lovely Volendam!

We’re having an amazing time, loving every minute. 

 

Meeting our fellow Dailyites and sailing again with Rich has been a big plus too. Last night we spent some time with Rich at the Island Dream party and we’ll have dinner tonight with him in the Pinnacle Grill. Tonight is the pop-up Tamarind night. 😀. If any other Dailyites would like to join us please let us know. The more the merrier 🙂🙂

I’ll put out a message on Navigator too. 

 

Tomorrow we will reach Honolulu. We have an all-day private tour and are looking forward to that. 
 

 

Edited January 8 by Cruising-along