Pooch

I keep promising myself that next time I will do better, that I don’t need all this stuff. Never works. Current list: mouthwash, toothpaste, floss picks liquid cough/expectorant, DayQuil gelcaps, nasal spray, cough drops Pepto, tums, Dramamine ibuprophen, Tylenol, icy hot benedryl, neosporin, moleskin glass cleaner, glass repair kit, tide stick suncreen, aloe cotton balls, Qtips, bandaids what do I really not need?

Our luggage only has 2 wheels. That’s an issue? BTW, I just finished my OTC pile. It’s way too big! I know I won’t need half of it but I cannot bring myself to leave any of it out!! I think we need a 12 step program.

And I don’t even know what a slot pull is! The only time I’ve ever entered the casino is to cash out OBC.

The one that’s out of the package is like 10 years old!

Just picked up mesh collapsible laundry bins at Job Lot. $2.49 each and they perfectly in the lid of the suitcase. I hate piles of dirty clothes in the cabin. At the end of the vacation, the clothes get stuffed in plastic trash bags & crammed into the suitcases.

Thankfully I am not a cookie eater. Now if, like Pattycruise, I could just give up pizza!

Here’s my schedule: get up, eat bacon, find a deck chair, relax.

If you’ve already filled in all the passport information, why do you need to scan it?

DD is booked in a cabin with her brother and cousin (all adults) but in reality will stay with us in a JS. Can’t move her officially because it’s a 2 person cabin and the sofa may not pull out. But I plan to slip our attendant a tip on day 1 and at least have him leave bedding for her. Then we’ll just get an extra room card.

Ok so this is Royal helping my goal to not eat after 8:30pm!

Harmony last March & Explorer in October, WJ closed at 9. Frankly didn’t notice this was a change.

The one I bought just slips off the shoulders. It’s brushed cotton with an elastic waist. I have a bladder the size of a pea. Holding it it not an option! I’ll let you know how it goes (or how I do) Also, since the covid shutdown and subsequent retirement, I wear tank tops with built in bras. I will take a couple of real bras with me but I rarely use them.

I love the big body pillows! I am a very active sleeper and with the big pillows, no matter which way I flip, there’s a pillow there. I also have a bad shoulder and when I sleep on my right side, I need support under the left arm. The pillows are perfect for that.

One of the reasons I don’t book lower than a JS.

My cabin has a walk in with your name on it!!

Can you just stay on board for one more week and dress me every evening??

Harmony JS bath products. The three SEPARATE containers on the shower wall, shampoo/conditioner/body wash?

Or is it because we are hyper conscious of it now

Just to show someone in my family has fashion sense and, at 4’11”, can rock a jumpsuit!

Sure go ahead, make us jealous!!!

I tried a kindle but missed the feel of an actual book in my hands. My books are always too heavy but it’s just the price I pay for my reading.

Ok, most important precruise purchase done!! A 1000 page book! This time it’s Anne Rice’s Mayfield Witches series. Last cruise took 2 books and a total of 2200 pages but 2 less sea days & more family so 1000 should be enough.

AFAIK, on board charges are based on the sea pass card which is tied to a passenger not a cabin.

Their short ribs are really good!! Probably the one item I will miss on the new MDR menus

Our Medicare Advantage Plan gives us both $75 per quarter to buy OTC meds and toiletries. My closet is full of that stuff for free! Now if I could get them to add wine to the program