Sweety

On 4/22/2024 at 7:31 PM, mashley1021 said:

My parents and I struggle to come close to our 6 each... we bring a shopping bag to a bar at the end of the night and get bottled water... usually lots of bottled water lol

We do the same with 5. We give them to our cabin steward.

I feel the same way. My cruising style is going to change.

6 hours ago, Ampurp85 said:

Slight long-winded story.

I canceled the celebration cake. I am not really a cake person. I was getting the cake for my brother's birthday mainly. He and my mother can eat cake and sweet things like crazy. I am not actually huge on sweets. I eat more sweet things when I cruise than in real life. But my brother can eat a whole cake almost every day. During the pandemic, he or I was making him a cake every other day .

Since I don't normally cruise during his and my birthday "season " I had forgotten about his birthday shenanigans.

For over a decade I have been getting him his favorite cake from a local bakery, it's a double tiered tres Leche. It usually takes him 2 days to finish. Then my mother gets him a traditional sheet birthday cake. His best friend gets him a fruit tart. Now for a couple of years as a mechanical engineer he has been working from home. But prior to that he always got a birthday cake from his compay. Last year his company went back into the office, though it was now a communal one. He also started doing freelance with two other firms. On Monday's he commutes to meet with all three.

Which is a long way of saying between Saturday and today he got 5 full sheetcakes. This is on top of the fruit tart and tres Leche cake. My BFF is into the instasnaps and whatnot, so he got him the viral McDonald's sheetcake . I came home to a refrigerator filled with so much cake. I'm talking cake. Which will last him well into next week. So much cake that my mother took the equivalent of half a sheetcake home, and that will last her until next week. My brother hits the gym 3-4 times a week to afford that type of lifestyle

My brother does love him some cake but he needs variety and it would take him at least a month to want basic chocolate or vanilla cake. So he was like I doubt I will want to eat half a cake on a cruise. This is also compounded by the fact that because my mother has worked for a local supermarket chain, 42yrs, she gets all the holiday sweets and candy for next to nothing. We are currently sitting on a treasure trove of Easter candy. A ton of which I will give to the crew. Don't worry none of it is expired, it's just wrapped in pastel colors.

 

Just brought the washer sheets.

Love hearing stories about your family 

I love your style!

Love your dogs. The same dog look is on my fur baby.

We are checked in. My great nephews are checked in.

We check in tonight. Fish and ships won't be the same after my great nephews leave the ship.

I love Alaska. You are going to be for a treat. Love the dog musher's excursion. Hubby always warn me, "We are not buying a husky." They are so cute. Wait until you see the eagles and whales. Beautiful. I will be following.

1 hour ago, melmar02 said:

This is part of our tango routine the day we learned it. It's not polished in this video - just recorded so we could remember the steps at home.

That was awesome. You have the tango look on your face.

Will you provide video of you dancing? Dancing sounds cool. 

We are going to Dominican Republic in June. We have a private tour planned. I will write about it. My great nephews would love this excursion. I will try to see if we can do this.

11 minutes ago, Cruisin and Boozin said:

Dinner last night Chops

the wedge

lobster

petite filet

key lime pie

crab cake

spicy jumbo shrimp

Red velvet I think it’s for @Sweety hope I got that one right

Woohoo! You got the right one, baby! Un-Huh!! Thank You!

Don't forget to add purple. I will be doing the same three cruises next June. Have fun. Can't wait to hear all about your cruises.

5 hours ago, smokeybandit said:

I've got a cruise on Vision in summer 2025 and the price for that dropped considerably today. I wonder if they're suddenly having issues selling that route?

My spring break cruise is the same price.

Have a wonderful cruise.

Like Grand Turk. It's very peaceful.

Now I have to buy purple underwear. Prime is getting expensive.

8 minutes ago, Cactus527 said:

1. QUIET RIOT!!!!!! *jams*

2. Gildan shirts are the BEST. I would buy that in a heart beat, especially knowing that most of the cost goes toward Make A Wish. Are you going to do the walk at some point?

As a SPED teacher, I will be buying the shirt and doing the walk.

16 hours ago, AshleyDillo said:

I had to check out Fish & Ships again for quality control. This room is handy for running up/down one flight and grabbing some..or some soft serve..or hitting up WJ for a to-go plate.

The chicken fingers were different this time. The fish they were frying fresh in small batches. It tasted less bland this time too..maybe because it was fresh.

Of course I had dinner 3 hours later. I'm at a 2-top in a row of other 2-tops so I have neighbors to pretend to ignore.  No great people watching to share. 

Now I'm in WJ for second dinner I needed vegetables because the MDR doesn't know what those are.

They are frying donuts up fresh tonight...

Those mugs are labeled as sugar donut with chocolate milk..because everyone likes their milk to sit under a heat lamp.

 

My great nephews are going to eat all the chicken, fish and shrimp. They are 11-15 years old. They eat like football players already.

Have a joyful cruise.

Happy Born day, Well wishes and Joyful Birthright to your brother and you.

This B3B is why I booked one in 2025. Living in Chicago the airfare is getting expensive. I am trying to make Prime, since I have four more cruises this year.

I am going to try Royal Up.

Paid off my cruise today. Mason Jar here I come. Woohoo.