Keksie

Thank you. Fort Clinch sounds good, a wander around town especially the lavender place and of course ice cream, plus some beach time. I am leaning towards maybe a airbnb place on the beach. Will check out the historic section and restaurants. This will be a short trip to see if this is some place we would want to spend more time at. Thank you for all the information.

Amelia Island questions. For a little get away (2 full days) where is the place to stay July or August. What is not to be missed?

Those are so cute!!!!!!

Even better would be located on the Emerald Coast of Florida. It would really add to the tiki vibe.

What a wonderful party. From the decorations food and drink you made a very special night for all your guests. Enjoy your well deserved nap.

I am so sorry to hear of your loss. Marcel was beautiful.

Minnie makes an adorable nurse.

When Jim shows up in your backyard is when you worry.

Not really Beryl is still very far away and at this time there is no impact to the Gulf Coast at least for a week. Still too early to know it's path once it gets anywhere close.

I need to get that book.

That is super awesome.

I got spoiled when we lived in Texas with HEB stores. So much fresh produce, a great bakery, lots of choices on everything and super low prices. Here I shop for most things at Winn Dixie (cheaper) and fill in with special items at Publix (not cheap). Even Publix can't compare produce wise to HEB so I am just not as inspired to cook here. LOL

What we noticed even back in 2019 when we moved here was that food and insurance were a lot more then in Texas. However property tax and utilities were a lot less so all in all we came out ahead.

Fingers crossed for you. It would be so perfect if you could be in it.

One lady is making Hennifer, several Barbbeak, a couple of Rastifarihens are being made which I can't wait to see. There will several that are made from stash yarn too and some crochet hens. It was the names that sold most of us on doing this. LOL

She is not for sale. There were 19 of us at the shop who decided to order kits and have a knit a long with them. We got together last Sunday at a nice brewhouse to get started and help each other out with anything we didn't understand in the instructions. Most of us don't normally make stuffed animals so it was a little confusing at times. Tuesday I was at the shop and finished her except for the stuffing which I finished today. I am the first one finished but I think several people are finishing today. At some point we are going to have a big photo shoot with them all.

The newest trend in knitting is Emotional Support Chickens. Several people at the shop decided to order kits which are based on celebrities. LOL I present Tailfeather Swift

What a beautiful cat. Nice big feet!

Surprise, surprise, surprise as Gomer Pyle used to say. The Dr. said the little stone had passed just like I thought and then he said pointing to the image "this one is too big to pass". Sigh. So now I find out what he wants to do about it on July 15th. I just hope it will be a quick fix cause I have a lot of things coming up this fall.

What a wonderful cruise. The food looks really good. I am so glad you had a good time.

Can't imagine any number of personal reasons but okay. When asked about passports or no passports you give your thoughts and I will give mine.

Not having a passport does limit people.to only take closed loop cruises. Our favorite cruises all required passports. Two Alaskan cruises and a Norwegian fjord cruise.

I thought the first post was about people showing up and being denied boarding due to not having proper documentation or having to scramble to get the proper documentation. Over the years people have posted all kinds of stories about not having a certified birth certificate and having to scramble. On our train trip out of Ketchikan the border official gave one poor guy a really hard time for just having a birth certificate. I tend to err on the side of being prepared since I don't want to be the one in a million that has an issue. I get that you are a big cheerleader for no passport, while I am of the opinion of just get one and you are all set - they really don't cost that much.

To all the people choosing not to get passports. That is your choice however, don't come on here to cry when something goes wrong. Don't blame the cruise company for not letting you on. Don't cry to the national news media how poorly you were treated, how you were abandoned in a foreign port and couldn't catch a plane back home immediately. Just suck it up an realize that maybe you should have gone ahead and gotten that passport.

I do feel better. I think it passed. It takes a lot to make me cry but this did. I never had one before and hopefully this is a one and done.