Domino D

Hope you all are doing well.  I'm so sorry I haven't been able to be on at all.  I have a client that did a major acquisition and it has been hundreds of hours of work.  Luckily that means more cruises.  Hope to be able to talk with you all soon.  Be well, and if you've started cruising again, congrats. 

7 hours ago, island lady said:

When the Chef is working...she needs her inspiration to continue.  😄 

Following this logic, the Boss Lady must be planning out menus all weekend.  She likes to be "inspired" much of Saturday and Sunday.

7 hours ago, John&LaLa said:

 

Having both is 👌 

How Pinnacle of you. (kidding of course) 

7 hours ago, davekathy said:

No car, no way. 

Well to be clear I'd have a skateboard.😁

11 minutes ago, island lady said:

Theeeerrreee coming!!  😮  And indeed most of the cars whizzing by me were up north tags.  

Scooch over, Florida is about to get very crowded.  Hope they brought their share of the vaccine with them.

1 hour ago, davekathy said:

I know what you mean. I'll take the Mercedes GL. 😁

1 hour ago, Milwaukee Eight said:

Her car is the Porsche. 😎. Love the new GLE450. All glass dash and touch screen. 

49 minutes ago, davekathy said:

Either one will do. I'm not picky. 😁

38 minutes ago, grapau27 said:

You can pick Davekathy and I'll have the other one.😎

Both nice cars.

My goal is to convince the Boss to go condo.  Then to go urban and have no car, until I can get a self driving one.

3 hours ago, Milwaukee Eight said:

This morning, we close on selling our home.

 

Looking forward to the future when we can begin moving into our new home. Hopefully, we will be in it this time next year. 
 

I will probably hop on my Scoot and go for a ride. I’ll pack the drone and see what kind of trouble I can get into. 
 

M8

Congrats.  Glad you got past that step.  Hoping the construction goes quickly and you all are in the new house soon. 

32 minutes ago, johnjen said:

Today we're flying out to Cancun to an all-inclusive. Best lock down day EVER haha!

You all know how to lockdown right.

7 hours ago, DaniDanielle said:

Italy is my dream vacation.  We were supposed to go two years ago and then everyone warned me my hip would not let me do much walking😥Had the replacement surgery but now have nowhere to go. SIGH

You will love it once you get there.  Wear comfortable shoes.

6 minutes ago, dani negreanu said:

 

Galapagos was 1st and foremost on my bucket list, not on my DH's.

 

He categorically declared: "I'm not flying over half the world to see some turtles...".

 

Luckily, my cousin, whose DH eats kosher and is not keen to travel abroad, agreed to travel with me, otherwise Galapagos would have remained forever "on the bucket".

 

She required also a week of shopping spree in NY in our way back, to which I readily agreed....

 

Galapagos for me, shopping for her -- fair enough.

 

We enjoyed both our respective "itineraries" very much 😁.

Love that it was "Just to see turtles"  and that your cousin had to add a shopping trip requirement. 

32 minutes ago, John&LaLa said:

 

Good answer, but I was thinking more of a difference in actual photograph 😉

This is one of those times that I hate how easily I can be goaded.

Time of day - Photo 2 seems later in the day (first rule of SAT, obvious ones first)

Snow melt - Photo 2 has less snow on the ground

The zoom is different and possibly the angles

There is a pot in photo 2 not in photo 1

The neighbors light is on in photo 2

Seems like 1 is a wider angle shot, allowing us to see more of the neighbors back yard

The neighbor has/had young children as they have a playhouse. 

There is a second tree in the second photo not visible in the first. 

and yet somehow I think, none of that is it. 

Edit: Thought the umbrella was gone, but zooming revealed it's still there.  

Hope you and @singinalot are happy now. 

Thanks to everyone.  I now have a list of places to checkout and confirmation on others. 

A few notes: @dani negreanu Antarctica is a bucket list for me, but it will be a father/son trip.  The Boss Lady saw footage of the passage over to Antarctica and said "Pass".  

Venice is top of Boss Lady's list. So I will have to hide Dani's photos unless I want to go there next.  

I have looked at both the South Pacific and Middle East ports.  

I honestly know very little of Copenhagen and Stockholm, so something to start studying. 

@island lady I was liking your choices of ports not your cancellations. 

Wondering with all the collective cruising experience on the thread, what is the one port you haven't visited yet that you most want to visit.  Different than a region or specific itinerary, just a port. 

Mine is Tortola.  We have only called there once and didn't go to the Baths.  So I am always looking to get back there.  I think I'll have to go on NCL. 

1 hour ago, singinalot said:

and we just drove over to garden of the gods resort to pick up our dinner for the evening

 

Such a beautiful place

30 minutes ago, John&LaLa said:

Got milk?

 

Left side is Limoncello glaze👍

Well Done 👏

2 hours ago, John&LaLa said:

 

I will glaze half per recipe, and the other half with Limoncello 🍋👍

She should have realized what she was bargaining for.

2 minutes ago, John&LaLa said:

Somehow I got selected for making the lemon cookies🤣🤣

 

Wonder how Laura came to think of that?

2 hours ago, HBE4 said:

https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2020/12/us/new-year-words-slang-pandemic-trnd/index.html

 

Yes, it's a CNN site but it's not political, just a fun harmless quiz so it's safe to click on.

"Cryday" should be the term for the day your booked cruise is officially cancelled.  As in, "When does Royal announce a cruise will be cancelled?"  "Oh it happens every Cryday"

1 hour ago, HBE4 said:

 

New slang terms for us to overuse and hate soon. I'm embarrassed that I was only able to guess 4 out of 10 correctly. My youthful street cred is gonna take a hit.

 

https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2020/12/us/new-year-words-slang-pandemic-trnd/index.html

 

Yes, it's a CNN site but it's not political, just a fun harmless quiz so it's safe to click on. We could all engage in some Gleefrshing no matter what Blursday it is. Can't wait to we go back to The Before Times.

 

BTW, those hints may or may not be correct.

7 out of 10, Bruh.  I am Gucci.  Now I need to do some adulting.

4 hours ago, John&LaLa said:

 

Have you seen the new Publix holiday ad where the little girl is making danish Christmas morning with mom, then grows up and does it with her kid.

 

Their holiday ads are like mini Hallmark movies.

 

Can't find current one, but this is a collection from years past

Yeah, they are always my wife's favorite ads

16 minutes ago, Keksie said:

Those are the best recipes.  I tend to make my mother's recipes at holiday time, many of which came from her mother who used her hands also.

It is really funny to see someone cook like that, and yet things always come out. 

4 minutes ago, John&LaLa said:

https://www.facebook.com/1621735951196814/posts/3497718463598544/

 

Wow.  When people lose faith that the pandemic will end.  Remember humans did that.  May not be as fast as we want, but we are inventive and resilient. 

24 minutes ago, Keksie said:

Thank you for sharing.

I have not made these in 3 or 4 years.  When I pulled it up, I was thinking about how my mother measured everything with her hands.  When she gave me the recipe, we made a batch and I had to convert everything to a measure.  I don't know if she owned a measuring cup or spoon.  She is in a nursing home now, and it was a nice little memory.  

7 minutes ago, John&LaLa said:

 

Very similar. I need to work Limoncello in, though

Of course.  That could be your signature cookie.  I'm sure there is a place you can order a custom cookie cutter shaped like Bella.  Then you could sell them to all of us. I will take a dozen.

18 minutes ago, DaniDanielle said:

Would she share the recipe?  My kid loves anything lemony,I love ricotta.

Marietta, 

I'm sure John will post theirs.  

Typed this up from my moms recipes

INGREDIENTS

2 sticks (1 cup) plus 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, softened

425 grams sugar (about 2 cups)

1 ¾ cups ricotta cheese (15 ounces), preferably fresh

 Finely grated zest of 1/2 lemon

4 teaspoons vanilla extract

2 large eggs

480 grams all-purpose flour (about 4 cups)

10 grams baking soda (2 teaspoons)

4 grams fine sea salt (about 3/4 teaspoon)

450 grams confectioners’ sugar (about 4 cups)

2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

¼ cup to 1/2 cup milk, as needed

Cream 2 sticks butter with sugar until fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add ricotta, lemon zest and 2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla and beat well. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then beat in flour, baking soda and salt. Cover dough and chill for at least 2 hours.

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Shape tbs of dough into balls. Place 2 inches apart on baking sheets (lined) and bake until pale golden on the bottom, about 15 minutes.

Melt remaining tablespoon butter. Whisk confectioners sugar, then whisk in melted butter, lemon juice, remaining 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla and enough milk to make a spreadable icing (add a little at a time). Spread icing on cooled cookies, then let set for at least 20 minutes before serving.