The Fleet Report and Daily for Monday August 8th, 2022

[richwmn]

 

Today is International Cat Day, Summer Olympics Closing Ceremony, and Sneak Some Zucchini onto Your Neighbor's Porch Day
 

The world is not a wish-granting factory.--John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

Meal Suggestion for today - chicken stir fry
Drink of the Day - Midori Cactus Juice
Wine of the Day - Kaapzicht 2017 Steytler Pentagon Estate Wine Red (
Destination of the Day - Semarang, Java, Indonesia
 

Eurodam

Juneau, Alaska 13:00 - 22:00
 

Koningsdam

Juneau, Alaska 1:00 PM To 10:00 PM
 

Nieuw Amsterdam

Hubbard Glacier, Alaska 15:00 - 18:00
 

Nieuw Statendam

At Sea Destination Qaqortoq, Greenland eta 08/09
 

Noordam

At Sea Destination Ketchikan, Revillagigedo Island, Alaska eta 08/09
 

Oosterdam

Trieste, Italy 08:00 -
 

Rotterdam

Reykjavik, Iceland - 15:00
 

Westerdam

At Sea Destination Juneau, Alaska eta 08/09
 

Zaandam

St Anthony NL, Newfoundland-Labrador Canada 08:00 - 17:00
 

Zuiderdam

Ketchikan, Revillagigedo Island, Alaska 10:00 - 18:00
 

Volendam

Rotterdam Waalhaven Ukraine Relief
 

[portofrome]

Thank you for the Fleet Report.

[seagarsmoker]

Thanks for the Daily Report and I hope everyone had a great weekend! 

[puppycanducruise]

Good morning.  Thanks for the Fleet and Daily Report.

 

Happy Monday!  It's warm and we have a light rain shower, Bertie and I will go for a walk a little later this morning.

 

I know a lot of our Daily family will love Cat Day!  I wouldn't mind a zucchini.

Interesting quote.

The meal sounds good, love a stir fry.  Looking forward to reading about the drink and the wine.

 

Prayers for everyone.

Have a wonderful day.   Stay safe.

[rafinmd]

Thank you for the Monday Daily.  I'll pass on the days although Cat day will be very popular here.  The quote is I think sad but true.  I've been to Semarang just once in 2014 on the Crystal Symphony.  The meal sounds nice.  My alternative is Citrus Compote with Honey and Raisins, Chilled Strawberry Bisque, and Parmesan Coated Veal Loin as served on MS Prinsendam August 8, 2011.

 

Today’s care list:

Tbay, her  DH and DGS with Covid
Cruzn single pulmonary Fibrosis diagnosis
Crabbi Patti’s father and now son with Covid
 Crusin Terri at Mayo Cllinic
Slow recovery for smitty and Tana
The locks at Ijmuiden(Rotterdam diverted to at least 8/14)

 

Celebrations and Shoutouts:

Shadow/Little in Kazu’s care and making progress
Welcome home Crabbi Patti
Volendam caring for refugees
StLouisCruisers on road trip
Live4cruises in NC Hills to 8/11
Aliaschief touring Hebrides to 8/14
6 days for Aliaschief (Rotterdam 8/14 to 8/28)
Cat in My Lap (Zaandam to 8/13), Mister67 (Equinox  to 8/13), AMRDS (Nieuw Amsterdam  to 8/14) , Mtn2sea and kplady (Nieuw Statendam  to 8/27), and Gail&Marty (Rotterdam to 10/15) at sea
Staff Captain Sabine - Our first female Staff Captain and HAL’s likely first female Captain(I know this is a repeat but she’s worth it)

Roy

 

[grapau27]

Good afternoon from a sunny 70°F North East coast of England.

Thank you Rich for today's daily and fleet reports.

I like cats and had several as pets.

True quote.

I love chicken Stir fry.

Prayers 🙏 for everyone on the care list.

I hope everyone is safe and well today and everyday.

Graham.

[grapau27]

3 minutes ago, rafinmd said:

Thank you for the Monday Daily.  I'll pass on the days although Cat day will be very popular here.  The quote is I think sad but true.  I've been to Semarang just once in 2014 on the Crystal Symphony.  The meal sounds nice.  My alternative is Citrus Compote with Honey and Raisins, Chilled Strawberry Bisque, and Parmesan Coated Veal Loin as served on MS Prinsendam August 8, 2011.

 

Today’s care list:

Tbay, her  DH and DGS with Covid
Cruzn single pulmonary Fibrosis diagnosis
Crabbi Patti’s father and now son with Covid
 Crusin Terri at Mayo Cllinic
Slow recovery for smitty and Tana
The locks at Ijmuiden(Rotterdam diverted to at least 8/14)

 

Celebrations and Shoutouts:

Shadow/Little in Kazu’s care and making progress
Welcome home Crabbi Patti
Volendam caring for refugees
StLouisCruisers on road trip
Live4cruises in NC Hills to 8/11
Aliaschief touring Hebrides to 8/14
6 days for Aliaschief (Rotterdam 8/14 to 8/28)
Cat in My Lap (Zaandam to 8/13), Mister67 (Equinox  to 8/13), AMRDS (Nieuw Amsterdam  to 8/14) , Mtn2sea and kplady (Nieuw Statendam  to 8/27), and Gail&Marty (Rotterdam to 10/15) at sea
Staff Captain Sabine - Our first female Staff Captain and HAL’s likely first female Captain(I know this is a repeat but she’s worth it)

Roy

 

Many thanks Roy for your dedication in keeping these lists up to date daily.

Graham.

 

[0106]

I feel like we’ll be seeing many cat photos and memes today so I thought I’d share the sunrise.Good morning Baltimore!

(Can anyone name the movie in which that was a famous line?)

[dfish]

Good morning, everyone.  

 

Today will be another beautiful summer day here in northeast Ohio.  Temps are supposed to moderate a little today.  I'm doing laps this morning with the pool scheduled for later in the day.  

 

Today's meal is a wonderful one.  Stir fry is so versatile.  Use what you like, leave out what you don't.  Chicken is a great choice, but you could also use pork, beef, and even shrimp.  When it comes to stir fry, the recipes are suggestions.  Technically to be a stir fry you need high heat and at least one vegetable.  Because of the high heat, you have to stir a lot.  Hence, stir fry.  

 

Our first recipe calls for a sauce made from honey, soy sauce, and toasted sesame oil.  https://www.momontimeout.com/easy-chicken-stir-fry-recipe/

 

When making the stir fry you want to remove the chicken from the pan after you cook it.  This will help you avoid having tough chewy meat in the stir fry from over cooking.  Add it back in with the sauce at the end.  https://natashaskitchen.com/chicken-stir-fry-recipe/ 

 

This next one is for garlic lovers.  There are a lot of suggestions for substitutions here.   https://www.dinneratthezoo.com/honey-garlic-chicken-stir-fry/

 

 

This last one is a simple recipe with just chicken and green beans, but feel free to add in other veggies.  The technique here produces crispy chicken by dredging it in a little cornstarch.  

https://themodernproper.com/crispy-chicken-stir-fry

 

Stir fry is such a great idea!   It is healthy and ready in 30 minutes.  Go for it!

 

Wishing everyone a wonderful day.

[rafinmd]

16 minutes ago, 0106 said:

I feel like we’ll be seeing many cat photos and memes today so I thought I’d share the sunrise.Good morning Baltimore!

(Can anyone name the movie in which that was a famous line?)

I know but for me to say it would be cheating.

 

Roy

[summer slope]

Midori Cactus Juice cocktail:

 

Ingredients
1 part Midori® Melon Liqueur
1 part Pinnacle® Original Vodka
1 part cloudy Cruzan® Coconut Rum
3 parts Pineapple Juice
Splash Soda Water

Instructions
Shake all ingredients except soda. Pour over ice in a tall glass. Add soda and stir.

 

[grapau27]

9 minutes ago, dfish said:

Good morning, everyone.  

 

Today will be another beautiful summer day here in northeast Ohio.  Temps are supposed to moderate a little today.  I'm doing laps this morning with the pool scheduled for later in the day.  

 

Today's meal is a wonderful one.  Stir fry is so versatile.  Use what you like, leave out what you don't.  Chicken is a great choice, but you could also use pork, beef, and even shrimp.  When it comes to stir fry, the recipes are suggestions.  Technically to be a stir fry you need high heat and at least one vegetable.  Because of the high heat, you have to stir a lot.  Hence, stir fry.  

 

Our first recipe calls for a sauce made from honey, soy sauce, and toasted sesame oil.  https://www.momontimeout.com/easy-chicken-stir-fry-recipe/

 

When making the stir fry you want to remove the chicken from the pan after you cook it.  This will help you avoid having tough chewy meat in the stir fry from over cooking.  Add it back in with the sauce at the end.  https://natashaskitchen.com/chicken-stir-fry-recipe/ 

 

This next one is for garlic lovers.  There are a lot of suggestions for substitutions here.   https://www.dinneratthezoo.com/honey-garlic-chicken-stir-fry/

 

 

This last one is a simple recipe with just chicken and green beans, but feel free to add in other veggies.  The technique here produces crispy chicken by dredging it in a little cornstarch.  

https://themodernproper.com/crispy-chicken-stir-fry

 

Stir fry is such a great idea!   It is healthy and ready in 30 minutes.  Go for it!

 

Wishing everyone a wonderful day.

Wow just wow.

Those dishes look delicious.

Graham.

[1ANGELCAT]

25 minutes ago, 0106 said:

I feel like we’ll be seeing many cat photos and memes today so I thought I’d share the sunrise.Good morning Baltimore!

(Can anyone name the movie in which that was a famous line?)

Hairspray 

[rafinmd]

Just now, 1ANGELCAT said:

Hairspray 

Bingo!  Didn't think it would take long for someone to get it.

 

Roy

[marshhawk]

Happy Monday morning Dailyites!  I love the fact that there is an International Cat Day, not sure about celebrating closing date on the summer Olympics, as that happens every 4 years, just not this year, and no one in this neighborhood is going to sneak anything on this porch, or any porch....  off your porch yes, on? not so much.

 

I had a very nice afternoon yesterday, I called Penny, who has the new pool, and asked myself over-she said I could come over anytime, I took her up on it.  It was cloudy, and not too hot, and we just got on the floats and the two of us floated around.  And talked.  Yesterday was a day when I needed to listen and let her talk.  Her hubby went in the house (he doesnt get in the pool) and it was girl friend time for 3 hours.  This is something that I really missed over the last two + years.

 

Plans for today, get that hair cut after I tried and failed.  Grab some lunch and work.  We were contemplating a walk, not sure if DH is going to want to do that, but he needs to.  I think I told him i was cancelling the plans for a walk because of all the other stuff we need to get done.   I think i will let him sleep, since the pain in his mouth is back, and sleep is his only respite.

 

[cat shepard]

Thank you for today’s Report & Daily, Rich! The sun is just breaking through the marine layer. It was lovely walking this morning. 
 

Thank you for keeping our lists, Roy! Morning Dailyites! A couple of gym classes, house cleaning, Bindi walks and laundry topped off by some pool time will fill my day. I hope someone leaves some zucchini on my porch. Love it as zoodles, stuffed, grilled, sautéed…

 

Appropriate for today…

 

 

Prayers for all who need our support. Cheers to all who are celebrating! Stay well everyone!

 

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Kaapzicht 2017 Steytler Pentagon Estate Wine

This bold South African red blend needs to breath, if served now. I would love a taste. It is a bit elusive. I found only a few online distributors with prices starting at $39.99.

92 Wine Enthusiast 

A muscular Bordeaux style blend that exudes power and concentration, tied up in a structure of fine grained tannin and bright acidity that not only promise extensive evolution, but also entices with every visit to the glass. Brooding dark fruit tightly packed in an intricate frame are delivered with great purity and finesse.

Delicious matched with some slow-roasted rosemary lamb.

Winemaker notes

VARIETY : 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Cabernet Franc, 10 % Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot, 5% Malbec 

WINERY : Kaapzicht Wine Estate

WINEMAKER : Danie Steytler

WINE OF ORIGIN : Stellenbosch

ANALYSIS : alc : 14.57 % 

type : Red  style : Dry  body : Full  taste : Fruity   

ageing : 

15 years maturation should greatly reward with complexity and elegance.

Handcrafted by a family whose lifeblood is wine, the Steytler Range is the culmination of our estate’s best wines in only exceptional vintages. Tradition and 4 generations of Steytler passion forge these wines.

Vines planted in weathered granite topsoil on a layer of gravel, above a crumbly clay sub-soil. Yield of 5 tons per hectare.

The five cultivars were vinified and aged separately in small French oak barrels for 28 months, personally selected by the winemaker and then blended together.

[richwmn]

Callie

Leo

[Quartzsite Cruiser]

18 minutes ago, 1ANGELCAT said:

Hairspray 

 

You beat me to the answer while I was reading the Daily.  I like the original movie with Ricki Lake.

 

Lenda

[4966and556]

Thank you for the Daily Fleet Report!

 

We used to take our extra zucchinis, tomatoes, etc. and leave them on our neighbour's  hot tub lid, but not any more as they complained last year.  3 vegetarians live in that house.  

 

I'm quite certain that if cats could talk, they would tell you that every day is cat day.   My husband told me that 1 of our cats already had her daily mouse breakfast today. The other cat joins in the hunt and the chase, but let's the tuxedo cat  finish it off.   We have farm fields all around us, so plenty of mice outside.

[Heartgrove]

Thank you Rich for the Daily Report, thank you Roy for the Cares and Celebration Report, and thank you Debbie for today's recipes. And thank you all for being here! 

 

Stay Safe!

 

- Jack

[MISTER 67]

Good morning from beautiful Key West Florida.

Day 2 on our Western Caribbean cruise on the Equinox. 2,300 on board.

So far everything has been great.

Embarkation was a breeze, meals have been very good. Great show last night with a group called the Company Men who sang songs from Motown to oldies rock and roll.

Looking forward to tonight’s show which will have a lady vocalist featuring Whitney Houston songs.

Speciality restaurants are getting pretty pricey with Murano now charging 60 dollars per person. You can get a package for 179 dollars for 4 specialty restaurants which is a more reasonable but we’ve been on this ship 4 times   
and the food in the MDR has always been very good. 

We are at sea tomorrow and Grand Cayman on 
Wednesday.
Thanks for The Daily, stay well and have a great day.

[superoma]

Good morning all. The weekend got away from me, family time at two different pools. Absolutely wonderful considering the feels like temperature was about 104f. 
 

Sitting here this morning listening to the rain on the roof. We hope it continues at this pace for most of the day. We are so dry and our farmers really need the rain. 
 

quiet week ahead. Dh has an appointment with an eye specialist regarding cataract surgery.

 

prayers for those that need them, celebration later for all celebrating.

[smitty34877]

 Good morning.The humidity and temperature were the same at six am. Our teenage dog walker said that his charges were not inspired for great distances.

I salute cats and zucchini ,like the quote and have not been to Indonesia.Yesterday I made the salmon and spinach recipe and everyone liked it. It looks as if we have all recovered our appetites again. Today’s recipes look yummy but I would have to make a grocery store trip.

Osiris and Junior

 

[RedneckBob]

Thanks for the Fleet update and all other updates.

 

Please neighbors or any CC members who live next to me. NO zucchini!
But I would settle for a Moon pie! 😀

[RedneckBob]

1 hour ago, summer slope said:

Midori Cactus Juice cocktail:

 

Ingredients
1 part Midori® Melon Liqueur
1 part Pinnacle® Original Vodka
1 part cloudy Cruzan® Coconut Rum
3 parts Pineapple Juice
Splash Soda Water

Instructions
Shake all ingredients except soda. Pour over ice in a tall glass. Add soda and stir.

 

I live just two hours from you. Expect me this PM for Happy Hour!