Cocktails, Naps & Laughs

About 2pm, we ran down to our room to get grab our gift for the cocktail party. We made it optional to bring something from your state to exchange with others. Also we put on our group tshirts and name tags. So people knew who the heck we were LOL. 

So for just under $19 a person, it was all you could drink wine, beer, and 3 pre-selected cocktails. We as a group voted and majorities choices won. We also gave a couple extra bucks as a tip to for the bartenders. There ended being about 40+ of us, and surprisingly enough not ALL of us were belly up to the bar the whole time... but "SOME" of us were close to it LOL.

Within 30mins of the party going on  the bartenders were making you call its. Which ended up being SHOTS... for "SOME"! It all sounds great now...

After our hour or so of cocktail time, we then had a slot pull scheduled. Everyone put $15 in the machine then we each took 3 pulls. We split the winnings in the end which never ended up with anything big in fact we got $13 back in the end. So much for Big Money. We also all put $1 into a separate pot and the person that had the most wins for their 3pulls got that side winnings! That wasn't us...

Here we are all having a GREAT time, Be careful, I was really excited and then frustrated and well intoxicated sooo the explitives sort of flew. So if you get offended dont watch LOL. If not have fun and a laugh on me. Im not a happy loser!

Spinning the wheel- > click here to watch http://youtu.be/FMpFUYfv4U0

After we got our big winnings of $13, we thought it was time for a nap. 

Its all fun and games until you forget your not young anymore and cant party like its 1999. 

Grandpa finally got his nap on.

The boys came back to get ready for elegant night and thank goodness they did, as they ended up up being our alarm clock. They woke us up and we all got ready so we could take some family pics before dinner. Its not a complete Elegant night if were not yelling at one another or doing something crazy. On Disney I ran to the theater without my shoes, Carnival Freedom I kicked a trashcan, and now on the Breeze I had wine spilled on me... ok so maybe its just me that this crazy stuff pertains to. 

What had happened was, we got ready in record time. As we were heading out I poured myself a glass of wine. We then scouting for good background, as we were leaving one area, J bumped into me and there went the wine all over me. Luckily enough the dress hides spills well, as I didnt see any in the pics.  

Ok they need to not have you do crazy poses....

No one wants to wants to see my ring, heck I dont even want a pic like that LOL.

Really the poses could be better. Also they were off center and blury (granted my bootlegging doesnt help show it)

I didnt notice as Im not the PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGROPHER, but it was really bad to have the 2 grey shirts right next to eachother. It should have been switch with the 2 in the back to break it up.

Im really sad as I thought I bought this one. Or at least one of all of us in this color theme. 

We took pictures on another background but could never find them. Which really upsets and frustrates me. What wasted time sitting for pictures to never find them! With all the technology and money poured into Carni, they need to upgrade this process. Give me a CD with all pics we have taken. You know how much time is wasted looking for pictures daily. Let alone how many pictures are thrown away, I know they recycle but its still a waste. Im sure they can figure out a way to take a picture and then scan your S & S card so they all go into your folio. I hate to bring it up but if Mickey Mouse can do it, we can figure out a way to do this for all lines. 

Ok I'll step off my soap box, as its now time for dinner.... 

The boys were done after pictures, I really wanted to have dinner together. But knew they wanted to hang with their friends. SO we let them go, which gave us a date night dinner. 

After having all that alcohol and not much food we were needing something in our tummies.

E actually ordred the Port Tart, it was pretty good. He's not much of a foodie and even he enjoyed it.

I had the mushroom soup. Guess the camera is drunk still

Hubby had the prime rib and baked potaoe. It was cooked just to his perfection.

I had the lobster meanwhile and... it didnt wow me. Eh it was lobster LOL

The bartender from earlier at the Rum Bar came by with Lemonchello shots and talked us into them. He was a crack up, the shots NOT SO GOOD. I was impressed he remembered not only our faces but our names. Sad that they come into contact with so many people and rememeber them all (or most) and here we see just a few and I couldnt remember .. well .. any.

About now it was dancing time in the dinning room. E missed the dinner shows on our Freedom cruise as about this time J would be done with his dinner and want to head to his club. Back then he was young so he had to be checked in by a parent. Which meant E missed the fun in the dinning room before dessert.

But this time he got to see all the madness. Im not sure how I feel about the dancing. Unless they are really into it, its great. But if they arent, then its just odd. I could deal with them just bringing me my food. LOL.

Ok so our wait staff was cute, no rythem but they were doing their best, and of course they were all smiles. 

MDR Dance off  click here to watch http://youtu.be/uSfG9Q_xRQM

For dessert we both got Chocolate Melting Cake, nothing else wowed me on the menu.

After dinner we ran up to the room and changed out of the wine soaked dress and monkey suit, into jeans and more comfy shirts. Grabbed our rum runner of Bacardi and sodas, headed to the lido to get cups of ice and made ourselves some cocktails. Because you know we haven't damaged our livers enough yet. 

Ended up getting a middle seat for the 11pm show. Comedian was Macio. He was hilarious, a little ronchie but over all funny. He did a really long set too, as we kept him going as a good audience should. At the end of his show, he said ok were all going to storm the Liquid Lounge. We will dance 1 song, then bounce. Funny enough everyone did, it was like a mad mob. 

I dance at the club - click here to watch http://youtu.be/jtu6dYPAgso

Then just as Macio said, when that song was over, everyone that was from the comedy club all took off. It wasn't that packed of a night club so the few that were there, Im sure ended up wondering what the heck just happened.

Leaving the Club http://youtu.be/-Dh9Fojh9nc 

It was after midnight now and we had told the boys 1am for curfew since we hit port the next day. E and I went to grab a piece of pizza or 2, then headed back to the room. We pre packed our backpack with towels, sunscreen, cameras.. etc. So we just had to wake up get ready, and eat some breakfast as it was an early port tmrw at 7am... or basically in a few hours. 

I posted some more pictures and checked in with our cruise peeps to see how their day was. Once the boys came back in we checked off on the room service door menu, what everyone wanted for breakfast. Then hung that so we didnt have to fight the crowd for food in the am. Off to dream land we went.

Next Up: Why do I hear Matty's voice in my room....?

Sea Day Fun

I leave the curtain open at night so that when the sun starts rising I can wake up without an alarm. Im a light sleeper so any bit of sunshine wakes me up, plus Im just one of those types of gals that just doesnt want to miss a thing on vacation. Figure I can sleep in when I get home... or am dead LOL!

Was trying to be a good girl and keep with working out, so got up and changed and P heard me and said he wanted to go with me. So off we set to find the gym, who knew we would do a 5k in the process. We headed towards the Serenity deck, but seemed to pass it 3 times lol. Im blaming it on lack of sleep and bad signage, thats my story and Im sticking too it. (Actually hubby said he had the same issues the 1st time. also) 

P took off to lift weights, he's all about "gun control" LOL. I jumped on the treadmill, which should have done the elliptical. Reason being is running on the tread at the front of the ship is HARD. The sway of the ship and up and down motion make it seem like your running hills. That part is fine, but the sway to the left and right is what throws me off. The guy next to me and I kept grabbing the rails and laughing trying to not fall off the "track".  

When I was done, P and I went back to the room. Where by now E was up and watching tv in bed. P jumped into the shower while I called room service. Momma needed her coffee. I jumped in the shower next, while E got ready to head to the gym. P received the coffee and gave a tip (we keep an envelope of $1's in the safe just for room service and we taught the boys one our 1st cruise how to sign and tip for room service)  

 Took the opportunity to let my hair dry naturally while sitting on the balcony, watching the sea go by.

I drank my coffee with Rumchatta (yeah the rum runners made it on!).

Looked over the Fun Times to figure out what to do today.

Our meet thread had a lot of activities planned for today also. So needed to make sure whatever we figured out to do, it coincided with our meet ups. 

I am one of those anal vacation planners and have spreadsheet to keep all our activities in line.. plus since no one listens to me when were at home planning they an check the spread sheet before they leave the room (I keep it taped on the door) plus Im totally forgetful.

J got ready while I finished my coffee. Then the 3 of us set out to get some breakfast on the lido deck. When we were finishing up E text me via the hub to say he was done with his workout. We said we would meet him back there. So that J could get E's phone as he already had plans to meet up with his new buddies. P and J both took off and we told them to check in from time to time. Along with no pool unless you tell us 1st so that we can watch you (yes they are great swimmers as we have a pool at home, but ya never know when things can happen and so we need to be present. )

E and I went exploring the shops more..  Its great when your hardest decision for the day is which drink to have. We always say were going to buy the big bottles for our liquor cabinet but never want to travel with them... plus we belong to Costco so no need to buy then there LOL.

After looking around all the shops and not seeing any deals, we figured we would wait till the last sea day when they usually offer some type of BoGo. 

We ended up in the casino, where we tried to win a stack of money. Which didnt happen, weird I can win a crappy stuffed animal but not $100.

After wasting $5 each on the machine we figured that was enough (ya I know were BIG spenders LOL)

Lets head to the lido to listen to some music. We didnt want to be under the sun today since we had our meet that greets later. We found a high top table by the Blue Iguana Bar, and a nice waiter named Manny came over and got us a bucket of beers.

Seriously life is grand right now.... oh to be back on that boat!

At 11am our meet and Greet was having a Cabin Crawl/Poker Game. I had initially signed up, but only because I wanted to see all the different rooms. You didnt have to play but you did have to wait for everyone to in order to see each room. Sooo hubby didnt want to go thru all that, and since he was still awake and not wanting to nap already. I bypassed it and hung out with Grampa on the Lido deck. Amy was playing guitar near the bar to start us off.

Then eventually Matty came out. And the FUN began. 

Line dancing time... If you are going on the Breeze with Matt as the CD look him up on his social media sites as he post the line dance tutorials. They really help to somewhat learn before so your not completely lost.. as he has a few different ones to dance to.

The couple behind me was out there everyday doing the dances. They also were on our meets group and had a great time cutting a rug.. err the deck LOL. We danced to Taylor Swift Shake it off, the Wobble, Feel the Rush by Shaggy, and a few others that sadly I cant remember anymore.

I had to yell at the hubby to take pics, and Im surprised that he actually got a video of me too. I dont get in my pictures since Im usually the one taking them so this is a shocker.

Uptown Funk Line Dance Click Here To View https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fti7OmSjDN4

Around 1pm the dancing ended and out came more alcohol... not for us. As in the Red Rum vs Blue Tequila Challenge. I actually thought it was a game of some sort... nope it was the drink making contest. Normally I find it very boring, but thanks to Matty he kept it entertaining with lots of commentary.

I dont remember which team won, but the only chick in the contest won. Girl Power lol. Dont ask me the name of the drink either or what was in it... I dont take THAT great of notes while I cruise LOL.

We were getting a little hungry and thought we best grab something to eat after the beers. Guy burgers was way to long, so we grabbed some tacos. They were so yummy. I got one of each, chicken, beef and fish. Hubby just got beef. Hit the spot while being washed down with some beer!

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