It's been a long day, and Im parched.

Look into my eyes....

This was all off center, J's head look like it was RIGHT on top of mind.

Wind blown hair dont care.

Really why do I look surprized?

Hey buddy my eyes are up here! 

J's hand around P looked weird like fingers coming out of his side.

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They really need to move from the print every picture system and try and find it, to when they take a pic they scan your S&S Card and you can either scan it at a kiosk or on your tv to view the pics.. or something easier like that. Just saying Disney does it, figure it out Carni! 

Ohhh this one was cute,why didnt I buy it? 

After spending most my night finding my pics I took them back to the room then headed over to the Red Frog to join E as he was watching one of the March Madness Basketball games... Dont ask me who I dont follow basketball. 

As I went up to get 2 glasses of beer for us while we watched the game, another 2 gals from our cruise were having a glass of wine there. We chatted as they were on their way to a special dinner with my Mattie.. I mean the Cruise Director. As I was waiting for the bartender, one of the gals asked what I was getting and as I stated just 2 beers for hubs and I. She proceeds to order a tube of beer for us. I beleive they were the same gals that put on the yellow ribbon card on our door. I teared up, gave them a hug and we clinked glasses as they left for dinner.

When I came back with 2 empty glasses E was puzzled, then the bartender brought the tube of beer. E just shook his head. I was all it wasnt me it was a gift LOL. So we drank a bit, he ran up and got a burger from Guys.

When he got back I ran to take one last sunset pic from the front of the ship.

and a Selfie (Kim you would be so proud LOL)

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Then the camera started feeling the effects..

aww man this isnt looking good.

thats it, the camera is drunk!

Last Sunset pic of the cruise... #sadface

When I got back to the Pub I asked E if he was ready to head to dinner, he asked and what we carry the tube of beer in there.. why not? We laughed but then he stated games not over, can we just skip dinner. I read the menu and nothing wowed me. (Except dessert but that would soon change). E ran up and got another burger to share and I ordered some coconut shrimp at the bar. Bar food is $3.33 by the way.

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I had brought more of our rum runner in as I thought we would get a few sodas and finish it off but with having 100oz of beer to finish it didnt look like that would happen. We decided to pay it forward, so E took over our runner and stated if you guys just want it this is yours. Enough for a strong drink for the 4 of them. We stated we had planned to finish it but then someone bought us a tube of beer so we couldnt finish both.  But after lots of rum and beer you know who was finished...

THIS GIRL! 

Ya so I finish my beerssss, and got bored with the game, and took a "nap". E never takes any pics at all, except these.. REALLY MAN. Guess thats payback for all his naps.

Once I was refreshed we caught the LAST comedy show. 

When that was done, we headed for bed. But not before taking E's picture with this bathing beauty. We would pass her every time going down the stairs and E would make a dumb joke about look they have a water show on deck, or look how close the rocks are its like Titanic, etc etc..

Next Up: Bye.. I said BYE!!!

Need To Check Things Off My Photo Bucket List

Out on the lido deck I found a deck chair to hog and took in the rays. After a bit it got a lil warm, so I needed something to quench my thirst..

A mimosa, that will do! CHEERS! Just as my order was being delivered out came grandpa to relax by the pool with me. He just shook his head and muttered something like geezus women its not even 8am yet ... SO?

My photo bucket list needed a few things checked off it. One being photo with Mattie the oh so cute Cruise Director. When the morning show came on, I figured this was the only way! So check....

After E and I had a breakfast (if you guessed burritos then you are correct. I then talked E into going on the Rope course. So we ran down and changed, then back up to do the course. Dont worry we didnt chair hog for long, there were a lot of open chairs still available.

Plus we were the one of the 1st ones on the course. But ended being one of the last to make it thru. As easy as the hard course looks.... its really hard. Ok maybe Im just way out of shape, seeing as how E passed me up, some kids passed me up, some adults passed me up, and even a grandma passed me up. I should really take it seriously when my biggest loser DVD says to strengthen my core.

After we had survived the course, I went back to the room to change, where I found the boys had finally got up and were gone. As I was making my way back up, my group thread was texting me via the hub app and on FB to get to the theater as Mattie was doing a Q & A. They were sure I could get a pic with him.

And sure enough once he was done, I asked him to do a Selfie with me as I had a bucket list to complete. Is he not the cutiest thing ever. Pretty eyes and I have a thing for ears! (Youve seen pics of my boys right LOL) 

I walked back to E on cloud nine, where he proceeded to ask me why it took so long to get back. I showed him the pic... he rolled his eyes.

With more things to cross off our bucket list E said lets do the slides. The orange funnel one didnt impress us. A little tip for you... wear flip flops, or water shoes. We didnt think they were allowed, as last time on the Freedom the boys had those rivots in their swim trunks and they made us take them out to keep from scratching the slide. ($10 new swim trunks ruined with ripped holes, seeing your kids smile at the bottom of a waterslide= Priceless well actually it was a couple thousand dollars for the cruise, but I digress LOL)

We figured based upon that logic shoes would be a no go... At about noon you know the hottest part of the day on BLACK non slip material they put on the stairs, BAREFOOT our walk to the slide became a run, as in straight full on sprint, like push kids out the way, move your your @$$ grandma, my feet are on FIREEEEEE. All that for 5 seconds of fun thru the yellow tube. But it was refreshing after being in the sun all day. Moral of the story is take your shoes... also you can take a waterproof camera too as I learned from Sean's trip report. !!

Once E dried out he was done with the sun and wanted to hit the gym, then a nap. At about that same time my friend from dinner was looking for a chair which thanks to the hub app I knew about. So I text her to look for me on the lido deck. Once she came over I got us some lemonade from the machine and shared our rum runner with her. I also posted on our group thread that if anyone wanted a beverage to find me as we had lots of rum left since E didnt drink much of it.

We passed by Cuba, HOLA! A few of our group peeps came by and we had "drinks" together. Pam and I had a few cup fulls while we enjoyed the day. We read our books, had a drink, read some more, had a drink... those cups on deck are soo small.. just saying LOL.

Eventually we got hungry. We meshed well as her hubby and E dont like Sushi and she and I do. So we packed up our stuff and headed off Bonsai for lunch! 

Its sort of a weird spot on the Breeze. Almost along the hallway. So we saw an open table as we walked towards it, but then to the side we saw people waiting on a nearby bench. Comes to find out there was a few people waiting. We gave our name to one of the waitresses, and sat down on the bench. Within 15mins we were seated. Not bad of a wait.

We filled in the menu on the left with what we wanted.

Shortly after our salads were brought out, it was refreshing but I wished after I didnt get it as the sushi was way more then I needed.

Pam had the Spicy Tuna and Triple E roll. We each shared a couple pieced with each other.

I got the California Roll and the Tempura Shrimp and a Kirin Light beer of course. All were delish.

I also ordered the green tea cupcakes. They came out warm... of course we were too stuffed to eat more, but we did. They were so yummy too. Word to the wise, you can order to go from here. We saw lots of people doing that as it got closer to closing, they close for a bit then reopen again. You dont even have to go there to order, you can call it in from your room then go and pick it up. 

We parted ways after lunch as we both had to do the dreaded packing.... we gave a hug just incase we wouldnt see eachother tonight. Upon getting back to our room, I noticed someone had left us a card that stated Thank You for your service. I knew it had to be someone from our cruise thread as they were the only ones that knew us. I sent a quick text to the group thanking the secret person and letting them know it is E's pleasure as he really loves his job..  hope so he's been doing it for 22yrs with 8more to go!

Once I walked in I saw this... my 1st born helping to pack. E and J had started packing too, one was in the potty the other on the balcony. We shoved clothes everywhere and were done quicker than normal. Why is repacking so hard... its like the clothes expand.. or maybe its because E bought 25 shorts between 3 ports and the ship store.

Once we were done packing the boys high tailed it out of there. Yup ditched again. After I got cleaned up, I went up to finally purchase our pics. 

These are the ones we did NOT get. 

Next Up: It's been a long day, and Im parched. 

Crowds, Lines and Naps

He even took a selfie of himself!

So boys how did you like this excursion.... the smiles says it all! It got rave reviews. 

aww so breath taking.. I wanna go back.

Everyone was in a great mood going back... see told ya the rum punch was GOOD! 

Taxi's back were few and far between. So we started walking as a group. Then flagged a taxi down, where we crammed in like sardines. Which made for fun times and lots of laughter... except for E.. who was worried that we wouldnt get to shop soon and he would miss out on an Aruba tshirt.

No worries, we made it back to the main shopping area, where he went into what seems like EVERY SINGLE STORE. Until he found the PERFECT ONE. At one point he just took off leaving the boys and I on a bench.

We people watched for a while. then we did some shopping ourselves. Eventually E found 2 shirts (seriously this man is going to need a closet just for his vacation shirts soon) and met back up with us.

It was really hot out so I stopped in a lil bar and got the boys sodas and beers for E and I.

We walked back to the pier enjoying our time and people watching, he's not the Dos XX man, but he's cute enough to be the face of Balashi! 

Then we saw a Mojito stand, low and behold they had all the flavors still. So I got a strawberry, or watermelon, or rasberry.. something red LOL Which yes P got a sip... then momma took it over. But momma should have stopped at the beer, and remembered she's not as young as she used to be.

We kept walked and bumping into "friends" along the way. Everyones so friendly on vacation. Going back to the ships you walk thru their shopping area. I thought I took pics but nada. I think I was enjoying the mojito. 

Seeing the ship from our long walk back (ok it wasnt that long) was happy joy.

Until we noticed how long the line was to get back on ship. Yup, Im feeling GREAT here... for now...

Good thing I had a beverage to keep me cool while we walked to get on board.

Its like doing the walk of shame, no shame just took forever, since they only had 1 door open.

Back on board I had gotten parched again so while the boys showered, I popped open a beer. With plenty of time to wait for RUNNERS.. my favorite pastime.

Except, after showering and changing... I remember thinking man that bed looks so comfy. Thats all I remember. The boys said I passed out, seee Rum Punch good! Mojito, good! Beers GOOD!! Mom OLD! lol.

Of all people E stayed out on the balcony to take pics of us leaving. He rarely takes pics, unless its of his truck or the Dallas Cowboys (EWWW, PUKE LOL)

But I have to say he did good this time.

I was (and still am) so sad to have missed sailaway from our last port. But I guess early mornings, mixed with lots of rum, swimming and sun make a gal tired.

I woke up a bit later, to find the boys were leaving us again. So E and I grabbed another beer and went exploring before dinner. All week he had saw this pic of his "american girl" so finally I said stand by your lady and got a pic of him with her.

Of course we had to get the obligitory Frog Wanted pic taken.

Thinking this would make good xmas pics LOL.

He's like a kid at times, but instead of the kid saying look at me, watch me. He says take a pic of me, take a pic of that. 

With time to still waste, I talked E into taking a cheesy couple of pics.

Told you they were cheesy

Then all of a sudden J runs into our pics.

He was on his way to meet up with friends. This would have been a great one had P been around.

I couldnt help but have us take a pic with this background and our beverages.

I wanted to try and get our picture on the wall of fame (plus it would be free). I tried to take one with my phone but the photographer said no.... (really did he think I was going to buy this??)

But he let J do a selfie. (see this is why they need to allow all photo's on a CD. No one in their right mind will buy a picture of this. I mean I love J and all but not enough to spend $20 on a pic of him taking a selfie LOL)

After this picture, J ditched us and we headed to dinner. While waiting for the doors to open we bumped into our friends from Curacuo. They asked where the boys were and we told them we were on our own again. They were getting ready to eat also as they were on the lower level of the dinning room. So we asked if they would like to join us. 

It then became a double date!

I had been looking forward to dinner tonight as it had my favorite appitizer...

no this part of the menu isnt my favorite lol.... wait for it...

wait for it ... (this was just E taking a picture of the bread plate, ok he also takes pics of anything Texas related as thats where he's from.)

Nope not my favorite but it sounded good so I got the meatballs.

Escargots!!!!!!! Yup I ordered 2. When they changed to the American menu, I was worried they wouldnt have it. As its the one food I look forward to on a cruise.

E of course had the Cesar salad.

our favorite waiter came by with shots... I cant remember what they were this time... but we got 2.

Cheers? 

To new friends! Miss ya! 

Dessert time! 

I had the Chocolate Panna Cotta... yummy.

and you know E.... WCMC

When dinner was over we all walked over to the theater to catch the variety show. It was semi funny but enjoyable to watch.

When that was over we went to the Comedy Show (So to the back of the ship for dinner, to the front for the show, and again to the back for the comedy show.. talk about getting your steps in). I ordered a limelight special YUM. We took seats almost behind the stage since it was packed, good thing there is a TV to the right to semi watch expressions of the comedians.. They really need to move the comedy show into the larger theater. Seeing as how it is always packed, and the main theater... isnt!

After lots of belly aching laughter, we parted ways and headed to bed. Well the room since I was on wait till the boys get home duty.Seeing as we had a sea day tmrw, they had an even later curfew.... which meant I got to stay up and wait for them even later. I posted more look at me on vacation pics along with got on the hub and our cruise thread to see what everyone was planning for tmrw. But I think they were already asleep, Once the boys came in I did the same!

Next Up: 3B's, Brunch, Bingo & Baking in the Sun