Please remember...

No matter what I'm doing.. at 8:46 this morning, I will stop. And remember.

Congratulations Mr and Mrs W'ful

A couple pre-wedding photos... more to come. Lots more.

WHO are you?

In disguise at Cindy's wedding... who are these people? :-)

Cindy made me do it....

Hello from Cindy & Jordan

Save a horse... ride a cowgirl

I think we should run our own cruise line

My last date.
She's like... a rockstar

At Cindy's lake...

Cindy at Cindy's lake. These were actually taken today (Friday) so I don't know how they ended in the middle of our Pike pics.

I'm sorry.. but this flight is full.

I believe there may be room for one more on this flight...

It's always nice of strangers to stop and take pictures of two strangers on a child's carousel ride at their request. One of us (ahem) fits on this ride MUCH better than the other.

Hello from Cindy's dining room in Mission Viejo :-)

I know it's been about 10 years since I posted and I may not have even posted had Cindy not dragged me out of the shower and forced me to type something. Well.. she didn't actually drag me out but she did sit me down and hand me a laptop. haha.

From the moment Cindy announced her engagment, I knew I'd make it a priority to be at her wedding. My friend will be Mrs. Wonderful in less than 2 days. I am so happy for her and Mr. W... they truly go well together.

We hung out in Long Beach yesterday (memories) ... which was super nice of Cindy to do with me. We went straight to the Queen Mary, because Cindy knows that place was special to me.. even if from a distance. We strolled along the Pike for what seemed like hours. Drinks at Mai Tai and playtime in the Hat Store :-)

Enoy the photos... (more to come) PROMISE! No, really.

Hi!

Two bloggers meet......

Fluffy and Ginger

more later...

Cruise 2008 - Day 5 St. Maarten

Finally...

going to meet Miss Flat Coke and Batty in a few hours.

Here's the plan:

1. Pick up the out of towners at their hotel 4 ish pm

2. Head to Pass - a -Grille beach for dinner/drinks at the Hurricane, live music and sand.

3. Ballgame in St. Pete (Tampa Bay vs LA Angels)

4. Back to Clearwater

Cruise - Day 4

Welcom to St. Thomas!!

My first glimpse of St. Thomas.. I forgot to get up early enough to take a pic as we were coming into port.

On the other side of the boat.. we had a view of the marina. We're ready to head out for the day after a buffet breakfast.

Another view ...some local shops.

What exactly is a first class taxi? Seriously.. like a Hummer limo taxi? I wanna know!

A sweet spot we found across from Coral World

My new friend Spike. I wonder what he's like to cuddle with.

Off the touristy path... some St. Thomas neighborhoods...

A yellow bellied.. canary.. somethin' somethin' at Coral World.

Coral World's guard dog... I wonder if he's related to "Gidget" the Taco Bell dog?

A little spot next to Coral World..

Our tourguide... he was pretty informative and entertaining.

A tour bus.. 'er... truck, similar to ours. I don't know these people.

Our cruise ship from the other side of the bay...

A couple other cruise ships across the bay... and some of St. Thomas bay

The Geico gecko on vacation with us...

This guy got pissed that his pic was being taken. He practically chased the bus down. He said that "taking a picture is thievery.. that's why they call it TAKING a picture.. I want PAID for any picture taken of me" Dude, it's just a picture of a chubby middle aged man dressed as a pirate selling jewelry in St. Thomas. You're so not Gerard Butler. Take a chilly pill.

Our bus driver, pictured above somewhere thought it'd be funny to drive 90mph with a busload of tourists up a mountain on the left side of the road... with twists and turns. It was a bit scary....
Tour guide said this particular island behind St. Thomas is frequented by celebs. Hilly and Billy Clinton stayed at some blue house lodge on that island. So?

Part of the bay.... and the scuba diving boat.

Now THIS is a very cool name for an establishment. I love it.

The WIKKED restaurant... slightly windy. The back of the restaurant is on the water... nice view.

No I didn't eat this at the Wikked Tiki... but this was a quick lunch on ship.

Goodbye St. Thomas!!

More from Day 3 - Cruise

Entering San Juan port.. from the cruise terminal

Did You Know?

Fort San Cristobal is the biggest fortification built by the Spanish in America. It's construction began in 1634 and took approximately 150 years.

La policia... I think he saw me and was paging for back-up.

Rumor has it, these guys won't even go in a certain neighborhood that we walked to, to get to the above fort.

Another groovy statue..

He looks like he may have been a little chilly when he posed for this..

Her? Not so much.

Walking throught the streets of OSJ.. shopping.

Little girls (tourists) playing with the local birds.. they picked them up and played with them.Hello. bird flu!

'nother statue

The fort closest to town...

A view from on top of the fort...

Crew members from the Columbian vessel..

San Juan... uhm.. do you have OSHA guidelines?

Santa Maria Magdelena de Pazzis Cemetary

Palio Tuscan chophouse at the Sheraton on San Juan bay. Just what I was looking for. Great Italian food in Puerto Rico! :-)

Dancing in the street... Puerto Rican style. Across from the Palio.

I'm not even sure this is our ship.. they were all so close and it was almost midnight when we got back to the boats. This may be the Royal Caribbean.

Adios San Juan!

Maybe we should have taken a walking tour of OJS since I didn't know half of what I was looking at. I *did* read the statues, but failed to jot down what I read for blogging purposes.

You bad bunny!!

There was an article I read today that said this website was offensive.. so ofcourse I had to check it out. Come on. If you didn't take things so seriously, you'd laugh too.

4/1 ... 3rd Cruise day..

Good morning.. ** stretching** ... Look how amazing this water is... We should be in San Juan around 4 pm.

Hanging off the side of the boat to take this shot...

Hello San Juan... nice to finally see you.
The "fort" in Old San Juan..

Heading into the SJ bay.. to park the boat. :)

Looks like Royal Carribean and someone else beat us here..

I found this boat in the bay.. the captain said they're heading to Columbia and tried to convince me to sail away to South America. I declined, but I did get a free bracelet out of it.

Walking down the street in OSJ.. towards the Fort. Turned back to take this pic of the cruise ships behind me.

Not sure who this is... but I love statues.

More pics to come from San Juan.. check back later

Ok Cindy.. I hear you!