r Family Vacation... :)~

Kat and I got back from our cruise on Saturday. It was THE MOST RELAXING...yet jammed packed vacation...... with an awesome itinerary of things to choose from both on the ship, and in each port!!!... I highly recommend cruising!.....This was my first one, and will certainly NOT be my last!

Everything is taken care of for you....I mean Everything!!!.....Cleaning, food, transportation, entertainment,spa, gym, workshops, shopping, casinos..There were planned excursions while in port, or you could do your own thing...Just as long as you got your ass back on the ship before She departed!!!.....I was even able to surprise Kat on our 9 year anniversary. I ordered up a party package where they decorated the room and made a cake...Very Cool...

We traveled on the Norwegian Dawn....with the "r family Vacations" ....( The Rosie O' Donnell cruise I won) We had a state room with a balcony.... SWEET!....Everything was Sweet! ...From housekeeping leaving you animal towel sculptures every evening with the turn down service......to sitting next to , and having multiple conversations with Sharon Gless of Cagney and Lacey, and Showtime's Queer as Folk.......at the slot machines...She was my first "realized" celeb crush......Mmmm Christine Cagney!!!!!...LOL....oh, I Won 500 semolians by the way!

Our trip started in NYC. and our first stop was in Port Canaveral, FL. Kat and I hit beautiful Coco Beach ( I Dream of Jeannie beach) while there. I wish our beaches were this nice.....but that Damnn Long Island thing is always in our way!!!...LOL...From there we traveled to Key West. Didn't make it to the beach that day as planned. There was sooo much shopping to do, that that took up most of our time in port. A girl MUST shop!...Plus it was like 90 that day....Later that evening we were off to our final, (my personal favorite) destination....Grand Cayman Island in the Bahamas.

It was our own private Island. The ship was anchored a mile from shore....We got up early in the a.m. and were on the first transport boat there. First pick of everything!.....At one point we had ourselves set up in 3 different places. A prime spot on the beach....A hammock under some palm trees.....and a picnic table with an umbrella......I didn't care! I was going to enjoy this day to it's fullest!!!.....and that we did!....Highlight of my time there was definitely the snorkeling! Even though it was cut short because of my injuries.....It was something I have dreamed of doing since I was a kid! .... At first I was a bit leery of the life in the water , but that only lasted for a minute.....As soon as saw my first fish I was hooked....LOL......We enjoyed ourselves there for most of the day, and made it back late at night for the Island dance party!

I have to tell you about the entertainment Rosie lined up for us....Lots of comedy and Broadway stars....Judy Gold, Sandra Bernhardt, Alec Mapa, Jessica Kirson, Sharon Gless, Meg Tilly, Ross Mathews, Erasure, New York Gay Men's Chorus, fitness guru Susan Powter, and my ultimate fav!....Andrea McArdle. She played Broadway's original Annie. You know ..."The Sun'll Come Out Tomorrow"...... Rosie actually got her to perform a scaled down version of Annie for us....Of course Rosie played Miss Hannigan.....Ha!....Even though we were late, and our seats weren't the greatest, I video taped every song she sang! I had goosebumps the whole time!!...ok ok I know that sounds gay....LOL.....But that was a once in a lifetime treat for us.....cause when the hell is she ever gonna do that again as an adult? Never I tell ya!...Ha!... :)~

To sum it up......it was the most enchanted vacation ever. Thank you "r family Vacations" crew.....and of course Rosie and Kelli!.....Here are some pics... :)~

Stuff like this never happens to me... :)~

Saturday, me, Kat, Jess, and Tina went up to North Hampton Mass. ( or as i like to call it ...Lesbian Land!!! )for thier PRIDE.....Kat is a mentor for this organization called True Colors, and they were marching in the parade.... We were supposed to pick up her mentee to come with us......but she blew us off......Which was just as well...cause the timing of everything would've been thrown off........and the awesome thing that happend to me probably wouldn't have....It's all in the timing baby!

We made it up there with no problems....found the parking garage.....then up Main st. to find where the marchers were meeting.....I couln't believe how quickly we got there....It literaly took us like 10 min. Now that's a short parade route!!!

So at the end of the parade we wound up in a parking lot filled with vendors and info booths....So we shopped around a bit, got some fried dough, filled out some cards to win things, and then sat and watched the entertainment....which wasn't half bad. I especially like this singer Levi Kries . He used to be a minister. I really liked the message in some of his songs....I could totally identify growing up with a very " Born Again Christian" backround...... and then there was the MC who called himself The Athens Boys Choir. He was great! He would just spew this really cool spoken word stuff off the top of his head in between the acts... All kinds of topics...Political, environmental, love, hate.... .....Plus he was the one who picked my name out of the box!

At the end of all the entertainment he announced that he was going to draw the winner for the Rosie O' Donnell cruise. He started off by saying that if the winner doesn't come up here screaming like a maniac he was going to take the cruise for himself...

He shows us the box and says he feels sorry for the people on the bottom, and gave the cards a good mix. He pulls a card out and says, " I'm sure I'm going to butcher this name"....So I'm thinking everyone butchers my last name!.....Then he says....she's from ....blah blah CT....Kat and I looked at each other......
Then he attempts to say my name....Tina C-blah blah....WooooHoooo.....Close enough Buddy!!!....That's me!!!.....So of course I went running up there like an idiot..... LOL
So I won a 7 day cruise ....staying in a State room w/a private balcony..... SWEEEET!!! :)~