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See this stupid cat?
![](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tJNq6oqHdPI/WPfktEvu2JI/AAAAAAAAKBI/hqUMD8GILOc8W4lefoE5HyaMWZRofMp_ACLcB/s1600/j.jpg)
See this runty dog?
![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MxgKsfvRMdI/WPfktMmyfJI/AAAAAAAAKBM/PubSnoqeHqcRNkhJ4kAlOAjFJ_U8VphbQCLcB/s320/perr.jpg)
![](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wtf2r5dSi8s/WPfktCaJs-I/AAAAAAAAKBQ/tofs2DJtO6wTLw2X8-cSapeqNdfCbNHeACLcB/s400/pierre.jpg)
Look. He's even waving goodbye ...
![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-emgLdkieC8k/WPfkzpy5zfI/AAAAAAAAKBU/Rl4CcLdhuMQXuoWheGC3u2uLwrOARuXpwCLcB/s1600/bye.jpg)
What's all this mean?
Liz is going places. Well, Liz is going to A place.
Long walk, though.
![](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MqfwOu74irA/WPfjOeAGsYI/AAAAAAAAKA4/DrIBA80Ltr0sj5kmInX3TRohYHXenr06wCEw/s1600/bid.jpg)
She's leaving "today" and entering a dream world?
![](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Abt188PsrTE/WPfjO0UUtGI/AAAAAAAAKA4/z12_V3bS9Ps_fZEtf5IPue9bg5u6CEkvQCEw/s320/middy.jpg)
Nope, not Disney by any stretch of the imagination.
![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NNU-yo1Vhfs/WPfmDfpiHLI/AAAAAAAAKBk/Eek4XXulNu8XXYH_ANuS-A6UJQrzso-nwCLcB/s1600/hurrah.jpg)
Not Panda Express, either.
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She's headed here...
![](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-U6MCd68Zgmk/WPfjPXOZt7I/AAAAAAAAKA4/vcQ1zd0wqGUsFwPPP5uk7UVwRM62QSt2wCEw/s400/sea.jpg)
And here.
![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--W_VSwLlbIA/WPfjPE_IHLI/AAAAAAAAKA4/wsfnRMjVNOconDB1GicfypF6lGhHBdfpQCEw/s400/sand.jpg)
And here.
![](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pZ9YLJVojzY/WPfjPFwrrNI/AAAAAAAAKA4/U5JEBGoGcdkYbZ26yqsyuOnlJaSObrAQQCEw/s400/sandy.jpg)
And here!!!
![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ys8payc42vY/WPfjPKY1Z2I/AAAAAAAAKA4/dn3J5khk8y4CmGYRWRIlEzB_LqG0QazYwCEw/s400/paradise.jpg)
Shoot! I want to go THERE, too!
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She's not really going on this ...
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Instead, she's going on this:
![](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VIWl80sutc4/WPfmnvja4HI/AAAAAAAAKB0/4rm1m5pVbAkOiXRSOfgTfXlSRviX9xF-wCLcB/s400/0a633da4eeb6c818baf64afbd3182f03.jpg)
![](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kifEkzRofsw/WPfmnvaJ7UI/AAAAAAAAKBs/NDtiFISnm84kZdDN_FMDLnnY9MK4POPXgCLcB/s400/pride-america-hdr.jpg)
![](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sZhVkEuYfdA/WPfmn5GIT6I/AAAAAAAAKB4/cnSw4thLtI0TrTwEIhbv7vEEfVlWbbznwCLcB/s400/pride-of-america.jpg)
... with the most appropriate name ...
![](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-isSYeiIRziQ/WPfoPz7KG9I/AAAAAAAAKC8/Xf-1s2y1QB8VYRwJw1HxoxQAk_EZm7pWACLcB/s400/disneykoolina_nclbow2007.jpg)
So perfect for her. For our whole family.
The Pride of America.
Very fitting name.
Like her new home?
![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1UPDKE3I2zU/WPfoQr0geBI/AAAAAAAAKDQ/OzilvEB28A0qw_DxL3bIIqa8QLPvTJ-0wCEw/s400/pride-of-america.jpg)
'taint no tiny house, that's for sure.
I like the dining room ... Well, one of them anyway. There's some spiffier ones, but this is my favorite.
![](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VE_G2pdwqlA/WPfoPYwB0yI/AAAAAAAAKCs/IXcdqkIKoxIS2G_F_7-ZqqVau3tmjC1pgCEw/s400/ShipsGallery-POA-Cadillac-Diner2.jpg)
She'll be spending a lot of time in her backyard, I'm guessing ...
![](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JXCM6_dPuls/WPfoP9ZvIRI/AAAAAAAAKDU/IRt3XieL26ASZbrvgrntSHjESFK-H5iXgCEw/s320/Pool-Pride-of-America.jpg)
![](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-D94thlHMEaw/WPfoQEwcBdI/AAAAAAAAKDU/BJHJQISDeaMziSszSdnqhbypOh0Bi-pTACEw/s320/ncl_PofA_Aerial_Pool.jpg)
Did I mention what she'll be doing?
This ...
![](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/--3P6vL0Fpks/WPfjOm1-YGI/AAAAAAAAKA4/IAI-SXtmeFY7yN0XFDntfWzZWW4N7OncACEw/s320/dlid.jpg)
![](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qVARBC5zOAY/WPfjOubishI/AAAAAAAAKA4/sXIDJF_VMc02iCGJ3QOlnI2wgVwi44hogCEw/s320/dlill.jpg)
and doing it here...
![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wK2cCdsMYcs/WPfoP_pkUwI/AAAAAAAAKCw/-HwqiPvPKOUnrua7MQ9KqZv4-QmBY-95QCEw/s400/ShipsGallery-POA-Hollywood-Theater2%2B%25281%2529.jpg)
Not no more of this ... which makes her a tad sad.
![](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rABm_GoJGGU/WPfjOdtdGEI/AAAAAAAAKA4/13HzpKFO0jwlQRUjDhqTChTiNDq3MbJRACEw/s320/diddy.jpg)
Not really.
Island paradise trumps Disneyland every time. Well, I think so, anyway.
![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ys8payc42vY/WPfjPKY1Z2I/AAAAAAAAKA4/dn3J5khk8y4CmGYRWRIlEzB_LqG0QazYwCEw/s400/paradise.jpg)
So my seafaring daughter is headed off to ...
![](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NzdOWqhc_O4/WPfqHKnCv2I/AAAAAAAAKDc/X1GTKIlT2XYfd4SySy5T4FVArIWJisbOQCLcB/s400/ncl%2Bitinerary.jpg)
... the land of enchantment. the land of King Kamehameha. the land of milk and honey. I haven't the slightest notion what the land is called ... let's just call it paradise.
![](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-U6MCd68Zgmk/WPfjPXOZt7I/AAAAAAAAKA4/vcQ1zd0wqGUsFwPPP5uk7UVwRM62QSt2wCEw/s320/sea.jpg)
I'll be waving goodbye ...
with a tear in my eye ... and a stupid little flag, apparently.
Thank you Google.
![](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Mqjn4Cib5tg/WPfqdJBO28I/AAAAAAAAKDg/Kin9-OJsJKcwBCmG6dPhdWpCvY6I9sT9ACLcB/s400/cruiseship_prideofamerica2.jpg)
Ahoy, Matey!
![](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NNU-yo1Vhfs/WPfmDfpiHLI/AAAAAAAAKBo/CCw61TtqQA06pgqycRzLJVbcs177ld_0wCEw/s400/hurrah.jpg)
It's about to.
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