Cruise

We were able to go on a cruise. We needed some one on one time. It was really nice. Thanks to Hairitage Hair Academy! Josh did a little seminar for the students and we played the rest of the time. We drove to San Diego and had a day at sea, then Catalina Island and then Ensenada Mexico. It was fun. I just wish it were a little warmer. I could not get enough food. Good thing you can eat all you want any time of day! I was rarely full. 3 words- Chocolate Molten Cake.... Umm my mouth is watering. I should have taken a picture of the masterpiece. It is like cake on top of hot fudge sauce and a scoop of ice cream. HEAVEN! The other food was pretty good too. My taste buds were just chuck full of chocolate. I got this yummy dessert every night. My (other) cheeks are thanking me.

Josh and I taking the boat to get to Catalina Island. It is so pretty. A small one bedroom house built in the 1920's here only costs about $575,000. How can anyone afford to live here?

Josh and I enjoying our dinner. I think we both had steak.

Mini golf on top of the ship. I kicked Josh's butt even in my heels. I even got a hole in one! Plus, I won a 20 min massage that got shaved down to 10 min. Oh- well.

Leaving San Diego the first day. It was very pretty.

Now I will tell you a lil bit about Mexico. We are cheap, so we didn't do any excursions although, we almost rented a Rhino and drove around. It was a lil scary though. You just go on the roads to get to the beach. I wanted to get some things for the kids, friends, family just lil stuff while we were there. We didn't have any cash so I wanted to find a store to buy lotion and use my card to get cash back. First I tried asking a couple who lived there where a store was. They didn't speak English. I said "like a Wal-mart". They were like ohh Wal-mart. From their expressions, I could tell it was on the other side of town. I said, "not wal-mart, just a store like wal-mart". They didn't know what I was saying, We said "thank-you" and left. Then there was a lil girl and boy selling necklaces and bracelets. We bought one with our only change for a dollar. Just a cheapo bead necklace for Tay since she loves to wear necklaces. We walked down and I had to use the bathroom. We went to McDonald's and there was no tp so Josh had to go in the boys to get me some. It was a long process and I had to go again later where Josh met his traveling friend from Oakland, CA. Poor guy could barely stay awake. Josh gave him the rest of our pesos. (I will tell you how we got these later) It costs .50 just to use a bathroom there. McD's was free! I saved a dollar right there! Woo hoo.

Then we proceed to find a store because we need to get money. I see some dresses for Tay I want to get her. The Mexican dresses that are hand-sewn like the ones I had growing up. We went to 3 stores and finally found one for a reasonable price. We pay with a visa and have to walk to an entirely different store. One that has the same items for sell there too. A cute lil baby crawling on the dirty floor. Oh what a sad life these poor people have. The receipt only shows what you pay in pesos and it says like 138 pesos or something like that. We are thinking we got screwed and have to buy with cash. Later ( after visiting 10 stores) we finally decide to get cash at an ATM. The stupid gringos we are, push the button for 50 pesos, thinking it is $50 dollars. It is all in Spanish, so we are not sure what we are doing. So, it cost us almost 2 bucks to get about 3 bucks and change. We walk out of the ATM realizing what stupid thing we did and 'bam'. There is the store I have been looking for! (at this point we are in town further than most tourists venture. There are no more people at every corner trying to sell us something.) We go in, buy some lotion and ask if they can give us change back. Again, there is the language barrier. They see my Visa and say yes, yes.. like that is OK. We realize that he thinks we were wondering if we could pay with the card. So I take the card back and pay with the stupid 50 pesos I got at the dang ATM. The rest of the pesos is what Josh gave to the CA guy. I found some cute pants at a regular store that the Mexicans shop at and they were on sale for 348 pesos! That looks so weird to see on a tag. They ended up being $29 bucks. The rest of the time we spent looking for stuff for Josh. We finally found a shirt his size that he liked and they only took cash! Needless to say, we only bought the necklace, a dress and my pants. What an experience. I really wish I knew how to speak Spanish! Thanks a lot dad!