Cruisin' to Cabo - Day 4

Saturday, our day in Cabo San Lucas! We wanted to be up and off the boat as early as possible. And we were, we were on one of the first tenders to take off. Hallelujah!
Lucky for us, we met up with our table mates from the Dining Room. Lisa, being half Mexican and half Puerto Rican, speaks Spanish muy bien. So we stuck around them most of the day. While wandering around, we passed a real estate office. On their door was this...
Now, I was a little slow (and this was pre-margaritas), and I thought it was a dog... Dogs can't... Wait, that has horns, it's a bull. Bulls can't poop here. I'm so clever. That makes no sense. DUH! No Bull Shit! I'm an idiot...

After walking around a bit we all got hungry. Mind it was only like, 10am. But darn it, we wanted cheap margaritas and some Mexican food! So we got our cheap margaritas, strawberry, "Cheers Lisa!"
And nachos! Very authentic, I know! Denae and I shared them, cause we're cheap like that.
Then we walked around, where Denae proceeded to pose for a lot of pictures...blame the tequilla. And we also found a mall, with Coach and Tiffany. Crazy! And no, it wasn't knock off stuff!
After the mall we split ways with Lisa and Kevin, while we went to find the beach. And we did. And the water was uber clear. But still cold. And I wasn't about to shimmy myself into my swim suit precariously on the beach. So I guarded our stuff while everyone else went in.
Oh, and we found Stacey's boyfriend while walking back. Actually, he cheated on Denae, she sat with him on the way to the beach.
No long later we decided we'd had enough. Plus we didn't want to risk missing a tender back to the mother boat. So we headed back to the docks. And we waited in line. And we caught a boat. And we quickly changed and headed to the starboard side of the boat so we could watch the coastline as we left Cabo.
Not long after we got out there and were enjoying the sights, the Captain got on the loud speaker and announced that there were whales on the starboard side of the boat. Right where we were. We, not right where we were, but you could see their little blow hole poofs from where we were.
So we enjoyed the whale watching. Which turned into the dolphin watching. This little guy swam right up to the boat and gave us a little show.
We were done with the outside, but thought it would be cool if we were able to catch the sunset from the other side. So around we went.
We really didn't want to go down to our room. And it was still a couple hours until dinner. So we putzed around. Decided to purchase some of the pictures that had been taken of us. Gamble some, where we met a very nice lady. Actually, we were mesmorized by her gambling, so we visited with her. Stacey ended up winning what the lady was trying to get. Oops. Oh well. Yeah Stacey!
It was finally dinner time. The "group" that Lisa and Kevin were with gave them a bottle of wine to go with dinner. In which Kevin and I proceeded to drink. All of it. Oops. But honestly, I was fine. Maybe a little tipsy, but not too bad. Then the Cha-Cha Slide was played in which all the servers danced. Okay, so maybe I did too. But this is Edy, one of our servers, he was a hoot!
After dinner we called it quits. We'd been in the sun all day. We were tired and ready to sleep. Oh, and we wanted to watch a movie that was on in the room. I think we made it through the first 10 minutes before passing out. Tonight's towel, a bunny.

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Picture of the Day 40

February 9th: Hebrews 6:13-20; Exodus 1-2; Psalm 40

I desire to do your will, O my God;
your law is within my heart.
Psalm 40:8

Cruisin' to Cabo - Day 3

We had a busy day ahead of us! Starting with a detox seminar that Jenn and I attended. It was very informative. But I wasn't willing to fork out the money to have my toxin levels tested.
After detox, well, something was supposed to happen. Then something else. Then we ate salad. Oh, then it was Bar Mixology! Haha, perfect follow up to the detox!
Jenn and I won the Cosmo at the end. It was quite delicious! "Why did we stop drinking these? Because everyone else started to." Name that movie....
After bar mixology we decided against going to a few more of the scheduled things that we were contemplating attending. So we went back to our room to get ready for "Formal Night". I drank wine like a classy lady while getting ready. Like my "wine glass"?
While Jenn continued to get ready, Denae, Stacey and I headed up to the "Captain's Reception". Along the way we took some pictures at the set up booth thingies. (I'll post those later) The great thing about the reception was that the beverages were free! And there were appetizers.
One of my entirely too strong drinks, a Manhattan I think, came with a cherry. I was bound and determined to tie the stem into a knot in my mouth. Which I can do, but not with little dinky stems like the one I was working with. Needless to say, I was unsuccessful.
"Formal Night" is the only night the boat offers lobster on the menu. I'm not a huge fan, but Stacey is.
After dinner we hung out with our table mates, Lisa and Kevin, and watched one of the dance shows on-board. It was, ah, interesting to say the least. But here we are enjoying our front row balcony seats.
And our folded towel for the night, a dog.
We think...

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Cruisin' to Cabo - Day 1 & 2

As you all know, I went on a cruise recently. And if you didn't know, you probably noticed a lack of posts for about 5 days. So yes, I was on a cruise. A cruise to Cabo San Lucas from San Diego to celebrate my friend Stacey's, darn I say..., 30th birthday.

So we ("we" being Stacey, Denae, and I) took from from Hilmar around 10:30ish and headed south. Way far south... But don't worry, we had a full fledged command center equipped with Garmin ("Ok Garmin, got it!), the fuzz buster, and iPod hookups.
We made to San Diego about 7 hours later. We had time to check into the hotel and freshen up before heading to the airport to pick up Jenn. After we picked Jenn up we headed to dinner, which took some time and driving to decide what we wanted. But we were steered in the direction of Gordon Biersch where we also met up with a co-worker of Stacey's that lives in San Diego. Tina was so gracious to allow us to park our car at her condo complex AND drive us to the port AND pick us up.

Happy Birthday Stacey!
After a quick trip to Target, we headed back to the hotel to get some rest before our big embarkation (such a weird word).

Thursday morning we got up, got ready, got the car loaded, and had an early lunch at Corner Bakery Cafe before heading to the port to get on a massively large boat.
After checking in, and boarding the big boat and found our room.
After dropping our stuff we headed out on a walk. We had a massively large boat to explore and learn our way around. To conclude our tour we stopped at the buffet and had salad (I know, start off healthy right?). But we wondered what everyone was doing with their life vests. Were they that paranoid? If so, why even be on this thing. Oops, there's an emergency evacuation drill, those peeps were just prepared!
After the drill, the boat started moving. Stacey, Denae, and I just hung out outside while we left the San Diego Port, and we enjoyed the sunset.
After our sun down departure we headed back to our room to rest a bit and clean up before dinner. But we were ready early, so we enjoyed some liquor tasting. "This is only found in Europe and on the cruise." Bologna, I've seen it at BevMo for $25! Ha!
We had some dinner. We wondered a bit. We headed back to the room. Tonight's towel: a seal.
Around midnight Stacey and I headed up to the "Singles Mixer". It was, ah, interesting... Let's just say, we glowed in the dark. More on that later. After a quick walk through we headed back to the room when turned in for the night.

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Picture of the Day 39

That's a dolphin putting on a little show for us!

February 8th: Hebrews 4:14-6:12; Genesis 49-50; Psalm 39

"Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face."
— Victor Hugo

Picture of the Day 38

February 7th: Hebrews 3:1-4:13; Genesis 48; Psalm 38

O Lord, do not forsake me;
be not far from me, O my God.
Come quickly to help me,
O Lord my Savior.
Psalm 38:21-22

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February 6th: Hebrews 2; Genesis 46:28-47:31; Psalm 37

Delight yourself in the Lord
and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Psalm 37:4

New Survivor - Cowboy Style

I'm not a huge reality TV watcher. And I've never been big into Survivor. But this is one that I would watch!

SURVIVOR .... WYOMING STYLE
Due to the popularity of the Survivor's shows,Wyoming is planning to do its own, titled 'Survivor -Wyoming Style.'

The contestants will start in Cheyenne, travel over to Casper, Lander, and Rawlins. Then, they will head west to Rock Springs, north to Pinedale and Big Piney. From there they will proceed east to Gillette. The final leg will be back to Cheyenne.

Each contestant will be driving a pink Volvo with California license plates and a HUGE bumper sticker that reads:

"I'm gay. I'm a Vegetarian. Beer is harmful to Your health. Republicans suck. Obama again in 2012. Deer hunting is murder, and I'm here to confiscate your guns."

..The first one that makes it back to Cheyenne alive wins.

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February 5th: Hebrews 1; Genesis 45:1-46:27; Psalm 36

Your love, O Lord, reaches to the heavens,
your faithfulness to the skies.
Psalm 36:5

The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.
Hebrews 1:3

Barrel Tasting

January 17th, the day of wine tasting. The day we took a family outing. A fun day.

After moving early, we drove away from Hilmar and the fog and headed towards the Napa Valley. We passed some windmills along the way. Go green!
We reached our first destination, Turnbull Wine Cellars, to participate in their barrel tasting. This barrel tasting was the primary purpose of this day trip. Everyone, except Kaitlin, enjoy tasting some wine. Yum!
Inside the barrel room we snapped a sista' picta'.
Remember Chris' jumping pictures in Hawaii...?Another barrel room. This one was just much bigger. Oh, and it was at Sterling Vineyards.
It was really bright out. Can't you tell? We're squinting!
Family picture! Plus Coleman!
Dad later got a kick out of this picture. Why you ask? Because he was looking at the pictures on his iPhone. So he was looking at a picture on his iPhone of himself looking at his iPhone. Get it...?
As we started to head home we stopped at Taylor's Refresher for a late lunch. They had delicious sweet potato fries!Our last stop in Napa Valley was at the Domaine Chandon, where we found a bunch of rock mushrooms. Coleman was a dear and posed as "the thinker".And since we were all in the car we decided to make a quick stop in Yosemite. Just kidding! This is the inside of that new Bass Pro Shop. Looks real though, doesn't it...?
And that concludes our fun filled family day to Napa.

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February 4th: Luke 24:13-53; Genesis 44; Psalm 35

"Better keep yourself clean and bright. You are the window through which you must see the world."
— George Bernard Shaw

Yeah!!!

My computer is back online! (no pun intended)... For now.

But it's late, and I'm tired.

So I'm going to bed. You'll just have to wait until tomorrow afternoon to hear more.

Sorry.

I'm back!

And my computer is broken. Please bear with me. I have lots to share about the cruise and Cabo. Unfortunately, I'm unable to put pictures up here on my work computer. I'm working on it though. I'll get you updated.

I promise.

It just might take me a couple days.

Pray for my computer. I can't lose it now.

Picture of the Day 34

February 3rd/Day 34: Luke 24:1-12; Genesis 43; Psalm 34

I will extol the Lord at all times;
his praise will always be on my lips.
My soul will boast in the Lord;
let the afflicted hear and rejoice.
Psalm 34:1-2

Picture of the Day 33

February 2nd/Day 33: Luke 23:26-56; Genesis 42; Psalm 33

For the word of the Lord is right and true;
he is faithful in all he does.
Psalm 33:4

May your unfailing love rest upon us, O Lord,
even as we put our hope in you.
Psalm 33:22

Picture of the Day 32

February 1st/Day 32: Luke 23:1-25; Genesis 41; Psalm 32

Blessed is he
whose transgressions are forgiven,
whose sins are covered.
Psalm 32:1