Mexican!!

Marlaina and I were waiting outside to go to a movie and with our luck the movie got sold out so we had to think of something else to do. So we went out to Las Flores. I was kinda dissapointed that I couldn't go to the movie. But I was okay with Mexican. The waiter came over and asked for our order in English and I felt really smart that day so I told him I was going to order in Spanish. He smiled at me and said okay. So I said "Querro nachos de carne" and he said "muy bien" So then the rest of the night he spoke entirely in Spanish! Ohh boy! The were some words and phrases I didn't know. So I just looked at him and gave him the smile that said I have no idea what you are talking about, and then he tried to explain it too me. We were pretty proud of ourselfs. We had a good time and I can't wait to go back.

Mexican Border

As I said I was in the last two blogs I was in Texas.... And my family went with my grandpa and his girlfriend to the border. Right when you got there you had to go through security. Then you parked and paid to go over to Mexico. You could only go over to Mexico if you had a passport or an ID on you. My dad and megan had their passports and Drew had his license. I didn't bring mine that day becasue I thought... What would I do with my license in Texas! Yeah I know real smart! But They went over and came back and the rest of us stood by the shore and watched. Almost all of the guys on the boat spoke spanish and pretty much everybody that crossed.

Then after that we went to "Ropa" which was a clothing store. There is so much clothes there they put the clothes in piles on the floor and tables. And then they bale them up like when farmers bale hay. Then they take the bales of clothes and load them in a truck with a skidloader. All of the people in there spoke Spanish. I was the first one to walk in and a lady came up to me and was asking all of these questions and I had no idea what she was saying! So with my spanish skills I said. " no hablo Espanol." then shortly realized that I spoke to her in spanish but I said I didn't talk spanish. So the I said, "Hablo espanol pequeno" And she walked away.

Cowboys

When we were in Texas, my grandpa took us to a cattle farm. They had about 23,000 head of cattle. It was really cool to see. The men that take care of the farm are cowboys. They ride around on horses and do chorse. Well when we got there, 4 guys (cowboys) came riding up on their horses and my dad rolled down the window and said "hola!"... If you don't know my dad, he plays jokes and jokes around A LOT! So I think he was trying to sound smart and in return one of the cowboys said "HI!" And then looked at my dad like he was crazy. It was one of the funniest moments of the trip.

Texas

As most of you know I went to Texas over Christmas break. My grandpa lives down there and he was having surgery so we decided to visit. I don't think I have ever seen or heard that much spanish at one time! People are constantly talking in Spanish. And they talk so fast that it is very hard to even hear what they are saying. The first day I had a headache because I just wasn't used to it! Well I don't know if the headache was from the Spanish or the 22 hour car drive sitting in between your two younger sisters! Either way it was a lot of spanish. Alomost everything was in English and Spanish. My Grandpa lived in Mission, Texas which is further down in Texas so the spanish was heavier. With going through one and a half years of spanish I felt pretty confident in knowing Spanish until I realized that when people talked I could only pick up little things like "and, eat, drink, and walk" But now I realize that Senorita was right and there is sooo much more spanish to learn.

Glade

I think a lot of people would have to agree with me that brushing your teeth for two whole minutes would be boring! Well when I brush my teeth I pick things up in my bathroom and read them. This morning while I was brushing my teeth I was thinking of what I could do a blog on. So I was reading the back of a Glade air freshener can...... and there was spanish on it!... What are the chances? It said " Precaucion." which most of you should know means caution. I think this is the first thing that I could actually read most of the spanish. I didn't know 14 of the words on the entire can! Some of them were,"calefaccion, almacenar, sobrepasen" and some more. I was really proud of myself because I felt like I knew something!! I was very suprised on how much spanish I really know. And never thought I would know enough to almost be able to read everything on the bottle.

New Lamp

As Senorita has alwasy said..."Spanish is everywhere.".... Well, she is right. I got this new lamp to go in my room. The box has been sitting in my room for quite a while now. So this weekend I decided to throw it away. Before I did, I looked at it. And what do you know... There was Spanish on it. It said "Lampara de piso Combinada." Which means, "Combo Floor Lamp." There were a few words that I did know like; rosa, advertencia, seguridad, que, todo, and some more. I also knew some verbs. Like tiene, llamar, and usar. I was suprised that I could read the first sentence of the instructions! But you will be suprised about how much you really know.

Hamilton Beach Crock Pot

My mom got this new crock pot a while back. And I was cleaning the house this weekend and found the box. So I looked at it and..... it had Spanish on it. I knew some of the words. On one side of the box it said, "Viaje y Sirva sin derrames" Which means "Travel and Serve with no mess." It also said "Olla de coccion de 7 cuartos de galon." The pot of cooking or baking of 7 quarts. So in "regular" English it means "the crock pot holds 7 qts." There was two sides of the box that had Spanish on them and I was suprised how many words I didn't know. We learn a bunch of words in Spanish 1. But there was about 50 words on that box that I didn't know.

Picture: www.hamiltonbeach.com/products/slow-cookers-stay-or-go-slower-cookers.html