Category: Mexico

Today we went to one of our regular Friday restaurant stops. Boston’s is not inexpensive, but we like going there once every few weeks. A few months ago they had a menu change in which all the prices were raised. Why don’t the prices ever go down? One of the big changes was that they no longer included a cookie in the standard kid’s meal. It was a nice big chocolate chunk cookie.

Now, for a mere 50 cents extra, you can get a cookie and decorate it yourself. They are selling the experience of “making” your own cookie. Not only do we get the prices raised, they also don’t give you as much for your money as you used to get.

Needless to say, Boston’s never gets the extra 50 cents out of us. We can go to Costco and get a huge ice cream for $1.50.

Last week we were in the cereal aisle at Wal-Mart and found something that made my wife giggle with joy. I was at the other end of the aisle and had to trot down to where she was to see what the excitement was about.

She found Rice Krispies!

It is not that we have never had Rice Krispies here in Mexico, but they just suddenly disappeared. Since I am not a Rice Krispies eater, I never paid attention to when they came and went.

I did notice two interesting things with this box though. First is that it was printed in Spanish. Many of the cereal boxes we have are the standard US box with a Spanish language nutrition information sticker plastered to the side of the box.

The second thing I noticed was that the box had a little blurb in the bottom corner that said “We’re Back!” (or something to that effect). That makes me think that they are going to be on the shelves as a regular product now. Good for Rice Krispies lovers.

I uploaded the latest episode of Missionary Talks today. I have been sitting on this recording for about a month and finally got it together. It was a long recording that needed a lot of editing. I also had to do some translation work to it which required a separate recording time. Excuses. But, it is up now.

This is about a trip that three friends and I made recently to the city of Valladolid. We helped with interpreting and evangelism throughout the week.

We did not talk much about the people who were on the trip with us, but they were a great group of doctors, nurses, pharmacists and logistics people. We had a good time and, though we worked a lot, it was like being on vacation with a group of 30 friends.

Today we stopped at a KFC on our way down to Playa Del Carmen on the Riviera Maya. Our kids ran into the play place to work off some energy before getting into the car for the drive south. We were sitting there and noticed that the sign was not placed quite where it should have been.

Chicky is saying, “Little friend, if you are less than 1.2 meters tall (and he is pointing to the height on the chart), you can enjoy these very fun toys.” Click on the picture for a bigger version.