Zacatecas (day 2)

Today was a relax day, especially for me and Whiskey. Our friend Alejandra had some errands in the morning, and of course her son Tonio was in school for the day. But she left us the key to her house, so we had showers and spent time on the internet.

One of the things I was browsing on the net was other ways to make money from this blog. You read stories of people making thousands of dollars a month, and although we don’t need that much, it would be nice to get some worthwhile income..like maybe $500 a month. We’re getting there…last month was decent, at $156.54. But we don’t want to do things that alienate our reader base or take away from the purpose of this blog. I signed up for clickbank.com, but the only way to make money is to “advertise” products with a link that we make commision if you buy something. Not sure I want to go that route. I really like Adsense, but for some reason people don’t visit the advertisers on a consistent basis, even though it costs nothing to do so. People like Tioga George mange to make a decent income from it, but he’s been at it for a lot longer than us, and he has a much higher following of people. Anyhow, it’s a fun hobby and we enjoy doing it even if we don’t get rich from it!

In the afternoon, Ruth went with Alejandra to buy a couple of “rebozos”. A rebozo is a type of shawl used by a lot of indiginous women in the southern parts of Mexico to carry their child. We think it’s a simple idea, and maybe our daughter would use one. So Alejandra knew someone who sells them so she and Ruth went and bought a couple at the mercado in downtown Zacatecas.

This is a picture I took in the spring of 2009, showing a woman using a rebozo to carry her child.

Afterwards, they stopped by the municipal building and Alejandra knows a lot of people there because she has run for office a couple of times, and Ruth was introduced to the mayor of Guadalupe, a subdivision of Zacatecas.

Ruth and Alejandra made a lasagna for supper, it was really good. And afterwards, Ruth gave haircuts to both Alejandra and Tonio. For those of you who didn’t know, Ruth used to be a licenced hairstylist in another lifetime, and actually that’s how she and I met! She cut my hair, and I asked her on a date! Too funny…and here we are!

We’re heading out tomorrow, a long drive expected to take us to Saltillo area.

We're posting this with a bad cellular connection...will have to post more pictures later!