Comments on: Kids off to college tomorrow!

By: Chile

Chile — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:03:46 +0000

[...] at Jumbo – I like this one, ’cause I can relate to the school supplies list (except I shop at [...]

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 15:35:08 +0000

I’m not really looking to start a collection of related posts here, but I just had to add one more – this one from Chile. It sounds just like Mexico (except she shops at Jumbo and I shop at MEGA):
http://garcias2chile.blogspot.com/2007/08/shopping-at-jumbo.html

Check out the list of school supplies she scanned – looks a lot like ours!

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 21:35:18 +0000

Here’s another family in Cuernavaca talking about their experiences getting their daughter ready for school:
http://atreasureinclay.wordpress.com/2007/08/21/it-really-is-true/

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:29:52 +0000

No, no work boots. Just imagine if we had chosen one of the more expensive schools – this one is more on the low end.

By: Grandma C.

Grandma C. — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 22:57:35 +0000

Wow! What a lotta stuff!! No wonder you guys needed lots of $$ $$ support to go to Mexico! Even work boots I see!! Mind you, the Bible does say that it’s good for a man to bear the yoke in his youth!!

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:05:57 +0000

I had to give you a link to a similar post from another family in central Mexico:
http://joelandjanette.typepad.com/janettes_journal/2007/08/back-to-school-.html

And they’re not the only ones that had to draw a line on 100 pages – we had some friends here in Cuernavaca that told us the same thing. Yikes!