Swindled?

I´m taking my fellow blogger Contessa´s advice and am going to throw myself into this by posting about daily life here at home in Nayarit.  This place is truly like "Peyton´s Place," but more of that later.

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Today was the 2^nd time I made tortillas by hand, or as they say here in Mexico “tortie” (pronounced: tor-tea-e).  The 1^st time I tried, the tortillas came out a little burned but I think I’m starting to get the hang of it because today I didn’t burn them.  It’s not too difficult to make tortillas there is simply several things one must be aware of because if one is amiss then your tortillas suffer the consequences.  Making tortillas is an art into itself and I will go into how they are made in more detail later.  For now I will simply tell you that I’m tackling the task of tortiando daily.

Earlier today two men were driving down the street announcing that they repair refrigerators, stoves & washing machines.  We asked them to stop because the fridge my suegra (mother-in-law) gave us isn’t cooling as it should.  Reluctantly, my suegra called them over.  I say reluctantly because in the past other people have paraded down the street announcing their handy work capabilities and end up swindling my suegra out of her money leaving her only with broken appliances.

We told the two men that we had a fridge that needed fixing but weren’t very trusting because we have been swindled in the past.  They assured us that they were honest men who live in Tepic and work the surrounding ranches repairing old appliances.  After about 15 minutes of discussion, we (B, my suegra and I) agreed to let them fix the fridge.  We also had them unclog the stove (also given to us by my suegra) because one of the burners wasn’t working.  They fixed both (supposedly) and charged us $800 pesos; $750 for the fridge and $50 for the stove. 

We plugged the fridge in and it seems as if it is cooling more but only time will tell whether or not we too have been swindled.

Wish us luck!

-Trinidad