House Managing

Being a House Manager in a Katimavik house can be very stressful at times, you have to make sure the house looks presentable for the all the guests we have, you have to prepare food that everyone can and will eat without screwing it up, and you have to complete at big list of chores by the end of the week. This week Rob and I are in charge of making sure the house doesn't fall to pieces, its been a pretty easy week as it hasn't snowed yet so there's been no shoveling. We set a record for grocery shopping yesterday, it took us just under an hour to spend about $350 of our $400 and something grocery budget, last time it seemed like we were in Super Store for hours. Super Store is what the rest of Canada calls their grocery store, its the Ontario Lobaws, Independent, and No Frills all rolled into one massive ugly green building that is overly patriotic. They have giant flags that stand so high you can see a provincial flag and the Canadian flag for kilometers, especially in Saskatoon.

Christmas is only a few days away and I haven't bought the Christmas presents for the group yet. I'll probably do it on Friday night during free time. I have sent out some Christmas cards as well for family and friends back home, I had to stand in line for 15 minutes at the post office to buy stamps, but I guess its just the time of year. Some crazy plans have been made for the Christmas break, there is a plan in the works to go to Super Store and go to the giant coupon board (its right inside of the front doors for those non Super Store people, I don't really like it there, its a grocery store version of Wal-Mart) and teams of people will pick three items off of the board and race race around the super busy Super Store on the 23rd or 24th or December dressed like elves. On Christmas we will be working for a couple of hours at a soup kitchen and having turkey dinner at home. On Boxing Day I am going to my Billet's house for the afternoon, it should be a lot of fun. New Years Weekend we are going south to Weyburn, and Moose Jaw. But what I am looking forward to the most is a small town the size of Keene between Weyburn and Moose Jaw called Rouleau where they film Corner Gas. I was able to talk them into stopping there for half and hour so we can see the Ruby and Corner Gas, and hopefully some other important landmarks like the "Foo-Mart", grain elevator, and the Liquor/Insurance Store. It should be a lot of fun! Well back the housework!