May 19th a.m.

So, my Mom has so many questions and they are possibly things other people might want to know as well. I will go ahead and answer them here.

It takes me about 5 minutes to walk to work give or take a minute or two.

The picture to the left here is a site on the sacred grounds at the end of our street. The Pope visited this spot a few years back. You can imagine the meaning for the local people to have the Pope visit their little town.

Groceries are not as crazy in price as I was expecting. Some things are more out of whack than others. Yesterday I paid $14.99 for Tide laundry detergent. It is the 24 load size. We have really good sales, at least last week we did. Raspberries are on for I think 3.99 a pint (the little package of fresh berries). When we ring them in it says the customer just saved $8 so I guess usually that price is high. Strawberries, the larger plastic container of them, are 3.59 this week, usually 6.59. Margerine is pricey, the large container of Becel is 7+. The selection is really good. Down south I found an Almond milk that I really enjoy (the chocolate one) and we sell that here. Also soy milk and vegie burgers. I think it might be hard for hard-core vegetarians or vegans, but for us Flexies it's really good.

Yesterday, Victoria Day, was a holiday for me. I will get another day off later in the week also, three days off in total this week. I'm being brought into the whirlwind nice and gradually.

Well, I'm off to work now. I will take back the book I just finished to the library. The book kind of jumped out at me on the shelf last week. It's called The Tenderness of Wolves. When I got it home and started reading it I found out it is set on Georgian Bay in the time of Voyageurs, pretty cool!

I'll take a picture of my little home and the store for you all to see.

Be back later.....