Been Awhile....

Yikes...2 weeks since I blogged and sooo much has happened.....well not really....working is a pain in the ass everyday...it's pretty messed up the way things work and I know it's "their" way but that doesn't always mean it's right.....like I'm the Manager....working Manager meaning 4 or 5 days of the week I'm pulling the 8 hr shift in the shop....leaves little time to Manage the shop...that being said, the GM never wants the shop closed so we "get " to eat in the shop....mmmmmm food and smelly, sweaty ass skates....what a combo....now then that's if you actually get to eat your food....you need to find a little window to go upstairs and order your food, come back down to the shop while it cooks and hope you can make it back up there to get it and then bring it to the shop and hope you can find time to eat it which rarely happens....then I constantly have to follow a "budget" that's based on last years numbers with a slight percentage of an increase yet the tournaments are smaller but I'm supposed to sell more.....now I've never had a problem selling BUT I inherit a store that's been ignored for over a year and has stock older than my son....now to get rid of it I have to blow it out and my sales numbers are down....WELL NO SHIT SHERLOCK!!!! I think it's almost time to finally say this is how we need to make things work.....in case you're wondering and those of you who's skates I've sharpened won't be surprised but my skate sharpening sales are already up 10%.....not surprised as I'm damn good at it and yes there's an art to it....

In other news...Bailey had a hockey tourney in Winkler this weekend and out of 4 games he had points in 3 of them a goal in the first two games and an assist in the third and played for the Gold Medal and won....he was pretty pumped and I again had to miss another great hockey moment in his life.....that's gonna end soon....real soon....

Still having a tough time paying bills and trying to save for a place to live as most rent out here is around $1200+ a month so it's taking some time, time I'm running out of.....the biggest blow lately is that Jennifer is saying she doesn't want to move here and that Altona is her home and I'm not....not sure what's going on with her but she's changing and not for the better....she's only 14 and doesn't have the smarts to make that kind of choice especially when she is blinded by 14 year old "love".....

Sam and I caught a Blades game the other day it had been YEARS since I had seen one and although they lost I like the level of hockey and Saskatoon has no idea how lucky they are to have a team of that caliber.....they should support a little more..especially since they are first overall....looking forward to when we can take Bailey and I guess not Jen to a game.....

Well I've yapped long enough and should head to bed....

see ya when I see ya!