Summer Fun in the City

Saturday is a day that I am really looking forward to. My first football game of the season. The Calgary Stampeders take on the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the season opener here and its gunna kick some major ass. As for me Im a Winnipeg Blue-Bombers fan so I'm not really partial at this game, but on the other hand, my Dad is a huge Tiger-cats fan. For one christmas I gave him a Tiger Cats Jason Mass jersey and this past fathers day I gave him a replica Tiger-cats helmet. Since this the season opener as well as the canada day long weekend it should be a really huge opening. This is my very last splurge before september.

In september im flying home back to nova scotia for a very close friends wedding. Its been 10 years since i was back there and its time to go " home for a rest ". I'm heading dow for 1 relaxing, glorious stress less days. Once I come home from that, im thinkin i'll start saving up for a house. A nice little 2 or 3 bedroom place where I can pudder around. Thats the one thing I miss about being in a appartment/condo. Not much to do maintence wise. Sure I can vacumme the floors, mop them and or change lightbulbs if necessary, but with a houe i can mow the lawn, shovel snow, put in a garden if i want, change door handles/ hinges, paint small piddly stuff like that. But like all things we shall see happens. my rent is afterall locked untill june of 2008.

Also, my sister is having #2. A little person that dailyn can say " mommy it wasn't me, the baby did it". Me, I'm thinkin sis is havin a boy and so does she but we shall see. Think i'll save for a trip stateside to see my new nephew around maybe may but one never know what I'm gunna do next !!!!!!!!

Last but not least. All my photos have been moved to Flickr since yahoo photos are being shut down!!

RLD Progam I'm On

The following is a VERY short description of the progam I'm on here at Canada Safeway:

The purpose of the RLD program is to develop Store Directors who will lead the future by delivering superior customer service, achieving expected operating results and being a leader/coach for their store associates. Openings in the program are based on Division needs and not by individual District needs. The program is individualized, with the average time allowed for completion being two years. Each trainee is assigned to an exceptional Store Director ( usually a store manager ) for a portion of the training. This Store Director will serve as a coach, leader and trainer for the Retail Leadership Trainee (RLT) as he/she progresses through the training. The RLT will train in two phases, which include a combination of classroom, independent study and on the job training. Following the successful completion of Phase I (approximately 5 months), the RLT may be placed as an Assistant Store Director or may be placed in a Special Project or Department Management position until such an opening is available.

Phase I :
You will spend the 5 months at a specially selected training store. During that time you will attend classes, work in each major department in the store, learn about the financial reports used to measure sales results, acquire knowledge of the duties of managing a shift, and complete a detailed written analysis of one department as well as the entire store.

Phase II :
You will work as an Assistant Manager, and continue to receive additional management training. You will then develop and present three detailed store projects. At the end of Phase II, you should possess the skills necessary to perform successfully in the Store Manager selection process

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES OF AN RLT :

(include, but are not limited to):
Being a superior service role model
Completing all assignments and tests successfully
Attending all required seminars
Completing various Department On-the-Job Training Programs
Completing a store and department analysis
Qualifying for a promotion to Assistant Store Director

My scoop on facebook

OK...Its time for me to weigh in on this whole facebook thing. Personally I'm likin it alot. Since i started on there i've re-united with old friends and made some new ones. Hell I didnt know one of my best buds Rob was now living and teaching in Japan. As well I found old friends living in Edmonton, Halifax, and even in ottawa and points west. Only thing that could shock me right now is that if one of them was here in Calgary !!!

In other news....

The quarterback of my beloved Iowa Hawkeyes, Drew Tate has signed with the * shudders* Saskatchewan Roughriders. Why??? I have no clue maybe he likes green and white, personally I would have thought Hamilton since he's use to the black and gold as they are the same colours as the hawkeyes !!

as for the CFL this year. Im thinkin Hamilton or Winnipeg in the east (gotta give my dad hope since hes a ti-cats fan *lol* ) and possably either BC or Calgary in the east, but I'm leaning to BC this year.