We have been keeping busy since I did my last blog. Our son Matt arrived at the end of August. We are happy to have him here with us to share our Yellowknife adventure.
Matt and I have both been busy job hunting. I started working full-time on Sept19th at the Co-Operators insurance company. My title is "Agent Support Representative". I answer the phone, take payments, do filing, other office duties, and try to answer questions, that I'm still finding out the answers to. I still have lots to learn. It's a busy office and I work with 4 other great women. I've included a picture of the outside of the building. Like a lot of buildings here, it doesn't look very exciting from outside, but is nice inside. Also happy to report that Matt starts his new job with D.T. Electric tomorrow. Will let you know how he's enjoying that job in my next blog.
We certainly have a busier social life here than any other place we have lived. Wednesday night is wing night in Yellowknife. All the restaurants here have deals on wings. We usual meet up at a different restaurant each week with some members of Rick's sqn. Have a beer or 2 and socialize. The mess here is fantastic. There are usually a couple TGIF's or TGIT's a month. There's food, and again a chance to chat and have a few drinks. We have also participated in a car rally, and went to a fun Oktoberfest dinner and dance. We are never bored! I've also started attending exercise classes on Monday and Thursday nights, (thanks to my friend Charlene). As well as going to the gym with friends on Sunday mornings. We have a great rec membership associated with the military, so trying to take advantage of it.
The weather is definitely getting cooler here. Usually around 0 degrees in the mornings and around 5 degrees by the afternoon. The leaves turned yellow, (no red or orange here), and quickly fell off the trees. We've had some snow flurries, but nothing that has stayed.
Still haven't seen any Northern Lights, although there has been some, I seem to miss them, (guess I'm not staying up late enough to see them). It's getting darker earlier - around 7:30pm now, and I've noticed that it stays darker for longer in the morning. I hear that by Dec.21st there will only be about 4 hours of daylight a day.
I've attached a picture of our house and a picture of the backyard. As you can see the backyard is mostly rock. Won't have to worry about too much lawn mowing. It's a big backyard with a shed, which is great.
Also check out our cool polar bear license plate.
To wrap-up, I guess we are settling in fine. Miss our old friends, but making new ones. Miss our Daughters, but chat with them when we can. Some things are more expensive, but not too bad. Learning where to get the best deal on a haircut ($38.50), which I hear is quite reasonable for here. Learning to look at the expiry date on any pkg of food I buy, as I've noticed sometimes items have expired or are about to. Learning that if you see something you want, buy it, before it disappears.
Still enjoying the Yellowknife Adventure. Take care, until we chat again.
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