House Managing Report

Awesome house managing week? I think so!
For those who don't know house managing is one week (For me and most of the group this means two house managing weeks in one rotation, for some it just means one) you get to stay home from work and cook and clean for the entire Katima-house! Fun :)
Helena and I are...no words can describe how amazing house managing with this girl is! Our menu for the week was as follows
Monday dinner-pizza and garlic cheese bread with vegetables (cucumbers, carrots, and peppers)
tuesday breakfast-fruit salad tuesday lunch- sandwiches tuesday dinner- lasanga with mixed vegetables
wednesday breakfast- breakfast bagels (bacon, eggs, cheese, tomatoes, etc.) wednesday lunch-salads (potato, and a green salad) Wednesday dinner- burgers and fries with vegetables
Thursday breakfast- oatmeal Thursday lunch-wraps Thursday dinner-Mac and cheese with veggies
Friday breakfast- banana muffins Friday lunch-witches fingers (bread with stuff in it) Friday dinner-chicken pot pie
Saturday breakfast-eggs/toast/bacon/cereal Saturday lunch-potato casserole Saturday dinner- spagetti
Sunday breakfast- cereal Sunday lunch-provided at a volunteer event (Autumn Festival) Sunday dinner- stir-fry and rice
Monday breakfast- cereal/misc. Monday lunch-grilled cheese
Our group does it so that the monday you start you only cook dinner because we don't go grocery shopping until just before lunch on monday. So you just cook going into the next monday that way you know you have all the ingredients. Our group also cooks breakfast and lunch (A few groups don't but they just have to make sure that they have all the stuff to make those types of things) for the whole group. I find this very nice because that way I can wake up later and just quickly grab a lunch and catch the bus for work.
Anyways Helena and I have had a really amazing time and we work really well together. We prepare breakfast and for the following day the night before so that way we can sleep in. Then when we get up we just clean clean clean. That takes up most of our morning, then we start preparing dinner. Once dinner is ready and prepared we usually start making breakfast and lunch for tommarrow. Sometimes (like most nights for us) if we have extra time we make cookies or cinnamon buns (vegan of course, for our lovely vegan). It is the nicest time I have had house managing (although Jill and I had a great time house managing, but it was way more stressful being in between billeting and our 48, compared to that this week is WAY more chill)
Monday grocery shopping was fun. In Lethbridge we had to go to four places (two organic farms, the flour packaging company, and stupid store) here we just went to IGA so it was way easier, but we filled up two carts by the end of it. We spent WAY less than our budget and we were fine. Annabel did have to run out to grab a few more items that people needed/that people accidently ate (like chicken, advil, salt, and misc. things) We were worried we would spend over our budget (like the last two groups of house managers) but we didn't so we celebrated a bit. It's nice because if we can keep our budget in check we won't have to worry at the end of our rotation about money. (You get a lump sum at the start of your rotation, that will last the full three months. You can only spend a certain amount per week to make the budget balance itself out)
House managing with Helena, we dance and fool around, but we get the job done. People have commented on how awesome our cooking is, and even if they aren't being genuinely truthful its nice to hear.

BACK TO LA BARRATTE (WORK!)


Random pictures to come, a pre-billeting post(My experience will be so amazing this time...more information to come), pumpkin carving contest, murder mystery night, themed dinners, halloween, gender reversal night?! MY GOODNESS! So much happened this week, hopefully a post soon!