New Vehicle for Diane - YEAH!

So this is the new vehicle, or "crossover". That is what they are calling them, instead of car or truck or SUV, because you don't really know what to call them. They kind of look like eggs to me. We didn't dare bring the "95" Explorer up here. It might just fall apart when winter comes, especially with the 170,000 miles on it, but you know, it still runs well. I needed heated seats and that was the deal for coming up here, heated seats and underground parking. I hate scraping windows in the winter.

Great Recipe

Recipe for Stir Fried Orange Pork. It is out of a cook book, Cooking for Two.

• 1-1/2 tbls peanut oil
• 3 tbls matchstick sized pieces orange peel
• 4 dried red chiles or 1/4 tsp crushed red pepper
• 1 garlic clove slivered
• 8 oz center cut boneless pork chops, sliced (1/8 inch)
• 2 c broccoli florets
• 1/2 c reduced sodium chicken broth
• 1/4 c orange juice
• 1 tbls soy sauce
• 1 tbls sugar
• 1 tbls cornstarch
• 1 tbls water

1. Heat wok or large skillet over medium heat until hot. Add oil; heat until hot.
2. Add orange peel, chiles and garlic. Cook 3 min. stirring frequently.
3. Increase heat to high; add pork. Cook 1 - 2 min. or just until pork loses raw pink color.
4. Stir in broccoli ; cook 1 min.
5. Stir in broth, orange juice soy sauce and sugar; cover and cook 1 min.
6. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, whisk together cornstarch and water; stir into sauce. Cook 30-60 seconds more until thickened, stirring constantly.
7. Remove and discard chiles before serving.

Northtowne Bed Bath & Beyond Opens - June 17 2009

Bridal Consulting Room

Rugs now full and ready to be shopped!

Frame Department Dinnerware, also now full and merchandised.

Bedding Department

Bath Accessories

More Bath (For some reason I love this room, spend a lot of $$ in here)

MERCHANDISING THE STORE - FILLING THE SHELVES

6-6-09 thru 6-16-09

Rugs

Dinnerware

Dinnerware

Isn't it amazing that in two weeks, they can take an empty square space, build slat wall, fixtures, departments, have a fire alarm go off and lose production time, fill the shelves with merchandise, fill the walls with gadgets, towels and displays and have the store ready to OPEN and exceed sales every day that they have been open! WATCH OUT FOR STORE #2 TO PREMIERE IN AUGUST AT WEST ED MALL.

2008 North Ed Store

STORE #2008 NORTHTOWN MALL

FIXTURING DAY 1

So this is how Mark has been spending his days starting June 1, 2009. It was a good day and everyone was ready to start work. Just managers and fixturing crew for 2 days and employees officially start on June 3, when Merchandising begins.

This is the empty store Managers office - windows look out over the store floor More office

The end of the day - Now it has framing and columns (front of store)

By the end of the day, they have walls and departments

FIXTURING DAY 2

(Pictures courtesy of Katie Edwards, assistant store mgr. from Texas, now lives & works in Edmonton!)