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2014-11-04 06:57:11 PM dorene49 hi
2014-11-04 06:57:27 PM kathyhughes Hello Stacy
2014-11-04 06:57:45 PM taytayk My residents were pleased to get to vote they were so happy, it was funny they actually voted a few weeks ago like the 21st so today when they saw staff with an i voted badge they were a little thrown off
2014-11-04 06:57:47 PM smrich11 Hi Kathy! :)
2014-11-04 06:57:55 PM chloer1 hi you have any ideas i am trying to think of new ones for the residents
2014-11-04 06:57:59 PM kathyhughes So what is your favorite activity coming up?
2014-11-04 06:58:02 PM joywillens Hi Kathy!
2014-11-04 06:58:08 PM dmarshall81 We have a resident's daughter who was running for an office,
2014-11-04 06:58:10 PM jessica12 veterans day
2014-11-04 06:58:14 PM sbrooks enter the chat room
2014-11-04 06:58:15 PM dmarshall81 monkey madness
2014-11-04 06:58:20 PM kathyhughes I would ask the residents Chole
2014-11-04 06:58:21 PM sbrooks hello
2014-11-04 06:58:31 PM chloer1 ok
2014-11-04 06:58:32 PM stephp What's monkey madness?
2014-11-04 06:58:35 PM dmarshall81 I am finally officially in activities
2014-11-04 06:58:46 PM chloer1 thats great
2014-11-04 06:58:51 PM marym what is monkey madness?
2014-11-04 06:58:56 PM kathyhughes Hello Congrats
2014-11-04 06:58:56 PM kathya86 I only have 1 veteran this year and he has a purple heart
2014-11-04 06:59:05 PM momma2 enter the chat room
2014-11-04 06:59:06 PM kathyhughes Thats awesome Katya
2014-11-04 06:59:06 PM marshaquarles enter the chat room
2014-11-04 06:59:10 PM conniedeel enter the chat room
2014-11-04 06:59:11 PM smrich11 We did our's today. We held a mock election and voted for each unit's theme song, name and signature dessert.
2014-11-04 06:59:15 PM momma2 hello
2014-11-04 06:59:19 PM chloer1 hello
2014-11-04 06:59:26 PM marshaquarles hello
2014-11-04 06:59:30 PM conniedeel hello everyone
2014-11-04 06:59:30 PM amyr enter the chat room
2014-11-04 06:59:35 PM ratna72 yes we have veterans day activity coming up
2014-11-04 06:59:38 PM marym hello
2014-11-04 06:59:42 PM momma2 this day feels like its never going to end
2014-11-04 06:59:57 PM sbrooks ours is coming up as well - we are making cards for those who are serving
2014-11-04 06:59:59 PM stephp Amen to that momma2
2014-11-04 07:00:03 PM amyr Hello everyone
2014-11-04 07:00:08 PM chloer1 hello
2014-11-04 07:00:22 PM dmarshall81 It's matching game where there is a monkey match among other animals. they get to keep a monkey for a week and bring it back the next week. i dress as a monkey. they try to keep me for the week. i even got my superviser to be a banana for halloween and i forgot the monkey costume to go with her
2014-11-04 07:00:22 PM marym left the chat room
2014-11-04 07:00:29 PM jyoung enter the chat room
2014-11-04 07:00:38 PM tomilee we have our yearly state survey just walked in today and family dinner this week with family council , its going to be a long week
2014-11-04 07:00:40 PM kathyhughes What is our favorite activity to do with the residents during the holidays??????
2014-11-04 07:00:43 PM taytayk I heard that momma2 i feel as if i could sleep for about a week straight if i didnt work
2014-11-04 07:00:45 PM kathyhughes Hello Jennifer
2014-11-04 07:00:57 PM dorene49 going to lye down sorry good night everyone
2014-11-04 07:00:58 PM jyoung hi
2014-11-04 07:00:58 PM chloer1 i love to make trees with them
2014-11-04 07:00:59 PM ratna72 well we have people from veterans club come and bring gifts for our veterans and also visit them
2014-11-04 07:01:02 PM dorene49 left the chat room
2014-11-04 07:01:02 PM jessica12 santa!!!!
2014-11-04 07:01:02 PM jyoung everyone
2014-11-04 07:01:08 PM melodyc I am looking forward to all the holiday festivities coming up..Caroling is alwaysa big hit
2014-11-04 07:01:09 PM conniedeel we are doing a veterans program next Tuesday Hospice helps us with that they give al the veterans certificates and pin them
2014-11-04 07:01:13 PM momma2 taytak i think i could!! plus i having contractions wew ready for this baby!!
2014-11-04 07:01:14 PM carriesl enter the chat room
2014-11-04 07:01:16 PM jyoung what are we talking about tonigh
2014-11-04 07:01:23 PM tomilee one of mine is when the kids come in and do crafts with the residents
2014-11-04 07:01:26 PM dmarshall81 holiday activity
2014-11-04 07:01:31 PM dmarshall81 what's you favorite
2014-11-04 07:01:31 PM amyr baking and decorating cookies and making different crafts
2014-11-04 07:01:32 PM stephp Decorating the trees hot chocolate and reading the Night Before Christmas
2014-11-04 07:01:45 PM chloer1 yeah love that
2014-11-04 07:01:46 PM sbrooks decorating the trees is a fave
2014-11-04 07:01:50 PM jyoung oh good i was planning my week 10 celebration
2014-11-04 07:01:58 PM sbrooks also oging to see the lights
2014-11-04 07:02:01 PM chloer1 they love it
2014-11-04 07:02:03 PM smrich11 christmas lighting ceremony! christmas night rides!
2014-11-04 07:02:06 PM joywillens Help! Looking for my assignments etc. No info that I can see. Suggestions?
2014-11-04 07:02:07 PM marshaquarles Kathy, what is the instructor's name that has taken the online class ?
2014-11-04 07:02:10 PM momma2 kinderg. kids coming and singing christmas carols is going to be sweet!
2014-11-04 07:02:15 PM jayowens86 we are seeing the lights aswell
2014-11-04 07:02:17 PM stephp Last year we took pictures of the residents and made personalized ornaments.
2014-11-04 07:02:25 PM kathyhughes My favorite was wrapping the presents and passing them out on Christmas Eve and making the stockings that the 3rd shift would pass out that night
2014-11-04 07:02:28 PM dmarshall81 we are going to see lasalaette and dinner
2014-11-04 07:02:29 PM marthabowman enter the chat room
2014-11-04 07:02:35 PM chloer1 thats good and that sounds fun
2014-11-04 07:02:37 PM jyoung their is a light show in coatesville,pa i went last year and it was great
2014-11-04 07:02:39 PM taytayk I have never had to schedule anything until i took this position now i feel like everything has a time, date, signature lol this 22 year old must be growing up
2014-11-04 07:02:51 PM ratna72 we will be making christmas mint popcorn during christmas
2014-11-04 07:02:51 PM stephp Oh Christmas Carolers would be nice. We haven't done that
2014-11-04 07:02:53 PM conniedeel Kathy im having trouble getting the video to upload with the reading assignment assessment and the mds 3.0 any suggestions
2014-11-04 07:03:05 PM kathya86 I actually set up a whole area in our activity/ dining room to look like a living room on Christmas morning and we invite everyone to come and have a party, while they are there i dress up like santa claus and we take pictures! then i print those pictures out the next day and give it to them
2014-11-04 07:03:13 PM taytayk OH im so exited though im taking my residents to mountaineer on the 21st this month they are so pumped!
2014-11-04 07:03:24 PM kathyhughes Celeste, Ruth, Karyn and Brice have all taken the course
2014-11-04 07:03:25 PM sbrooks nlove that kathya
2014-11-04 07:03:28 PM jyoung i love christmas and all the gift wrapping and cooking
2014-11-04 07:03:32 PM momma2 i dont know what to expect really because this is my first year
2014-11-04 07:03:37 PM chloer1 yeah
2014-11-04 07:03:37 PM tbender enter the chat room
2014-11-04 07:03:39 PM kathyhughes I would call the office Connie and they can help
2014-11-04 07:03:43 PM carriesl Kathy do you know what kind of lights can be used on the trees? i know we talked about this last week but not sure if it was eversaid
2014-11-04 07:03:44 PM chloer1 i love thanksgiving
2014-11-04 07:03:50 PM conniedeel ok thanks
2014-11-04 07:03:51 PM marshaquarles thank you
2014-11-04 07:03:53 PM tbender hllo!
2014-11-04 07:03:59 PM suzieb enter the chat room
2014-11-04 07:04:00 PM kathyhughes you can any lights Carrie
2014-11-04 07:04:05 PM kathyhughes on fake trees
2014-11-04 07:04:11 PM jyoung we have staff dress up as santa
2014-11-04 07:04:22 PM chloer1 we have a santa
2014-11-04 07:04:24 PM suzieb hello everybody just got home from work sorry im a little late
2014-11-04 07:04:37 PM marthabowman we have a resident play santa...and a fat housekeeper...lol
2014-11-04 07:04:38 PM carriesl ok thanks last year had to take them all off and the trees were fake
2014-11-04 07:04:40 PM kathyhughes Most all of them are UL inspected
2014-11-04 07:04:41 PM conniedeel we have staff that dress up to
2014-11-04 07:04:51 PM tbender what is the topic?
2014-11-04 07:04:51 PM kathyhughes Well I would ask why
2014-11-04 07:04:56 PM carriesl so i will look for that
2014-11-04 07:04:57 PM jyoung we are planning to have a tree decorating contest i cant wait it should be lots of fun since we have about eight trees lol
2014-11-04 07:05:03 PM smrich11 who is dressing up for Christmas?
2014-11-04 07:05:05 PM chloer1 nice
2014-11-04 07:05:12 PM kathyhughes and the next question would have been...show me the regulations
2014-11-04 07:05:13 PM marthabowman jen....im outta town when we decorate trees!!
2014-11-04 07:05:25 PM conniedeel I was a elf last year
2014-11-04 07:05:30 PM chloer1 cute
2014-11-04 07:05:31 PM sbrooks we are thinking about having family holiday cards made this year with the residents and their families to send. we want to do it on the weekend after thanksgiving
2014-11-04 07:05:32 PM jyoung omg well ill take lots of picture
2014-11-04 07:05:37 PM smrich11 Aw...that's cute!
2014-11-04 07:05:39 PM ratna72 well before christmas it is thanksgiving is anybody doing anything about thanksgiving
2014-11-04 07:05:42 PM marthabowman i cant wait NOT to decorate!
2014-11-04 07:05:44 PM stephp We have a holiday bazaar where we sell all types of crafts and food and then use that money to buy presents for all the residents. It's fun to watch them open the presents
2014-11-04 07:05:45 PM kathyhughes you can have an Ugly Sweater Contest with staff and have the residents vote
2014-11-04 07:05:45 PM marthabowman lol
2014-11-04 07:05:51 PM smrich11 haha
2014-11-04 07:05:54 PM carriesl i will thanks
2014-11-04 07:05:55 PM chloer1 lol
2014-11-04 07:05:55 PM sbrooks love it Kathy
2014-11-04 07:06:01 PM jayowens86 lol i like that kathy!!!
2014-11-04 07:06:03 PM marthabowman the ugly sweater contest is a great idea
2014-11-04 07:06:04 PM suzieb love the sweater idea
2014-11-04 07:06:08 PM dmarshall81 I oooh yeah, uggly sweater, mine was complete with battery opperated lights
2014-11-04 07:06:14 PM ratna72 love tht idead too
2014-11-04 07:06:16 PM chloer1 nice
2014-11-04 07:06:19 PM amyr we make homemade cards for the residents families
2014-11-04 07:06:22 PM kathyhughes I would bet that you will be posting some fun pictures!
2014-11-04 07:06:23 PM jessica12 left the chat room
2014-11-04 07:06:32 PM carriesl we had a ugly sweter contest last year it was a residents idea and it was great fun
2014-11-04 07:06:33 PM marthabowman i like doing finger prints as light bulbs...
2014-11-04 07:06:41 PM smrich11 Lol...I think it takes a special type of person to be like us!!
2014-11-04 07:06:42 PM marthabowman for xmas cards
2014-11-04 07:06:47 PM jyoung me and my advisor talked about the ugly sweart contest and we ddnt think it was a good idea cause dont wann make anyone feel bad
2014-11-04 07:06:49 PM kathyhughes It does
2014-11-04 07:06:50 PM melodyc We had an ugle sweater contest last year but not many people participated
2014-11-04 07:06:51 PM conniedeel we have a big Thanksgiving dinner for the resident and their family the thursday before Thanksgiving
2014-11-04 07:06:54 PM sbrooks pine cones and paint make great wrapping paper
2014-11-04 07:06:58 PM dmarshall81 lol, i will as soon as i figure out how, lol i'm on my 4th computer for class right now
2014-11-04 07:07:03 PM amyr this year it would be fun to have our managers decorate gingerbread houses and have the residents judge them.
2014-11-04 07:07:16 PM chloer1 yeah
2014-11-04 07:07:33 PM conniedeel never thought of that
2014-11-04 07:07:40 PM kathyhughes how do you make the wrapping paper
2014-11-04 07:07:43 PM dmarshall81 one resident told my my sweater was beautiful
2014-11-04 07:07:48 PM stephp It is very simple but very heartwarming to just have a simple display where the residents just tell what they are thankful for. We wrote it on paper leaves and made it into a bulletin board. It was humbling to read what they said
2014-11-04 07:07:49 PM momma2 pine cones and paint, thats cute!
2014-11-04 07:08:12 PM dmarshall81 i love sparkaly spray paint
2014-11-04 07:08:13 PM marshaquarles love the ugly sweater idea
2014-11-04 07:08:14 PM chloer1 cute
2014-11-04 07:08:18 PM smrich11 So anyone have any snow day programs to share? I think it's going to come early this year.
2014-11-04 07:08:19 PM sbrooks roll pinecones in paint then roll them on rolled plain paper
2014-11-04 07:08:22 PM taytayk I had a chili cook off and residents tasted the chili and voted for best chili was kind of sad that only 4 out of 10 managers participated
2014-11-04 07:08:24 PM taytayk :(
2014-11-04 07:08:35 PM hdowns enter the chat room
2014-11-04 07:08:37 PM stephp We are having a turkey time day where we are making turkey door hangers and trivia about turkeys and thanksgiving.
2014-11-04 07:08:38 PM jyoung i will be doing a craft from my midterm i will be trying the paper air palanes contest on thursday i hope they like it ill take picturs :)
2014-11-04 07:08:41 PM hdowns hey
2014-11-04 07:08:51 PM kathyhughes And to think I used toy cars to paint with
2014-11-04 07:09:01 PM suzieb we did it one year with different glitter snowfake confetti and pressed it between waxpaper, we also have made paper and put glitter on top when it was drying
2014-11-04 07:09:05 PM chloer1 nice
2014-11-04 07:09:08 PM sbrooks I am doing o holiday prom for my midtern. outfits included!
2014-11-04 07:09:10 PM jyoung is anyone planning anythink for thanksgiving ?
2014-11-04 07:09:10 PM conniedeel we are having our first chilli cook of in January
2014-11-04 07:09:12 PM momma2 thats cute kathy, the little tracks
2014-11-04 07:09:13 PM dmarshall81 oooh and my sweater has a pickle on it
2014-11-04 07:09:29 PM kathyhughes makes a good background for cards
2014-11-04 07:09:32 PM amyr we make literally 100 paper snowflag
2014-11-04 07:09:36 PM hdowns we just did a chili cook off
2014-11-04 07:09:40 PM kathyhughes and residents could play with the cars
2014-11-04 07:09:46 PM hdowns it went great
2014-11-04 07:09:48 PM momma2 right, thats cute!
2014-11-04 07:09:50 PM carriesl im looking for ideas for thanks giving
2014-11-04 07:09:50 PM marthabowman i can get down the a chili cookoff....yummmm
2014-11-04 07:10:14 PM hdowns we let the residents judge
2014-11-04 07:10:17 PM marthabowman we love cooking with our residents...they cut veggies and help make everyting
2014-11-04 07:10:21 PM momma2 i just dont know since i will be leaving anyday...this is sad i wanted to be around for the holidays
2014-11-04 07:10:22 PM amyr paper snowflakes and we hang them from the ceiling with fishing line it looks like it is snowing in our activity room
2014-11-04 07:10:26 PM marthabowman we have a resident peel 15 peaches one time...
2014-11-04 07:10:27 PM jyoung how did the chili cook off go @hdowns
2014-11-04 07:10:28 PM momma2 to enjoy witht them
2014-11-04 07:10:29 PM marthabowman he loved it
2014-11-04 07:10:39 PM suzieb we had staff bring in empty baby jars and made winter snowglobes with odds and ends from the craft room that way they could personalize it
2014-11-04 07:10:43 PM taytayk I know it was yummy! chili is so good with the cold weather upon us
2014-11-04 07:10:56 PM hdowns we let staff cook and residents judge and serves hot apple cidar
2014-11-04 07:11:06 PM conniedeel i like the snowglobe idea
2014-11-04 07:11:10 PM jyoung oh that sounds cool
2014-11-04 07:11:12 PM kathya86 @amyr we do that too, but i have a lot more residents you have limited mobility and cutting is not their thing
2014-11-04 07:11:12 PM carriesl snow globes would be fun i like that idea
2014-11-04 07:11:28 PM dmarshall81 make a turkey and leave the tail feathers off and have residents write what they are thankful for and then put the feathers up
2014-11-04 07:11:28 PM carriesl what do you use for the snow
2014-11-04 07:11:30 PM marthabowman anyone have a good xmas cocktail that you would reccomend?
2014-11-04 07:11:35 PM melodyc The 17th is homemade bread day and we might be having the residents make some bread that day
2014-11-04 07:11:40 PM marthabowman i wanna get something yummy for our holiday party
2014-11-04 07:11:50 PM momma2 i love all the craft ideas, its hard though because i literally have 1 or 2 residents that like to participate in them
2014-11-04 07:12:04 PM tbender fo thanksgiving we have a thankful tree that are adding to throughtout the month
2014-11-04 07:12:04 PM kathyhughes Warm red wine with cinnamon stick and a slice of orange
2014-11-04 07:12:06 PM 85cindy enter the chat room
2014-11-04 07:12:09 PM jyoung i like to push my resdent out their box maybe i should have the resident cook n staff judge
2014-11-04 07:12:11 PM jyoung lol
2014-11-04 07:12:12 PM conniedeel we have 12 that does crafts
2014-11-04 07:12:14 PM marthabowman mmmm....
2014-11-04 07:12:16 PM amyr ithought about bringing in my bread maker on the 17th
2014-11-04 07:12:23 PM sbrooks do it
2014-11-04 07:12:23 PM dmarshall81 for the thankful turkey, go around and do it with 1on1 time and put it together after
2014-11-04 07:12:26 PM hdowns we are doing mini gift boxes out of christmas cards
2014-11-04 07:12:29 PM sbrooks baking bread is awesome
2014-11-04 07:12:35 PM 85cindy Hello Everyone..how is it going?
2014-11-04 07:12:35 PM momma2 yall can cook, as in use a stove?
2014-11-04 07:12:36 PM jyoung mmmm.. i wish i liked wine
2014-11-04 07:12:53 PM marthabowman we have a stove in our office that is portable
2014-11-04 07:12:54 PM melodyc homemade bread smells so yummy!
2014-11-04 07:12:56 PM sbrooks gingerale, sprite and ice-cream
2014-11-04 07:12:58 PM tbender we are also starting our christmas decoration this month.
2014-11-04 07:13:00 PM 85cindy Wine ..who said wine?
2014-11-04 07:13:01 PM suzieb holiday bon bons any flavor of oreos ground up mix it with a container of philly cream cheese roll them into balls dip them in melted chocolate and add festive sprinkles. One pack of oreos makes about 60 to 75 balls
2014-11-04 07:13:01 PM marthabowman its a stove/oven
2014-11-04 07:13:03 PM kathyhughes http://www.cooks.com/recipe/508qw4gw/crockpot-holiday-wassail-punch.html
2014-11-04 07:13:06 PM jyoung we have portable ones
2014-11-04 07:13:10 PM tbender they will all be resdent made
2014-11-04 07:13:12 PM conniedeel we have a bread maker just didnt know it was the 17
2014-11-04 07:13:14 PM amyr yes baking bread is wonderful aromatherapy
2014-11-04 07:13:15 PM stephp We don't use our stove top because I am in a dementia unit but we use the microwave and oven a lot
2014-11-04 07:13:26 PM jyoung like the hot paltes
2014-11-04 07:13:28 PM ratna72 MIss kathy the weather down here is very bad and its raining heavily outside can i please sign out
2014-11-04 07:13:29 PM momma2 portable stove??
2014-11-04 07:13:40 PM shaina we have baking groups every wednsday
2014-11-04 07:13:46 PM kathyhughes sure Ratna
2014-11-04 07:13:47 PM momma2 is that what i read? never even heard of that
2014-11-04 07:13:54 PM dmarshall81 the induction cook top stove. it doesn't get hot to the touch
2014-11-04 07:13:57 PM sbrooks we do grandma's kitchen twice a month
2014-11-04 07:14:04 PM 85cindy Baking bread sounds great wish we could on our unit
2014-11-04 07:14:10 PM suzieb We do baking on weds too
2014-11-04 07:14:10 PM ratna72 i hope it will not affect my score
2014-11-04 07:14:11 PM jyoung my baking group dont bake they alway say we will let you do it lol
2014-11-04 07:14:13 PM hdowns Chefs corner with us
2014-11-04 07:14:15 PM dmarshall81 get a bread maker, much safet
2014-11-04 07:14:19 PM stephp We've also made homemade peanut butter and smoothies no cooking required just a food processor or a blender for those
2014-11-04 07:14:23 PM marthabowman we have cooking like 10 times a week...i swear im constantly running out for baking supplies
2014-11-04 07:14:30 PM hdowns We did no bake peanut butter fudge today
2014-11-04 07:14:31 PM jyoung lol
2014-11-04 07:14:36 PM jyoung true
2014-11-04 07:14:40 PM marthabowman jen..you know
2014-11-04 07:14:40 PM momma2 we are doing the peanut butter sand tomorrow
2014-11-04 07:14:46 PM marthabowman shopaholic
2014-11-04 07:14:49 PM conniedeel how do you make homemade peanut butter
2014-11-04 07:14:50 PM tbender jyoung thats whn you assign tasks to residents
2014-11-04 07:15:10 PM 85cindy Peanut butter is great!
2014-11-04 07:15:15 PM suzieb we did goober grape and goober strawberry taste test today
2014-11-04 07:15:24 PM marthabowman i always seem to get hungry in this chat room...
2014-11-04 07:15:24 PM hdowns easy 1 cup honey 1 cup peanut butter 2 cups powdered milk
2014-11-04 07:15:26 PM marthabowman lol
2014-11-04 07:15:29 PM jayowens86 a resident was eating vanilla ice ceam the other day and i told her that it would go perfect with some warm apple pie. She told me thats what you call an Alamo!!! We then invented the Alamo Event .. complete with a slice of apple pie and 2 scoops of vanilla ice cream!!
2014-11-04 07:15:32 PM shaina we are making peanut butter fudge in a couple of weeks
2014-11-04 07:15:33 PM tbender sounds good!
2014-11-04 07:15:35 PM kathyhughes http://www.enasco.com/action/solr/select?q=oven&x=0&y=0
2014-11-04 07:15:37 PM jyoung oh i have tryed that so manytimes it dont work they tell me i have bake all my life
2014-11-04 07:15:40 PM ratna72 left the chat room
2014-11-04 07:15:41 PM conniedeel sounds good
2014-11-04 07:15:44 PM stephp Just shell peanuts and put them in the food processor with a little oil and salt. You can find plenty of actual recipes on the internet and even recipes for flavored ones. Even the guys liked shelling the peanuts
2014-11-04 07:15:49 PM hdowns it was great
2014-11-04 07:15:53 PM 85cindy We have a new quite large ring toss game .. went over well.
2014-11-04 07:16:18 PM jyoung but they love trying my mistery baking
2014-11-04 07:16:20 PM amyr ring toss sounds like fun.
2014-11-04 07:16:26 PM marthabowman we just got one cindy for our memory unit
2014-11-04 07:16:28 PM lexa29 enter the chat room
2014-11-04 07:16:35 PM carriesl we did a harvest tea apple and cinnomon the resident really liked it. next week they will be making some scones to go with it
2014-11-04 07:16:37 PM taytayk baking club is my favorite we made pumpkin pie the other week so yummy
2014-11-04 07:16:40 PM 85cindy Do you like it?
2014-11-04 07:16:41 PM conniedeel i would like to get one of those
2014-11-04 07:16:42 PM amyr we have a homemade huge kerplunk game. it is fun
2014-11-04 07:16:42 PM jyoung why one
2014-11-04 07:16:47 PM dmarshall81 waht is mistery bakig
2014-11-04 07:16:51 PM carriesl got the harvest tea idea from here Thanks
2014-11-04 07:16:51 PM marthabowman yes, its awesome....AND HUGE
2014-11-04 07:16:55 PM stephp We have a bowling set with a ramp that they push the ball down instead of throwing it. Really a lot of fun. Just yesterday we had bowling and root beer floats for everyone
2014-11-04 07:16:56 PM lexa29 hello is this live chat
2014-11-04 07:17:02 PM taytayk Therapy lets me use their stoveoven and we have an otis spunkmeyer for cookies
2014-11-04 07:17:04 PM marthabowman we have only used it once, for our halloween party last week
2014-11-04 07:17:08 PM kathyhughes yes it is Lexa
2014-11-04 07:17:09 PM taytayk though i spelled that wrong
2014-11-04 07:17:11 PM 85cindy It is really a lot of fun and yes it is big!
2014-11-04 07:17:28 PM marthabowman : )
2014-11-04 07:17:29 PM lexa29 ok sorry im late was at a meeting for BvB
2014-11-04 07:17:37 PM 85cindy Need more things like that
2014-11-04 07:17:39 PM suzieb our maintenance guys were raking leaves and put them in a big pile in front of the dining room and were jumping in them for the residents today, they were laughing and reminscing at the table about how they hated to rake leaves but everybody remembered at least jumping in them once!
2014-11-04 07:17:39 PM taytayk Im thinking about having a bake sale to raise money for my department do any of you guys do that now?
2014-11-04 07:17:52 PM sbrooks yes to the bake sale
2014-11-04 07:17:53 PM smrich11 that's awesome!
2014-11-04 07:18:05 PM sbrooks but it is part of a large sale of donated items
2014-11-04 07:18:05 PM 85cindy leaves is a good idea!
2014-11-04 07:18:06 PM shaina is anyone having a holiday baazar this year?
2014-11-04 07:18:16 PM 85cindy yes
2014-11-04 07:18:18 PM sbrooks we have a fall festival
2014-11-04 07:18:19 PM stephp I'd like more ideas for active games. We do basketball, balloon volleyball, tossing games and bowling. It's hard with so many with limited mobility. Any ideas?
2014-11-04 07:18:19 PM marthabowman ask all the staff memvers to donate a baked good
2014-11-04 07:18:24 PM conniedeel we are not allowed to do bake sale
2014-11-04 07:18:26 PM taytayk Do you just make baked goods and sell them to staff or reach out to the local stores and post up there?
2014-11-04 07:18:30 PM amyr suzieb hat is such a cool story
2014-11-04 07:18:30 PM jyoung mistery baking is when i add things to the mix but i always make sure to check for food allergies
2014-11-04 07:18:30 PM smrich11 why not?
2014-11-04 07:18:32 PM dmarshall81 bake sales are awesome
2014-11-04 07:18:44 PM dmarshall81 thanks jenn
2014-11-04 07:18:44 PM hdowns we are doing a Thanksgiving Luncheon
2014-11-04 07:18:45 PM carriesl Hallowen party / contest turned out great one of the ladies that live there dressed as an old bag lady and put peanut butter and oatmeal all over her face it was crazy... She one first place
2014-11-04 07:19:04 PM smrich11 lol...that's neat
2014-11-04 07:19:05 PM jyoung its fun you should try it .and have them gess what u put in it
2014-11-04 07:19:07 PM hdowns Then a Christmas Party
2014-11-04 07:19:08 PM suzieb limitd mobility can do the wii sports game, hula hoop ball, toss across
2014-11-04 07:19:09 PM shaina we have one every year and it turnes out very well
2014-11-04 07:19:21 PM sbrooks we did trick or treaters and it was a HIT. the residents loved it and the parents begged for me to do it again

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