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2015-09-06 12:54:31 PM lindab so my director took a couple ipods home and put some music on them that the family said they like.
2015-09-06 12:54:40 PM aliciag im surprised that the owners are even spending the time to do it
2015-09-06 12:55:10 PM lindab it hasn't costed them anything yet
2015-09-06 12:55:26 PM aliciag lol....but when it does,,,,,
2015-09-06 12:55:46 PM lindab my old boss (activity director - retired) said she will come in one day a week to work on it
2015-09-06 12:56:10 PM lindab but they are going to have to pay her, and my department doesn't have the hours LOL
2015-09-06 12:56:26 PM lindab I'm already stretched to thin
2015-09-06 12:56:32 PM aliciag i can tell
2015-09-06 12:56:38 PM lindab sorry
2015-09-06 12:56:55 PM aliciag no i was just saying i see how stressful it must be
2015-09-06 12:57:09 PM aliciag i stay busy and i dont have to do all the extra things you do
2015-09-06 12:57:24 PM lindab I envy you to do what you love and not worry about time or money
2015-09-06 12:57:33 PM aliciag its really not fair to the residents
2015-09-06 12:57:44 PM lindab i know....
2015-09-06 12:57:57 PM lindab and to the residents that stay in their room
2015-09-06 12:58:00 PM aliciag i was over 400 over in my budget last month and had to spend it in 2 days
2015-09-06 12:58:16 PM lindab had to spend it?
2015-09-06 12:58:18 PM aliciag i try to use so i dont lose
2015-09-06 12:58:28 PM lindab OMG
2015-09-06 12:58:34 PM lindab send it my way
2015-09-06 12:58:37 PM lindab lol
2015-09-06 12:58:38 PM aliciag yes, i went and got them some scrabble games, ladder ball
2015-09-06 12:58:53 PM aliciag decorations for my bulliten board
2015-09-06 12:59:09 PM lindab crafts that we make are what we can make out of what I can find in the closet
2015-09-06 12:59:32 PM aliciag our different facilities have a contest every month on decorating the facility board, winner gets 50 gift cert to walmart
2015-09-06 12:59:50 PM aliciag at the end of the year the one with the most wins gets 250 for themself
2015-09-06 12:59:51 PM lindab I'm sure if I complained enough my new ED would let me spend a little, she will take it out of someone elses budget LOL
2015-09-06 01:00:07 PM aliciag and she should
2015-09-06 01:00:16 PM lindab nice
2015-09-06 01:00:32 PM lindab i will around the holidays
2015-09-06 01:00:39 PM lindab when we really need it
2015-09-06 01:01:02 PM aliciag i would start now so if you had to talk her into it youd have planty of time
2015-09-06 01:01:21 PM lindab she is all about how the place LOOKS
2015-09-06 01:01:49 PM aliciag and if the residents arent getting activities the place is gonna LOOK dreary
2015-09-06 01:01:50 PM lindab last year she kept going out and buying new Christmas trees and decorations etc because ours was so old and ratty
2015-09-06 01:02:29 PM aliciag the place looks good when the peoples whose HOME it is have smiles on their faces!!
2015-09-06 01:02:34 PM lindab this summer she had our maintenance man paint the building, re do the back flower garden etc.. And the refurnished the lobby area
2015-09-06 01:02:36 PM aliciag feed that to her!
2015-09-06 01:02:48 PM lindab She is all about the looks of the place
2015-09-06 01:02:59 PM aliciag theres no telling how much she spent on all of that!
2015-09-06 01:03:07 PM lindab I'm all about making the residents happy and their days full of joy
2015-09-06 01:03:19 PM lindab different budget she says
2015-09-06 01:03:24 PM aliciag i understand that but if its taking away from other areas then it can wait!
2015-09-06 01:03:31 PM lindab but I'm going to get some of it for them
2015-09-06 01:03:59 PM aliciag christmas presents?
2015-09-06 01:04:13 PM lindab staff pulls names and we buy them pressents
2015-09-06 01:04:33 PM aliciag they only pull one name?
2015-09-06 01:04:51 PM aliciag i buy extras for the ones who dont have family that come visit
2015-09-06 01:04:54 PM lindab only some staff members participate... some pull one, some pull several
2015-09-06 01:05:00 PM lindab me too
2015-09-06 01:05:23 PM lindab well, good luck with your fall fest
2015-09-06 01:05:33 PM lindab I'm sure it will be a blast!
2015-09-06 01:05:34 PM aliciag im thinking of doing a secret santa type thing this year
2015-09-06 01:05:48 PM lindab that is kind of what ours is
2015-09-06 01:05:54 PM aliciag thank you, i hope your bosses wake up!!
2015-09-06 01:06:03 PM lindab we just put from santa on the packages
2015-09-06 01:06:15 PM aliciag and thanks for the chat, i gotta go cook
2015-09-06 01:06:21 PM lindab It's the owners....all about the almighty buck
2015-09-06 01:06:39 PM lindab thank you....was fun. feel like I just had thearpy LOL
2015-09-06 01:06:41 PM aliciag im so glad mine arent
2015-09-06 01:06:48 PM aliciag lol, anytime!
2015-09-06 01:07:00 PM aliciag ttyl!
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2015-09-06 01:07:10 PM lindab bye... have a great rest of your day
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2015-09-07 11:46:13 AM tammyr hi
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2015-09-07 03:15:01 PM edrar Hi!
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2015-09-07 03:42:55 PM trampyboy I need help
2015-09-07 03:45:10 PM trampyboy How do I get in cotact with our teacher? I am in state survey right now and have been since class started. Our computers have been down and I can't get any of my assignments done until tomorrow after they exit. Will the teach give me a one day reprieve so I can get my work done?
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2015-09-07 06:09:16 PM lovellagrace hi
2015-09-07 06:24:56 PM lovellagrace do try to email our teacher. Just try your luck..
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2015-09-07 07:01:19 PM tammyr I hope for your sake they will
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2015-09-08 12:48:00 PM kathyhughes Chat tonight 9/8 will be in the MEPAP1 Live Chat Room to welcome the new students! Join me there at 8PM Eastern Kathy
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2015-09-08 05:24:41 PM kathyhughes Chat tonight 9/8 will be in the MEPAP1 Live Chat Room to welcome the new students! Join me there at 8PM Eastern Kathy
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2015-09-08 06:16:07 PM kmatthews311 hello everyone
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2015-09-09 06:06:23 PM lmv1970 sorry im late
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2015-09-10 05:01:04 PM hopi1974 Chat has not started yet right?
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2015-09-10 05:13:27 PM cbrockway nope
2015-09-10 05:13:33 PM cbrockway i wish it was
2015-09-10 05:16:24 PM hopi1974 lol
2015-09-10 05:16:45 PM hopi1974 are you in part 1 or 2?
2015-09-10 05:16:51 PM cbrockway part 2
2015-09-10 05:17:00 PM cbrockway how about yo u
2015-09-10 05:17:00 PM hopi1974 me too
2015-09-10 05:17:19 PM cbrockway almost done!
2015-09-10 05:17:44 PM hopi1974 I started Aug 4 and you?
2015-09-10 05:18:00 PM cbrockway june 2nd
2015-09-10 05:18:23 PM hopi1974 when do you finish?
2015-09-10 05:18:29 PM cbrockway next week
2015-09-10 05:18:40 PM cbrockway im in week 15 of mepap 2
2015-09-10 05:18:58 PM cbrockway although i need to get some late assignments in first
2015-09-10 05:19:01 PM hopi1974 oh wow cool I wish I got until nov
2015-09-10 05:19:03 PM cbrockway :$
2015-09-10 05:19:26 PM cbrockway it goes by so fast
2015-09-10 05:19:42 PM hopi1974 YeAH I am in week 6
2015-09-10 05:19:51 PM hopi1974 of Mepap11
2015-09-10 05:19:58 PM cbrockway sometimes a busy week at work and home go by so quick you forget all about it.. at least thats what happend with me lol. Just stay on top of things! lol
2015-09-10 05:20:16 PM hopi1974 lol:)
2015-09-10 05:20:40 PM cbrockway But yea the chat starts at 5 my time
2015-09-10 05:20:44 PM cbrockway what zone are you in
2015-09-10 05:20:55 PM hopi1974 yeah I just have been forgettting to do these chats really busy with work I forget to log on this is my 1st...
2015-09-10 05:21:27 PM hopi1974 oh it starts at 8pm mine I am in Ohio
2015-09-10 05:21:40 PM cbrockway yea i was going to do last weeks, had a sticky note and everything and still forgot r/t doing an assesment on one of our 5 admist we had that day.. guhhhh
2015-09-10 05:21:58 PM cbrockway im in seattle
2015-09-10 05:22:35 PM hopi1974 Yeah I tried last week and wouldnt you know the day I try to log on to chat the system wouldnt work
2015-09-10 05:22:42 PM cbrockway i wish it started at 8 my time, way better, i dont usually stay at work past 430 but i wouldnt make it home in time for the chat if i left to try and do it at home
2015-09-10 05:22:48 PM cbrockway oh no
2015-09-10 05:22:50 PM hopi1974 oh does it rain a lot there?
2015-09-10 05:23:05 PM cbrockway haha
2015-09-10 05:23:09 PM cbrockway yes
2015-09-10 05:23:21 PM cbrockway not lately unfortuneatley
2015-09-10 05:23:26 PM cbrockway lots of fires
2015-09-10 05:23:41 PM cbrockway our whole state was practically on fire a few weeks ago
2015-09-10 05:23:58 PM cbrockway at least the right half
2015-09-10 05:23:58 PM hopi1974 you like thwe rain? I like it some days and for the grass but I weould think I would hate it every day all day
2015-09-10 05:24:08 PM cbrockway i lovvveee the rain
2015-09-10 05:24:11 PM hopi1974 wow
2015-09-10 05:24:18 PM hopi1974 you must lo,l
2015-09-10 05:24:37 PM cbrockway sometimes i like to stand in the rain, jump in puddles with my son, us NW people dig it i guess
2015-09-10 05:24:48 PM hopi1974 Vampires there? lol
2015-09-10 05:24:55 PM cbrockway only in Forks, WA
2015-09-10 05:24:56 PM cbrockway haha
2015-09-10 05:24:59 PM hopi1974 lol
2015-09-10 05:25:34 PM cbrockway are you a director already?
2015-09-10 05:25:41 PM hopi1974 I think of that movie my daughter got me to watch with the wolfs too
2015-09-10 05:25:56 PM hopi1974 I am I have been one for 4 yrs
2015-09-10 05:26:04 PM hopi1974 you?
2015-09-10 05:26:05 PM cbrockway oh nice
2015-09-10 05:26:25 PM cbrockway yeah, for almost 2 years
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2015-09-10 05:26:34 PM kathyhughes Hello All
2015-09-10 05:26:40 PM cbrockway hello Kathy
2015-09-10 05:26:43 PM cbrockway youre early
2015-09-10 05:26:47 PM hopi1974 I started in assisted living u need no cref.
2015-09-10 05:26:49 PM hopi1974 Hi
2015-09-10 05:26:53 PM kathyhughes I know....
2015-09-10 05:26:53 PM hopi1974 Hi Kathy
2015-09-10 05:27:05 PM hopi1974 I finaly made it.. :)0
2015-09-10 05:27:19 PM kathyhughes At least the room is working!
2015-09-10 05:27:32 PM hopi1974 IKR :))
2015-09-10 05:27:56 PM cbrockway yay
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2015-09-10 05:28:28 PM hopi1974 is this open chat or is there a topic?
2015-09-10 05:28:37 PM kathyhughes And how are things going?
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2015-09-10 05:28:55 PM kathyhughes Its an open chat and I will try to keep everyone on topic
2015-09-10 05:29:08 PM kathyhughes Hello Kris
2015-09-10 05:29:18 PM krisy1 Hello
2015-09-10 05:29:21 PM cbrockway Good
2015-09-10 05:29:31 PM kathyhughes well I try!
2015-09-10 05:29:33 PM kathyhughes LOL
2015-09-10 05:29:35 PM hopi1974 its been busy for me ... we are in are window and State keeps coming in so have to saty late and crazy
2015-09-10 05:29:55 PM kathyhughes It can be a challenge