Hello again,Where did February go? One minute we were making hearts for St. Valentine’s Day... take a deep breath... and it’s St. David’s Day! The short month saw us exercising with Pom Poms, Line Dancing from our chairs, Flower Arranging, singing along with The Batchelors and playing Giant Snakes and Ladders. Our ‘Mind Benders’ this month included Matched Sets, Occupations and a Pub Quiz with a ‘tipple’.
We celebrated the Chinese New Year of the Tiger by finding out which animal represented the year that the ladies and gentlemen were born.... a Chinese style meal was offered to those who wanted it.... the Sweet and Sour Pork went down very well!
Valerie Manor looked beautiful this week. The sun was shining! look out for the abundance of snowdrops that are appearing in the garden.
It’s great that Zoe has organised two of the Staff to come in
on a regular basis to take our ladies and gentlemen out in the ‘Jalopy’ it takes
time getting organised and ‘loaded’. You may not know but the vehicle (pictured right) belonged
to my mother who had a stroke and was wheelchair bound for several years. John
and I used to take her out every Sunday... her favourite place was Seaford where
we sat and watched the sea eating ice-cream. When my dear mother passed we
were going to sell the ‘Jalopy’ (her name for her vehicle) it just so happened
that at the time Zoe was putting forward a business plan to buy a Care Home so
we decided to hold onto it in case her dream became reality.... and here we are
today! Her Nannas and Granddads would have been very proud. It is such a
shame they could not benefit from Valerie Manor.... I’ve booked my place!