March 24

Sitting around watching a program. 
Special Musical Presentation from some very talented girls. 
Shirley at Sit and Fit
ReNee at Sit and Fit
Linda at Sit and Fit

Here are a few pictures of our residents this week.

Sit and Fit

With Bruce?

Bruce did Sit and Fit with the ladies. They have fun doing it with him.

Farmington Bay

We drove out to Farmington Bay to look at the Birds. We saw Bald Eagles, Hawks, Pelicans, and Seaguls. We took some cool pictures, and had a real good time. Ofcourse, what fun would that be if we didn't stop on the way and get a delicous treat.

A Day in the Life at Welcome Home

Just some random Pictures.

Chat and Chew - Thomas Crapper Day

Probably not the best day to have Apple Juice with Eclairs

Today's Chat and Chew we celebrated "Thomas Crapper Day!" That's right. Lenore found some interesting trivia in news letter and wanted me to share it with the group. Come to find out that There is actually a Thomas Crapper day. January 17th according to the Chase's calender of event day, is the day set aside to honor, who else Thomas Crapper.

Thomas Crapper (1836-1910) did exist and is credited with improving the functionality of the early flush toilet (or "water closet," as it was then called), but he did not, contrary to popular belief, invent the pseudo-eponymous bathroom appliance from scratch. Credit for that goes to 16th-century author Sir John Harrington, who not only came up with the idea but installed an early working prototype in the palace of Queen Elizabeth I, his godmother. The first patent for a flushing water closet was issued to Alexander Cummings in 1775, sixty years before Thomas Crapper was born.The son of a Yorkshire steamboat captain, Tom Crapper's destiny was fixed when he was apprenticed to a master plumber at the age of 14. He owned his own plumbing shop in London by the time he was 25. Crapper was awarded nine patents for plumbing innovations during his lifetime, three of them consisting of improvements to the flushing water closet. Though he made his name as a sanitary engineer to blueboods, Crapper himself was lowborn and never knighted, so it's a mystery why storytellers consistently award him the title "Sir."

The date of Crapper’s death has also been a source of confusion for many years. For example, Chase's Annual Events, the authoritative book for listing special days and dates, has listed January 17 as Thomas Crapper Day and January 17, 1910 as the date of his death.

Bountiful High School's Production of Annie

The whole cast from Bountiful High Schools production of Annie came and gave us a few numbers. Lenore guesses around 100 kids came. They were everywhere. I think we found one in the cupboard the next day. Thanks Bountiful High.

Happy Halloween...

We each made a Halloween Bag to put our Candy in. The residents really have a fun time doing crafts. Some made ghosts, others pumpkins, bats, and some we weren't sure what they where. But never the less, we were having a good time. Most of the ladies sat in the big room and watched The Phantom of the Opera on the big screen while we waited for the Trick or Treaters to show up. Here is Oleve, Bessie, Joy, and Carol sit waiting to hand out the candy. Even though I watched them get a piece or two for themselves.

Dene with her bag.

Carol made a scare crow.

Here is Heinz with his bag. His had the most eyes.

Laura loves to see the kids come buy.

Oleve had lots of fun, making two sacks. She was puzzled as to why she had put I candy want instead of I want Candy.

Bessie is just always having fun.

Gaylia was the first in to make hers. She did pretty good.

Esther and her ghost.

Maria stuck with the simple, I want candy sack.

Shirley made a monster sack.

Lenore made a witch. It turned out really well. She said that the witch and her have the same hair.

I made the bat. doesn't it look like its really flying?