Archive for the ‘News / Events’ Category
After . . .
. . . you get your hearing aids
cleaned and checked
at 3 p.m. in the 2nd floor multi-purpose room,
drop down (don’t jump) to the
dining room at 4 o’clock for root-beer floats.
How to. . .
. . . stay healthy and well
will be explained clearly and concisely by
Physician Assistant Clara Goodman from Health U Family Medicine
at 2 p.m. in the theater.
Then hop down to the dining room at 3:30 p.m.
for the monthly birthday party
for residents who have birthdays this month.
And hang around for Mary Weaver’s review
of things to do the rest of this month (while she’s away)
at 4:30 in the dining room.
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Acting Like Someone Else
Might Help Mental Health
By James Gaffney
Mature Life Features
While it sounds counterintuitive, there’s mental-health research suggesting one of the best ways to feel good about yourself is to try not “acting like yourself.”
You heard right.
“Being true to yourself” often means acting counter to your personality traits, according to research conducted by a Wake Forest University psychologist.
Because authenticity predicts a variety of positive psychological outcomes, this study can help people see they have options for how they behave.
One implication of these findings is it might be possible for individuals to improve their mental health by acting against their personality traits. Being flexible with who you are is OK. It is not denying or disrespecting who you are. People are often too rigid about themselves and stick with the comfortable and familiar.
Results of the study revealed that introverts feel more “authentic,” or true to themselves, when they are acting extroverted. When a shy person attends a party and acts like a social butterfly, the individual is likely to report feeling like showing off his or her true self at that time in that situation.
Some might argue that acting in this way suggests people are faking it. But the Wake Forest study shows that is not the case.
Authenticity is consistently associated with acting highly extroverted, even for those who characterize themselves as introverts. Also, people who think of themselves as disagreeable and rude feel more true to themselves when they are agreeable, considerate, polite and kind. And, people who consider themselves careless feel more true to themselves when they are conscientious.
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A Little Extra Attention . . .
. . . might be required for your plans
for rest of the month
because Mary Weaver is going on a
two-week vacation beginning Wednesday.
The Neat Thing . . .
. . . about weekends
is that
they keep coming back
about every seven days or so.
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Elegance Frames
Rockies Train Trip
By Pat Neisser
Mature Life Features
CALGARY, Alberta —- Smiling staff members greeted us with “Would you like some champagne or a lemonade, madam?” as we boarded what was to be our home-on-wheels for the next three days. Given the aura of elegance, I could have been on the Orient Express, but the atmosphere of this train was a bit more casual and friendlier.
We were aboard the Royal Canadian Rockies Experience round-trip out of Calgary, one of the several itineraries offered by Royal Canadian Pacific. The 32 passengers on the five refurbished
1930s executive cars relaxed quickly amid wood inlaid paneling in true luxury on rails.
My compartment had two beds and a desk, a complete bathroom with shower, and plenty of storage space. The large windows looked out onto the passing scenery of deep rivers, soaring glaciers, forests, small towns, and, of course, the majestic Rockies.
Squeezed in between excursions tailored for this train’s passengers were three gourmet meals and afternoon tea daily.
Our first stop was Banff and a visit to the historic Banff Springs Hotel. Then we were off to lovely Lake Louise, where a naturalist guide led us around the mirrored waters. Fond memories of skiing this site came rushing back. We reboarded and slid through the Spiral Tunnels along the Kicking Horse River to our overnight stop at Golden, British Columbia.
The next morning, we took a short motor coach ride up to Kicking Horse Resort, where a gondola carried us up to Eagle’s Eye Mountain for a view from the 7,700-foot level along breakfast in the Eagle’s Eye Restaurant.
Back on the train, we headed south in the Columbia River Valley to Cranbrook, British Columbia, where we stopped directly behind a museum and stepped down for a tour.
Lunch was served after reboarding, lunch was served. Our menus matched those of a four-star restaurant. Our dinner one night included sautéed shrimp with jalapeno chutney, orange and ginger glace, baby spinach salad, and crusted rack of lamb. Chocolate pate with spun-sugar crowned the banquet.
Next day, we visited Head-Smashed-in-Buffalo-Jump, a World Heritage site and explored the museum before peering over the cliffs where natives drove bison herds to their deaths for 10,000 years to provide food and clothing for a whole year.
The next morning, we visited Homeplace Ranch where we had lunch after riding horses and before boarding our rolling home for our ride back to Calgary.
Ladies’ Tea Time . . .
. . . today at 3 p.m. in the Sun Room.
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Have you ever stopped
to think about this:
the average person is really mean.
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Big Meetings Today
If you want to know what’s going on,
get to the 2nd floor theater at 3 p.m. for
the first-Tuesday-of-the-every-month
Food Service Meeting
followed by the first-Tuesday-of-every-month
Town Hall gathering at 4 o’clock.
Welcome To June . . .
. . . and your new monthly calendar. Read it and then check it every morning. Then check the mailroom fliers for any changes, additions or deletions. More people and more activities add up to more things that can go wrong, so keep checking.
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And, I just was awakened by the sniffling-scratchy-throat-dry-cough that everyone else has been battling around here so I’ll be in and out of service for the next little while.
A Busy Day . . .
. . . that includes an “Events of May” presentation
by Ken Sorensen at 10:30 a.m.
after getting your blood pressure checked at 10 a.m.
but before lunch,
after which you can catch up on
the latest news from the kitchen
during the food-service meeting at 2:30.
Dry or Wet
You select.
There’s Functional Fitness with Lyn
in the dining room at 2:30 p.m.
or you can wait for
water aerobics at 4:30 —
in the pool, of course.
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