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Peggy Reece HERE’S TO YOUR HEALTH!

OFF TO A GOOD START! Everyone wants to get fit in the new year. Oh! the abundance of good intentions and the scarcity of follow– through! But take heart! James Glinn, doctor of physical therapy and founder of the “Movement for Life” clinics which provide fitness, wellness and outpatient rehab in California and Arizona, has some positive words of encouragement for those of us who just can’t keep up with those rigorous gym workouts but want to keep up with our jobs, our kids, grandkids and our recreational goals. “My definition of fitness is to be able to carry out all of the activities in life

that you desire, plus have a physical reserve at the end of the day to do something besides lie down and flip the remote. If you can do all that, if you’re functional, then you’re fit. It doesn't matter if you have great abs or can bench press your body weight. Those things have nothing to do with real life.” So just keep moving so that you CAN keep moving—stretch intentionally and frequently; hit the pool a couple times a week; coddiwomple (travel in a pur-poseful manner towards a vague desti-nation); find something you like to do and WILL do, and you are off to a good start on your good health!

Wonderful It’s the most

time of the year!

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LAYOUT

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INSIDE Page 2: Country Meadows

Page 3: Clearbrook Inn

Page 4: The Ridge

Page 5: Christmas Memories

Page 6: Featured Staff Member

Page 7: A Holiday Reminder

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common ground and they be-come important to us. The root word for family comes from the word for servant; truly, in a family setting we are serving one another in love.

Family is all about sharing the future, giving hope, showing love; it could be the people serving food with you at the shel-ter during the holidays. Or the neighbor whose pet just died. Or the people you eat with eve-ry night.

Making memories together is a part of our Christmas experi-ence. Let’s make it the most wonderful time of the year by being a blessing to the family we have around us and sharing the future with them by making memories together.

Peggy Reece

Christmas is a time that evokes memories of the past with wistful affection for the moments filled with those quintessential qualities of the holidays: love, joy and peace.

It is a time when we think of our families, and how those things we hope for are tied to those things that we have ex-perienced in the past. The human experience is tied to memories and the anticipa-tion of being together to make more of them. We tend to think of our families as the place for all this to start.

Family takes on many forms and is not only people to whom one is related by blood or marriage. Sometimes at the holidays we find our-selves in a different kind of family; that group of people to whom we are related by our circumstances. Where we live or where we work bring peo-ple into our paths with whom we share the daily experienc-es of life; we unite with loyalty and affection because of our

Christmas waves a magic wand

over this world,

and behold,

everything is softer

and more

beautiful.

~Norman Vincent Peale

The secret to finding a good workout partner: “It’s not about finding fun things to do; it’s about finding someone in whose company it’s all fun.” ~Brault

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INSIDE Page 2: Country Meadows

Page 3: Clearbrook Inn

Page 4: The Ridge

Page 5: Believe!

Page 6: Featured Employees

Page 7: Auld Lang Syne

Page 8: Here’s to Your Health

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fortune or contentment. It makes you feel happier; feeling blessed is life-affirming.

If blessed is the word for me to live by this year, the word that describes me, then blessed is infinitely more than what fills my life and makes it whole. It is the outpouring to others of all that being blessed means. To be blessed is a charge to be a blessing in other’s lives.

In our community at Encore, we see the heart of blessing every day. Those who live here are caring neighbors who bear one another’s burdens and make each other laugh when they need it the most. Those who work here strive to provide for the ones in our care the things that are just what they need or want. To cause one to feel blessed is to recognize the intrinsic worth of that person and to share in that worth.

In 2019, let’s live by counting our blessings each day and seeking ways to bless others.

Peggy Reece

If you could pick one word to define what you hope for in the New Year, what would it be? A word to encourage you, guide you, comfort and teach you. A word to remind you of your place in this world. A word that describes you. A word to live by.

For me, it was easy. My cup overflows: a family with loved ones from two months to 92 years old; a patient, devoted husband; caring friends; a fulfilling job. Even with the inevitable trials that come with all of that, I am grateful and blessed. Blessed is my word for 2019.

Sometimes a word can be used with little thought to its original meaning. By definition, blessed means highly favored or fortunate; one dictionary described blessed as a word used for emphasizing that something makes you feel happy or grateful because it is just what you need (or want). A blessing brings good

ROMEO Club

Thursday January 10 departing 10:30 a.m.

Lunch at The 19th Hole kicks off the year of our men’s pursuit of gastronomic delights!

Putting Tournament

Thursday January 10th at 1:30 p.m.

Head on down to the grange with your putter and work on your technique so you will be

ready for Timber Falls in the spring!

Oak Table for Breakfast

Thursday January 17 departing at 9:00 a.m.

Start out the day—not to mention the year—with a good breakfast!

ChocMo for Lunch

Thursday January 24 departing at 11:00 a.m.

Expanded menu options and watching them hand make their chocolates make this visit

more tempting than ever.

Louie Foxx, Magician Extraordinaire

Friday January 25 at 1:00 p.m.

The energy, humor and element of surprise that Louie brings is sure to delight!

Jewel Box Theater

Sunday January 27 departing at 1:00 p.m.

A musical revue with Alan Sherman’s parodies from the ‘60’s, “Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah” is

lighthearted and entertaining.

Il Lucano Italian Ristorante, Gig Harbor

Thursday January 31 departing at 10:30 a.m.

On our visit here last year, we discovered old world charm and quality in the service and the

delicious food!

Page 7 Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in he soul and sings the tunes without the words and never stops at all. ~Emily Dickinson

You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending. ~C. S. Lewis

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“Should auld acquaintance be forgot

and never brought to mind?

Should auld acquaintance be forgot

and auld lang syne?

“For auld lang syne, my dear,

For auld land syne,

We’ll take a cup of kindness yet

For auld lang syne.”

These familiar words are attributed

to Robert Burns, Scotland’s national

poet, but unlike “my love’s like a

red, red rose that’s newly sprung in

June” (some of the most quoted

lines of poetry written by Burns)

most people don’t really know what

the words to the song mean. Some-

times deemed the most famous

“song that nobody knows” by music

historians, “Auld Lang Syne” is a

part of the long oral tradition of

drinking and singing. Around the

world it is faithfully sung every year

at the New Year, and a cup is raised

to life and health and “auld lang

syne.”

Literally translated it means “old

long since” or “days gone by,” which

is an appropriate toast for the New

Year. We are probably most familiar

with the version made famous by Guy

Lombardo and His Royal Canadians,

played every New Year’s Eve from

1939 until about 1977, which plays

after the ball drops in Times Square.

So fill your glass with a twinkle of

nostalgia in your eye and sing it like

you mean it! Happy New Year!

Build a Snowman Thursday January 3 at 2:00 p.m.

Just in case your fingers get cold, there will be hot chocolate and cookies to follow at 3:30.

January Birthday Party Friday January 4 at 2:00 p.m.

Dan Willman’s friendly manner and energetic style make this a real celebration.

Diesel the Therapy Horse Thursday January 10 at 10:30 a.m.

Don’t miss a chance to get in on some pony love and cuddles!

Four Star Singers Thursday January 10 at 2:00 p.m.

Join us for a sing-a-long with some of our favorite performers.

Music with Vince Pace Wednesday January 16 at 2:00 p.m.

We love Vince, with his keyboard and all our old favorite songs.

Let’s Make Lefse! Friday January 18 at 2:00 P.M.

Kim will be our “house expert” as we roll out and bake this traditional Norwegian treat!

PJ’s Party with Movie Friday January 18 at 7:00 p.m.

“Mary Poppins Returns” is playing at our pajama party tonight!

Louie Foxx, Marvelous Magician Friday January 25 at 2:00 p.m.

Sleight of hand and clever feats that amaze and amuse us—come for laughter and some pretty

good magic!

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Page 6 There is no small act of kindness. Every compassionate act makes large the world. ~Mary Anne Radmacher

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The generous prosper and are satisfied. Those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed. Proverbs 11:2

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Mondays at 11:00 a.m.

January 7—Olive Garden January 14—Red Lobster

Monday January 28—Safeway & Trader Joe’s

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Music!

We start the week with Sunday Hymns at 11:00 a.m., a good beginning for a restful

day of games, aroma therapy and hand

massage.

The Heart Singers join us on Tuesday

January 8 at 2:00 p.m.

Fluffy’s happy music will get us going on

Tuesday January 15 at 2:00 p.m.

Thursdays we make our own music with

our morning Sing-a-long Session at 10:30.

Every Friday at 3:00 p.m. in January, keyboard players with various styles will

bring us music that invites us to sing

along, just listen, or tap our toes with joy.

Marvelous Mondays

Some weekly favorites make Monday much anticipated. After morning exercise, brains and taste buds are stimulated at News and

Nibbles. Mimi gets better acquainted with us each week as she leads us in a new craft project. After Brain Games or Bingo we look

forward to a weekly highlight: Monday

Mochas with M & M! Marvelous!

Man’s Best Friend

Maybe the best thing about Tuesdays is our Pet Therapy Visit. “Dogs are not our whole

life, but they make our lives whole.” Roger Caras, television personality from Nightline and 20/20, devoted his later years to the

ASPCA and writing books about animals. He also said, “ Dogs have give us their all.

We are the focus of their love and faith and trust. They serve us in return for scraps. It is without a doubt the best deal man has

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ever made.” Be sure to join us for Pet

Therapy on Tuesdays at 3:30 to be the

recipient of some of that puppy love!

January Jumble

Thursdays this month bring a variety of activities sure to delight many of you! We

have a few quick trips “out and about” for a change of scenery; Arm Chair Travel will

take us to amazing places around the

world; this month we even have a Winter

Tea Party and a Snowball Fight!

Town Square

Fridays bring us together in Town Square for afternoon activities, music and the

traditional Friday Night Movie.

Ahhh, Saturday

After a busy week, most of us think of Saturday as a day to wind down or catch

up on things around the home. We do just

that here, with exercise, “Cuff and Buff,” a relaxing game of Bingo, and maybe we’ll

go for a walk or feed the birds.

And don’t forget our Birthday Party on Wednesday January 30th at 2:00 p.m. “In the

end, it’s not the years in your life that count,

but the life in your years.” ~Abraham Lincoln

Wednesday January 2 at 11:30 a.m. Andy & Cindy’s Diner

Wednesday January 9 at 11:30 a.m. Pancake House

Wednesday January 16 at 11:30 a.m. Olive Garden

Wednesday January 23 at 11:30 a.m. Airport Diner

Wednesday January 31 at 11:30 a.m.

Andy & Cindy’s Diner

When you realize that by changing your perspective, big things can be seen as little things, it becomes much harder to worry about anything. ~Notes from the Universe

The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention. ~Oscar Wilde

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