Christmas Celebration!

On Thursday December 18th we had our Christmas Party for all friends and family to come! We had a wonderful turn out. The kitchen served a wonderful selection of food, Sister Mary Ellen played the piano while everyone enjoyed the food. We watch slideshow of all of our fun activities that we have done through out the year. And last but not least we had our gifts to each and every client from there secret santa! Everyone had a great time! We are so happy that everyone could make it.

It is that crazy time of years...I will be updating the blog through out the week! Have a safe New Year! Jamie

Banana Cake

Banana Cake (from Mom’s Who Think)
Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter1 1/2 cups sugar 2 large eggs, beaten 2 cups flour, sifted 1/2 tsp. of salt 1/4 tsp. baking powder 1/2 cup milk 1/4 tsp. vanilla 3/4 tsp. baking soda (add to pureed bananas) 3 pureed bananas, very ripe
Cream Cheese Frosting:
1/2 stick butter, softened8 oz. cream cheese, softened 1 box powdered sugar (1 lb.) 2 tsp. vanilla extract
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9x13" baking pan or two 9" layer cake pans.
2. Cream butter, sugar and eggs. Sift flour several times, then add the salt and baking powder to the flour.
3. To the creamed butter mixture, add the milk and flour (alternating, beginning and ending with flour).
4. Add vanilla and mashed bananas (with the baking soda added to the bananas) to this mixture.
5. Bake layer cakes (9") for 25-30 minutes, oblong (9x13") for 35-40 minutes.
Frosting Directions:
1. Mix cream cheese and butter until smooth, add sugar and vanilla and blend well. Spread on cooled cake.

Busy Tuesday

Tuesdays are a busy day around here. We have all different activies for everyone to enjoy. Here are just a few.

Cards

While the ladies are busy in the kitchen making snack and getting manicures, Bobbi sits down with Elmer to play a fun game of Kings Corner, that is a crowd favorite!

Spritz

One day last week we received a wonderful donation from a fellow employee, a wonderful pampered chef cookie press among other great utensils. So what better way to celebrate this great donation was to make some spritz cookies for everyone to enjoy!

Classic Spritz Cookies:

1 1/2 cups butter (3 sticks), softened
1 cup sugar
1 egg

1 tsp vanilla extract
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
Colored sugar or sprinkles (optional)

1. Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C). In large mixing bowl, beat butter and sugar on medium speed of electric mixer about 3 minutes or until creamy, scraping down sides as necessary. Add egg and vanilla; beat well. Add flour; mix on low speed just until blended, scraping down sides as necessary. (Dough will be soft; do not refrigerate.)

2. Fit Cookie Press with desired disk (see Cook's Tip); fill with dough. Press dough onto Cookie Sheet 1 in. (2.5 cm) apart. Decorate cookies with colored sugar or sprinkles, if desired. Bake 10-12 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool cookies 2 minutes on Cookie Sheet; remove to cooling rack. Repeat with remaining dough.
Yield: 6-7 dozen cookies

We hope Everyone had a very Merry Christmas!

~Sharyl, Jamie, Bonnie, Bobbi, & Nicole!

Manicures

Our ladies love to be pampered, what better way then with a nice manicure from our wonderful volunteer Beverly! It just sets the mood for all the ladies makes then feel so nice!

Russian Tea

Russian Tea:

1/2 cup Instant tea

2cup Tang Orange Drink

1 pkg. Lemonade mix

1 tsp. Cinnamon

1/2 tsp. cloves

1cup sugar

Mix all ing. together. For serving, place 1 well rounded teaspoon of mix in a cup of boiling water. Stir until dissolved.

1/3c. of mix makes about 1 quart of drink. Store in tightly covered jar and it will keep for weeks.

The Louises' busy at work.....

I put these ladies on a mission to make our afternoon snack. The choice was yummu Oatmeal Raisin Cookies!

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies:

1cup margarine

1cup brown sugar

1cup sugar

2 eggs

1tsp vanilla

1 1/2cup flour

1tsp salt

tsp baking soda

3cups oatmeal

1cup raisins

1/2cup chopped nut

Bake @ 350* for 10 minutes

Book Club

Monday Morning we started a new book,"Little Women." We read every Monday before lunch. Once we have finished the book we will enjoy the movie!

Busy!

Janet loves to keep busy. I put her on a project of putting all of our pictures in our photo albums.

Afternoon Painting!

This afternoon we put all of our tables together and set out all different projects for everyone to do. Some painted, and colored. While others made a mitten wreath. Doing different projects is something they all love to do!

Welcome Matt!

Please join us in welcoming Matt to our program. Matt will be attending three days a week. We are so happy you are a part of our program!

Happy Birthday!

11/28/2009 Richard celebrated his 78th birthday! Being that is birthday was over thanksgiving weekend, we celebrated his birthday the thursday after with some chocolate cake and ice cream! Happy Birthday Richard!

Happy Birthday!

11/28/2009 Richard celebrated is 68th Birthday. It happened to be over the weekend of Thanksgiving so we celebrated the Wednesday before! What a lucky guy to have two celebrations! Happy Birthday Richard!