We are ready for football!!! Helen talks about family and friends that has attended MSU
Today we made fruit pizza's!!!
Great times to travel!!!
The lady's in Mary's B's made bracelets today they said they all in this together❤
Happy National Assisted Living Week
We had an amazing carnival today!!!
Animal print day for assisted living week!
Happy Sweetest Day!!! Everyone enjoyed a variety of chocolates and bingo.
Kickball is always fun!!!
Row the boat is always a fun song to sing during exercise.
. Everyone had fun bowling today; lots of strikes and smiles❤❤❤
Today we celebrated and pin Ms. Joann. She discussed the importance of early prevention. She was a nurse for many years and enjoys helping others.
Branch Buddies also celebrated Pink Day!!!
Today we had our pink happy hour in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness. Everyone enjoyed a variety of pink wines and snacks of their choice. Friday Happy Hour on a rainy day is perfect to enjoy good company.
What are some things you enjoy doing on a rain day???
Everyone enjoys shopping at the store. Thank you family members and friends for a variety of donations. Residents are able to pickup personal care items and yummy treats.
Ladies in pink playing kickball!!! Lets go team
Its always nice to have our branch buddies come and visit. Beatrice loves to be held and Mike enjoys good company.
Today's Woman's group focused on positive thinking. We took turns saying nice things about each other. It's better that we build each other up and take a positive view on life.
Everyone was happy to enjoy drinks and treats off Hydration Cart and Mobile Bickford Store.
We GOT Spirit!! Everyone is excited about the big game on Saturday. Today we had the opportunity to show off our colors.
Halloween Cheer packets are in the swing!!! We love to see you smile.
Joyce is sugar and spice and everything nice!!!! Today we talked about favorite Halloween customs.
We are starting the Halloween Festivities early!!!
Special Delivery...
What's better than flowers???
Happy National Football Day!!! Who's your favorite NFL Team???
All we need is love!!!! My heart is over joyed to see dear friends visit their mom/grandma on today.
Even during difficult times its always nice to know love has no limits❤❤❤
Blessings
Love you
Today we played hallway bingo!!!
Its always a nice day to read a book.
Today we played tick tac toe.... I can't tell you who won lol
Thank you Project Love Team
We had lots of fun ????❤
Today we played tick tac toe.... I can't tell you who won lol
Thank you Project Love Team
We had lots of fun ????❤
Thank You Project Love for yummy treats and well wishes. Everyone enjoyed receiving their random acts of kindness. Your kindness is appreciated thanks for sharing cheer notes. Blessings
Laughter and smiles are the best medicine. You never go wrong with showing kindness.
Today after exercises Bonnie enjoyed working beaded craft. She made a beautiful bracelet and very proud of if.
Today we watched hallmark movies and reminisced about the holidays. So much has changed but the joy of family and remembering Christ Birth. The count down has started....????
Project Love is truly a blessing and everyone enjoys receiving random cheer notes. On today we passed out yummy treats and beautiful cards donated from our Project Love Team. So many have been touched by the kind words, gifts and prayers given by strangers within the community. Its truly a random act of kindness and love that spreads far and beyond.
We Thank you!!!
Shirley is always busy putting together puzzles ????
She just put together a beautiful one...
Can you name this Bridge???
Today we had our mobile cart cruising the hallways. It was nice seeing the friendly faces and choices of activities, personals care products and snacks.
Today seem a little brisk but the temperature isn't bad if prepared... A perfect fall day to be outdoors
You can't go wrong with chocolate chip cookies... What's your favorite double chocolate or chocolate chip???
Mary B's Friends would like to wish you a Happy Thanksgiving❤❤❤
We are thankful for...
George would like to wish his family and friends a happy Turkey Day!!!
Today we played Thanksgiving Bingo
Happy Turkey!!!! Complements to our wonderful dietary team, BFM's and Kitchen Supervisor Tyler Volk.
Today's Lunch is amazing!!!
KUDOS!!!!
Turkey, Ham, Dressing, Green Bean Casserole, Sweet and Mashed Potatoes
Lets not forget the Pumpkin Pie????
We like to wish you and your families a happy Thanksgiving
Louis was voted best holiday dressed...
YOU GUESSED IT!!!
What's playing on our Alexa?
Who can guess the song?
Bickford Book Club read of the week
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
It is the summer of 1950–and at the once-grand mansion of Buckshaw, young Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison, is intrigued by a series of inexplicable events: A dead bird is found on the doorstep, a postage stamp bizarrely pinned to its beak. Then, hours later, Flavia finds a man lying in the cucumber patch and watches him as he takes his dying breath.
For Flavia, who is both appalled and delighted, life begins in earnest when murder comes to Buckshaw. “I wish I could say I was afraid, but I wasn’t. Quite the contrary. This was by far the most interesting thing that had ever happened to me in my entire life.”
Drink of the day Ciderhouse Sangria
Ciderhouse Sangria
Ingredients:
1 bottle of Sandeman Founders Reserve Port
24 oz apple cider
3 oz rye whiskey
1.5 oz maple syrup
2 Granny Smith apples
2 pears
Directions:
Dice apples and pears and set aside. Mix all remaining ingredients together in pitcher. Add in apples and pears. Let sit for at least 8-12 hours (or overnight).
Recipe of the day - New nicoise salad
SERVES 4
PREP TIME 10MINS
COOK TIME 15MINS
This salad is jam-packed with delicious vegetables and flavour, making it perfect for a mid-week light and healthy dinner.
INGREDIENTS
500g small kipfler potatoes
2 tbs extra virgin olive oil
4 eggs
4 small Lebanese cucumbers, sliced lengthways into thin wedges
6 mixed heirloom tomatoes, sliced
250g can tuna in oil, drained
2 eschalots, thinly sliced
150g snow pea shoots
OLIVE TAPENADE DRESSING
1/4 cup (60ml) extra virgin olive oil
2 tbs red wine vinegar
1/3 cup (50g) pitted kalamata olives, finely chopped
1/2 garlic clove, finely grated
METHOD
1. Place potatoes in a saucepan, cover with cold water and bring to the boil over high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low and cook for 15 minutes or until tender. Rinse under cold water and drain.
2. For the olive tapenade dressing, combine all ingredients and season.
3. Heat oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Break eggs into pan and fry for 2 minutes or until cooked to your liking.
4. Halve potatoes if large. Divide among plates with cucumber, tomato, tuna, eschalot and snow pea shoots. Drizzle with dressing and top with an egg to serve
STELLAAAAAAAAAA!!!!
This day in history “A Streetcar Named Desire” opens on Broadway
On December 3, 1947, Marlon Brando’s famous cry of “STELLA!” first booms across a Broadway stage, electrifying the audience at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre during the first-ever performance of Tennessee Williams’ play A Streetcar Named Desire.
The 23-year-old Brando played the rough, working-class Polish-American Stanley Kowalski, whose violent clash with Blanche DuBois (played on Broadway by Jessica Tandy), a Southern belle with a dark past, is at the center of Williams’ famous drama. Blanche comes to stay with her sister Stella (Kim Hunter), Stanley’s wife, at their home in the French Quarter of New Orleans; she and Stanley immediately despise each other. In the climactic scene, Stanley rapes Blanche, causing her to lose her fragile grip on sanity; the play ends with her being led away in a straitjacket.
Streetcar, produced by Irene Mayer Selznick and directed by Elia Kazan, shocked mid-century audiences with its frank depiction of sexuality and brutality onstage. When the curtain went down on opening night, there was a moment of stunned silence before the crowd erupted into a round of applause that lasted 30 minutes. On December 17, the cast left New York to go on the road. The show would run for more than 800 performances, turning the charismatic Brando into an overnight star. Tandy won a Tony Award for her performance, and Williams was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
In 1951, Kazan made Streetcar into a movie. Brando, Hunter and Karl Malden (as Stanley’s friend and Blanche’s love interest) reprised their roles. The role of Blanche went to Vivien Leigh, the scenery-chewing star of Gone with the Wind. Controversy flared when the Catholic Legion of Decency threatened to condemn the film unless the explicitly sexual scenes—including the climactic rape—were removed. When Williams, who wrote the screenplay, refused to take out the rape, the Legion insisted that Stanley be punished onscreen. As a result, the movie (but not the play) ends with Stella leaving Stanley.
A Streetcar Named Desire earned 12 Oscar nominations, including acting nods for each of its four leads. The movie won for Best Art Direction, and Leigh, Hunter and Malden all took home awards; Brando lost to Humphrey Bogart in The African Queen.
Today Mike and I enjoyed fresh air outdoors.
Mike: What do you here..
Tia: What do you think I do?
Mike: He said you always make me laugh and your always happy. You also bring lots treats and snacks.
Tia: (I could only smile and say) Yes I try my best.
I'm your Life Enrichment Coordinator.
I like to share special moments of happiness.
Mike: He said I was doing a good job❤❤❤
Today we jazzed up our Christmas Cookie Sweaters.
Today is beauty shop day ❤❤❤ Kelly always does an amazing job on our ladies hair.
Special Delivery!!! Our friend received a gift from Troy Mi❤
The smile she has is priceless
Ready for the holidays!!! Today Suzie and I took a walk outside and visited the North Pole.
Special Delivery!!!! Today we received beautiful flowers donated by an anonymous friend or family member❤❤❤
Thank You, Thank You, and Thank You
Special BFM Appreciation Delivery!!!!! THANK YOU Lori for thinking of us❤❤❤
Every year we receive delicious cookies delivered special from a sweet Little Elf????
Thank you for being our elf on today ((everyday)).
Your always busy working behind the scene.
Love You!!!!
We are counting down the days until Christmas!!!! TODAY we celebrated hard working elves.
BFM Alexis is always busy working a brings cheerful joy to everyone.
BFF Elves is busy working on BFM Surprise Gifts!!!
BIG HEARTS ❤❤❤
We are counting down the days until Christmas. Today we had the family fun ugly sweater contest. Lots of participation from residents and BFM.
Do you hear what I hear??? its a Hot Chocolate kind of a day.... Today we had a coco bar with all of the fixings.
And last but definitely not least...a gender reveal!! Patreonna is having a baby girl!!
Big thanks to anyone who donated to our party!
To our raffle...
To the games...
Cozy PJs and happy smiles we had fun during our 12 days of Christmas!!! We received lots of participation and fun was shared by all.
Thank You Project Love!!!!
Everyone is being showered with Christmas Gifts and Treats.
Its truly a blessing having loving family members and friends.
Thank you for your kindness and thinking of us. COVID 19 thought its the Grinch that took Christmas but not so!!1 We received lots of love form all of our all across the United States.
Thank You Project love Team
Santa Clause Pics❤❤❤
Everyone is still talking about our Christmas Party.
We had a wonderful time together.
Thanks to everyone that shared in moments of happiness. This year's holiday festivities was different in many ways.
We are looking forward to a greater year 2021
The door contest came down to these two and the final winner is....WINTER WONDERLAND!!
Santa Clause passed out Christmas gifts during our party. Its truly a blessing seeing everyone faces light up with joy receiving their gifts.
Today we had our Bickford Family Friends Christmas Party. We had lots of fun playing games, listening to music and enjoying delicious appetizers and desserts. We even had a surprise visit from Santa Clause....
Wait I think we had two Santa Visits??? Everyone had a great time guessing the real St. Nick
HAPPY NEW YEAR'S!!! Today we are watching football and enjoying snacks. Let the fun and new year keep pushing❤❤❤
Happy New Year's!!!! Everyone is enjoying our Bickford Family Tradition "Bloody Mary's" w Patrick LeBlanc.
Mary B's New Year's Eve Highlights!!! It's not everyday we can celebrate and bring in a new year. It was fun talking about 2021 promises. What's a promise you would like to keep or make for 2021?
Cheers Happy New Years!!!! New Years Eve we danced out 2020 and marched in 2021.
New Years Eve Festivities!!!! Great times shared by all Happy New Year's Everyone.
Today we played bingo....
We had a couple new friends join us.
Today we played Elvis Bingo and Celebrated Birthdays. Its not every day we can turn 21...
Congratulations on 1st place winners in Jeopardy/ Wheel of Fortune.
How many can say your bible scholars???
In about 930 BC, Israel was divided into these two separate kingdoms. (name at least one)
Today we blended Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune together.
Lots of fun and laughs shared by all...
Today we had an practice Sleuth Mystery game called "The Missing Diamond Necklace"
It was funny coming up with the different reasons for guilty thief lol.
Sadly it was an inside job and Aunt Peral is the guilty family member...
HAPPY NEW YEAR'S!!! Today we are watching football and enjoying snacks. Let the fun and new year keep pushing❤❤❤
Project Love❤❤❤
Check out our melting snowman hydration cart!!!!
A refreshing drink everyone can use a smile and burst of flavor.
Thank you Robin Gorman Wright ((hugs))
We love to see you smile❤❤❤ Everyone looks forward to visiting Buzz and Bees Beauty Shop. T
Its always nice to have our four legged friends visit our branch. Barb looks forward to Fridays she enjoys dog sitting her sweet Minnie. Minnie enjoys walks and meeting new BFF.
George is a very cool cat. He helped shine the light on many slang words from the 1940's.
If someone says you are talking nonsense you are:
A. Moxie
B. Gobbledygook
C. Ace
Congratulations George for being the top winner!!!
How much was a 1b of butter in the 1940's??? Can you recall how did you sweeten your coffee during difficult times???
Today we took a flashback to the 1940s's... Great music and mocktail drinks everyone enjoyed Shirley Temple drinks.
We had a blast playing balloon bop, trivia, and end enjoyed yummy treats.
Great Times In Mary B's "Love is in the room"
The challenge is on!!!!
Today we traveled to Maui and had a blast drinking wine, sipping on margaritas and enjoying delicious appetizers.
It was easy to mix and mingle with all of friends. The afternoon got heated as we tried to recapture the details of fast murder.
Everyone took turns trying to solve the mystery. A love triangle that went wrong...
Lets not forget the tattoos that helped solve the puzzle????????????
What Michigan Micro Brew is your favorite?
What do you think goes with this Michigan Classic?
Ketchup?
Beer?
Better Made Potato Chips?
Fago?
Anyone watched the Fago Kid as a child?
Who's your favorite Michigan sports team?
Ladies worked hard making Valentine's Day Center's.
Its always nice to see the variety of styles and smiles.
I spy a pink heart around a special Bickford Family Friend. Love seems to be in the air.
1-2-3 Bingo!!! Everyone looks forward to playing bingo on Mondays.
Special Delivery!!!! Today we had fun decorating doors and mailboxes for Valentine's Day.
What stories or memories do you have about Pheasant Hunting or other upland game bird sports?
Fun Times Together
Today we had our super bowl party and trivia. Who is second to wining the most super bowls???
Super Bowl Sunday Party!!! Yummy treats and great predictions on the game today.
Today we made love note conversations. We are counting down the days until Valentines Day. Do you know who receives the most Valentines Day Cards???
Why do you wear your wedding ring on your left hand???
Love is in the air!!!!
Today we are having fun with trivia and Queen of hearts!!!
Queen Victoria & Queen Elizabeth ❤
You put your lime in your coconut and we get a wonderful time together. Husband and wife continue working together to beat the virus. Carol smiled and said all we need is L.O.V.E
Move out the way COVID 19 we mean business. Together we can beat the virus
Mary B's Friends is Getting Ready 2 Kick COVID 19 Butt!!!
Its going down!!! Together We Can Beat COVID 19????
1 COVID Shot Down 1 More 2 Go
Happy Birthday Chelsey Barnes we love you!!!!
We Beat COVID 19 Together Today
For every shot given, a shirt was given too!
"I'll have a Corona, hold the virus"
The heat is on!!! A friendly game of checkers is always fun and its an exciting game to watch.
What is your favorite board game???
We love Beauty Shop Thursdays!!!
We celebrated Burgers and Beer Day with great food and friendly conversations.
Can you recall your first automobile???
Great times together!!!!
Today we made special random act of kindness crafts.
Happy Ash Wednesday!!! BIBLE BOWL CHAMPION
Today We had an Sipping and Horary Happy Hour!!!
Carnivals Around the World Day – The time surrounding Mardi Gras is a traditional time for carnival in many nations worldwide. Today we enjoyed carnival treats played games, and watched the Greatest Showman. What's your favorite carnival food or treat???
We always take pride in how clean our building is, but especially since Covid. Our housekeepers have worked extra hard to keep everything not only clean, but sanitized as well!
Bickford Family Friends and Bickford Family Members worked hard preparing for a new family member. We are counting down the days...
Lots of love for one of our newest BFM. We will be welcoming a new bundle of joy soon.
Baby Shower Winner!!! Had fun guessing the most answers during Family Feud
Doing some therapy with Fox Rehab!
Ladies paint and sip group had fun working on door hangers.
Happy Birthday Joy!!! We had fun celebrating together with trivia, music and friends.
Lots of fun decorating for St. Patty's Day
Everyone enjoys smelling beautiful flowers and making floral arrangements. Our family friends did a wonderful job making centers this weekend.
Our ladies' enjoy 1:1 manicures
Good morning March 31st at 10am Central, Bickford is conducting a company wide VIRTUAL EVENT on Fall Prevention.
Heres the link: bit.ly/FallBTH
Mary B's Friends had a wonderful time outdoors today. We are excited its starting to warm up.
Today was our grand opening of our dining rooms. Everyone enjoyed our new St. Patty Centers.
Walking Club is almost in full swing.
1-2-3 Bingo!!!!
Today we made Oreo Cookie Delights!!! Happy National Oreo Cookie Day. The Oreo was first introduced in 1912 and it has been the best-selling cookie in America ever since. We love to dunk them, twist them, and straight up take a bite. Here’s to the delicious Oreo!
We are counting down the days until St. Patty's day. Toady we made centerpieces for our dining room tables.
Today we tilled the soil getting ready for spring.. We found lots of weeds and had fun working together.
Today after receiving our COVID 19 shots we celebrated and had fun with trivia. Mike projected the number of wins for the cookie challenge. Thin Mints win
We are hoping for Spring and many of us are excited about decorating. Pat is very proud and showing off her beautiful door decorations.
Girl Scout Day – Today marks the anniversary of the founding of the Girl Scouts (1912). The Girl Scouts organization has evolved since then and now offers badges in computer science, robotics, environmental advocacy, and mechanical engineering, to name a few.
What’s your favorite cookie? What’s your friend’s favorite?
BFF has decided on 1st, 2nd and 3rd choices!!!
Yummy treats and St. PATTYS DAY CHEER MAIL. Today we are celebrating and sharing love with each other.
Bestfriends celebrate together as they received their second COVID 19 injection. A great day in history as they say thumbs up "new beginnings"
Don't forget to drink lots of water... Thank you Marylou for the friendly reminder and beautiful smile.
St. Paddy's Day 1st place winner for the most Green Attire.
Happy St. Paddy's Day we made Shamrock Cookies for Comedy Happy Hour.
Today we decorated St. Paddy's cookies. Shirley couldn't help but to smile with excitement Go MSU!!!
My favorite Irish blessing. Do you have one?
Sometimes you just need to throw on some James Brown and dance those troubles away!
It has been a long road for Herb, but he is now walking with his prosthetic! We are very proud!
Are you up for the challenge???
Betty loves a good corn hole challenge
Today we had a Diabetic Awareness Day.
We talked about healthy choices and exercise.
