Tudor Oaks "ACORN" Monthly Newsletter - February 2023

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February 2023

Tudor Oaks Main Line: 414-529-0100

Reception Hours

Monday - Friday: 8:00am - 7:00pm

Saturday & Sunday: 9:30am - 6:00pm

Meal Times

Reservation Line: 414-525-6419

Breakfast~8:00am-8:30am

Lunch~11:30am-12:30pm

Dinner~4:30pm-6:00pm

Butternut Bistro Hours

Monday - Friday: 9:00am – 1:30pm 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Saturday: 10:00am- 2:00pm

Gift cards available

Bank Hours

Thursday: 9:30am - 10:30am

Office located—Wisdom Tree Library

Curly Willow Beauty Shop

Call for an appointment : 414-525-6403

Massage Therapist: Sherry Radish 414-525-9578

Patty Cures: Patty Schmidt

414-858-9209

(Manicurist/Pedicurist)

2023

Calendar Key A1 Lounge (A1L)

Butternut Bistro (BB)

Fitness Room (FR)

Frances Henry Health Center (FHC)

Lamson Plaza (LP)

Leaf and Petal Greenhouse (LPGH)

Multi-Purpose Room (MPR)

Oak Ridge Lounge (ORL)

Oak Ridge Room (ORR)

Olive Wood Theater (OWT)

Poplar Lifestyle Room (PLR)

Private Dining Room (PDR)

Reflection Room (RR)

Swimming Pool (SP)

Wellness Clinic (D218)

Windsor Gardens (WG)

Windsor House (WH)

Windsor Manor (WM)

Wisdom Tree Library (WTL)

Dale Picord- Culinary Services

Myana Wensink- CNA

Isabella Jauquet- Culinary Services

Elizabeth Se琀les- Resident Assistant

Jason Tomczyk- Culinary Services

Hailey Lampinen- CNA

“Seenager”

I JUST discovered my age group! I am a Seenager (senior teenager).

I have everything that I wanted as a teenager, only 55-60 years later. I don’t have to go to school or work. I get an allowance every month. I have my own pad. I don’t have curfew. I have a driver ’s license and my own car.

I have ID that gets me into bars and the wine store. I like the wine store best. The people I hang around with are not scared of getting pregnant, they aren’t scared of anything, they have been blessed to live this long, why be scared? And I don’t have acne. Life is GOOD !!

Also, you will feel much more intelligent after reading this if you are a Seenager. Brains of older people are slow because they know so much. People do not decline mentally with age; it just takes them longer to recall facts because they have more information in their brains. Scientists believe this also makes you hard of hearing as it puts pressure on your inner ear.

Also, older people often go to another room to get something and when they get there, they stand there wondering what they came for. It is NOT a memory problem; it is nature’s way of making older people do more exercise.

SO THERE!! I have more friends I should send this to, but right now I can’t remember their names. So please share this with yo ur friends; they may be my friends too.

December Recycling Update About Plastic Bags

NINE big sacks stuffed full of plastic bags collected from our four Recycling Rooms were taken to Walmart in December, 2022. Thank you for your great enthusiasm for recycling all different types of plastic bags. Keep up the good work and let’s see how many bags full we can recycle this month and throughout the year!! The Bag Lady

News and Notes

Acorn submissions are due by the 15th of each month to insure they are included in the following month’s issue. Please place submissions in the tray on the file cabinet in the PLR.

FO FOOD COMMITTEES OD COMMITTEE S

Independent Living: Every third Thursday of month ~sign up at the Hostess Station

~1:00 in Oak Ridge Dining Room

Windsor Manor: Every second Thursday of month at 2:30pm

Windsor House: Every second Thursday of month at 3:30pm

Febrebruary 3 uary 3 : Wellness Lecture 2:30pm in OWT—Heart Disease

F Febrebruary 16: uary 16: 3:00pm in OWT Aurora Community Outreach presents

Advanced Directives: Power of Attorney for Healthcare

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**Registration Required** Registration

Call Dayle in the Wellness Office at 414-525-6598 to register by Feb 14.

Reminder: You may return any vases from the Muskego community donation of flowers back to the Greenhouse. These will be returned to the florist to use again. Thank you!!

The Employee Gifts and Grants (EGG) Committee is pleased to announce the arrival of a new and elegant wooden donation box. We are grateful to Julia Kurlinski for engaging her brother for this construction project. Stanley Kurlinski designed and constructed this very beautiful and unique donation box . As soon as the EGG Committee has secured a second key for the very distinctive box, the new box will be placed in the dining room lounge for everyone to enjoy and utilize. Watch for its arrival!!

Entertainment (OWT or Ch. 957)

►February 6 at 6:30pm: Josh

Quinn, Singer and Guitar

►February 16 at 6:30pm: Jim Rice, Founder of the Century Project

►February 21 at 6:30pm: The

Acoustix, Duo Singers

►February 28 at 6:30pm: Ronald McDonald House Presentation (OWT)

February 5th: Five Feet Apart

February 12th: The Best of Me

February 19th: Age of Adaline

February 26th: Leap Year

** Channel 955 **

January Entertainment by Magician Raime Townsend

6:30 pm

Channel 955 on your TV

February Movie Line Up

3rd Instant Family 10th Off the Rails

17th It’s Complicated

24th Blue Sky

6:30pm in PDR

February 4, 11, and 18

Project “Dining Room Shelves”

Hope you have noticed the dining room shelves (above the fireplace) decorated to reflect different seasons of the year. It is hoped that residents will at times loan crafts, antique toys or old fashion kitchen gadgets to be included in the décor.

I would like to thank the following residents that have, at this time, loaned items to enhance the displays:

●Knitted gnomes by Nancy Berken

●Santa hand carved by Dave Gaylord

●Peace on Earth sign on loan from Ardy Straub

●Baskets from Jo Plitt

●Vases, flowers, bric brac from Nan Rupp & Mary Liverman

Thanks also to the maintenance staff that helped arrange the items on the shelves. If you have ideas for displays that you may wish to see featured, let me know.

Mary Liverman

Tudor Oaks SOUP...ER BOWL

SUNDAY PARTY

February 12th in the Olive Wood Theater

Come watch the BIG Game with friends and enjoy:

• Your choice of three different soups

• Super Bowl Squares Betting Game (winners announced quarterly)

• 50/50 (drawing at half-time)

Complete event flyer will be delivered January 26th

The Fashion Shows scheduled for February 9 and February 10 have been canceled due to lack of interest.

T herapy Fun Facts! era y Fun

1. Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy began to thrive during World War I and World War II where the US Military began recognizing the benefit of using “reconstruction aids”. OT would use occupation as a means of treatment for wounded soldiers to return to the battlefront and PT would primarily use massage and exercise techniques.

2. Occupational therapy is ranked #10 as the best health care job by US News and World Report in 2021.

3. Occupational therapists and physical therapists are different but work closely together. Physical therapy involves focusing on movement and regaining strength after an injury. Occupational therapy focuses on increasing independence to complete daily activities.

4. Currently, 70% of Physical therapists in the U.S. are women.

If you should need any therapy services please call 414-525-6517.

On behalf of all the employees here at Tudor Oaks, we would like to say a big thank you for your kind and generous Christmas gift. We appreciate each and everyone of you!!

Employee Highlight: Abby Nelson

Abby was born in Milwaukee, WI, but she grew up in the small town of Eagle, WI. Her mom had three biological sons and then later met her dad at a telephone company they both worked at. Her parents then went on to adopt nine children, bless their hearts, so Abby has ten brothers and one sister! In Abby’s words, “It was crazy growing up in a big family, but also quite fun. I suppose you could call it beau琀ful chaos. I think the best part of having a big family and being adopted is that although we are all very di昀erent, we all have a uniqueness that we share and a sense of loyalty that brings us even closer. We are very blessed.” One of the other advantages Abby highlighted was that they had enough of them to go outside and play most sports with good sized teams, although some琀mes a few neighbor kids would join. She also men琀oned that shopping trips always made her laugh. Her family would have three shopping carts full of food on a weekly basis and her dad would by at least six gallons of milk. There was never a dull moment with this family. Abby went to school at Grace Chris琀an Academy in West Allis from K5-8th grade. Although it was a long drive from Eagle, her parents wanted her and her siblings to have that faith-昀lled founda琀on and

educa琀on. From here, Abby went on to Mukwonago High School and was part of the gradua琀ng class of 2016. Next, she went onto college earning her bachelor’s degree in Health Informa琀on Management and Technology from University of Wisconsin-Parkside, gradua琀ng in 2020. All through college, Abby kept busy and worked two jobs. The 昀rst job Abby worked was on-campus working in the oce of the registrars as a student oce assistant where she was able to perform a lot of clerical work, data entry, and talking with students. The other job she has had for nearly four years, is close to her parents’ house at LDs BBQ in East Troy, WI. Abby s琀ll works their when her schedule permits, and loves talking to the customers and serving up good BBQ! A昀er gradua琀ng from college, Abby moved to Green昀eld, WI. Her 昀rst job postschool she worked at a home medical equipment company. Shortly a昀er she started, she realized it wasn’t her passion and found her way to Tudor Oaks where she has been with the Lifestyle department for just over one year.

A few of Abby’s favorite things are pizza, the color Turquoise, the Green Bay Packers, running, dancing and traveling. She traveled with her boyfriend Jarek to Hawaii and Mexico this past year and loved it. This year Las Vegas and Mexico are on the calendar.

Residents Highlight: Lynn Zwitter

Lynn was born and raised in West Milwaukee. She grew up in an extended Austrian family with her parents, a sister, two brothers, grandparents, and an aunt. Since her parents owned Zwitter Tavern the house was also a “community house”.

After graduating from West Milwaukee High School, Lynn continued her education studying Mathematics at the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse where she earned a bachelor's degree. She later earned a master’s degree at the University of Northern Colorado. Upon graduation from LaCrosse, Lynn moved to Viola, Wisconsin, a small community near LaCrosse, where she began her 35-year Mathematics teaching career. Lynn taught one year at Viola High School, then taught two years at Milton High School, and 昀nished her teaching career with 32 years at Shorewood High School.

Lynn loves to travel and has been all over the world! In fact, she has visited six continents including exotic locales in Russia, China, Africa, Australia, and Europe. Lynn feels

fortunate that (as a teacher) she was able to travel extensively each summer. Teaching gave her the opportunity to take long road trips wherever she traveled. In fact, Lynn has driven in all 50 states, over 7,000 miles in Europe, and over 10,000 miles to and from Alaska!

Lynn is very creative and has many hobbies. For example, she makes stained glass art, and she helps teach a class at the West Allis Senior Center. She likes to read, and volunteers at the New Berlin Library Store where many treasures can be found. Lynn loves the Tudor Oaks library because it is “open” 24/7 and has no “due dates”. Lynn enjoys puzzles— especially jigsaw puzzles. Lynn has often placed puzzles in various locations around Tudor Oaks for others to complete! Lynn carves pumpkins for the enjoyment of others as well. You may have seen some of her intricate creations on display in the Oak Ridge Dining room here at Tudor Oaks.

Lynn has lived at Tudor Oaks in the Independent apartments for the past two years. Before moving to Tudor Oaks, she had visited friends here, and she knew that this is where she wanted to be!

Spiritual Services & Programs

Weekly Chapel Service Wednesdays at 3:00 pm (OWT or ch.957)

Tuesday @ 2:15 pm– Chaplain’s Corner in Windsor House

Tuesday @ 3:00 pm– Chaplain’s Corner in Windsor Manor

Thursday @ 10:30 am–Chaplain’s Corner in Frances Henry Health Center

Thursday @ 11:00 am– Chaplain’s Corner in Windsor Gardens

Catholic Mass – Weekly Services

Every Wednesday at 1:00 pm (OWT or channel 957)

Heritage Presbyterian Church Sundays at 10:00 am (OWT or channel 957)

Weekly visits with Bro. Long Nguyen – Wednesdays from 9am -12pm

Dementia Support Group : Tuesday, February 21 6:30pm (PDR)

Grief Support Group : Wednesday, February 22 6:30pm (PDR)

Any questions about the support groups, please contact Pastor Michelle Peterson at 529-0100 x 2105

Book Club Discussion, First Wednesday of the month February 1 at 1:00 pm, Private Dining Room Contact Julia Kurlinski at 414 -421-7633

Cheerful Chimers Tuesdays at 12:00-1:00pm (PLR)

Mixed Chorus Group Tuesdays at 1:30pm—2:30pm (OWT)

Any Ques琀ons contact Laurie Halvorsen @ 414 -429-2350 (Both groups will be restar琀ng on Tuesday, January 31)

Tudor Oaks Storyteller’s Group

Do you like to write stories? Do you like to tell stories? Join us every Thursday morning at 10:30am in the Private Dining Room to discuss various subjects.

ST STORYTELLERS SUGGESTED TOPICS ORYTELLERS

Februa February 2023 ry 2023

Week 98- February 2nd- Have you (or someone you know) ever had a premonition? If so, did it come true?

Week 99-February 9th- Do you believe in love at first sight?

Why or why not?

Week 100- February 16th- Imagine that you are a movie director with an unlimited budget. Describe the movie you would make!

Week 101 February 23rd- Discuss a time when you did something illegal, but you felt it was the right thing to do.

Questions? Please contact Lisa Runte, in the Lifestyles Department.

414-529-0100 x2853

Reminder “Tudor Notes”

We would ask that your written pieces be less than 150 words and that the Acorn staff does have the right to edit if necessary— they will reach out to the writer before editing. If possible, please send in PDF format to mhyde@abhomes.org.

Submissions are due on the 15th of each month for the following month’s edition or can be given to a Lifestyle staff member or in the Poplar Lifestyle Room on top of the filing cabinet is a box labeled Acorn.

Eric “Diamond” Performing Neil Diamond

Recycle your holiday Christmas LEDs

https://www.holidayleds.com/free-light-recycling

HOW DOES THE PROGRAM WORK?

Pack and send us your old Christmas lights and we'll send you a coupon good at HolidayLEDs.com. All coupons may only be redeemed once on a single order and may not be used with any other offer, discount, or coupon. Exclusions apply.

WHY RECYCLE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS?

Because we care about the environment and Christmas lights are not biodegradable, they will not decompose into the earth’s soil. They can sit in landfills for hundreds of years and pose a potential threat to animals that can get tangled in the strands. This is an easy way to do your part to look after the earth.

THE DO’S & DON’TS OF SENDING IN YOUR CHRISTMAS LIGHTS (In short- all you need to do is box up your lights in the smallest box and send them to us in the cheapest and slowest way!)

DO NOT1. Include any packing material or anything other than the lights themselves

2. Send the lights in outer packaging such as retail boxes

3.Include any apparatus used to wind up or store the lights

4.Do not put light sets in plastic bags or any other interior packaging DO 1. Use cardboard boxes or another packaging that can easily be recycled

2.Coordinate with your friends, neighbors, co -workers, social groups, church groups, or other organizations, when possible, to collect lights and send in one bulk shipment (This reduces shipping costs for everyone and reduces the environmental impact of shipping!)

3.Compact your light sets into the smallest space possible

4.Send your lights via any shipping method you like. However, there is no rea son to send them express. We would recommend to send them by the least expensive method available.

CAN I SEND CHRISTMAS LIGHTS TO YOU ANY TIME?

Yes! The Christmas Light Recycling Program is available year-round- Winter, Spring, Summer, or Fall!

(If you are looking at your lights in the Fall and want to recycle the old ones, browse our Christmas string light options for some inspiration on using your coupon!)

OK- I’VE SENT IN MY LIGHTS. WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

When we receive your lights for recycling, we will start by recycling the box first! The lights will then be processed, and any material that cannot be recycled (i.e., loose bulbs) is discarded. Once we have collected a substantial number of Christmas light sets, we take them to a 3rd party recycling facility that puts the lights through a commercial shredder, chopping the light into tiny pieces. Those pieces are then further processed, sorted into the various components that make up the lights (PVC, glass, copper), and transported to a region center for further processing.

LIGHTS SHOULD BE SHIPPED via USPS, FedEx, or UPS Ground to:

TO: HOLIDAY LEDS RECYCLING

W227N6225 SUSSEX ROAD, DOOR #12

SUSSEX, WI 53089

*Drop Offs are now accepted at the above location, Monday –Friday from 8-4 pm. Please drop next to the Holiday Lighting Door 12 Once you have packed up and shipped us your lights, please complete our Christmas light recycling form, and we will email you your coupon as soon as we confirm shipment! Questions to 1-866492-4330 (Michigan) or https://www.holidayleds.com/contact-us

Don’t Hesitate

BY MARY OLIVER

If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don’t hesitate. Give in to it. There are plenty of lives and whole towns destroyed or about to be. We are not wise, and not very often kind. And much can never be redeemed. Still, life has some possibility left. Perhaps this is its way of fighting back, that sometimes something happens better than all the riches or power in the world. It could be anything, but very likely you notice it in the instant when love begins. Anyway, that’s often the case. Anyway, whatever it is, don’t be afraid of its plenty. Joy is not made to be a crumb.

Tudor Oaks

Chimers and Mixed Choir