Oyen Lodge Report, Oct 10

By Sarah Heath

Hello everyone! I hope everyone is enjoying the fresh autumn air! September was a busy month with cleaning out the flower beds and bringing the fish back in from the pond. We have a ton of new baby fish, and our babies from last year grew so much! Our last week in September, we enjoyed a visit from the grade two class from Oyen Public School; that was so much fun. We got to listen to some wonderful music by Robbie and Clark, which the residents all enjoyed so much. We did some arts and crafts, from building spooky ghosts to painting some pumpkins, and of course, we always have our bingo games and horse racing every week.

October has been a busy month so far at the lodge with Thanksgiving. Halloween, clothing companies coming, and a few trips to the Consort lodge and the extended care are also planned.

We hope everyone has been enjoying fall and had a fantastic Thanksgiving with lots of turkey, friends, and family time. It has been hard to get adjusted to the weather as it seems it cannot make up its mind if it wants to be warm or cold. Lots of hot days, which is quite unusual for October in Alberta, then to be cold and foggy in the same week, what a whirlwind of weather!

Last week, the lodge enjoyed the clothing company that came, and the residents got to shop fall/winter fashion. Junita and her Avon supplies joined them! This week, the residents were able to get their flu shots. Beltone was here, and of course, we got busy with lots of puzzling, games and activities. The residents carved pumpkins; we played a few rounds of shuffleboard and phase ten card games. On Friday, we got to head over to the extended care for a visit with the residents. It was so wonderful to see some familiar faces!

We hope everyone else has a fabulous week, and we will share more next week!