Arts and Crafts

This Friday morning started out a repeat of last Friday’s morning – I rushed getting myself together in order to make the 10:00 Arts & Crafts class with the exception, when I walked into the Community Room this time, the Activity Director was all smiles because she had the supplies for showing us how to make patriotic wreaths.

First, however, we had to sit though a healthcare group’s presentation.

I’d have come down later had I known in advance, and actually started to leave and come back, but then learned bingo was involved.

It was a different kind of bingo -- educational, involving Medicare terms and fava beans instead of numbers and daublers.

Having previously never been lucky at bingo, I couldn’t believe it when I won a game.

Then I won a second game.

And a third!

I got to choose three different times from a table full of prizes.

My Loot -- dish cloths, magnifying glass, dust cloth -- chosen in that order

On a lucky streak, I wanted to give someone else a chance to win, so I decided not to call out if I won again. I needn’t have been concerned. The streak ceased and others were able to win, some as many as three times as well.

Winners

After bingo was making patriotic wreaths.

Starting with acrylic paint, we painted 12 clothes pens blue, 20 red, 18 white.

We then attached the pens to a wire wreath form, glued stars, and Voilà!

Though we had two fun activities today, please don’t mistake my being a realist as being negative when I say … I’m waiting for the other shoe to drop. Nurse Ratched got her butt handed to her at yesterday's meeting and is not likely to overlook the Activity Director’s having spilled the beans to us as to the real reason for previous cancellations … sabotage … being denied “the budget”.

Something wicked this way comes.