Executive Director: Julie Vickers Administrative Assistant: Debbie Wishen Wellness Director: Judith Thomas Life Enrichment Director:

Molly Burke Director of Sales and Marketing: Kelly Brown Phone: 770.649.0808 Address: 2725 Holcomb Bridge Rd Alpharetta, Ga 30022 Email: JVickers@Insigniaseniorliving.com

February 2014

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Have You Seen Our Progress?

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Tapestry House Assisted Living

Dear Friends and Family, I hope everyone had a wonderful first month of 2014 and survived the snow storm last week! We have kicked off 2014 with some exciting additions. Some of you have met our new Maintenance Director, Steve Spence; he is a wonderful addition to our team and comes with plenty of experience, he used to work for Marriott Hotels. Steve also is a proud father of four daughters! We are so glad to have him here. We also have a new Dining Services Director, Jamey Dyer. Jamey has five years of dining services experience in assisted living communities and previously owned his own restaurant in Buford, Georgia. He can prepare anything from great southern style meals to fine dining. He has already brought so much joy to our community! We have started a few new activities with the New Year. We have Coffee Shop Short Stories, some new exercise weights and bands for our growing exercise classes, a new

Note from Executive Director

Color Sudoku game that is a hit, and starting this month we are partnering with Johns Creek Arts Center to bring some painting lessons to our community, we are all very excited about this opportunity. We had Elvis scheduled for the day of the snowstorm so unfortunately he was unable to make it but keep an eye on the calendar, we are rescheduling as soon as possible! February is going to be a wonderful month with our new activities and Valentines Day coming up. We are going to be having a very special Valentines Day lunch and since the 14th falls on a Friday this year, we will be having a Valentines themed Happy Hour as well to celebrate all the love and special friendships we have. I am most excited about our 2nd Annual Mardi Gras Celebration, from what I hear it was a blast last year with great food, entertainment, and dancing! We are having this years Sunday, March 2nd. Take a look at the attached invitation; we hope everyone can make it! Looking forward to seeing you soon, Sincerely, Julie Vickers Executive Director

Our expansion is well on its way, and we are

At the beginning of December we officially broke ground for our expansion. Our soon to be new property will face Holcomb Bridge Road right by our current driveway! We will have 64 brand new beautiful apartments ranging from studios to two-bedrooms, a new dining room, and state of the art kitchen, and an additional activity room. The new building will feature lots of large windows allowing us to enjoy plenty of natural lighting. Stop by and check out the progress when you can!

Upcoming Events
February 2nd: Super Bowl Sunday!
The Super Bowl will be on in the Library, feel free to stop in and grab some Popcorn and Soda.

We thought wed share a bit about our Snow Jam 2014 experience! -Gordon and Molly
called Tapestry House and told them wed be probably be an hour but we were fine. At 2:00 we hadnt moved but a half mile and stopped at a gas station to get some water, just in case. At 3:30 I bet Gordon we would be home by dinner. At 6:30 we had finally made it four miles. 7:30 we were on Holcomb Bridge, 8:00 we hadnt moved five feet, and I started crying! At 8:30 we decided to turn around in the Home Depot parking lot and head to a friends house on Old Alabama. We thought surely the traffic would clear and in about an hour we could try again, we were wrong. So Gordon Everyone gets excited about snow, Right!? Since the chances of seriously accumulation were slim to none we continued with our normal daily routine at Tapestry House. We took the correct precautions needed, we had and I made peanut butter sandwiches and had to spend the night. The next morning after coffee, pancakes, eggs, and bacon we loaded into a four-wheel drive truck and went down Old Alabama, which was covered in snow, wrecked and abandoned vehicles, and made it to Gordons sons house! It was quite an adventure but I think we were both so excited to be home safe and sound!

February 10th: 10:00 Our first Painting Class with Johns Creek Art
1:30 Honoring our Veterans with the JROTC

February 14 : Happy Valentines Day!

We will be having a gourmet lunch in the dining room along with a very special Happy Hour at 3:30.

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Need Alzheimers Support?

The Alzheimers Support Group will have their next meeting on February13th at 6:00-7:30 at Gardens of Roswell 9212 Nesbit Ferry Rd. Alpharetta GA 30022. Meetings are open to any family member or caregiver of those individuals with Alzheimers disease or related dementia at no cost, and confidentially is respected.

March 2nd: Mardi Gras Celebration!

Be on the lookout for an invitation in the mail, our second annual Mardi Gras Celebration will be Sunday, March 2nd 1:30-3:30. All friends and family are invited. We have awesome entertainment, great food, and even dancing! Last years was a blast and this year will be even better!
Pictures from last years Mardi Gras Celebrations >

Letters from Our Residents: Evelyn Clegg

Winter Weather
Brrr---The north wind doeth blow, we soon will have snow. The poet is right about one thing: The north wind does blow. The weather man is so frequently wrong; were tempted to pay him no attention. But hes right about one thing- winter is here! Temperatures have plummeted, our warm coats are welcomed, sneezes and sniffles are back in full blast. Our brilliant leaves have left us again (we had plenty of them at Tapestry House.) Now we are faced with dreary often depressing winter days. Lets look at it another way! While we fret, Mother Nature is quietly getting ready for spring. Could we in some way A special thank you to those volunteers who work to bring the sunshine in weekly, with their fun activities and those beautiful flower arrangements that brighten the entire building! bring nature inside? Toby Israel, PhD and author of Some Place like Home, believe that we are wired to be attracted to things that are alive. So why not get a beautiful flower to brighten your apartment? If you are limited for space, a blooming African violet would work. If your limited for sunlight, try a plant light, it makes a perfect night light as well.

EXTRA staff to spend the night, bought some air mattresses and extra blankets, our chef spent the night, and our maintenance director bought ice melt and added some extra protection to our pipes. We were Super prepared! Gordon and I headed off to a routine Audiologist appointment at 11:30 and there were some tiny snow flurries. I told Gordon that I just hope there is enough snow to at least to play in for a few hours tonight! He laughed at me because I was acting like a little girl hoping school was cancelled! We left his appointment about an hour later and were in shock Cars everywhere! At 1:30 I

Getting Creative!
Starting this month we are partnering with Johns

February Fun Facts:

The birthstone of February is the Amethyst. The flower for the month of February is the Primrose

Creek Art Center and

their Senior Expansion Project. JCAC will be leading painting classes twice a month for our residents. This months dates are February 10th and 24 at 10:00am. We are very excited about this opportunity to work with a professional art instructor to learn some painting techniques. This months theme is Hearts and Flowers.
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