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 To celebrate the first day of the first month, we paid a lot of attention to the last letter of the alphabet. We tried to come up with a long list of Z words then did some word puzzles that revolved around "Zed".

The very first thing we did on New Year's Day was to walk around and give everyone a door hanger and wish them a great year. The door hanger reminded them of the motto we chose: "Squeaky Clean in 2013".

As for me, I had a goal for 2013 to include making monthly table decorations. It was something the residents did in the past and mention occasionally and so we began with January ice blooms out of styrofoam, garden stakes, q-tips, ribbon, food coloring, and flat marbles in a glass jar. The residents seemed really pleased to have something new on the table, and by the time they get tired of them we will whip up new ones for February.