Wow! It’s been so cold that no Villager ventures out. They did go on their weekly shopping trips, however, and they came home with bags of every size. They wanted to be prepared if they were snowed in.This week the Villagers received their library card and proceeded to make a trip to the Garden Room to pick out a book. I chose the one about the Congdon Mansion. The Mansion is known as Glensheen and open to tours by the University of Minnesota who were given the mansion. It’s boggled my mind to see such a beautiful and gracious home on the shores of Lake Superior being built in the 1900s. How long did it take? So I picked the book "Secrets of the Congdon Mansion" and am reading more about it. February hours are 9 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 7 and Feb. 21, and 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 10. We have books for all ages.Maintenance Day was Feb. 21 and so we invited Ed and Stan for dinner. Since the Chinese New Year was the next day we celebrated with chopsticks, fortune cookies and pizza. The only one I saw who achieved using the sticks was Ed. He was quite adept at it. We thank them for their help. I can’t remember which guy’s fortune cookie read "You will met someone special at a social event."We all shared in a wonderful birthday party. Sarah was 92 years old. Her daughter Judy made jelly roll with ice cream filling, both chocolate and white. There were lots of guests and we managed to eat six of the strawberry and chocolate delicacy as we visited with old friends.On Saturday morning we watched a film of Ingrid Bergman’s. It just happened that Rosella served pie on National Pie Day. Opal Swanson fell in front of our building as she was coming to get her hair done. She cracked a bone but surgery is not necessary. She’ll have to spend some time to heal at the nursing home. We all want to wish her the best and get well soon. Carolyn’s spent a few days with Jill in Austin. The Village Circle met in the Garden Room. Our regular schedule kept us busy.I’ll keep you posted.
