A smile is good medicine

A smile is good for your soul and laughter is very good medicine 6

Quick facts about us :
The e-mail address for inquires on "Back to Eden" wellness communities is. Backtoeden@dependmail.com. The Ridgetown location address is 23 Richard Street. Phone 519-674-3434

“New Beginnings” is a Care facility that is over 8000 square feet in size, fully client appointed with a qualified staff and a strong reputation as a quality service provider in the Chatham/Kent region. Our present resident mix is 10 with the potential for a further 8. We market our care facilities under the "Back to Eden" umbrella brand name. The location name is "New Beginnings."

Humor New words in your work space or place contributed by S.Holle
1. BLAMESTORMING
Sitting around in a group, discussing why a deadline was missed or a project failed, and who was responsible.

2.SEAGULL MANAGER: A manager, who flies in, makes a lot of noise, craps on everything, and then leaves.

3.ASSMOSIS: The process by which some people seem to absorb success and advancement by kissing up to the boss rather than working hard

4.SALMON DAY: The experience of spending an entire day swimming upstream only to get screwed and die in the end.

5. CUBE FARM : An office filled with cubicles.

6.PRAIRIE DOGGING : When someone yells or drops something loudly in a cube farm, and people's heads pop up over the walls to see what's going on.

7. MOUSE POTATO : The on-line, wired generation's answer to the couch potato.

8.SITCOMs: Single Income, Two Children, Oppressive Mortgage. What Yuppies get into when they have children and one of them stops working to stay home with the kids.

9.STRESS PUPPY: A person who seems to thrive on being stressed out and whiny. WOOFS: Well-Off Older Folks. POOFS Poor-off older folks.

10.SWIPEOUT: An ATM or credit card that has been rendered useless because magnetic strip is worn away from extensive use.

11.XEROX SUBSIDY: Euphemism for swiping free photocopies from one's workplace.

12.IRRITAINMENT: Entertainment and media spectacles that are Annoying but you find yourself unable to stop watching them.

13. PERCUSSIVE MAINTENANCE: The fine art of whacking the crap out of an electronic device to get it to work again.

14. ADMINISPHERE : The rarefied organizational layers beginning just above the rank and file. Decisions that fall from the adminisphere are often profoundly inappropriate or irrelevant to the problems they were designed to solve.

15.404: Someone who's clueless. From the World Wide Web error Message "404 Not Found," meaning that the requested site could not be located.

16. GENERICA : Features of the American landscape that are exactly the same no matter where one is, such as fast food joints, strip malls, and subdivisions.

17.OHNOSECOND: That minuscule fraction of time in which you realize that you've just made a BIG mistake. (Like after hitting send on an email by mistake).

18. CROP DUSTING: Surreptitiously passing gas while passing through a Cube Farm.

Lessons or the Moral of the story as we see it:

You are in charge of your health, vitality and life

o Be proactive and eventually you will succeed
o We have all experienced the new words in action.
This is particularly true if you need services or work in a government environment
o Have some fun- use the new words to make others accountable to you -point out 404 errors. Make the Adminisphere accountable and get rid of the seagulls through cropdusting. Reduce or avoid blamestorming before it gets started

Back to Eden-New Beginnings (Ridgetown) 23 Richards Street 519-674-3434

We are a community of like minded peers, with an environment that is cozy, caring and comfortable. We are not GENERICA. We are special designed community just for you . We are not institutional.

Community Updates:

1. We endorse the Carp position on No More waiting on Health Care. Be heard join the better health crusade.
2. We have expanded the products in the food member outreach program to include sweet potatoes, hams and fish
3. We have a E-bay account for members who wish to play. ( Our Food for the mind outreach program- a work in progress)
4. We need hands on volunteers!,