I would certainly agree people in the retirement community we sing at would not mind if we repeat some songs.   But I'll tell you, it sure doesn't seem like a nursing home.   These people are sharp.   Every time the band plays there's a fiddler who lives there who comes up on stage and does Ragtime Annie, Cripple Creek ,or something like that. And he's amazing. I can't do what he does. Only possible indication of a complication is that he sometimes loses the beat--drops a beat--which makes it hard for the group to stay with him.

Admittedly nobody I know--there or anywhere--can top my stepfather who lives there now with my mother. He does a crossword puzzle every day, has a great sense of humor, loves music--even sings a World War I parody. Makes birdhouses and 18th and 19th century toys. And recites bilingual limericks--clean even.

And he turns 95 this month.

If at 95 I can do half what he does, I will be, as Jan says, "over the moon".

Jan and I didn't see any reason why they moved into the retirement community--but they do have some medical issues--so I suppose that's a good reason.   And they do seem to have settled in pretty well. It's a done deal now.