August 14 2015

Another Favorite Newspaper Clipping

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alices adventures

Here’s another favorite newspaper clipping from Troop 20.  I don’t have a date for this one, but I’m guessing it’s from 1984 or 1985 since Barbara is in it.  And how she got to be the one dressed up, I don’t know.  She must have drawn the short straw or something.  Mrs. Vickers was always big on publicity and submitted our picture to the newspaper whenever possible.  (Thanks Mrs. Vickers!  Memories!)  As you can read from the newspaper caption, we created a costume that was sent to the J-Low Birthplace for one of their sessions.  Sometime I’ll share the time when I slipped and was knocked out at the J-Low house.  No joke!  Continue reading

August 10 2015

Happy National S’mores Day!

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August 10th is National S’mores Day.  Yay!  Here’s an excerpt from a GSUSA article that also features some more s’mores (see what I did there) recipes:

National S’Mores Day is August 10, and as we all know, s’mores hold a special place in Girl Scout history. Did you know that the first-known recorded version of a “s’mores” recipe can be found in an official Girl Scout publication from 1927? So cool! The recipe is credited to Loretta Scott Crew, who reportedly made s’mores by the campfire for a group of Girl Scouts. Originally called “some mores,” it is unknown when the name was shortened to “s’mores,” but recipes using the longer name can be found in various Girl Scout publications up through 1971.

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August 6 2015

Poison Ivy Info

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We’re nearing the end of summer, but with the start of troop meetings, you may still be getting outside to do some activities.  Poison ivy is still out there waiting to getcha!  It’s always kind of funny to me how girls (and some adults)  back up or refuse to even go any further on a trail or path if I point out poison ivy on the side.  I always say, “It’s not going to jump out and bite you!  Just don’t walk through it and you’re fine.”   Continue reading

August 4 2015

Alien Biscuits – The Story, The Myth, The Legend

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1984 NE Georgia Summer Camp Patch

I believe of all of my Girl Scout memories, this has to be my favorite one.  I hope you find it as entertaining as I do.  I tell it much better in person than I do in writing, so just bear with me.  Yeah, I know I said I wasn’t going to post as much before school started, but I got on a roll.  Continue reading

August 3 2015

Tito’s PIZZA!!!!!!, Inside Jokes, and Rock Shops

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PIZZA!!!!!!
PIZZA!!!!!!

One of my favorite parts of being a leader is eavesdropping on girls’ conversations while I’m driving them somewhere.  They may think I’m just passively keeping my eyes on the road and tuning them out, but au contraire girls!  I’m listening to what you’re saying!  (Don’t tell them.)

During our service unit’s City Slickers summer camp, we drove the girls to a couple of field trips.  I loved hearing them repeat their inside jokes over and over again, because in my opinion, this is evidence that they are developing friendships and camaraderie with their fellow scouts.  It’s fun too.  It also reminds me of when I was a scout, because Lord knows we came up with plenty of inside jokes.  Continue reading

July 26 2015

The Best Part about City Slickers Camp

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City Slickers Summer Camp Patch

We just finished our service unit camp called City Slickers – and it went really well.  While I had volunteered before for various gopher duties and car pools, this was my first year being a leader and planning out the week.  My partner-in-crime Tonia and I had a great time leading the Juniors.

We had a lot of different activities scheduled – but the best moment of all was something that was completely unplanned (And no, it wasn’t when the person leading our art class cancelled ONE HOUR before our appointment….). Continue reading

July 20 2015

The Shortcut Debacle

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I thought this story deserved its own title graphic too.
I thought this story deserved its own title graphic too.

This will be the last post for a while – I’ve got City Slickers camp the rest of this week, and then I’ll be in and out for the rest of the summer until school starts!  Maybe I’ll fit one in before I get too busy with back to school stuff.

A few months ago, a large contour map of National Center West appeared on Ebay.  I lost the auction, but the seller posted some very large close up pictures of the map.  I received permission to download the pictures, and I then stitched them together in Photoshop.  The original would have obviously been a lot clearer, but I just wanted to get an idea of what it looked like.  Take that, person who outbid me by a penny!  This map brought back one of those “this isn’t very funny right now, but we’ll laugh about in the future” memories. Well, maybe not.  Who knows.

After I started this blog, I made a list of various stories that I wanted to share.  Some of them are short, and others require names – kind of like The Scut Farkus Affair*.  I call this one The Shortcut Debacle.  Continue reading

July 19 2015

2015 City Slickers Camp

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City SlickersEach year, our service unit (639) puts on a summer camp called City Slickers.  It lasts a week for Cadettes, Seniors, & Ambassadors and a half-week for Daisies, Brownies, and Juniors.  Our theme this year is “It’s a Girl Thing!”  I’m one of the Juniors’ leaders.  The Brownies and Daisies are day-only, but the Juniors spend each night.  I’m really looking forward to it, and I’ve been planning events for it for the past few months.  After City Slickers is over, it’s troop planning time!  W00t!  Continue reading