Memories, Opinions, Alien Biscuits, Strongly Worded Letters, OFFICIAL Scarves, and Some Other Stuff
It’s that time of year! I’ve published the Badge, Journey, and Award summaries for all levels for the 2024-2025 membership year. These PDF files are a combination of what you’ll find in GSUSA’s Badge Explorer, except that I streamlined the…
“Money is a mirror. It shows you a magnified image of who you are within. If you are good, it makes you better. If you’re not, it makes you worse.” – Anonymous For the past few years, I’ve been putting…
If you know me, you’ll know that I’m a rabid Georgia Bulldogs fan. One of our historical rivals is Clemson University, home to one of the more unique color schemes in college football consisting of orange and purple. Clemson’s athletic…
Right before my seventh birthday, my family moved from Tampa, Florida to Athens, Georgia. I remember my parents telling me about our new house in a subdivision called Cedar Creek and how much bigger the new house would be compared…
As SUM for my new SU, I recently put together a list of patch programs that girls can earn over the summer and thought I’d share it here too. If you’d like to download this list as a PDF, you…
If you’ve followed me for a couple of years, you’ll know about my journey with getting a Trailblazer troop/program underway. To give you a brief recount of this story, in the summer of 2019, GSUSA relaunched the Trailblazer and Mariner…
When I first started as a leader back in the fall of 2010, I told others about the crazy adventures I had as a Girl Scout growing up. At one point, someone suggested I write these stories down and perhaps…
I haven’t written much lately for a variety of reasons. For one, it’s been a busy few months for me with a handful of big projects that are just starting to get off the ground. For another, some of my…
Back in 2016, I researched the history of Camp Mary Elizabeth (CME) in the GSSC-MM council and wrote a series of blog posts about it. CME is located on 56 acres in the middle of Spartanburg, SC’s urban sprawl and…
I haven’t written much of anything with substance lately, but I had an epiphany and had to get this out there. Recently, there have been announcements about the Movement Governance Advisory Team (MGAT) and National Council Session (NCS) Advisory Team,…