January 6 2017

Hooray for Hollywood and 2017’s Cookie Memes

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In what seems to have turned into a tradition, I present to you 2017’s cookie memes!  I have to admit – I was a little unmotivated this year.  I think it’s because I churned out so many last year.  But sometimes you have to just plunge yourself into a project, and once I got going, I was able to knock out a few.  I won’t do as many as I did last year, but I will be adding to these from time to time I’m sure.  This year I’ve got a “Hooray for Hollywood” theme.  As always, you are welcome to share these.  I’ll be also posting them on my cookie meme Pinterest board at some point. Continue reading

January 4 2017

Choosing a Troop Crest

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I couldn’t find this online all in one place except for a PDF from the San Diego council, so this is shamelessly borrowed from them.  I added the graphics.

Choosing a Troop Crest

In the early days of Girl Scouting, troop crests were used to identify a troop. The rapid growth of the movement soon made numbering necessary, but troop crests were kept as a symbol of a troop’s goal or main interest. Today, troops should think carefully about the crest they choose. It should have a special meaning to them, one they can pass along to new members each year. The symbol can be used on a troop flag or to mark troop equipment. Every member should know what their crest is and what it means.  Continue reading

December 31 2016

New Year’s Eve Random Patch Bowl Edition Plus More

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GO DAWGS!!

It’s been awhile since I’ve posted, but I’ve got three of them on the back burner that I should be publishing soon.  It’s been an exhausting December for me personally, so that’s cut into blog post time.  But here’s a quick one to round out 2016!

The other day I was thumbing through the latest and greatest patch catalog from Advantage Emblem, and I came across a timely patch for the most wonderful time of the year, aka bowl season.  I haven’t been able to watch much college football earlier this year, so I was very happy to see my beloved Georgia Bulldogs beat the Great Horny Toads of TCU along with some other great bowl games.  Continue reading

December 15 2016

Robert’s Rules

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This is a post that I wrote a few months back and for some reason never got around to publishing.  It’s appropriate now with the national convention coming up.  I hope it is also helpful for volunteers serving as delegates for their local councils.

So, here we are again with a topic that everybody just gets amped up about.  I’m so excited.  And I just can’t hide it.  I’m about to lose control and I think I like it.

I’m talking about Robert’s Rules of Order.  What is that?  Who is Robert?  And why is he so OCD?  This is another entry in the category Delegate Duties, a hopefully helpful guide to those of us who are council delegates and are doing our best to figure out what the heck we’re supposed to be doing.

You can find a more thorough explanation and more in-depth articles about Robert’s Rules on the Parliamentary Procedure Primer found on GirlScoutGovernance.com.
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November 28 2016

Happy Belated OFFICIAL Thanksgiving Day Parade!

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Sunset in Alapaha
Sunset in Alapaha

It’s a few days after Thanksgiving, and I’ve just gotten back from the strange and mysterious world of no WiFi.  Yes, believe it or not, there are places in this world where homes have NO WiFi!  Our family’s farmhouse in very rural South Georgia is one of those places.  But you can get 4G service if you have Verizon, so all is not lost.  You just have to watch your data usage.  But a very nice trade-off is seeing the Milky Way Galaxy and gorgeous sunsets, so I don’t mind going without WiFi for a couple of days.  Continue reading

November 11 2016

Guess the Retired Badge Game

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In case the handful of you who read my blog aren’t aware of it, posts around this time of year really slow down due to my schedule and level of activity.  I try to stick one in from time to time, but sometimes I’ll go a while without a new post.  I was actually working on one about Robert’s Rules, but it was so dull that I had to put it to the side.  I’ll get to it soon.  Also, all of the research and reading I did over the past few months for the past series about the 2004 restructure burned me out to be quite honest.  Continue reading

October 19 2016

Volunteer Essentials Pet Peeve

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Welcome to the next installment of Pet Peeves, where I vent about irritations I deal with as a volunteer.  This isn’t the typical stuff like parents and paperwork, but more about things that GSUSA or councils do (or don’t do) that makes things just a little frustrating for leaders.  Or a lot frustrating, depending on my mood.  But – I do try to offer some kind of solution after I complain about whatever it is that’s bothering me, so hopefully I can be of some help.

As a side note – during this past year’s City Slickers summer camp, I was telling my co-leader about situations I always seem to get mixed up in.   She said to me, “Have you ever noticed that anytime trouble breaks out and you’re involved, at some point you say, ‘I was just trying to help!'”  So sometimes my help is not the best thing in the world.   Continue reading