April 21 2015

1982 World’s Fair, Part One

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1982 Worlds Fair LogoRemember the 1982 World’s Fair in Knoxville? No? What’s a World’s Fair? Do they still have them? Apparently they do – although it looks like they get cancelled every once in a while. In the summer of 1982, I was almost nine years old, and I remember there being a lot of buzz about THE WORLD’S FAIR and how big of a deal for it to be hosted by Knoxville, home of the Tennessee Volunteers (no comment coming from this Georgia Bulldogs alum). Continue reading

March 24 2015

2015 Thinking Day – Bengal Tiger Tail Swap

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Our service unit always puts on a Thinking Day event, and I’m sure yours is similar.  We’ve done countries a million times, so for the past few years, we’ve had variations on Thinking Day.  For example, last year we highlighted countries’ holidays.  Each troop can pick one (or two – or three!) different ones to present. Continue reading

March 21 2015

GS Troops Across the Country

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Cranberry-Citrus-Crisp
At least they’re better than the Mango Cremes.

GS Troops across the country are right now figuring out what the heck to do with all of these leftover boxes of Cranberry Citrus Crisps that we’re stuck with.  Snack time, girls!  Or field trip to the closest lake, and let’s feed the ducks and geese!  But even they may think they are too dry.

Maybe trade another troop that uses Little Brownie Bakers for their leftover Rah Rah Raisins?  Or freeze them to sell next year as “retro” cookies! I kid, I kid.  But not about the snack time and feeding the ducks.

March 12 2015

Cookie Memories from NE Georgia

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Cookie Rodeo 1982
My first cookie patch!  YEEHAW!

Growing up, my troop was the #1 top seller in our council for 7 years 5 years straight (as confirmed by Mrs. Vickers).  As I mentioned in a previous post, we had two ringers in our troop that were always neck and neck with each other as to whom was going to be the top seller in the council.  I think one year there was a girl in a different troop that actually sold more cookies than Caroline or Jenny.  It was as if we entered into an alternate universe for that whole year.  Craziness!  But I guess the other girl couldn’t deal with the pressure, because the next year, Caroline and Jenny were back to switching off for the #1 and #2 top seller and order was restored in the world.  WHEW!  Continue reading

January 29 2015

Troop 20 Top Cookie Sellers!

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Don't be hatin'.

Here’s a clipping from the 1984 Athens Banner-Herald newspaper about our troop selling the most cookies in our council.  We were the top sellers for seven years five years in a row at the end of our run!  Another memory about that later!

Caroline and Jenny were always neck and neck for who could sell the most cookies.  It created a lot of excitement each year – who would be #1??  Would it be Jenny?  Or Caroline?  Or maybe someone else (ha ha)?  I can’t take the tension!  The pressure’s too much!  Continue reading

January 12 2015

Why I Don’t Think We Should #banbossy

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I don’t think we should ban the word bossy.

As you all know, the latest 4 color glossy GSUSA PR campaign has been “Ban Bossy.”  Here’s the description per the banbossy.com website:

When a little boy asserts himself, he’s called a “leader.” Yet when a little girl does the same, she risks being branded “bossy.” Words like bossy send a message: don’t raise your hand or speak up. By middle school, girls are less interested in leading than boys—a trend that continues into adulthood. Together we can encourage girls to lead.

So you say – “Amy, what’s wrong with that?  You don’t agree?”  Continue reading

January 9 2015

Side business?

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Maybe we should buy a whole bunch of these and sell them along side the cookies for a profit at our booth sales.  😉

This Kitchen Gadget Locks Your Cookies Away So You Can’t Eat The Whole Box In One Sitting:

A nifty gadget called the Kitchen Safe secures the lid on your treat jar and prevents those with a sweet tooth from mindless eating. It’s like a temporary sugar restraining order.  The safe is equipped with a lock and a timer. Users can bolt their box of goodies for as short as one minute to as long as ten days, and there are no overrides. In other words, the box can’t be opened until the timer hits zero.

H/T Huffington Post