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

November 23 2014

It only took 25 years

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You’ll all be glad to know that I finally finished sewing the last two badges (Backpacking and Camping) on my senior sash.  It only took 25 years.  The safety pins were even rusted.  But it’s done!  FWIW, I got these two at my Gold Award presentation and just forgot I had only pinned them on since I never wore my sash after that.  Continue reading

October 27 2014

Kids These Days

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National Center WestBack in 1987, my Girl Scout troop visited National Center West in Ten Sleep, WY, which at the time was one of the national Girl Scout centers.  I believe GSUSA sold NCW in 1989.  If anyone else would like to share any stories about NCW, I’d love to hear them!

Well, our troop (and a few additional girls) embarked on a three week cross country trip from Athens, GA to Ten Sleep and back again in between my eighth and ninth grade years.  Yep, a van full of 13 and 14 year olds cooped up in a van day after day.  We were not down by the river, though.  Now that I am older and a GS Leader, I don’t know what the heck Mrs. Vickers was smoking to come up with this.  But I’m truly thankful she did.  We didn’t just go to NCW and back, we also visited places like the Petrified Forest, the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone National Park, Zion National Park, Mount Rushmore, the St. Louis Arch, and many, many points in between.  We stayed at NCW for one week in tents in a primitive camping site.   Continue reading

September 5 2014

From retro to historical

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Yet again, I’ve been wanting to update the blog for a month now, but real life kept getting in the way.  But I’m back, jack!

Anyway, we had our first GS meeting as Juniors yesterday, and I think we’re going to have a good year.  I love this age.   We kicked things off with the GS Way badge to get back into the swing of GS.  As I was looking through the badge activities, I saw some of the badges I earned as a Junior featured!  Yay!  But then I read what the blurb said: Continue reading