Thanks. I WILL by cookies from my local Girl Scouts to keep the Karma running. :)
Posted on 01/11/2009 10:42:35 AM PST by Tennessee Nana
There is no need to order anything -— just like last year, she has already gotten the badge credit for having sent it to you!!!!
I will never do Cookie Mom again -— I value my sanity, and my marriage, far too much to place either in that kind of jeopardy ever again.
Hi, my name is Gabz and I'm a Mintaholic. LOL!
I agree with you in regard to the local Troops, when my daughter first became a Brownie I asked lots and lots of questions of the Troop Leader and Council members.
That site is pretty cool! I’ve been wanting to learn Italian and the first lesson seems pretty easy to follow. Thanks!
That’s what we looked like at GS camp! LOL!
Your welcome. I got turned onto it and try to pass it along whenever I can.
I don’t like Samoas (or anything coconut) either. My mother makes a kind of oatmeal cookies with coconut, and I ask her to bring them when she’s coming here, so I won’t want to eat any.
And I agree with both of you. We’ve been in Girl Scouts for almost ten years, and you do have to be vigilant about leaders and what’s going on at the District/Council level.
indeed
I don’t support the GS anymore because their life skills learned these days include acceptance of homosexuality and abortion. Juliette Lowe must be turning over in her grave.
Given that eating well is a primary contributor to human happiness, going from a country whose cuisine was styled on the English Scots and Irish to one that glories in foods from the Far East, India, France, the Middle East, Spain and Latin America is like going from hell to heaven. I was even amazed when I learned that Italians made other things than Spaghetti with meat balls and garlic bread.
Good food is no more a threat to our constitutional republic than lime juice was to the Royal Navy.
Sure, in an entitlement sort of way. Do these scouts realize that the purchasers choose to pay a hyper-inflated price in order to "support" the program, and/or because they feel guilted by Girl Scout faces? Well, the market is about marketing - whatever it takes to succeed monetarily - so I suppose the statement is accurate. The sales tactic is kind of creepy overall. How long until a chocolate cookie comes out named "The One"?
Thanks. I WILL by cookies from my local Girl Scouts to keep the Karma running. :)
Don’t forget to order a box for the Taste of Home program -— you don’t get those cookies, they get sent to the REAL Troops!
Our Council works with the USO for the distribution, but I have a friend who’s retired Navy that now works for the Coast Guard who just buys one of each kind so all his “boys” can have a sample.
That’s sad.
Oh, you betcha! :)
Ping me, when you get some hash brownies in stock.
I haven’t taken one second of Spanish as a language, but...I’d say dulce de leche means “sweet milk” or “sweetness of milk.”
Regards,
I know exactly what you mean, Tammy. I have no beef with learning to speak another language, but you’re right when you say that Spanish IS being pushed on us from every direction.
Last summer, I took the boys to a Met game here in NY. As you may or may not know, Shea Stadium was in its last season and I wanted to take the kids again before its destruction.
Little did I know that I’d purchased tickets to “La Noche de Merengue!”
The entire game was called over the PA system in Spanish. “!E en hora...numero cinqo...David Wright!” (Please excuse both my Spanish grammar and spelling. I did not take this language in school.)
I spent the entire evening seething, which was too bad, and is indicative of what you were saying. Why should I seethe? What’s wrong with Spanish? Well...nothing, in and of itself, but this overriding push to include it in every single aspect of our lives is extremely irritating.
Regards,
PS: They DID play the National Anthem in English, but it was the ONLY English besides “There is no smoking anywhere in Shea Stadium.” Many of the graphics on the big screen were also in Spanish.
No, thank you. I’ll take CampFire mints any day over GS cookies.
Many parents sell at the office for their kids’ safety. Depending on where the kids live, going door to door might not be a great option. Some parents accompany their Scouts, even in the best of ‘hoods. That means during daylight (business) hours, so it’s at-home moms or parents on weekends.
My own daughter had to go door to door during her Scout years since both parents were self-employed. Bummer ;)
Big deal.
When I was a Boy Scout, we learned French.
Fleur de lis.
How about that?
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