Flat Stacies in NYC!

rec'd an email today that our Flat Stacies arrived in Bronx, New York! we're hosting 2 Flat Stacies from this troop.

still receiving postcards...

Troop 537 VA
Troop 759 OR
Troop 1999 KS
Troop 245 NY
Troop 1335 MD

We Celebrate World Thinking Day!

This year the focus is on water facts & why fresh water is important for every Girl Scout around the world--the 3rd graders already knew these, but we went over them anyway...
97% of all the water that is found on earth is "salt water" found in the ocean & seas.
1% of the earth's water is available for drinking. the other 2% is still frozen.
Our human bodies are about 2/3 water, some parts of the body contain more water than others. 70% of your skin is water.
Human survival requires water, the human body can only survive 5-7 days without it. The body can go approximately a month without food.
An 8oz glass can be filled 15,000 for the same cost of a six-pack of pop.
we played games: High School Musical questions, The Story of Juliette Low, A Girl Scout Right Left Story, Rabbit Without a House, Mr. Bear. Shelby played Rabbit Without A House, too!
Everyone signed the journals for the Flat Stacies from Bronx, NY, then we took pictures with them. Deb mailed 2 Flat Stacies to Bronx, NY.
The shirts arrived during the meeting, Jazmine, Breanna, Lindsay, Katie, Kayla got theirs, Mackenzie was sick, so will get hers later. Morgan & Cortney's haven't arrived yet. Also have sashes for Jessica & Mackenzie. We didn't have time to glue on the patches, Nellie, Tracy, Shelley, Deb, & Melanie took bottles of patch glue home to work on sashes. One of the Henley girls is missing a patch from Fall Product Sales. Will remedy that. Gave Kayla the Girl Scout pen she ordered from cookie sale.
The girls got their original Stacies back, all except for Breanna, maybe her name wasn't on it? Will have to do some investigating. Deb took the Stacies going to United Kingdom to laminate for us!
Handed out Talent Show patches to all present, will mail to the others.
Attending & earning World Thinking Day 2008 patches were: Jazmine, Cortney, Morgan, Dominique, Morrisa, Kayla, Kelsie, Katie, Danielle, Breanna, & Lindsay.
Next meeting is the Girl Scout Week Fun Day Pajama Party March 8th at the Community Building.

More Visiting Stacies!

2 arrived today from Bronx, New York! Katie & Kelsie took them to the last home basketball game. They will be at our troop meeting Thursday & celebrate World Thinking Day with us!
Mackenzie & Jessica's sashes have arrived.

postcards rec'd...

today we got:
CT Troop 553
2nd Westbury Wiltshire Brownies
Bronx NY Troop 1419

still receiving postcards...

NY Troop 422
Elmont, NY Juliette
WV Troop 5833
MT Troop 458
CA Troops 306/309
TX Troop 896
Alaska Troop 945
IL Troop 1016
England 3rd Tunbridge Wells
Capon Bridge, WV Troop
1st Balsall Common Brownies
NH Troop 766

turned cookie forms into Terri

so we are done for now...(if I filled everything out correctly..)

cookie sales

have all cookie sheets turned in, we sold a total of 1215 boxes!!!!!
got hold of Terri the Cookie Chair, she told me to wait till Tuesday to turn our stuff in, we're ahead of the game. I was trying to get everything done before Kevin's surgery tomorrow...

Make It Eat It Try It

Deb & Katie had Brownie Soup in the crockpot, we made a Brownie Ring, recited our promise & law, sang the Brownie Smile Song. The red shirts we ordered are no longer available, we're getting the brown Brownies Can Do Anything shirts instead.
Favorite Foods:
Breanna-tacos, ice cream, candy, soda, chips, junk food
Morrisa-bean dip
Mackenzie-lasagna
Rayne-ice cream
Morgan-soup, yogurt
Katie-fries
Kayla-KFC chicken, ice cream, brownies, banana bread, candy, Pepsi
Lindsay-KFC chicken, monkey bread
Dominique-tacos, pretty much ice cream
Jazmine-candy, ice cream, oranges, bananas
Nicole-fruit, chili dogs, nachos, pop
Cortney-pizza
Least Favorite Foods:
Breanna-spinach, vegetables, lettuce, olives
Morrisa-cauliflower
Mackenzie-vegetables, onions, fish
Rayne-fish, cauliflower, lettuce, tomatoes
Morgan-candy
Katie-beans, onions, cauliflower, tomatoes, pickles, broccoli
Kayla-cauliflower, broccoli, onions, beans not in chili
Lindsay-vegetables
Dominique-mustard
Jazmine-spinach, cauliflower, beans, chili
Cortney-candy, snow
Nicole-candy
we read from the Flat Stanley book, passed around the Flat Stacies we'd received from Pennsylvania & read the bios in their journals, then took a group picture with the visiting Stacies & made some of our own!
We tried the Brownie Soup---since a lot of the girls don't care for vegetables, our cats outside got healthy servings of soup! They really liked it! We also made Katie's Sweet Sipper recipe.
We copied the recipes the girls brought in & made cookbooks.
all cookie orders are turned in but Kelsie & Jessica's.
Everyone got a Flat Stacie patch.
Our next meeting is Feb. 21st, we'll try out the patch glue & try to get the patches on our sashes, & observe World Thinking Day.

postcards...

keep on straggling in...
the latest we've rec'd are..
Troop 371 Las Vegas
Fort Leonard Wood, MO Troop 192
Troop 237 TN
Troop 264 GA
Troop 603 IL
PA Brownie TroopTX Troop 2415
1st Cumberland Sparks British Columbia

deb has started a binder, & will try to keep it out at meetings
if anyone wants to look at it! Remind her!