well....

granted, I was not feeling well when I did the cookie deposit...I turned in the cash to the bank, I was off on it, then they left a message on the machine that they had counted wrong as well & adjusted my deposit.
Sara called today from Princeton, I had done the paperwork correctly, but didn't write a big enough check out of our account to pay the council. When I did the checkbook, of course she was right. good thing I'm not a bank teller, huh?

made plans to give her the check Monday nite while she is at a Cub Scout swimming party at the Stacy Pool & I'm running Katie to the Mercer Lodge for dance class...
alls well that ends well, I guess...

our troop earns 53 cents a box.

started a new Girl Scout scrapbook today with a journal my sister Lisa made for me...revamping one of my old etc. journals...various Girl Scout interest items, vintage pics, famous girls joining, etc.

mailed a postcard

from our troop to the Tawny Owl 2nd Ellon Brownies, a group of 22 Brownies from a town just north of Aberdeen in the North Eats of Scotland.

our Girl Scout Council website

http://www.girlscoutsksmo.org/


you'll find games, local events, etc.

thanks!

to all the moms & dads & grandmas & grandpas & aunts & uncles & neigbors & friends who helped the girls sell, deliver, & collect money for the cookie sale.
I know how hard it is to find time to get all this done, and then turn in the money.
all our girls have busy lives....elementary basketball, 4-H, dance classes, older brothers & sisters sports & school events to go to...and their parents have jobs & other obligations, but we always get it done!
THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!

and before you know it, it'll be the Spring Product Sale (formerly known as the Fall Product Sale) & we'll be doing it all over again!

our troop profit for this cookie sale was $648.72. we spent $213.95 buying each girl a vest.

We will also order each girl troop numbers & a Cardinal Crest for their vests. It will give them a place for their many badges, plus they will look good wearing them for Awards, etc. And I think they've earned it.

Jan. 30 2009

turned in cookie money to Sara @ Princeton, made cookie deposit into our checking account, & ordered vests & badges by mail from GSM for the Jan. meeting.

(3) medium Brownie vests
-Morgan
-Morrisa
-Jazmine
(3) large Brownie vests
-Mackenzie
-Dominique
-Cortney
(4) large Junior vests
-Katie
-Kelsie
-Lindsay
-Breanna
(1) medium Junior vest
-Kayla
(10 medium Cadette vest
-Moriah
(3) Brownie My Body Try Its
(3) Brownie Working It Out Try Its
-Mackenzie, Dominique, Morrisa
(3) Juniors Stress Less Badge
(3) Juniors The Choice Is Yours badge
-Katie, Kelsie, Kayla
(1) Studio2B charm Life Don't Sweat It
(1) Studio2b charm Looking In Reaching Out
-Moriah

A veteran Princeton Girl Scout leader mom Keri recommended buying the girl's vests a size larger than they needed, both for them to grow into, & since that gave them more room for badges...the vests were a major chunk of change (they had all risen a dollar in price since I'd decided that we should buy them for the girls...) but they all have full sashes, & the vests will look really good at the Awards Ceremony, & the girls raise the money, we should spend it on them!

when I was in scouts years ago, on the sign up nite, parents would bring outgrown/un- needed scout uniforms to sell there, which was how I always got mine. you wore official uniforms to meetings & events. that was back in the days of dresses, beanies, & the knee socks with tassels.

cookie money

morgan turned in her money. yay! thanks, Kris! i took all day and almopst all night trying to figure out that dang money. now, all the money is ready to turn in.

cookie money

kayla turned hers in today (thanks, Brandon!)