Posted in Scouts, school, tagged AHG, Venturing on November 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I took the PSAT several weeks ago. It was very traumatic. Because the school didn’t have me on record, I had nowhere to sit. I had to sit in the corner and smell the cafeteria ladies making pizza. Despite my fears the day before and my subsequent massive panics, I am fairly sure that I did well. My mother is laughing.
My dad has proclaimed that the house is to be clean. It is so. Sort of. My younger sister has taken advantage the opportunity to have a clean room all to herself by contracting a fever. Little did she know that the vacant bed in my brother’s room is far more comfortable than my own. Ignorant of this information, I put off going to bed an hour to memorize Morse code for an upcomingcampout.
This upcoming campout was to be the epitome of planned perfection. Because our trips are often canceled, the Venturing crew made up a lists of the people coming, their phone numbers, who was riding with whom, and our activities. We were going to teach the older girls from the localAHG troop how to tie knots, signal Morse code, make fires, follow a compass, cook over a campfire, build shelters; and last, but surely not least, we were going to doteambuilding COPE activities with them. We had this all planned out. We then discovered that the leader in charge had forgotten to schedule and reserve spots for the girls to do COPE. Ducky. This didn’t dissolve our plans, but it sure made it harder for us teach them.Gah!
Anyway, I’m learning Morse code, fire lays, learning knots, how to make shelters, and picking out easy camping food recipes. I thought that becoming the president of the Venturing crew would eliminate some of the under-planned trips. It has, I suppose, but I happen to be doing a whole lot of the planning.
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Posted in Scouts, fiction, tagged camping, poetry, Scouts on September 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As I feverishly prepared to depart on another camping trip, the thought sprang into my mind. “You know, I bet people (on my blog) would like to read this poetry I’m preparing for troop entertainment.” I am posting my poem before reality kicks in, as it did last year, but too late for the troop [...]
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Posted in Scouts, life, school on August 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes I wish I could vote. Oh, to have a say in government! Unfortunately all the other people of my age would have a say in government as well, and I don’t trust their judgment. (not that I trust the judgment of half the population today) So while news of Sarah Palin is plastered all [...]
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Posted in Scouts, fiction on March 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Whee! it’s so pretty here! The trees here are just getting into bloom and it was beginning to get warm before the cold snap and the birds are chipper. Although I feel somewhat guilty about enjoying this because people in my family have major allergies… Then it snowed, and I was wearing shorts. Do people [...]
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Posted in Scouts, travel, tagged Venturing on October 3, 2007 | 3 Comments »
*Due to procrastination and laziness, this post went unwritten for over a week. We now give it to you not yet in progress.*
Philmont was nothing less than amazing. The reason I put off talking about it for so long is, (a) my inability to describe it with words other than, “It was good.” and, (b)The [...]
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Posted in Scouts, life, travel, tagged God, Venturing on September 15, 2007 | 1 Comment »
With less than 24 hours before departure, I have much to worry over. However, I am mostly packed, so I can put it off awhile. Instead, I have reflections. Some of the stuff that has put us on this trip is just providential.
Firstly, our Venturing crew wanted to go to a camp sponsored by the [...]
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Posted in Scouts, life, tagged cooking on June 24, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Returned, and there were slight amounts of rejoicing. (yay!) (…over ice cream) Of course, from my posting habits, it would be a little hard to tell that I was ever gone.
I spend slightly more amounts of time on facebook however, and there I was missed, if only by one person. [...]
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Posted in Scouts, tagged Venturing on March 3, 2007 | 4 Comments »
As an introduction and precursor to selling discount cards (reusable-for-a-year cards with coupons printed on them) next week with the Boy Scouts, and also as a comfort for me (who will be camping the opening and prime selling week), I give you a description of the average door-to-door customers.
1. The Hispanic person who does not [...]
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Posted in Scouts, fiction, life, tagged Venturing, writing on January 27, 2007 | 8 Comments »
Thursday I did 9:32 hours of schoolwork; that is a lot considering I do not exist. Yep, that’s right, according to the BSA database I, one of the most active supporters in my crew of “real” camping, am not registered as an active member of Venturing crew ____ . [...]
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Posted in Scouts, life, tagged Venturing on July 9, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I had to babysit, so I do not fully start school until tomorrow. I discovered that it is possible to get exhausted just by laying on the couch watching movies with little kids. Pirates of the Caribbean 2 came out this week. I want to see it when it comes out on DVD.
Our Venturing crew [...]
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