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| Meadow Mtn. Girl Scout Ranch 8/11 |
1. Number of girls: 8 Daisies, 4 Brownies, 7 Juniors
2. Number of camping trips Rylan and I attended: 2
3. Number of home meetings: 7
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| Investiture 9/11 |
4. Number of field trips: 7
5. Number of Girl-Scout troop-related emails received: 612
6. Number of those emails that required a response: just about all of them
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| Miller Farms Gleaning trip 10/11 |
7. Number of times I went to the Girl Scout store for badges/books: 5
8. Number of trainings I attended: 2
9. Number of hours I spent recordkeeping/updating Yahoo group: (about) 50
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| Spring Creek Community Gardens 12/11 |
10. Number of dollars I spent out-of-pocket: (about) $85
11. Number of times girls argued during a meeting: None!!
12. Number of nature walks we took in the neighborhood: 3
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| Artisan You Pottery Studio 1/12 |
13. Number of hours Rylan spent selling cookies door-to-door: 12
14. Number of hours Rylan spent selling cookies at a booth: 3
15. Number of boxes of cookies sold: 260
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| Booth Sales 2/12 |
16. Number of boxes of cookies we personally bought: 13
17. Number of Starbucks purchased to stay warm during booth sales: 5
18. Number of girls who attended every meeting: 1 (yeah Chanah!!!)
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| Environmental Learning Center 3/12 |
19. Number of girls who earned all of their daisy petals this year: 5
20. Number of girls who left mid-year: 1
21. Number of Journeys we completed: 1
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| Magic Sky Girl Scout Ranch 3/12 |
22. Number of girls with food allergies: 4
23. Number of months a project stayed on my kitchen counter: 7
24. Number of times we cancelled a meeting: 2 (snow)
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| Tour of Poudre Fire Authority Station # 4 4/12 |
25. Number of times we learned about nature study: 3
26. Number of crafts: 5
27. Number of service projects: 3
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| Master Naturalists 4/12 |
28. Number of times we cooked in the kitchen: 2
29. Number of times we read a story (not including the Journey): 4
30. Number of times a sibling attended a meeting: every time!
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| Spring Creek Clean-up Clover Project 4/12 |
31. Number of hikes: 1 (on a camping trip)
32. Number of hours I gave to thinking it through before offering to lead the Daisies: 4
33. Number of hours I regretted making that decision: a handful
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| Tea Party 5/25/12 |
34. Number of hours I was thrilled to do this with my daughter: too many to count
35. Number of minutes we spent making Rylan's tea party hat: 10
36. Number of minutes we spent choosing the items for Rylan's hat: 45
37. Number of degrees in the air temperature at yesterday's party/ceremony: 65
38. Number of badges/fun patches Rylan earned this past year: 33
39. Number of hours I spent preparing for yesterday's party/ceremony: 8
40. Number of parent thank-yous I've received over the year: 5 yesterday: 0
Despite the frustrations with this past year, I will, in the end, say it was worth it. The amount of distraction involved with emails, disagreements, record keeping, cookies, and prep time was costly though. Our home life and our schoolwork truly suffered. I am thankful for the time I got to spend with my daughter - doing girly things, and for the opportunity to get to know some truly wonderful, special girls. I am thankful that they all got along so well, and worked together as a team a time or two.
I don't know what next year will look like yet - and I don't even want to think about it right now. I feel like I have just completed a long, exhausting emotional marathon. And it isn't over yet - we've got to get through Girl Scout Day Camp next month, as well.
For now I will celebrate that we did it - we got through the year and had a lot of fun along the way.
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