Hard to believe, but this little project has just entered its terrible twos, and it’s been quite awhile since I shared an update on actual progress and growth. The Virtual Troop Leaders have graciously bestowed their approval on a new slew of badge tasks, and that update is right here. While it may appear as … Continue reading »
In one of last week’s posts, I offered up a word search puzzle around the theme of garden variety domestic travel. In this post, let’s go bigger. Let’s imagine ourselves aboard the Shuttle Atlantis and contemplate alternatives to our typical world view. BADGE TASK UPDATE: FINDING YOUR WAY For this badge, scouts are asked to … Continue reading »
These quarterly markers are a good time for me to reflect on what’s been going on with the ol’ project here. You may be bored to tears by it, but it’s one of those project management things I hear ought to be done with some regularity. Quick updates: First, I’m officially taking a two week vacation from blogging … Continue reading »
Back in 2008, when the economy started to crumble and the stock market started to tumble, my husband and I were in the enviable position of being “okay.” We lived within our means, my job felt pretty stable, and so we wondered what it would be like to dip our collective big toe into the … Continue reading »
Before I sum up the results from the second BSP poll, I’d like to make a strong pitch for participating in the new survey. Several tasks over a few badges ask scouts to take a look at how stress–and responses to it–can impact health and well-being. I’ve never met an adult who hasn’t experienced stress, … Continue reading »
I live in Austin, but the company for which I work is back east in the DC area. I like DC, too, but I don’t think I’d enjoy the cost of living. It’s high–and higher than I thought, according to http://www.costofliving.org, a site which compares everything from the cost of housing to a hamburger and … Continue reading »
When I was a scout, I remember celebrating Juliette Gordon Low‘s birthday annually, but I have absolutely no recollection of another annual Girl Scout observance: Thinking Day. Too bad, cause this is a really good one. Quick history of Thinking Day: It always falls on February 22nd (tomorrow), and is the birthday of both Lord … Continue reading »
Last week, I shared a few observations on the first three months of the BSP. Today, because I am fascinated by data, I share a few quantitative measures. And all I ask of you in return is that you consider adding to my data by answering the question right here. Okay, here’s the skinny: In … Continue reading »
My first full-time job out of college was as a comparison shopper for that old giant of discount women’s clothing, Loehmann’s. Yep, I got paid all day to shop, spy on the competition, and report my findings back to Loehmann’s headquarters in the Bronx. I held this job for close to a year at the … Continue reading »
For my next task the “Consumer Power” badge asks scouts to collect all the pennies they get in their change for a month and watch the value “really add up.” Now, I rarely have a quarrel with these tasks, but I hope the next version of the G.S. badge book revises this language. You can’t seriously … Continue reading »
