Top ___21__ camp memories that are unforgetable
1. Floppy Passion- Wyoka '10
2. Oh Johnny- Wyoka'10
3. Brie's famous cinnamon rolls- Fall camp 09
4. Birds go tweet tweet- March Break camp '10
5. Gary the grass-
6. Sailing in the kitchen-
7. ARE THERE BOYS HERE!!!!.. NO lindsay this is a girl guide camp in the middle of nowhere
8. Matress trampoline
9. Dancing Green Jelly Bean in the kitchen
10. underwear on the flagpole
11. Sweatshirt, pants and hat on the flagpole,along with a toilet paper cabin
12. Waking up to air horns because someone forgot to set their alarm
13. Yabba Yabba do--- i thought this was scooby doo apperently it's fred flinstone
14. Birds go croak croak, toads go tweet tweet, cars go boom and barney says I love you
15. Bryerswoods kitchen tap- Maragret Anne broke the kitchen tap, and placed it back on without tightening it or anything. Cathy came in and decided that she should believe her and turn the tap on. Well guess what? She got showered and ended up with the tap in her hand. It was then blamed on cathy, and we were told to call someone who cares. I think jerry fixed it.
16. Giggles and Lollipop get along really good, and corrupt pathfinders preety easily too.
17. Backwards worm to our beds
18. My caterpillar boyfriend steve
19. The LIT tent that we put up that was, on a slant, caved in, smelt like something bad, was sticky, and found goodies in the tent.
20. Rather, rinse, repeat
21. Wet clay will get u stuck if u dont move your feet once in awhile
There is so many to think of right now, Comment if i forgot anything
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Meeting and Swapping
Make new friends, but keep the old, one is silver and the others gold. At Mosaic you have a chance to meet many new friends from over 30 different countries. The opportunity is there during the 10 days of the time of our lives.
Even though we wont be spending a whole lot of time in our neighborhoods because of activities and daily program we will still get a chance to meet lots of new friends. This is what many of us are looking forward to along with the fun.
Swaps are a great way to get a chance to meet new friends. Many of us will do swapping and some of us wont have any part of it. I have so far done lollipop candies and friendship bracelets. I'm proud to say that the girls at this years March Break Camp took part in helping me in trying to finish these candies. Yes it is cheating but they did do an entire Ziploc bag full of them in the hour that they had to make them. They are a great to when you are stressed out and need a break.
I have no idea how many of these I am made or bring to Mosaic. The thing I am dreading doing is making the tags to put on with phone numbers, addresses etc and of course putting safety pins on them. It's very repetitive and not to mention annoying.
If you are in the need of ideas for your Swaps here are a some that I have thought of or have been suggested to do. Contact a local city counsellor in your area for pins to represent your country or town. Old badges and crests are another great idea. Simple crafts are always an option, this is what I'm doing. Just remember that they have to be quick, fast and easy. A great website is: http://www.gsswaps.net/
Of course Swaps are a great way to meet new friends, we will also meet friends at our activities and in our neighbourhoods. See you there with many new friends to meet. The countdown is: 78 days!!!
Even though we wont be spending a whole lot of time in our neighborhoods because of activities and daily program we will still get a chance to meet lots of new friends. This is what many of us are looking forward to along with the fun.
Swaps are a great way to get a chance to meet new friends. Many of us will do swapping and some of us wont have any part of it. I have so far done lollipop candies and friendship bracelets. I'm proud to say that the girls at this years March Break Camp took part in helping me in trying to finish these candies. Yes it is cheating but they did do an entire Ziploc bag full of them in the hour that they had to make them. They are a great to when you are stressed out and need a break.
I have no idea how many of these I am made or bring to Mosaic. The thing I am dreading doing is making the tags to put on with phone numbers, addresses etc and of course putting safety pins on them. It's very repetitive and not to mention annoying.
If you are in the need of ideas for your Swaps here are a some that I have thought of or have been suggested to do. Contact a local city counsellor in your area for pins to represent your country or town. Old badges and crests are another great idea. Simple crafts are always an option, this is what I'm doing. Just remember that they have to be quick, fast and easy. A great website is: http://www.gsswaps.net/
Of course Swaps are a great way to meet new friends, we will also meet friends at our activities and in our neighbourhoods. See you there with many new friends to meet. The countdown is: 78 days!!!
Tent Tales
Some can pitch a tent in minutes, for some it takes hours. Many have tried it blindfolded. There is some that love pitching tents and a few that hate it. I happen to be one of the few that love pitching tents but could take hours to pitch depending who I am paired up with.
Finding the right ground that isn't to rocky and is high enough that we wont be getting soaked anytime soon is the first decision. Then the tough decision of pegging it down first or last becomes next. Most of the time pegging first is the best depending on the weather and the wind.
The last camp I went to with Girl Guides 49, we ran into all 3 of these issues. The ground we picked was pretty rocky, pegging it down first was an option we shouldn't have taken and the ground was literally on a hill. (Imagine sleeping on that)
Of course the tent my group that I was with go put in charge with the tent with the fly that covered your gear and went was twice the size of the tent itself. It almost took us an hour to get just the tent up and another half hour to figure out this darn fly. When we finally go it, leaders made the decision that we were moving the tent because of the wind and the rocks. We collapsed the tent and played this game over again with leader assistance. Little did we know that this tent was going to Mosaic with us- I'd say it is a pain in the butt, but keeps things dry.
My past experiences with putting tents up hasn't been good. To add to these tales, LIT 2009 I was putting tents up with the Girl Guides. For just a regular tent, oh boy was it a disaster. Not a single tent peg wanted to stay in the ground so every time we would peg one of us would have a tent flying in our face. we figured out the problem: We didn't put the pegs in the right way. So leaders in case you have realized yet or noticed, I am not the best Ranger to allow to pitch tents with Girl Guides or else you will be there all day watching and laughing hysterically.
Taking them down isn't much better until you know how to fold it. Sometimes this takes me 3 to 4 tries to get the folding right. At the past camp, taking the tent down wasn't my luck either. Half way through of folding it, it decided that it should start to rain. So here we are running down the path with a tent nicely folded, pegs, poles and the instructions. (Those would have been helpful)
Who Knows what the tents will us to Mosaic. We are close to finding out in less than 3 months.
Finding the right ground that isn't to rocky and is high enough that we wont be getting soaked anytime soon is the first decision. Then the tough decision of pegging it down first or last becomes next. Most of the time pegging first is the best depending on the weather and the wind.
The last camp I went to with Girl Guides 49, we ran into all 3 of these issues. The ground we picked was pretty rocky, pegging it down first was an option we shouldn't have taken and the ground was literally on a hill. (Imagine sleeping on that)
Of course the tent my group that I was with go put in charge with the tent with the fly that covered your gear and went was twice the size of the tent itself. It almost took us an hour to get just the tent up and another half hour to figure out this darn fly. When we finally go it, leaders made the decision that we were moving the tent because of the wind and the rocks. We collapsed the tent and played this game over again with leader assistance. Little did we know that this tent was going to Mosaic with us- I'd say it is a pain in the butt, but keeps things dry.
My past experiences with putting tents up hasn't been good. To add to these tales, LIT 2009 I was putting tents up with the Girl Guides. For just a regular tent, oh boy was it a disaster. Not a single tent peg wanted to stay in the ground so every time we would peg one of us would have a tent flying in our face. we figured out the problem: We didn't put the pegs in the right way. So leaders in case you have realized yet or noticed, I am not the best Ranger to allow to pitch tents with Girl Guides or else you will be there all day watching and laughing hysterically.
Taking them down isn't much better until you know how to fold it. Sometimes this takes me 3 to 4 tries to get the folding right. At the past camp, taking the tent down wasn't my luck either. Half way through of folding it, it decided that it should start to rain. So here we are running down the path with a tent nicely folded, pegs, poles and the instructions. (Those would have been helpful)
Who Knows what the tents will us to Mosaic. We are close to finding out in less than 3 months.
Monday, April 19, 2010
PROCASTINATION
So its been 3 weeks since I have wrote an entry on this. In those 3 weeks I have said and said that I am going to sit down and write my blog. It hasn't been done yet because things have been busy well procrastination has played a huge part in it. Here's the deal, If there is not a post up her by Wednesday you get to yell at me for putting this off for too long.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Fires Burning = Great Things
Can you imagine over 3000 girls and adults around one big campfire celebration 100 years of Guiding? Campfires bring everyone together in one place. It is a place where everyone can be silly together, make new friends and be in a celebration together.
Over the past 7 years of Guiding I have experienced some of the best campfires and will for sure with years to come. I went from not knowing a single song and being so proud of myself when I learned new song. These are the songs that I know teach the younger girls in Sparks and Brownies.
Thunder, Green Jelly Bean, 3 Little Angels,and When Sally Was a Spark can be the most annoying songs if they are sung enough but they turn out to be everyone loves. They're the ones that bring us and the campfire alive.
Before you do any of this you have to learn how to start a fire. For me, learning how to start a fire just took place this past summer at LIT (leaders in training). My best fire that I ever taken part in, was the very first one I started. After you learn this you can cook and sing. In my past I have made meat loaf over the fire, chicken under a bucket, roast beef underground, sleeping bag stew and much more. Everything tastes really good. It melts in your mouth as you chew and makes you want more.
Campfires are one of the best things that could happen at camp. At Mosaic there will not be only one best thing that will happen, there will be plenty more in the 10 days we are there.
Over the past 7 years of Guiding I have experienced some of the best campfires and will for sure with years to come. I went from not knowing a single song and being so proud of myself when I learned new song. These are the songs that I know teach the younger girls in Sparks and Brownies.
Thunder, Green Jelly Bean, 3 Little Angels,and When Sally Was a Spark can be the most annoying songs if they are sung enough but they turn out to be everyone loves. They're the ones that bring us and the campfire alive.
Before you do any of this you have to learn how to start a fire. For me, learning how to start a fire just took place this past summer at LIT (leaders in training). My best fire that I ever taken part in, was the very first one I started. After you learn this you can cook and sing. In my past I have made meat loaf over the fire, chicken under a bucket, roast beef underground, sleeping bag stew and much more. Everything tastes really good. It melts in your mouth as you chew and makes you want more.
Campfires are one of the best things that could happen at camp. At Mosaic there will not be only one best thing that will happen, there will be plenty more in the 10 days we are there.
Monday, March 22, 2010
The Things That We Find
This past week I spent out at Camp Bryerswood for March break camp. 2 Rangers and 1 Pathfinder were allowed in Paxtu Place to "sleep" by themselves. What kind of things could possibly find us?
The mess always finds its way in the cabin or tent. March break camp the mess already found us withing 8 hours of the first day including the mud and the stack of mattresses that soon became a trampoline. The trampoline and stack of matresses may not find us at Guiding Mosaic but I'm pretty sure the mud will at least once and the mess will for sure. Tents always seem harder to clean at the end of the week so mud will be a pleasure to have with us at Mosaic.
You find all kinds of goodies you have misplaced throughout the week when you are packing up. I haven't been to a camp yet where socks and underwear haven't been found. Be careful you make wake up one morning and see them flying on the flagpole. I have learned from experience..... My underwear somehow got outside the tent and ended up on the flagpole. Until this day it is still joked about and I when I am proud to tell people that they my underwear have been up on the flagpole. :)
No matter what camp you go to you are going to find inside jokes among your group of friends that you hang out with. In the 5 days that I was at camp my partners in crime Lollipop and Giggles came up with a chalkboard of jokes that we made up. " Gary the Grass, Hillbilly, and swimming in the kitchen are just to name a few. Along with learning how fun Build a Bear Workshop can be and birds go tweet tweet.
I'm sure the mess and the jokes will find us but we find it?
The mess always finds its way in the cabin or tent. March break camp the mess already found us withing 8 hours of the first day including the mud and the stack of mattresses that soon became a trampoline. The trampoline and stack of matresses may not find us at Guiding Mosaic but I'm pretty sure the mud will at least once and the mess will for sure. Tents always seem harder to clean at the end of the week so mud will be a pleasure to have with us at Mosaic.
You find all kinds of goodies you have misplaced throughout the week when you are packing up. I haven't been to a camp yet where socks and underwear haven't been found. Be careful you make wake up one morning and see them flying on the flagpole. I have learned from experience..... My underwear somehow got outside the tent and ended up on the flagpole. Until this day it is still joked about and I when I am proud to tell people that they my underwear have been up on the flagpole. :)
No matter what camp you go to you are going to find inside jokes among your group of friends that you hang out with. In the 5 days that I was at camp my partners in crime Lollipop and Giggles came up with a chalkboard of jokes that we made up. " Gary the Grass, Hillbilly, and swimming in the kitchen are just to name a few. Along with learning how fun Build a Bear Workshop can be and birds go tweet tweet.
I'm sure the mess and the jokes will find us but we find it?
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Procrastination + Decisions
10 days + 10 shirts + ten shorts + ten pairs of socks and underwear = 1 suitcase. How do you fit all of this in a suitcase when you can only bring one?
Out of all the things that I am really looking forward to when Mosaic finally comes packing and unpacking have to be the least things I am looking forward to. The 500 loads of laundry before and then again afterwards is enough to make me want to scream. The time you spend organizing your bag before you leave is a waste of time. The first time you open the bag and look for something it will be a disaster again. I am leaving for March break camp tomorrow and have been procrastinating to pack since I decided I was going to camp.
So you ask what you can do for the entire 10 days you are at Mosaic. How about: Spelunking, Rock Climbing, Rappelling, Knotted Bags, Trail Walking, CSI Guelph and Meals on Wheels just to name a few! There are lots more to choose from.
Most of us have a tough time picking just 6 or 8 of all the ones given in the camp catalogue. I know I put quite a bit of hours into trying to deciding on what I was going to choose. Since, I was having such a hard time doing this; I picked the ones that I will most likely not have a chance to again. That includes: Rappelling, Trail Walking, Kayaking, Mosaic Creation, Along with a visit to the Toronto Zoo.
Seeing the last credit of money going into your account is a sigh of relief and makes you very excited for what is coming. There is only 116 days to go before we begin the camp of a lifetime.
With the excitement of March break and having a week off of NO school there is some sad news that has to sadly go with it. Girl Guides has lost a committed and amazing member. Candice Faerber was an amazing girl and very special member to the Guides, Pathfinders, and Rangers. The little time that others and I got to know her is enough to miss her dearly. We are keeping you in our thoughts and prayers Candice. We love you and miss you. <3<3<3
Out of all the things that I am really looking forward to when Mosaic finally comes packing and unpacking have to be the least things I am looking forward to. The 500 loads of laundry before and then again afterwards is enough to make me want to scream. The time you spend organizing your bag before you leave is a waste of time. The first time you open the bag and look for something it will be a disaster again. I am leaving for March break camp tomorrow and have been procrastinating to pack since I decided I was going to camp.
So you ask what you can do for the entire 10 days you are at Mosaic. How about: Spelunking, Rock Climbing, Rappelling, Knotted Bags, Trail Walking, CSI Guelph and Meals on Wheels just to name a few! There are lots more to choose from.
Most of us have a tough time picking just 6 or 8 of all the ones given in the camp catalogue. I know I put quite a bit of hours into trying to deciding on what I was going to choose. Since, I was having such a hard time doing this; I picked the ones that I will most likely not have a chance to again. That includes: Rappelling, Trail Walking, Kayaking, Mosaic Creation, Along with a visit to the Toronto Zoo.
Seeing the last credit of money going into your account is a sigh of relief and makes you very excited for what is coming. There is only 116 days to go before we begin the camp of a lifetime.
With the excitement of March break and having a week off of NO school there is some sad news that has to sadly go with it. Girl Guides has lost a committed and amazing member. Candice Faerber was an amazing girl and very special member to the Guides, Pathfinders, and Rangers. The little time that others and I got to know her is enough to miss her dearly. We are keeping you in our thoughts and prayers Candice. We love you and miss you. <3<3<3
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