Roses to Christin for being such a geek! :)

Thorns to stupid people that feel just because they got out of their driveway that other people should be able to.

Thorns to employers who think putting a note on the VERY bottom of the schedule constitutes letting everyone know about a meeting at 8am on a Saturday morning - but not on everyone's individuual schedule!

Thorns to ALL those people who like to use my driveway as a turn-around when they come to pick up their monsters from school because they feel it is their right even though the driveway isn't shoveled from the light snows we've had before last night (is it a bad thing to to stretch a chain across the end of my driveway to keep this from happening?!).

Roses to Rotary Youth Exchange and all the good they do - and the fact I get help out with the Inbound (exchange students who are here from other countries) program next weekend. Bonus to this: the wife of the District Coordinator heading this up is an AOII (mind you, she's really involved in the program too)!

Roses to all my sisters for being you and 'allowing' me to vent like this! :)

Sarah

Thorns to the 10-13 inches of snow we got overnight. And Thorns because had this happened during the week, the University would have been closed.

But........ Roses because my vehicle has 4-wheel drive... And Roses because for some mean-spirited reason I enjoy watching everyone else be stuck in the parking lot.

Roses to the hundreds of women who turned out for the Middle Tennessee Founder's Day luncheon in the snow...including two 50-year members!
Silver

Roses to Nu Beta's House Corporation! We had a great meeting this past Saturday about an addition in the future and fundraising for the project! :)

No - see it all the time. You may want to speak to the school too - that sometimes helps...

:D

Roses to Applebee's (well, more so the training staff!). Tomorrow my group gets to be served by the other evening group and the training staff are going to make sure that I will get fish on my card of items to order! For those that aren't aware, tomorrow is Ash Wednesday and as a Catholic I am required to fast (only 1 regular size meal but I can have two smaller as long as both combined are not larger than the one - and no snacking!) as well as abstain from meat. Needless to say, I'm getting the Honey Grilled Salmon tomorrow for dinner! :) [this is the training week for the new restaurant opening on Monday so we're all having fun and learning LOTS!]

Also, Roses to the Wisconsin Rapids Sunrise Rotary Club! I am going to be a Rotarian again on Thursday morning and I'm SO excited about it!! I was a Rotarian down in Indianapolis in 2002 and this is me getting back involved. It also means that I've 'officially' become a professional volunteer! LOL

Roses to Silver and Silver's Mama who are helping me with my DAR papers as well as my Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War papers (in collecting documents for the DAR I found out the my great (x6) grandfather enlisted in the Union Army in October of 1864 at the age of 42!). Needless to say, its been fun and all this genealogy is giving me something more to do in my spare time (adding to the professional volunteer title! LOL)!!

Roses to all my other AOII sister - just because! :) You guys rock my world!

Roses to my friends who have helped me get over a broken heart from the weekend
And THORNS to the guy that gave it to me. Do I just have "if you are irresponsible and self center, PLEASE date me" written all over me??

(crashes)

Rose:

ASLFROSE GOT ENGAGED LAST NIGHT TO HER 4-YEAR BOYFRIEND!

congratulations to ASLFrose!!

Again, congrats and much love to them both! Thanks for sharing with us in the AOII forum ;)

Congrats ASLFRose! Happy Planning !

Roses to Elizabeth Rainey who won 1st Runner Up in the Miss University pageant last night. She also won the Ad Scholarship! Also, Roses to Bethany Daws who won Wayne County Miss Hopsitality! GO NU BETA PRETTY LADIES! :)

Roses to Kappa Phi adviser, Tara Taylor, upon her selection as one of the Montreal St. Patrick's Day Parade Princess.

Tara is the top left - she is quite excited! Look at that SMILE!!
http://www.bar-resto.com/uis/selection05/9.jpg

Please tell her I said congrats and still think of her!

Roses,
Kristi

Okay, so I'm really strange - but you all already knew that!! :)

Anyway, I just wanted to say how excited I am tonight after work. Tonight was our Friends and Family night (as well as some overflow from those community people that donn't fit in tomorrow!). Basically its all training, food in free, etc. Good time had by many!

So, anywho, we were REALLY busy (served around 200 guests - in a 2 hour window of time!). The CEO of Wisconsin Hospitality was even there (sitting in my section)!! Afterwards, our managers sat us all down and said what a great job we did and this is the best opening they have ever seen!! With the exception of a few small glitches we were running better than some retaurants that have been open for years! Go us!! Anyway, just wanted to share (oh, and I even made about $40 in tips from my three tables - not too bad considering they only had to pay for alcohol!) I also had a lot of fun - basically, its just like flight attending only waitressing is on solid ground rather than 37,000 feet! :)

Sarah

P.S. Congrats to Tara and ASFLROSE!!

Okay, so now I have a thorn! :)

My hometown is full of cheap people! High school kids, that I can understand but I had a family of 3 sit in my section. On a $60 bill they left me a $2 tip!! Yes, you read that right two dollars! Even for horrid service I don't leave a 3.5% tip! The high school kids left $3 on a $40 bill so that is a bit better. Maybe people really don't realize that waitresses (and waiters) only make tips (basically the $2.35 we make per hour covers our taxes). But still, general rule of thumb is at least 15% of your bill is left as a tip.

Anyway, that's my vent for today! :)

Roses because I just got my new member pin yesterday and am going bowling with my pledge class tonight!!!

Thorns because I've been putting off my homework for all of recruitment week and now I actually have to DO it.

A new AOII on the board Ali? Congrats!

Thank you!!! It's all so exciting!

sspunkyali what chapter are you from?

Congrats on becoming an AOII New Member! Get ready for the best years of your life!

I'm in Beta Gamma at Michigan State. It all seems like so much fun and I've loved it so far!

YEAH!!! Another Beta Gamma!!! :D

Congrats Ali and welcome!!

Go State!!

Sarah
Beta Gamma '00

Roses- Formal on Friday... For Alum transition on Sunday:)

Thorns- I have to move away from my best friends.....

Roses- I'll get lots of gifts at senior sendoff:p

Roses! The semester is almost over! Convention is getting closer!

Nu Beta Roses!
 

Roses to an AOII was just named the KA Fight Night Queen and to another AOII was chosen as the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity sweetheart! GO AOII! Go Nu Beta!

ETA: We just found out this evening that one of our member's was chosen as the Deke sweetheart!

Sorry to sound stupid...but is this a good thing?
I am having gruesome images of sorority women boxing without gloves....<shudder>
Silver

Nope, the girls do not fight. Each sorority makes signs for guys who are fighting and each sorority nominates a member to be a canidate for the event's queen, sort of like Derby Day Queen, Charity Bowl Queen, etc. No fighting by the girls. Just looking pretty and cheering on the guys!

Now, this sounds like fun. :)
Roses,
Silver