Congrats to you and your sons, MSKKG!

Fleur-de-lis - I'm dating a new boy. I like him a lot. Things are going well, and I can't stop smiling.

Broken Key - I read "Pledged" this weekend, and it was awful. If I had read it before recruitment, I never ever would have joined a sorority. I hate Alexandra Robbins. Boo! :(

Fleur-de-lis:

- my sister just had a fabulous wedding
- i just visited my fiance's new house, which will be our house in about 10 months

and no broken keys! yay! :D

OMG!! I am so excited for you!! hehe!! :)

fleur-de-lis Beta Zeta had a fabulous Recruitment week taking quota of 27 wonderful women!

broken key I was feeling really, really crappy yesterday so I couldn't attend their bid day festivities. :(

Yay for Beta Zeta! That chapter is one that is so close to my heart. I love to hear all of the wonderful things they are accomplishing (thanks in no small part to Kari's wonderful leadership and mentoring!!!).

Fleur de Lis: Beta Chi/Kentucky took quota of 52 wonderful women! Woo woo!!

Congratulations to Beta Zeta and Beta Chi! I can't wait to hear about UF and FSU. UF's bid day is today, and FSU's is on Saturday. This is all so exciting!!! Best of luck ladies!

Fleur-de-lis (inspired by ISUKappa and imsohappythatiama!): Theta chapter also made quota with 63 wonderful new members!! (And a big fleur-de-lis for panhellenic recruitment at Mizzou in general... all 13 chapters made quota for the first time in at least nine years... but they're also "hypothesizing" that it may have been the first time ever!)

Broken key: The internet at our chapter house doesn't work! Boo! :)

Good morning all!!!
 

Fleur-de-lis: My 11 year old son has been invited to travel with People to People to England and France during summer 2006 as a student ambassador.

Broken key: My allergies are killing me!!! (I don't turn red, no runny nose, but my eyes . . . oh they are so runny & swollen!)

Broken Key: My computer was down for about 4 days. I was going to have to have a technician come in and check it because my provider had done everything on their end and the problem seemed to be with my computer.

Fleur-de-lis: My younger son is taking Information Technologies at school. They made Ethernet cables, so he tried one of the ones he made on my computer. It worked!!!

fleur-de-lis: zeta lambda (w&j) is ready to move into the brand new chapter house starting dec. 3rd!! :) :)

broken key: we're moving in during finals (of course) :\

Broken Key: It is snowing and nasty here in Massachusetts!

Fleur-de-lis: I was sent pictures of the redone Kappa house at FSU, and it's super nice! It brought some sunshine into my snowy day! I'll post some of the pics here someday...

broken key Because I'm due in March, I won't have the opportunity to be very active next semester with the AB/HB at the chapter I advise. :(

fleur de lis I have a super awesome AB that is going to help out tons during my absence.

Fleur-de-lis: I reached my 10% goal (plus some!!!) at Weight Watchers.

Broken Key: Not much of one, but we decided not to decorate for Christmas because we are getting the inside of our house painted. It was sad not to have a tree, so I bought a tiny artificial one that is sitting on my coffee table.

Just a fleur-de-lis today: My older son found out he is a National Merit Finalist!

Yay for your boy!!!

Broken Key: We are completing tax forms early this year and the FAFSA forms for the kid going to college

Fleur de lis: We make TOO much $ to qualify for financial aid . I guess the gov't considers us rich.

In my chapter (again, back in the days of the dinosaurs) the fleur-de-lis award was akin to the "Spaz Award" ie somebody who had done something foolish during the past week.

We're in the middle of all the FAFSA applications, too. We haven't completed the tax info yet, so I don't know what our status is.

fleur-de-lis Beta Zeta improved their chapter GPA again to 3.07!! This is almost a .1 jump over the last year. I am so proud of these girls!

broken key My house is a disaster area, and probably will be until well after this baby is born!!
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MSKKG that's great news about your son!

Where is he applying? My kid applied to 2 state schools and 5 privates. Total costs (Tuition,r,b, etc) at these schools run to the tune of $48K per year .:mad:

I think this is a waste of time and we won't be getting a dime.

Thanks, ISUKappa. We're very proud of him!

alum, I'll PM you.

Just one great big fleur-de-lis
 

My little Kappa man, Grant Edward, was born Tuesday, March 7. We're finally home and super exhausted (not to mention extremely sore), but he's adorable and so worth it!!

Fleur-de-lis: Zeta Lambda has a wonderful group of New Members

Fleur-de-lis: We're in our brand-new house now!

Let me know if anyone wants to see pictures of the new house and the girls

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CONGRATS, ISUKappa! I am so happy for you and Mr. ISUKappa! :)

Re: Just one great big fleur-de-lis
 

Congrats, ISUKappa! I have a new baby cousin, Zachary Daniel, who was born on March 7th as well! Also, a friend's first niece was born on that day as well... it looks like is a great birthday!! Best wishes!

Re: Just one great big fleur-de-lis
 

A future Keyman! That's great!

Congratulations! Baby boys are great!

CONGRATS!
 

What great news! I love the name!!

When I had my little key man in late November, I don't think I made it to the computer for over a week. And you're here posting two days after you got home from the hospital. Glad that you have the energy!!

Fleur de Lis - I just got accepted to NYU for Grad School! Educational Theatre... woohoo!

Broken Key - I am going to be very muchly in debt.

Broken Key - No KKG chapter at NYU...

Fleur de Lis - ...but my old roomie lives in NYC, and we're going to do Kappa Alumni things together... she's too nervous to go on her own!

Fleur-de-lis: My firstborn son graduated from HS yesterday. He is the valedictorian of his class of 484 (at the beginning of the year, there were 522 in his class; of those 38, I don't know how many dropped out, how many moved away, or how many didn't pass).

Broken Key: Nothing to report here except that I will have to adjust to him being away at college. :(

Fleur-de-lis: My about-to-be-graduated high school senior FINALLY was able to fit her Behind-The-Wheel Drivers Ed training in her chaotic schedule and passed her DMV test. Yay, a little less chauffering for Mom!

Broken Key: The differential in car insurance is insane, even with the good student discount AND the fact that she heads off to college at the end of August.

I thought I'd revive this thread...

Broken key- There's a hurricane looking like it might hit the west coast of FL and move across to the east coast (where I live).

Fleur-de-lis- I am a first-year high school teacher and would certainly LOVE a day or two off. I really need it! ;)

Reviving this thread, again!

Broken Key: I'm teaching high school and still have one whole month to go before I'm out of there.

Fleur de lis: Less than two months till I marry my sweetie!

Thanks, sl, I almost forgot about this thread (and I even started it! :o)

broken key - my son is on his 5th ear infection (3rd in 2 months) and has to have tubes put in next week.

fleur de lis - I got to go back to my undergrad chapter house today and see my old house mom (who is still as awesome as ever and has been there 22 years!!) AND we got to see the float the chapter did with a few other groups for VEISHEA and it was awesome. If they don't win, I would be shocked. :)

Hoots and Toots
 

wow my chapter does the same thing calle hoots, salutes and toots lol. hoots would be a good thing and a toot would be a bad thing.

Fleur-de-lis: to chicago finally getting some nice weather HOOT HOOT
Broken key: for having a really hard time with my organic chemistry (pray for me)

Fleur-de-lis and Broken Key: I was elected AA President, but I had to give up HB and AB. It's all good though!

Fleur-de-lis: Only 6 more days of school with the students! Soon I will no longer be a first-year teacher. :D

Broken key: I have to have my room completely packed up 7 school days from now because I am moving down the hall. And I am leaving school early that day to hop on a plane. Stress!

F.D.L. I actually saw an owl tonight!!!!! :) I have never seen a live one except in the zoo or as part of a wildlife presentation.

Broken Keys (not quite): I almost hit it as it flew past my windshield.

I live in true suburbia near a major city. I was driving my 7th-grader home from Boy Scouts around 7 pm. It was still bright out, not nearly dusk. We were near our racquet club on a residential street and a big, fat bird with soft-looking brown, tan and white feathers flew VERY LOW across the street.

My son and I discussed this bird the rest of the way home. Definitely predator size, body wasn't streamlined enough to be a hawk or eagle. The feathers looked mottled as are an owl's. My Boy Scout says barn owl. He's probably correct but I am thinking G.H. If it was a barn, it was a VERY big one.

There are owls all around where I live, and we hear them all the time at night. When we 1st moved in 22 years ago, we saw a baby owl on top of a stack of firewood in our yard. He would flap his wings like he was practicing what to do when he started flying. If he fell off the stack, he would use his beak and claws to climb back up. His mom was hovering around, making sure her baby was OK. We figured he fell out of the nest. He was white, but the mom was brown.

A few months ago, I saw one in the trees around our house. I did take pictures but wish I had had a better camera. I couldn't get too close because he would fly away, and my zoom only worked to a point. We had taken pictures of the baby owl, too--we were able to get a little closer because he couldn't fly away, but we were careful not to be a threat to the mom!

My husband likes to tell the story of how a Great Horned Owl nested in their barn. One day he (or his grandpa, I can never remember) startled it and it swooped and flew out the front -- the tips if its wings brushing the edges of the door as it went out. The door is easily 8-10' wide!

We hear them occasionally in our neighborhood (they keep the pigeons to a minimum, thank goodness) but I don't think I've ever seen one.

Fleur-de-lis: I'm now an advisor! I'm excited to become more involved as an alumna. I will also be helping with the 1st day of recruitment at UCF tomorrow.

Broken key: School starts back for us on Wednesday and the kids come back next Monday. I wish the summer would last forever! I certainly have enjoyed not hearing that alarm clock go off at 5am.