Haha! I knew that would come up. There are oftentimes many situations where seemingly excessive QAs are allowed. Many times on campuses where the primary goal is to place all PNMs who maximized their options.... It's different reasons at different schools. :D

I've seen that with two or three extra, but seven just seemed over the top!

Some campuses choose to place PNMs regardless of the NPC guidelines.

VERY true!

Congrats to Sweet Tea and Phi Mu!

Carnation, it's time to update your letter in last year's Arrow with the picture of your panhel family!

Congratulations to your daughter Carnation! I hope that she has fun with her new sisters!

But why would you have someone else start a thread for your daughter? Or is BBelleADPi one of your daughters also?

I think we'll all hoping that Carnation will adopt BBelle. That way, we can get an ADPi in there, too! ;)

Oh, Carnation, PLEASE adopt me!! Please, please, please!!:D

Actually, Carnation and I became very good friends through Greekchat! We have several things in common, one in that we both have adopted daughters-Asian, at that! And, we both have college age who-have-been-through rush daughters, and I wouldn't have made it last year throughout recruitment w/out Carnation's help! (Well, I would have made it, but I certainly wouldn't have been sane by the end of the process!) And, we both have daughters who WILL be going through rush in the not too distant future! There was also the time I couldn't get my Chinese daughter's jet black, straight hair to curl for cheerleading and Carnation told me not to hold my breath on that one. Sometimes we just need someone to tell us everything is going to be OK. Like a mama....

Oh, Carnation, PLEASE adopt me!! Please, please, please!!:D

Wait, did Alpha Gam close? That's really too bad.

Ok so then why didn't Carnation start the thread herself?

Maybe because there would be those who would tank her daughter's R?

Maybe to be a little less obvious?

Please tell me you're joking. Someone would actually try to do that?

Yes.:eek: Several of us on these boards have had it happen to our daughters. Because some people reading these threads care more about their own sorority than about the PNM. :( And that's all I'm going to say about THAT.

That would be an excellent reason to post after the fact, when it is all said and done. Can't sabotage the past.

I'm sorry. Am I supposed to care more about some random girl on a messageboard more than Alpha Sigma Alpha? I missed that part of my ASA Handbook.

Yes, that statement seems a little out of place, doesn't it? Let me see if I can better clarify, without going into detail. For the MOST part, the people who read these threads, simply READ them. They don't try to get involved/interfere with the recruitment/campus itself.

Carnation - Congrats to your daughter and Phi Mu!:D:D

Carnation - Congratulations! I'm sure she will enjoy her new sisterhood. She'll have to come visit the new Phi Mu HQ!

Yes to all the reasons listed above!

And thank you all for the wonderful support...she hasn't stopped rhapsodizing about what all she gets to/plans to do!

Y'all know the song "Cebu" from Veggietales? When one of her little brothers heard she was a Phi Mu, he started singing, "Phi Muuuuu! PhiMuMuMu, Phi MuMuMu'", etc., and I am going to freak because all day, that song has been in my head!

Carnation, do you have pictures of the crests that you have sewed? I'd love to see them!

Yay!!! I'm so pleased for your daughter.:)

Oh NO! Now it's in MINE, too!

HAHAHAHAHA! This will be the third straight day, I'm sure, that I can't get rid of that song in my head, complete with the honking animal.

Violetpretty, it'd be easy to take the picture with our digital camera--I'll try--but who knows if I'll be able to get it to show up on GC. Two are needlepointed and two are cross-stitched.

Carnation, if you use photobucket to post your pictures you should have no problems. Really easy to use and the links are already made, all you have to do is click inside of the box that says image code. It copies it for you, so all you have to do is paste it on here ;)

I've never had a problem posting pictures from photobucket on message boards.


Hope to see those crests soon! I bet they're great!

Carnation, there is a "Cebu" store in Peachtree City where the Phi Mu HQ is. I think that is is Jamacian or some island? They had some cute "island-ish" stuff.

I had never heard of the word before, lol.

Cebu is a province in the Philippines. I have a few relatives who still live there.

Really, really, beautiful, IMO.

Cebu is where our 4th daughter is from!

ETA: I have just spent the last hour with one of our daughters, trying to get that crest picture onto Photobucket--she has an account. Somehow, we're going to get that sucker on here.

Photobucket's cool, but if you have a free account, depending on how many times the photo is being viewed, you might get a crummy "Bandwidth exceeded" graphic. :mad: I eventually gave in and paid for an account.

If it's just one photo you want to upload online, tinypic.com is good. It's part of the Photobucket company, if I'm not mistaken.

Yes there are people online who are truly that pathetic that they would try and tank the recruitment for someone's child they have never met simply because they dislike that person.

Sad but true.

Carnation,
Congratulations to your latest addition to the very Panhellenic household you are running. Between cousins, daughters, nieces, you might even be able to start your own local panhellenic. :)

I can't imagine anyone sabotaging Carnation; she doesn't give people reasons to dislike her!

I can see it listed on the NPC website under Alumnae Panhellenics: "Carnation Nation" :)

Hello and Congrats to the CARNATION NATION!
 

Ok, I have come out from the hills (or so it seems) to check the Recruitment threads. LOL, so glad to start another recruitment thread reading time to see Carnation has another daughter happily pledged! CONGRATS!! I hope she enjoys her new journey.:)

(Hi there to all the GCers, by the way, long time no chat!)

Okay. This digital camera is making me crazy. Anybody who wants to see the 4 crests, please pm me your email address; I'm pretty sure I can email the shot anyway.

Congratulations on the latest addition to the Carnation nation!!

:) I would like to announce that we now have a second pink star on our Carnation Nation flag! Our new daughter-in-law is a Phi Mu! :)

ETA: I should say 4th pink star, my husband's 2 cousins are Phi Mus too!

Congratulations on your new addition!

At some point, Carnation, you have GOT to contact the Guinness Book of World Records! Congratulations to Tall Son!

Glad this got bumped, I never read this story. Congratulations on your son's engagement and I agree you should contact the Guiness Book of World Records.