Fleur-de-lis and Broken Keys
 

In an effort to get some more activity on our board, I thought I'd start something fun. At the end of our formal chapters we had a fun little thing called Fleur-de-lis and Broken Keys. Basically it was just a way for girls to let the whole chapter know about good (and bad, but not too bad) things that had happened to them that week. It was also a fun way to give snaps to sisters for something nice they had done to another sister. Soo..... I'll start.
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Fleur-de-lis for having our first Alumnae Association meeting of the year tonight and [hopefully] having a good turnout!

Broken Key for WAY oversleeping this morning and being an hour late to work (among other things)

Good idea, ISUKappa!

Fleur-de-lis: Actually, this didn't happen to me, but my son made the Varsity swim team for his high school.

Fleur-de-lis: I will go to the Kappa house tomorrow and get a little recruitment fix. Workshop is going on this week, so I'll get to see everyone. I'm taking the chapter some gifts, too.

Broken Key: Again, this didn't happen to me, but my dog has another ulcer, in his left eye this time, that will probably require surgery (by a doggie ophthalmologist no less!).

Yay! Somebody wants to play! :)

And they can be about anything or anyone. A common one at our house was broken key for crow poop all over our cars! :p

Fleur-de-lis for someone letting me know today they want to help with our Advisory Board!! :)

such a cute idea!!!
 

fleur de lis : moving back to school on August 28th!! ( i miss my friends there!!)



broken key : moving back to school on August 28th!! ( i'll miss my friends here!!)


oh well... life is bittersweet! LOL :D

Fleur-de-lis: The start of work week!

Fleur-de-lis: Finally showing up around the GC Kappa forum again.

Broken Key: Forgetting my Disney ID in the locker room, thereby setting off hours of drama.

Fleur-De-Lis: Applied for my first credit card today.
Fleur-De-Lis: My next karate belt test is next Tuesday.
Fleur-De-Lis: Finished updating stuff that I'm able to update for the Kappa page, now I just have to wait on other people to give me the last of the stuff I need... (i.e. calendar and such)
Broken Key: Had to get a filling today.
Broken Key: I'm up way too late tonight (but finally going to sleep now!)

Fleur-de-lis : I've been a good girl and working out almost every day - I can feel my strength and endurance increasing already! :D
Broken Key : Some of you may know I'm having issues at my job. :(

Broken Key for it being 50 degrees outside right now. That is simply TOO COLD for August in Iowa!!

Fleur-de-lis for having a good first two days of work week for my girls. :)

Broken Key My arms are sore from working out.
Fleur de lis: Yay for working out!
Fleur de lis: Talked to my bosses today, and it sounds like they're really going to work on making sure I'm content in my job!

Oh Hooray!!! :D

broken key for going to bed tooooo late last night and being really tired today.

fleur-de-lis for both Iowa and Iowa State Kappa chapters making quota through formal recruitment!!! Beta Zeta (Iowa) is above total with 122 girls and is the largest house on campus, numberswise. :)

Fleur-de-lis - getting a JOB and moving to Massachusetts!
Broken Key - Massachusetts is COLD and I hate snow!

fleur-de-lis: roomie and me got a rug for our floor
broken key: but the curtains we brought don't block light and we need to return them

Hey, congrats on the job!! :)

Fleur-de-lis: I've lost almost 5 pounds!
Broken Key: My aunt is in the hospital (but she will be OK).

broken key for my car acting funny. :(
fleur-de-lis for going to New York City this weekend!!! I'm so excited!!! :D

Fleur-de-lis: I got into the Milwaukee Symphony Chorus.
Fleur-de-lis: I got pinned! Mr. KKC is a FKT.

Broken Key: I'm having back spasms.

Fleur-de-lis: Eta Alpha is paired with Pi Kappa Phi and Alpha Delta Pi for Homecoming 2004!!! (We won HC with Pi Kapp last year!!!)

Fleur-de-lis: Leadership Academy is this weekend!

Broken Key: I've got a nasty cold.

*singing Dream Awhile*

Congratulations to you on both accounts!! Such exciting news! :D

Fleur de Lis : I'm helping with Zeta Omega's pref dinner tomorrow!
Broken Key : I've been getting a lot of sinus headaches lately - have one right now in fact - owwwie.

Fleur de Lis: Going to the leadership academy this weekend!
Broken Key: Paper due in 10 hours and I'm still writing it ;_;

Fleur-de-lis It's I week this week!! :D

Broken Key I'm supah dupah tired today after my trip.

Fleur-de-lis: My son qualified for the State Team in both events he swam.

Broken Key: My son qualified for the State Team in both events he swam . . . so we won't get to see all of the Ole Miss-USC game. It's also Homecoming--I hope we'll get there for halftime and all the festivities.

Fleur-de-lis within the Broken Key: Our seats are in one of the inside booths--YAY for A/C!!!

MSKKG So did your son swim this weekend? How did he do??
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fleur-de-lis for initiating 24 wonderful women into the Beta Zeta chapter this weekend and for being able to stop by Delta Omicron (my undergrad chapter) this weekend and see all the wonderful updates to the house!

broken key for being sick and Iowa State losing its homecoming game bigtime. :(

ISUKappa, thanks for asking. My son did swim in the State Meet this weekend. He improved his time in the 500 Free as well as his ranking. He improved his ranking in the 200 Free, but his time was slower than his best. He was an alternate on the relay team, but the coach excused him so we could go to the Ole Miss-USC game. We actually didn't miss much of the game; in fact, we got there right when Ole Miss scored our 1st TD. HOTTY TODDY!

My husband's company donated a new team banner, and Sat. was the 1st time we could put it up. It turned out really good!

I hope you're feeling better.

Fleur-de-lis: Now I've lost 13 pounds!

Broken Key: My broken key is ironically a broken globe on the light of one of my ceiling fans. I was able to find a match to replace it though.

Fleur-de-lis: fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinally finished this research proposal!!!
Fleur-de-lis: an amazing workout today, increased my weights, reps and ran an extra quarter mile!
broken key: 7 chapters behind in my research methods class

Fleur de lis: I'm going to buy more yarn tomorrow!
Fleur de lis: A fellow Kappa alum and I are teaching the Waterloo actives to knit/crochet next week as a sisterhood event!
Broken key: My cold is gone but I'm still congested and coughing. (booo)

Fleur-de-lis: I've lost 16.5 pounds!

Broken Key: My younger son couldn't try out for the "B" team in basketball for his high school because his knee was hurting him. He can still pay rec ball though and will probably try out for the baseball team in the spring.

Congrats on the 16.5 pounds MSKKG! I'm really impressed. That's hard to do!

Fleur-de-lis: We had a FANTASTIC Semiformal on Friday! It was amazing! All thanks to the wonderful LuvUTruly!

Fleur-de-lis: I'm going to Charleson, SC for my 2 year anniversary with my boyfriend in December (he's a Pi Kappa Phi)!

Broken Key: Lots of work to do before Thanksgiving Break, but that's to be expected!

Thanks, KTK! You are the best! :)
Have a wonderful time in Charleston! ;) Maybe now would be an appropriate time to practice that song that you have wanted to the chapter to learn?! :D

Thanks so much for the encouraging words, KappaLadyK! This was probably the worst time of the year to start a diet though, with H'ween, T'giving, and Christmas all in a row!

Oh Stephie Boo you silly goose.

We should probably start practicing, but not necessarily for December. I have a feeling I will have to wait a little while longer ;) Our anniversary will just be a romantic weekend away to celebrate. Plus, Charleston is quite special to us! Hehehe!


L&L,

*KTK*

broken key: It's icky and raining out and I have to make a four-hour drive this afternoon.

fleur-de-lis: That four-hour drive is to see one of my best friends from my pledge class and hang out with her this weekend!! :D

Lots of Fleur-de-lis: I've lost 20 lbs.! I get to celebrate T'giving with my EKs tonight--hope that won't negate my 20 lbs.! Yesterday, my older son earned his 1st athletic letter for swimming.

Broken Key: I'm not feeling the best right now, but I'm sure I'll be better soon.

Keep up the great work, MSKKG!

Fleur-de-Lis- It's Thanksgiving break!

Broken Keys- I have a lot of work to get done and break will soon be over!

But... another Fleur-de-Lis - When I go back to school next week, Elise the LC is coming to visit again! She's fabulous!:D

Fleur-de-lis: On Thursday, PKTKKG and I toured the Greek Village at USC and had a wonderful time. They had a Christmas Open House, so all the houses were decorated and looked beautiful. Everyone had refreshments (it was really hard to resist all the delicious-looking sweets. but I did!). One of the best comments I heard about the KKG house was that it was like a home.

Broken Key: Three of the houses didn't participate. The Sigma Chis had an initiation event, and the KDs and ZTAs had other things planned. I hope I'll get to visit those 3 at another time.

Fleur-de-lis: We had a very enjoyable Alumnae event this morning touring a historic mansion in our city that was all decked out for Christmas.

Broken Key: I only got about 4 hours of sleep last night!

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MSKKG That's fantastic about your weight loss! I know it's hard, but keep it up! :D (Not too easy around the holidays, though.)

Broken Key: I'm going through a very scary and sad change in my life.
Fleur-de-Lis: the loyalty and sisterhood my chapter and international sisters have shown me. I feel like I have fallen, and their hands are helping me stand back up.