Roses and Thorns
 

Hi KD Ladies! I thought I'd start a sort of KD Random thread based on something my chapter used to do at the end of every meeting. We would pass around a box, and each member could put in a slip of paper with a "Rose" or a "Thorn" on it. People could give a rose to someone who had done something nice for them during the week, or to their roomates, or for a birthday. Thorns were given out for bad things like, "Thorns to the annoying guy at the club who had a mullet" or "Thorns to Suzy for drinking the last of the milk and putting the empty carton back." It was just a fun way to end the meeting.

I thought it would be a fun way to get to know each other if every day we could write our "Roses and Thorns" - roses for something good that is happening in your life, and thorns for the things that are not so good.
I'll start!

Roses for the fact that I got to visit my family for a week.

Thorns because I have to leave tomorrow :(

We use to do this too...

Roses because Friday was the last day my students were in class and I get to start summer break soon!!

Thorns because they were one of the best classes that I have had and they left :(

This is too cute!

Roses for a day off from work tomorrow.

Thorns for trying to make up for lost hours at work later in the week!:rolleyes:

Roses to the Veterans of our Armed Services, may we remember them on this Memorial Day.

Thorns to starting summer school tomorrow.

Roses for enjoying a beautiful weekend in DC.

Thorns for Congress being in recess making my job the most boring 9hrs a day for the rest of the week.

Roses to ta kala for getting to be a CDC!

Roses for the fact that my summer school prof does not seem to be as hard as everyone made him out to be!

Thorns to the guy on Amazon.com that shipped my order without a tracking number, so now I have to file a claim because I never got it.

You will absolutely love HQ! The pictures don't do it justice. Have a great time at your training.

DaffyKD

Roses to a fun weekend in Austin with my boyfriend

Thorns to the weekend being over!

Congrats on being a CDC at the HQ! I'm an intern there.

Roses for my teaching year being over--
HOWEVER--
Thorns for the same thing. I'll miss my students!!! :)

Roses to going shopping and getting a cute pair of shoes!

Thorns for it raining allllllll day!

Roses & Thorns
 

Ahh I have heard of roses & thorns but my chapter doesn't do it...I think we'd get too chatty and chapter would drag on and on. Haha.

Roses for having lunch with an old friend today! :)

Thorns for someone making fraudulant charges on my credit card...I'm still trying to straighten out that mess! :eek:

Fraudulent charges...Major thorns! I hope you get that taken care of!

Thorns for waking up early on a Saturday because I have to go to class because my prof. is a tenured jerk on a power trip.

Roses for a bar-b-q for one co-worker this afternoon, and a party for another co-worker tonight!

Roses & Thorns
 

roses for having the BEST weekend at a friend's house at the outer banks--jetskiing, crabbing, and spending time on the boat! :D

thorns for being back at work and a bit sore and sunburned! :mad:

Our chapter doesn't do Roses & Thorns, but we do something similar called KD did-its. Near the end of meeting, everyone who has something to share stands up, and we go around the circle saying "My KD did-it goes to (Mary) for (helping me thaw out my car after the last snow storm)." Sometimes they are funny, sometimes they're a bit serious, but it's always nice to recognize yours sisters in meeting for the things they do everyday.

We also do something called hot seat. Each week everyone who meets a certain criteria (wearing black, with their hair up, who is right handed, etc.) goes around the circle and compliments who ever's name has been drawn. We have a fairly small chapter, so it works well for us!