Roses and Thorns

ShaedyKD · #1 05-26-2007, 11:03 AM

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

kansas13 · #2 05-26-2007, 03:11 PM

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

howtheSunrose · #3 05-28-2007, 01:00 AM

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!

ShaedyKD · #4 05-28-2007, 11:10 AM

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

Thorns to starting summer school tomorrow.

KDAngel · #5 05-29-2007, 10:53 AM

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.

ShaedyKD · #6 05-29-2007, 11:26 PM

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.

DaffyKD · #7 05-30-2007, 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by ta kala

Roses because I will be in Memphis at headquarters in 5 days to begin cdc training!

Thorns because I have a ton to do until then between work, packing, homework, and all that other fun stuff!

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

DaffyKD

KD_Lady · #8 07-07-2007, 05:19 PM

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!

Kaydee_cutie · #9 07-08-2007, 10:16 PM

My chapter did basically the same thing, but instead of roses and thorns, we did diamonds and daggers

roses (diamonds) for me being a college graduate!!

thorns (daggers) for not having a job and for being single for the first time in 7 years

Stef the Pef · #10 07-12-2007, 05:22 PM

Restaurant woes:

Roses for getting my correct tab billed to my account (after having three others show up on there that weren't mine)...

...thorns for still having someone else's billed to me.

Gonna be an interesting afternoon on that one.

sunnydebs · #11 07-12-2007, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Stef the Pef

Restaurant woes:

Roses for getting my correct tab billed to my account (after having three others show up on there that weren't mine)...

...thorns for still having someone else's billed to me.

Gonna be an interesting afternoon on that one.

YIKES! I hope you get it straightened out soon!

KDAngel · #12 07-13-2007, 01:01 AM

Thorns for having the longest day on Capitol Hill ever -- college just doesn't prepare you for the real-world with it's 60 and 90 minute classes... and work during college (even though I worked FT my last 2yrs) just isn't the same as having a career.

But roses for RSVPing to my first KD AA event coming up in a few weeks! I'm SO excited!

Stef the Pef · #13 07-15-2007, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by sunnydebs

YIKES! I hope you get it straightened out soon!

Roses: Yep, sure did. The manager gave me $40 in gift certificates, so it wasn't that bad of a trade off for an extra $10 that didn't clear from my account.

Thorns: Aughhhhhh stomachaches!!!

kdpc3807 · #14 12-10-2007, 12:28 AM

Roses to no school for a month

Thorns to not seeing any Kappa Deltas for that month sad...