I don't recall having to sew or knit anything to "fly up" from Brownies to Girl Scouts. Perhaps we did, I don't know.

It couldn't have been the same, however, as I have really never known how to knit. I can crochet and embroider, and I did a lot of macrame as a young girl. But somehow my left-handedness seemed to confuse me when it came to knitting, though I had a grandmother who valiantly tried to teach me.

As for sewing, great seamstress that I am, I am positive I never learned anything about sewing from Scouts.

We always seemed to be doing stupid projects like making "sit-upons," which were mats made of oilcloth that we may have stuffed with old newspapers... Did anyone else have to make a "sit upon?"

As I said, I got kicked out of Scouts because I argued with the leader, and I don't recall the specifics of that - have never heard of anyone else getting kicked out until this discussion.

I was in the Brownies for 4 years, but I was never a Girl Scout because I went into the 4-H Club wholeheartedly. Living in the country we liked their options. I was into cooking even then and won several blue ribbons over the years, one for Stewed prunes, one for chocolate-coconut marble cske, one for chicken chow-mein. I also entered and won a ribbon for sewing matching dresses, one for me and one for my mother. We were in the County Fair Fashion Show. The last one I won was for raising a litter of kittens after I had got the pregnant cat as an assignment. All my kittens, 7 in all, were adopted into good homes...
The Brownies and Girl Scout organizations are woncderful but the 4-H takes lifes lessone a bit further, and seem more well rounded to many ...

This is so funny because just a couple days agto my DIL said Jason my Marine grandson in Japan asked her to send him a care package................Guess what he wanted???

Girl Scout cookies!!! He has several favorites. So now she is trying to find some. Usually in March they sell here but haven';t seen a one this year.

Sounds like different people had different scouting experiences. I'm guessing they varied because of the specific leaders involved. How terrible that the groups all weren't as much fun as mine! I attended a reunion with a half dozen women from that scout troop, back in December of 2010. The leader was even there - 90 years old! We had a great time.
I was lucky, wasn't I? Was it a combination of the time (1950s) and the place (Dallas, Texas suburb)? Do such experiences still happen today? I sure hope so.

I was in Brownies and then 4-H. My adoptive sister and I took dairy cattle; daddy loved watching us show his prize-winning cattle. Every animal won blue ribbons; some won Grand Championship and Showmanship awards. My ex-husband was an
Eagle Scout and an alter boy. My current husband is a prince, LOL.....

Jabber, sounds like you deserve your prince!

Thanks Anne. He is a kind, gentle human being. Reminds me of
my adoptive dad and even looks like him, somewhat. Sweet, soft
spoken men are a Godsend.

I agree! Too many of us - including me with hubby #1-- are/were more attracted to the "bad boy" type. Guess it's our innate need to nurture...

Well some say; third times the charm! But not in my case my first and second husbands were both wonderful human beings but being widowed twice and having tried for a third good husband I got a LEMON, a really sour lemon too!

Sorry Chatty. IMO longterm relationships are the hardest things; especially when two people from different backgrounds try living together. The smallest darn stuff aggravates a human, things that don't mean squat bug the heck of you. And even friendships sometimes are comparable to walking on hot coals. We're all put together with such complexity, it's a wonder any of us can withstand lifelong sociability.

Ain't that the truth????