You may be a green-neck--
· You own handbooks for older levels that you haven't reached yet.
· People stop you at the market to ask how to join Girl Scouting/Guiding.
· You never throw out ANYTHING without first thinking 'Could the troop use this
in some way?'
· You make campfire foods at home and serve them to your family to try out new
recipes.
· Your garage looks like a camp store.
· At least one room in your house ALWAYS has some kind of Girl Scout
paperwork strewn all over it.
· People stop you at work to buy cookies...in July...and you HAVE some.
· You introduce your daughters by program level.
· You bring your daughter's handbook on vacation to see if you can knock off a
few try-it/badge/IPP requirements.
· Your husband is afraid to take out the trash until you check it for possible craft
materials.
· You carry the troop telephone list, a first aid kit, paper towels, wet wipes, and
a "lost and found" box in your car.
· You have two grocery sacks filled with Styrofoam meat trays in the garage just in
case you might need them for something.
· When you use the saying "my girls" yet you only have 1 daughter...
· You encourage your kids to eat tuna fish sandwiches to get the empty cans.
· Co workers ask if you've got: an aspirin, a needle and thread, a safety pin...and you
always do!
· Most of your cutlery has the remnants of nail-varnished initials from last year's
camp?
· One consideration while buying your next vehicle is "how many girls with sleeping
bags and backpacks can I fit in this thing"?
· You will buy almost anything from the clearance bins for a dollar or two because
you just know you'll think of some way the girls can use it.
· You wake up early on your neighborhood's recycling day to check out the bins on
your block before the truck comes by.
· You kept right on being SUM for 8 years after your only child (daughter)
graduated from high school.