So you're from Arizona??... Ohio State 2011!

Here's a hello from Ohio,

The past few days I have spent my time with the women of the Alpha Gamma chapter at Ohio State University. The women have been so much fun and truly a pleasure to work with!

I was greeted Monday evening at the airport by four exec members and a sack full of mcdonalds, salad of course in case I was a vegetarian haha The other fun fact was the women thought I was from Arizona. It was announced that they had googled me (my visit to Arizona must have surfaced) and they researched Arizona, at which point they decided I would be fun since I was from there, little did they know I was a good ole' Oklahoma girl!

The next day I woke up early to have breakfast with the sweet president before my day full of meetings began. Every woman I came in contact with was so welcoming and ready for new ideas and information. The best part about my meetings is they scheduled THREE over ice cream and coffee.. YUM! I obviously had to try Jenni's ice cream, a local favorite, it was delicious and I was completely satisfied haha

My last full day with the chapter the facility director, Carolyn, took me to breakfast at the diner on campus. It was also delicisous and such great conversation! Later that day I was taken on a campus tour and to a local Italian place for dinner. The women were so kind and I had a great time!

The Theta House

The student union

Today I head home to get ready for the red river rivalry! BOOMER SOONER!

(pictures and updates to come) Now boarding for the great state of OKLAHOMA!

1-800-catchamom, Ole Miss Recruitment 2011!

Well Hotty Toddy again from Ole Miss!

I spent the last week surrounded by wonderful women, beautiful decorations and lots and lots of glitter! Recruitment was full of sleepless nights, crazy PNM mothers, and of course lots of singing!

Obviously, I had good ole southern cookin' again at Ole Miss and was very thankful for the sweet tea. I was a frequent visitor to Newk's and had lots of home made goodies from the Theta moms! Now PNM mothers were the exception to the nice mom rule. SEC recruitments are very intense, this being the case, PNM mothers drove by, hid outside of house and many other creative things just hoping to get a glimpse of her daughter in the midst of recruitment. One mom even went as far as to dress up like a PNM (name tag and all) and climb a tree. She was spotted and quickly removed haha

I was also able to meet up with an Alpha Omicron Pi consultant from Oklahoma (Taryn) and veiw the Delta Gamma and Alpha Omicron Pi skits at Ole Miss. Both were very upbeat and so much fun! The Theta's did a skit called Sorority Night Live. The favorite act was coffee talk and definitely kept the PNMs laughing. While viewing Delta Gamma's skit we were notified the fire alarm had gone off at the Kappa Delta house. All PNMs and members were evauated and outside for half of the round waiting on the fire department. It's events like these that you just have to laugh and continue on through the long process.

The Epsilon Zeta women had great decorations and loved the way recruitment turned out! I was even able to go to Incredible Pizza with them to celebrate bid day with their new members. I loved my time at Ole Miss and cannot wait to return again!!!

Now boarding to Columbus, Ohio. Headed to Ohio State and hoping to meet up with Mallory Butts!

Hey Yall, from Nashville!!

Since Penn State I have been very busy with a short break at home, colonization at Belmont and mid-semester with the ELCs! I have tons to share, so let's start from the beginning...

I flew home from Penn State to celebrate my birthday early with friends and family! Thursday afternoon my mom and I went to see The Help and ran a few needed errands. The Help was so good! Friday I spent the day in Norman visiting friends and getting ready for birthday dinner with Michael. We ate at Benvenuti's and had a great evening. Saturday early afternoon I had the BEST birthDATE ever! Michael took me to the warren to see The Lion King in 3D in the balcony! We splurged and got so much food and had a great time! That night my mom and I returned to the warren to see I Don't Know How She Does It in the balcony. It was a fun day full of movies and relaxing! The next morning I headed to Nashville.

While in Nashville I was able to meet up with my step mom Kimberli and eat dinner for my birthday! It was so fun to see her, Pam and Jamie! Habatchi!

Sunday came too quickly, but I flew to Nashville to meet up with Katie and Joni to help with the colonization of the new Theta chapter at Belmont! I wrapped over 120 presents, tied bows on bags and helped with any and all items necessary. It was such a fun week! We are so thankful to have 125 new members!

On my birthday Justine sent me flower, Katie and Joni took me to dinner, Lindsey and Stacey sent me a hilarious video, Christa sent me a beautiful JCrew necklace and I was showered with cards! It was such a special birthday!!

On bid day all of the other ELCs flew into Nashville for midsemester meeting! It was soooo nice to see everyone and I am very sad to leave them again!! We had fun dinners and exciting meetings. It was so great to see everyone!

Now boarding..... to Ole Miss for recruitment! I cannot wait to see the women again and spend lots of time together :)

Hello from Happy Valley!

My latest travels took me to State College, PA to Penn State University!

I had my worst travel day thus far on my way from Oklahoma to State College. I was already feeling under the weather when I got on my first flight, but I didn't think it would get worse... I was wrong! On my first flight my ears would not pop, the pressure was so strong I started crying mid flight and just put my head in my lap so no one would talk to me. On my layover I was in an awful mood and in a lot of pain, luckily for me Justine Rosenberg was able to calm me down. She instructed me to grab some hot tea with honey in it to help my throat and take my mind off things. By the time my next flight touched down I was feeling halfway human, but still under the weather. I was quickly thrown into a chapter meeting where I met many of the women but was anxious to get some rest.

As the week progressed I began to feel better and better. The women of the Beta Phi chapter were so welcoming and fun to be around. Penn State has a SUPER long recruitment, lasting a total of ten days... wow! The women handled themselves with great ease and the process moved along very smoothly.

My favorite place in State College is the university creamery! The college has a degree in ice cream making, it is where Ben & Jerry's and Baskin Robins learned to make ice cream. Past United States President's have come from all over to try the ice cream. So anyone who knows me knows I was in heaven!

My other fun adventure was with the Beta Phi advisory board and alumnae chapter. One of the founding members of the Penn State Chapter had a birthday party I was able to attend. Grace turned 99 this year!!! She was so precious and we all had a lot of fun talking about Theta and our sisterhood memories.

It was hard to say goodbye after a ten day stay with the women of Beta Phi, but thankfully I will be returning late November to have so more fun with them!

Now boarding for Oklahoma City to celebrate my birthday a bit early and then head on to Nashville to be reunited with Joni and Katie!!

Lovin' the California Sunshine & Football Time in Oklahoma!!

Hello from Stockton, California at the University of the Pacific!
My visit to California was wonderful! The women were so welcoming, even had hand made signs for my arrival! My first stop was obvious... In and Out! After ordering off the secret menu and gaining my status as a normal human, we were off to Stockton to see the chapter.
The chapter had just finished a recruitment event that was so cute! The theme was "Under the Sea".... SUPER CUTE!

I shared a room with two incredible women, Corinne & Beth, who were an absolute hoot! They women were so welcoming and best of all... made to order hot breakfast each morning!! YUM!!
I was given a campus tour my first day at the University of the Pacific by two of the women also in the ambassadors program. On the tour we were able to see the Theta's "tabling" and if I do say so the table looked great!!

One of the most exciting things of my visit was getting to see my dear friend Danika! She picked me up from the chapter and we were able to have lunch on our way to the airport. She even made me home made peanut butter chocolatechip cookies, which ended up being my dinner on the plane haha

As my visit came to an end I hated to leave the women of the Phi chapter, however, I did have one thing to look forward to.... It's football time in OOOOOKLAHOMA!! I was able to be home for two nights only, but oh what a difference two nights makes. I LOVED seeing my family, friends and Michael of course!

Saturday morning I headed to Edmond for a Sooner Born & Sooner Bred, Soon They'll be Sooner Wed Shower for Katherine and Ryan! It was so great to see all the girls and spend time relaxing. I drove directly to Norman from the shower. Game day was crazy as usual and so much fun! I am so thankful I was able to be home for such a fun time!

Now I am in State College, PA visiting the Beta Phi chapter at Penn State University! Updates soon to follow :)

Think Theta, Clemson Recruitment 2011!

Hello from Clemson, South Carolina!

I have had a wonderful week with the women of the Delta Phi chapter! Recruitment was a huge success, full of LATE nights, fun lunch dates, godzilla's, hilarious advisors, and so much more!

On Wednesday afternoon I was greeted at the airport by a very enthusiastic advisor named Melissa... or loving known as Crouch. Little did I know she and a few other advisors would become such fast friends!

The Delta Phi women were so welcoming to me! My roommate, Kelly, was so much fun! She got roped into late night conversations almost every night. The VPA, Caroline, is basically my twin. We have so much in common its unreal! The entire ERB and Exec were so much fun to hang out with... which was nice seeing as how we stayed up until 3 am many nights of my visit.

 ERB

Exec

Caroline, VPA

Some of my favorite, scariest, and funniest memories of my visit come from the cockroach infestation the Little John (basketball arena where rounds 1,2 & 3 were held) seemed to have. Literally, have never seen that many bugs in my life, yet somehow laughed the entire time! The bug invading the exec suite where the majority of our ERB meetings were held was loving named Godzilla by none other than Crouch herself.

Did I mention the first few rounds of recruitment are done in the basketball arena? All of the chapters are separated by tall black curtains, but nothing can contain the noise of all of the door songs! It was such a neat experience to see.

On my last full day at Clemson JP, the ritual advisor, and Caroline took me on a tour of the football stadium to see Howard's Rock. The tradition is for the football coach and team to rub the rock as they run down the hill for football games. When the rock is uncovered there is even security close by! The rock is such a big deal, women come from all over to have their picture taken with the rock in their wedding dress.

JP was such a good sport, she even watched old "There's Only One Oklahoma" clips with me to get ready for game day!! Can't wait for football time in Oklahoma!!

Preference round was held in the iconic bell tower at Clemson. It was such a special night for me! It brought me back to 845 Chautauqua, thinking of my preference round and how much Theta means to me. Three incredible women gave their stories as to why they love Theta and literally brought me to tears. The perfect pref round was topped off by papa john's pizza and working with ERB until 3 am.

I had such a wonderful experienc with the women of Delta Phi! I already miss them and hope to see them again soon! I am looking forward to hearing how successful Bid Day is!!

Now boarding to Stockton, California. I will be visiting The University of the Pacific!