This and yap 🤍 Don’t forget to create holiday magic for yourself too! I can’t tell you how nice it was to do some gingerbread decorating without having to follow a three year old’s vision (or fight the sugar battle)! It’s fun to do it with kids, too, but sometimes you just need coffee, baked goods, and little bit of kid-free catch up time with your mom friends! Thank you for hosting @blueskyehouse!!
I wrote down a list of things I wanted to do for fun in 2024. I crossed off exactly zero of them (having a baby will do that to ya) and my only hope of accomplishing one would be to host a cookie exchange! I wanted to SO bad but I was also feeling exhausted after a long year (losing a dog, having a baby, running a business, etc.) and I didn’t know if I had hosting a party in me. I sent out the invitations and told myself I’d figure it out. There was no going back! It was SO FUN though and I will be doing this again. I feel like so much of the holidays as a mom is spent making the magic for kids. It’s Santa meet and greets, Christmas shopping, holiday pageants…. And then seeing Santa again (and again and again). THIS party was for us! 🥂
🎧 Five 5-Star Audiobooks I Listened to This Year ✨
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This year, I listened to some incredible audiobooks, but these five stood out as absolute favorites:
📚 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith: A beautifully written coming-of-age classic. I didn’t want it to end and could absolutely see myself re-listening in a few years.
📚 None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell: A psychological thriller with unreliable narrators that kept me guessing the whole way through.
📚 Such a Bad Influence by Olivia Muenter: Part mystery, part family drama—flawed characters, a gripping storyline, and a chef’s kiss ending.
📚 All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker: A masterpiece of storytelling that starts as a serial killer mystery and evolves into something much bigger.
📚 Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors: A stunning exploration of sisterhood, grief, and imperfect people. The ending left me in tears (happy ones!).
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LOVE those! I was a phi mu 🙂
Alpha Gam!!! 🙂
Pi Beta Phi!
Phi Mu! <3 Love that pink and white!
I love these! I'm a Phi Mu! Wish they had pink and white or a lion or quatrefoil necklace!
I just joined Alpha Delta Pi! How fun are these!
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I am in love with Dolphin! Delta Delta Delta <3
Loving all of this! I was in Pi Phi!
These are too cute, I've got to check out what they have for Alpha Gamma Delta. Thanks for sharing!
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Definitely going to keep this in mind for my friends in sororities!
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Phi Sigma Sigma!!!! and i will have to think about these for the future, my little's birthday is coming up!!
I'm a Pi Phi! LOVE these!
-The Preppy Student
So cool your sister is a Zeta, I'm a Zeta from The College of New Jersey! Thanks for sharing the cute necklaces, I'm always on the hunt for crown jewelry 🙂
Even though I'm an alumna now, I'll be a Sigma Alpha Epsilon Pi forever–sorority membership is for life!
Love the dolphin necklace! I'm a Tri Delt at the University of Arkansas!
This is such a cute idea, even though I'm not in a sorority. Maybe I'll just get one for fun!
Your Friend, Jess
My cousin was a ZTA at UF!
My cousin was a ZTA at UF!
Love these! Wish there was one for Alpha Omicron Pi!
Kappa Alpha Theta (Beta Chi)! <3
Alpha Gamma Delta!
KK
Theta & I love the kite! It's so hard to find kites or pansies anywhere!
We didn't have sororities at my college, but I love that crown necklace!
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These are so cute, i wish they had Alpha Phi!
Phi Mu through and through!
I was a Sigma Kappa! Wish they had maroon/lavender and a dove!
Alpha Sigma Alpha!
A reminder to all of the lovely Panhellenic women here: being in a sorority is a lifetime commitment. Think back to your chapter's core values – ones that you likely still adhere to today. It's not what chapter you "were" in, it's the chapter you ARE in. This jewelry company is a great way to show your alumna pride, but so is joining your local alumna chapter or Alumni Panhellenic group! PH Love!
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The April 3, 1956 edition of the Egyptian reported that the Interfraternity Council had admitted Alpha Sigma to membership on a trial basis. The local fraternity had 24 members; it was founded on October 18, 1955 (Obelisk, 1959). The fraternity was interested in affiliating with Sigma Phi Epsilon. On May 7, 1956, it became a Sigma Phi Epsilon Colony.
The chapter was on the verge of becoming the Illinois Epsilon chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon when the Office of Student Affairs rescinded its permission (Obelisk, 1957). Sigma Phi Epsilon’s ordeal is chronicled in Chapter VI of this paper. The chapter returned to its former local status, this time taking the name Alpha Sigma Epsilon.
Instead of completely disbanding, the chapter decided to again pursue national affiliation. George Hand, a Sigma Phi Epsilon member who was privy to the first affiliation process, wrote a letter of support to a Phi Sigma Kappa national officer: “Since my son is a member of this group, I have been in close contact with them for more than a year, and I feel that I am well acquainted with them. I have a high opinion of the character of the group. They have given evidence that they have principles and are ready to stand by them. The group is quite active as evidenced by the fact that seventy-five percent of the members are on campus committees. The group has grown in number, in prominence, and stature on the campus, especially in this past year.” (G. Hand, personal communication, 1957)
Alpha Sigma Epsilon’s petition for membership in Phi Sigma Kappa was approved in May, 1957. Davis notified Roger Gordon Bush, Alpha Sigma Epsilon’s president, that the Administration had given permission for the local to affiliate with Phi Sigma Kappa (I. C. Davis, personal communication, June 18, 1957). The first pledging ceremonies occurred in September.
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