Last night, our Laurel Highlands Toastmasters group had a different approach to their meeting. Instead of our usual agenda, we had a brainstorming session to think of ways to grow membership. It was like a round table and different clubs were represented including Laurel Highlands, Western Maryland, Greensburg, and Monroeville. We talked about ways to promote Laurel Highlands (and our clubs) including having chili before our January 14 meeting at Laurel Highlands. I talked some of the refreshments we had at socials following our Campus Crusade meetings (a blast from the past). We have speaking roles lined up for January at Laurel Highlands.
I finished my Dynamic Leadership path in September. In one of my speeches in level 5, I talked about some of the seasons that I experienced after I earned my Distinguished Toastmasters award in 2019.
If things were always meant to be easy, then they aren’t worth the trouble. I say that about my Toastmasters journey and also my fashion journey. It’s so easy to give up when either things don’t go the way you want them to or when the critics have their say. One thing that I’m still learning is that I need to validate myself and not depend so much on approval from other people. I think I had a breakthrough on Saturday at Club Officer Training though it all depends on me too.
Queer Eye is back and starting their ninth season. This season, the Fab Five is in Las Vegas 🎰 and they are welcoming their new design expert, Jeremiah Brent. I think that Jeremiah will be a welcome addition to an amazing group that I’ve been watching since 2022. The show began in Spring 2018 and is the sequel to the original 2003 Queer Eye that aired on Bravo. Jeremiah replaces Bobby Berk who has moved on to other projects. He and his husband Nate Berkus are well known in the design community. As always, I’ll watch one episode a week. With ten episodes for season nine, I will be watching into February.
Finally, it’s the last two weeks of the Holiday Baking Championship with the Finale set for Monday. We’ll watch it later in the week but I am hoping for a great end to the baking season. So far, it’s looking very exciting as the heat is on (no pun intended) to see who the Holiday Baking Champion will be.
Stylish 🍒 