Someone posted "this blog SUCKS"
If you are someone busting my chops as a joke, you will probably stop by my house with a six-pack and say "ha-ha, I know how hard the kitchen job is, here's a token of my appreciation, buddy."
If, however, you actually wrote this in seriousness because you feel that a blog absolutely must be up-to-date then I will not be able to fulfill your desires. When I started this blog I was recently married, enjoying my down time by keeping on top of the blog. Now I have two kids and I just can't keep on top of it, especially if people are going to gang up on me and tell me it sucks. (I won't even get into the tear-jerker reason why I've been a little lax this particular week)
Please be nice. Your kids are eating extremely well and they are having the time of their lives.
Keep up the good work Casey.... Don't you have the kids? L, C and Willie???? I'd love to see more but the tiny glances into day to day camp life are good for my camp-sick heart!
ReplyDeleteagreed! not only are you cooking AMAZING food (i have had the pleasure to sample and it really is great) you are a family man and running a blog-you make me smile everytime there is a new post!
ReplyDeleteFood looks delicious man, wish I was there right now.
ReplyDeleteVincent D.
It was I who posted the "mean" comment. I am sorry if it offended you, but I am not the only one who noticed the lack of postings this year. I do appreciate all that you and the other staff does to make my child's experience wonderful. I just know what the blog was like last year and I was comparing it to that. And I know how important it is to us parents to see what our kids are eating...you as a new parent will soon find that out when others are in charge of taking care of them....you want to know EVERYTHING :)
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DeleteDear Anonymous,
DeleteIn the spirit of Billings and its goals to teach kids interpersonal respect, you need to re-evaluate your values and take some time for self-reflection. Your response above is concerning. You only seemed to acknowledge the problem you have in your follow-up, non-sincere seeming apology and make excuses for your inappropriate behavior. Where I am coming from is: regardless of whether or not you are the only one noticing a lack of postings, how you approached the problem was entirely out of hand, hurtful, and not constructive. If you have a problem with how something is being done, it is always necessary to address the problem directly. This is how Billings taught me to work to change the world for the better. That means instead of posting a general, non-constructive, and immature comment like you posted and didn't seem to think was "mean" (hence the quote marks in your response), a better way to approach the problem would be to specifically address what you are frustrated by, you by posting something along the lines of: "Why isn't the blog as up-to-date this year?"
Furthermore, regardless of how you feel, it is not necessary you know what your children are eating every day. Believe it or not camp has successfully operated and pleased parents for more than 100 years without a food Blog!! We are privileged that the kitchen crew takes the time to to have this blog in the first place. They slave away long hours in the heat of the summer providing for hundreds of your children. Not only are we privileged for the near daily information, but we are privileged they offered this blog as an open forum for --constructive-- criticism and commentary. This is not something to abuse.
Part of the sleep-away camp experience is parents and kids being able to live independently of each other for a short time. This is obviously important for the kids especially for those with over-bearing parents or non-ideal home lives, but this experience is also important for the parents. By sending your kids to camp it means you trust Billings with the ability to take care of and provide for your child during this time without you. They do this every moment of every day. If you really feel you need to know "EVERYTHING" you shouldn't have your kids attend sleep-away camp, albeit I'm very glad you did because Billings is a life-changing empowering place to be for kids. This feeling of you needing to know every detail is something you need to acknowledge as a problem you have as a parent, not a problem on the end of the camp. Having attended camp for 8 years, I have full confidence that Camp is fulfilling the needs of your children every day, regardless of whether or not it is being posted on the internet.
Good luck,
Alexi
I am shocked that a parent would use such abusive language. Here I was thinking it was some 12 year old who missed camp and was reaching out for more posts
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DeleteI am obviously a latecomer to this discourse, but I very much appreciate your response to anonymous.
While I very much enjoyed the blog in the past, it is not a priority in the day to day events that entertain, inform and develop great kids in a great camp experience. The fact that these campers are being given healthy, freshly made and delicious food is certainly enough for me. The Camp Billings experience rates as one of the best my daughter has had. Over her 13 years of affiliation with Billings, including working with Casey in the kitchen, she has developed into a fine youn woman and Camp Billings deserves a share of the credit for the person she has become.
So, in a nutshell, Casry, keep cooking as you have. If you can post to the blog, fine, but I know that you have your personal and professional priorities int he right place.
I love getting to see pics of the food. One of my daughters wrote to her grandparents that the camp food is WAY better then anything that mom makes so keep up the good work!!
ReplyDeleteThank you Casey, for all your hard work and for your willingness to offer a little window on your world with the pictures and blog posts. My kids always come home from camp well fed and with a more expansive range of food they're willing to eat, which is saying a lot. I know that the demands of parenting can very quickly change plans and intentions. I now have just our 5 year old at home but almost every day my to do list goes unfinished. You have your priorities in the right place....
ReplyDeleteI want to thank you for the pics and the good food. As a parent of a first-time camper I am so grateful for this/any information! Thank you for taking the time to do this.
ReplyDeleteAs a parent of three campers for the last 8 years I have listened to my kids talk about the awesome food at camp. I always pictured the food at the camp I went to when I was younger and I could never reconcile the two. I love the pictures and now I finally understand what they are talking about.
ReplyDeleteAs parents we need to let go a little. Camp is about having fun and learning how to work it out when your parents aren't there. This is the best lesson for them so enjoy a little break from your parenting duties and rest assured your kids are having a blast and they will likely cry when you pick them up because they will be so sad it is ending.
Thanks for the blog, it's awesome. My daughter loves the food, and I am jealous because it looks way better than what we're eating at home these days. Hope you all in the kitchen are surviving the awful heat.
ReplyDeleteNothing for session two? We'd love to see even one or two meals if you can share.
ReplyDeleteThanks.
I am guessing this year's number of postings won't be anything close to 2010 and 2011......
ReplyDeleteSorry no posts this session. We missed them.
ReplyDeleteI hope one complaining parent doesn't ruin it for everyone.
ReplyDeleteThis blog rocks! Maybe their spell correction changed their post. Keep it up!
ReplyDeleteThis blog rocks! Maybe their spell correction changed their post. Keep it up!
ReplyDeleteThis blog truly is disappointing.
ReplyDeleteAs are you.
DeleteGet off his back, he works hard and has to take care of two young children and the requests and complaints of any other campers and staff over the course of many long summers. His food is delicious and he does a great job. Although camp may be over the camp spirit is still alive, and there are campers/ former camper i guess now, like me who look at this blog to remind ourselves of what an amazing experience camp is. I come to this blog to keep the Billings spirit alive, all you are doing is dampening it I am sincerely disappointed in you, whoever you are.
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