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| GirlwithHook |
Posted - Jan 13 2012 : 08:31:02 AM
*scrapes the snow off her shoes* Good morning! My name's Alyce, and I'm a born-and-raised Wisconsinite. I grew up in a small town and right now am in Madison, but the Man of the House and I hope to build an earthship out in the country within the next few years. (I can hardly wait; I want to plant a garden, and all of the concrete and traffic are making me crazy!)
I discovered MaryJane some years ago when I ran a search on my favorite pastime, crochet, and found her old article about crochet helping troubled teens. By the time I'd read every article on her site, I knew I'd found my new heroine.
I'm a librarian, but currently I manage a gym (not sure how that one happened!). I love to crochet, spin, read, cook, and bake. I sew and sketch, and I enjoy photography when I have space for a darkroom. We've chosen not to have kids (I can't physically anyway), so we spoil our bird rotten. I really look forward to making new friends and learning everything I can. Who wants some homemade monkey bread?
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| GirlwithHook |
Posted - Jan 21 2012 : 11:25:27 AM
Terri, it's a form of house built entirely of recycled...junk, for the most part (many of them have a wall of old tires for insulation). They are often built partway into the earth, they have lots of south-facing windows...they are pretty darn cool.
And yes, this is a great place!
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| artfulsister |
Posted - Jan 18 2012 : 7:56:30 PM
Welcome Alyce! An Earthship??? I haven' heard of that before, but sounds cool!
You will find lots of interesting people, things, and fun here.
Hugs,
Terri
artfulaffirmations.blogspot.com
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| GirlwithHook |
Posted - Jan 17 2012 : 07:50:50 AM
Thanks Wendy! (I had to check your location because for a minute I thought you were my cousin--who also admires MJ.) My grama and mom used to say the same thing. Kind of makes you wonder why it's called "monkey bread", eh?
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| musicmommy |
Posted - Jan 17 2012 : 06:55:37 AM
Welcome Alyce...I love monkey bread! My boys think I only call it that because I tell them there is monkey bread for the monkeys in the house. 
So glad you have joined us here. I haven't been here long, but have loved getting to know some of the other women. Looking to forward to following your journey out of the city!
One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.
Bob Marley
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| GirlwithHook |
Posted - Jan 17 2012 : 06:42:58 AM
Thanks Kim!
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| GirlwithHook |
Posted - Jan 17 2012 : 06:42:26 AM
I wish I could post it in the forum for everyone to grab a piece, CeeJay!
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| Kim L. |
Posted - Jan 17 2012 : 03:43:35 AM
Welcome Alyce from East TN:)
~Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.~
Mother Teresa
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| ceejay48 |
Posted - Jan 16 2012 : 2:50:11 PM
Welcome Alyce!
Monkey bread is so yummy!!! I'd love some!
Welcome from southwest Colorado!
CJ
..from the barefoot farmgirl in SW Colorado...sister chick #665.
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From my Hubby - www.aspenforge.blogspot.com |
| GirlwithHook |
Posted - Jan 15 2012 : 09:23:06 AM
Diane--you are a genius! Will reply as soon as my coffee kicks in. ;)
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| Fiddlehead Farm |
Posted - Jan 15 2012 : 05:28:04 AM
Alyce, How about some monkey bread made in a cast iron pot over some coals in the great outdoors! Earthships are cool! I got your e-mail and am replying to you today. Can't wait to see if we can meet up sometime! Maybe at the indoor farmer's market in Madison....
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farmgirl sister #922
Don't go with the flow...you are the flow.
I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult.
- E. B. White |
| GirlwithHook |
Posted - Jan 14 2012 : 08:24:45 AM
Thanks Marianne! Glad to meet you, too!
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| GirlwithHook |
Posted - Jan 14 2012 : 08:24:00 AM
I already am Marilyn, thanks!
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| GirlwithHook |
Posted - Jan 14 2012 : 08:23:14 AM
Thanks Marly! I love it here already!
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| rough start farmgirl |
Posted - Jan 14 2012 : 03:24:30 AM
Alyce,
Sounds like you are among many like-spirited gals, welcome. So glad to meet you!
Marianne |
| edlund33 |
Posted - Jan 13 2012 : 5:35:12 PM
Hi Alyce - welcome to MJF. You will have lots of fun here!
Cheers! ~ Marilyn
Farm Girl No. 1100
http://blueskyanddaisies.blogspot.com
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. - Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Bear5 |
Posted - Jan 13 2012 : 3:43:53 PM
Welcome from a what a be farmgirl in SW Louisiana. I'm a farmgirl at heart, for sure.
You'll love it here. Look forward to reading your posts and responses.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
| MamaBulla |
Posted - Jan 13 2012 : 2:14:15 PM
Love, love, love peasant blouses!! A rooftop garden is a good start! :o)
Kris B.
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Farmgirl Sister #3679
Blog: farmgirlby40.wordpress.com
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| GirlwithHook |
Posted - Jan 13 2012 : 10:21:07 AM
Thanks Kris! It was so funny...I'm a total earth mother (organic food, peasant blouses, the works) and Ric is a very fashion-forward techie. We like our apartment but know it isn't permanent, but we both have different "dream homes"--or at least we did until his best friend sent him an article on earthships. We read it, looked at each other, and said, "That's it!" (Heck, if we had storage space, I'd be saving up glass bottles already.)
Unfortunately, Ric gave a thumbs-down to me having sheep (he's a vegetarian, so I can't even have a wool-producer)--but I can plant a garden on the roof!
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| GirlwithHook |
Posted - Jan 13 2012 : 10:13:05 AM
Thanks Luanne! I'm loving it here already!
Monkey bread is sometimes called pull-aparts...sticky, cinnamon-y, buttery goodness.
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| MamaBulla |
Posted - Jan 13 2012 : 09:41:38 AM
Hi, Alyce! I love your goal!!! :o) Good luck with it! That's how I feel about where we live now... I feel like I'm finally able to live the dream with goats, gardens, etc... Monkey bread sounds awesome! Bring it on! :o)
Enjoy MJF!!
:o) Kris
Kris B.
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Farmgirl Sister #3679
Blog: farmgirlby40.wordpress.com
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| beekeepersgirl |
Posted - Jan 13 2012 : 08:58:32 AM
Hi Alyce!
Welcome to MJF - I hope you enjoy it here as much as I do! I have no idea what monkey bread is, but I'm game to try anything!
Hugs,
Luanne
beekeepersgirl #691
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
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