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Amybug
Farmgirl in Training
40 Posts
Amy
Grand Island
Nebraska
USA
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 Posted - Jun 27 2007 : 7:18:26 PM
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Hello Farm Girls,
I live in the middle of farming country, but unfortunately am a "townie." I have 12 year old boy/girl twins, and my son who desperately wants to live on a farm always asks me, "Why didn't you marry a farmer?" I actually did want to marry a farmer (or minister!), but fell in love with my husband, who works for a natural gas company. We met in the western mountains of Colorado, where I grew up, but he was a Nebraska boy through and through and wanted to return home.
I recently "retired" for the second time as a Family and Consumer Science teacher (home economics) to go back to stay-at-home motherhood. My husband and I crunched the numbers and we decided that I am actually more valuable to the family economically by staying at home and practicing what I call "black belt homemaking." We also wanted a better quality of life, which was also a deciding factor (less stress). I love teaching, but figure I can go back at a later date.
I actually do more "farm" things than many of my friends who actually live on farms. I garden vegetables, can, sew, and cook almost completely from scratch. I obviously cannot raise livestock in the city limits, no matter how much my son begs.
For hobbies, I like to backpack in remote wilderness, read, scrapbook, embroider, and crosstitch.
I am looking forward to being a "Faux Farm Girl."
Happy Trails,
Amy |
Edited by - Amybug on Jun 27 2007 7:19:44 PM |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Jun 27 2007 : 7:59:51 PM
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Welcome Amy!! Sounds like you are very farmgirlish!!!
I always planned to marry a farmer too, and it didn't work out that way..guess you just can't PLAN who you fall in love with..haha
You are gonna love it here I bet!! It will be fun to get to know you~!
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3659 Posts
Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
3659 Posts |
Posted - Jun 27 2007 : 8:08:45 PM
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| Welcome - you'll be right at home here! |
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
6418 Posts
Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
6418 Posts |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22944 Posts
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Posted - Jun 27 2007 : 8:22:19 PM
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Welcome Amy!
It sounds like you will fit right in here! You are a Farmgirl at Heart! How did you find MaryJanesFarm? And could you tell me more about this "Black Belt Homemaking?" It sounds like something I need to learn! My little girl is only 3 months old but is starting to schooch around already!!
Alee
The amazing one handed typist! One hand for tying, one hand to hold Nora! |
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Trace
True Blue Farmgirl
247 Posts
Tracey
Canton
New York
USA
247 Posts |
Posted - Jun 27 2007 : 8:35:39 PM
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| Hi Amy, welcome.. you sound like a farmgirl to me.. you do a lot of the homesteading things most farm women do, just remember not all farms have livestock, lol.. |
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Amybug
Farmgirl in Training
40 Posts
Amy
Grand Island
Nebraska
USA
40 Posts |
Posted - Jun 27 2007 : 9:49:42 PM
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MaryBeth,
Thanks for the link to Mary Janes Outpost. You are right, it is "up my backpacking alley."
Amy |
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Maryjane Lee
True Blue Farmgirl
2195 Posts
Maryjane
CA
USA
2195 Posts |
Posted - Jun 27 2007 : 11:32:38 PM
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A BIG warm welcome to you Amy and looking forward to getting to know you! You will love it here!
Hugs,
Maryjane Lee
"Cherish the memories and in our hearts they shall live forever"! |
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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
4331 Posts
Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
4331 Posts |
Posted - Jun 28 2007 : 04:13:13 AM
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Hi, Amy. Welcome from a part time townie - city job during the week - farm on the weekends/days off.
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?" - 'Brother Dave' Gardner |
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theknottysheep
True Blue Farmgirl
90 Posts
Kary
knitting in the sea on an island
RI
USA
90 Posts |
Posted - Jun 28 2007 : 04:44:57 AM
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Welcome Amy!
I embrace my 'inner Farm Girl' daily. I do many-a-FG-thing ... I love the life style: the "Home-EE-ness",the simplicity, and the connectedness to the land.
While I may not have a farm, I do have one in my head! :)
hugs,
Kary
http://sheepatthebeachartstudio.blogspot.com |
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Corinnelouise
True Blue Farmgirl
957 Posts
Corinne
France
957 Posts |
Posted - Jun 28 2007 : 06:31:29 AM
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Welcome to this nice group Amy, I long to have a farm myself or to live in the country and be able to have a garden. but time hasn't come yet. I am sure you will have a country exerience in here, as I do every time I read the postings. Have a great day,
Corinne |
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blueroses
True Blue Farmgirl
1323 Posts
Debbie
in the Pandhandle of
Idaho
USA
1323 Posts |
Posted - Jun 28 2007 : 10:24:43 AM
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Hi Amy,
Welcome. I love to do farmgirl things too, but live on a 1/4 acre! Someday (or maybe not) I may have more land, but farmgirls can live anywhere. Glad you're here.
"You cannot find peace...by avoiding life."
Virginia Woolfe |
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mom2knk
True Blue Farmgirl
321 Posts
Blanche
So Cal
321 Posts |
Posted - Jun 28 2007 : 11:20:49 AM
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| Hi Amy and welcome!! |
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
6948 Posts |
Posted - Jun 28 2007 : 1:22:47 PM
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Hello Amy and welcome to the group. Well..there "may" be a few things you could raise in the city..such as rabbits/angora ones for wool/spinning..and even ducks..I have a pair of Peking Ducks on my city property. You can also have only female bantams. Of course you'll need to check about city ordinance on a few of the things . But if they are for 4-H projects..you might could get a special clause for being able to have them in town.
~Seize the Day! Live, Love, Laugh~
visit me at:
http://gardengoose.blogspot.com/
and at www.stliving.net
you can also check out my etsy shops at:http://GardenGooseGifts.etsy.com |
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Bee Haven Maven
True Blue Farmgirl
1862 Posts
Beverly
Pennsylvania
USA
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Posted - Jun 29 2007 : 11:25:54 AM
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Amy, sounds to me like you are a true blue farmgirl. I share your idea of staying home to improve the quality of life at home....it is great to be able to do the "extras" for everyone and have some time to pursue my hobbies, too. We share the same interests!! Happy to have you join us.
Keep Smiling.....Bev
Check out my shoppe at www.honeybeez.etsy.com
www.beehavenacres.blogspot.com , www.beehavenmaven.blogspot.com |
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sherone_13
True Blue Farmgirl
2460 Posts
Sherone
Evanston
WY
USA
2460 Posts |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17453 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17453 Posts |
Posted - Jun 29 2007 : 9:42:25 PM
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Hi Amy,
Welcome, Welcome, Welcome.......enjoy the creativity, humor & friendship.....
>^..^< Happiness is being a katmom.
www.katmom4.blogspot.com |
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Cindy Lee
True Blue Farmgirl
510 Posts
Cindy
Sparks
Nevada
USA
510 Posts |
Posted - Jun 30 2007 : 8:40:11 PM
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Hello Amy, I'm SOOO happy that you found us! It's a great group here! Cindy
If life gives you scraps, make quilts! |
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sunshine78
True Blue Farmgirl
106 Posts
Cynthia
Western
Nebraska
106 Posts |
Posted - Jul 03 2007 : 4:33:59 PM
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Sounds like you've got a great life and in the best state in the union. Hi from a fellow Nebraskan. Glad to have you here, I know you'll like it.
Cynthia |
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cinnamongirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1682 Posts
Carrie
Canada
1682 Posts |
Posted - Jul 04 2007 : 11:53:55 PM
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| Welcome Amy. Farmgirl is in your heart not in how much livestock you have. It is sharring our knowledge with future generations. Keeping traditions alive. Sew you see you are a farmgirl! |
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Cheryl
True Blue Farmgirl
919 Posts
Cheryl
Magalia
CA
USA
919 Posts |
Posted - Jul 05 2007 : 08:52:50 AM
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Hi,
I recently purchased Maryjane's ideabook.cookbook.lifebook and I love it! Which led me to this forum. My name is Chery Marshall I am married and have a son who will be 20yrs in a few weeks (wow, how did that happen......I sure do not feel any older, ok, maybe a little! I work as a Tumor Registrar at a hospital. I love to quilt, scrapbook, read, walk, crochet. I want to learn punchneedle embroidery. Have a great day! Cheryl :) |
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