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ruralfarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
4309 Posts
Rene'
Prosser
WA
USA
4309 Posts |
 Posted - Aug 01 2007 : 4:08:59 PM
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| I dont truly qualify as "new" as I have been reading farmgirl connection for a long long time....Until 3 weeks ago my committment to my full time job didnt allow me time (or energy) to actually contribute. Three weeks ago I left my full time job to pursue the "inner farm girl".....Having grown up on the farm, and married into a farming family.. she has never really left... but she certainly has taken a back seat for some time. Early on when my 2 oldest boys were young, I home schooled and enjoyed the farm girl ways........6 years ago when they entered High school I took on a full time job.. I must say, it has taken me 6 years to jump off the wheel and back to living my passion..... I feel I know so many of you on the site, having read the blog... and I am beyond thrilled to be "present"....I currently get to play farmer on the weekends as assistant director to our local farmers market, dabble in raw cheeses, and grow lavender and raisin grapes........My interrests are in soap making and raffia weaving.....I am forever amazed by the amount of creative and amazing things people do, and am deeply inspired by many many of the contributers to this site. |
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3659 Posts
Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
3659 Posts |
Posted - Aug 01 2007 : 4:22:34 PM
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| Welcome! I know the Prosser area pretty well - my daughter worked at Mercer Farms for several summers. I always loved going over there to visit her. You are going to love it here! |
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Linda K. Miller
Farmgirl in Training
43 Posts
Linda
Dunnville
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Aug 01 2007 : 4:25:18 PM
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Welcome Home Farm Girl Rene!!
Even though your heart has always been with us it is wonderful to have all of you back.  Kind of sounds like that inner farm girl was locked in the barn for awhile.
Justmama from Amish Kentucky |
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britchickny
True Blue Farmgirl
1048 Posts
Angie
Port Orange
Florida
1048 Posts |
Posted - Aug 01 2007 : 4:25:49 PM
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Well,welcome back! You know, no matter what you 'do for a living' if you are a farmgirl at heart it is just a matter of time! I think many of us are just chomping at the bit! I love hand-made soaps. Do you specialize in any particular kind? Do you sell them on ETSY? And rafia weaving? What do you actually weave it into? Do tell! Oh, and Lavender! heaven! Sounds like you are really living your passion! Glad to have you here!
Angie.(I still have not figured out all the cute smiley faces so I just use lots of exclamation points instead!!!!!)
"Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance" JUDE 1:2 |
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frannie
True Blue Farmgirl
2246 Posts
fran
bonham
texas
USA
2246 Posts |
Posted - Aug 01 2007 : 4:56:45 PM
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welcom renee,
glad you finally spoke up. i am already intriqued with "rafia weaving" and want to know, what in the heck is it?
looking forward to hearing more from you.
love
fran
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ruralfarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
4309 Posts
Rene'
Prosser
WA
USA
4309 Posts |
Posted - Aug 01 2007 : 5:19:09 PM
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Wow, what a warm, warm welcome....thanks! Mike'sgirl - small world my hubby is the production manager for what use to be mercer's - now Bolthouse farms - they produce the mini carrots you get in the stores....Linda, I LOVE the "locked in the barn" - thanks for that! It made me laugh...britchickny - you are so right - no matter what your profession you can be a farm girl.. I just found that working the 60 plus hours a week it required left me little time for the things I love.. and at 44,time gets to be more precious for me... I love the oil based soaps - one of my favorites is Lavender Rosemary Lemongrass Soap... as for the raffia - I am trying to perfect the raffia garden hats.. I have to tell you I spend more time un-weaving then weaving.. but I really love it... I love garden hats, so when I found a book that was a how to.. of course I had to TRY...If anyone else out there is doing this, I would love to visit with you.... I also use the raffia for braiding wall swags, weaving matts.... I have dusted off some of my old hat molds and hope to perfect this....thanks for asking!
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure......" |
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Holiday Angel
True Blue Farmgirl
444 Posts
Pauline
Sweet Home
Oregon
USA
444 Posts |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Aug 01 2007 : 5:24:54 PM
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Welcome Rene!! I am so glad you decided to post an intro! It will be fun to get to know you here!! The raffia weaving sounds so interesting!!!
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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ruralfarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
4309 Posts
Rene'
Prosser
WA
USA
4309 Posts |
Posted - Aug 01 2007 : 5:33:21 PM
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Holiday Angel and Aunt Jenny,
Thanks for the welcome, I am enjoying "meeting" everyone!
Rene'~Farm Girl
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure......" |
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Holiday Angel
True Blue Farmgirl
444 Posts
Pauline
Sweet Home
Oregon
USA
444 Posts |
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mom2knk
True Blue Farmgirl
321 Posts
Blanche
So Cal
321 Posts |
Posted - Aug 01 2007 : 5:41:24 PM
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| Hi and welcome Rene!!! |
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
6418 Posts
Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
6418 Posts |
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AmyEllen
True Blue Farmgirl
235 Posts
Amy
McPherson
Kansas
USA
235 Posts |
Posted - Aug 01 2007 : 7:20:11 PM
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Hello and Welcome
You will enjoy this blog so much!! SO many nice ladies with so much to offer.
Hugs
Amy
http://lifenkansas.blogspot.com/ |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22944 Posts
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Posted - Aug 01 2007 : 7:28:28 PM
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Welcome to chatting on the forum!!
It sounds like getting out of the Rat race is agreeing with you!
I wonder what our country would be like if everyone decided to step back from the Rat Race mentality. Kind of interesting to think about!
Alee
The amazing one handed typist! One hand for typing, one hand to hold Nora! |
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3659 Posts
Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
3659 Posts |
Posted - Aug 01 2007 : 7:49:28 PM
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| Rene - this is a small world! Sam told me that they had sold to Bolthouse. She was Rachel Mercer's college roommate - that's how she got a job over there. As your dh if he knows Sam (Samantha) Grubbs. She worked in the office and on the scale. She still goes over there all the time to visit Veronica and her family. |
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Maryjane Lee
True Blue Farmgirl
2195 Posts
Maryjane
CA
USA
2195 Posts |
Posted - Aug 01 2007 : 7:55:15 PM
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Welcome Rene! Looking forward to getting to know you!
Hugs,
Maryjane Lee
The Beehive Cottage~
est. 1971 |
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DeepsouthMamma
True Blue Farmgirl
1454 Posts
Autumn
Southwest Louisiana
USA
1454 Posts |
Posted - Aug 01 2007 : 7:59:40 PM
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Welcome Renee
My hat is off(wish it was a raffia woven one by Renee) to you for homeschooling those kids!
This is my 24th year-(5 kids,31-13) only a few left to go.
Maybe then Ill have time for the gardening part of being a farmgirl!!!
Autumn
Isaiah 40:31
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. |
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Buttercup
True Blue Farmgirl
1433 Posts
Talitha
Vermont
USA
1433 Posts |
Posted - Aug 01 2007 : 8:54:54 PM
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Welcome Rene!!
So excited you are able to join right in with us now! Do pull up a comfy seat and jump in! I look forward to getting to know you better as I see you 'round our lovely farm!
Hugz!
Talitha
"If we could maintain the wonder of childhood and at the same time grasp the wisdom of age, what wonder,what wisdom,what life would be ours" |
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ruralfarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
4309 Posts
Rene'
Prosser
WA
USA
4309 Posts |
Posted - Aug 01 2007 : 9:21:30 PM
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Thanks everyone for the warm welcome~ makes me wish I hadnt waited so long.
Alee, it is an interresting thought, for me, there just was something missing in my spirit. My mom was a career woman and was brilliant at what she did and I couldnt image her any other way.. for me, being home, in the garden, creating something new.. painting, cutting herbs, braiding and weaving and being around other very creative people who want to talk and learn more about the environment, and gardening and canning and bread making.. somehow feeds the soul for me.. So I guess I would pray that everyone follows the path that feeds thier spirit - and is true to who they are created to be, I think you are right, what a great world that would be...
Miksgirl - My hubby is Thomas - and he knows your Sam. We love the Mercer Family.. Matter of fact I have known Rachel's brother Pete for 25 plus years............it is a small world!
Thanks everyone!!!! It has been pure JOY to visit with you all, I look forward to the conversations to come....
Rene'~Farm Girl
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure......" |
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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl
4439 Posts
Kay
Vancouver
WA
USA
4439 Posts |
Posted - Aug 01 2007 : 9:29:20 PM
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Rene -- I'm so glad that your not lurking anymore and have decided to join in the fun!! Glad that you're here.
http://therusticcottage.blogspot.com |
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ruralfarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
4309 Posts
Rene'
Prosser
WA
USA
4309 Posts |
Posted - Aug 01 2007 : 9:36:30 PM
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DeepSouthMamma,
I have 4 boys - my 20 year old is in the Marine Corp now - up until january he was a Junior at WSU studying engineering - and then enlisted.. go figure. My 19 year old is with the Coast Guard - rescue diver - I also have a 15 year old, and a 10 year old....I home schooled up until the oldest started high school.. and kinda caved into the family pressures that somehow I wasnt living up to my "full potential" and I became a Crop Insurance Agent.. My average weeks went from being home full time to 60 plus hours a week work week on a slow week :). Last year I got involved with Ag tourism in our valley and also became assistant market manager for our farmers market, started attending AG tours and Washington tilth events.. what was ment to be an outlet for me.. actually convinced me that the path I was on, was the wrong on for me... I felt that I needed to "stop the craziness, long enough to hear what I should be doing".. I am now feeling that I can do both.. find something where I am using my talents and skills and still be at home..
I admire your lifes choice and the committment.. I know how hard and how rewarding home educating can be... As soon as I get some hats to turn out, I will let you know.....( that is the perfectionist/administrator in me) :), until then, my Rene hat is OFF to you!!!!
Rene'~Farm Girl
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure......" |
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ruralfarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
4309 Posts
Rene'
Prosser
WA
USA
4309 Posts |
Posted - Aug 01 2007 : 9:38:43 PM
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kay,
Lurking... ouch, well I gues that is fair! My hubby and I lived in Ridgfield for a short time, I love that area... La center is a cute place.....I am glad that I am not lurching anymore too :)
Rene'~Farm Girl
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure......" |
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Carol Sue
True Blue Farmgirl
4033 Posts
Carol Sue
Washingtonian
USA
4033 Posts |
Posted - Aug 01 2007 : 10:15:09 PM
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Instead of lurking, how about a "lookie lou". I am so glad you are jumping in and have the time to do it.
Sherri, another cool connection.
Let me explain, Rene. We were posting one night about Mt St Helen and where we were at at the time, we both lived in Centralia and my dad was the high school woodshop teacher. She was in his class. It was a riot to discover.
Glad you are finding what works for you, those lightbulb moments tend to be important. When you figure those hats out you will have to post a picture.
Carol Sue
Enjoying life. |
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ruralfarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
4309 Posts
Rene'
Prosser
WA
USA
4309 Posts |
Posted - Aug 02 2007 : 07:18:46 AM
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Carol Sue,
Funny how the world isnt all that big, afterall. When Mt St Helens blew.. I was out pulling Rye in a wheat field in Grant County (I grew up in Coulee City Wa.)... we had so much ash dump down on us, we thought the world was ending.. not being around tv etc.. we had no clue what just happened.. we had the snow trucks scooping it up by the buckets full.... one lady in our town started making all kinds of pottery with the ash...:).... now at 44, looking back on my life.. it does seem like more peaceful times - even with the mountain blowing :)Nice tyo meet you!
Rene'~Farm Girl
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure......" |
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Firemama
True Blue Farmgirl
1731 Posts
Amanda
Medical Lake
WA
USA
1731 Posts |
Posted - Aug 02 2007 : 09:19:10 AM
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Welcome Rene, looking forward to learning more about ya! !
Mommy to 2
Your FreckleFaced Farm Girl!!
Help when you can, Pray when you can't. |
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ruralfarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
4309 Posts
Rene'
Prosser
WA
USA
4309 Posts |
Posted - Aug 02 2007 : 09:41:02 AM
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Thanks Amanda,
For one thing, I was born in Modesto CA. (of course that was back in the dark ages), but never the less.... I have 4 boys... Thomas 20, Lucas 19, Cole 15 and Matthew 10.......thanks for the welcome
Rene'~Farm Girl
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure......" |
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Hi from South Central Washington State
