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                 MumtopianAlly 
                Farmgirl in Training 
                   
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                Alison 
                Harrogate 
                North Yorkshire. 
                
                United Kingdom 
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                       Posted - Feb 06 2013 :  11:02:55 PM
                        
                      
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                      Hi everyone, it's Ally here from North Yorkshire. Just joined and can't wait to find my way around. 
  I grew up in the countryside but now have a little terraced house which is my own suburban homestead. Doing what I can with a wood-burner, veg patch, sewing machine, and a very frugal mindset. I love the 1940s so always try to Make Do and Mend like they did in the war. 
  I couldn't find any UK chapters on the chapter search but if there is one, please could somebody give me a shout? 
  It's 7.00am here and I have got to get the kids up for school soon but I just wanted to say hello. Looking forward to meeting you all and learning from your experiences. 
 
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                       Edited by - MumtopianAlly on Feb 06 2013  11:08:16 PM | 
                     
                   
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                 Devongal 
                True Blue Farmgirl 
                    
                104 Posts
  
                Vanessa 
                Okehampton 
                Devon 
                United Kingdom 
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                       Posted - Feb 06 2013 :  11:18:44 PM
                        
                      
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                      Hi Ally! Im UK too down in Devon:) I also havnt managed to find a Uk chapter but now thers two of us i guess thats a good excuse to start one:)So nice to meet you :)
  So much to do, so little time :) | 
                     
                    
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                 clothedinscarlet 
                True Blue Farmgirl 
                      
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                Siobhan 
                Battle Creek 
                MI 
                USA 
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                       Posted - Feb 07 2013 :  12:12:44 AM
                        
                      
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                      Hi Alison. Welcome!  I'm not in the UK. Just up in the middle of the night nursing baby in the US. It's good to have ya here! :)
  Farmgirl Sister #1110 Siobhan - AKA Liza-Jane (my farmgirl name), wife to my best friend, Trent, and mommy to Camden (11/28/05),  Bennett (7/11/07),  Truman (7/28/09) and baby Graeme (11/29/12) | 
                     
                    
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                 HodgeLodge 
                True Blue Farmgirl 
                      
                662 Posts
  
                Tiana 
                Berkeley Springs 
                WV 
                USA 
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                 LeighErica 
                True Blue Farmgirl 
                     
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                Erica 
                  
                PA 
                USA 
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                       Posted - Feb 07 2013 :  04:45:42 AM
                        
                      
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                      | Hi Ally,  Welcome to the boards.  Everyone is very nice and welcoming here...you will love it.  Looking forward to getting to know you.  Erica | 
                     
                    
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                 jenne.f 
                True Blue Farmgirl 
                      
                643 Posts
  
                Jenne 
                Wagontown 
                PA 
                USA 
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                       Posted - Feb 07 2013 :  04:53:30 AM
                        
                      
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                      Hello Ally, Welcome to the Farmgirls. A fantastic group of ladies. Guaranted you will love it here.  Best group of ladies you will ever meet. Hope you find some others in the U.K.
  ~blessings~ Jenne Farmgirl #4616
  Let all that you do, be done in love. I Corinthians 16:14 | 
                     
                    
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                 forgetmenot 
                True Blue Farmgirl 
                      
                3602 Posts
  
                Judith 
                Nora Springs 
                IA 
                USA 
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                       Posted - Feb 07 2013 :  05:57:13 AM
                        
                      
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                      Welcome, Ally!
  Farmgirl sister #3926
  "Courage is not the absence of fear, but the belief that something is more important than fear." Ambrose Red Moon | 
                     
                    
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                 Bear5 
                True Blue Farmgirl 
                      
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                Louisiana/Texas 
                USA 
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                       Posted - Feb 07 2013 :  07:29:40 AM
                        
                      
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                      Welcome, Alison. It's nice to have you join all of us.  Enjoy! 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 | 
                     
                    
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                 cajungal 
                True Blue Farmgirl 
                      
                2349 Posts
  
                Catherine  Farmgirl Sister #76 
                Houston Area 
                Texas 
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                       Posted - Feb 07 2013 :  08:16:27 AM
                        
                      
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                      Welcome, Ally!  I look forward to hearing about your life there in the UK.  It doesn't matter where we are, all farmgirls are kindrid spirits and attached at the heart.
  One of the best compliments from one of my daughters: "Moma, you smell good...like dirt." | 
                     
                    
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                 shanda 
                True Blue Farmgirl 
                      
                522 Posts
  
                Shanda 
                Broken Bow 
                OK 
                USA 
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                       Posted - Feb 07 2013 :  10:09:54 AM
                        
                      
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                      Welcome to the farm Ally!
  Shanda
  Farmgirl #4233 | 
                     
                    
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                 darlenelovesart 
                True Blue Farmgirl 
                      
                8030 Posts
  
                darlene 
                Loleta 
                California 
                USA 
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                       Posted - Feb 07 2013 :  1:12:56 PM
                        
                      
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                      Welcome Ally I am glad to meet some one from the UK,  I live in Northern CA.  I love it here on the farm. Everyone is so kind, I just love it. It is good to meet you Vanessa! hugs darlene
  I have learned that to have a good friend is the purest of all God's gifts, for it is a love that has no exchange of payment. by Frances Farmer
 
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                 ddmashayekhi 
                True Blue Farmgirl 
                      
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                Dawn 
                Naperville 
                Illinois 
                USA 
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                       Posted - Feb 07 2013 :  3:09:11 PM
                        
                      
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                      Welcome Alison! I'm so glad you found us. I love England, it is a really beautiful country. Good luck finding on UK farmgirls to form a chapter.
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                 HemetGardener 
                True Blue Farmgirl 
                      
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                Terri 
                Hemet 
                CA 
                USA 
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                       Posted - Feb 07 2013 :  4:39:52 PM
                        
                        
                      
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                      Welcome Alison, I live in Riverside County in Southern California now but grew up in Anaheim  with Disneyland. We moved there the year Disney started building.  I prefer my almost high desert city of Hemet where I live now.  Temps are colder and hotter than Anaheim but I am getting used to it and my sister lives here so that makes it more enjoyable. Again, hello and keep us posted on life in the UK. Terri Farmgirl # 4720 | 
                     
                    
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                 MumtopianAlly 
                Farmgirl in Training 
                   
                21 Posts
   
                Alison 
                Harrogate 
                North Yorkshire. 
                United Kingdom 
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                       Posted - Feb 08 2013 :  04:40:33 AM
                        
                      
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                      | Thank you everyone for making me so welcome. I have just been looking at the merit badges and I am so excited. It is like being at Brownies (girl scouts) again, but in a good way, because this time I actually want to be here! I'm going to start with the sewing and blogging badges I think :) | 
                     
                    
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                 Dorinda 
                True Blue Farmgirl 
                      
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                Dorinda 
                St. Cloud 
                Florida 
                USA 
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                       Posted - Feb 08 2013 :  05:12:29 AM
                        
                      
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                      Hello Alison, Welcome to the farm. Would love to see pictures of your garden.
  Seize The Day! Dorinda | 
                     
                    
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                 laurentany 
                True Blue Farmgirl 
                      
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                Laurie 
                Patchogue 
                NY 
                USA 
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                       Posted - Feb 08 2013 :  7:03:16 PM
                        
                      
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                      A warm welcome Ally, from across the pond here in New York! I bet you are just going to love it here. There are so many warm and friendly gals here. Have fun finding your way around and exploring! Hugs,
  ~Laurie "Little Hen House on the Island"  Farmgirl Sister#1403
  View my New Blog: http://simplesuburbanpleasures.blogspot.com
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                 cynfullypurple 
                True Blue Farmgirl 
                    
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                Cynthia 
                Endwell 
                NY 
                USA 
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                       Posted - Feb 09 2013 :  06:36:34 AM
                        
                      
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                      Welcome Ally!
  So exciting to have someone from the UK on our boards  Look forward to hearing about your life in the UK.  Would also like to see pics of your garden area as well.
  Would also like to say welcome to Vanessa!!  
  You will both love it here 
   Cyn~ Farmgirl #2817 "The time is when a library is a school, and the librarian is in the highest sense a teacher, and the visitor is a reader among the books as a workman among his tools." ~Melvil Dewey
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                 HemetGardener 
                True Blue Farmgirl 
                      
                573 Posts
  
                Terri 
                Hemet 
                CA 
                USA 
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                       Posted - Feb 09 2013 :  12:01:03 PM
                        
                        
                      
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                      Hi Again Cyn, It sounds like you might have been a librarian, yes? I worked at the Anaheim Public Library for 10 years as a secretary but I was in Heaven since I am a book lover and always attended the book sales and annual Authors' Luncheon. Hugs again, Terri | 
                     
                    
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                 ceejay48 
                Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter 
                      
                13859 Posts
   
                CeeJay (CJ) 
                Dolores 
                Colorado 
                USA 
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                 MumtopianAlly 
                Farmgirl in Training 
                   
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                Alison 
                Harrogate 
                North Yorkshire. 
                United Kingdom 
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                       Posted - Feb 10 2013 :  02:36:42 AM
                        
                      
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                      I would love that! We are just 18 miles away from York! Thanks for your welcome, feels like home here with such lovely neighbours all around.  quote: Originally posted by ceejay48
  Hi Alison, Welcome to the Connection! Big huge welcome from the Colorado Rocky Mountains!
  My hubby and I have visited the York area . . . LOVE the York Minster!  If, and I say IF, we ever make it back that way again we'll have to meet up! CJ
  ..from the barefoot farmgirl in SW Colorado...sister chick #665. 2010 Farmgirl Sister of the Year Mother Hen: FARMGIRLS SOUTHWEST HENHOUSE
  my aprons - http://www.facebook.com/FarmFreshAprons
  living life - www.snippetscja.blogspot.com
  from my hands - www.cjscreations-ceejay.blogspot.com
  from my heart - www.fromacelticheart.blogspot.com
  from my hubby - www.aspenforge.blogspot.com
 
  
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                 sue5901 
                True Blue Farmgirl 
                    
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                Sue 
                Wellingborough 
                  
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                       Posted - Feb 12 2013 :  10:12:09 AM
                        
                      
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                      Hi
  Welcome to the forums I've been floating around the site for a couple of years now - but admit i rarely post a comment. I live near Milton Keynes so I guess the UK girls on here are about as spread out in the country its possible to be. A few more and we could have our own area of the forum and discuss the virtues of marmite and weetabix!!
  Sue
  Sue
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                 Devongal 
                True Blue Farmgirl 
                    
                104 Posts
  
                Vanessa 
                Okehampton 
                Devon 
                United Kingdom 
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                       Posted - Feb 12 2013 :  10:18:55 AM
                        
                      
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                      Hi Sue and welcome to the forums! I used to live up in Northamptonshire untill we reloacted a few years ago so I know youre neck of the woods quite well:)
  So much to do, so little time :) | 
                     
                    
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                 MumtopianAlly 
                Farmgirl in Training 
                   
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                Alison 
                Harrogate 
                North Yorkshire. 
                United Kingdom 
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                       Posted - Feb 12 2013 :  12:57:33 PM
                        
                      
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                      Sue, Devongal, and any other Brits on here...I'm just finding my feet, having only joined last week, but if anyone wants to start a UK chapter I'm in! Even if it is just virtual.
  There are many paths. This is the Mumtopian one: http://mumtopia.blogspot.co.uk/ | 
                     
                    
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                 Devongal 
                True Blue Farmgirl 
                    
                104 Posts
  
                Vanessa 
                Okehampton 
                Devon 
                United Kingdom 
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                       Posted - Feb 12 2013 :  1:10:02 PM
                        
                      
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                      Sounds like a good plan! Ill start looking into it this week :)
  So much to do, so little time :) | 
                     
                    
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                 ceejay48 
                Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter 
                      
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                CeeJay (CJ) 
                Dolores 
                Colorado 
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                 Rockin Farm Chick 
                True Blue Farmgirl 
                    
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                       Posted - Feb 12 2013 :  10:56:10 PM
                        
                      
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                      Welcome from California Nice to have you here, you live in a very pretty place. Love the Mend and Make Do attitude, we all need a lot more of that these days. Cheers!
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