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| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Jan 30 2006 : 08:12:22 AM
do you have a country farmgirl friend that lives close by? tell us all about her! we have a county full of wonderful friends. when i was here for the first year alone at cabin creek .. i was constantly with the gurlfrenz .. since honey hunk has moved here .. this second year .. our lives have been intertwined. we have done lots of fun things together with friends and with groups of friends too.
we were just talking a few days ago about i want to get back in touch with my 'gurlfrenz'. i am not much of a 'danger zone' person. i just don't have the stamina to back-pack for days on end .. and about a dozen camping, canoeing and white-water rafting trips a year is about my limit .. hank LOVES all outdoor adventures and isn't afraid of 'death-defying' trips and has the strength and endurance of a BULL!
he does a yearly BIKE VIRGINIA trip where about a thousand bicyclists bike for up to a hundred miles a day! I drive the van or truck .. and antique all day .. and we meet up after his daily ride for fun and festivities. HA! i actually TOOK my bike one year .. and it never came outta' the truck! He has done this trip for about 17 years running now .. and is thinking of adding a second one this year (bike OHIO).
now .. you put me loose in a historic town filled with antiques shoppes .. and i am a whirling dervish .. and don't leave until they turn the lights out and shove me out the front door! and i can stay up ALL NIGHT .. NIGHT AFTER NIGHT .. making dollies or creating!
hank starts 'yawning' about 30 seconds inside an antiques shoppe .. but he does love to go with me sometimes .. i usually drop him off in a forest with a knapsack with water and a sandwich strapped to his back .. hit the shoppes and pick him up at dusk .. then we go to a nice dinner and perhaps a beautiful B&B for the night .. and he LOVES to sit and read for hours on end!
i think we are both just now feeling the need to get back to socializing more with individual friends. I was incredibly 'social' when we lived in Maryland .. had gurlfren parties at least two or three times a month .. don't need that schedule now that we have so much wonderful 'retirement' time together .. we are pigging out on that .. but i am feeling the desire to gather the gurlfrenz here for creativity .. gobblin' and gossip! hope to have a couple spring-time 'gatherings' .. and am going to do a doll class here soon too! Soooooooo .. if you farmgirls are hankering for a little vacation-ette ... jus' let me know and we'll arrange some dates for a trip for you to Cabin Creek Farm here in Kentucky .. and we'll do some antiquing and hanging out!
and tell us of your gurlfrenz and gatherings.
True Friends, Frannie |
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| blueroses |
Posted - Jan 31 2006 : 11:57:27 AM
So many of us have had similar experiences in having a hard time find others who are interested in the things that interest us. It is wonderful to have this connection. When I was in my 20's I was so interested in country living but couldn't find a lot of info. I just knew that something was pulling me. I grew up in the suburbs of NYC and none of my friends were interested in sewing their own clothes or cooking and baking at the time. In my 30's everyone called me "Suzy Homemaker" or "Martha" (later on) and made fun of me - but I didn't care. Now - if someone called me a "MaryJane" I'd be thrilled!!! I learn so much from MJ and all of you folks. It's like I finally belong somewhere.
Debbie
"You cannot find peace...by avoiding life."
Virginia Woolfe |
| junebug |
Posted - Jan 31 2006 : 11:31:31 AM
Boy, I know how you all feel. I too lost my very best friend a couple of years ago, we went back some odd 30 years so we knew each other well. I live in the country, nearest neighbors are a mile away and eldery, they stick to themselves, and other friends all live away from here, so it's hard to meet people and form relationships that is why these forums feel like a second home, you connect with so many farmgirls who share your interests. Frannie, were coming out sometime this year, I have a calling to see your place and meet you! lol
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| sqrl |
Posted - Jan 31 2006 : 11:25:41 AM
I too have a hard time making friends, i get along with everyone but not very many ladies my age are into the same things as me, cooking stitching, painting etc. Most are out partying and going to bars, two thingss I have no interest in. But DH is my best friend also and we have a lot of fun together. But I know the importance in girfriends, i have three very very close girlfiend their like sisters, but they're so far away so it's just not the same we just call eachother for update and advise. I haven't really tryed much here since I always knew we'd be leaving so soon. I have one real good girlfriend here in Arcata - Dorie, she isn't into all this stuff and does party all the time but has never once bugged me about why I'm not out at bars and partying. She just likes me for who I am. She's a great person, very real.
Blessed Be
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| happymama58 |
Posted - Jan 31 2006 : 11:21:37 AM
Kay, I just read your blog and saw you're a teacher planning to move to a small town in Illinois. I'm also a teacher, and I live in Missouri. I don't know much about Illinois, except for the Southern part, down by us. Anyway, you can get a house in the price range you talk about in some small towns around here, so maybe you'd want to stay on the west side of the Mississippi and we could get a Farm Girls group going down here in southeast Missouri!
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| happymama58 |
Posted - Jan 31 2006 : 11:16:46 AM
Jenny, would you please not say "Yikes" when you give your age?!  There just might be someone else here who is just as youthful and vibrant as you are, and seeing that "Yikes" may cause them a momentary shock and worry that maybe there is something wrong with this magical, young age. Of course, I'm just speculating here, but you never know! 
Some people search for happiness; others create it. |
| therusticcottage |
Posted - Jan 31 2006 : 07:37:01 AM
I agree with Jenny. Don't look at age as a determining factor for friends. Look more at what you have in common. My dearest friend (who died a couple of years ago) was 9 years older then me. At this stage of my life I tend to be around people who are younger than me because I have a daughter who is 11. Most people my age have kids who are in college and don't relate to my lifestyle now!
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| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Jan 31 2006 : 07:08:54 AM
You know what I have found..when I was in my twenties I always had friends that were older than me..the ones who enjoyed the same things as I do...and since I had my first two kids very young the people with kids my age were usually at least 5 or 6 years older than me anyhow. Now that I am older (47..yikes!) I usually have friends that are younger, and most of the parents of the kids my younger kids ages are usually 5 or 6 years younger than me..I guess what I am saying is...don't limit the girlfriend choices to people your own age..some of my best friends have been and still are much older or much younger than I am...It is funny now to be the older one with some of my friends, but I like it..like having younger sisters!!
Jenny in Utah
It's astonishing how short a time it takes for very wonderful things to happen...Frances Burnette
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| Lacy |
Posted - Jan 31 2006 : 05:43:05 AM
I am having the hardest time finding girlfriends! I grew up here in Dallas (I moved back about 4 mos ago), but my old prep-school girlfriends and my new co-workers at my architecture firm aren't exactly on my same wavelength any more. My parents are pretty darn supportive of my fiance and me wanting to move to the country and farm, but the rest of my friends and co-workers think I have a screw loose! I love coming here for my daily dose of country "girlfriends"... makes me feel like I'm not the only one that still loves "the simple life"! (and yes Aubrey, I'm 26, and when I start knitting while chatting with my girlfriends, they get VERY confused!)
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| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Jan 30 2006 : 3:19:51 PM
well thank you dear friend. it is wonderful that your man is your best friend .. i am blessed to have one of those also .. AND .. with that sed .. there is something very special about gurlfrenz! i think i was about 40 years old when i first started finding 'kindred spirit sisters'. our lives get so busy with jobs and children. i think you'll find lots of friends on maryjane's connection here .. and if we are anything like all the dollmakers i have met over time .. we WILL 'make' time to gather from time to time .. meanwhile .. isn't the internet wonderful for making so many new friends. I am so pleased that not only in this country but in England and Australia .. we have farmgirls joining us for our fun dolly class!
oh do come visit sometime and bring that honey with you! xo, frannie
True Friends, Frannie |
| MNFarmGirl |
Posted - Jan 30 2006 : 1:48:20 PM
My fiancé is my best girlfriend, I think he had to become my girlfriend because we moved to city and it was hard for me to find friends. Most of the 22 year old women I met didn't want to talk about knitting and baking bread on the weekend. They wanted to go to bars and I wanted to stay up embroidering my pillows. So my honey goes shopping with me, we cook together and we even pluck our eyebrows together! (He does have bushy eyebrows that drive me crazy) Now my honey is a manly man, he watches football and drinks beer but he sees how lonely I get so he amuses me. But I am glad to say we are finally moving back home and we will have family to visit, but I think we will still stay up late talking about farming and trimming our nails. Also it is neat to see all you women talking about things that really interest me and to get to know you all so I am not so alone. I really want to start a farmgirl chapter in northern Mn. Frannie when I saw those pictures of your home I thought I want to be her best friend so I can visit her house! You have a lovely home and a lovely personality. Aubrey
"Agriculture...is our wisest pursuit, because it will in the end conribute most to real wealth, good morals and happiness." Thomas Jefferson |
| blueroses |
Posted - Jan 30 2006 : 09:35:24 AM
Frannie,
We had a similar situation when I moved to Idaho. DH was still in CT & then transferred to a job in Portland OR!! We communted back & forth for 3/12 yrs on weekends & I just couldn't take it anymore. I sold my biz & was gonna sell the house & then guess what!! He finally gets an offer to transfer. Once we were together again we were attached at the hip. But now we do our own things too. I'm really excited, cuz on Friday I was showing one of my gym buddies my beginning of the yo-yo coverlet and some other sewing and she wants to form a craft get together at each others houses a couple of times a month. This will be time to chat, craft & of course eat scones, etc!! REally looking forward to this.
Debbie
"You cannot find peace...by avoiding life."
Virginia Woolfe |
