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| maggie14 |
Posted - Mar 23 2010 : 08:19:57 AM
Anyone else feel like this? I think I would fit right in with the pioneer era.   I love wearing long skirts and dresses with my apron over them. I love doing things all by hand. I love baking and cooking our own food. What can I say?! I am an old soul! I wish we had quilting bees and tea partys and dances like they did. Don't you think it would be fun to have a farmgirl quilting bee or tea party? Or even dance? I am just not really into the things teen do today which I think in sertain things is a good thing. I do like to go to movies with my friends, I like to spend the night with them, and play dress up and have fun playing around with make up. lol Yes, even at 15 I like to do those things. :) So if you feel like you are in the wrong era what era would you be from?
Hugs,
Channah
Farmgirl sister #1219
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| maggie14 |
Posted - Mar 25 2010 : 11:58:36 AM
I love how you put that CJ!!! You go farmgirl!
Hugs,
Channah
Farmgirl sister #1219
Friendship is not something that can be bought, it is earned. |
| MrsRooster |
Posted - Mar 25 2010 : 11:54:28 AM
It is sad that the kids in Bri's Pre-K-5 class have no idea where milk comes from or eggs. They have never seen their Mom sew or garden or feed animals.
I want to pass to Bri love for old things, simply things, and a love for nature and animals.
I look forward to a wonderful evening when the power goes out. We sing songs, read books by candle or flashlight, just talk. Then if it is chilly, we all slip into bed and cuddle to sleep. I guess I am kind of a hypocrite. I love chatting on this forum with ya'll. All of ya'll are closer than most of the friends that I had in Ohio. I guess we are lucky to have it both ways.
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| karla |
Posted - Mar 25 2010 : 11:24:28 AM
It is those of us who feel born out of time who will be the ones to pass on the traditions of old.
I think I have always felt that way also. I am not sure about outhouses & snakes in my house but other than that I could have handled it!!
It is good to know there is another generation (who as the born out of time people) so it will continue on. I like to teach the kids the old time arts & traditions. We have a peschool group that came out to see the animals & the farm. Some of them had never seen animals & were surprised to learn where some of their food came from! How sad is that?
Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. |
| classygram |
Posted - Mar 25 2010 : 11:14:12 AM
You Go CJ!!!! You explained who we are and what we do, to the tee! It couldn't have been put any better than that. We are all what you described and proud of!!! May the modern woman try to take us down. No Way!!!!
Blessings, Brenda
"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony" Mahatma Gandhi |
| prairie_princess |
Posted - Mar 25 2010 : 10:54:51 AM
Awww, CeeJay, I couldn't agree with you more! And you do make a good point... without this technology we wouldn't we able to connect this way. And we are all FUN and FUNNY! Who wouldn't love us farmgals?! :)
"Only two things that money can't buy, that's true love and homegrown tomatoes."
- Guy Clark
"The man who has planted a garden feels he has done something for the good of the world."
- Charles Dudley Warner |
| MrsRooster |
Posted - Mar 25 2010 : 08:13:42 AM
Amen!!
www.mrsrooster.blogspot.com
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| ceejay48 |
Posted - Mar 25 2010 : 07:41:34 AM
Well, Channah, my dear. . . if you had been born in a different era we wouldn't have the ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTFUL PLEASURE of knowing you right here and right now!!! So, I'm grateful you are right here and right now!!!
I think, for me, and perhaps for you and many other farmgirls, because we are of kindred spirit and like-mindedness, we are the ones who can model a simpler lifestyle, more gracious, sensitive and caring attitudes and bring the TRUE FARMGIRL SPIRIT into this modern world and "walk the walk" and "live the life".
We can let the whole world know WHO we are and WHAT we stand for, that we a "different breed"! We are tough, yet some of the most sensitive, caring, loving people on earth!! We are creative in ways noone else can match!! We are resourceful beyond measure!!!
Furthermore we are FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN . . . and FUNNY, FUNNY, FUNNY!!! 
I'm here because of all of you farmgirls of kindred spirit who are some of the most wonderful, unique people on God's green earth!!!!
I'm here because we encourage, support, give . . .and we are tough!!!
And we can live our lives from "another era" for all the world to see and be SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO envious of us!!!!
God Bless you, Channah!!!
God Bless all of you!!!
LONG LIVE FARMGIRLS!!!!!!
Love you all!
CJ
...from the barefoot farmgirl in SW Colorado...sister chick #665
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| knittinchick |
Posted - Mar 24 2010 : 5:44:08 PM
Elizabeth, you are very right. Nobody takes the time to value the simple things, like new life in spring or fresh fallen snow. Modern conviences take away from that.
Judy, that really does sound fun. I think most people have lost that sense of being neighborly like that.
God's Blessings,
Megan aka Loretta Rae
At heart, I am both a sassy city girl and a down-home country gal. |
| maggie14 |
Posted - Mar 24 2010 : 3:31:28 PM
I did Michelle! It was really good! I loved it!
Hugs,
Channah
Farmgirl sister #1219
Friendship is not something that can be bought, it is earned. |
| mscountrygirl |
Posted - Mar 24 2010 : 2:05:49 PM
Has anyone ever seen the Pioneer reality series PBS did a couple years ago. I know it can be rented thru Netflix. They did specials in several different time periods. I like the Victoria era. The series changed my appreciation for modern conviences quite a bit.
It's all good!
http://mscountrygirl.blogspot.com/ |
| texdane |
Posted - Mar 24 2010 : 12:35:54 PM
Elizabeth, you are so right.
Nicole
Farmgirl Sister #1155
KNITTER, JAM-MAKER AND MOM EXTRAORDINAIRE |
| prairie_princess |
Posted - Mar 24 2010 : 11:55:42 AM
I think, after reading some of your posts, I'd like to live in the pioneer days and the 40's... I love the grit the pioneer women possessed! They could handle anything, mostly because they had to. And I just LOVE the fashions of the 40's, not to mention the music. :)
I forgot to comment on this earlier... I do agree with Brenda, part of why some of those old fashioned activities have disappeared is we have many choices now on what to do. But, in my opinion, many of the activities we do nowadays just can't compare... we don't get together like we used to. Don't enjoy the simple things in life. There's a lot of technology involved which, i think, "rots our brains". Granted, we are able to travel to see great things... but some miss the great things at home, in their local area. We forget to just enjoy ever day, want more and more. At least that's what I've seen with some of the younger generations... some could use some old fashioned fun!
"Only two things that money can't buy, that's true love and homegrown tomatoes."
- Guy Clark
"The man who has planted a garden feels he has done something for the good of the world."
- Charles Dudley Warner |
| maggie14 |
Posted - Mar 24 2010 : 11:23:54 AM
That sounds like soo much fun Judy!!! And yes, fashion can be stressful.
Kayla, We do sound alot alike! How cool is that?!?!
thank you soo much ladies for joining in and sharing stories! It has been so much fun to read!!
Hugs,
Channah
Farmgirl sister #1219
Friendship is not something that can be bought, it is earned. |
| patchworkpeace |
Posted - Mar 24 2010 : 08:33:43 AM
My sister and I have had this conversation several times. We're having our own "quilting bee" tomorrow - just the two of us. We're getting together once or twice a month to help each other or do fun things. We decided that this summer we would have our own dress up tea party and just do some fun things that we envy the pioneers or victorians for.
I'd like to be a pioneer lady and be one of the first to see the "new country". Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to be the first person to see a new land. Just enjoy the original, unspoiled beauty.
Channah, you're so right about the long skirts, etc. Fashion can be fun, but sometimes its stressful, too.
Judy
Success is measured not by the position one reaches but by the obstacles one has to overcome to reach it. Booker T. Washington |
| fiddlegirl89 |
Posted - Mar 24 2010 : 07:58:33 AM
I definitely could live in the pioneer era as well! I'll be 21 in a few days, and I never did any of the things "normal" teens do, not to mention those my age...and as far as turning 21, I'd venture a guess it will be much different than most! I guess we (my family and I) live like we're in a different time period that we are actually in!!! It's not so bad! :) Sounds like you and I are a lot alike, Channah!
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| vintagediva1 |
Posted - Mar 24 2010 : 06:33:52 AM
When my girls were young we would have one night a month when we used no electricity. I would cook dinner in the fireplace and we would eat by candle light and read my lantern light.
I think I could have lived like that all the time
Michele
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| prariehawk |
Posted - Mar 23 2010 : 7:24:10 PM
When I was a teen, I used to wish I'd been born at the turn of the twentieth century. I would have loved having Teddy Roosevelt as the president, going to a state fair and seeing Dan Patch race, living in a simpler, kinder time---now I sometimes wish I could go back to the Middle Ages--knights in shining armor, King Arthur, Robin Hood--though they seem worlds apart, both were eras where women were treated with courtesy and respect. I enjoy all the comforts and conveniences of this modern age, and though I'm in favor of women's rights, I wish there were more real men out there. I wish we lived in a society that allowed men to be men and women to be women. Sadly, I doubt we'll ever have that type of society in this country again.
cindy
"Dog is my co-pilot"
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| Chives |
Posted - Mar 23 2010 : 7:19:42 PM
I would love to live in a diffrent era. I think its just in our blood. We cant help it. Tasha Tudor lived as if it was a different era. We can to, up to a point. We have to choose that point. At least we have others that think alike. Vicki |
| texdane |
Posted - Mar 23 2010 : 6:44:06 PM
Boy, Channah, you really do create some thought-provoking questions! For me, I love the 1940's. Love the music, how feminine and glamorous women were, the milk glass, things with 'cherries" printed on it, aprons from the 30's and 40's...I have a friend who calls me "50's wife" because I love all things "domestic". But, aren't we lucky we can make farmgirl friends on our modern computers!
Nicole
Farmgirl Sister #1155
KNITTER, JAM-MAKER AND MOM EXTRAORDINAIRE |
| knittinchick |
Posted - Mar 23 2010 : 4:00:24 PM
I belong either during the pioneer times or during World War II. I think it would be so much fun to ration, plant Victory Gardens, and do everything they did. Channah, I do think it is true that all of us belong in some other era.
God's Blessings,
Megan aka Loretta Rae
At heart, I am both a sassy city girl and a down-home country gal. |
| solilly |
Posted - Mar 23 2010 : 2:57:17 PM
Sorry girls my era is Victorian. That dress, those tea parties, those dinners etc. I would still be the flower garden person, the craaft person for there were lots of samplers etc done by ladies of that day. Well I can still dream and have fun. Yes once in a while I even make me one of those large fancy dresses to wear at home. Like I said one can dream. My dreams are in the color I paint them. Lilly 
learning the life I always wanted. |
| maggie14 |
Posted - Mar 23 2010 : 2:53:53 PM
I think being Amish would be fun too. It is fun to just dream though! Again I am sorry I sounded ungratful. I really, truly am I just think it would be fun to live in a diffrent era. Thanks for sharing ladies!
Hugs,
Channah
Farmgirl sister #1219
Friendship is not something that can be bought, it is earned. |
| MrsRooster |
Posted - Mar 23 2010 : 2:36:47 PM
That is the number one reason that I loved Civil War re-enacting so much. I was treated as a lady. I enjoyed dressing up and going to the balls and teas, or just sat out under a tree stitching or just chatting. But when I did the nurse bit, I went around on the field. I was with a doctor, but the guys still treated me like a lady.
I almost could not believe what I looked like dressed in a period ball gown and my hair up with long curls. It was so comfortable and me!!!
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| prairie_princess |
Posted - Mar 23 2010 : 2:13:02 PM
Much agreed, Brenda.... I wish women nowadays were more feminine! Maybe we've lost some of that femininity through women wanting to join the work force and being treated like men? That's kind of what I believe... and in the process we've lost what being feminine is all about. I think we can be delicate flowers AND strong! Like those beautiful, hard working pioneer women who still fixed their hair and wore dresses and heeled shoes while milking the cows, churning butter, and pumping water from the well... Yes, Channah... you are a very fine example of a generous farmgirl... keep at it!
"Only two things that money can't buy, that's true love and homegrown tomatoes."
- Guy Clark
"The man who has planted a garden feels he has done something for the good of the world."
- Charles Dudley Warner |
| classygram |
Posted - Mar 23 2010 : 1:27:04 PM
I too agree about my two children and myself may not be here today, because of difficult labor. They both had to be turned and I'm almost sure they didn't do that in pioneer days. I can pretty much do all they did right here where I am. But I do like the thought of horse and buggies. The tea parties and quilting bea's. The problem now is there's so many choices as to what you can entertain yourself with. Back then the parties and bea's were about all they had. Now a days, so many couldn't even imagine the fun and enjoyment involved with those activities. And you know the ladies looked like ladies. And the gentlemen treated them like ladies. It's so sad where the clothing has gone to now. But in our hearts and minds and our ability to make that life true today is in our grasp. Let's not let the times today stop us. Channah you just keep on living the way you enjoy it. Dress up and make-up! You are a very fine young woman.
Blessings, Brenda
"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony" Mahatma Gandhi |
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