| T O P I C R E V I E W |
| littlehippiechick |
Posted - Aug 11 2005 : 11:21:23 AM
Hello, I thought that I should probably introduce myself properly...
My name is Tina, and I'm a farmgirl. We have two little girls, 21mos and 6 mos. I am so proud of them, and we got lucky with both of them, they are so good so far, no problems!
Wan't always a farm girl. Grew up in an upper middle class family in the city and loved the city when I was single. When my husband and I found out I was pregnant, we had 3 months to find a house, buy it, plan a wedding, get married and move. 2003 was a very busy year. Found our house in June, moved in Aug 29, got married Sep 5, had our first daughter in Nov. So it was no surprise to me when I found my first grey hair!
I always wanted to live on a farm though, and be a homemaker. I never thought that my dream was ever to come true, until I met my husband. We both ditched our lifestyles we were acustomed to, simplified our lives and moved. There was no way that living in the city we could afford to have me stay at home. Plus my husband would be gone all the time, and our kids would never get to see him. My family thought I was nuts. I traded my suits in for ratty old jeans I bought at the second hand store...I'm not going to look my best when I'm crawling on the floor with kids, renovating the house, yard work, etc.
Generally, I'm quite happy, but still haven't met any friends out here that I can relate to, and that gets me down sometimes. People around me are very different and very clicky...if my grandma didn't go to school with their grandmas, apparently we can't hang. Oh well, eventually I will find someone I have something in common with. Until then, I go to visit my friends that live 60kms away in another town...whenever I get that chance!
In my spare time, I like to write in my journal, play cards, hang out with my husband doing all sorts of things...he's a jack of all trades so I'm learning lots of neat tricks from him. Since finding this forum, I have also made this a part of my free time fun. I also like to paint pictures and do crafts. I am a pack rat with an amazing craft box/room and I can find anything for everything. That was one of the things my husband fell in love with me...my craft box.
I'm a little hippie of sorts, mixed with 40's 50's 70's, Geez, I'm really mixed up! Our close friends call me a hippie beacuse my way of thinking and doing things is all about peace and doing good things for everyone.
In short, I'm all about family and fun, and enjoying life to the fullest.
Take it easy!
Tina
No man is ever worth crying over, and the one that is...won't make you cry!!! |
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| connio |
Posted - Aug 16 2005 : 10:58:40 AM
Hey Farm Girls!
And especially the Canadian Farm Girls
Would like to encourage all of you on the Canadian Prairie to join in our "Mail Art" project that is lovingly called "The Sisterhood of the Travelling Art."
As Meadowlark says, "I do the mail art dance" when I find pieces of mail art in my mailbox. Many of us are having a lot of fun with this.
If you are interested, go to the "Swap Shop" section and read the listing "Mail Art Updates."
Connie
cozycottage |
| ladybugsmom6 |
Posted - Aug 14 2005 : 7:50:11 PM
Sweat heart, welcome to the country, and enjoy the bugs, but watch the socks. My bugs lovin babes caught a grasshopper this weekend and decided to put it into one of their socks until they could get it home and into a container ( or my jars!). They had the most fun, especially when the sock started hopping away! Yeah, my 6mo old garden bug grew into a 4yr old worm farmer, and is now a 5yr old sock chaser, but that is how healthy little girls grow!
-Tami
livin' right and loven' life! |
| citygoatlady |
Posted - Aug 13 2005 : 11:41:46 PM
Hi LHC,
I was in Manning (north of Peace River) for some time. It was really, really quiet! I have heard they are clearcutting the little scrubby trees up there for paper pulp now. Is that true? There was only one main road north of north of Peace River up to the arctic, and it was pretty narrow and certainly not busy! Hundreds of miles of wild bush to the east or the west.
Back then I could hardly find a map that included something that far north.
What do you do about the hordes of mosquitoes, if you have them? |
| Julia |
Posted - Aug 13 2005 : 10:21:17 PM
Hey Tina! Welcome! I am a hippie throw back, as my husband calls me. I am barefoot most of the time, with toe rings and red toe nails with yellow poke-a-dots, not a big deal except my husband is the pastor of a baptist church. I used to try to fit the "mold" of a pastors wife, but , oh well, you are who you are. I'm an artsey/craftsey girl too.
Hope you can soon find a kindred spirit where you are. At lest you have us! Simply, Julia
"The gloom of the world is but a shadow; behind it, yet within our reach is joy. Take joy!" Fr.Giovanni |
| Nana Naomi |
Posted - Aug 12 2005 : 07:47:06 AM
Howdy to all of you from our friendly neighbor to the north!
( & I mean WAY north!)
It seems that mistrust of newcomers knows no boundaries! I's the same here in Tyler,Texas! It may be worse, it's not only how long you've been here but what your father's profession is! When I moved here 16 years ago the first question was " Honey, what does your daddy do?" They weren't impressed when I said that he was a mailman!
I still don't fit in and part of the reason is that I'm a hippie at heart too. To make things worse, I teach English at the local junior college. Nobody likes or trusts an English teacher! |
| westernhorse51 |
Posted - Aug 12 2005 : 05:35:22 AM
hi Tina, welcome to the farmgirl forum, I love your username littlehippiechick, its great. You will find friends, sometimes it just takes time especially when your new to a small town where everyone knows everyone. I read in a book titled Moving up Country by Don Mitchell, that even after he lived there twenty some years, he was still never concidered a "local". In the meantime, you have us. Welcome and have fun here. Michele
she selects wool and flax and works with eager hands Prov.31:13 |
| countrymamma |
Posted - Aug 11 2005 : 7:39:31 PM
OMG Prairiemaid - how you doing?????
Tina, in my corner of the province, our summer has been very wet, although the past 3 weeks its been hot and dry (except for today). There have been many floods and were still drying out. Were looking at the southern tip of Sask., probably around the Swift Current area, hopefully by late next year.
~Carol |
| littlehippiechick |
Posted - Aug 11 2005 : 6:41:45 PM
Awesome! You are the first Canadian I've heard from so far! How has the weather been in Manitoba this summer? It's been the perfect summer for farming...hot and sunny all day, rainy by night. It's been like that for a few months! It's starting to cool off now already...can't beleive summer is almost over!
Hope you make it this way, any idea whereabouts?
Later
Tina
No man is ever worth crying over, and the one that is...won't make you cry!!! |
| prairiemaid |
Posted - Aug 11 2005 : 6:41:04 PM
Hello also from the Canadian prairies! Looks like there is getting to be a few of us here.
Call me old fashioned. |
| countrymamma |
Posted - Aug 11 2005 : 4:38:35 PM
Welcome Tina. We live in the prairie provinces too and are looking to move closer your way. I love our open spaces, clear blue skies and georgous sunsets.
~Carol |
| littlehippiechick |
Posted - Aug 11 2005 : 4:35:01 PM
Hello All!
Thanks for the welcomes!
JP blue sky: I'm so glad to hear hippies are still around! I can never seem to find any where I live, and wish there were alot more around! I'm not sure where I get it form, b/c my parents weren't hippies at all. My in-laws used to be, and they did a 720 when my husband was young! My husband is also a hippie of sorts. He's always giving people a hard time about recycling, war, and stuff like that. I'm not sure how we got so lucky with one another, but after we met, we both beleived in fate. It was a strange happening, but all worth it. Everything that's happened in the past 3 years has been so worth it!
Hi Whimsy girl: We live in north western Alberta and we border Montana. We live 4.5 hours from Calgary (1.5 hrs from Edmonton, but no one never seems to know where that is:) A visit would be nice if you are ever this way. We have people staying with us all the time from cities, b/c it's so quiet here. One of these days, I would like to open a b&b, but that won't be for a long while...but it is a dream of mine! Anytime, come on up!
Hi Verbena: There is a ton of waterfront property for cheap, if you want to clear the land and start from scratch. We found our place on the internet on the site www.mls.com. It's where all the realestate agents post their properties, and sure does make it easy. The place we are interested in that isn't posted is overlooking the Athabasca river...GORGEOUS. It's not for sale yet, but it will be one day! We found it about a month ago when my husband and a few of his buddies decided to make a one day canoe trip down the Athb river, and well, we underestimated the length and ended up staying the night in the bush, with no tents, no sleeping bags, and no food. We had to really use our survival skills. Some of the guys were drinking beer and kept the cans (of course), so we made a homemade frying pan out of beer cans...not sure if it was safe, but neither was camping out in bear country. Anyway, our house was super cheap. If we were to buy what we have 1.5 hours away from us, we would be looking at a price tag of 400K...can;t afford that. It's beautiful country up this way, and oh so quiet!
Our Canadian prairies are topped by huge blue skies, and the stars at night are quite impressive. The fields have all started to ripen, but we've been blessed with the bright yellow canola fields for several months. When I look out of our house and see the red barn, blue skies, yellow fields...it's so appealing to the eyes to have the rainbow stare at you every morning when you go for a coffee! In the spring time when all the snow has FINALLY melted, we have a wetland in our back yard that fills with boreal chorus frogs and mallard ducks. It fills my heart to hear mating calls all day and all night, because that's what I do in my spare time...wetland and watefowl conservation. This is why I make sure never to put anything down the drain that may hurt the creatures sharing our land with us. I'm pretty sure they appreciate it, because I've noticed alot more biodiversity. It's so wonderful to live where we live. Our oldest girl loves being outside and she shows an interest in bugs, frogs, deer, etc. Our youngest girl is still to young, but she does enjoy the outdoors as well. In the winter time, we have a moose who has made our garden her den. We are always havign little adventures that make the trip, and that's the whole point of living for us. We're always trying to push the limits (within reason) to test our skills. It's so much fun!
Well, I should get going! I look forward to chatting with you all again soon!
Take it easy!
Tina
No man is ever worth crying over, and the one that is...won't make you cry!!! |
| verbina |
Posted - Aug 11 2005 : 12:48:36 PM
hi hippychick! welcome from a hippy in new jersey. i love canada.i like to check out propertys out there on the internet.seems some waterfront props. are not to to to high in price. atleast not like here. glad to have you here. randi |
| Whimsy_girl |
Posted - Aug 11 2005 : 12:36:15 PM
The part of Canada you are in, are you very close to Washington state?.. Or Montana? We share a border here in Washington, and so does my husbands family in Montana. My husband gets all puppy wiggly when we get to take a road trip, so it wouldn't be too much trouble to talk him into a side trip some time if you are close enough. We could meet up and do lunch or something :)
you can be oh so smart, or you can be oh so positive. I wasted a lot of time being smart I prefer being positive. |
| jpbluesky |
Posted - Aug 11 2005 : 12:24:33 PM
Tina - you sound a LOT younger than I am, but other than that, much the same! I agree with your sentiment at the bottom - the man that is "for you' will not hurt you. I have a soul mate, too.
And I am a left over hippie. I was young when Woodstock happened; went to a few wannabe Woodstocks in my time. And it is quite interesting to see the younger people now preserving the attitudes we had then. I love it!
Welcome! I want to hear more about the prairies of Canada. I love the prairies of the US. Hooray for you in making the leap to a simpler life. Your kids will be the better for it.
jpbluesky
Heartland girl |
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