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| Amie C. |
Posted - Mar 01 2006 : 11:10:55 AM
Hello. I started looking over this forum earlier in the week, and I can't keep my mouth shut so I had to sign up to post! I'm a city girl, born and raised in Rochester. I live now 5 blocks from my parents and 7 blocks from my grandparents. I've always wanted to live in the country, but I don't know that it will happen anytime soon if ever. I married a guy whose interests are very different. I'm on the lookout for ways to earn income from home that don't involve a lot of startup capital. In the meantime, I'm trying to enjoy what I can do after work in my own house and yard. I'm planning to plant a lot, I've tried making cheese on the stove, and all kinds of handiwork. I hope to learn a lot from this forum and enjoy farm living vicariously through those of you who have land of your own. If there's anyone out there in the Rochester area, I'd love to get in touch with you.
-Amie |
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| rosebud74a |
Posted - Mar 06 2006 : 3:00:45 PM
Amie,
Welcome from antoher NY'er. I live in the middle of the state, only an hour from the real geographical center. I am trying hard to convince my husband too that we need to be more farm oreintated....no luck for now, but like you I am trying to do everything that I can to farm without the actual farm lifestyle. Being a fram girl is acondition of the heart. There is a wealth of information this forum...I am sure you will find it a great source of information and warmth:)
Stacy
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Eleanor Roosevelt, 'This Is My Story,' 1937
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| Mari-dahlia |
Posted - Mar 06 2006 : 04:08:08 AM
Hi Amie,
I live over near the Vermont border on the other side of the state. This website is the only one I have ever participated in and I have thoroughly enjoyed it over the last 8 months I have been in. The people involved have been wonderful and a mountain of information. There are alot of folks like you who do not currently own farms and there are alot who are experienced veterans.
Welcome,
Marianne |
| Amie C. |
Posted - Mar 02 2006 : 05:49:47 AM
Thank you, everyone, for being so friendly. I'm so glad to see that there are other people getting started at a not-so-young age. I'm just past 30 and I was already starting to feel old!
Catherine, I think you're right that my husband will come around, especially if I try to make it fun for him as well as me. Rose Marie, I know that clock you mention. Midtown Mall is right in the heart of downtown and I've heard that it was the first indoor shopping mall in the country. My grandmother worked at McCurdy's department store there for many years. Did you ever go at Christmas time to ride the monorail through Magic Mountain and see Santa? That was a big deal when I was a kid, and I've heard it was even bigger in the 60s.
Amie |
| cajungal |
Posted - Mar 01 2006 : 7:01:50 PM
Welcome Amie!!
I married a small town boy....not really city but definitely not farmboy. He has enjoyed so much watching our girls enjoy their animals and he's especially impressed with their life skills. Years ago he would have told you we would NEVER have a goat, NEVER have a pig, NEVER have chickens, NEVER..... Today, he is a happy Daddy of those and more and NEVER complains! It was a kind of "frog in a pot" situation.....It all happened over time and he never felt it!
I look forward to chatting with you at future posts!
Blessings
Catherine
One of the best compliments from one of my daughters: "Moma, you smell good...like dirt." |
| Rosenwalt |
Posted - Mar 01 2006 : 5:13:38 PM
Hi Amie!
I am also a city girl turning really soon into a farm girl. Dunno what the heck I'm doing yet but someone is giving me 2 goats, I've got some plants started indoors, my husband's looking for an oxen and a yoke for me (haha), I'm scared to death but excited at the same time. These wonderful ladies on this site talked me out of me being petrified and actually have me looking at it as a wonderful adventure! I'm in my early 50's so am starting late but can't wait.
My grandparents used to live in Rochester (I think it was Main St.) and I used to visit them every summer. I clearly remember the huge revolving clock at a mall that had dolls from different countries for each hour and then when the clock struck noon all the doors would open, the clock would rotate and show all the different dolls in their country's garb.
I'm here in central NY. Welcome aborad from one NY newbie to another!
Rose Marie,
Central New York
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| celebrate2727 |
Posted - Mar 01 2006 : 4:36:19 PM
a big holla out to you miss amie! glad you found us. i live in mn but grew up in ithaca ny. lived there til 1987. make sure you check out all the great tips on how to use this site and don't forget to use the active topics at the top of the page to see what everyone is busy chatting about.
valkommen!
blessings
beth
Dreaming of Friday Night Lights
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| blueroses |
Posted - Mar 01 2006 : 4:22:16 PM
Hi Amie,
And welcome to the forum. You'll enjoy it here. There are great ladies and lots of great ideas and help.
"You cannot find peace...by avoiding life."
Virginia Woolfe |
| Muttley |
Posted - Mar 01 2006 : 2:35:24 PM
Welcome Amie! These ladies are really helpful, understanding and wonderful! I hope you have a great time on the Forum!
Heather
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other word would smell as sweet." -Shakespeare |
| sugarsfarm |
Posted - Mar 01 2006 : 1:19:28 PM
Welcome Amie!! Your gonna fit right in! Ive learned so much from here already and i havent been been here very long!
Life's messy!... Grab an apron! |
| theherblady |
Posted - Mar 01 2006 : 12:49:22 PM
Welcome Amie~~ Glad you found us..Remember...a farmgirl is a condition of the heart~~
However, I married a "city" boy and ~~little by little he is becoming a "farm" boy.
But...shhhhh-dont tell him....
lol
Jan |
| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Mar 01 2006 : 12:35:06 PM
Welcome Amie!!! I am glad you found us. I am sure there will be some new York gals here...
Just jump right into the conversations!!!
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 |
| farmfilly |
Posted - Mar 01 2006 : 12:27:05 PM
Hi Amie. Welcome to the community. I see you are from the city of lilacs. Lucky you living close enough to family and still having grandparents.
Nothing beats living in the country, but a farmgirl at heart can plant herself anywhere!
Life is good! 
Jackie
Life happens, I'm just glad to participate! |
| lonestargal |
Posted - Mar 01 2006 : 11:42:07 AM
Hi Amie and welcome. Well even if you don't have your own land you can still join us and be a farmgirl at heart. You can still have your garden and clothesline and such it will just have to be on a smaller scale is all and that's ok. Glad your here to join us!!! |
