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candismom
True Blue Farmgirl
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Elizabeth
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 Posted - May 09 2007 : 11:34:39 AM
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Plain Farm ladies here. I live plain and would love to meet other like minded women.I think this board is the best.
Hugs,
Elizabeth
www.athomewithelizabeth.blogspot.com
My shop www.theclothesline.etsy.com
I sell Crabapple Hill Studio and other Patterns. Pluse lots of other handmade items.
May the Lord bless you and keep you.
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Kathie
True Blue Farmgirl
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Kathie
Thonotosassa
Florida
USA
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Posted - May 09 2007 : 11:45:00 AM
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Well, Since i'm not sure what the meaning is.. I'm fairly certain that It wouldn't be me..
What is a Plain Farm Lady?
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junkjunkie
True Blue Farmgirl
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Judy
Lawrenceville
NJ
USA
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Posted - May 09 2007 : 11:47:59 AM
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| I think you may mean that you live very simply....maybe like the Amish, but not quite? |
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candismom
True Blue Farmgirl
560 Posts
Elizabeth
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Posted - May 09 2007 : 11:55:16 AM
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Yes Judy You got it. Not so much amish but Mennonite. I do have a few modern things but I live and dress plain.
Sorry I should have explained myself. LOL
Hugs,
Elizabeth
www.athomewithelizabeth.blogspot.com
My shop www.theclothesline.etsy.com
I sell Crabapple Hill Studio and other Patterns. Pluse lots of other handmade items.
May the Lord bless you and keep you.
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mima
True Blue Farmgirl
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Posted - May 09 2007 : 11:58:08 AM
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| One of my very favorite cookbooks is "More with Less" it's put out by the Mennonites! I love it! |
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Kathie
True Blue Farmgirl
2436 Posts
Kathie
Thonotosassa
Florida
USA
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Posted - May 09 2007 : 12:05:58 PM
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ok I gotcha..
We do have several Mennonite commuities here in Florida..
So now i know what your saying.. I was guessing this but wanted to ask..
Good.. Thanks for explaining..
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
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Posted - May 09 2007 : 12:18:38 PM
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I actually lived in a Mennonite/Amish community in Sarasota,FL for a while..and I frequented Yoder's resturaunt on Bahia Vista Ave. quite often..loved their strawberry pie and biscuits and gravy...and my friend worked at Troyer's Fruit Stand...I lived in the Pinecraft subdivision in an area right across the street from Yoder's Resturaunt.
So yes..there are Amish/Mennonite communities in Florida.:0)
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candismom
True Blue Farmgirl
560 Posts
Elizabeth
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Posted - May 09 2007 : 12:25:53 PM
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In fact there are mennonite and amish communties all over the world. I get a coule of thiwe magazines. My favorite is my amish womens magazine.
I love the More os less too. I have a couple really good amish cookbooks.
Hugs,
Elizabeth
www.athomewithelizabeth.blogspot.com
My shop www.theclothesline.etsy.com
I sell Crabapple Hill Studio and other Patterns. Pluse lots of other handmade items.
May the Lord bless you and keep you.
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mima
True Blue Farmgirl
1573 Posts
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Posted - May 09 2007 : 12:35:38 PM
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| What is the Amish women's magazine called? I would love to see one! |
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Kathie
True Blue Farmgirl
2436 Posts
Kathie
Thonotosassa
Florida
USA
2436 Posts |
Posted - May 09 2007 : 12:46:17 PM
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Yes! Sarasota has a huge community..
& up here by me in Tampa as well.. my husband & i run into a couple of the same families a few times a year at auctions.. & it's nice to catch up after not seeing each other for so long.. we never seem to know when we'll run into each them..
But they enjoy the sales that we do..
So, It's like an unexpected old home week..
I really love some of the Recipe's in the Amish cook books..
too Elizabeth.. My Grandmothers & her sisters made this Bread called Patitsza.. ( & yes.. i am sure that has to be spelled so wrong)
but it's pronounced like it looks.. it's like a rolled.. layered bread filled with spices & nuts.. & it is just so terrific!
& i have had a very similar bread from different Amish ovens.. (All of my brothers live in New Castle, Pa.. & one of my Grandmothers was from Arcola Ill.. which both have huge Amish communities.. ) But have not seen a recipe for any bread that sounds similar to this.. i have to keep searching.. i know it has to be the same thing.. but a different name..!
if you haven't had it.. & you like nuts.. ( pecans possibly..) you'll really love this bread! It would be compared to the very best coffee cake that you have ever had.. i guess is the closest discription...
Kathie
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candismom
True Blue Farmgirl
560 Posts
Elizabeth
560 Posts |
Posted - May 09 2007 : 1:26:01 PM
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The magazine is Keepers of the Home. It comes out 4 times a year for 16.00 Here is number to order it. 1 800 852-4482 I just love it.
Kathie next week i will look through my recipes and see if I can find it. I have 2 from the Keepers of the Home called Cooking with the Horse and Buggy People I will check those first then look at my other amish and mennonite cookbooks.
Hugs,
Elizabeth
www.athomewithelizabeth.blogspot.com
My shop www.theclothesline.etsy.com
I sell Crabapple Hill Studio and other Patterns. Pluse lots of other handmade items.
May the Lord bless you and keep you.
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mima
True Blue Farmgirl
1573 Posts
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Posted - May 09 2007 : 1:39:01 PM
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| Thanks Elizabeth- I even love the title! Gonna call them and try a subcription!!! |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Posted - May 09 2007 : 2:12:22 PM
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I am a "less is more" person myself. I didn't used to be that way, but a few years of poverty has really put the material world into focus for me. I used to desire all the fancy outfits, wanted to have a faster car, wanted to have a huge house. I felt I _needed_ these things to have a happy an fulfilling life.
Living on my own where money has been perpetually tight has really taught me a few things. I don't need the fancy outfits. Jeans and tee shirts are fine. I like to have a few dresses for church but that is it. I don't need a faster, more expensive car- they just keep costing more and more money and you can only drive so fast anyway. And having just enough is plenty. I don't need a McMansion where there is so much space between people so that you never have to "rub elbows" with each other.
My fiance is still learning these lessons. He used his income tax return to buy a 52 inch tv *sigh*. But he has conceeded to using cloth diapers for our daughter and he _loves_ MaryJane's foods so I think I am slowly winning the battle ;) As long as I have my computer to chat with you ladies I am happy!
Alee
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catscharm74
True Blue Farmgirl
4687 Posts
Heather
Texas
USA
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Posted - May 09 2007 : 2:36:15 PM
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I live very simply- by choice of course. DH and I decided when he gets out of the Navy in 1 1/2 years, we are officially "retiring" and living our lives for what we want to do. Money will always be there as will the material things in life. I would rather life simple and a bit more frugal, doing the work I want to (I am going to be working in Health Administration and yes I love it) and he is going to be a cop (yes he loves it too) I live in jeans, t-shirts, flip flops, cowboy boots, occasional cowboy hat (will be getting a new one for Texas) and those comfy gaucho pants. My hair is really short and simple, I trim it myself and occasionally get a cut to keep it straight or crooked?? Lol
I don't own alot of stuff- mostly what I need to survive and right now I am in broke student mode, so it is interesting to see how little we can live on. Right now, DH wants a Harley and I am not against it. He has worked so hard and we can actually afford it outright, without worrying about things too much. Simple living is allowing us to have the few things we want and not have the worry.
I decorate in a simple, beachy style. Lots of white, few pinks, turquoise (my favorite) and some other muted tones. Not too many chotcky's but a few whacky, unique pieces. All my furntire is white with bead board and can be mixed throughout the house.
Food is anything local from the farmer's market, what I grow or bake. Simple meals!! YUMMMM!!!
Cheers,
Heather
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Kathie
True Blue Farmgirl
2436 Posts
Kathie
Thonotosassa
Florida
USA
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Posted - May 09 2007 : 3:17:43 PM
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I think the magazine does sound really good..
We do have to find the recipe for this bread though..
Elizabeth, you will just love it!
The simple things that we share in our lives & in our homes are what are important..
I mean sure.. Big events.. & Vacations.. & things we have are all nice too.. but the best times we have seem to be the simplest of times..
My favorite day of the week is always Sunday afternoon.. when all three of my kids make their way back home for Sunday dinner with us..
No matter what else is going on.. or who's going through what..
we have Sunday dinners together..
& just that time together..talking, laughing, joking.. hanging out in the kitchen or out in the garden together ..
Nothing fancy.. or big expenditure..
Just us all together..
Can't get any simpler then that i guess..
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sunshine78
True Blue Farmgirl
106 Posts
Cynthia
Western
Nebraska
106 Posts |
Posted - May 09 2007 : 3:21:26 PM
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I try to live very simply. I love to visit Amish/Mennonite communities because they seem so much at peace with themselves. I like slow paced farm living. I found out that I come from Pennsylvania German roots so maybe being plain is ingrained in me. My husband and I are working to live a "green" life and are trying to grow our own food and such. I think the Amish and Mennonites have the best food, they are really good cooks. I wish I could be that good. I love my simple life, I only wish more people could realize the joys of it.
Best,
Cynthia
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Forrester Farm
True Blue Farmgirl
703 Posts
Ann
Belmont
MI
USA
703 Posts |
Posted - May 09 2007 : 5:20:39 PM
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I think that there is a need for people to return to the "simple". I just breezed thru an article about several books on the simple life - and how cleansing it can be. I'll pass on the titles....once I go thru the stack of papers on my dresser (ha, ha). Less is more - I agree.
Ann
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brightmeadow
True Blue Farmgirl
2045 Posts
Brenda
Lucas
Ohio
USA
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Posted - May 09 2007 : 7:06:20 PM
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I live just a few miles from a Mennonite Church, there are a lot of Amish farms about 10 miles from here, and only two counties over from us is Holmes County, Ohio, which is a fairly large Amish/Mennonite area.
We see buggies all the time at the reservoir across the highway, and often we rub shoulders with Amish and Mennonite neighbors while shopping at the grocery or at farm auctions. I found Clear-Jel in 1-lb bags at an Amish food store just a few miles away.
My family is descended from German farmers who came over in 1840's, but were members of German Reformed Church (now a part of United Church of Christ)
I work in a very high-stress, high-tech job, and sometimes I wish I could just become Mary Yoder for a while. I am sure the Amish people have their own stresses and concerns (where will my kids find enough land to farm? How can we make a living in agriculture? ) from the outside looking in, it does seem to be a more peaceful life. I'm not sure if I could sublimate my own will to the will of the community or the bishop the way the Amish seem to do, though, knowing how contentious I seem to be from time to time....
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands - You shall be happy and it shall be well with you. -Psalm 128.2
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Forrester Farm
True Blue Farmgirl
703 Posts
Ann
Belmont
MI
USA
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Past Blessings
True Blue Farmgirl
1083 Posts
Brenda
Orchard Prairie
WA
USA
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Posted - May 10 2007 : 06:44:45 AM
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I guess I wouldn't completely call my life plain, but I am striving for simplicity. I do like to have fun every now and then and dress to the hilt and even have "big hair" on occasions. On a daily basis you will find me in levi jeans, cowboy boots, a prairie blouse, minimal make up (but still always some!), my hair pulled back in a pony or just loose in casual waves. I cook simply for the most part, have gotten rid of most silly kitchen gadgets, but love my microwave and dishwasher. I do love decorating and doubt it would qualify as plain, though I have scaled back a lot. I would call my decorating kind of a mix of farmhouse, colonial, primitive and english. Just what I call comfortable. Not formal, just warm. Probably the plainist thing about us is what we like to do. To have a night playing games with the kids or have friends over for dinner and good conversation is what we love. Going out to fancy dinners is something we rarely do and for the most part I'd rather be home. We rarely watch TV in the evening other than a couple of things we are hooked on and if I have it on in the day while I am working, it is to watch the re-runs of Little House on The Prairie or The Waltons! LOL! Right now with the kids in sports, raising pigs and two home businesses plus hubbies full time job, things aren't as simple as I would like. But I know that eventually this too will slow down . . . we are simply not in that season yet. I think living simply is more of a frame of mind. Choosing to enjoy the moment and not be rushed by the things society tells you you need to let run your life. The other day when my husband and I were driving to MaryJane's Farm to pick up books for her book signing (I'll post about that later in another thread) everything that could go wrong did . . . lost a tailpipe, got a flat tire, the AC died and it was hot, etc. But I knew I couldn't change things, so I chose to just live in the moment and enjoy what I could. We found humor in our situation instead and I had a wonderful bonding time with my husband. We really can control our destiny. It would have been really easy to stress about the time and the busy-ness and lament all that went wrong, but slowing down and enjoying the moment was so much more rewarding. I think we live life to the fullest only when we slow down enough to experience it and hear the heartbeat of nature and the world around us.
With warm blessings . . .
Brenda
Past Blessings . . . Celebrating Life as it used to be . . . when people loved God, loved their families and loved their country. |
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mima
True Blue Farmgirl
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Posted - May 10 2007 : 08:38:24 AM
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| Hey Candismom! I just orderd a subcription to that magazine! The girl I spoke to was soooo nice! I've always loved the amish and Mennonite philosophies! It outta be an interesting combo- Amish meets Californis hippie chick! LOL! |
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Utahfarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1940 Posts
Portland
Oregon
USA
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Posted - May 10 2007 : 10:53:59 AM
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Elizabeth and anyone else who wants to reply - What do you like best about the simple lifestyle and what are the challenges for you? And would you be interested in being interviewed for a possible magazine article?
thanks
Farmgirl hug,
Patricia
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catscharm74
True Blue Farmgirl
4687 Posts
Heather
Texas
USA
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Posted - May 10 2007 : 11:25:26 AM
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What I love about choosing the simple life is less worry all around. I am going back to school full time and not having to worry about things, especially materials items and knowing I am eating healthy, homemade, simple food. Having $$$ in the bank that allows us to work because we want to, not because we have to. I get enjoyment out of picking flowers, taking walks with the family, dressing like a "cowgirl" and being comfy, not worrying about what others think. I want to set an example to my son that life is not about being material and fake. My only challenge was getting rid of the "stuff", but donation has helped with that.
Biggest obstacle- family!! They don't understand why I don't want the cookie cutter with all the bells and whistles, dressing up like I am out to show off and buying into that lifestyle. I don't fit their mold and often, I am put down for it. But, it is my life and I am learning to separate other's needs from my own.
Example: Typical meal: sliced beefsteak tomatoes, goat's cheese, olives, swiss cheese, artichokes hearts all on a platter with olive oil laced with cracked pepper or garlic on the side. I serve crusty homemade bread and maybe some left over bean soup. I keep this all in the fridge and just eat and heat as we go. YUMMY!!!! |
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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
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Nancy
West Seneca
New York
USA
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Posted - May 10 2007 : 1:13:48 PM
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I just ordered the Mazazine at AMAZON. 12.00 FOR ONE YEAR.Looks like a good one.
NANCY JO
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candismom
True Blue Farmgirl
560 Posts
Elizabeth
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Posted - May 10 2007 : 1:21:42 PM
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I love the magazine. I wanted to clear up one thing. There is a difference in being plain and living simple. Part of being plain is the way we dress. You can live simple and not be plain if that makes sense. I am so glad to see so many trying to life simple. That makes me feel not so alone.
Hugs,
Elizabeth
www.athomewithelizabeth.blogspot.com
My shop www.theclothesline.etsy.com
I sell Crabapple Hill Studio and other Patterns. Pluse lots of other handmade items.
May the Lord bless you and keep you.
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