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HFox
Farmgirl in Training
49 Posts
Laura
Parkesburg
PA
USA
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 Posted - Dec 11 2007 : 11:53:01 AM
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I am so excited to be here!
I was introduced to Mary Jane through her Ideabook. I read it in one day (so much for laundry) and immediately felt like I was meeting a native from my "homeland". I guess what I'm trying to say is that I felt a sense of coming home. Did anyone else feel that way?
I realized that there are other women still around who love farmgirl life! I was so thrilled!
Let me give a brief bio: My name is Laura, I'm a 28 year old mother of three. In just six short weeks, I'll be a mother of four. I've been married to my teenage sweetheart for ten wonderful years. I live in a small town about an hour outside of Philadelphia, PA. Which puts me halfway between the "big city" and Amish country. I was raised on a working farm until I was 10 years old and I am so grateful for the opportunities and experiences that my upbringing gave me. My husband still laughs when I talk about how we would make our own sauerkraut, can all of our leftover harvest and butcher pigs every fall. He's a die-hard city boy, can't you tell? Such is love, right?
At any rate, I am ecsatic to be a part of this amazing online group, and although I can't guarantee that I'll be able to find time in the next couple of months to post, I'll be visitng as much as I can!
Laura
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
3579 Posts |
Posted - Dec 11 2007 : 11:56:23 AM
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YAY! Nice to see ya' here, Laura!!!
XOXO, Libbie
"Farmgirl Sister #10," and proud of it!!! |
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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
4331 Posts
Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
4331 Posts |
Posted - Dec 11 2007 : 12:06:23 PM
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Nice to meet you, Laura! And Mary Jane's book made me feel that way, too. There are lots of us here. You're going to feel right at home.
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?" - 'Brother Dave' Gardner |
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tangledthreads
True Blue Farmgirl
185 Posts
Michelle
Middle Tennessee
USA
185 Posts |
Posted - Dec 11 2007 : 12:08:41 PM
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Welcome, Laura!! This is a wonderful place to hang out!
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You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
Mahatma Ghandi
Well behaved women rarely make history.
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Lainey
True Blue Farmgirl
2401 Posts
Elaine
Waco
Kentucky
USA
2401 Posts |
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HFox
Farmgirl in Training
49 Posts
Laura
Parkesburg
PA
USA
49 Posts |
Posted - Dec 11 2007 : 12:23:28 PM
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Farmtopia
True Blue Farmgirl
1465 Posts
Zan
New York
New York
USA
1465 Posts |
Posted - Dec 11 2007 : 1:32:56 PM
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Hi Laura! Congrats on the new baby :) Sounds like a great place to live...I'm eventually trying to find a farm near the city, too :)
~*~Dream all you dreamers~*~
www.bigtownfarmer.com
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Dec 11 2007 : 1:33:50 PM
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Welcome to the group Laura..you will just love it here!! And sounds like you have alot on your plate...all the important stuff for sure!! It will be fun to get to know you here!!
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
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 |
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
6418 Posts
Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
6418 Posts |
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HFox
Farmgirl in Training
49 Posts
Laura
Parkesburg
PA
USA
49 Posts |
Posted - Dec 11 2007 : 5:35:33 PM
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Thank you again!
Zan, this is actually a fanastic area, with all the convienience of the city and all the space and rural/small town feel of the country. Lancaster County, PA is just a few mintues from here, and I loved living there also. We moved to Parkesburg about 18 months ago because of it's WONDERFUL schools, and because we wanted our kids to experience living in a "neighborhood".
We have three incredible children. From oldest to youngest, they're Charles (Charlie)age 8, Elizabeth (Libby) age 7 and Katherine (Katy) age 4. Unless our ultra sound was waaay off our youngest daughter, Sarah (Sally) will be born January 22nd.
We have a planned c-section due to some complications. Nothing serious, I've had all our babies c-section.
Thanks so much for the warm welcome!
I'd love to share pictures of the kids, as soon as I figure out how to do that...  |
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shawna
True Blue Farmgirl
241 Posts
missouri (north)
241 Posts |
Posted - Dec 11 2007 : 9:04:46 PM
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welcome Laura!i hope you are feeling well these days. i just had my #4 about 3 mths ago, hay i also just turned 28! and i love the MaryJanes site and mags and books! also have ordered a sample of food and hope to be ordering more soon. you belong here!! doesn't it feel good to be "home" ?
xoxxo MERRY CHRISTMAS xoxxo |
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farmgirl blessings
True Blue Farmgirl
777 Posts
Lea
TN
777 Posts |
Posted - Dec 11 2007 : 9:20:30 PM
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So nice to have you here, Laura! Yes, I felt the same way when I read MaryJane's book. I think I let out a deep sigh, in fact. It was comforting that I'm not alone! And now I'm really not alone. What a wonderful group of friends you'll meet here.
Congratulations on your new precious one! Wishing you both the best.
Blessings, Lea
www.farmhouseblessings.blogspot.com
"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." Jim Elliot |
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Carol Sue
True Blue Farmgirl
4033 Posts
Carol Sue
Washingtonian
USA
4033 Posts |
Posted - Dec 11 2007 : 10:17:48 PM
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laura,
Welc0me and c0ngratualti0ns 0n the new 0ne c0ming.
Yes, being here enc0urages, makes y0u laugh and g0 ahhhhhh.
Enj0y.
Car0l Sue
listening to the quiet moments
www.Quitemoments.blogspot.com |
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miss wilma
True Blue Farmgirl
3410 Posts
Wilma
Knob Lick
Ky
USA
3410 Posts |
Posted - Dec 11 2007 : 10:42:08 PM
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Welcome Laura , Mary Jane is a great lady The other girls in here are super to. I have been to your area many times buying antiques, I also have done the Kuttstown show several times Lancaster co is a beautiful place .My mama still makes her own saurkraut. In fact I had canned pork and a jar of her kraut for dinner tonight needless to say I pigged out Miss Wilma
I am a farm girl married to a sewing machine
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HFox
Farmgirl in Training
49 Posts
Laura
Parkesburg
PA
USA
49 Posts |
Posted - Dec 12 2007 : 05:31:19 AM
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debinmtns
True Blue Farmgirl
925 Posts
Debi
Hope
Idaho
USA
925 Posts |
Posted - Dec 12 2007 : 06:46:29 AM
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I sure miss being back east. welcome you will be happy here.
debinmtns farmgirl #63
Have a Thankfulness Gratitude Attitude.
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Bee Haven Maven
True Blue Farmgirl
1862 Posts
Beverly
Pennsylvania
USA
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Posted - Dec 13 2007 : 05:55:40 AM
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Welcome Laura from PA!! I, too am from PA...a little further west....central Pa...outside of Harrisburg. We have a farm up 322 from Hbg. So glad to have another PA farmgirl here!!! Best of luck with your upcoming birth....make sure you let us know how it goes! There are lots of things for you to get involved with here.....a great way to connect when you are home with small children!!
Visit my workshop at: www.beehavenmaven.blogspot.com
Visit our farm at: www.beehavenacres.blogspot.com
Aprons and other fun things for sale at: www.honeybeez.etsy.com |
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DeepsouthMamma
True Blue Farmgirl
1454 Posts
Autumn
Southwest Louisiana
USA
1454 Posts |
Posted - Dec 13 2007 : 7:32:35 PM
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Welcome Laura from the deep south on the Gulf coast.
Lots of you PA girls here- sounds like a lovely place to live!
Blessings,
Autumn
Farmgirl #49
Isaiah 40:31
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. |
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paradiseplantation
True Blue Farmgirl
1277 Posts
julie
social springs community
Louisiana
USA
1277 Posts |
Posted - Dec 18 2007 : 08:16:02 AM
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A warm Southern welcome to you, Laura. Glad to have you as a sister farmgirl!
from the hearts of paradise... |
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ashleighreannon
Farmgirl at Heart
4 Posts
ashleigh
comer
georgia
USA
4 Posts |
Posted - Dec 18 2007 : 11:34:06 PM
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Hi Laura,
Welcome. I am new here too. I fell in love with MaryJane's book the same way so many here did. I am 25 and have been married to my high school sweet heart for 7 years. You go girl! We have 1 son, he's two. I had him by c-section and I was amazed to hear that you have had all of yours by c- section. I have been too scared to have anymore because of it. I have heard so many bad things about repeat c-sections. You give me hope! You will love the group. I don't have much time to post either, but I love it. |
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Cheryl
True Blue Farmgirl
919 Posts
Cheryl
Magalia
CA
USA
919 Posts |
Posted - Dec 19 2007 : 11:45:29 AM
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Welcome Laura! You will just love it here!
Cheryl, Farmgirl Sister #48
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13 |
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Maryjane Lee
True Blue Farmgirl
2195 Posts
Maryjane
CA
USA
2195 Posts |
Posted - Dec 27 2007 : 12:26:37 PM
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A big warm welcome to Laura! PA must be a wonderful place to live! You will have to hook up with Bee Haven Maven (Bev) someday! They don't make them any sweeter! Blessings to you and yours and baby to come! You will love it here!
Hugs, Maryjane Lee
Farmgirl Sister #44
The Beehive Cottage~est. 1971
Sisters on the Fly #595
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sherone_13
True Blue Farmgirl
2460 Posts
Sherone
Evanston
WY
USA
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