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Farmgirl Chapter Chatter: Michigan Farmgirls |
peachy
True Blue Farmgirl
593 Posts
Melissa
Fennville
MI
USA
593 Posts |
Posted - Sep 27 2010 : 8:37:38 PM
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Michele, not sure yet exactly what Kris has in mind but I know she's going to make some ahead of time so we can all sample!! I'm planning on a whole day of food and fun! I'll be heading over to Kris' tomorrow so I'll try to remember to ask her what her plan is!!
Melissa Farmgirl Sister #360 http://bluejeancountry.etsy.com/ http://oldethymecountrybarn.blogspot.com/
Life isn't about waiting for the storms to pass...it's about learning to dance in the rain! |
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peachy
True Blue Farmgirl
593 Posts
Melissa
Fennville
MI
USA
593 Posts |
Posted - Oct 04 2010 : 12:56:05 PM
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Here is the information for the cheese making day! Saturday October 23, 9:00am - ? (when we're finished up having a fun day:)
Kris is planning on making 2 different kinds of cheese, Ricotta and Cheddar.
We'll have coffee/tea/cider/water and an assortment of muffins and breads for the am and a salad, cheese and crackers, fruits etc for lunch...I do believe we'll just be eating all day! You're welcome to bring something but it is not necessary.
Really looking forward to meeting all of you that are able to come! If anyone else is interested please let me know and I'll start forwarding my address to those of you already on the list. I'll also add my phone number just in case you have any questions regarding the day or directions.
Don't forget your apron!!!
ps...do you think we should post this anywhere else? There doesn't seem to be a lot of activity on our forum right now, I don't want to leave anyone out that may want to come.
Melissa Farmgirl Sister #360 http://bluejeancountry.etsy.com/ http://oldethymecountrybarn.blogspot.com/
Life isn't about waiting for the storms to pass...it's about learning to dance in the rain! |
Edited by - peachy on Oct 04 2010 1:09:03 PM |
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hivemama
Farmgirl in Training
21 Posts
Janna
Zeeland
MI
USA
21 Posts |
Posted - Oct 04 2010 : 4:16:53 PM
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Can't wait, sounds like SO much fun!!! I've told a few people I'm going to learn how to make cheese - you would not believe the looks I've gotten You can always tell who's a farmgirl at heart, and who's not! |
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DvilleMama
True Blue Farmgirl
159 Posts
Lyn
Small Town
MI
USA
159 Posts |
Posted - Oct 07 2010 : 4:41:59 PM
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Awwww! Have lots of fun everybody!! It's so fun to meet with farmgirl friends, whether new friends or old friends. Safe travels for all and have a cheezy good time!
Lyn Farmgirl Sister #1574 Mid-Michigan Farmgirl Chapter http://simplelifeseeker.blogspot.com |
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gladwingirl
Farmgirl at Heart
6 Posts
candy
Baroda
MI
USA
6 Posts |
Posted - Oct 08 2010 : 4:04:37 PM
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Hi Peachy and MI Farmgirls:
Peachy, I'll be able to attend the cheesemaking class and look forward to meeting you, Kris, and other farmgirls in the area.
While I'm posting, I spin on a spinning wheel and wondered if there are any farmgirls in the SW MI area that do as well as it would be fun to put together a group spin now and then.
Candy Gladwingirl
Young souls learn to accept responsibility for their actions. Mature souls learn to accept responsibility for their thoughts. And old souls learn to accept responsibility for their happiness. |
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peachy
True Blue Farmgirl
593 Posts
Melissa
Fennville
MI
USA
593 Posts |
Posted - Oct 13 2010 : 11:29:12 AM
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Checking in for our "cheezy" day! Candy, I received your email and sent you one back today:) Janna, I'm getting the funny "cheese" looks too! LOL!! But I'm inviting everyone I run into so hopefully we'll have a few people and a fun day! If anyone would like to bring a friend/friends, please feel free! So far I have... 1. Janna (1) 2. Candy (2) 3. Kris (1 - possibly 2) 4. Melissa (1 - possibly more from our small town!) I've also posted in Farm Kitchen, Across The Fence and Gathering Up hoping to find some more Michigan Farmgirls out there!!
Melissa Farmgirl Sister #360 http://bluejeancountry.etsy.com/ http://oldethymecountrybarn.blogspot.com/
Life isn't about waiting for the storms to pass...it's about learning to dance in the rain! |
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JessieMae
True Blue Farmgirl
702 Posts
Jessie
Raleigh
North Carolina
USA
702 Posts |
Posted - Oct 14 2010 : 9:32:04 PM
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All you darlings have a good time...I wish I could be there with you!
Jessie Mae Farmgirl Sisterhood #134 |
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miss kris
True Blue Farmgirl
118 Posts
kris
mi
USA
118 Posts |
Posted - Oct 19 2010 : 1:42:42 PM
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Hi everybody! I am finally on and reading all your messages - I am painfully slow with communication. Looking forward to Saturday Cheese Day. Kris
For I know the plans I have for you...Jer.29:11 |
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vintagediva1
True Blue Farmgirl
1251 Posts
Michele
Brighton
Michigan
USA
1251 Posts |
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Penny Wise
True Blue Farmgirl
1903 Posts
Margo
Elyria
OH
USA
1903 Posts |
Posted - Oct 19 2010 : 2:47:54 PM
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your day sounds absolutley awesome...i work at a bank and this is one of my saturdays-
would love to attend if you plan another!!! will be anxious to see pics!!!
btw- are Michigan Farmgirls specific to an area of our mitten or open to all????? i'm between Cadillac and Big Rapids....
Farmgirl # 2139 ~*~ counting my pennies and biding my time; my dreams are adding up!~*~ |
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DvilleMama
True Blue Farmgirl
159 Posts
Lyn
Small Town
MI
USA
159 Posts |
Posted - Oct 19 2010 : 6:06:19 PM
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Hi Margo, If you live in our beautiful state, you're in the group! We're from all over the mitten and the U.P. I remember the ole' bank days & having to take my turn on a Saturday. Will admit that I don't miss it. Gotta love the folks who walk in 5 minutes before closing time and want to open an estate account...on Saturday.
Lyn Farmgirl Sister #1574 Mid-Michigan Farmgirl Chapter http://simplelifeseeker.blogspot.com |
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vintagediva1
True Blue Farmgirl
1251 Posts
Michele
Brighton
Michigan
USA
1251 Posts |
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peachy
True Blue Farmgirl
593 Posts
Melissa
Fennville
MI
USA
593 Posts |
Posted - Oct 20 2010 : 09:16:08 AM
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Hi Margo! Sorry you have to work on Saturday but...my daughter is going to college in Big Rapids - Ferris! Maybe someday we'll be able to meet half way and have lunch:)
Melissa Farmgirl Sister #360 http://bluejeancountry.etsy.com/ http://oldethymecountrybarn.blogspot.com/
Life isn't about waiting for the storms to pass...it's about learning to dance in the rain! |
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Penny Wise
True Blue Farmgirl
1903 Posts
Margo
Elyria
OH
USA
1903 Posts |
Posted - Oct 20 2010 : 3:41:11 PM
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quote: Originally posted by peachy
Hi Margo! Sorry you have to work on Saturday but...my daughter is going to college in Big Rapids - Ferris! Maybe someday we'll be able to meet half way and have lunch:)
Melissa Farmgirl Sister #360 http://bluejeancountry.etsy.com/ http://oldethymecountrybarn.blogspot.com/
melissa- that could be fun!!! i am up to meeting new folks!
Life isn't about waiting for the storms to pass...it's about learning to dance in the rain!
Farmgirl # 2139 ~*~ counting my pennies and biding my time; my dreams are adding up!~*~ |
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Penny Wise
True Blue Farmgirl
1903 Posts
Margo
Elyria
OH
USA
1903 Posts |
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peachy
True Blue Farmgirl
593 Posts
Melissa
Fennville
MI
USA
593 Posts |
Posted - Oct 24 2010 : 7:18:58 PM
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Thank you Miss Kris for doing the Cheese Making Class and was so very nice meeting Janna, Candy and Jaime!!! We (I hope) had a great time and will be posting pictures on my blog soon!!! Will inform you all:) Looking forward to scrapbooking, spinning, soap making AND...Michigan Farmgirls, what do you think of our own "Michigan Traveling Apron?" We're thinking...I'll start it, probably very simple apron and everyone that signs up and it "travels to" will add something to it:)along with taking a picture and writing something about it's day with you in the journal. When it reaches "the end" probably back to me, everyone who has an outing etc. will get the apron to wear...along with its journal and ya have to take pics:)
Let me know what everyone thinks about this idea!!
Melissa Farmgirl Sister #360 http://bluejeancountry.etsy.com/ http://oldethymecountrybarn.blogspot.com/
Life isn't about waiting for the storms to pass...it's about learning to dance in the rain! |
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JessieMae
True Blue Farmgirl
702 Posts
Jessie
Raleigh
North Carolina
USA
702 Posts |
Posted - Oct 25 2010 : 08:57:59 AM
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I think a traveling apron is a fantastic idea!
Jessie Mae Farmgirl Sisterhood #134 |
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gladwingirl
Farmgirl at Heart
6 Posts
candy
Baroda
MI
USA
6 Posts |
Posted - Oct 25 2010 : 2:44:05 PM
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quote: Originally posted by peachy
Thank you Miss Kris for doing the Cheese Making Class and was so very nice meeting Janna, Candy and Jaime!!! We (I hope) had a great time and will be posting pictures on my blog soon!!! Will inform you all:) Looking forward to scrapbooking, spinning, soap making AND...Michigan Farmgirls, what do you think of our own "Michigan Traveling Apron?" We're thinking...I'll start it, probably very simple apron and everyone that signs up and it "travels to" will add something to it:)along with taking a picture and writing something about it's day with you in the journal. When it reaches "the end" probably back to me, everyone who has an outing etc. will get the apron to wear...along with its journal and ya have to take pics:)
Let me know what everyone thinks about this idea!!
Melissa Farmgirl Sister #360 http://bluejeancountry.etsy.com/ http://oldethymecountrybarn.blogspot.com/
Life isn't about waiting for the storms to pass...it's about learning to dance in the rain!
Young souls learn to accept responsibility for their actions. Mature souls learn to accept responsibility for their thoughts. And old souls learn to accept responsibility for their happiness. |
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gladwingirl
Farmgirl at Heart
6 Posts
candy
Baroda
MI
USA
6 Posts |
Posted - Oct 25 2010 : 2:57:22 PM
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Sorry about my blank posting as I'm a newbie at this. Anyways, I'm sending a HUGE THANK YOU to Miss Kris and Peachy for hosting our cheese making gathering. We had such a GREAT time learning, laughing, eating, sharing, .... I haven't laughed so much in one day. Peachy and Miss Kris made some great food and Peachy's home was decorated so lovely. And Kris brought her own goat milk to make the cheese which turned out great. I'm patiently waiting on the Cheddar as my husband pressed it one last time with a vice and two pieces of wood and now it has to age for 4 weeks. Kris, you were a good teacher, and had a lot of funny stories and experiences to share. It was amazing learning about all of the interesting things that each of us do and can share with others. We will definitely be getting together again.
Blessings
Gladwingirl
quote: Originally posted by peachy
Thank you Miss Kris for doing the Cheese Making Class and was so very nice meeting Janna, Candy and Jaime!!! We (I hope) had a great time and will be posting pictures on my blog soon!!! Will inform you all:) Looking forward to scrapbooking, spinning, soap making AND...Michigan Farmgirls, what do you think of our own "Michigan Traveling Apron?" We're thinking...I'll start it, probably very simple apron and everyone that signs up and it "travels to" will add something to it:)along with taking a picture and writing something about it's day with you in the journal. When it reaches "the end" probably back to me, everyone who has an outing etc. will get the apron to wear...along with its journal and ya have to take pics:)
Let me know what everyone thinks about this idea!!
Melissa Farmgirl Sister #360 http://bluejeancountry.etsy.com/ http://oldethymecountrybarn.blogspot.com/
Life isn't about waiting for the storms to pass...it's about learning to dance in the rain!
Young souls learn to accept responsibility for their actions. Mature souls learn to accept responsibility for their thoughts. And old souls learn to accept responsibility for their happiness. |
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DvilleMama
True Blue Farmgirl
159 Posts
Lyn
Small Town
MI
USA
159 Posts |
Posted - Oct 25 2010 : 4:09:34 PM
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Melissa, there already is a traveling apron that MaryJane presented @ a luncheon on Grosse Ile back in the spring. I've been trying to get info on who's in charge and it's whereabouts. I started a thread last week asking for info but haven't gotten any replies yet. I'll ask it again on this thread....Who knows where the MI traveling apron is that MaryJane brought in the spring??? If somebody, anybody knows what's going on with this apron & can share, that would be great! MaryJane suggested the same thing that you have by having every recipient of the apron write a journal page along with a pic of themselves wearing the apron.
Lyn Farmgirl Sister #1574 Mid-Michigan Farmgirl Chapter http://simplelifeseeker.blogspot.com |
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hivemama
Farmgirl in Training
21 Posts
Janna
Zeeland
MI
USA
21 Posts |
Posted - Oct 25 2010 : 7:31:28 PM
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Just want to echo the BIG thank you to Kris and Missy for the fun cheesemaking! It was fun to put faces with names! The cheese was soooo good, and my kids keep asking me when they get to try the cheddar. Four weeks is a long time to wait - it's now wrapped nice and snug and tucked into my nice, cool closet :) Thanks Kris for sharing your skill with us! And thank you Missy for hosting, you're home was beautiful - a farm girl paradise! Looking forward to future gatherings! |
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peachy
True Blue Farmgirl
593 Posts
Melissa
Fennville
MI
USA
593 Posts |
Posted - Nov 02 2010 : 09:12:51 AM
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Thank you Candy and Janna for such very nice compliments! I had a great day and it was so nice putting names with faces! I've got a few pictures downloaded...I'm sorry its taking so long! Very slow computer and hectic schedule these days! I'll let you know when they're all on there!
Lyn, thank you for the info! I didn't know there was an apron just for Michigan, I thought it went all over:) We were thinking of a journal and picture as well as each of us adding our own special talents to the apron, whether it be sewing a button on to drawing to well just letting our imaginations go wild! Then at the end of its road, any MI Farmgirl having a "get-together" will get the apron to wear for that day. Well, just a thought we had...let me know:)
Melissa Farmgirl Sister #360 http://bluejeancountry.etsy.com/ http://oldethymecountrybarn.blogspot.com/
Life isn't about waiting for the storms to pass...it's about learning to dance in the rain! |
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cj6
True Blue Farmgirl
196 Posts
cj
USA
196 Posts |
Posted - Nov 02 2010 : 10:03:06 AM
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I think having an apron that we each can help desgn and decorate and then have to wear at Farm Girls of the Mitten get togethers would be fun. It is true that there is an apron that Mary Jane left when she came to Grosse Isle for the luncheon that Tracy won...and that that apron is going around to any who want to add something special to it.That apron will go back to Mary Jane when it is done and she was excited to look forward to seeing what wonderful things she would find when she saw it again. So again I think the idea of doing an apron that we can have for our get togethers would be kind of fun! Great idea!:D |
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peachy
True Blue Farmgirl
593 Posts
Melissa
Fennville
MI
USA
593 Posts |
Posted - Nov 03 2010 : 7:14:05 PM
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Okay, lets do this...I'm working on an apron and we'll start it out for the Farm Girls of the Mitten to add on to, journal and take pictures of and then we'll circulate it to each of the "mitten" functions for someone to wear, journal and take pics:) When I finish it up I'll post and try to get a list of all the farm girls that would be interested in adding to our apron and of course we'll all continue to wait patiently for the MI apron from MaryJane to visit us as well:)
Melissa Farmgirl Sister #360 http://bluejeancountry.etsy.com/ http://oldethymecountrybarn.blogspot.com/
Life isn't about waiting for the storms to pass...it's about learning to dance in the rain! |
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Prairie Gypsy
True Blue Farmgirl
823 Posts
Tammy
Wolford
North Dakota
USA
823 Posts |
Posted - Nov 16 2010 : 08:34:26 AM
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Wow, I would have loved to attend the cheese making day. Any plans for anything similar in the near future? I'm located in Warren, any groups located in the area? |
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Farmgirl Chapter Chatter: Michigan Farmgirls |
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