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prairiemomma
Farmgirl in Training
33 Posts
Cherri
McPherson
KS
USA
33 Posts |
 Posted - May 25 2006 : 07:58:33 AM
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Mornin' everybody and greetings from Kansas! I had a friend recommend MJF to me and what I've seen so far is wonderful. I'm planning a trip to a bookstore this weekend and am planning on getting more of her reading material...YEA! I can hardly wait. Anyway, a little about myself...I was a farmgirl when I was much younger and then circumstances made it so that I had to live in the city for most of my life; I was still a farmgirl at heart though! Now I live in Central Kansas on 7 1/2 acres and get to live out my dream of truely being a farmgirl. It is an old farmstead that was badly neglected and in need of a family that values farm living. We've been here for 3 years now. We have 3 kids, 2 dogs, 5 cats, and 30 chickens. We sell our farm fresh eggs and are planning on adding more chickens later on this summer. We also have a veggie garden which we enlarged this year and are selling some of the produce. Our hope is that we will have plenty to put away for ourselves and also be able to share some with those who want fresh produce. We are also looking forward to adding more livestock to our farm. Cows and milking goats are hopefully in the near future. I custome design and create jewelry and have a small home business doing this. It is called Prairiemist Designs. I am also in the process of learning how to make herbal infusions, salves, bath teas, and soap. I am absolutely hooked! I got to make a batch of soap with a friend and it was soooo wonderful! I still have lots to learn though! Well, I could go on and on, but I won't...I'll save more for extra posts later! I'm so excited to be here and look forward to learning much! 
Living simply with hopefulness and joy! |
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owwlady
True Blue Farmgirl
899 Posts
Jan
Tomahawk
WI
USA
899 Posts |
Posted - May 25 2006 : 08:12:35 AM
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| Hi Cherri, Welcome to the group. It sounds like you are truly living your dream. I'm sure you'll have lots to share with us. If you can post some pictures of your jewelry designs, we'd love to see them. Can't wait to hear more from you. |
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prairiemomma
Farmgirl in Training
33 Posts
Cherri
McPherson
KS
USA
33 Posts |
Posted - May 25 2006 : 08:28:19 AM
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Thanks so much for the welcome! I'll try to figure out how to post pictures here, but I do have an msn page that you can go to to see pics of the different jewelry. You can also see pictures of the farm. The page is http://spaces.msn.com/prairiemistfarm Look forward to making new friends!
Living simply with hopefulness and joy! |
Edited by - prairiemomma on May 25 2006 08:58:28 AM |
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owwlady
True Blue Farmgirl
899 Posts
Jan
Tomahawk
WI
USA
899 Posts |
Posted - May 25 2006 : 08:36:48 AM
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| I clicked on your page and it said it's temporarily unavailable. I'll have to try again. I'm just getting into the basic jewelry making. I'm buying beads that catch my eye as they go on sale at Michaels and we'll see where it goes from there! |
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prairiemomma
Farmgirl in Training
33 Posts
Cherri
McPherson
KS
USA
33 Posts |
Posted - May 25 2006 : 09:02:52 AM
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There was a . at the end of the link...you could try now and see what happens. I did it the first time and it told me it was unavailable also. Made the change and I got there just fine. Oops! :) The jewelry making is addictive, at least for me and my daughters it is. I'm sure you'll have fun.
Living simply with hopefulness and joy! |
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Mumof3
True Blue Farmgirl
3890 Posts
Karin
Ellenwood
GA
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - May 25 2006 : 09:22:10 AM
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Welcome to the forum Cherri! I am glad you are able to sink your farmgirl roots back into the Kansas soil!! I think you will love it here.
Karin |
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prairiemomma
Farmgirl in Training
33 Posts
Cherri
McPherson
KS
USA
33 Posts |
Posted - May 25 2006 : 10:06:45 AM
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Thanks....it has been nice to get back to my roots and live a simpler way of life. I'm sure that I will love being on MJFC!
Living simply with hopefulness and joy! |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - May 25 2006 : 11:05:00 AM
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Welcome Cherri!
You sound just great! I have never been to Kansas but sure would like to visit there some day..what a wonderful place it sounds like. I agree that making soap is great, and sounds like you like alot of the same things as most of us do..you will fit right in!!
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 |
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blueroses
True Blue Farmgirl
1323 Posts
Debbie
in the Pandhandle of
Idaho
USA
1323 Posts |
Posted - May 25 2006 : 11:15:40 AM
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Hi Cherri,
Can't access your site from work so will check it out at home. Looking forward to chatting with you.
"You cannot find peace...by avoiding life."
Virginia Woolfe |
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
3579 Posts |
Posted - May 25 2006 : 12:30:13 PM
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Hello, Cherri - it sounds like you have so much in common with many of us here - it's nice to have you! Welcome, and ENJOY!!!
XOXO, Libbie
"Nothing is worth more than this day." - Goethe |
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prairiemomma
Farmgirl in Training
33 Posts
Cherri
McPherson
KS
USA
33 Posts |
Posted - May 25 2006 : 3:54:01 PM
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Thanks fellow farmgirls! Look forward to getting to know you all better! Just another small tidbit of info about me...I'm a transplant here in Kansas from Idaho! Meridian to be exact.
Living simply with hopefulness and joy! |
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blueroses
True Blue Farmgirl
1323 Posts
Debbie
in the Pandhandle of
Idaho
USA
1323 Posts |
Posted - May 25 2006 : 4:40:55 PM
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I've been to Meridian, but not for a long time. How do you like it in KS?
Did you go from ID to KS, or other stops in between?
"You cannot find peace...by avoiding life."
Virginia Woolfe |
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prairiemomma
Farmgirl in Training
33 Posts
Cherri
McPherson
KS
USA
33 Posts |
Posted - May 25 2006 : 5:00:58 PM
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I moved from ID to KS...no stops in between. After my son was born we lived in OK for 9 yrs, and then moved back here. I do love it here! It took awhile as a teenager to get use to the differences, but as an adult, it is a wonderful place! I enjoy it much more being out in the country where there is lots of room to roam!
Living simply with hopefulness and joy! |
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sonflowergurl
True Blue Farmgirl
349 Posts
Katee
Tampa 'Burbs
FL
USA
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Posted - May 25 2006 : 9:38:52 PM
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Hi Cherri! Welcome! I grew up in south-central Kansas (Sumner county) on a wheat/soybean farm. We had 2 horses, ducks, a turkey and a bunch of Bufforpington chickens. (cats and dogs too) I now live in FL suburbia and am happy here, but miss the "farm life". Sounds like you'll fit in just fine around here! :)
Katee
The end will justify the pain it took to get us here.
"Looking Toward the Son"---- http://sonflowergirl731.blogspot.com
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - May 25 2006 : 10:52:33 PM
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I have been in Meridian too, Cherri. I lived in McCall, Idaho years ago and we did our "big shopping" down in the Boise area.
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 |
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prairiemomma
Farmgirl in Training
33 Posts
Cherri
McPherson
KS
USA
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Posted - May 26 2006 : 06:02:36 AM
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Katee sounds like you use to live not too far away from where we are....(McPherson County). Hope that someday you'll get to go back to "farm life" if that is your dream. Jenny, I love your sig line! :) I can relate to that! Thanks to all of you for the warm welcome! I think I'm gonna enjoy this a lot! You all seem to be a great bunch of gals!
Thanks to All! Cherri
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Merryday
Farmgirl in Training
30 Posts
Mary
Kansas
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Posted - May 26 2006 : 07:19:17 AM
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Welcome from a fellow Kansan! And believe it or not, I used to live in Idaho too (Boise). One day, I hope to get back there... Idaho is such a magical place (although Kansas has its moments too)
Glad you're here!
"As you travel through life, remember your goal, keep your eye on the doughnut, and not on the hole" - something my Pop used to say |
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owwlady
True Blue Farmgirl
899 Posts
Jan
Tomahawk
WI
USA
899 Posts |
Posted - May 26 2006 : 08:01:50 AM
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| Cherri, got to your website today. Very nice jewelry and I love that slideshow feature. |
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FarrarFarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
330 Posts
Lynda
Frohna
Missouri
USA
330 Posts |
Posted - May 26 2006 : 2:18:23 PM
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Cherri,
Oh, my goodness, I love, love, love your jewelry. That is the kind I wear most often and if I had more like what is on your website, I'd wear it all the time. Do you have a price list posted anywhere? I didn't see anything or a link to go to for ordering or anything like that, did I miss it somewhere? You are blessed with creative talent and have a gift for jewelry making.
Welcome to the Farmgirl forum, it is truly a home away from home. I talk about my friends here as if they were my next door neighbor that I just borrowed sugar from or had lunch with the day before. They are all wonderful ladies to know and learn from, each with their own unique corner of the world to share - and they do so generously.
I look forward to getting to know you more. We have a daughter who lives in Manhattan, KS. I'm not sure where you are located in regard to her, but I'm willing to drive if it means getting an opportunity to meet a farmgirl in person. Wouldn't that be fun?
Blessings on living your dream, planting your roots and growing your family.
In His hands,
Lynda L.
Pray in faith and you will not live in doubt.
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prairiemomma
Farmgirl in Training
33 Posts
Cherri
McPherson
KS
USA
33 Posts |
Posted - May 26 2006 : 2:39:05 PM
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Merryday...wow! That's really cool! Idaho is a magical place, it was difficult to make the change, but we all should "bloom where we are planted". Thanks so much for the warm welcome!
owwlady...glad that you could get to the site. Thanks so much for stopping by, I truly do appreciate it! :)
FarrarFarmgirl...Thanks for the compliments and the kind welcome! I am enjoying this so very much and am looking forward to getting to know everyone better. For a price list on the jewelry (sort of a guideline, prices vary but not by too much), if you'll go back to my msn page and scroll down to the very bottom of the blogs you can click on view more entries; then scroll down to the Mar. 23 entry entitled "Thankfulness". That has a basic listing for the jewelry. If you ever want anything custom designed, please feel free to contact me through my email. Manhattan isn't that far from us, only about an hour and half from us. We live N of McPherson on an old homestead. It would be wonderful to meet a fellow "farmgirl"! Hope to visit with you all again soon! Cherri
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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl
4439 Posts
Kay
Vancouver
WA
USA
4439 Posts |
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prairiemomma
Farmgirl in Training
33 Posts
Cherri
McPherson
KS
USA
33 Posts |
Posted - May 27 2006 : 08:20:43 AM
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Thanks so much Kay for visiting my site and for the compliments! Your site is also wonderful! You farmgirls are GREAT! So glad that I'm here!
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The Farmers Daughter
Farmgirl in Training
46 Posts
Sherry
LeRoy
Kansas
USA
46 Posts |
Posted - May 27 2006 : 2:18:33 PM
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Hi Cherri! Another ole Kansas farm gal here...I'm Sher and I live on a small farm about an hour South of Topeka...Down near Wolf Creek Nuclear Power Plant! I can't wait to go to your site and check it out! We have a small vintage junk shop but it's taking a back seat right now to our cabin which we are in the process of building! I'd love to hear from you and maybe we can even get together someday! Hugs, Sher
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prairiemomma
Farmgirl in Training
33 Posts
Cherri
McPherson
KS
USA
33 Posts |
Posted - May 28 2006 : 12:50:38 PM
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Hi Sher! A cabin....what a wonderful image that evokes! The small vintage junk shop too! Hope that building goes smoothly for y'all! I do so look forward to continuing getting to know everyone! It would be nice to get together and share our farm stories and dreams! Glad to meet ya! Cherri
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