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**Welcome Wagon:  Farmgirl Greetings from Arkansas & Texas  |
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Norma
Farmgirl in Training
45 Posts
Norma
Texarkana
AR
USA
45 Posts |
 Posted - Oct 10 2006 : 1:30:35 PM
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Hello to everyone, or should I say Howdy, Y'all. I'm writing to you from Texarkana, AR/TX, a border city between Texas and Arkansas. It's quite a unique place, with separate city governments and services, and a street called "State Line" which divides the city into two parts. I live in Arkansas and work in Texas. I'm a farmgirl only in my heart, but I must have inherited the tendencies from my mother and grandmother!  I came across one of the MJF magazines a couple of months ago at Wal-Mart and devoured it from cover to cover. Since then I've ordered the book, the newest magazine and two of the apron patterns. I can't wait to get started on some aprons - I'm giving some as Christmas presents this year.
I always figured I was a little "different" because I love keeping house and cooking and baking and hanging clothes out on the clothesline! This place is a new "home" for me, and I'm so glad to find all of you here! I may not live on a farm, but we have four dogs, one cat, and a miniature pot-bellied pig at our house. And I really, really want a chicken or two!
Well, hello to all of you, and I'm so very happy to be here! Peace and love to you all.
Norma
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Bluewrenn
True Blue Farmgirl
1122 Posts
Erin
Texas
USA
1122 Posts |
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
6948 Posts |
Posted - Oct 10 2006 : 1:49:51 PM
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welcome to the group Norma!
~Seize the Day! Live, Love, Laugh~ |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Oct 10 2006 : 2:52:01 PM
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Welcome Norma..you sound just great..you will fit right in here! Which patterns did you get from MJ?? I am planning to get a couple soon..especially the Helen pattern! I love to make aprons too.I used to have a potbellied pig named Rheba. she was a terror!! But we loved her.
Everyone here is so fun..you will love it!
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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sunshine
True Blue Farmgirl
4877 Posts
Wendy
Utah
USA
4877 Posts |
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Kelly43
True Blue Farmgirl
349 Posts
NJ
USA
349 Posts |
Posted - Oct 10 2006 : 3:35:01 PM
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Norma, Welcome, so glad to have you here. You sound alot like me. I do live on a farm but it is not mine, we manage it for someone else. Don't get me wrong, I'm grateful to have my girls grow up on a farm, but anyway. I love to bake and hang clothes out on the line too! Wish I didn't have to work cause I'd love to stay home and do all those things, got it from my mom and grandmothers too. Isn't the magazine the greatest! I did like you and found on copy then had to order the rest of them and the book. Wait til you get the book, it's the best! These gals are the greatest too, you can count on them for everything!
Hugs,
Kel |
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daffodil dreamer
True Blue Farmgirl
805 Posts
Jayne
Hamilton
Victoria
Australia
805 Posts |
Posted - Oct 10 2006 : 4:58:11 PM
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Hi Norma - welcome! So glad you found MJF. I only found this recently after doing a google on aprons - this site came up and I haven't stopped chatting since! Isn't it great to find girls who think the same way you do - I used to get almost embarassed about liking 'homey' things - now I have plenty of girls who understand where I'm coming from!
Best wishes,
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berries
True Blue Farmgirl
475 Posts
gloria g
Florida
USA
475 Posts |
Posted - Oct 10 2006 : 5:04:45 PM
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Norma, welcome to our "home". That's what it always feels like! I know you will enjoy this group of girls! So welcome!
love, hugs and strawberries to you, gloria g. Richards, TX - south west of Huntsville :>)
strawberry fields forever and ever! |
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Penny
Farmgirl in Training
16 Posts
NC
16 Posts |
Posted - Oct 11 2006 : 05:08:57 AM
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| Welcome Norma! We must be kindred spirits, because I love being home and taking care of the house too! Glad you are here! |
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Norma
Farmgirl in Training
45 Posts
Norma
Texarkana
AR
USA
45 Posts |
Posted - Oct 11 2006 : 08:54:01 AM
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Thanks for all your great WELCOME messages! You made me feel right at home here at MJF. I appreciate you all and look forward to getting to know you!
Happy Fall!
Norma |
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Lavender Cottage
True Blue Farmgirl
273 Posts
Ellen
USA
273 Posts |
Posted - Oct 11 2006 : 12:22:59 PM
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Welcome Norma! We look forward to getting to know you too!
Ellen in MI |
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Phils Ann
True Blue Farmgirl
1095 Posts
Ann
Parsonsburg
Maryland
USA
1095 Posts |
Posted - Oct 11 2006 : 12:52:28 PM
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Norma, Welcome! You'll find lots of kindred spirits here!
Ann
There is a Redeemer. |
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willowtreecreek
True Blue Farmgirl
4813 Posts
Julie
Russell
AR
USA
4813 Posts |
Posted - Oct 11 2006 : 2:44:08 PM
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Hey There! I'm on the other side of the state near Searcy! Glad you have joined us!
Jewelry, art, baskets, etc.
www.willowtreecreek.com |
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Buttercup
True Blue Farmgirl
1433 Posts
Talitha
Vermont
USA
1433 Posts |
Posted - Oct 11 2006 : 9:27:11 PM
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Norma,
Welcome!! So glad you found us!! I look forward to seeing you around!
Hugz,
Talitha
"If we could maintain the wonder of childhood and at the same time grasp the wisdom of age, what wonder,what wisdom,what life would be ours" |
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
Posted - Oct 12 2006 : 05:14:30 AM
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hi norma .. and welcome .. you will love it here .. i grew up in washington, d.c. in a 'row house' .. and even in the city .. all the clotheslines were filled with clothes ever few days. i'm in the country now .. and usually only hang my clothes on the line for 'pretty'. tell us more about your little piggie! xo
True Friends, Frannie
CABIN CREEK FARM
KENTUCKY
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Norma
Farmgirl in Training
45 Posts
Norma
Texarkana
AR
USA
45 Posts |
Posted - Oct 12 2006 : 06:15:43 AM
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| Frannie, I'll try to get a pic of the little piggy boy....his name is Willie, and he's up to about 25 pounds or so now - he's about 6 months old now, I think. He loves to steal the dogs' food, and loves to roam free in the house. He sleeps (for now) in a child's play pen, but he'll soon outgrow that - I expect him to push the bottom out any day now! LOL He makes rooting noises and low grunt sounds when he wants outside, and he absolutely LOVES having his tummy rubbed. He'll roll over and raise his little front legs to let you get a good rub in! :) He interacts really well with the dogs (could care less about the cat!) His favorite thing is taking a nap on the "big bed". And his favorite thing to eat is my homemade tuna salad. He'll practically climb out of his playpen to get to the tuna! LOL |
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MamaHumbird
True Blue Farmgirl
116 Posts
Holly
Cleveland
Missouri
USA
116 Posts |
Posted - Oct 14 2006 : 7:24:12 PM
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Welcome Norma! I have always wanted a pot bellied pig. I think they are so cute. I think you will fit in just fine here. You said you work in Texas, what do you do there? It sounds like your house would be quite a job too with all your pets. It sounds like you like to sew, what other farmgirl activities do you do?
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
3579 Posts |
Posted - Oct 14 2006 : 11:33:50 PM
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Hi, Norma! It really sounds like your little piggie has a lot in common with my three-year-old! What a fun pet - Welcome to the 'Connection - you'll just love it here.
XOXO, Libbie
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nouveau_farmchick
True Blue Farmgirl
173 Posts
Paris
Sequim
Wa
USA
173 Posts |
Posted - Oct 15 2006 : 07:01:07 AM
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Welcome Norma,
I didn't know there were mini pot belly pigs, bet he is cute and sounds like he has quite a personality!
Glad that your part of the group!
Pennie
God bless Farmers |
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