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Past Blessings
True Blue Farmgirl
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Brenda
Orchard Prairie
WA
USA
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 Posted - Oct 17 2006 : 09:50:15 AM
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Hi everyone. I have "lurked" for a while and finally joined because I feel such a bond to you all! You are women with good old fashioned values which is so important to me and not always seen these days. Let me tell you a bit about myself. I am 43, married and the mom of 3 boys. We currently live in the Spokane Valley, but are hoping to move to the Freeman/Rockford area in the Spring. In the meantime, we have already transfered our kids to the Freeman school district and are driving the 30 minute each direction drive. We drive them to and from school in the morning, pick up the youngest at 3 pm and the older two after football practice at 5:20. Our lives will be much simpler once we move to the area. Right now, we are in a beautiful neighborhood (Northwoods for those of you that know Spokane) but it is such a wealthy area that we do not like the values it is teaching our kids. If you don't have the latest electric scooter, pocket bike, etc. you are sooooo out, according to the neighbor kids. So anyway, we have joined 4H, are raising pigs (at friends property until we can make the move ourselves) and reinventing our lives. I love the rolling wheat fields and feel a sense of peace there like no other. I stay busy helping my husband with a publication we do out of our home and I put on Antique Shows twice a year. My antique show is called Past Blessings Antique Show. It was just this past weekend and went great. The weather was perfect, we had great vendors, good food and incredible bluegrass music by area bands. We even had some older people dancing to the music! In the Spring we plan to ad demos of old time handcrafts that need to be kept alive . . . such as spinning, tatting, rug hooking, quilting, soapmaking, candlemaking, woodworking, etc. Also, we are adding more and more outdoor vendors and want a "farmers market" and "street fair" feel, so if any of you are interested, contact me at PastBlessings@comcast.net. Aside from this, I stay busy being a wife and mom, with our church and keeping the homefront going. I look forward to getting to know each of you! God Bless!
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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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
4331 Posts
Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Oct 17 2006 : 10:01:34 AM
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Welcome, Brenda! Your Antique Show sounds marvelous - wish I didn't live so far away! That's such a wonderful thing you're doing for your children - driving all that distance so they'll be used to and comfortable in that school district when you move.
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?" - 'Brother Dave' Gardner |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Oct 17 2006 : 10:08:03 AM
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I agree Brenda...you are making a smart move doing that for your kids..it will pay off for sure!! Your antique shows sound so fun!!! I am glad you decided to join us..sounds like you are one of us already!! It will be fun to get to know you here!!
Welcome!!
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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Past Blessings
True Blue Farmgirl
1083 Posts
Brenda
Orchard Prairie
WA
USA
1083 Posts |
Posted - Oct 17 2006 : 10:08:42 AM
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Thanks Miss Bee Haven! It is a wonderful antique show. I think because we are trying to keep the blessings of the past going. It is in an old grange with a great country feel. It isn't about being huge and commercial, but about sharing these values with others. As for the driving my kids so far each day, I have to admit it is an easy drive, because it is so beautiful! But the three hours we spend in driving all the different times to the school each day, will be nice to regain. The place we are hoping to get is terribly dated, but such a gorgeous setting and room for the animals and kids to be kids.
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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Past Blessings
True Blue Farmgirl
1083 Posts
Brenda
Orchard Prairie
WA
USA
1083 Posts |
Posted - Oct 17 2006 : 10:10:18 AM
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Thanks Jenny,
I do feel a kindred spirit here. We may be 21st century women, but our hearts are a bit older than that!
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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countrynmore
True Blue Farmgirl
1975 Posts
Sharon
CA
USA
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Posted - Oct 17 2006 : 10:10:42 AM
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Brenda, you are wise to make the move. Your children are better off at the new school.
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BlueApple
True Blue Farmgirl
430 Posts
Julia
Oregon
USA
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Posted - Oct 17 2006 : 1:15:56 PM
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Welcome! Your antique show sounds great - I'd love to come one day. I'm your neighbor in Oregon so not too far!
Julia
BlueApple Farm |
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
6948 Posts |
Posted - Oct 17 2006 : 1:34:39 PM
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welcome to the group Brenda!
~Seize the Day! Live, Love, Laugh~ |
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faithymom
True Blue Farmgirl
360 Posts
Faith
Sandpoint
ID
USA
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Posted - Oct 17 2006 : 2:01:29 PM
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Welcome, Brenda!
I'm not too far from you, in Sandpoint.
We moved here 2 1/2 years ago from Oregon and I love the Inland NW!
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
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Posted - Oct 17 2006 : 8:07:11 PM
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Hi, Brenda! It sounds like you are one busy farmgirl - I can't wait to hear about your adventures! Welcome to the group...
XOXO, Libbie
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frannie
True Blue Farmgirl
2246 Posts
fran
bonham
texas
USA
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Posted - Oct 17 2006 : 9:30:05 PM
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welcome brenda,
your antique show sounds wonderful, wish i lived close to you cause i love antiques and bluegrass music!
i think you will love this site, i certainly do , the women are wonderful, encouraging and supportive of each other.
once again i'm glad you found us!
love
fran
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Buttercup
True Blue Farmgirl
1433 Posts
Talitha
Vermont
USA
1433 Posts |
Posted - Oct 19 2006 : 03:30:09 AM
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Welcome Brenda!
Your show sounds like so much fun! I love things like that and am so homesick for them (am in Japan right now and am very homesick!)! I am so glad you found us! I look forward to hearing more about your move and your show!! Thank you for sharing and once again, welcome!
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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Past Blessings
True Blue Farmgirl
1083 Posts
Brenda
Orchard Prairie
WA
USA
1083 Posts |
Posted - Oct 19 2006 : 06:46:42 AM
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Thanks for the warm welcome everyone! It is amazing how quickly you can feel at home with "like-minded" women!
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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blueroses
True Blue Farmgirl
1323 Posts
Debbie
in the Pandhandle of
Idaho
USA
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Posted - Oct 19 2006 : 10:34:14 AM
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Hi Brenda,
Welcome! I just read about you recently in the Spokesman Review! Will have to make sure I get to your next show. Glad to have you on board.
Debbie
"You cannot find peace...by avoiding life."
Virginia Woolfe |
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Past Blessings
True Blue Farmgirl
1083 Posts
Brenda
Orchard Prairie
WA
USA
1083 Posts |
Posted - Oct 22 2006 : 10:29:28 PM
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Thanks Debbie! The 20 minutes of fame was great as it really increased attendence and helped vendors to see us as a more serious show (hmmm . . . we seem to have a lot of fun for a serious show! LOL!)
Brenda
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