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Beemoosie
True Blue Farmgirl
2077 Posts
Bonnie
New York
USA
2077 Posts |
 Posted - Oct 25 2006 : 11:55:59 AM
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Hi there...Beemoosie here! I just wanted to get in on this...what a fun bunch of farmgirls you are! I am SO new that I just picked up MaryJanes book yesterday. It spoke to me! So here I am. I am a mother of two, basically stay at home and work p/t in the Cafeteria!!! I love to quilt, cook, stitch...ect. I love to ecourage women to not be afraid of the "domestic arts." I am starting a 4H group so if anyone has good ideas for teaching such things, please let me now.
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berries
True Blue Farmgirl
475 Posts
gloria g
Florida
USA
475 Posts |
Posted - Oct 25 2006 : 12:01:42 PM
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Welcome Bonnie! Yes, MaryJanes magazine speaks to all of us! You will love this group, you will learn sew much, and everyone shares a bunch! So join right in! Sounds like your a good fit, with quilting cooking stitching and sharing!
So let us hear from you, and again Welcome!
farmgirl hugs, gloria g. Richards, TX
strawberry fields forever and ever! |
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KellyA
True Blue Farmgirl
237 Posts
Kelly
Johnsonville
NY
USA
237 Posts |
Posted - Oct 25 2006 : 12:22:58 PM
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Welcome, Bonnie! Nice to see another New Yorker!
Kelly
When a cookbook is in hand, life is good! |
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~Tracey~
True Blue Farmgirl
351 Posts
Tracey
TN
USA
351 Posts |
Posted - Oct 25 2006 : 12:24:09 PM
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Welcome!!! so glad you were spoken to and decided to join!
If you haven't already, you might want to post the 4-H questions on another forum... like across the fence or something. not sure which one but I am sure that you will get more replies that way!!
Tracey,
mama to Callum 13, Katie 8, Wil 5.5, Benjamin 3 and Andrew 6 months!!
http://hansenhootenanny.blogspot.com/ |
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bybiddie
True Blue Farmgirl
267 Posts
susan
upstate
ny
USA
267 Posts |
Posted - Oct 25 2006 : 12:46:30 PM
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Hi, Bonnie! Nice to meet you - another New York Stater.... we have a group over here in the Rensselaer/Washington County area. This is a wonderful site full of lovely and wise women - you will love it!
Lovin' my life |
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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
4331 Posts
Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
4331 Posts |
Posted - Oct 25 2006 : 12:46:51 PM
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Hi Bonnie! Nice to meet you. Welcome aboard!
"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
11381 Posts |
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Beemoosie
True Blue Farmgirl
2077 Posts
Bonnie
New York
USA
2077 Posts |
Posted - Oct 25 2006 : 3:39:10 PM
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Nice to meet you all! I am a "blossoming" farmgirl;learning as I go. I love things homemade and from scratch. I have found out the last couple years that it's not always as hard as it sounds and it's always better. I have an almost 14 yr. old daughter and a 12 year old son, a hubby and a 10 yr old dog-JasmineBelle. As I said before quilting is my passion, but I really love all needle craft. I purchased MaryJane's book yesterday and was almost amazed that so many people feel like I do about homemade,handmade simplicity. I guess I have grown up with and worked with alot of women who think homemaking is a dirty word. I am a simple cross of my dad's dairy farming roots in New York and my mother's family roots from Pineville KY.
Well, thank you again for the warm welcome and I look forward to getting to know you all. |
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sunshine
True Blue Farmgirl
4877 Posts
Wendy
Utah
USA
4877 Posts |
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Woodswoman
True Blue Farmgirl
512 Posts
Jennifer
Altamont
NY
USA
512 Posts |
Posted - Oct 26 2006 : 2:47:48 PM
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Hello and welcome!
I think you'll love it here!
Where is Caledonia?
Jennifer |
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
6948 Posts |
Posted - Oct 26 2006 : 7:29:18 PM
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welcome to the group. you'll love it here!
~Seize the Day! Live, Love, Laugh~ |
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ILoveBaskets14
True Blue Farmgirl
76 Posts
Stefanie
Cross Lanes
WV
USA
76 Posts |
Posted - Oct 26 2006 : 7:41:24 PM
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Welcome .. I'm new too and I already love it .. I got Mary Janes Mag. and love it I want to get the book soon.Welcome again.
Baskets of Blessings.
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Beemoosie
True Blue Farmgirl
2077 Posts
Bonnie
New York
USA
2077 Posts |
Posted - Oct 27 2006 : 03:09:26 AM
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I do love it! I am learning so much...and just having fun!
Caledonia is in Western New York...south of Rochester. Chilly this morning..it's 33 degrees. |
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frannie
True Blue Farmgirl
2246 Posts
fran
bonham
texas
USA
2246 Posts |
Posted - Oct 27 2006 : 06:59:26 AM
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welcome to the site, bonnie.
read your post on the scrap craft sight. thanks so much for all the encouragement. i think you will love it here. i have a daughter in new york state but i dont know so much about your state. she is the watertown area as her husband is in the military, in afghanistan.
glad to have you hear with us.
love
fran
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
2099 Posts |
Posted - Oct 27 2006 : 1:22:36 PM
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Hi, Bonnie. I live in the city of Rochester, so I think that makes you geographically the closest person to me here! You are also right next door to the Genesee Country Museum (lucky you). Maybe you could find some inspiration for 4-H activities in their program bulletin? They teach some of the crafts you mentioned, and you could see what projects they consider appropriately difficult for kids of your age group.
Welcome! |
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Beemoosie
True Blue Farmgirl
2077 Posts
Bonnie
New York
USA
2077 Posts |
Posted - Oct 27 2006 : 2:04:47 PM
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Yup! We're practically neighbors by about 20 miles or so!!
And once again, another great idea. I LOVE the GCM...They also have a separate nature center which is wonderfull and would fun to use for 4H!
Nice to meet you Amie
...she is far more precious than jewels and her value is far above rubies or pearls.
Prov 31:10 |
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NanaJulie
Farmgirl in Training
21 Posts
Western New York
USA
21 Posts |
Posted - Oct 27 2006 : 4:18:13 PM
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Hello Everyone,
I've been reading the forums for quite a while now and finally decided to join in! |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Oct 27 2006 : 9:28:51 PM
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Welcome to the group Julie..there is always room for another farmgal!!! Be sure to tell us about yourself...and join right in...it is fun here!
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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Beemoosie
True Blue Farmgirl
2077 Posts
Bonnie
New York
USA
2077 Posts |
Posted - Oct 28 2006 : 06:16:50 AM
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Hi Julie! I am a western New Yorker too!
Welcome!
Bonnie
...she is far more precious than jewels and her value is far above rubies or pearls.
Prov 31:10 |
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NanaJulie
Farmgirl in Training
21 Posts
Western New York
USA
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Posted - Oct 28 2006 : 5:14:39 PM
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Hello Jenny & Bonnie,
Thank you for the welcome! This is the very first forum I've ever taken part in. Actually, this is the only one I even look at! :) I love reading all the posts because in my heart I really relate to the authors. I hesitated to join because even though I live in the country, I don't consider myself a farmgirl; I just want to be one. I live south of Buffalo, in the snow belt as they call it. We did not get hit with that awful storm a couple weeks ago. But I work in Buffalo, so when I went to work after the storm, it was so sad to see the tops of all the beautiful old trees just snapped right off or the whole tree completely fallen to the ground. We're usually the ones getting all the snow. I really felt bad for everyone. I'm in my late 40s, married with two grown children, two grandchildren and a third on the way. I work full time as a secretary at a college. We also have a summer cottage. So I really don't have much spare time. I do what I can, but having a beautiful vegetable garden or keeping animals seems out of my reach. I do, however, love to sew and knit when I can fit it in. I'll try to post when I can, I'm really looking forward to it. |
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Beemoosie
True Blue Farmgirl
2077 Posts
Bonnie
New York
USA
2077 Posts |
Posted - Oct 29 2006 : 04:47:41 AM
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Good Morning Julie,
I think we are all at different levels of "farmgirlness" here. It's what is in the heart that counts! I didn't grow up as a farmgirl. My mother's parents are from Kentucky, and mom kinda spent my growing up years trying to be more "sophisticated". She did teach me to cook though. I do not live on a farm, a 1/2 in the village actually. I've only had a veggie garden for 2 years and I have frozen some stuff but yet to learn to can. I just love much of the philosophy(sp) of the farmlife, the simpleness and so forth. I kinda feel there is a lot in society we have lost the last 100 years in the name of "progress"; but there is alot of good left too. I quilt, sew and do cross stitch too, there is just something so warm about it all.
Well, I guess it's early in the morning and I am blabbin' on! Welcome again and hope to hear from you soon!
Bonnie
...she is far more precious than jewels and her value is far above rubies or pearls.
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Kathigene
True Blue Farmgirl
160 Posts
Kathy
New York
160 Posts |
Posted - Oct 30 2006 : 06:23:50 AM
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Hi Julie and Bonnie, I'm in NY also. I'm right outside of Syracusse so I'm fairly close to you Bonnie. It seems that we are finally getting a little group here in central NY. When I first joined everyone in NY was down state so it seems nice to have some central NYer's on here as well. Julie, I also live in a snow belt but we haven't had anything yet but once we hit Thanksgiving or so, all bets are off.
Welcome to the forums, I'm sure you will find something here to amuse you.
Kathy
Dogs make such good friends because they wag their tails rather then their tongues. |
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NanaJulie
Farmgirl in Training
21 Posts
Western New York
USA
21 Posts |
Posted - Oct 30 2006 : 07:13:22 AM
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Hi Kathy,
Nice to "meet" you. I agree, once Thanksgiving gets closer, anything goes. I have a 32 mile commute (one way) to work. Sometimes I'll leave work and the sun is shining, and the further south I go, the worse it gets. We could be having our own personal blizzard at home and nothing in the city of Buffalo. This is very nice. Like I said in my previous post, I've never participated in a forum before. I think I'm going to like this! Well, take care and keep warm.
Julie |
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Mari-dahlia
True Blue Farmgirl
269 Posts
Marianne
Hoosick Falls
New York
USA
269 Posts |
Posted - Oct 31 2006 : 1:51:28 PM
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Kelly43
True Blue Farmgirl
349 Posts
NJ
USA
349 Posts |
Posted - Oct 31 2006 : 2:51:06 PM
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Hi Kathy and Julie,
Boy, I'm gone a few days and all kinds of wonderful new people appear!! It's so nice to have you two aboard.
Kelly |
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NanaJulie
Farmgirl in Training
21 Posts
Western New York
USA
21 Posts |
Posted - Oct 31 2006 : 3:52:07 PM
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Hi Kelly,
This is so nice, "talking" to women I can relate to. Even though I don't have a farm, I love living in the country (have for 31 years now). I do have a barn, but it's full of stuff, not animals. I posted a couple of messages in the waterfront section of "A Farm of my Own." So I'm having a great time here. Thanks for the warm welcome.
Julie |
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