My name is Therese, and my online name is MousE…. long story there.  I'm holding at 52ish, I live in Vancouver, BC, Canada, in the great Pacific Northwest.  I was raised in the southern United States, and my family moved to Canada in 1971 (my mom was Canadian).  I've worked in the entertainment industry my entire working career as a technician for theatre, music, dance, etc.  I'm single, one married daughter, two grandchildren whom I adore, and I share a house with a lifelong friend.  I'm currently trying to get out of the industry, and hope to retire by buying a hobby farm on Vancouver Island with my best friend.  The idea is that we would each have our own dwelling, and share a communal kitchen and garden, with goats and chickens.  And dogs.  And cats.  I read a lot, and am currently designing a family tree website for my mother's huge extended family, whom I am only now getting to know.  I just bought a secondhand Mac and am learning to use it…. what a nice change from a PC.

And I love to cook! Looking forward to maybe sharing some recipes in the forum.

I StumbleUponed this website a few months ago, and I just love it.  Great recipes, great stories and photos, great writing.  Thank you, Suzanne!

Hello, My name is Andrea I am from WV and I have lived here all my life
except for when I went to collage at the University of Findley in Ohio.
I am married with 1 child a daughter who is 11. Then there are my other
children a German Shepherd Allie who is 2, a German Shepherd Dutch who
is 1 and a Golden Retriever Katie who is 8. I am becoming a first time
farm girl trying to show my child where food really comes from not just
from the store. My passion is Homesteading and I am trying to get back
to the basics of life. I will be planting my second garden this year
with big hopes and dreams and we are getting chickens.   Trying start out small in the farm animal dept.

Hello I am new here. My name is Brenda aka The Rusty Thimble online.

I am married and live at a Beautiful Lake in Oklahoma, I do miss living in the country though.

I am a Primitive artist who loves to make dolls and critters of all kinds you can read about me on by blog.

This forum looked like it would just be so enjoyable. I love to grow a garden and can, to quilt and to go to antique stores. And of course I love to go fishing with my Hubby.

Thank you for letting me join. Looking forward to reading the forum now.

Brenda

Hi everyone around the nation. Call me Patti.   First, I have to say that I am in constant awe of the internet.  I am 63, a grandma living in Fullerton, California and I can talk with people all over the country AT ONE TIME!!!!!

I guess for most "young" people, this would be a "yawn, ho hum" revelation.   For me, it's a neverending amazement.  I'm a city girl.  Athough, I've spent some time at country living.   When I was just 3 or 4 years old, my parents (along with my two brothers) attempted living on a farm.  My mom and dad were both Missouri farm raised.   But by the time I was 5, we had moved into town and my dad decided he'd try his hand at operating a truck stop cafe.   Sorry……..droning somewhat.  Anyway, fastforward to approx. 1993/94, spent about a year on Vashon Island, Washington pretending to be a little country girl raising chickens, ducks, and sheep.  But, alas, it was not to be and wound up back in California and now retired and loving every second of it. 

I've never blogged before; or for that matter, ever joined any kind of forum.  For you experienced bloggers, it's probably not too difficult to surmise that.  But I so enjoy reading about everyone's recipe finds, canning dos and don'ts, animal stories, and just conversation in general.  This website seems to touch a soft spot in my heart by bringing up fond memories of my parents and their roots and all the family gatherings.  I will be coming here a lot!! 

I've been a fan of the blog for a good while, and joined the forum about a year ago, but never posted.  I'm a terrible lurker at times.  LOL  This just seemed like a good time to say hi, so "Hi!!!!!".

I live in Davisville, WV, which is just outside Parkersburg (big town).  I grew up near Glenville (one horse town), though, and would much rather be back there, but my hubby wouldn't be able to find as good of a job as he has here, so that's not going to happen. We are looking for a few acres more out to itself, however, and I think that would make me just about as happy.  I just don't care for living in a neighborhood.  I'm the kind that likes to keep mostly to herself.  

Anyhoo, I am 42 this year, am married with 3 daughters (21, 19, and *almost* 12), a big white cat, and an even bigger German Shepherd, who is the biggest baby of all of them put together.  LOL  I enjoy keeping a veggie garden, but not so much the deer who like to eat it up.  The deer and I are currently engaged in a battle of wits, and I'm winning at the moment!  Although, that could change at any time.

I consider myself to be an artist, although I haven't done much creating over the last couple years.  You see, I deal with a lot of back pain, and it's hard to get "in the mood" when you're hurting.  But when I do work at it, I like making art dolls and small figures.  I actually have made a few little sets of miniature mushrooms for terrariums and such, recently.  I will post on my site when I've got them on Etsy, in case anyone is interested in that sort of thing.  :-)

Well, I guess that's enough info for now.  Perhaps it was "too much info".  LOL

It's great to meet you fine folks, and I hope to become a friend!

Happy Weekend!

Shannon