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January 4, 2011
9:50 am
Kristin
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Good morning.  I live in Delta, Colorado, just turned the big 70, have 3 children (Florida, Hawaii and Texas), 17 grandchildren, and by summer's end, will have 5 great-grandchildren.  I maintain that being a grandmother is God's gift for having survived parenthood!  Seriously, I love my children and have a great husband.  I grew up in eastern Colorado and eastern Utah in the home of an educator and a very smart mom.  We have lived mostly in the west, with stints in Hawaii and North Carolina.  I love being a homemaker, doing family history/genealogy research, reading, sewing, and generally enjoying life.  I found this site while looking for "ham canning" recipes this morning.  Now to get the hams canned today.  I look forward to probably too many hours spent visiting this site!turtle

January 4, 2011
9:56 am
CindyP
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Welcome to the forum, Kristin!  So great to have you here with us happy-flower

“Learn all you can from the mistakes of others. You won’t have time to make them all yourself.”  ― Alfred Sheinwold
January 4, 2011
5:18 pm
Miss Judy
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Welcome Kristen, and yes you will probably spend too much time here. It's addictive…but pleasantly so! wink

January 4, 2011
6:03 pm
holstein woman
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Yeesss Kristin, you have been CITR bitten like the rest of us. Welcome and have a great time here.

January 4, 2011
8:48 pm
ScreamingSardine
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Welcome to all the newcomers.  I'm sure you'll enjoy this site and forum as much as I do!

Celebrating creativity at http://screamingsardine.net/
January 4, 2011
11:45 pm
Julia K
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wave Hi I am a 43 y.o. Mom and wife living in Northern California. I am a transplant from Tennessee. I have a 17 y.o. son I charter/home school. I live on a 50 ft x 150 ft city lot which I am trying to turn into a micro hobby farm. At present we have a garden area, rabbit hutch with 1 dwarf size rabbit, 2 dogs, 1 cat, chicken coop with 6 chickens and 2 ducks. I am striving for a simple/homesteading life. I like to try and share new recipes. I also am experimenting with blogging and blog at juliaslifejourney.blogspot.com

January 5, 2011
8:34 am
Paws_Bakery
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Hi Julia K

Welcome to the group.  Sounds like you are using your lot to the fullest!

Hugs Cheryl   pawprint

January 5, 2011
9:47 am
CindyP
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Hi Julia K wave  Welcome to the forum–it's great to have you here!!  Jump right in anywhere.

“Learn all you can from the mistakes of others. You won’t have time to make them all yourself.”  ― Alfred Sheinwold
January 6, 2011
10:01 am
Salamander
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Glad to have you Julia K! happy-flower

The person who upsets you the most is your best teacher, because they bring you face to face with who you are.
January 7, 2011
2:16 pm
KimM
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Hi all,

 

Just wanted to take a sec to introduce myself. I joined here awhile ago but haven't visited the forums much. I don't know why- they look incredibly useful and fun. happy-flowerAnyway, I am  a homeschooling mom of four  (all 10 and under) and just starting out in the whole "farm girl" life. So far, I've just got the chickens, but am making rather grandiose plans for our six acres! We live in New England.  Look forward to visiting here more often.

January 7, 2011
2:28 pm
rileysmom
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Welcome !!  Welcome Everyone!!   wave

January 7, 2011
3:13 pm
Salamander
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Glad to have you KimM! wave

The person who upsets you the most is your best teacher, because they bring you face to face with who you are.
January 7, 2011
3:44 pm
CindyP
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Glad you're visiting the forum, Kim!!!  Hope you enjoy it and get as much out of it as I do!  There are so many ideas everyone has…eventually you just have to pick and choose what you can actually do :)

“Learn all you can from the mistakes of others. You won’t have time to make them all yourself.”  ― Alfred Sheinwold
January 9, 2011
8:47 am
DustyRider
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Hi ya'll!  My name is Tricia and I'm a horseaholic!  I live in NE Alabama on a small farm.  I'm been married to the sweetest Handy man for 24 years, and we have 2 grown children.  Our daughter is 22 (gulp!) and married, and our son is 19, still at home and in college.  Our farm consists of approximately 90 acres where we run a herd of cattle, a herd of goats, horses, mule, donkey, dogs and cats.  It's almost a full time job just taking care of all these hungry mouths, but I also work outside the home for an aircraft engineer.  I'm his girl Friday – lol.  I take care of his two horses and dog in addition to doing his bookkeeping and running his office while he's at Boeing in Charleston helping build the 787 Dreamliner. 

Weekends usually find me in the woods on my horse – or occasionally on the boat with my husband fishing.  It's a crazy busy life, but I love every minute of it!

Farming with live animals is a 7 day a week, legal form of slavery.
January 9, 2011
9:02 am
CindyP
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Welcome to the forum, Tricia!

I bet your boss is just thrilled he has someone to do his books AND take care of his animals…I'm sure that's not a trait you'd find in every employee :)

“Learn all you can from the mistakes of others. You won’t have time to make them all yourself.”  ― Alfred Sheinwold
January 9, 2011
9:18 am
etgal
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Good morning.  I'm a 52 year living a great life in the beautiful piney woods of East Texas.  I recently decided to hone my 'county skills'.  First on the list – canning.  DH bought me a wonderful canner for Christmas… so the adventure begins anew.  I look forward to making new friends at CITR.

January 9, 2011
9:33 am
CindyP
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Welcome, etgal!  You'll love the canning experience…a very gratifying skill.  If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask…we're not experts, but there are many experienced canners on board happy-flower

“Learn all you can from the mistakes of others. You won’t have time to make them all yourself.”  ― Alfred Sheinwold
January 9, 2011
11:58 am
kathy of blue antler studio
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Hi I’m Kathy, I stumbled across this site on the results list for a search request, while it wasn’t what I was looking for, I couldn’t resist a site titled “Chickens in the Road”.  I completely forgot about my original search and clicked.  After roaming around Suzanne’s West Virginia farm and meeting her family and neighbors, I was hooked.  For me, being raised a Kentucky farm girl; it was very much like going home. 

January 9, 2011
12:12 pm
CindyP
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Hi, Kathy wave  Yes, Suzanne has a way of drawing you right in…and becomes an enabler…

Welcome to the forum!  Jump in anywhere happy-flower

“Learn all you can from the mistakes of others. You won’t have time to make them all yourself.”  ― Alfred Sheinwold
January 9, 2011
12:46 pm
alba
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Hello all

I have been a Huge Fan of Suzanne & our darling wee gems for ages.

There were time when feeling blue almost purple that a trip to the farm tovisit Clover Bula petula & sweet & wild Glory bee that had be laughing with tears streaming down my face. Thanks for that its the best cure… I have enjoyed watching the working of the farm reading  the recipes even trying my had at a few not as easy as it sometime looks but then I'm a city girl but would so love to be a country girl with a few small animals to look after….

There are only 2 DH & I not bless with chirldren which was difficult to bear was on the adoption list up till 15 years ago decided that DH & I enjoyed the life we have now.

I just celebrated my 10 years anniversary of being breast cancer free  ( please check your (.)(.) it's best to be safe ) .

I live in a small town in southwestern ontario Canada have done for 36yrs Lived In Scotland It will always be my home .

Can't wait to meet you all via the blog or maybe in person if your close enough :-}.

Ann/Alba

 

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