To Live To Laugh To Love- I'm trying!

[lorihadams]

Keep on saving honey! It'll all be worth it in the end!

I never gardened much and now that I have had one I don't know if I could ever go back!

 

[ToLiveToLaugh]

Thank you guys so much! I think this next year will be a little better. We have a great farmer's market in town, the problem this past year was the I worked the Saturday mornings and Wed evenings that it was around! I sent the boyfriend usually, but it's not quite the same. Sadly, my pressure canner doesn't fit on my stove the hood is so low =\ One of my friends moved in to a house though, and said I could use her stove next summer! So I can put up some produce this next year, hopefully, even if I'm not the one growing it.

I'd never thought of guerilla gardening! That's a great idea. Hm, I wonder what I could find... What sort of legal issues might one "theoretically" run into there? Also, how does a person start with wood carving? What sort of tools does it take, and what do those cost? And how to I avoid slicing myself, lol!

 

[ToLiveToLaugh]

I posted this on my blog, but felt like I should share it here. Thank you all so much!
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A community of women:
In the times of agricultural small towns and large families, every girl had a built-in community of women surrounding her. If anything, she got too much advice. Who to marry, how to dress, what to cook and how to do it, on and on ad nauseum.


Now, finding a community of women is a bit harder. Due to our school structure, most of the people we're around are in our own peer group. Especially when you're in college, it seems like the whole world is within a few years of your own age. And we're all just stumbling through together, trying to figure things out together.


But sometimes a community of women can be truly found. And I have found one. I'm the member of a forum full of funny, frank, fantastic women. There are men, too, but they're not who I connect with. I don't always post much. But I read the words of these women often. And I know I can go to them when I need advice. I know I will get answers, and support, and love. These women truly care about everyone who enters the sphere of their world.


I get perspective. I learn how to do things I didn't even know could be done. I laugh, and I worry, and I learn. It doesn't matter if the question is "Should we invest in gold?" or "How can you make chocolate cake using beans?" (easily, it turns out, and delicious as well), they have the answers. They speak frankly about their triumphs and failures, and the stresses of their age, the season, and their families.


I don't think I can go back to no community of women now. I don't think I would be able to step back to a very limited number of women I can rely on. I have found a community of women, and it is good.

 

[Farmfresh]

Thanks! I like to think that the discussions we have on this forum are truly helpful to people. I know they are helpful to me!

Whether we are sharing recipes or heart breaks, war stories from the past or just late night silliness, I think I gain something every time I come here. I am glad someone else feels that way too.

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

yay!!!

 

[Up-the-Creek]

I posted this on my blog, but felt like I should share it here. Thank you all so much!
________

A community of women:
In the times of agricultural small towns and large families, every girl had a built-in community of women surrounding her. If anything, she got too much advice. Who to marry, how to dress, what to cook and how to do it, on and on ad nauseum.


Now, finding a community of women is a bit harder. Due to our school structure, most of the people we're around are in our own peer group. Especially when you're in college, it seems like the whole world is within a few years of your own age. And we're all just stumbling through together, trying to figure things out together.


But sometimes a community of women can be truly found. And I have found one. I'm the member of a forum full of funny, frank, fantastic women. There are men, too, but they're not who I connect with. I don't always post much. But I read the words of these women often. And I know I can go to them when I need advice. I know I will get answers, and support, and love. These women truly care about everyone who enters the sphere of their world.


I get perspective. I learn how to do things I didn't even know could be done. I laugh, and I worry, and I learn. It doesn't matter if the question is "Should we invest in gold?" or "How can you make chocolate cake using beans?" (easily, it turns out, and delicious as well), they have the answers. They speak frankly about their triumphs and failures, and the stresses of their age, the season, and their families.


I don't think I can go back to no community of women now. I don't think I would be able to step back to a very limited number of women I can rely on. I have found a community of women, and it is good.

That is so nice Emily! I understand what you are saying because I too feel alone when it comes to having a "community" of women to share with. I have found it here as you have, but you said it better than I ever could. I am glad you found us and we are glad to have you here!

 

[FarmerDenise]

ToLiveToLaugh
Well said and thank you.

I really agree with the things you said. We are all so isolated these days. Physically distanced from family, seperated by age through school or work, by religion...

When my DD was a young teen I joined a women's group. My friend's DD was my DD's best friend. We both brought our daughters to this group. We ranged in age from 13 to mid 40's. We really wanted some older women to join us too. We all really enjoyed and learned from each other. It was wonderfull to have all our different ages together and sharing.

I get some of the same benefits from this group. I like the diversity of the people on this forum. I enjoy the contribution from the men too. I like having the teenagers and people from different countries.

I like the way we manage to work out our differences.
But mostly I like the way we support and encourage each other.

It is nice to meet you.

BTW, my DD and her DH lived in Corvalis for a year. She was going to go to the University there, but then she couldn't stand the loneliness of the place. She said they rolled the sidewalks up at 8 pm and there was nothing to do, not even a pizza to be had.

It is a nice looking town though.

edited for bad typo

 

[ToLiveToLaugh]

ToLiveToLaugh
Well said and thank you.

I really agree with the things you said. We are all so isolated these days. Physically distanced from family, seperated by age through school or work, by religion...

When my DD was a young teen I joined a women's group. My friend's DD was my DD's best friend. We both brought our daughters to this group. We ranged in age from 13 to mid 40's. We really wanted some older women to join us too. We all really enjoyed and learned from each other. It was wonderfull to have all our different ages together and sharing.

I get some of the same benefits from this group. I like the diversity of the people on this forum. I enjoy the contribution from the men too. I like having the teenagers and people from different countries.

I like the way we manage to work out our differences.
But mostly I like the way we support and encourage each other.

It is nice to meet you.

BTW, my DD and her DH lived in Corvalis for a year. She was going to go to the University there, but then she couldn't stand the loneliness of the place. She said they rolled the sidewalks up at 8 pm and there was nothing to do, not even a pizza to be had.

It is a nice looking town though.

edited for bad typo

That is a perfect description of Corvallis! I've managed to find good people here, but it often is lonely. Without SO, I'm not sure what I would do. Everyone I know works so much that it's hard to have frequent plans with anyone. I suppose it makes sense then that I end up spending time online! An active community, even after 8 pm.

 

[ToLiveToLaugh]

Update on my life right now. My dad got hurt working out last tuesday. He collapsed on the floor, searing pain in his neck and shoulder. Since then, he's been photosensitive and in excruciating pain. All sorts of tests have been run (MRI, xray, cat scan) and nothing really clear came up until they did a spinal tap today. The cerebrospinal fluid was bloody. He has a cerbral hemorage. They're not sure if its still bleeding or if its stopped. They're doing a dye trace tonight to find out. He's in the hospital until tomorrow when my parents are meeting with a neurosurgeon to find out options. He might need surgery, the type will depend on if its still bleeding and if its an aneurysm or just a bleed. He has symptoms like meningitis, just without the fever or bacterial load.

As for me, there's nothing I can do right now. I have classes tomorrow, and work, and I'm coming up quickly on finals time. My brothers are both going down to see everyone and help out. I feel so useless up here. And so cut off. I'm the only one still in school, and the only one tied down. I just emailed my boss to get time off work, and I'm hoping I can work something out with classes. But most of them aren't things that can be easily done from afar.

I just don't know what to do right now. I can't figure anything out. And I didn't know where else to go right now. When most of your friends are 21 and more interested in the party life than anything else, it's hard for them to know how to give support. I don't want to burden them with it.

 

[Farmfresh]

Man it must be so hard to be away right now.

I will be praying for you and your dad. Please keep us posted.

Do your best right now where you are. Remember even if you were right beside him there would still be little for you to do but pray and hope. Now that the doctors have isolated the problem they will be better able to treat him.