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  1. 03-13-2008, 12:27 AM #1
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    Default Greetings from California

    Hello All, I'm new here........ glad to have found you!

    How did you hear about frugal village?
    Yahoo search for frugal idea’s.

    What interests you here?
    Like minded people are always a joy to find!

    What will you contribute?
    Hopefully some idea’s you haven’t thought of yet

    Do you know any other members here?
    No, not yet

    How many kids? Ages?
    None

    Tell us about yourself.
    Well, in a nutshell, I’m 40something, retired, stay at home farm/animal tender.
    Live in the middle of nowhere, within a agricultural community.
    Don’t really leave the property during the week, occasionally on the weekends I will.

    Do you own any pets?
    2 Golden Retrievers
    3 assorted cats
    12 chickens
    2 milk goats
    Oh, I forgot to mention the husband, sometimes he falls into this category.

    Occupation?
    Retired after 24 years in the high tech industry.

    Married or single?
    Married since 1994

    Interests and hobbies?
    OK, it’s quite a list, but here it is ….
    Gardening, vegetables, fruit trees, grapes and berries, herbs, cut flowers and roses.
    Sewing, most everything except sheets and 501 blue jeans.
    Spinning and knitting, only crochet when I have too.
    Canning, drying, freezing all the stuff that grows in the garden.
    Cooking everything from scratch is always an challenge.
    Garage sale’s on the weekends are always fun.

    Well, that’s about covers it.

    Glad to be here!

    Kris
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  2. 03-13-2008, 12:50 AM #2
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    Kris, welcome to the village!
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  3. 03-13-2008, 12:51 AM #3
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  4. 03-13-2008, 09:15 AM #4
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    Hello Kris and from Oklahoma.
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  5. 03-13-2008, 09:35 AM #5
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    " May we never let the things we can’t have or don’t have or shouldn’t have spoil our enjoyment of the things we do have and can have. As we value our happiness, let us not forget it. One of the greatest lessons in life is learning to be happy without the things we cannot or should not have."
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  6. 03-13-2008, 10:17 AM #6
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    Hello and to the village!

    ~48 yr. old sahw, livin' it up in our empty nest, smack dab in the middle of everywhere.~
    *We're debt freeeeeeeee! (including the house)*


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  7. 03-13-2008, 11:47 AM #7
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    Hi and welcome from another Califorian
    Fern
    Yes I'm out of my mind. It's a dark and scary place in there.
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    HI and Welcome!
    Pine trees, with their needles pointing up to heaven, represent everlasting light and life.
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  11. 03-13-2008, 03:33 PM #11
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    Thank you all, it's nice to be here.

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    Welcome to the village Kris!!!!
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