Ohiofarmgirl'sAdventuresinTheGoodLand-where ya been? whatcha been doin

[TanksHill]

Hey, OFG. I say the Cushaw on your blog. I have some as well and they are huge. Remember to way that honken thing when it's time. We can compare who's is bigger.

I love all the picks on your blog. The geese are just gorgeous.!!

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[ohiofarmgirl]

You know, one of the reasons I wanted the goats was so that I could stop feeling like "just a housewife" I need to be something other than mom, wife, and housekeeper. To some people raising the animals seems like it would fit into one of those categories, but this is just for me so it's a pleasure.
I have no idea how that fits with the above conversation, I just felt like sayin it. Must be the heat.

baby dont let anyone feel like you are "just" anything. frankly i'm sick and tired of the culture telling me that being a woman/mom/wife is a bad thing and that being "just" a mom or wife is something bad or "less than." i've played both sides of this fence and i'm happier on this one.

so if anyone makes you feel bad tell 'em your pal OFG is in da house and i'll give 'em a red neck style beat down. i may be "just" a farm wife but i'm also one of the guys. *beats chest* anybody want a piece of me?

now where is my pie plate..


thanks Tanks! i cant wait to see how that big ol' squash turns out! whoot! i think i have about a dozen so there will be pie for all my friends!

 

[Wifezilla]

Hubby and I have both been in the position of bread winner and home maker. Frankly, we both agree going to work 8 hours and coming home is EASIER than being the one on house duty.

P.S. I dare anyone to call my hubby "just a house husband" for the time he was home with the kids.

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

aint that right!

my pal Eliza always laughs that i have the "toughest boss on earth" -- and she means me! ha! then she says she could never do this because you have to get up to early! hee hee hee hee

and yep its harder but you gotta admit the meetings are more fun. if anyone in the barnyard gives you any lip - off with his head! and we mean it!

* thinks back to corporate days and considered the possibilities of snatching That Marketing Guy up by the heels and givin' him a good shaking *

yep. definitely much more entertaining....

 

[kcsunshine]

Wow! Be sure to invite me to watch (hiding behind some door for safety) when you decide to really tell someone what you think!

I can laugh, cause usually it's me cussin' and throwin' darts at people. The guys where I used to work always said, "Let Karen tell him (the boss). She's the only one here with enough ba**s to do it!"

I think he actually breathed a sigh of relief when I turned in my resignation.

 

[bibliophile birds]

this is the section that really gets me

Entangling family with green living and quality of life is exactly what gets on the nerves of French feminist Elisabeth Badinter. In her not-yet-translated book, "Le Conflit," she accuses today's new mothers of falling for eco- and bio-mumbo jumbo. They willingly breast-feed their kids, give birth at home, leave careers and forgo conveniences like disposable diapers and painkillers during labor. The modern baby, she writes, is "the best ally of masculine domination," love-struck mothers accomplices in their own demise. It's reminiscent of author Linda Hirshman's 2006 book-length admonishment, "Get to Work," in which she urged mothers to hold on to hard-fought gains for women in the workplace and end that ridiculous "opt-out revolution," New York Times writer Lisa Belkin's term for Ivy League-degreed new moms walking out of the firm to go play in the sandbox.

i just don't understand those feminists that have convinced themselves that the ONLY way a woman can have a meaningful existence in a postmodern world is through going to work in an office somewhere or having an advanced degree. what about women who are at home and IN F-ING CHARGE? who aren't waiting for their man to bring home the bacon but are out there LITERALLY CARVING IT FROM A PIG? the statistics are starting to show that the vast majority of people really taking charge of going back to the land are women: not women who are blindly following their husbands into the woods for some servitude, but women who are, in a lot of cases, dragging their husbands along behind them with a stout "Honey, I know what's best. Go milk the goats." if that isn't empowerment, i don't know what is.

and i love how they've missed the point about child-rearing, seeing it as "'the best ally of masculine domination,'" love-struck mothers accomplices in their own demise." except that most of those women are also demanding that their husbands take a much more active role in childcare and bonding, preferring that the WHOLE family be working in the garden than focusing on the outside world. how ridiculous!

 

[justusnak]

"just a housewife" That phrase gets me madder than broody with no eggs! Domestic engineer... well, thats not much better....I like to say, Jack of all trades, master of none.
No one is "just" anything. No matter your choice in life, it sometimes takes all you have to achieve it. ( i dont try to achive goals, I try to survive them) Someone that works in an office...does just that, paperwork, computer, calls. OK, we all do that! Now add in...vetrinarian, food prep specialist, electrician, plumber, auto mechanic, grounds keeper, day care specialist, nurse, mentor, therapist...I could go on and on. Thats why I say,"Jack of all trades, master of none"

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

i'm just waitin' for someone to step forward and tell ME that i'm being dominated by my husband.

anyone?

i didnt think so.

but thats not to say that we dont have a more traditional marriage. we do and i dont feel bad about it. in fact its pretty darn good. the hardest part was finding someone with b@ll$ as big as mine!

the trick is to get a GOOD husband where there is a partnership and everyone does what they are best at. aint nobody leading anybody around by the... um.. nose here.

and heaven forbid - lovestruck mothers. well thats just the worst kind. sitting around, providing love and nurturing for their babies. shocking. we just shouldnt have any of that at all!

geesh....

 

[Henrietta23]

ofg, i think someone wrote a book about you... well, about a lot of the women on this forum really.

(the book looks truly awesome!)

OMG, I am going to have to read that book. She is from the same upstate NY area that I grew up in. Cobleskill is the next town over from ours. She probably went to the same school I did.

Hey, I have family that used to live near Cobleskill!!

 

[Blackbird]

I always knew I liked you OFG. You tell em how it is!

Hm.. Call me a wimp, but I might actually prefer to be a 'domesticated house husband'. Being out amongst people at an office job sounds WAY less appealing. YUCK!