celticmom Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Sounds great! Where do we sign up? :D :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest submarines Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 We'd need a moderator or two. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amy g. Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Oh, yes, I'll be a. Moderator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gailmegan Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Oh, yes, I'll be a. Moderator. I'd volunteer too. You don't have to ask me twice. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meriwether Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 It sounds lovely. Everyone pitching in and working for the good of the whole. Can't you just see a group of ladies working together in the kitchen? One is kneading the dough. One is cutting up fruit for a fruit salad. One is preparing a roast for the crockpot. Uh huh. Trouble in paradise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astrid Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 That's a lotta crock pots........ :D astrid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audrey Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 :drool5::drool5::drool5::001_wub: Where are you?? I feel a road trip is needed... (I come with an rv).... :lol::lol: Robin in nj I should first clarify that I should have put a "not" in front of winter and October to May. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audrey Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 I vote we go up to Audrey's. Everybody in America seems to be a little cranky right now. (I mean everybody, including me.) Let's go be organic farmers on a homeschooling kibbutz in Canada. DH is an electrician and generally very handy, also he plays nicely with others, so he should be an asset. I'll try to get him to wear a kilt now and then. What else is my family good for...hmm...we can teach folk music (guitar, dulcimer, banjo, mandolin, fiddle, and old-time and bluegrass singing). We'll be having barn dances, right? Yes, lots of barn dances. We are also a musical family, so bring your gear and we'll jam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lang Syne Boardie Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Yes, lots of barn dances. We are also a musical family, so bring your gear and we'll jam. I'd love it. I didn't know this about you! What do you play? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dory Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 (edited) :iagree: I am visualizing it to be more of a Cult than a commune though. The cult of Swellmomma! You all could be my minions. Yup this sounds like a good plan to me I make a really, really, really poor follower :D. Edited July 26, 2012 by Dory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyBC Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 And what would happen during kerfluffles? Would we have a kilt parade to end it all? How would banning work? Would the offending party be sent for a time-out? :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WIS0320 Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 :party: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbygirl Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 I vote we go up to Audrey's. Everybody in America seems to be a little cranky right now. (I mean everybody, including me.) Let's go be organic farmers on a homeschooling kibbutz in Canada. DH is an electrician and generally very handy, also he plays nicely with others, so he should be an asset. I'll try to get him to wear a kilt now and then. What else is my family good for...hmm...we can teach folk music (guitar, dulcimer, banjo, mandolin, fiddle, and old-time and bluegrass singing). We'll be having barn dances, right? b-b-but, isn't Canada you know, cold? I've never been in snow and don't like being cold. Dare I say it, I really dislike country music too. :blushing: Could we have a southern kibbutz too where the music is more latin or rock based? :D :p We'd need a moderator or two. LOL or twenty. :D That's a lotta crock pots........ astrid :lol::lol: How would banning work? Would the offending party be sent for a time-out? :lol: hehehehehe Maybe they would be sent "outside the camp" for 24 hours? Ah, who am I kidding, ya'll won't want to have a Latin flavored Kibbutz in warm Florida anyway. Nobody likes it here except me. :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Live2Ride Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 I'm game! I can teach flute, various needle crafts, raise just about any farm animal, grow lots of garden produce, and I would rather be outside than in :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audrey Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 I'd love it. I didn't know this about you! What do you play? Me, piano, guitar and if you're really really nice, I might get out my dad's banjo. Dh, guitar and some uke and mandolin Ds, guitar, but he's really a drummer at heart. We all sing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rose in BC Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 I'm in! So long as everyone is willing to move to Alberta or B.C. :D :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLBMom Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Oh wouldn't that be great! I'm a nurse, every place needs one of those. DH used to be a truck driver and has his cdl. He grew up farming and raising crops so he can help with raising food. He is also a carpenter. He can build everything in a house but the plumbing and HVAC. My DH and kids are crazy about baseball/softball. DH coaches both. Put us down for the southern branch :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolphin Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 I vote we go up to Audrey's. Everybody in America seems to be a little cranky right now. (I mean everybody, including me.) Let's go be organic farmers on a homeschooling kibbutz in Canada. DH is an electrician and generally very handy, also he plays nicely with others, so he should be an asset. I'll try to get him to wear a kilt now and then. What else is my family good for...hmm...we can teach folk music (guitar, dulcimer, banjo, mandolin, fiddle, and old-time and bluegrass singing). We'll be having barn dances, right? Yes, lots of barn dances. We are also a musical family, so bring your gear and we'll jam. ds plays drums well (Piano, not so well) We all sing. As long as it is a group with diversity and respect for that diversity I am all in. :D I would love a fun place where there were lots of people for the kids to learn from, and lots of different POV's for them to learn about. I am good with teenagers, especially when they are being unreasonable. I am also turning out to be pretty good at growing indoor plant life during winter months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lailasmum Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Can foreigners join in? I would emigrate in a heartbeat As long as it was somewhere warm and somewhere it doesn't rain constantly for nine months of the year like it does here. I can do lots of crafts and we could run a drama club with our experience, maybe get together all the musical types and dance types and put on community shows. Plus I am good at fixing stuff and great with animals and plants so happy to help farm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Hey Hive, we don't have to start our own commune, there is already a perfectly wonderful one started. OUR FEARLESS LEADER AND HER HUSBAND HAVE A LARGE FARM!!! :lol: Orchards, sheep, horses, chickens, gardens, B & B, room for SWB's lectures, Peter has a local church for those of us in need of spiritual sustenance... IT'S THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY! :biggrinjester: Oh Susan, are you out there??????? Get ready, the campers are about to converge! :lol: We'll use Mariann's place for our communal vacation. :D Faith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impish Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 I'm in! So long as everyone is willing to move to Alberta or B.C. :D :iagree: I'll be The Imp. It's what I'm best at :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 :iagree:I'll be The Imp. It's what I'm best at :D And you do it very well. :auto: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amo_mea_filiis. Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 I'm an EMT- I can package up the sick and take them over to the nurses. I can deal with cranky babies when mom needs a break. ETA: With ds's language, every single home could have spotless toilets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Can I stay in the Bed and Breakfast? I gave up camping...I can quilt, cook, and grow tomatoes. Hey Hive, we don't have to start our own commune, there is already a perfectly wonderful one started. OUR FEARLESS LEADER AND HER HUSBAND HAVE A LARGE FARM!!! :lol: Orchards, sheep, horses, chickens, gardens, B & B, room for SWB's lectures, Peter has a local church for those of us in need of spiritual sustenance... IT'S THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY! :biggrinjester: Oh Susan, are you out there??????? Get ready, the campers are about to converge! :lol: We'll use Mariann's place for our communal vacation. :D Faith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkacademy Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Where are you. I am ready to move tomorrow. So sick of neighboors. I need room to breath LOL I live in White Springs FL That is in the north not the south LOL The south is too busy!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleIzumi Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 That's a fun thought. I have no particular special skills, but I like to have hordes of pre schoolers around playing play dough, fingerpainting, making volcanoes, and all sorts of other messy play. That's not very useful, every mom does that! DH would need to be near the oilfields for work too....well, darn. Great idea though! I STINK at that. You can totally have my preschoolers during the day. :lol: I'm down with moving to Canada. Absolutely. Just not Quebec. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dory Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 This wouldn't work for me. I like to be alone. On the other hand, it would be like having family. I don't have much family. So that part would be nice. I like alone time too. If people come this way we have lots of trails through the trees and quiet places to go.:D It's not hard to find places out here where no other human is going to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 I grew up in sort of communal living. Small group of missionaries out in the middle of nowhere Africa. Some of it is wonderful, truly family, but with family comes bickering and irritation and arguing about how best to do things. Something about living in a fishbowl growing up is why I chose Los Angeles as my home for 20 years (before DH talked me into moving.) I could be my own person without judgement and if there was judgement, I could find new friends! :lol: This wouldn't work for me. I like to be alone. On the other hand, it would be like having family. I don't have much family. So that part would be nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 I grew up in sort of communal living. Small group of missionaries out in the middle of nowhere Africa. Some of it is wonderful, truly family, but with family comes bickering and irritation and arguing about how best to do things. Something about living in a fishbowl growing up is why I chose Los Angeles as my home for 20 years (before DH talked me into moving.) I could be my own person without judgement and if there was judgement, I could find new friends! :lol: Which is precisely why my mind immediately went to kerfluffles and kilts! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 You all sound like commies. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tess in the Burbs Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 I too would like this. A home school neighborhood. Sweet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Crown Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 If there's a cult compound in the making, it needs to be a proper one with a strict dress code. Pants/trousers only for the women; kilts for the men; and burkhas for the teenagers, male or female. Dh can explain the difference between modus ponens and modus tollens ... patiently ... several different ways ... repeatedly each semester.... That's gotta be good enough to get fed, right? Lailasmum, I think Texas would fill your weather conditions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lang Syne Boardie Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 So long as we don't have to sing Beasts of England... :smilielol5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 are we kerfluffling about kilts? I have no arguement. :D Which is precisely why my mind immediately went to kerfluffles and kilts! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Yell Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 That's a fun thought. I have no particular special skills, but I like to have hordes of pre schoolers around playing play dough, fingerpainting, making volcanoes, and all sorts of other messy play. That's not very useful, every mom does that!... Oh my goodness- you just listed out the very things I DESPISE and rarely did with my children! That *is* a special skill! When a fellow homeschooler at my (then new) church called me up to ask me to work with AWANA Sparks (K-2nd grade) I didn't even give her the "Let me pray about it and I'll get back to you" line. I actually had to restrain myself from saying "He!! no! What are you, #&$*ing crazy?" For the record, I love small children individually, but large hordes of other people's young children just doesn't work for me. I'll go supervise the teen dance socials, OK? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verity Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 You see..... I hate doing that!! My children really missed the momma boat on that one! Exactly - loving the messy preschoolers is a gift itself! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbygirl Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Hey Hive, we don't have to start our own commune, there is already a perfectly wonderful one started. OUR FEARLESS LEADER AND HER HUSBAND HAVE A LARGE FARM!!! :lol: Orchards, sheep, horses, chickens, gardens, B & B, room for SWB's lectures, Peter has a local church for those of us in need of spiritual sustenance... IT'S THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY! :biggrinjester: Oh Susan, are you out there??????? Get ready, the campers are about to converge! :lol: We'll use Mariann's place for our communal vacation. :D Faith LOL could you imagine Susan's face if we all showed up one day. :p Poor woman! hehehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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