I am a daughter of the Most High God.
I am the wife of Joel... affectionately known around P.F. as "Big Daddy".
I am Momma to Aidan, Amélie and Juliette and P.R. le Quatrieme.
My chickens.
My joy.
On Being a Christian:
I love the Lord but fail to serve him well. I could write a book...
I believe my family is my primary ministry focus and I still don't serve them the way I could on account of Me, Myself and I getting in the way.
I don't relate to most, sweet, kind, good, Christian women.
How do they do that?
Drop a cuss word and mention how much you love Jesus in the next sentence and I am prone to want to be your best friend. (IE: Jamie, The World's Worst Missionary)...
On Motherhood:
I've got strong opinions about Moms staying home with their kids. You birthed 'em, you raise 'em. The longer I am a Mother and face the challenges of each new age group we encounter the more I question how you can really raise your children in the Fear of the Lord if you are separated from them 8-12 hours a day. My husband and I talk all the time about what he makes annually and how I am "able" to stay home... people would be shocked if they knew what we lived on. We know so many who make so much more than he does and sure enough, the wife has the first baby and sends it off to daycare at week six. It frustrates the hell out of me. Single home mothers or a very unique situation is one thing - but the S.O.P. of most husbands and wives in this area honestly horrifies me...
Motherhood is fricken' hard but more so when I get some agenda in my head about what MUST be done in any given amount of time.
Click here to read more"Angela on Motherhood"...
On City/Farm life:
We have a self proclaimed "Urban Farm" on our 1/8 acre in a small Chicago suburban town. I love to grow my own food but never seem to get everything in the ground in a timely fashion.
I love the chaos and hub-hub of the city, especially Paris but I long for the peace and tranquility of the country...
On Fashion:
I love, love, love, feminine, figure conscious clothing.
High heals, skirts, jewelry and more...
It breaks my heart that if you dress feminine you stick out like a sore thumb among a sea of khaki pants. Sometimes it makes me feel weird.
For more Parisienne Farmgirl fashion opinions...
On Pregnancy and Childbirth:
While Motherhood is a joy and babies are the best - I do hate being pregnant but feel guilty even writing that because I am so blessed to get pregnant by practically thinking about it. Pregnancy is VERY difficult for me... I'll spare you the details but the minute that baby pops out, I pop up and am ready to live life to the fullest again.
Homebirth is what's right for our family. I love birth. Labor is... well... labor, but it is fascinating. It's thrilling! I hope to be a Birth Doula within the next couple years - like a fairy, spreading the natural childbirth pixie dust!
More to come on "De Moi"...
On Being a Christian:
I love the Lord but fail to serve him well. I could write a book...
I believe my family is my primary ministry focus and I still don't serve them the way I could on account of Me, Myself and I getting in the way.
I don't relate to most, sweet, kind, good, Christian women.
How do they do that?
Drop a cuss word and mention how much you love Jesus in the next sentence and I am prone to want to be your best friend. (IE: Jamie, The World's Worst Missionary)...
On Motherhood:
I've got strong opinions about Moms staying home with their kids. You birthed 'em, you raise 'em. The longer I am a Mother and face the challenges of each new age group we encounter the more I question how you can really raise your children in the Fear of the Lord if you are separated from them 8-12 hours a day. My husband and I talk all the time about what he makes annually and how I am "able" to stay home... people would be shocked if they knew what we lived on. We know so many who make so much more than he does and sure enough, the wife has the first baby and sends it off to daycare at week six. It frustrates the hell out of me. Single home mothers or a very unique situation is one thing - but the S.O.P. of most husbands and wives in this area honestly horrifies me...
Motherhood is fricken' hard but more so when I get some agenda in my head about what MUST be done in any given amount of time.
Click here to read more"Angela on Motherhood"...
On City/Farm life:
We have a self proclaimed "Urban Farm" on our 1/8 acre in a small Chicago suburban town. I love to grow my own food but never seem to get everything in the ground in a timely fashion.
I love the chaos and hub-hub of the city, especially Paris but I long for the peace and tranquility of the country...
On Fashion:
I love, love, love, feminine, figure conscious clothing.
High heals, skirts, jewelry and more...
It breaks my heart that if you dress feminine you stick out like a sore thumb among a sea of khaki pants. Sometimes it makes me feel weird.
For more Parisienne Farmgirl fashion opinions...
On Pregnancy and Childbirth:
While Motherhood is a joy and babies are the best - I do hate being pregnant but feel guilty even writing that because I am so blessed to get pregnant by practically thinking about it. Pregnancy is VERY difficult for me... I'll spare you the details but the minute that baby pops out, I pop up and am ready to live life to the fullest again.
Homebirth is what's right for our family. I love birth. Labor is... well... labor, but it is fascinating. It's thrilling! I hope to be a Birth Doula within the next couple years - like a fairy, spreading the natural childbirth pixie dust!
More to come on "De Moi"...
7 Farmgirls & Parisiennes had this to say...:
New to blogs. Thanks to my friend - I am now hooked! I would love to be included in the CONTEST!
Pam
Your blog is beautiful and I look forward to following it.
How have I not been reading you my whole life? My mother has... what took me so long? You rock. I'm teaching my (home-birthed, homeschooled) boys French this year, despite not having spoken more than a dozen words of it in 15 years. I'll probably have to come to you for help. :)
P.S. Congrats on the fourth baby-to-come!! I'm hoping for number 4 myself. :)
I'm a Mars Hillbillian also! From the Ballard campus, now living on a farm in Ohio! *runs and hugs Parisienne Farmgirl*
:-)
I'm so happy to have found your blog. I love your first picture, especially the little ruts it show in the path. I find your views intriguing & your unintimidated expression of them refreshing. I look forward to following your blog.
-Keri Doolittle
I somehow found you through a picture on pinterest (where I was not wasting time instead of educating my children, what are you suggesting??). What a lovely blog and a lovely gal and I look forward to following you and sending the link to all my farm-y, home birthing, plaid skirt wearing girlfriends! And although I don't have a love of French things per se, I am a ballet teacher so I suppose I speak it at least occasionally. Just not in sentences.
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