A little about ME ~ I’m Stephanie (or at least my name says). I always wanted to be called Annie rather than Steph. It never caught on. I’m from Charlotte, NC but grew up in a little town in north of Pittsburgh, PA. (Go Steelers!) I’m married to my highschool sweetheart - I call him J. We have one furbaby Milo. Poor guy - he’s so very confused. He’s part Bassett & part Doberman. I’m still not quite sure how that happened. Well, I’m sure of how it happened, but.. You get the point.

I love to travel, and am slowly learning how to cook.   I work a full time job outside the home, and then help J with his business as well. 

In my dreams, I craft day long instead of doing accounting. (Can 2 things be more different?) In my dreams, I have an actual craft room instead of a bedroom with mix and match tables & desks. In my dreams, I am a master of my camera. In my dreams, I hope to Inspire at least one person with my creations.

Hi, My name is Peggy and I live in Fayetteville, NC. I was born and raised in the western mountains of NC and miss them alot. Married to a retired army guy that is now on the road a lot as owner/operator trucker. My 3 daughters are grown and married giving me 9 fantastic grands to spoil. We have a small dairy goat farm that keeps me busy. Our Nubians are like our children. Each has their own personality and are so lovable. I use the milk for drinking, cheese making, ice cream, soaps, lotions and candles. We also have the normal chickens, ducks, geese, rabbits on the farm and they too all have names. Life at Hidden Haven is busy but I love it.

I'm J and I've been married to Old Man for 33yrs.  I'm 53yrs old and he's 57 and we're the CopperCreekers.  My mom has ALZ and lives with us.  We've all 3 lived in Kentucky all our lives.  We're working on making life here on The Creek more self sustainable.  Come by WilloSwitch, our blog, to visit and learn about the other members of The Creek.

I am a 37 year-old mother and wife living in Moncure, NC.  I have one daughter, 14 and one son, 11.  I always wanted more children and I am now blessed with 2 bonus daughters 12 & 9.  I work as a student services specialist at a large state university.  I lived in suburbian Raleigh, NC for over 20 years…high school, college and throughout my first marriage.  Then I met the love of my life (while the ink was still wet on my divorce papers) when I tagged along with my best friend to a pig pickin' at a horse ranch.  Coincidentally the ink was still wet on his papers too.  The timing wasn't right to date but we kept in touch and 3 years later we were married.  We recently bought a house and a little bit of land  in the country right next to his father's 100-acre horse ranch (where we met).  Our older daughters love to ride so we currently own 2 very spoiled horses.  We have 2 house dogs and we have somehow acquired 2 porch dogs from our neighbors.  I plan to get milk goats next year so I can make cheese.  This is not the life I would have pictured for myself but I am the happiest and most fulfilled I have ever been.  My husband is a wonderful partner and father to all of our children, our kids get along fabulously and they all love country life.  We are are blessed with health, a large loving family and abundant gardens!

My name is Bonny.  I live in Northwest Indiana in a small town.  I want to go to Kentucky where my family is from, but I share custody with my ex and have to wait until the kids are older.  I have three boys, 12, 9, and 4.  I work two jobs, I care for an elderly lady, I go to school full time, and I am about to lose my mind.  Seriously.  I have been in a relationship for the last 5 years after my divorce with a great man.  I know, not very interesting stuff.  No goats or chickens here, but hopefully in my future.

Hi my name is Mim. I live in Malden WV (5 miles of the Capitol). married 14 yrs in Oct- 2 kids- son 26 & single- daughter 20- married w/ 2 kids. We built each kid their own starter “home” on the lot next to ours. I also have 2 cats, 1 dog, 1 rabbit & 3 alpacas. We really got the cart before the horse when we got the alpacas. Only had almost an acre that had total of 3 houses on it but we went to look at the alpacas one weekend and bought them and brought them home the next. Built a fence probably in record time. I felt so lucky to finally have alpacas…but my luck even got better. An acre runs across the back side of our property & I had talked to the property owner for years trying to purchase it… I had the alpacas home for about 3 days & the property owner sent word that he was ready to sell…So of course, I know have enough room for more alpacas, some goats & chickens. I am hoping that my Dad who was raised on a farm in Roane County, WV can provide me valuable information on this adventure of mine. Well thats my life in a nutshell….oh also I only have a little more than 3 yrs to retire….

Hi there!  I'm Georgia from smack in the center of Texas.  Yes its still hot.  DH is John who at 53 going to college to be a welder when he grows up.  DS is Jonathan 22 and doesnt know what he wants to do.  I am the supervising admitting clerk at our local emergency room and love every minute of it.

I retired from owning a floral business for almost 30 years.  I am doing or have done almost every craft ever created.  Mostly enjoy quilting and oil painting.  I also love crafting large old world santas.

I love my 13 year old chi-rat Tike, my cripple pregnant cat Corine, and my 70+ chickens.  And I try really hard now not to get naked in the chicken pen!!!

I am 53, divorced with a 24 yr old son.  I live in Mesquite, Texas.  I am a twin.  My twin sister is an attorney in Houston and use to be a part time judge.  She runs Rescue Bank a nonprof organization she and John started to warehouse food, crates and other items for no kill shelters.  They send food and crates and other supplies like computers to shelters.  They sent trucks of food and crates for the victims of Katrina.  I have a rescue dog named Harry Potter who is the same dog as Suzanne's dookie.  I like antiques, crafts, reading, movies, symphony.  My job takes me to several places.  I have lived in very large cities and rurual areas too.  in the city i like to have the shopping, restaurants and to feel like I am in something larger than me.   It is hard to disclose my profession so I choose to leave that out - not that it is anything illegal or immoral - the opposite actually but it is better to leave it unsaid for now. 

in the rural area i like how we all know each other, every Tuesday night at the DQ you know who is going to be there for half price hamburger night whether they buy the hamburer that night or not.  You get closer to people there, people in the couty know you too even if you live far away.  where I am now it is a fairly large city 10 min from Dallas but i miss the folk in the country and some of that lifestyle. 

I ran across Suzanne's site while looking for a craft idea one day and have stayed since.  It starts my day.  so nice to meet you all on line.   Jeremy - we all wish you the best when you go to Iraq.  I hope and pray someday the war is over. 

Hello everyone, seems  I missed this topic but here I am. My name is Deb , I live in Iowa, in the Quad City Area, home of Boetje's Mustard, Isabel Bloom, and of course John Deere, Lagomarcino's chocolates, Whitey's ice cream and the Maid-Rite sandwich.The Mississippi River runs east to west as it passes through this area. I am 49 living with 1 sig other, a yellow Lab and 2 cats. I have 1 grown daughter(26) and 1 grandson(6) 1 granddaughter(7 mos) who live 4 hrs away from me and raises Tennesse Walking Horses .We run a lawn care business and I should have been a country girl ! I love animals,gardening,trail walking,and cooking.

Deb 

 Very small town, Savanna IL.  Do you know it? 

What I wouldn't give for a Maid Rite Sandwich!

:J

We like to go to Palisades State Park near there. We go up the Ia side to Sabula and cross on the old bridge to the Ill side and take the River Rd back.Love the scenery in the Fall.