Membership

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I have been absent from the blog world for a few days due to some of my online time being spent approving new members to my message board.

For those who have emailed me or asked on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Family-Homestead/115582552812 when I was going open up membership on my message board.. well the time is right now! :) I have had the board open since Thursday afternoon.

I have had to work through a few glitches.. The process for membership to the board is a 2 step process.. so I have had a lot of people doing step 1, but not step 2… OR doing step 2 but not step 1..

In the first few hours the board was open I had over 40 ladies join and lots more since that point.... so I don’t have time to chase anyone down and let them know they missed a step…

If you are interested in joining the board you can read this webpage: http://www.thefamilyhomestead.com/membershipinfo.htm for instructions. PLEASE follow them exactly.. :)

If you are not familiar with my message board you can view it here: http://www.homemakershomestead.com/smf/index.php

 

Comments

  1. MissEmySeptember 4, 2010 at 3:27 PM

    Woot Woot for new members!!! yay!! :D

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  2. Heather's Blog-o-ramaSeptember 5, 2010 at 11:57 AM

    Yeah...I'm glad you have so many ladies wanting to join. Hopefully it will be a blessing for everyone involved :) :) :) Oh, I haven't read the September newsletter yet...but I LOVe getting them in my email inbox every month!!! So fun and f ull of a variety of interesting things. Thank you!!! Have a great Labor Day weekend. Love and hugs from Oregon, Heather :)

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 9, 2010 at 12:10 PM

    Hi Cystal.
    I used to be a member of the board but when we got a new email I couldn't log in. I have sent you an email a couple times but didn't hear back. I missed the sign ups this time. Can you please help me? eaquigley@sbcglobal.net
    Thanks so much,
    Elizabeth Quigley

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