Author Archives: civilwarrose5

Dave’s Bag

Posted on February 7, 2017 by civilwarrose5

This is Dave. Dave sits behind me in choir. Dave had a hard time keeping his music organized. My gift to Dave this Christmas was to organize his music into binders and page protectors. He loved it, but now he … Continue reading →

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Book Review: A Call to Mercy; Hearts to Love, Hands to Serve

Posted on February 7, 2017 by civilwarrose5

When I was growing up the model of perfect goodness was Mother Teresa. If anybody could be classified as holy and saintly, it was her. Before reading A Call to Mercy the only thing that I knew about Mother Teresa … Continue reading →

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Autumn Cross Project – 1-17-17

Posted on January 28, 2017 by civilwarrose5

I realize that today is not January 17th, but that’s when I took my last progress picture. So, here where I was on Jan 2nd: That was all stitched while I was off of work right after Christmas. Man, those … Continue reading →

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Egads! It’s a Spad! Part 12

Posted on January 19, 2017 by civilwarrose5

I’ve had people asking me, “Where’s Chad?? We miss him! Is he going to come out of hibernation soon?” Well, Chad was involved in quite a little happening in the small village that we have in the basement. The townspeople … Continue reading →

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Still So Busy…

Posted on January 17, 2017 by civilwarrose5

I have taken some pictures and I intend on posting about Chad the Spad soon. Plus I have some other posts that I want to write. However, work has been busy and my weekends seem to be taken up with … Continue reading →

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Epiphany Concert and Exhaustion

Posted on January 10, 2017 by civilwarrose5

This past weekend we had an Epiphany concert at church. The choir sang songs of the season and we had a few solo singers who added to the festivities. The turn-out was smaller than we had hoped, but we had … Continue reading →

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Project Linus Blanket #3

Posted on January 5, 2017 by civilwarrose5

I am calling this blanket Purple Irises As I was crocheting with the variegated yarn it reminded me of the irises that I tore out of my rose garden this past spring. I really enjoyed crocheting this blanket. I used … Continue reading →

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Autumn Cross Project – 1-2-17

Posted on January 3, 2017 by civilwarrose5

Here I am, yet again, cross stitching another seasonal cross. I have two down, two more to go. First I stitched the Winter Cross. Then I stitched the Summer Cross. That leaves Spring and Autumn. I decided that I would … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year!

Posted on January 1, 2017 by civilwarrose5

I, for one, am glad to see 2016 in the rear view mirror. I know a lot of people who feel that way. It just seems like 2016 was extra hard. I sure hope that 2017 is a lot kinder … Continue reading →

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Handmade Gifts – 2016

Posted on December 29, 2016 by civilwarrose5

In a previous post I admitted that I hadn’t updated my blog because Jay and I had been working on projects that were going to be Christmas gifts. Now that they’ve been given I can show off what was given … Continue reading →

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