Author Archives: civilwarrose5

Book Review: The American Catholic Almanac

Posted on November 26, 2014 by civilwarrose5

As a new Catholic I look for things to read that inspire me and help me to grow in my faith. Since I didn’t grow up Catholic I had high hopes that “The American Catholic Almanac” by Brian Burch and Emily … Continue reading →

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Winter Cross Project 10-28-14

Posted on October 30, 2014 by civilwarrose5

Here we are again looking at this Winter Cross project. *sigh* This is the progress that had been made as of the end of September.       At the end of October I haven’t really made a lot of … Continue reading →

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Jay’s New Router!

Posted on October 28, 2014 by civilwarrose5

For the past several months when Jay wasn’t working he could be found in his workshop. He really didn’t do a whole lot of flying this year. Why? Well, part of it is because he is spoiled. The other part … Continue reading →

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Library – Almost Finished!

Posted on October 24, 2014 by civilwarrose5

This is my library. At least, this is how it looked shortly after we moved into the house. It had two green walls and two white walls.       We decided to redo it when we had a new … Continue reading →

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More 3D Printing

Posted on October 22, 2014 by civilwarrose5

A few months ago I introduced you to Jay’s birthday present. It really is quite a neat little machine. No matter how many times that I’ve seen it running I still manage to get ‘hypnotized’ and end up watching it … Continue reading →

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How to Survive a Sharknado!

Posted on October 19, 2014 by civilwarrose5

The world is going crazy. There are times when I don’t know if I should panic or if I should just let everything blow over and not worry. Well, I’m not good at not worrying so I decided that I … Continue reading →

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Winter Cross Update 9-26-14

Posted on October 19, 2014 by civilwarrose5

Okay, so I realize that it’s actually October and not September 26th. Since that was the day that I took a picture of my cross stitch, though, that’s the date that is being posted on here. I didn’t realize that … Continue reading →

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Library Project – Part 1

Posted on September 23, 2014 by civilwarrose5

If you read my last post about my dining room, then you will already know that we had a problem with water leaking into our library. Luckily it dripped right in front of my bookshelves, but we needed to get … Continue reading →

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Dining Room Make-Over

Posted on September 21, 2014 by civilwarrose5

It seems like Jay and I finally get around to our home improvement projects in August. Apparently we are so busy doing other things that summer starts to end and we panic about what we needed to get done. Last … Continue reading →

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The Rascal 110 Gets His Wings (Fiction)

Posted on August 23, 2014 by civilwarrose5

Once upon a time there was a Rascal 110 who had spent a large portion of his life in a box. As he sat in the box he would dream of the day when he would soar into the sky. … Continue reading →

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