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7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess, Ch 4 – Media

Posted on September 13, 2012 by civilwarrose5

Surprisingly, I was neither upset or impressed with this chapter. That might make this blog post fairly boring. Just thought that I would give you a heads up. This isn’t about giving up anything coming from Mainstream Media (though I … Continue reading →

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7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess – Ch 3 Possessions

Posted on September 7, 2012 by civilwarrose5

Chapter 3 was about possessions and just when do you have enough? After the first two chapters I didn’t have any high expectations for lessons being learned in this section. Apparently Ms. Hatmaker is quite the shopaholic. Her goal was … Continue reading →

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7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess – Ch 2 Clothes

Posted on August 31, 2012 by civilwarrose5

Last week I posted about the first chapter in this book where Ms. Hatmaker limited herself to seven foods for an entire month. This week the second chapter was about clothes. She decided that she was only going to wear … Continue reading →

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Book Study – 7: Chapter 1… Food

Posted on August 24, 2012 by civilwarrose5

I originally purchased this book because I was interested in reading Ms. Hatmaker’s lessons she had learned about eliminating waste from her life. She wanted to clean out the extra, unneeded clutter in order to make more room for God. … Continue reading →

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Book Study – 7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess

Posted on August 19, 2012 by civilwarrose5

The other night while perusing my usual blogs online I discovered that a book had been chosen for the book club on the (in)courage website. The book is “7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess” by Jen Hatmaker. The ladies who … Continue reading →

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Entertaining eBook Titles

Posted on August 14, 2012 by civilwarrose5

I received a Kindle Fire for Christmas. I absolutely LOVE this little device. It goes with me to Jay’s house and resides on my headboard at my house. With my Kindle Fire I can read an eBook, listen to my … Continue reading →

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My Problem With Some Books

Posted on June 29, 2012 by civilwarrose5

I have a problem when I read books. I get involved in the story and if I don’t like where it’s going… I stop reading. It’s rare that I actually refuse to finish reading a book, but it has happened. … Continue reading →

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My Favorite CW Books

Posted on June 27, 2012 by civilwarrose5

It’s Civil War Wednesday again!! Woo-hoo! I know that this upcoming weekend is the 149th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, but I know that everybody else will be talking about it so I don’t want to irritate you guys … Continue reading →

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Book Review – The Johnstown Flood

Posted on June 23, 2012 by civilwarrose5

I received the Kindle version of David McCullough’s book “The Johnstown Flood” for my birthday. It was on my Amazon wish list and my sister was nice enough to purchase it for me. I had seen this somewhere and thought … Continue reading →

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Beginning of a Library

Posted on March 21, 2012 by civilwarrose5

Last week I put the paint on the walls of the front bedroom, which will hopefully be transformed into my library. Monday night I painted the trim. Tonight my parents brought over my one book shelf and more boxes of … Continue reading →

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