A Childs Geography Explore His Earth by Ann Voskamp My rating: 4 of 5 stars Own. We completed Ann Voskamp’s A Child’s Geography volume 1 last week. We weren’t very consistent reading it, and finished it in less than a year. There are only 11 chapters, with several divisions each, so a focused study could…
Memory Work for the week of … February 4, 2013 Bible: continuing in Philippians 2. Adding verses 12-13. Catechism/Creed: A new month and we switch to The Apostle’s Creed. M-girl continues her 4 page per day review, N-boy is working on the questions regarding Baptism, R-girl continues on the 3rd and 4th Commandments. Hymn: We’re…
FOR TODAY Outside my window… it was a dark and snowy night ….I am thinking… about seeing and perceiving.I am thankful… for my new little nephew!In the kitchen… we enjoyed pasta and eggplant for dinner. Thankful for Trader Joe’s frozen eggplant on a cold, snowy night.I am wearing… black sweatsuit and Buckeye shirt. And the…
Watches of the Night by Sally S. Wright My rating: 4 of 5 stars Own on Kindle. I started this one shortly after finishing Out of the Ruins. It took me a little longer than other reading as I got distracted by an Elisabeth Elliott book and my friend Mystie’s book at the same time….
Overall, we had a good week. We accomplished four days of Circle Time, which is my goal. We had two acceptable days, one awful day, and one great day of Circle Time. I’m trying to think through some changes we can make because I really don’t like awful days. We finished the “Motes in the…
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry My rating: 4 of 5 stars Borrowed from my mom. I think I read this 20 years ago when I was in high school. I did not understand any of it then. I borrowed it from my mom because she bought tickets for the two of us to…
Last week was both frustrating and good. Frustrating because we had some “we’re going to do this even if it takes all day” issues and good because we did get things accomplished. We did Circle Time five days. We finished Tina Packer’s The Tempest in our reading. We reviewed and sang and sat everyone on…
Memory Work for the week of … : January 28, 2013Bible: We continue to work on Philippians 2:1-18. We’re adding the verse(s?): “Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on…
FOR TODAY Outside my window… the ground is saturated with recently melted snow.I am thinking… about Quiet Time. Hoorah.I am thankful… for our change to adding evening service to our Sundays. It’s extra work, but will be, I think, worth it.In the kitchen… the dishwasher needs empty after I ran it this morning.I am wearing……
FOR TODAY Outside my window… flurries!I am thinking… about taking down the Christmas village. I forgot to take it down last year, but it’s time.I am thankful… for the work that was accomplished over the weekend. It feels good to have the loft cleaned up and useable.In the kitchen… the dishwasher is running with yesterday’s…