Category Archives: Weekly Wrap-Up

A day in our life (homeschooling a 7 1/2 & a 6 year old with a 20 month old in tow)

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Amy

In lieu of my normal weekly wrap-up this week, I’m sharing a snapshot of our life here at the House of Hope.  When I was planning my blogging at the beginning of the week, I thought a Thursday would be … Continue reading →

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This Week in Books

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Amy

I’m in the middle of Still by Lauren F. Winner and Organized Simplicity by Tsh Oxenreider (Kindle book; not pictured).  I actually finished one this week:  The Shadow of Ghadames by Joëlle Stolz (review forthcoming next week).  Lulu read Winnie-the-Pooh … Continue reading →

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Collage Friday::Trials and Thanksgiving

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Amy

I haven’t had the best week, so in an effort at being grateful, I am writing up this week’s wrap-up.  Mostly what’s been wrong this week is my bad attitude and my exhaustion, all caused by a lack of quiet … Continue reading →

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Collage Friday::the bookish, social week

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Amy

1. & 2. Steady Eddie was off work on Monday for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, so we headed north to Tennessee for a field trip/family outing.   (Isn’t it great that it can be BOTH?!?)  We went to the Frist … Continue reading →

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Collage Friday–Snow!

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Amy

  We’ve reached the end of another busy week. Here are a few of the highlights, inspired by the photo collage above: 1.  All of our out-of-the-house activities have resumed, with dance and Louise’s music class re-starting this week.  Ah, … Continue reading →

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Collage Friday::First week back after Christmas break

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Amy

We started back on our normal-ish routine on Tuesday.  I planned to start back on Monday, but Steady Eddie was extremely sick over the weekend and had Monday off anyway, so we just plain old weren’t ready to start back … Continue reading →

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Collage Friday (on a Sunday)::December 12-18, 2011

Posted on December 18, 2011 by Amy

Instead of doing my usual, wordy Weekly Wrap-Up, I’m trying something different this week:  a visual representation of the week.  Although I really enjoy participating in the week-in-review memes, one write-up takes me an inordinate amount of time to do.  … Continue reading →

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Weekly Wrap-Up::December 5-9, 2011

Posted on December 10, 2011 by Amy

Circle Time: It ain’t happening.  Sigh.  This week we’ve ended up doing our Jesse Tree stuff mostly at night, and often we’ll have to do two nights in one because even our night times aren’t conducive to fitting it all … Continue reading →

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Weekly Wrap-Up, sort of

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Amy

Well, we survived the Week of Plague that descended upon our house early Monday morning with a single episode of sickness that caused Steady Eddie and me to both get out of bed, wash sheets, and run bath water, depositing … Continue reading →

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Weekly Wrap-Up::November 14-18, 2011

Posted on November 19, 2011 by Amy

 We had a great week in our homeschool, and for that I thank God.  I hope I never give the impression in my wrap-ups that things are perfect here, because they aren’t.  What is perfect, anyway?  Our days do not … Continue reading →

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