We have had a very productive week in school so far and we have one more day to go until our Friday run around and do everything day. We began a new book by Francine Rivers. I love to read the books by her. My favorite book of all time is her book called Redeeming Love. I read it when Brittany was quite young. I remember sitting in front of my furnace register covered up in the early morning hours with that book in my hands. Such an amazing love story. She has written another series of books that I have added to our Bible reading...A Lineage of Grace. She took woman of the Bible and wrote a novelette about them...in this book I have the whole collection. We began the story of Tamar today and as usual, I couldn't put the book down. I am using it as a read aloud.
We finished Genesis today and will begin Exodus tomorrow. We have read through Genesis, three times over the course of our schooling. I wanted to add something new to broaden our horizons so what we did throughout the entire book is map out in family tree style all the way back to Eve. It really has given us a new dimension to reading the Old Testament because we are remembering better who belongs to who. I am using my Archeological study Bible and we are digging deeper and getting some really good Ancient History out of it too. I wake up every morning as does Brittany eager to see where we will go for the day. It is the excitement that I needed this year as I struggled so much with what to teach for our senior year.
Finishing school, we got to work on our chores, Brittany cleaned the bunny cage, did the living room floor and carried down all the laundry. I made some pizza dough, set it in my warm oven to rise (because it is so cold in the house I didn't think it would rise on the counter), swept and scrubbed my kitchen floor. wiped down my cupboards and counter tops, put a load in the washer and now I am munching away on a piping hot grilled cheese lovingly made by my Brittany.
Just sharing a glimpse into what is going on in our little world today.
Blessings!
Joyce
Your day sounds like home! This was a productive day at your house. I need to post this week, but it seems like a slow time here and doesn't seem interesting. I'll do it soon!
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