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Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Wrap Up: Christmas Break

In our life these weeks… The break seems like a blur of happy times, get-togethers, gifts, good food (including chocolate), arctic weather, snow, movies, and reading—and, for my husband, lots of work. Miss 16 sewed me a beautiful apron, and Miss 11 sewed matching aprons for herself and a cousin. We had so much snow […]

Three Week Wrap Up

In our life these weeks… Oh, we were so busy!  Everything happened, from a week-long visit from Opa and Oma to another basement mini-flood.  One of the girls had a concussion, we met new people and hung out with old friends, Mr. 18 finished his first university term, we remembered the passing of a dear […]

Weekly Wrap Up: Fresh Snow, New Phone, and Catching Up

In our life this week We had a snowstorm, and now, suddenly, winter’s here, and we burn up piles of logs each day.  One morning I curled up on the couch by the fire in the sunshine to mark a French test, and out the window I saw a Christmas card landscape of snow-laden branches […]

Weekly Wrap Up: Reading Week and Augustine College

In our life this week… We read, and looked for ways to organize our 200+ library books so they’re not just piled on the coffee table and scattered all over the floor.  Now they’re in neat piles on the floor. We froze our kale crop and the sauerkraut we made, and now our four freezers […]

Weekly Wrap Up: A Mini-Flood and Fatigue

In our life this week… We struggled with a cold, some of us successfully, some of us not.  But all of us were tired.  I am so glad the girls can sleep in a bit after an unavoidable late evening and don’t have to catch a school bus! We had a small flood in our […]