One more week of school, Greek final, holding on till Christmas break

We're plowing through our Monday afternoon of school. Mondays are typically long days around what Audrey calls the Heim Homeschool Academy. Not sure why that is, but it is. Don't get me wrong: Longer Mondays (and Tuesdays and Wednesdays and Thursdays) mean we have three-day weekend every week. So it's totally worth it.

I'm glad that a number of books and unit studies are wrapping up this week, because after Thursday we are taking two weeks off for Christmas. I had thought we'd take only a one-week break, but we need more. So that's what we're doing.

Oh, and we'll be memorizing Galatians 5:22-23 this week--the fruit of the Spirit. Keeping in mind as we do that it is to the Father's glory that we bear MUCH fruit. Lord, an abundant harvest is what we're praying in our hearts and in our family.

My Greek final and last class for the semester is tomorrow night. So I'm not going anywhere without a stack of flashcards. Greek is a two-semester class, so at the end of January I'll be back to Tuesday nights at seminary. I love being in school--crazy love it--but I am ready for a break.

I'll be popping in throughout the week for a few quick updates that have been requested--haven't forgotten if you've emailed me!--but I'll mostly be focusing on finishing our week strong so we can head into Friday with a clean slate.

Hope your Monday's going well. (Or your Tuesday if this popped into your inbox on Tuesday morning.)

Joanne

P.S. It's almost 60 degrees in Denver today. Weird, weird, weird. Where's the SNOW?!

Comments

[Mary]

The snow is in Indiana. Along with the cold. When the high for the day starts with a "1", I don't consider it a high. It's a low...and tonight it will be a "lower".

My son has a 2 week break from public school starting next week. Personally, I vote that we make it a national 2 week holiday and all businesses should close. It would be much easier to be in the Chrismas spirit that way.

[Marla Taviano]

I'm with Mary. The cold's over here in Ohio. It's 12 degrees (in the negative #s with the wind chill). Snow on the ground. Brrrrr..... I'm not a winter fan.

[Jeni]

60 degrees in Denver and like 10 in Kentucky? Weird stuff. This is the most snow we have had in like 15 years!

[Donna J]

We've got your cold weather here in Miss. Its in the 20's. I loved reading that someone else did 4 days of school a week. We've done that for several years and we all look forward to our Fridays of cleaning the house (home ec) and running errands but not school books!

[Kathleen Jaeger]

And the snow is also here in Nashville with some cold temps to go with it! Our kids have been loving it.

[Kim Feth]

60 in Denver and not above freezing in NC is crazy! I hope you did well on the Greek final. We're holding on here for the end of the school semester. For the first time in my son's life he got to pick out a Christmas tree in the snow. And it makes for enjoying hot chocolate. We're memorizing Luke 2:8-14 KJV (we typically are NIV folks), but we are including the surrounding words from Linus in the Peanuts special. It's the only scripture memory that starts with, "Lights, please." and ends with, "That's what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown".
I was thinking earlier that we'll do Fruits of the Spirit in January.
Peace,
Kim Feth
Apex, NC

[Joanne Heim]

Re: [The Simple Wife] Mary submitted a comment to One more week of school, Greek final, holding on till Christmas break

Amen, Mary! Im with you!
Joanne

[Joanne Heim]

Re: [The Simple Wife] Donna J submitted a comment to One more week of school, Greek final, holding on till Christmas break

Donna:

Thats exactly what we do on Fridays. Clean house, plan menus, grocery shop. I used to do all that on Mondays, but I love going into the weekend when were all home and relaxing with everything in its place!

Merry Christmas!

Joanne

[Joanne Heim]

Re: [The Simple Wife] Kim Feth submitted a comment to One more week of school, Greek final, holding on till Christmas break

Dear Kim,

I love that youre memorizing this with the Linus beginning and end! Love it!

Joanne