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Weekly Review | roof, routine, religion | October 26, 2024

The Weekly Review from Mystie Winckler Hello, again! I've not sent a weekly newsletter in a few weeks, so I made it a priority to get one out today. Enjoy the new format! construction work this week: roof Matt is putting on all the layers that go underneath a roof. We ordered our roof last week and are hoping it will arrive by early November. We went with a metal roof so that Matt won't have shingles to replace after every (frequent) wind storm. New? My software-developer husband is building...

Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important. - Stephen Covey

Organize October Week 1: Kitchen THE EASIEST Kitchen Organization Hacks You Need Now Our goal in working in our kitchen needs to not be about giving it a beige-linen aesthetic, but rather about keeping it functional. View on YouTube Listen to the Podcast My goal this October is to help you get real traction with baby steps and mindset shifts that will truly make a visible difference in your home. Sign up for the Organize October Challenge! Then forward this email to a friend! We'll send you a...

Organize October Week 1: Kitchen STOP Complaining about Your Kitchen! Do THIS Instead! The key with this prompt is to not go into critical mode, but rather problem-solving mode. View on YouTube Listen to the Podcast My goal this October is to help you get real traction with baby steps and mindset shifts that will truly make a visible difference in your home. Sign up for the Organize October Challenge! Then forward this email to a friend! We'll send you a bonus for sharing about the challenge...

What is a weekly review? Click here to find out. I'm currently rereading Christian Manifesto by Francis Schaeffer: “ [In legalized abortion] it is not only the babies who are being killed; it is humanness which the humanist worldview is beating to death." — Francis Schaeffer Oblique & Elevated Roof sheathing is done - next up taping and flashing, then roofing. New Blog Article: In Defense of Baby Showers Are baby showers a lot of work and inconvenience for a mere fun time with friends? Or is...

What is a weekly review? Click here to find out. I'm currently reading Improvement of the Mind by Isaac Watts: “ No man is obliged to learn and know every thing; this can neither be sought nor required, for it is utterly impossible; yet all persons are under some obligation to improve their own understanding; otherwise it will be a barren desert, or a forest overgrown with weeds and brambles. Universal ignorance or infinite errors will overspread the mind which is utterly neglected and lies...

Mystie Winckler learn to love what must be done... Homeschooling is important work. That is precisely why it is exhausting, perplexing, and sometimes downright hard. We are both mom and teacher, comforter and instructor, cuddler and slave-driver. Ricochetting between responses and children, it’s no wonder we’re tired at the end of the day. And when it’s time for a new day to begin, sometimes we don’t even want to. Too often, we give in to a sluggish feeling and grow more and more apathetic...

New episode! How to Create Homeschool Accountability (with Dawn Garrett) Dawn and Mystie talk about how to inspect what you expect so that homeschooling actually happens. View on YouTube Listen to the Podcast When you sign up to homeschool, you are not signing up for picnics in the park. You are signing up for 24/7, whole-life discipleship and management. Yes, you can do it. Yes, it will be hard work demanding growth from you as a mother and a person. Yes, it is totally worth every bit of...

What is a weekly review? Click here to find out. This week I was skimming and taking notes from Amusing Ourselves to Death for a project, and thought this was a relevant quote: “ People were faced with the problem of information glut, which means that simultaneously they were faced with the problem of a diminished social and political potency....Voting, we might veen say, is the next to last refuge of the politically impotent...we have here a great loop of impotence: The news elicits from you...

New episode! TOP 3 Essential Tips for a Smooth Homeschool Morning Time to gear up - and the main thing we as homeschool moms need to gear up is ourselves! View on YouTube Listen to the Podcast Becky Phillips, after working through Art of Homeschooling: “Now I am not surprised when I get pushback. I lay out the daily plan for the kids so they know what to expect, and I just start each morning!“ Start Art of Homeschooling with us! I'd love to hear from you! Just hit reply anytime. Mystie LATEST...