This past week was Break Week at the Garrett Academy. We worked hard for six weeks and were ready for something different. I kept telling my kids that Break Week does not equal vacation, and it doesn’t. Break week is still work – it’s just different work … and this week proved it. There’s a proverb…
I’ve been reading Crazy Busy by Kevin DeYoung for a year now – mostly because I have been both crazy busy and avoidant. It’s not a long book; quite short in fact, but strongly convicting. On Sunday, I decided that I needed a sabbath from the internet. The desire to be on Facebook or scrolling…
For Today… Looking out my window … the rain is falling hard. We’ve had some lightning and thunder. The neighbors have a moving truck as they pack to move to Texas. I am thinking … it would be a miserable day to move. I am thankful … that it’s break week and we have a…
The first six weeks of the 2018 Academic Year are done! It feels really good to have a solid term under our belts. Even with sickness, we’ve stayed caught up with much of our work – particularly the readings. This week we had Whatchamacallit each morning. It really does help to start our day right….
I have resources for you! A number of years ago, I wrote this post: Homeschool Conference Essentials. I find that this is how I pack and prepare. I also wrote about my Convention Binder which is my main tool. I wrote about them again for Pam and interviewed another friend as well: Don’t go to…
I’ve been trying to put the phone down more and pick up miscellaneous books more. Including the one that resides in the Master Bath. I really like Marilyn Chandler McEntyre’s writing. I loved her Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies and have been rarely reading What’s in a Phrase? Every time I pick it up,…
![[Conform] Jesus vs. The Composite Internet Woman](https://ladydusk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/20182BWord2Bfor2Bthe2BYear.png)
I wrote this post for the @CharlotteMasonIRL prompt for the week about burnout, but after I published it, I realized it really fit in this Word for the Year [conform] series on my blog. It is important to know to whom we are [conform]. The Bible makes it clear that we are no longer to…
For Today… Looking out my window I see the happy lights we’re leaving on the deck. They make me happy. I am thinking that it’s late to put this post together, but so be it. I am thankful that I got my grocery order placed. Hooray Kroger ClickList! You are my friend. One of my…
We had another really solid week of lessons to finish out our fifth week of the term. Four days of Whatchamacallit, which is my goal. They weren’t necessarily the best Morning Times ever, but they were good and we got a good deal of work. We’re almost done with our memory passage in John 14….
I’ve been reading Andrew Murray‘s The New Life as part of the Humble Habits ecourse work. It has been incredibly helpful and encouraging. I ordered it because when I googled ‘conform to Christ’ it came up as one of the top recommendations. I’ve heard of Murray before as solid and worthwhile and Mystie so enjoyed…