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Project: Organization
Marie Ricks
Shadow Mountain, 2007
The Pep-talk We All Need
+ Helpful, Concise, Motivating
+ Did your mom only make you take the trash out?
Extremely motivating, professional, and conversational, Marie's book is like going over all the things you've always wanted to do with a good friend who has suggestions for it all! Whether you feel like you've got a long way to go, or if you're already on-task with your household (and whole life!) ...
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The Complete Clutter Solution: Organize Your Home for Good (Good Housekeeping)
C. J. Petersen
Hearst, 2005
Time to Organize!
+ A fine guide to eliminating clutter through creating convenient storage alternatives
Things I like about this book:
*there's a time clock for each project
*it separates the home into sections to tackle
*it doesn't just tell you how to fix it, but how to stick with it
Drawbacks:
*I really don't like ring binders on books
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Professional Management of Housekeeping Operations
Thomas J. A. Jones
Wiley, 2007
Now in its fifth edition, Professional Management of Housekeeping Operations is the essential practical introduction to the field, a complete course ranging from key principles of management to budgeting, from staff scheduling to cleaning. With expanded attention to leadership and training, budgeting and cost control, and the increasingly vital responsibility for environmentally safe cleaning, ...
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If Mama Don't Laugh, It Ain't Funny
Lucy Adams
Palm Tree Press, 2007
Freakin hilarious!
+ If Erma Bombeck and Jeff Foxworthy came together.....
+ The most realistic book on motherhood!
+ Lewis Grizzard is Grinning
+ if mama dont laugh it aint funny
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Heloise from A to Z Updated
Heloise
Perigee Trade, 1992
Lots of helpful hints
This book is a good resource for uncommon (but viable) methods of cleaning while also focusing on ways to save the earth, such as using non-toxic cleaning elements (alcohol, vinegar, baking soda, etc.) rather than chemical products that can harm children and pets. This is a great guide book ...
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Home Comforts: The Art and Science of Keeping House
Cheryl Mendelson
Scribner, 2005
The Thinking Person's OCD Manual
+ Great Bridal Shower Gift
+ the guide you wish your mother had given
+ Highly Recommended Resource for the Harried Housekeeper!
+ Excellent Reference Manual/ Learning Material
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Good Housekeeping The Complete Household Organizer
The Editors of Good Housekeeping
Hearst, 2006
A time saver!
We moved into a new home in November 2006 and at times need to call different people or need information on put appliances. It takes time to fill out the information in the book but, it saves a lot of time and business card mess to be able to open it and find the information that you need!!! I am ...
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Cleaning up the Clutter: Easy Ways to Keep Your Family Organized
Emilie Barnes
Harvest House Publishers, 2004
Great read for home organization.
+ Great ideas
+ An Organized book
My sister gave me this book as a gift and I have really enjoyed reading it and putting into practice the clutter-cutting ideas. This has especially helped me to organize my chores into daily chunks so that the whole is not so overwhelming. Also, it has helped me create a system for mail sorting ...
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The House That Cleans Itself: Creative Solutions for a Clean and Orderly House in Less Time Than You Can ...
Mindy Starns Clark
Harvest House Publishers, 2007
Thinking Outside the Mop & Broom
+ Simple Ideas - Radical Change in my housecleaning
+ A Process That Really Works
+ The Trouble With Tulip
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Making a Home: Housekeeping For Real Life
Better Homes and Gardens Books
Better Homes and Gardens, 2001
Making a HOME that is
+ Well-Rounded Book!!
+ Paid for itself the first week!
+ Great Wedding Shower Gift!
+ Excellent!
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A Perfect Mess: The Hidden Benefits of Disorder--How Crammed Closets, Cluttered Offices, and On-the-Fly ...
Eric Abrahamson, David H. Freedman
Back Bay Books, 2008
Validation
+ my messiness is finally in style!!!!!
+ The Benefits of "some"mess
I purchased the hardcover of this book for the title alone. I live in a perfect mess. But the inside of the book was just as good as the cover, because it gave proof to my theory that I'm not messy, I'm "alternatively organized" (a term I coined here for the first time and stake full ownership ...
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Keeping House: The Litany of Everyday Life
Margaret Kim Peterson
Jossey-Bass, 2007
Refreshing
+ Asks and answers stimulating questions about why we do what we do
+ Great for a book club
+ Something for everyone
+ Divine Domesticity
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The Berenstain Bears and the Trouble with Chores (Berenstain Bears)
HarperFestival, 2005
Start a conversation with you child
+ Uses humor to help little bears learn the value of chores
+ It's a good book to teach your kid
+ I love all of these books!
+ Great Book
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One Thing At a Time: 100 Simple Ways to Live Clutter-Free Every Day
Cindy Glovinsky
St. Martin's Griffin, 2004
Practical Advice for the REAL WORLD
+ clean house helper
+ book on decluttering your home
+ One Thing at a Time - book
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The New Messies Manual: The Procrastinator's Guide to Good Housekeeping
Sandra Felton
Revell, 2000
Simple Solutions for My Chronic Disorganization
+ Just the Ticket for this lifelong Messie!
+ Living with too much clutter? Want the relief of a clutter-free life?
+ ALL MESSIES NEED TO BUY SANDRA FELTON'S BOOKS
+ If I Had Only Known
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