When Deniece Schofield first confessed to being organized, thousands wanted to hear the juicy details. Now Schofield's back, with a 90's version of her tell-all tale--hundreds of ideas and techniques for organizing a household. 120,000 copies of the first edition sold.
A comprehensive, week-by-week bible to completely streamline all aspects of your life—now revised & updated for a global pandemic world of working from home and learning to de-stress while you de-clutter. Who would you be if you felt at peace and had more time and money? An organized life enables you to have more freedom, less aggravation, better health, and to get more done. Regina Leeds has helped even the messiest turn their lives around. One Year to an Organized Life is a unique week-by-week approach that you can begin at any time of year. Regina helps you break down tasks and build routines over time so that life becomes simple, not overwhelming. Whether you're living in chaos or just looking for new ways to simplify, this essential book will help you get the whole household organized-and stay that way. Covid has shaken humanity to the core and forced us to slow down and reimagine the way we use our living spaces. In a flash, the space we knew simply as home was suddenly a classroom, our office and the gym. And, at a time when stress and anxiety is at an all-time high, it no longer seems odd to meditate. It feels life-saving. If life is to be re-imagined, shouldn’t we also do that with our living spaces? In this revised and updated edition of One Year to an Organized Life, Regina Leeds reveals how to optimize your space—for work, family and daily calmness (with plenty of new affirmations and reward systems built into her organizing tips).
A classic bestselling resource for every household, Home Comforts helps you manage everyday chores, find creative solutions to domestic dilemmas, and enhance the experience of life at home. “Home Comforts is to the house what Joy of Cooking is to food.” —USA TODAY Home Comforts is an engaging and comprehensive book about housekeeping. It is a lively and readable guide for both beginners and experts in all the domestic arts. From keeping surfaces free of germs, watering plants, removing stains, folding a fitted sheet, cleaning china, tuning a piano, lighting a fire, setting the dining room table—this guide covers everything that people might want to do for themselves in their homes. Further topics include: making up a bed with hospital corners, expert recommendations for safe food storage, reading care labels (and sometimes carefully disregarding them), keeping your home free of dust mites and other allergens, this is a practical, good-humored, philosophical guidebook to the art and science of household management.
With gas and food prices soaring, there's more need than ever before for Jonni McCoy's Miserly Moms. Jonni shares the money-saving strategies that allowed her family to transition from two incomes to one. These practical, proven strategies, tips, and recipes will help anyone live frugally without feeling deprived. Real-life examples show how anyone can learn to live more carefully and reach their financial goals. Now in its fourth edition, Miserly Moms is packed with even more ways to reduce a family's expenses and expose hidden living costs.
“This little gem is a must-have for anyone looking for creative ideas to make their life a little more sane . . . and a little more beautiful.” —Home Sanctuary Cut the clutter and take control of your home! With 101 quick-and-easy projects for organizing your bathroom, kitchen, closet and more, Clutter Rehab takes the stress out of home organizing. As you painlessly tackle piles of toys, stacks of paper and over-spilling drawers, you’ll discover how to make de-cluttering your home an addictive pleasure. #10—Remember in Pictures Take a snapshot of sentimental keepsakes you don’t use, then donate or even sell them for cash. #26—Be Grocery Smart Save fridge and pantry space—and money!—by buying only those items on your weekly meal planner. #32—Go Green Repurpose empty cardboard, plastic and glass containers into free organizers for all your stuff. #56—Childhood Archives Sort homework, artwork and other kid creations into easy-to-shelve, keep-forever binders. “Laura does a great job of sprinkling in encouragement and tips for breaking big organizational jobs into manageable tasks. I would recommend this book for those readers needing inspiration to dig out from under a pile of clutter.” —Home-Ec101 “This little (in size and length) book is just perfect! It is a very easy read. It can be picked up and put down easily. You can read just a few pages, be inspired, do a project and then come back to read some more.” —Multi-Testing Mommy
Professionalizing Motherhood is a call to consider that working at motherhood full-time is a valid, worthwhile career choice and provides a resource to equip the professional mother to successfully develop and sharpen each skill she needs to excel and grow in her field. This expanded edition comes with a leader's guide and personal reflections.
Toddler a**holery is a normal part of human development—not unlike puberty, except this stage involves throwing food on the floor and taking swings at people who pay your way in life. For parents of toddlers, it's a "you better laugh so you don't cry" period. Bunmi Laditan's hilarious, satirical guide to toddlerhood offers parents instant (and very welcome) comic relief—along with the very good news that "It's Not Your Fault." Chapters cover the cost of raising a toddler, feeding your toddler, potty-training, tantrums, how to manage the holidays, and "how not to die inside." Parents will see themselves in the very funny sections on taking your toddler to restaurants ("One parent will spend their time walking your toddler around the restaurant and outside like a cocker spaniel, while the other, luckier parent will eat alone."), Things You Thought You'd Never Say That You Now Say As a Parent of a Toddler ("I can tell you're pooping because your eyes are watering."), and how to order pizza ("Spend $40 on pizza delivery. Listen to your toddler cry for 30 minutes about how the pizza is all wrong. Watch your toddler take a small bite of crust. Google 'can anger give you a heart attack?' Start the bedtime routine."). Laditan's wildly funny voice has attracted hundreds of thousands of fans of Honest Toddler on social media; here she speaks parent-to-tired-parent, easing the pains and challenges of raising toddlers with a hefty dose of adult humor and wit.