A practical handbook for the busy mother spotlights hundreds of effective, simple, and time-saving ways to clean the house, from the best ways to store food and disinfect the kitchen, to how to kill bacteria in soiled clothes, to the best and most economical cleaning products to buy. Original.
This book was more a collection of tips categorized by topic and introduced with encouraging thoughts. The organization not only made it easy to skim through topics I didn't need or want to know more about, but it made it a quick read for those areas in which I was looking for more hints. It also includes a touch of history and fun facts as well as inserts on things to make sure you know or remember.
While the book included many things I've heard before, it was a great refresher on some ideas and listed several things I hadn't tried. It would be a great book for those just starting out or those wanting to dump some of their chemicals in in favor of more natural, non-toxic or green products.
This book was given to me by a friend and I delved right into it and ended up with pages of notes, tips and ideas that I want to use. In fact, I have already incorporated 2 or 3 ideas into our family life and I am looking forward to seeing how they work for us! It's a fun layout to read, not boring at all.
I especially love when she talked about how to clean your company for unexpected company in 8 minutes. It's something I have done before, but the get ready for company in 5 minutes, that was incredible & hilarious. You'll have to read the book to find out what it is!
I really do want to have a clean house, but I'm so busy working full time, going to school and family life. This book has great ideas on what you can get done in small amounts of time. It was perfect for me and my schedule. Parents of younger children will appreciate this book. I will not say that my house sparkles, but it is better than it use to be.
This was an excellent book but I would need to buy this book and keep it as a reference. There were tons of cool tricks that would definitely help me around the house.