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RECOMMENDED READING:

Confessions of an Organized Homemaker by Deniece Schofield
A must-have excellent book – numerous helpful ideas on work simplification, planning, scheduling, organizing and storing everything related to your home and children. An excellent gift for someone who just had their third child.

Confessions of an Organized Family by Deniece Schofield
Also a good resource on helping your family get things done – planning, leading, delegating, motivating and surviving. Excellent for those overwhelmed by small children.

Escape from the Kitchen by Deniece Schofield
Another gem totally focussed on your kitchen – dejunking, organizing, meal prep, grocery shopping, quick recipes, cleaning, entertaining, renovating.

Stainbuster's Bible by Don Aslett
A worthwhile reference on how to remove all kinds of stains from all kinds of surfaces with effective ideas on proper laundering, carpet cleaning, and prevention. My kids love its cartoon drawings.

Is There Life After Housework? by Don Aslett
An excellent book for someone trying to get an effective approach to all aspects of housecleaning with lots of ideas on working efficiently and systematically. Easy to read, lots of good ideas from the pros.

Make Your House do the Housework by Don Aslett
Worth reading by anyone hoping to do many renovations in the home. Good practical advice on how to minimize maintenance, increase durability and maximize your bang for your buck.

Home Comforts by Cheryl Mendelson
Not as fun or easy to read as the above, but an outstanding reference on the art and science of keeping house. Topics include food, laundry, furniture, cleaning, pets, rooms, safety, and hired help. A great wedding present or housewarming gift.


Other titles that I have not read, but hear are fantastic reads:

mrscleanjean's Housekeeping with Kids by Tara Aronson
Strategies and tried and true tactics to help you get your kids to help you do the chores-- or even do them all by themselves. Easy to understand, down-to-earth, realistic for moms with kids of varying levels of co-operation.

Messies Manual by Sandra Felton
Helpful guidance and practical tips for transforming yourself from a messie into a cleanie.

Sidetracked Home Executives: From Pigpen to Paradise by P.Young, P.Jones and S. Rozen
A book that helps people get organzied and get the work done around the house by using 3x5 filing cards for tips, approaches and cues.

Sink Reflections by Maria Cilley
Written by the author who designed the website www.flylady.net to help women gain control of their house and life.

Talking Dirty Laundry with the Queen of Clean by Linda Cobb
This book deals primarily with the laundry using no-nonsense tips for fabulous results. Linda Cobb has written other books on housecleaning that are worthwhile as well.

GOOD WEBSITES TO VISIT:

We Organize U - Hellen Buttigieg is a professional organizer with a great website and a free monthly newsletter to help you organize your home, your office and your life.

Home Advantage Plus - Home Advantage offers practical support for managing your home with a positive attitude and a professional approach.Their philosophy is built on the belief that caring for a home is valuable and vital work.

Clean Report - This is Don Aslett's cleaning site on cleaning everything in your house – full of excellent articles, products, and a free newsletter. Check it out to help you work more effectively and efficiently in household cleaning.

flylady.net Great tips, articles and free newsletter on housework, homemanagement, organizing the kids, meals etc. Tons of information for working moms, homeschoolers, new moms ...

Organized Home - An array of great articles to help you along

Textile Affairs - Laundry guide to symbols found on garments – ie. dryclean only

Textile Affairs - Stains Stain removal answers to common questions