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Negative self-image. Fantasy-induced overspending. Marital tension. A new kind of airbrushed concoction is wreaking havoc on homes and psyches, and Sarah Welch and Alicia Rockmore have a name for it: org porn. It’s in magazines, coffee table books, advertisements, and TV shows, promoting a perfect — and entirely imaginary — world in which everything is always pristine, serene, and flawlessly organized. Pretty Neat is a handbook that embraces the chaotic reality that lies beneath org porn’s glossy veneer, offering pithy anecdotes and candid advice from experts and real women alike on tackling organizational inertia. Funny, irreverent, entertaining, and helpful, the book covers all facets of clutter-control, from tried-and-true tips for conquering to-do lists and wrangling family schedules to ideas on excavating inboxes, eliminating excuses, and delegating housework. Most importantly, Pretty Neat insists that women need to stop holding themselves to impossibly high standards, and focus instead on defining their own, realistic organizational goals. Full of engaging examples from everyday women, Pretty Neat offers readers unorthodox, surprisingly simple methods to reduce their org porn–fueled stress, insisting that perfection is impossible — and unnecessary — in this messy, unpredictable world called real life.

melissa Stanton’s the Stay-at-home Survival Guide Is An All-encompassing, Truth-telling How-to Book That Addresses The Many Practical And Psychological Issues Facing Stay-at-home Moms Today.

how Do You Create Time For Yourself? Is There Really Time To Do It All (feed The Kids, Keep Them Busy, Clean The House, Balance The Checkbook, And Take A Shower)? How Do You Deal With The Absence Of The “professional You?

an Invaluable Resource For Mothers, the Stay-at-home Survival Guide Includes Interviews With Stay-at-home Moms, Discussions With Experts (family Therapists, Educators, Medical Specialists, Career Counselors), Checklists To Help You Make The Most Of Your Time And Keep You Balanced, And Melissa Stanton’s Own Experiences Leaving A Career As An Editor For People Magazine To Become A Stay-at-home Mom Herself.

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no One Ever Said That Staying Home With Kids Was Easy. But Now, Thanks To This New Book By Melissa Stanton, You'll Have Somewhere To Turn Whenever You're Feeling A Little Lonely, Under-appreciated, Or Overwhelmed. Stanton, A Magazine Editor Turned Stay-at-home Herself, Understands All Too Well Both The Joys And The Challenges That Come With Staying Home With Your Children Full Time. For This Book, She Draws Not Only On Her Own Experience, But Also On The Experiences Of Other Moms, Who She Spoke To And Surveyed At Length. With Information About Dealing With Everything From Money And Scheduling To Friendships And Marriage, Stanton Has The Advice You Need For Every Situation And The Sympathy And Understanding You've Been Hoping For. No One Understands A Stay-at-home Mom Like Another Stay-at-home Mom, Which Gives Stanton The Insights To Make This Survival Guide A Valuable Resource For Moms Everywhere.

This is a collection to which everyone can relate: a multidimensional look at the universal challenge of keeping our stuff, our dwellings, and our personal space clean and uncluttered. How we feel about keeping house speaks volumes about who we are, our roots, relationships, and our outlook on life.

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Inspired in part by the prime cleaner, her mother, essayist Lewis (Life Inside: A Memoir) brings Malveaux together with an impressive range of opinions and related issues regarding keeping house in the 21st century. In Cleaning Ambivalence, Julianne Malveaux calls keeping house a dreaded chore for some, a cheerful obsession for others, and a fact of life for most of us. Other standouts include Joyce Maynard, who traces the correlation between housekeeping arguments and the dissolution of her marriage; and Rebecca Walker, who imagines the efforts her grandparents, sharecroppers who could be evicted without as much as a week's notice, put into creating a stable environment: They must have grasped at whatever rituals they could...keeping clothes and linens sparkling clean and freshly ironed, displaying fresh fruit... to ease a pervasive feeling of powerlessness. It seems significant attention was paid to finding not just a talented collection of writers (also including Louise DeSalvo, Kyoko Morri, Richard Goodman and Louise Rafkin) but a diverse set of perspectives, keeping this collection fresh despite narrow subject matter.
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tired Of Paying The Painter To Create A Mess On Your Floors? Can’t Be Held Up Another Day Waiting For A Plumber Between 9 And 5? Feeling Threatened By The Growing Pile Of Fix-it Projects In Your Basement? marie’s Home Improvement Guide Offers All The Tips You Need To Tackle These Projects … Yourself! Marie L. Leonard, Owner Of Her Own Home Improvement Business, Has Been Teaching Home Repair To Women For Years. With The Belief That Women Shouldn’t Have To Depend On Others For Home Repair, Leonard Is Helping Thousands Of Women Save Money And Time, Conquering The Fear Of Do-it-yourself Work. marie’s Home Improvement Guide Provides Readers With The Know-how To Tackle Projects Around The House. Leonard Covers The Basics: Introduction To Tools, Safety Precautions, Necessary Prep-work, And Shopping For The Right Materials. Leonard’s Tips Are Written In An Informative And Accessible Manner, Paired With Detailed Illustrations. A Reassuring Source Of Encouragement, marie’s Home Improvement Guide Is A Must-have Book For All First-time Do-it-yourselfers.

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for The Absolute Beginner, This Is A Baseline, Complete With The Fundamentals Of Tools, Materials, And Techniques. Projects Are All About Basic Home Care, With Minimal Illustrations. The Standout Feature Is The Superb Almost Nurturing Writing. In The Vein Of Julie Sussman And Stephanie Glakas-tenet's Dare To Repair Series, This Book Is Recommended For New Tinkerers.

Today, lots of women would love to integrate their passion with their career and are seeking advice on how to do just that. Michelle Goodman, a self proclaimed, "wage-slave" has written a fun, reassuring, girlfriend-to-girlfriend guide on identifying your passion, transitioning out of that unfulfilling job, and doing it all in a smart, practical way. The Anti 9-to-5 Guide realizes that not every woman wants the corner office, in fact, some women don't want to be in an office at all. Today's women are non-traditionalists, do it yourself sort of girls who want to travel the world, take up knitting, frolic in the land of freelancing but want to do it all without going broke. The Anti 9-to-5 Guide provides readers with the resources you need to have it all and still have a place to sleep. Michelle suggests great tips for easing into the life you want. With an entire chapter devoted to pursuing your passion on the side, The Anti 9-to-5 Guide encourages us to tweak our current career path or head down a new one, and ultimately succeed. -- From publisher's description Tired of paying the painter to create a mess on your floors? Can't be held up another day waiting for a plumber between 9 and 5? Feeling threatened by the growing pile of fix-it projects in your basement? Marie's Home Improvement Guide offers all the tips you need to tackle these projects by yourself! Marie L. Leonard, owner of her own home improvement business, has been teaching home repair to women for years. With the belief that women shouldn't have to depend on others for home repair, Leonard is helping thousands of women save money and time, conquering the fear of do-it-yourself work. Marie's Home Improvement Guide provides readers with the know-how to tackle projects around the house. Leonard covers the basics: introduction to tools, safety precautions, necessary prep-work, and shopping for the right materials. Leonard's tips are written in an informative and accessible manner, paired with detailed illustrations. A reassuring source of encouragement, Marie's Home Improvement Guide is a must-have book for all first-time do-it-yourselfers. Can't be held up another day waiting for a plumber between 9 and 5? Feeling threatened by the growing pile of fix-it projects in your basement? Marie's Home Improvement Guide offers all of the tips you need to tackle these projects ... yourself! Marie L. Leonard, owner of her own home improvement business, has been teaching home repair to women for years. With the belief that no one should have to depend on others for home repair, Leonard helps thousands of women save money and time, conquering the fear of do-it-yourself work. Marie's Home Improvement Guide provides the know-how so you can tackle that list of projects you have stacking up around the house. Learn the basics: introduction to tools, safety precautions, necessary prep-work, and shopping for the right materials. Hang a picture, install a door, fix a leaky faucet, and even replace an old electrical outlet. Leonard covers a wide range of projects from easy (one saw) to more advanced (four saws)

How does feminism relate to motherhood, how has it changed over time, and what does the future of motherhood and feminism look like? These are just some of the questions Amber E. Kinser, PhD, tackles in this latest addition to the Seal Studies Series. Motherhood and Feminism examines the role of feminism within motherhood—a topic that has garnered a lot of attention lately as society shifts to adapt to new definitions of these roles—and offers insight into the core questions of motherhood: what it means to be a good mother, what role mothers play in the family and in society, and how motherhood has been redefined throughout time. Kinser also speculates on the future directions of feminism—focusing on the expansion of contemporary mother activism that has occurred in the last 15 years, and emphasizing the need for that expansion to continue—and examines how the changing world of motherhood fits into feminist activism.

Do you dream of owning a home but don’t think you can buy one alone?

These days more and more single women are buying homes on their own, whether they’re are purchasing a home because it’s a good investment, buying a condo on the beach for the view (and the tax write-off), or finally realizing their dream as a DIY remodeler, they’re making it happen.

Now with Own It!, you can too.

In Own It!, homeowner and author Jennifer Musselman covers the how-to’s and hiccups of home buying for women braving the process alone. From figuring out your financials to deciding whether or not to buy and making the offer, from the inevitability of buyer’s remorse to refinancing, this book provides guidance, a friendly voice of reason, and trustworthy advice.

Make Your Move -- I Want To Pursue A Career I'm Passionate About -- I Want To Break Into My Dream Industry, But I'm Not Sure How -- I Want More Time To Do My Pet Project On The Side -- Flee The Cube -- I Want A More Flexible Work Schedule -- I Want To Work From Home -- I Want To Be My Own Boss -- I Want To Do Work That Helps Others -- I Want To Do Work That Feeds My Wanderlust -- I Want To Fly A Plane, Build A House, Or Fight Wildfires -- Epilogue: Go Forth And Conquer -- Appendices: No-fear Negotiation -- A Temp's Survival Guide -- Boss In A Box -- Must-see Resources. Michelle Goodman. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 214-221). The best of times, the worst of times A day in the life Several kids, special needs, but still just one you A Jack(ie) of all trades Money matters Ms. or Mrs. Smith? True love + kids= real life Sex and the stressed-out mom Motherhood : who's the expert? The mommy brain-or why we often can't think straight Get me out of here! You gotta have friends! Surviving (and seeking) solitary confinement, and other strategies for staying sane Where's my stand-in? Making your comeback (or not) Proud mamas : taking pride in what we do Afterword: Final words of wisdom. This volume examines the role of feminism within motherhood and offers insight into the core questions of motherhood: what it means to be a good mother, what role mothers play in the family and in society, and how motherhood has been redefined throughout time. The author speculates on the future directions of feminism -- focusing on the expansion of contemporary mother activism that has occurred in the last 15 years, and emphasizing the need for that expansion to continue -- and examines how the changing world of motherhood fits into feminist activism Hip, whip-smart, and laugh-out-loud funny, The Anti 9-to-5 Guide offers women career advice on navigating the world of work without selling their aspirations down the river, all while providing countless tips on custom-designing a career that suits their own unique lifestyle and interests "We all have an amusing relationship with dirt. Some of us have just thought about it more than others. How we feel about keeping house speaks volumes about who we are, our roots, relationships, and even our outlook on life. Everyone can relate to DIRT"--Page 4 of cover Contains practical advice for stay-at-home moms on a variety of issues including housework, creating personal time, finances, marriage, and making the transition from the workplace to home. In a practical guide for young women who are ready to abandon their cubicles and carve out their own dreams, Goodman offers tools and tips for joining the DIY career club The Stay-at-Home Survival Guide is the must-have how-to book for stay-at-home mothers, written by a media-savvy former "working mom" Family dirt Dust of generations Down & dirty Into/out of the closet Other people's dirt A clean new world.