Review: Good Tips
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 2, 2014
I got some great ideas from this book. I used to know what organized was, long ago, before I had work and kids. I used to work till 8pm, food shopping on the weekends, not much time for cleaning other than the basics. On top of that, we moved regularly, trying to get a cheaper or better place (we rented in the expensive DC-metro area). Years of this took its toll, and we had our last move to a house (finally, but in a cheaper city). When we got here, we were so tired of moving over the years, and moving out of state. It was just stressful, and we put all our stuff into the garage, only have pulled out what we needed, and was done with it. I still was into the habit of rarely cleaning, but now that I own a home, it's awful walking around seeing dust buildup on your baseboards, and dirty areas of the house.5 years after getting into this house, I'm just getting around to waking up to some of these ways my parents and our grandparents did things. My mom has a scheduled routine as well - she was really supermom at keeping the house clean and I have no idea how. These tips give you an idea to the how - how these women cleaned, how they cooked, and how you can too. I knew some of these tips but this book really shaped the ideas in my head. I also learned some new ideas that I will be implementing.This book is a short read and it could be potentially habit changing!Edit: I came back and changed my rating from 3 to 5 stars because the book really does have great tips and was written and thought out well. Unfortunately, there were so many typos. One typo is overlooked as a missed typo, but the second one is the alarm that there will be more, and then all the others are extremely annoying after that. There were also a few huge glaring grammatical errors (the very last sentence in the book, for example!), which resulted in my original 3 star rating. I do think if one wants to publish a book, be it short or long, it must be proof-read for errors.