Review of The Lazy Woman's Guide to Just About Everything (Paperback)

I have found so many helpful tips laid out in a basic format so I don't have to spend time hunting for the tips like I have in other "helpful" books.This book gives the best suggestions on how to cut corners without cutting the quality, as well as just taking the time to relish who I am.I have purchased several copies for the women in my family as well as my closest woman friends.I urge everyone to do the same!

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JUDIE O'NEILL, M.A.Judie has an M.A. in Human Development, has been married for 36 years, is a mother (three daughters ages 31-35; one son age 12), grandmother, interior designer, teacher, gardener extraordinaire, and an advocate for public education and adoption. Judie worked as a facilitator for "The Course in Mastery" for over five years, where she honed what has evolved into a truly lazy philosophy. BRIDGET FONGERBridget has been a producer, marketing & publicity consultant, fund-raiser for the non-profit sector and party giver par excellence. She has produced off-Broadway plays, events, fund-raisers, weddings and amazing dinner parties. She has owned several businesses, including a film & television production company, theatre company and The Angel Store (as featured on HGTV and CNN). Bridget is working on adopting the lazy attitude of her co-author.

Judie and Bridget have collaborated many times before, producing fundraisers, events, and parties. They had a business called EarthAngels, where they hauled away people's junk, recycled trash and refurbished the treasures. It was in their EarthAngels workshop that they came up with the philosophy "If it isn't within reach, you don't need it!" which became part of the Lazy Woman's Way.



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Review of The Lazy Woman's Guide to Just About Everything (Paperback)

I have found so many helpful tips laid out in a basic format so I don't have to spend time hunting for the tips like I have in other "helpful" books.This book gives the best suggestions on how to cut corners without cutting the quality, as well as just taking the time to relish who I am.I have purchased several copies for the women in my family as well as my closest woman friends.I urge everyone to do the same!

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JUDIE O'NEILL, M.A.Judie has an M.A. in Human Development, has been married for 36 years, is a mother (three daughters ages 31-35; one son age 12), grandmother, interior designer, teacher, gardener extraordinaire, and an advocate for public education and adoption. Judie worked as a facilitator for "The Course in Mastery" for over five years, where she honed what has evolved into a truly lazy philosophy. BRIDGET FONGERBridget has been a producer, marketing & publicity consultant, fund-raiser for the non-profit sector and party giver par excellence. She has produced off-Broadway plays, events, fund-raisers, weddings and amazing dinner parties. She has owned several businesses, including a film & television production company, theatre company and The Angel Store (as featured on HGTV and CNN). Bridget is working on adopting the lazy attitude of her co-author.

Judie and Bridget have collaborated many times before, producing fundraisers, events, and parties. They had a business called EarthAngels, where they hauled away people's junk, recycled trash and refurbished the treasures. It was in their EarthAngels workshop that they came up with the philosophy "If it isn't within reach, you don't need it!" which became part of the Lazy Woman's Way.



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Review of Clean Your Clothes with Cheez Whiz: And Hundreds of Offbeat Uses for Dozens More Brand-Name Products (Paperback)

Joey Green details alternative uses for almost three dozen common products, available at a store near you.He also gives a brief history of each product, ingredients and their web addresses.He also has "strange facts" about the products.

Did you know that Cheez Whiz of Cool Whip are also substitute shaving creams?How about cleaning your toilet with Gatorade, Country Time Lemonade or Dr. Pepper?It's amazing how many things we eat are also effective for house cleaning.Scope and Baby Oil will keep the flies off your horses, too.M&M's are apparently great bass bait, as well as a tasty snack.Cheez Whiz can also prevent "split ends" in your hair.

Some of the uses will crack you up, other make you say "yuch!"But, this is an amusing read that you will find educational, as well.If you want a good laugh and get new insights of the items you have under the sink, in the fridge or on the can shelf, get this book.You can even play "guess what product I'm talking about" with your wife on a long car ride.

No, I don't think I'll shave with Cheez Whiz anytime soon.Cool Whip, maybe......



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Review of Deliberate Life: The Ultimate Homesteading Guide (Paperback)

I wish I had stumbled on this book prior to ordering several others. It truely is very broad based and covers quite a few of the subjects near and dear to the modern homesteader's life. I figure I could have saved $100.00 at least!Highly recommended.

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Can you make your own bread? Homeschool your kids? Grow a garden all winter? What can you use instead of toilet paper? What if the power was out for a month? What if the grocery store closed? Can you make a solar oven? A food storage? Raise a water buffalo? Make fine linen from stinging nettle? Is it possible to be totally self-sufficient?This book answers all these questions. All of the information included had to meet this criteria:It is something that ANYONE can do, without special training.It can be done with relatively few supplies, or with stuff you can make yourself.It came from a proven source of information (the military, real homesteaders, 19th c. books, doctors, etc.)This book is not a storybook or a cookbook. It is a practical guide with nitty gritty details on everything a homesteader can do, step-by-step with hundreds of illustrations. And you can do it! This book can help.

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Review of Green Your Home: The Complete Guide to Making Your New or Existing Home Environmentally Healthy (Paperback)

Jeanne Roberts does a wonderful job in this book explaining how to make your home environmentally friendly, and Roberts explains why everyone should look into doing this. The book opens by telling that our fuel supplies are diminishing, particularly the fossil fuels like coal and oil. Roberts goes on to explain that our large-scale use of these supplies has caused, according to scientists, a 1.08 degree Fahrenheit increase in the earth's temperature, and tells many scientists predict that the earth's temperature may increase by 10 degrees F. by the time we hit 2100.

Because of these frightening predictions, Roberts explains in the book what efforts we as humans can make to reverse this escalating temperature. Roberts opens by describing the important basics which can reduce your energy bill like switching from incandescent light bulbs to compact fluorescents. In another very informative section, Roberts also describes how to fill your home with green friendly appliances.

Additionally detailed are the more expensive efforts which homeowners can take such as installing a green friendly roof. Such a roof is very beneficial because it can significantly reduce your heating and cooling costs all the while it will filter out pollutants and carbon dioxide from the air that is in your house. Roberts, also, does a great job detailing which type of roof to buy and how to go about buying and installing it. Additionally, the appropriate, energy-efficient type of refrigerator is discussed as well as dishwashers, trash compactors, and clothes washers and dryers.Every part of your home which you can make green friendly is described in this book. Also, the book is written in very clean, easily understood language that is rife with cost comparisons that show just how financially beneficial of going green can be. Therefore, all who are thinking about how they can make their home more green friendly or are contemplating building a new home, certainly need to read this book.


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This book has thousands of ways to make your home environmentally healthy and will help you make ecologically aware supply choices. From recycling to alternative cleaning materials, minor changes can add up to real benefits. Greening your home means finding things you can do to reduce your impact on the planet. We dissected your house, looking for easy (but not always obvious) ways that homeowners can conserve energy and water and money at the same time.

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