Chapter 1 Improving Your Quality of Life
1. Miriam Lukken, Mrs. Dunwoody’s Excellent Instructions for Homekeeping (New York: Warner, 2003), xii.
2. Ibid.
3. Ibid., xiii.
Chapter 2 Get a Simple Plan and Simply Work the Plan
1. Miami Herald, Feb. 23, 2003.
Chapter 3 Organizing the House the Bare Bones Way
1. Mel Levine, The Myth of Laziness (New York: Simon and Schuster, 2003), 138.
Chapter 4 Managing Your Time and Life
1. Alan Lakein, How to Get Control of Your Time and Your Life (New York: New American Library, 1973).
Chapter 7 Living Rooms, Bathrooms, and Beyond
1. Parade (Sept. 21, 2003).
2. Tween Ages magazine, published by Focus on the Family (Sept. 2003), quoting statistics first appearing in the Washington Post.
Chapter 8 You Can Clean Your House in Fifteen Minutes a Day—or Maybe Thirty on a Bad Day
1. Don Aslett, Do I Dust or Vacuum First? (Cincinnati: Writer’s Digest Books, 1982).
2. Cheryl Mendelson, Home Comforts: The Art and Science of Keeping House (New York: Scribner, 1999).
3. Don Aslett, Is There Life after Housework? (Cincinnati: Writer’s Digest Books, 1992).
Chapter 9 The Fam—Friend or Foe
1. James Dobson, Focus on the Family radio program, May 2, 2003.
2. Sandra Felton, Neat Moms, Messie Kids (Grand Rapids: Revell, 2002).
Chapter 14 Food Isn’t Just What We Eat
1. Carla Williams, “Home for Dinner,” Focus on Your Child (July/August 2003): 1.
2. Parade (Sept. 21, 2003).
3. This is adapted from the ideas found on www.7daymenuplanner.com.
Chapter 15 You and Your Car Take Care of Each Other
1. Tony Hillerman, The Wailing Wind (New York: Harper, 2002), 276.
Chapter 16 Live Your Best Life
1. Anna Quindlen, A Short Guide to a Happy Life (New York: Random House, 2000).