Sidetracked Home Executives(TM)

From Pigpen to Paradise

Get on top of your chores and keep your home looking sparkling clean with the help of this valuable handbook.

In Sidetracked Home Executives(TM) sisters Pam and Peggy share their secrets to turning a messy house into a spic and span palace.

Using a rotating card system, Pam and Peggy will show you how you too can stay organized by:

• Taking the first step out of the Pigpen.
• Quickly conquering those kitchen and bathroom "meanies".
• Get your kids to clean their own dang rooms! (And have fun doing it)
• Preparing in advance for the holidays so that you can enjoy them.

Using hilarious anecdotes from their own life and witty cartoons, they'll have you laughing before you even notice yourself creating new, permanent habits to keep your space free of chaos and clutter.

amusing organization.

loved it. the readers did a great job, and the humor of the authors is honest.

Helpful cleaning routine

The book had a lot of great advice and was funny also add an extras like menu planning gardening compliments. It was pretty good.

super inspirering!

super inspirering! with all details required to become a home fairy;-) tomorow my new life starts....

Still so helpful and relevant!

Needing only a few gender-role updates (not bad after 40 years!) this book is still so highly relevant and it is perfect for people who get sidetracked while managing their home. Any new vulnerable-to-distraction homemaker or hearth master could benefit from this fun approach. And I've worked with cards this way for just a few weeks: My house looks great and I can breathe.

Yjis book saved my life

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As my life filled with a Bipolar 1 Disorder that makes me irresponsible, no impulse control, frustrated, minus patience and I am a perfectionist, plus I was created by God without that organize it gene, my home caused more dissension and chaos, that no one wanted to be around.

This book is what God used for a miracle to change my entire life, my thinking, my attitude, my willingness to change and to stop the chaos of my life. All that has been replaced with an immaculate home like my mom and sister accomplished naturally. I became organized inside and out. I lost 251 pounds from February 2013 until September 2017.

I was able to start a process to control my impulsive behavior with a 3 x 5 card mentality. I no longer. I stopped over spending because up until then, my credit score was below a 4.0 and I needed to put in restraint my overspending. I stopped purchasing things I did not need because impulse control is held inside a responsible, organized and structured way of handling life.

I how could have an immaculate home with time to write, oil paint masterpieces, bake delectable delights, cook dinners that pleased everyone, and my hime was not embarrassing if someone unexpected stopped by. My daddy came over to see me one day, he walked in my home and he said, "I do jot know what you are doing, but you got it right. Your yr home is as immaculate as your mana and sister had theirs."

This book also helped me organize my college study. As I was at the beginning stages of creating a nonprofit to help abused children, I could and did use this system to help me. I planned a menu fir each month so that I had the food I needed then I used a notebook to create a cookbook to organize my eating. and it contained a monthly calendar with the categories from the hook. I also made a grocery list from this because I had the meal, its recipes, and a grocery list of what to purchase. Anyway, this hook helped God help me to change me, how I perceive life, attitude changes and a better perspective.