Author: Rose Senese Watson
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1683483774
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
What happens when a wife and mother in 2010 turns the clock back 55 years and attempts to become the perfect housewife for 30 days? Rose Senese Watson set out in search of the answer in 30 Days of Perfection: One Woman’s Domestic Time Warp, a non-fiction first hand account of her trip back in time. Newly married, immediately pregnant and suddenly on leave from teaching, Rose had so many dreams and expectations for her new career as stay-at-home spouse. .Without the everyday grind she would become the new June Cleaver, the perfect homemaker for the 21st century. Soon after she gave birth however, reality set in. She was a failure at a job women have been doing since the beginning of time. Rose decided to conduct an action research project, a tool often used by teachers to improve their practice as educators, to improve her practice as homemaker and write herself out of the rut she was in. She used The Good Wife Guide: 19 Rules for Keeping a Happy Husband published by Cider Mill Press in 2007, a book she discovered as she searched online for a "Housekeeping for Dummies" manual. It is a compilation of rules that were originally printed in the mid 1950s in the Ladies Homemaker Monthly. Rose followed these rules for 30 days and kept a detailed journal, this is her story.
Thirty Days of Perfection
Author: Rose Senese Watson
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1683483774
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
What happens when a wife and mother in 2010 turns the clock back 55 years and attempts to become the perfect housewife for 30 days? Rose Senese Watson set out in search of the answer in 30 Days of Perfection: One Woman’s Domestic Time Warp, a non-fiction first hand account of her trip back in time. Newly married, immediately pregnant and suddenly on leave from teaching, Rose had so many dreams and expectations for her new career as stay-at-home spouse. .Without the everyday grind she would become the new June Cleaver, the perfect homemaker for the 21st century. Soon after she gave birth however, reality set in. She was a failure at a job women have been doing since the beginning of time. Rose decided to conduct an action research project, a tool often used by teachers to improve their practice as educators, to improve her practice as homemaker and write herself out of the rut she was in. She used The Good Wife Guide: 19 Rules for Keeping a Happy Husband published by Cider Mill Press in 2007, a book she discovered as she searched online for a "Housekeeping for Dummies" manual. It is a compilation of rules that were originally printed in the mid 1950s in the Ladies Homemaker Monthly. Rose followed these rules for 30 days and kept a detailed journal, this is her story.
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1683483774
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
What happens when a wife and mother in 2010 turns the clock back 55 years and attempts to become the perfect housewife for 30 days? Rose Senese Watson set out in search of the answer in 30 Days of Perfection: One Woman’s Domestic Time Warp, a non-fiction first hand account of her trip back in time. Newly married, immediately pregnant and suddenly on leave from teaching, Rose had so many dreams and expectations for her new career as stay-at-home spouse. .Without the everyday grind she would become the new June Cleaver, the perfect homemaker for the 21st century. Soon after she gave birth however, reality set in. She was a failure at a job women have been doing since the beginning of time. Rose decided to conduct an action research project, a tool often used by teachers to improve their practice as educators, to improve her practice as homemaker and write herself out of the rut she was in. She used The Good Wife Guide: 19 Rules for Keeping a Happy Husband published by Cider Mill Press in 2007, a book she discovered as she searched online for a "Housekeeping for Dummies" manual. It is a compilation of rules that were originally printed in the mid 1950s in the Ladies Homemaker Monthly. Rose followed these rules for 30 days and kept a detailed journal, this is her story.
Thirty Days Has September
Author: Christopher Stevens
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books
ISBN: 1907151060
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Packed with memory-training tips and tricks, from language to maths and history to science.
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books
ISBN: 1907151060
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Packed with memory-training tips and tricks, from language to maths and history to science.
30 Days of Creativity
Author: Johanna Basford
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0143136941
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 81
Book Description
The creator of the worldwide bestselling coloring books is back with a new book to unlock that inner creative lurking in us all, a guide that encourages comfort, pushes us to experiment, and above all, empowers us to discover joy in our own lives In 30 Days of Creativity, colorist Johanna Basford takes you on a journey of imaginative prompts and inspiring ideas that will kick-start your creativity. A mix of whimsical doodle pages, expert artistic advice, and simple step-by-step drawing guides, the book celebrates the things that bring us comfort and joy, from scrumptious ice cream cones to flourishing potted plants. And of course, there's plenty of pages to color when you find yourself in flow and want to remain in the creative bubble a little longer. For those of us who struggle to make time for self-care, the prompt to pick up your book each day will soon become a creative habit that allows a little calm into your life.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0143136941
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 81
Book Description
The creator of the worldwide bestselling coloring books is back with a new book to unlock that inner creative lurking in us all, a guide that encourages comfort, pushes us to experiment, and above all, empowers us to discover joy in our own lives In 30 Days of Creativity, colorist Johanna Basford takes you on a journey of imaginative prompts and inspiring ideas that will kick-start your creativity. A mix of whimsical doodle pages, expert artistic advice, and simple step-by-step drawing guides, the book celebrates the things that bring us comfort and joy, from scrumptious ice cream cones to flourishing potted plants. And of course, there's plenty of pages to color when you find yourself in flow and want to remain in the creative bubble a little longer. For those of us who struggle to make time for self-care, the prompt to pick up your book each day will soon become a creative habit that allows a little calm into your life.
Perfect Joy
Author: Kerry S. Walters
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781616369217
Category : Joy
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book contains thirty reflections about living joyfully, based on St. Francis' own life and writings.--Publisher's description.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781616369217
Category : Joy
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book contains thirty reflections about living joyfully, based on St. Francis' own life and writings.--Publisher's description.
30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary
Author: Wilfred John Funk
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 067174349X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
A thirty-day vocabulary building program which includes a pronunciation guide and word origins and histories.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 067174349X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
A thirty-day vocabulary building program which includes a pronunciation guide and word origins and histories.
Perfect Figures
Author: Bunny Crumpacker
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312360053
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
Since the beginning of civilization, numbers have been more than just a way to keep count. Perfect Figures tells the stories of how each number came to be and what incredible associations and superstitions have been connected to them ever since. Along the way are some of the great oddities of numbers' past as:-a time when finger-counting was a sign of intelligence (the Venerable Bede could count to a million on his hands)-the medieval Algorists, who were burnt at the stake for their use of Arabic rather than Roman numerals-the Bank of England, which stubbornly kept accounts on notched wooden sticks until 1826Filled with Crumpacker's eloquent wit and broad intelligence, Perfect Figures brings the history of numbers to life just as Bill Bryson did for the English language in The Mother Tongue.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312360053
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
Since the beginning of civilization, numbers have been more than just a way to keep count. Perfect Figures tells the stories of how each number came to be and what incredible associations and superstitions have been connected to them ever since. Along the way are some of the great oddities of numbers' past as:-a time when finger-counting was a sign of intelligence (the Venerable Bede could count to a million on his hands)-the medieval Algorists, who were burnt at the stake for their use of Arabic rather than Roman numerals-the Bank of England, which stubbornly kept accounts on notched wooden sticks until 1826Filled with Crumpacker's eloquent wit and broad intelligence, Perfect Figures brings the history of numbers to life just as Bill Bryson did for the English language in The Mother Tongue.
Law and Practice of Secured Transactions: Working With Article 9
Author: Richard F. Duncan
Publisher: Law Journal Press
ISBN: 9781588520425
Category : Security (Law)
Languages : en
Pages : 688
Book Description
Publisher: Law Journal Press
ISBN: 9781588520425
Category : Security (Law)
Languages : en
Pages : 688
Book Description
30 Days
Author: Christine d'Abo
Publisher: Aphrodisia
ISBN: 1617739545
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Some people wait their whole lives to find their soul mate, but not Alyssa Barrow. She met Rob at sixteen, and they were set to live happily ever after-until he became ill. In his final days, Rob urged his beautiful, young wife not to abandon happiness-or pleasure. He even left her a special gift, a sexy game plan to help her move on: Thirty cards with instructions for thirty days of passion.You'll know when the time is right, he'd said. Now it's two years later, and when Alyssa meets her hot new neighbor, Harrison Kemp, she begins to think the right time is right now...
Publisher: Aphrodisia
ISBN: 1617739545
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Some people wait their whole lives to find their soul mate, but not Alyssa Barrow. She met Rob at sixteen, and they were set to live happily ever after-until he became ill. In his final days, Rob urged his beautiful, young wife not to abandon happiness-or pleasure. He even left her a special gift, a sexy game plan to help her move on: Thirty cards with instructions for thirty days of passion.You'll know when the time is right, he'd said. Now it's two years later, and when Alyssa meets her hot new neighbor, Harrison Kemp, she begins to think the right time is right now...
Thirty Days
Author: Paul Mariani
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 144065106X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
From the day Paul Mariani arrives at Eastern Point Retreat House to take part in the five-hundred-year-old Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, he realizes that his expectations and assumptions about who he is, what he knows, and what he believes are about to change radically. In this profound memoir Mariani blends a brief life of St. Ignatius and meditations on the life of Jesus with the day-to-day unfolding of thirty days of silence at the retreat house. His journey of introspection, self-revelation, and spiritual renewal leads him to a new understanding of his relationship with God and of what it truly means to put others before oneself.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 144065106X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
From the day Paul Mariani arrives at Eastern Point Retreat House to take part in the five-hundred-year-old Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, he realizes that his expectations and assumptions about who he is, what he knows, and what he believes are about to change radically. In this profound memoir Mariani blends a brief life of St. Ignatius and meditations on the life of Jesus with the day-to-day unfolding of thirty days of silence at the retreat house. His journey of introspection, self-revelation, and spiritual renewal leads him to a new understanding of his relationship with God and of what it truly means to put others before oneself.
30 Guys in 30 Days
Author: Micol Ostow
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439120463
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Practice makes not-quite-perfect Claudia Clarkson just cut the cord from her high school love-you-forever boyfriend. Sure, she misses Drew. But with so many eligibles on her new college campus, why study ancient history? Problem is, Claudia's lived in la-la-loveland for so long that she's completely forgotten how to meet boys -- and how to flirt. Then her roommate proposes a solution: Meet one new guy every day for thirty days. Consider it "target practice" for when Mr. Perfect comes along. Claudia's game, but she definetely hasn't got game. In fact, Flirting 101 could be her toughest course to pass...
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439120463
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Practice makes not-quite-perfect Claudia Clarkson just cut the cord from her high school love-you-forever boyfriend. Sure, she misses Drew. But with so many eligibles on her new college campus, why study ancient history? Problem is, Claudia's lived in la-la-loveland for so long that she's completely forgotten how to meet boys -- and how to flirt. Then her roommate proposes a solution: Meet one new guy every day for thirty days. Consider it "target practice" for when Mr. Perfect comes along. Claudia's game, but she definetely hasn't got game. In fact, Flirting 101 could be her toughest course to pass...