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The Other Woman (Or: I’m no good at housework)

by Danielle | Feb 2, 2011 | Blog, Homemaking, Housework Blues (extract), Staying sane

  Inferiority is relative. It needs something or someone else to be compared to. A sense of inferiority arises from comparing ourselves to someone else, someone supposedly superior. Why do we do that? Is it helpful? Very often, it isn’t but it can be automatic and...

Shine Your Light! (Book extract from Housework Blues)

by Danielle | Oct 24, 2010 | Blog, Homemaking, Housework Blues (extract), Staying sane

  “Is this it?” “Is this what my life has come to?” “I’ve got so much more to offer.” Sound familiar? If your life is consumed by housework, no wonder you feel superior – of course you have more to offer! I don’t believe that any woman on the planet has...
The ‘joy’ of mealtimes (Book extract from Housework Blues)

The ‘joy’ of mealtimes (Book extract from Housework Blues)

by Danielle | Jul 1, 2010 | Blog, Books, Cooking, Family, Housework Blues (extract), Staying sane

  Plan, Shop, Chop I was once reading a cook-book by that original domestic goddess -Nigella Lawson. In it, she casually mentioned that planning and shopping are as much a part of cooking as the kitchen-based business. This was a eureka moment for me. Of course!...

Have a Scarlet O’Hara Moment (Book extract from Housework Blues)

by Danielle | May 20, 2010 | Blog, Cleaning, Housework Blues (extract), Staying sane

So, you’ve spent your time cooking or cleaning or washing or ironing etc, then you look around a few hours later and the fruits of your labour are gone with the wind. Take a deep breath – it’s time for a Scarlett O’Hara moment. Tomorrow is another day It’s true...

Something special… My first book!

by Danielle | Mar 5, 2010 | Blog, Books, Housework Blues (extract)

  As so many children’s stories have it:  “At last, the great day arrived.” For me, that day is today. I hold in my hands a real-life, in-the-flesh version of my own book! This is my first book and so I’m giddy with excitement. (It really is quite a thrill...

Finally! A remedy for sufferers of Housework Blues.

by Danielle | Feb 26, 2010 | Blog, Books, Housework Blues (extract)

Today, I finally published the real-life (ie paperback) edition of Housework Blues – A Survival Guide! There will be more details coming up (see below) but it should be available to buy from Amazon very soon! I’m so excited! This is the culmination of nearly 2...
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“I hate housework

but this book enabled me

to at last make some form

of peace with it.”

~ Amazon ReviewMPWHbook 

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