Awhile ago I was watching (well trying to watch) the Today Show on NBC while trying to get my kids up and ready for their day. I was half listening to a segment about money, household tips, or something of that nature when I heard the title of this book. I shook my head, giggled, and served up breakfast.
Later that week during one of my rare down times when both kids were napping at the same time, I tried to find the segment on the Today Show's web site. I didn't have much luck, but I did find the book on Amazon.com which had their Look Inside feature to see some of the book. Even after "seeing" the book on the Web, I still wanted to hold it in my hand to look through before purchasing. After a week or so of searching I couldn't find it in any book stores, second hand book stores, or big box stores. I took a big gamble and just bought it (used) through Amazon and tried to wait patiently for it to arrive by mail.
I always get nervous when purchasing books blindly on the Internet, but I'm glad I bought this one!
The format of the book makes it very reader friend, especially for this mom who is constantly getting interrupted and can hardly ever finish reading a page in one sitting. I liken the page format to that of a newspaper or new magazine; short blurbs or articles, stand out boxes for quick information, etc.
I am only on the third chapter, but already I've jotted down page numbers for some really useful information. I'm sure that with lots of searching, filtering, and time I could have found these tips, hints, and useful information somewhere on the world wide web, but I don't have that kind of time and for the most part I never thought about most of these things.
A lot of the information that I've read so far has been somewhat new to me or a refresher course to those lessons that my Depression-era grandmother tried to teach me when I was a little girl. There's also a bit of a refresher course of things that I'm sure my Home Economics teacher taught, but this brain of mine lost a long time ago.
I just finished the page about making bread and all of it's terminology. I've always wanted to bake all of the bread that my family eats, which is at least a loaf or two a week. I don't know if I'm up to snuff, but this book makes me at least want to try my hand at it!
I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who's looking to save money and wants to stop outsourcing a lot of tasks that can be easily done yourself.
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