Sidetracked Home Executives(TM): From Pigpen to Paradise

Written by Pam Young and Peggy Jones

Narrated by Gabra Zackman and Anna Stone

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.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Hachette Audio
• Release date: Mar 2, 2010
• ISBN: 9781600248863

[mybookloveobsession · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Helpful and still relevant to today's timing.

This book has some out of date verbiage but in all, helpful in setting up a routine to clean and manage a home. Fast read, easy to understand and helpful for first time home managers. Not just for women.

[eowyna_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This is a book to help one get and keep organized, particularly in the home. It is based on a system with index cards and a calendar. It takes some time to set up, and I am in the midst of doing so. It is focused on keeping up with daily tasks, weekly tasks, monthly, and even semi-yearly ones, and once these become a habit, the house will stay more organized.

The text of the book is basically the story of how the book came to be, and how it changed the lives and living spaces of the inventors of this system

It has a list of suggested cards at the back of the book, which is one of the book's strengths. I'm reading it on a Kindle, and not quite all columns for these cards fit on the Kindle page, which is one of the weaknesses of its translation to the electronic format.

It is not a "decluttering book" - it is system for achieving some order and maintaining it.

I am in the process of "phasing it in" - we'll see how well it works. But the concept is simple, straightforward, and appears eminently doable.

[tomiko_yume · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I really like this book and I really like the ideas and the background on how they started, but when I put it into action is when it didn't work for me. Maybe I put way too many tiny chores that I started to feel overwhelmed. If I skipped a day, I would have way too many chores the next day and would never be able to catch up.
This also happened with me with flylady.net which was even more overwhelming because it felt like ALL you did was clean all day.
I'm pretty sure if I chunk smaller chores into one card and have less chores in general it would have worked for me. I will probably try it again.
As of nowhat though, it did not help this sidetracked home executive.

[barb_h_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Cute, and entertaining. I'm going to try using their out-dated card system with my computer. Outlook seems to have the ability to do everything the card box would do, but easier and without adding more clutter from the box and index cards.

[sjclance · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I keep going back to this and even purchased it again after thinking I didn't need it anymore. Practical, easy and organized to help establish a fun routine for house cleaning.

[pkb_5 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Excellent book...could read it more than once, twice

[abcornils · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This is another book that really helped me start off on the right foot with motherhood. My mom gave it to me, and it really helped me become the organized person I am today.