You're a Bad Wife Because You Can't Clean the House: A Step-by-Step Guide to Making Your Home Mother-in-Law Approved

By Pharice M. Brown

Why I Wrote This Book and The Painful Truth That Comes with It
It's all about new techniques -- simplifying old techniques, and consolidating steps. Making things go faster, but not worse.
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-Martha Stewart
There are many women in the world that believe it is unprogressive, some going as far to say that it’s downright insensitive to say that women belong in the home, but that isn’t what I’m saying at all. I’m simply saying that in most cases for women, there is a desire to not just maintain the home, but watch after the children. Whether it be maternal instinct or social conditioning is a debate for another day, but it’s something that is definitely ingrained in the hearts and minds of women everywhere. The painful truth of feminism is that women in most cases at least have the ambition toward being a mother and an astute wife.
With that said, there are a variety of reasons why a woman may want to be a good homemaker. A present wife and/or mother is something that is not only important to have as a component to a family, but is essentially the heart of the family, or metaphorical glue. It holds the family together and brings in the nurturing love that men seem to lack, and as a consequence, need so much. Men are a lot like babies for their entire lives really, constantly in need of nurturing and attention, and the duty of the woman throughout most societies is to be the source of this nurturing, the beacon of light that instills love wherever it goes. If viewed as a duty, it is possible to be a bad wife, especially if you have the desire to be a good wife. If you don’t have the desire to be a good wife then this book probably isn’t for you – you’d be more interested in some sort of specific topic or some other purpose you’ve invented for yourself, but for the rest of womankind, I welcome you.
This book is broken up in sections of the house. For example, chapter 3 talks about how to maintain the kitchen while chapter 4 explores the fascinating intricacies of keeping a bathroom sparkling, and so on and so forth. Life is a lot like a house, with various rooms and various problems. As a wife, you will run into more problems than keeping the house clean, but it’s important to get the basics down so that you can give your full attention to the real problems at hand. Housekeeping, after all, is just one of the many rooms in a wife’s life, but that’s exactly why I wrote this book – to substantiate the importance of keeping the home clean and how it serves as a foundation for the rest of a wife’s work. Love cannot spread if it isn’t in the atmosphere and the best and clearest way to show that you love your husband as well as your family and his family is to keep your house looking clean. I’m not talking, pick-up-the-socks clean. I mean the glossy magazine cover of Good Housekeeping clean.
This book will focus on maintaining each room of the house and as a consequence, how to maintain one’s marriage. When I say maintain each room, I essentially mean that this book will explore how to keep tricky sections of the house clean as well as how to make it presentable. Appearance after all are for the sake of, well, appearances. It’s always important to gauge the situation before you get started – what rooms need cleaning first? What is this person likely to scrutinize over? It’s also important to have emergency plans for whenever someone really important comes over. For example, part of being married is that you should expect surprise drop-ins not only from your own family but your in-laws as well. This means that you should always keep certain places clean, and the best way to do this is to have a day-to-day routine. With the help of this book, you can get yourself on the track to being a better wife and making cleaning as easy as breathing.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Pharice M. Brown
• Release date: Nov 29, 2014
• ISBN: 9781310150333

Pharice M. Brown

A native of Northwest Washington, D.C., author and entrepreneur Pharice M. Brown presents her first eBook, You're a Bad Wife Because You Can't Clean the House? A Step-by-Step Guide to Making Your Home Mother-in-Law Approved. Brown is President of her multi-industry firm, Pharice Brown & Associates, LLC, which offers a wealth of professional services such as environmentally safe cleaning and space management and event/meeting planning and management. In addition to penning You're a Bad Wife, Brown holds a plethora of top level positions, from current Public Relations Director for the JD Donaghe 2016 Presidential Campaign, to Chairperson for We Women International, a 501( c ) 3 nonprofit which supports, empowers and encourages women to reach their utmost potential. Brown has also served as an A&R Director and Manager for Roc City Records in North Carolina, as well as a television consultant for the award winning short film An Empire Divided and variety show Somebody's Shorts for DCTV. Numerous other honors, accomplishments and featured appearances grace Ms. Brown's career. She currently resides in the D.C. area. Pharice Brown & Associates, LLC: http://pharicebrown.weebly.com.

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You’re a Bad Wife

Because You Can’t Clean the House

A Step-by-Step Guide to Making Your Home Mother-in-Law Approved

Copyright

Copyright © 2014 Pharice M. Brown.

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Acknowledgments

I am so blessed and so grateful to do the work I do and to have met the wonderful families over the years that have inspired me to create this how-to guide.

To God, for his divine inspiration and my passion for helping others to live a healthier lifestyle.

To my clients, thank you for allowing 1st Green Clean into your home to manage the personalized needs of your family and referring us to your friends and family.

To my family, especially Elizabeth Brown, Kelle Brown, Elliott-Robert Brown, and Donovan Brown; I am so blessed to have your love and never-ending support. I love you with all my heart.

To my friends, Alvenia McQueen, Erin Gary, Fatima Bah, Toni Monteiro, Talisha Saddler, and Cha Ross-Estes, you ladies have been a source of encouragement, inspiration and support for me through this process I couldn’t have done it without you. Thank you, thank you, and thank you.

Table of Contents

Copyright

Acknowledgments

Table of Contents

I Understand

Why I Wrote This Book

CHAPTER 1

What is ‘Keeping’ a House?

CHAPTER 2

Back to Basics

CHAPTER 3

Off We Go

The Kitchen

Hand-washing Dishes

Refrigerator

Countertops

Stovetop and Interior

Kitchen Floor

CHAPTER 4

Detail Is Key

The Bathroom

CHAPTER 5

Showroom Shine

The Dining Room

CHAPTER 6

Your Personal Haven

The Bedroom

RESOURCES

Definition of Terms

Natural

Eco-friendly

Green Seal Certified

Green

Environmentally Safe

Organic

Chore Chart