The Busy Mom's Guide to Simple Living : Creative Ideas And Practical Ways for Making the Most Out of What You Have [Paperback]

Jackie Wellwood (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1997

In this sensible volume, Jackie Wellwood offers creative and practical ideas for freeing your time and resources, establishing the priorities God wants you to have, and making more room in your life for what really matters.

Product Details

• Paperback: 216 pages
• Publisher: Crossway Books (June 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0891079572
• ISBN-13: 978-0891079576
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #322,344 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Once she had children, Jackie Wellwood decided to leave the corporate world and stay home. She is now a mother of seven and has been homeschooling for more than ten years. Besides authoring several books, she teaches practical living skills, is a public speaker, and runs a business out of her home.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Very strange., January 2, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Busy Mom's Guide to Simple Living : Creative Ideas And Practical Ways for Making the Most Out of What You Have (Paperback)

This book included ideas such as everyone taking their baths in a wading pool outside to save on water and electricity! It also had many ideas on how to spend a lot of money on vitamins and bread mixers and wheat grinders. Great if you really like to do those things though not exactly some- thing that would simplify life for a busy mom!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Creative and Disciplined Living, May 17, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Busy Mom's Guide to Simple Living : Creative Ideas And Practical Ways for Making the Most Out of What You Have (Paperback)

At first I thought this would be a book on simple cost-saving approaches to living, but it soon turned complicated. From grinding your own flour for bread, to growing your own vegetables and canning. Wood-burning stove for heat and cooking only from scratch. The author does warn the reader to take it slowly and not attempt to try it all at once. I do like her ideas regarding creative gifts and organization. Very helpful. Overall, entertaining reading, though the ideals are a bit frightening for the average reader.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great source for busy moms.......who want to simplify, July 6, 2000

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Mrs. Daniel Young - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Busy Mom's Guide to Simple Living : Creative Ideas And Practical Ways for Making the Most Out of What You Have (Paperback)

Jackie's advice and ideas have been a daily dose of discipline for me as a wife and home schooling mother of three......the organizing and simplifying ideas are things that I've not found elsewhere and I feel her book was written just for me. On the days that I have felt overwhelmed it was nice to reread pages and get myself back on track.....I am of course still learning but I feel that Jackie has put me on just the right course with every chapter in this book......Well worth the cost of this book and quite frankly worth much more!