Author: Cat Clark Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc. ISBN: 1643009575 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 65
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Sweeping the Porch is book 3 of the Porch Series. It contains powerful information about learning how to set boundaries on people who have a negative effect in our life. It is extremely important to establish boundaries around addicts because they can be very difficult to deal with. In order to hide and deny their addiction, they become habitual liars, manipulators, and controllers. This book also contains vital information about setting boundaries on toxic family members, in-laws, stepchildren, and friends. My research on boundaries has been a Godsend for me because I learned how to stand up for myself and stop being a victim.
Author: Barbara Colley Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp. ISBN: 0758263325 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 280
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In New Orleans' historic Garden District, life is all about attending the right parties, impressing the right people, and making the right amount of money (a lot!) It's an attitude fifty-nine-year-old Charlotte La Rue has never really understood. She leads a quiet, simple, practical life--and it suits her just fine. Business is booming at her housecleaning service, Maid-for-a-Day--and in her down time, she loves reading mystery novels and hanging out with her parakeet, Sweety Boy. Everything's perfect. Well, almost everything. . . Charlotte doesn't mind polishing silver, scrubbing toilets, or dusting bookcases--but she can't stand dealing with her rich clients' dirty laundry. And when it comes to the much-talked-about Dubuisson family, there's an awful lot of it--especially since Jackson Dubuisson was found murdered in his study. Now this exclusive enclave is abuzz with all kinds of gossip--and some very sinister speculation. A chatty socialite keeps hinting that Jackson's extra-marital affair may have been the death of him. His mother-in-law--who's quite possibly senile--has revealed more of the Dubuisson family's secrets than Charlotte ever wanted to know. And then there's his widow, Jeanne. Charlotte refuses to desert her in her time of need--but suspects she may have something to hide. One thing is certain: someone wanted Jackson dead--and that someone is not coming clean. . . Surrounded by possible suspects and hounded by a tenacious police detective, Charlotte wishes she could stick to her own policy of staying out of clients' personal business. Problem is, she's never been able to walk away from a mess. And this is the biggest one she's ever seen. . .
Author: U.S. Department of the Interior Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1510720448 Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 1834
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The National Park Service, a branch of the Department of the Interior, knows preservation. In its hundred-year existence, the service has dealt with just about every problem an old structure can have. Whether it is removing graffiti in Manhattan or rebuilding a barn in Oregon, the National Park Service knows what to do. Here are the official U.S. guidelines, a lively and instructive collection of tried and tested knowledge and reliable techniques, written by the top experts in the field. Over forty fully illustrated chapters addressing topics such as: — cleaning and waterproof coating of historic masonry — roofing for historic buildings — the preservation of historic glazed architectural terra-cotta — exterior paint problems on historic woodwork — the preservation of historic barns — heating, ventilating, and cooling historic buildings — historic signs — applied decoration for historic interiors — using substitute materials on historic building exteriors — understanding old buildings — understanding architectural cast iron Every chapter is written with the utmost detail and clarity so that any reader can perform the safest and most historically accurate repairs. The book also offers invaluable advice on what not to do that can save a homeowner thousands of dollars, hours, and perhaps a priceless piece of architecture. For the hobbyist or the professional restorer, The Preservation of Historic Architecture is the definitive government text on restoring, repairing, and preserving old buildings.
Author: Christopher Galik Publisher: Gatekeeper Press ISBN: 1662919255 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 239
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Clawing herself out of the caustic and sewage-laden river, Anna can only think of one thing—getting home. Though she lives just a few short blocks from the acrid waterway, she soon finds that the journey she’s about to take is much longer and infinitely more transformative. For Anna lives in a steel town, a modern-day American steel town where the environmental movement slipped away years ago. She’s spent her entire young existence in the shadows of the furnaces that give her town life. She has never questioned what they are or what they mean for the world around her. The Big Ol’ Man in the Sky is the story of one fateful weekend when all that begins to change. It’s a story about lives forgotten and memories rekindled. It’s a story of the unending quest for truth and purpose.
Author: Pamela Gemin Publisher: ISBN: Category : House & Home Languages : en Pages : 216
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Thankless, mundane, and “never done,” housework continues to be seen as women's work, and contemporary women poets are still writing the domestic experience sometimes resenting its futility and lack of social rewards, sometimes celebrating its sensory delights and immediate gratification, sometimes cherishing the undeniable link it provides to their mothers and grandmothers. In Sweeping Beauty, a number of these poets illustrate how housekeeping's repetitive motions can free the imagination and release the housekeeper's muse. For many, housekeeping provides the key to a state of mind approaching meditation, a state of mind also conducive to making poems. The more than eighty contributors to Sweeping Beauty embrace this state and confirm that women are pioneers and inventors as well as life-givers and nurturers. “My fingers are forks, my tongue is a rose . . . / I turn silver spoons into rabbit stew / make quinces my thorny upholstery . . . / how else could the side of beef walk / with the sea urchin roe?” sings the cook in Natasha Sajé's ode to kitchen alchemy. “I love the notion that we can take our most poisonous angers, our most despairing or humiliated or stalemated moments, and make something good of them--something tensile and enduring,” says Leslie Ullman. Whether we are fully present in our tasks or “gone in the motion” of performing them, whether our stovetops are home to “stewpots of discontent” or grandmother's favorite jam, something is always cooking.
Author: Amanda Gibby Peters Publisher: ISBN: 9781710666236 Category : Languages : en Pages : 198
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Feng Shui is a practice that prioritizes the energy of our surroundings in specific ways. Under its influence, we attract and hold onto chi that supports our happiness and well-being. Think of it as home improvement-meets-self empowerment! So, what you can expect in the pages ahead? There are 365 prompts. One for every day of the year. However, these aren't specific to the time of year or prescribed in a specific order. All the suggestions are more of a grab-and-go, so have fun! Some are straightforward Feng Shui: do this; don't do that. Some focus on chi (energy) enhancers because all of us deserve an entourage of encouragement. Some spotlight the 5 Chinese Elements - Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water - and how they influence our behavior and feelings. Some are straight up motivational. Not every day will feel like a "shui" day. These will be the connective tissue to keep you in the game while you take a break. Some talk about clutter. Clutter is resistance, which means you need to clear it for the magic of shui to have any sway! And some are dedicated to space clearing - a form of energetic cleaning. These tips are like a greatest hits' compilation, mindfully gathered from all my studies as well as the clients I've been blessed to work with along their journeys. What we experience in life is often reflected energetically in our surroundings. And when we change what's happening around us in a positive way, we reconfigure what happens in our lives as well - one day at a time!
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