HOME MANAGEMENT SET AS SUBJECT OF SEMINARS

Time-management seminars aimed at "sane housekeeping" will be held here Wednesday.

A pair of two-hour seminars, featuring home management expert Deniece Schofield, will be held at the Victorian Inn. The times are 10 a.m.-noon and 7-9 p.m.

The cost of a seminar is $20, payable at the door. No reservations are required.

According to Schofield, the seminar is designed to show participants that it's possible to "manage your home, nurture your family and still have time for you."

Participants will learn:

Hundreds of no-nag ways to have a neat house, happy kids and calm parents at the same time.

How to schedule your time.

Household hints for more efficient space and time.

Schofield admits that she was once a disorganized person, suffering from "cluttered closets and negative attitudes." Through trial and error, she refined numerous strategies that allowed her to handle home management while giving her time and freedom to enjoy other activities.

The seminar leader, who lives in Iowa with her husband and five children, has written four books on home management, including "Confessions of an Organized Housewife." She frequently contributes to Woman's Day magazine.

Schofield says, "The key is to get on top, then stay on top, because that's easier than always catching up. The goal is not perfection; it is to find your own level of efficiency that works for you and let you get back in control of your life."

Publisher's Weekly put it a different way: "Deniece Schofield must be the most organized person on Earth. If participants put to use even a small fraction of her advice, their lives will be, if not happier, at least less cluttered and harried."