Beyond the Sky and Earth - Jamie Zeppa
The Hobbit/LOTR - JRR Tolkien
Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
Outlander series - Diana Gabaldon
A Man Called Ove - Fredrik Backman (honestly anything by him)
Gone with the Wind - Margaret Mitchell
A Roomba and a housekeeper once a month to do the big things (dust, bathrooms, floors). Worth every penny.
I think having an isolated area for kids toys or an easy to dump bucket to throw everything in would probably help the chaos that I see in other parents' homes but as a childfree person I'm the last who should give advice on that so feel free to laugh and ignore that idea.
https://ruralveterinaryoutreach.org/2022/02/02/pet-euthanasia-a-final-act-of-love/?fbclid=IwAR3GTVEG37B-Y_2ljTbkURd5-O0x-KTW89_yrJQd8RInh3g2tL9WXcPdMJ0