Today I read CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN. It was about a family named the Gilbreths who had 12 children. Anne,Mary,Ernestine,Martha,Frank.J.R,Will,Lillian,Fred,Dan,Jack,Bob,and Jane. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbreth were motion study specialists and were always looking for ways to shorten the time it takes to do somthing. They held a family council on sunday after dinner. they discussed family needs at the family council and jobs that needed to be done. They were paid to do them. The lowest bid got a contract. For example, one time Lillian bid 47 cents to paint the backyard fence....of corse, she got the job( she needed that much to by some roller skates she had wanted for a long long time). After 10 days....10 HORRIBLE days, she went to her father sobbing and with blisterd hands said "i'm done papa. Can I have the money now?" "of corse you can!'' Said her Dad.''Also look under your pillow, I have a surprize there.'' She looked and saw a pair of roller skates.Mr. Gilbreth (Frank jr. the author of CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN.) died in 2001(.P.S. his kids are alive and for all I know Ernestine is still alive)