The Three Martini Playdate

Author : Christie Mellor
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 1452116547
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Three-Martini Playdate written by Christie Mellor and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2012-05-11 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Lays out a plan for parents to enjoy themselves and not be slaves to their children while still offering their kids a warm, nurturing environment.” —Publishers Weekly Parents were here first! How did the kids suddenly take control? Sure the world has changed from the days when children were supposed to be seen and not heard but things have gotten a little out of hand. What about some quality time for the grownups? Author Christie Mellor’s hilarious, personal, refreshing, and actually quite useful advice delightfully rights the balance between parent and child. In dozens of short, wickedly funny chapters, she skewers today’s parental absurdities and reminds us how to make child-rearing a kick. With recipes, helpful hints, and illustrations, this high-spirited book is the only book parents will really need—and enjoy. Includes chapters on: Screaming: Is It Necessary? Bedtime: Is Five-Thirty Too Early? Child Labor: Not Just for the Third World! “Children’s Music”: Why? . . . and much, much more “Harried mothers who have given over their lives to their adorable little angels, beware: This book is the equivalent of a cocktail in the face . . . The book details the glories of saying no to your children, explains when you’ve gone too far in childproofing your home, laments our over-reliance on camcorders (‘a disease’) and suggests that the Tooth Fairy is getting robbed. Best of all, there’s a recipe for teaching your tot how to mix a simple martini just the way you like it—with lots of alcohol.” —Chicago Sun-Times

Author : Christie Mellor
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 1452116482
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Three-Martini Family Vacation written by Christie Mellor and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2012-05-11 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of The Three-Martini Playdate “delivers another clever, tongue-in-cheek self-help . . . Laughs and lessons for the beleaguered mom and dad” (Publishers Weekly). Chill the glasses! Christie Mellor is back with more irreverent and useful advice about life with children. Wickedly funny essays offer helpful advice on harnessing the energy of toddlers-gone-wild: on vacation, out to dinner, even just when grandmother stops by for a visit. Parents will relearn the art of traveling, socializing, and eating out like adults . . . sometimes with well-behaved children in tow. In dozens of short, kicky chapters like Cocktail Parties: Actually for Grown-ups! and The Theme Park Vacation: A Last Resort, Christie Mellor gently reminds parents that family vacations can truly be fun. Praise for The Three-Martini Playdate “Harried mothers who have given over their lives to their adorable little angels, beware: This book is the equivalent of a cocktail in the face . . . The book details the glories of saying no to your children, explains when you’ve gone too far in childproofing your home, laments our over-reliance on camcorders (‘a disease’) and suggests that the Tooth Fairy is getting robbed. Best of all, there’s a recipe for teaching your tot how to mix a simple martini just the way you like it—with lots of alcohol.” —Chicago Sun-Times

Author : Christie Mellor
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 1452105979
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fun Without Dick and Jane written by Christie Mellor and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2012-05-23 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christie Mellor describes the new-found freedoms to be had when your adult children move out.

Author : Christie Mellor
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061988030
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book You Look Fine, Really written by Christie Mellor and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-04-06 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christie Mellor, the bestselling author of The Three-Martini Playdate and Raised by Wolves, says You Look Fine, Really—and offers a droll, get-real guide to embracing and enjoying the adventure of mid-life. Complete with grooming shortcuts, tips on being your own personal trainer, and perfect party recipes, You Look Fine, Really provides witty and wise advice on how to add a sense of play and celebration to the everyday.

Author : Rita Arens
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
ISBN 13 : 1569764875
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sleep Is for the Weak written by Rita Arens and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each month, more than half a million readers turn to the 25 mommyblogs featured in this collection for advice and a sense of camaraderie, and this anthology brings together their best and brightest essays, ranging in style from snort-Diet-Coke-out-the-nose funny to poignant and bittersweet. Written to be read during the mind-bogglingly short breaks parents get during their busy days, these pieces will help moms find solace in a wide range of viewpoints and issues not often discussed in mainstream magazines and other parenting books. From dealing with rage to negotiating sleeping arrangements to the frustration and joy of parenting a special needs child, this is the perfect read for the hip but harried mother that says "you are still you."

Author : Amy Wilson
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061988014
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book When Did I Get Like This? written by Amy Wilson and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-03-19 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Amy Wilson’s hilarious, tender memoir…had me laughing out loud with recognition. She captures the small moments of motherhood in a way that is both funny and thought-provoking.” —Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project From the creator and star of the one-woman off-Broadway show Mother Load, comes When Did I Get Like This?, a screamingly funny take on being a modern woman, wife, and mother told with “a level of hilarity that even non-moms can appreciate” (Time Out). Amy Wilson’s poignant and provocative, utterly outrageous look at “the Screamer, the Worrier, the Dinosaur-Chicken-Nugget-Buyer, and Other Mothers I Swore I’d Never Be” has already earned an appreciative response from Three-Martini Playdate author Christie Mellor, who calls it, “As entertaining as it is reassuring.”

Author : Ross Horsley
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062065688
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book My First Dictionary written by Ross Horsley and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-02-01 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hello, boys and girls, and welcome to the wonderful world of words! You've learned the basics—from apple to zebra—but what about all those mysterious new terms you've heard the grown-ups whispering when you were supposed to be tucked up snugly in bed? What makes Mommy so bitter? Where does Daddy conceal the door to his secret S&M dungeon? And why is everyone laughing about Grandma's latest delusion? My First Dictionary answers these questions, and includes many other useful definitions, such as: A burden is a source of worry or stress. Old people are usually burdens. Father is nostalgic. He is remembering the happier times before you were born. A puppy is a young dog. Connie gets a puppy every time she agrees not to tell. Daddy calls them hush puppies. A zigzag is a jagged line. We can tell that Mother has been drinking when she drives in a zigzag pattern. Carry a copy of My First Dictionary in your schoolbag and you'll never be at a loss for words again!

Author : Carrie Friedman
Publisher : Kensington Publishing Corp.
ISBN 13 : 0806535784
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pregnant Pause: written by Carrie Friedman and published by Kensington Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pre-partum Depression Rule #1: Never Wear an Empire-Waisted Dress to a Baby Shower If you've been asked the question "When are you going to have a baby?" so many times that you feel as though your uterus is starring in a new reality TV show, this hilarious, insightful book is for you. Carrie Friedman shares her daily struggles with what she calls her "pre-partum depression"—from baby lust to panic, and everything in between. Fending off the "dreaded question" from everyone, including her yoga teacher, and navigating the minefield of toddler birthday parties, as well as creating her own faux baby registry under an assumed name, Carrie Friedman captures the process of deciding to have a baby with humor and smarts. If you're looking for refuge from prying questions, pet substitution, and the call of your biological clock, this book is a hilarious diversion." --Adrianne Frost, I Hate Other People's Kids "An absolute delight!" --Jamie Cat Callan, French Women Don't Sleep Alone

Author : Doreen Cronin
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 141696150X
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book M.O.M. (Mom Operating Manual) written by Doreen Cronin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-09-13 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Mom: An Owner's Manual, you'll find everything you ever wanted to know about how to raise a perfect Mom.

Author : Michael Lewis
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393071383
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood written by Michael Lewis and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2010-06-07 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestseller: “Hilarious. No mushy tribute to the joys of fatherhood, Lewis’ book addresses the good, the bad, and the merely baffling about having kids.”—Boston Globe When Michael Lewis became a father, he decided to keep a written record of what actually happened immediately after the birth of each of his three children. This book is that record. But it is also something else: maybe the funniest, most unsparing account of ordinary daily household life ever recorded, from the point of view of the man inside. The remarkable thing about this story isn’t that Lewis is so unusual. It’s that he is so typical. The only wonder is that his wife has allowed him to publish it.