Rebel Housewife Rules: To Heck With Domestic Bliss
by Sherri Caldwell, Vicki Todd
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Author: Sherri Caldwell, Vicki ToddEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-09
ISBN: 1573249564
Number of pages: 192
Publisher: Conari Pr
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Book Reviews of Rebel Housewife Rules: To Heck With Domestic Bliss
Book Review: Fun, Delightful and Upbeat!
Summary: 5 Stars
I had the grand privilege to meet Sherri this summer. She was a warm delightful woman. Consequently, it came as no surprise when I read " Rebel Housewife Rules..." to find it equally delightful and upbeat. (I get the sense that the other half of the dynamic duo, Vicki Todd, also ranks high on the delight-o-meter scale.)
The book is fun, warm and very real. It deals with women's core life issues of husbands, children, family, friends, sex, house repairs, and nurturing one's self. It talks about how to have an affair...with your husband. You get helpful advice for real women in the real world, i.e., when you find yourself near the breaking point with your husband, kids and chaos, put a little Kahlua in your coffee. (Yea!)
Although the book is chock full of funny moments and clever humor, there are creative practical suggestions on how to cope with being a woman, mother, wife, daughter-in-law, and yes, an actual person. One particular suggestion I love is that we pay our children to do their chores and if they fail to complete their chores, leaving us to do them, we take money out of their account. They pay us to do their chores! Great idea. (Dr. Phil would be proud.)
Each chapter exposes a myth, for example: The Myth, "Honesty is the best policy in marriage, family and life," then offers The Reality, "We all need `little white lies' to get by...." Then we get The Rule, "Learn to keep your mouth shut so your foot can't get in," and then the Rebel RX: "If you can't say something nice... make something up." (I love that line!)
There wasn't one of the thirty-eight busted myths that I couldn't relate to in a big way. It praises the human spirit and lets us chuckle at ourselves. The book exposes our human foibles and reinforces that all important wisdom we sometimes forget: to be perfect...well, just doesn't happen.
With tasty tidbits for women in their everyday lives, "Rebel Housewife Rules..." is a fun, upbeat book for fun, upbeat women.
Carmen Richardson Rutlen - Author, Dancing Naked...in fuzzy red slippers
Summary of Rebel Housewife Rules: To Heck With Domestic Bliss
The Rebel Housewife Rules is a whole new set of rules for today?s housewives. The book contains 38 short chapters?four pages each?because that is about all that a mom can read locked in the bathroom with a three-year-old while the dog vomits outside the door.Each chapter:
? Exposes a myth about being a housewife: "Compared to an outside career, taking care of a house and family?and myself?will be a breeze."
? Reveals the reality behind the myth: "My husband comes home to a disheveled wife, a disaster of a house, and laundry all over the stairs."
? Lays down a new rule: "Your day will never go as planned."
? And offers a rule Rx, a prescription for real domestic happiness: "Be proud of your most important accomplishments every day."
Following the often hilarious adventures and advice of Rebel Housewives Sherri Caldwell and Vicki Todd, readers learn to be themselves, get what they want, and love in new and deeper ways. Sherri and Vicki share their hard-won wisdom in this "survivors? guide" to momhood, housecleaning, budgets, self-care, and love after kids and babies. Bottom line? Happiness is more important than passing the white-glove test.
In The Rebel Housewife Rules, the recently engaged, new brides, or long-married wives find the courage to live by the greatest housewife rule of all: "Live, Love, and Laugh, one day at a time, baby."
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