Books To Review

As part of the get me in shape {Mental, Physical, Emotional and Spiritual} quest I am embarking on for 2008 I ordered these wimsical yet insightful little potty chamber books. {I say potty chamber because thats where I do most of my reading ~ha ha}.
Reviews to follow...eventually


One Special Summer by Lee Bouvier and Jacqueline Bouvier


A Guide to Elegance: For Every Woman Who Wants to Be Well and Properly Dressed on All Occasions by Genevieve Antoine Dariaux


The Men in Your Life: Timeless Advice and Wisdom on Managing the Opposite Sex by Genevieve Antoine Dariaux

WWJD?

What would Jackie do?

I came across this book a last year or so at Anthropologie. And while I am a die hard for anything Jackie I put it down because it was too expensive for such a little book. "try amazon" I thought to myself, and sure enough I found it -cheaper.

Last night in my sickness panick while I lay listening for the wash to be done at 4:30 in the am, I told myself that I needed to get a grip. That not every stressor should be THE stressor that puts me over. And that is how I have been feeling lately {my whole life?} Maybe its just because I am sick, or maybe it is because I am cooped up inside with the dog, or maybe it is because it is just plain true.

Steve always tells me not to show the world my ass. He tells me that I don't need to tell everyone what I think, or what I feel or what is wrong. And thats not even the problem. Its that I can't take even the minimal stressor. I can't handle a simple problem without it becoming a mountain. And last night, I finally got what he has been saying to me for so long. And I need to get some help with it.

I am in search for the best stress help book there is. And for some reason, at the stroke of 5am I remembered this little treasure of a book sitting in my bedside table drawer. So I tried to read it in the dark, and the few words I absorbed were enough to still me for the rest of the night. This morning I opened it back up and began reading. While it is not a cure for my stress, it does cause me to think beyond the paramaters of my own brain, for now.

Any stress help books to recommend to me?

Marriage?

The December Issue of Glamour Magazine has an article about 15 Things No One Ever Tells You About Being Married. I tried to find it on their website, but its not up. Its a really funny article and I especially like these 2 things:

#6: Your husband will never take care of you like your mom and visa versa.
"No matter what the vows say about sickness and health, you husband will never dote on you during illness like your mom. That's not to say he will not bring you soup and medicine -he will. He will also most likely cloak himself in a painter's mask, bring along some antibacterial hand sanitizer and hightail it out of there the minute he feels it is reasonably acceptable to do so. But when he is sick, he will expect that you drop everything and attempt to rise to the level of care, devotion and perfection that defines his mother. You will inevitably fail at this mission, so it's bets just to let it go."

Which leads to this great wisdom about in-laws...

#10: Everything you hear about the in laws is true.
They can be meddling, rude, weird, opinionated, unwelcome, pushy, insensitive and they will mess up your kitchen.
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I'm so sick of reading blogs, and hearing people say how wonderful their husbands are. I love mine too, but some of that "love" gets pissed off when you clean the kitchen, vacuum the house, and put away all the junk on the counters -leave for an hour -and when you come home it looks like never cleaned at all. Maybe it's just my husband, but the next time he opens up his mouth and says "the house is a disaster" I'm gonna punch him. I swear it.

Do you sometimes feel it's bait and switch? Like "oh I love you and I want to spend the rest of my life with you blah blah blah" and as soon as you said I do it became, "I have no clean clothes, the house is a mess, and are we having pasta again?" As much as I have to learn, he has to learn alot about getting along with me. Up to this point we have been battling each other when we fight. His friends are assholes, they come over all the time, trash the house, break shit, eat/drink everything in the frig like teenagers and I get mad, he defends them and we argue in an unresolved circle. This last time has been different, so we'll see. I can't be married to 4 other people and him. I just can't. It's gotta be me. There is only one side to be on and that's mine. The people who have a great 1st year of marriage must not have a husband with friends or family.

But this is what I signed up for, even if the print was small.

Kennedy's In Vanity Fair Magazine

I was at the drugstore last night and saw the new Vanity Fair Magazine with Jack and Jackie on the cover. It's amazing to me after 40+ years their picture can still sell magazines.
Of course I had to buy it.On Vanity Fair's Website they have archive photos and articles of the Kennedys, which I found very interesting, of course.