Just Let Me Lie Down - Giveaway and Review

When a woman decides to start a job after becoming a mom or the other way around, there are countless statements that only women can truly relate to.

We've all heard the saying, "I can bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan..." yet so many of us find that simple statement overwhelms us to the point that sometimes that pan is too heavy for us to pick up some days or on others we'd like to wield that pan as a deadly object to answer one last request of us. Can you relate?

In the book, Just Let Me Lie Down by Kristin Van Ogtrop, she defines these "momisms" in alphabetically order of what its like in the day to day lives of working moms. Here are just a few of the classics I enjoyed:

Caller ID Malfunction: When you have dialed a number and cannot remember whom it belongs to, but the phone is ringing and it feels too late to hang up, in case someone has gotten up out of the chair on the other end to answer your call. Are you calling the pediatrician? Your boss? The plumber? It's anybody's guess.

Just A Second: That eternity between when a child says he'll do something you've asked and when he actually gets around to it.

Technological bipolarism: When you wake up on the morning and can't imagine how you would get through life without your Blackberry, but by bedtime you want to strap a bomb to it and blow it to smithereens.

Young and restless: Your children at the dinner table. Based on my experience as a mother of three boys, eating dinner as a family is so stressful (see Unhappy Hour, page 216) that it feels like it should be a part of the workday. And yet we persist.

As you can tell this book is such a welcome sigh of laughter and smiles for any mother that wonders if Calgon can truly take her away from it all. Trust me, this one is not to be missed. I received this book, compliments of Hachette Book Groups for my honest review and am so glad I read this one. It helped me realize that I am not the only one thinking these things or living them for that matter. I have an ally in Kristin and she is truly a 5 star rating. She is also the editor of Real Simple magazine, also a favorite of mine! The book is available in hardcover and eBook formats.

For more information on this book, the amazing author and where to get a copy for yourself, click on the link below:

Just Let Me Lie Down - Necessary Terms For The Half-Insane Working Mom

For 3 lucky followers of this blog, you have an opportunity to win a copy. Here are your guidelines:

1. Be a follower of my blog, Reviews From The Heart.

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4. Leave me a comment and tell me why you'd love to win a copy. The giveaway will end on January 7th. I will be contacting the winners at that time via email.