You Can Be A White Trash Mom, Too!
Thanks to the White Trash Mom Handbook, that is. Now, we're not talking Grandma standing in front of the trailer, a Natural Light in one hand and a Marlboro Red in the other hand, shrieking at her son for going to jail for the 438th time. That's a whole 'nother white trash, which you can read about in The Life And Times of BadBadIvy, coming out in March 2038*. No, as author Michelle Lamar says, "My definition of “white trash” is just my own personal shorthand for “imperfect”. And imperfect covers most of us.
Somewhere there's been a disconnect, where moms think they have to not just have it all, but do it all. You're supposed to work an 8 hour day, keep a spotless house, bake cookies for the school bake sale, and hand make invitations for your child's 3rd birthday bash, inviting 700 of your kid's closest friends, dontcha know? The White Trash Mom Handbook teaches you not just how to fake it, but how to keep from losing your mind while doing so.
For example, the bake sale issue:
“Faking It for the Bake Sale”
As unfair as it may seem, the treats you bring to the school bake sale reflect on your child, not you. Home-baked goodies reign supreme, so the book gives tips for how to make store-bought treats look homemade, if you can’t do the real thing or you are a terrible cook (like me).
The book handles these sorts of issues with style and humor- just what is needed in these overscheduled times. We often lament that life with children doesn't come with a handbook. Sure, there are plenty of parenting guides out there, but they often serve to make you feel guilty for not having the spotless house while doing the most creative art projects EVER with your kids. The White Trash Mom Handbook is not one of those books. This is solid parenting advice for the rest of us, who are imperfect but are still pretty darn fabulous, despite our imperfections.
*Just kidding. My grandma never did smoke.
Want a copy for yourself? Blissfully Domestic has 2 copies to give away.
To enter, just leave a comment by on this post by 7:00 PM (CST) Saturday August 16th.
Want an extra shot a winning? Mention the giveaway in a post on your own blog and leave the link for the post in comments. This will give you another entry for this awesome book.
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This sounfds like something I could use. Count me in. Thanks Jess
After traveling every other week for work – for the past 9 years, I am definitely a white trash mom.
This is hilarious! People make fun of me calling me Martha b/c I like to cook. But if they knew that my bathroom tub had a ring, my laundry is about to avalanche over on one of the kids, and I haven't dusted in years, they'd surely change their tune. I just like to cook as an excuse I suppose. My poor daughter is going to beg me to comb her hair instead of making cup cakes.
White trash? That term was invented after society met my "people." I'm an expert at passing off purchased goodies for my own. I must have a copy of my own to read my family history!
I really really hope I win. Looks like a fun read!
Oooohhh ~ this sounds right up my (bowling) alley!
I would love to read this book!
Love the title! And how DO you fake a home-baked?
Awesome! I so aspire to be a whte trash mama! Fun giveaway!
If putting store bought potato salad in a serving bowl, topping it with paprika, and passing it off as homemade qualifies me as white trash, sign me up!!!
White trash, slacker mom, domestically imperfect…it all fits me to a T. I'm the queen of shortcuts, and would lurve more ideas on how to seem like I'm keeping it all together!
how funny – love it!
Oh yeah, this was written for me! Great name for a book.