someone

bad example

has to set a

someone

bad example

has to set a

An Anne Taintor Collection

Copyright © 2012 by Anne Taintor, Inc.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data available. eISBN 978-1-4521-1317-3

Designed by Suzanne M. LaGasa

Chronicle Books LLC 680 Second Street San Francisco, California 94107 www.chroniclebooks.com

Chronicle Books publishes distinctive books and gifts. From award-winning children’s titles, best-selling cookbooks, and eclectic pop culture to acclaimed works of art and design, statio-nery, and journals, we craft publishing that’s instantly recognizable for its spirit and creativity. Enjoy our publishing and become part of our community at www.chroniclebooks.com.

Table of Contents· INTRODUCTION, 7 ·

a real friend will help you hide the body · FRIENDSHIP, 8 ·

she threw herself eagerly into the paths of unsuitable men · DATING, 22 ·

love . . . honor . . . and what?!? · WEDDED BLISS , 36 ·

WOW! I get to give birth AND change diapers! · MOTHERHOOD, 50 ·

another day in paradise . . . · THE DOMESTIC GODDESS, 64 ·

why yes, I am overqualified · AT THE OFFICE, 78 ·

screw the budget! · MONEY, 92 ·

why am I sober? · COCKTAILS , 106 ·

we all have our baggage · TRAVEL AND LEISURE, 120 ·

let a smirk be your umbrella · ATTITUDE, 134 ·

old enough to know better . . . too young to give a rat’s ass · THE WOMAN OF EXPERIENCE, 148 ·

the holidays, she believed, were no time to exercise restraint · THE HOLIDAYS, 162 ·

563 - Amazed

I started out life as a bit of a scamp. By the middle of ἀrst grade, however, the Sisters of Mercy had put a ἀrm lid on that. For the next eight years, I was so well-behaved that even the nuns thought I was a goody two-shoes. Eventually, I escaped to public school, and by the time I was a sophomore in high school and my sister Liz was a fresh-man, it was pretty difἀcult to discern who was setting a bad example for whom. Mothers wept. Fathers gnashed their teeth. Then along came our younger sister Ellen, and we all had to bow to the master.

Setting a bad example does not necessarily mean being bad. It might just mean doing what you want instead of what others expect from you. It might mean being a bit more adventurous than the average bear. Or it might mean saying, as do the women on these pages, just exactly what’s on your mind. This book is for Liz, for Ellen, and for all women who choose their own paths and speak their own truths.

Introduction

Friendship

423 - Body

070 - Ignore

365 - Thelma

349 - Opinion

012 - Be wild

480 - Facebook

480 - Facebook

326 - Shared

481 - Walk faster

354 - Looking for trouble

148 - Gossip

474 - Fools

Dating

131 - Unsuitable

580 - Not married

176 - All the time

299 - Allergies

562 - Altitude

000 - Pain

000 - Lungs

447 - Anything else

000 - Golly fun

000 - Common sense

000 - Careful

401 - Stalkers

191 - Pretend

Wedded

Bliss

249 - Love… honor…

260 - Excitement

000 - Divorce

000 - Thinking

000 - Thinking

000 - Games

023 - Blindness

000 - Snap

380 - I’ll drive

380 - I’ll drive

491 - Ball-buster

422 - Frying pans

225 - Score

440 - Promised

000 - Distant memory

Motherhood

041 - Diapers

Motherhood

000 - Pony

127 - That’s why

573 - Pirates

444 - Babies

000 - Becoming

487 - Cat poo

000 - Oedipal

000 - Dress

000 - Oedipal

482 - Dose

571 - Miss the bus

568 - Starve

000 - Relax

The Domestic

Goddess

102 - Paradise

464 - Needs

081 - Make your own

485 - Yippee

044 - Dreamed

310 - Resentment

046 - Eat it

572 - Lobotomy

000 - Direct

400 - Real life

213 - Servant

558 - Drudgery

060 - Got it all

At the Ofἀce

300 - Overqualified

248 - Paperwork

301 - Who cares

461 - Xerox

068 - Idiot

395 - Reply

302 - Someone called

395 - Reply

432 - Heard me

430 - Call back

062 - Helpless

304 - Retire

304 - Retire

394 - Ctrl+Alt+Delete

472 - Coffee break V2

Money

497 - Budget

038 - Decison

436 - Stores

055 - Frugal

388 - Change

289 - Buy

489 - Expire

410 - Grocery money

037 - Debt

000 - If only

000 - Confidence

244 - Happiness

435 - So much

Cocktails

801 - Sober V2

560 - 5 martinis

434 - Voila

453 - Nice girl

576 - Pizza

359 - His mother

559 - Tomato

565 - Wasted

470 - Open bar

574 - Mai Tai

465 - Rehab

569 - Daddy

418 - Rooms

Travel

and

Leisure

327 - Baggage

458 - Oven

456 - Bombshell

566 - Mini bar

564 - Camera

495 - Grandpa

496 - Golf

578 - Help

579 - Busy

450 - There yet

211 - Camping

442 - Size matters

457 - Having fun

Attitude

282 - Smirk

446 - Lactose

021 - Bite me

258 - Terrible thing

463 - Multi-tasking

126 - tattoo

307 - Bad girls

307 - Bad girls

029 - cheap

368 - Inner beauty

074 - Involved

276 - High maintenance

293 - Motivated

306 - Half of me

Woman of

Experience

The

285 - Rat’s ass

460 - Never too old

239 - Nature’s way

286 - Kitchen

478 - Introspection

235 - Wrinkles

234 - Monkey

065 - Hormones

161 - Twenty

161 - Twenty

174 - Reason

000 - Mature

231 - Farewell

000 - Senior moment

Holidays

The

000 - Restraint

382 - Therapy

269 - Plum pudding

382 - Therapy

557 - Twice

342 - Kissing

157 - Prozac

554 - Golden rings

381 - Either way

000 - Go with naughty

428 - Mistletoe

42_427_Hell Yeah

483 - Eggnog

142 - Nap

WOW, I GET TO GIVE BIRTH AND CHANGE

DIAPERS?

Photo Album

Also Available from Anne Taintor

See the full range of Anne Taintor books and gift products at

www.chroniclebooks.com

I FEEL A SIN COMING ON

Postcards

ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE…

Postcards

HMM…WHAT CAN I BUY TODAY?

Journals

SHE HAD NOT YET DECIDED WHETHER TO USE HER POWER FOR

GOOD . . . OR FOR EVIL

Journals

BIRTHDAYS, SHE BELIEVED, WERE NO TIME TO EXERCISE

RESTRAINT

Birthday Book