Welcome to the Funny Farm: The All-True Misadventures of a Woman on the Edge

by Karen Scalf Linamen

Overview

There is no end to the sources of frustration, challenge, disaster--and humor!--in a woman's life, and there is no one more skilled at finding the merriment and wisdom in these everyday foibles and events than award-winning author and popular speaker Karen Linamen.

In her newest humor-packed release, Linamen (author of Just Hand Over the Chocolate and No One Will Get Hurt) guides readers on a side-splitting, hopeful, and entertaining tour of a woman's life, and in true, tongue-in-cheek Linamen style, no topic is off limits! Welcome to the Funny Farm covers everything from baby showers to cell phones, chin hair to Hamburger Helper, defrosted turkeys to Barry Manilow, and dumb blonde jokes to well-woman exams.

Linamen's collection of hilarious observations, originally posted online at www.women-of-faith.com as The Funny Farm columns, will inspire and entertain (though not necessarily in that order) and ultimately shed light on principles of spiritual wellness and Christian living that will enrich the life of every reader.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781441235763
Publisher:	Baker Publishing Group
Publication date:	07/01/2001
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	622 KB

About the Author

Karen Linamen is a regular contributor to Today's Christian Woman and the author of numerous books, including Just Hand Over the Chocolate and No One Will Get Hurt and Sometimes I Wake Up Grumpy . . . and Sometimes I Let Him Sleep. She lives in Duncanville, Texas, with her husband and two daughters.
Karen Scalf Linamen is a mother of two and the author or coauthor of several books, including Just Hand Over the Chocolate and No One Will Get Hurt and Chocolatherapy. Two of her books have received recognition as finalists for the ECPA Gold Medallion Award. She lives in Colorado.

Table of Contents

	Welcome to the Funny Farm	9
	Winter
1.	No Woman Is an Island	13
2.	No Batteries Required	16
3.	Common Treasures	20
4.	The Best-Laid Plans	24
5.	More Than Meets the Eye	27
6.	Shop 'Til You Drop	30
7.	It's Beginning to Feel a Lot like Christmas	34
8.	Name That Tune	38
9.	Christmas, a Labor of Love	42
10.	The Christmas Babies	45
11.	Cold Weather Sports	49
12.	The Secret to Foolproof Resolutions	53
	Spring
13.	Meet Walter	59
14.	Clutter Management 101	63
15.	Say Good-bye to Good Intentions	66
16.	Crash Diet at Freeway Speeds	69
17.	Battle Strategies for Lovers	72
18.	Read My Lips	75
19.	Who Loves Ya, Baby?	78
20.	Dahling, You Look Marvelous!	81
21.	Wanna Enrich Your Life? Swap Insights with Your Friends	85
22.	Never Underestimate the Power of an Imperfect Woman	89
23.	The Sunday Morning Comics (and Other Indispensable Gardening Tools)	93
24.	Easy Does It	97
	Summer
25.	In the Company of Critters	103
26.	Motherhood's Unsolved Mysteries	106
27.	It's the Heart That Counts	110
28.	We're Definitely Getting Older ... But Are We Getting Wiser?	113
29.	C'mon In, the Water's Fine	116
30.	Dogs, Teenagers, and Other Noncompliant Life-Forms	119
31.	Sometimes You Just Gotta Go	123
32.	Freebie, Schmeebie	126
33.	Takin' It to the Street	129
34.	Open Mouth, Insert Foot?	133
35.	Chocolate Lovers, Unite!	136
36.	Recycling Mom	140
37.	Don't Believe Everything You Hear	144
	Autumn
38.	Help Is on the Way	149
39.	Things I've Learned from My Kids	152
40.	Tandem Belching, Anyone?	155
41.	Holiday Traditions Worth Remembering	158
42.	How to Survive Cold and Flu Season	161
43.	Creepy Crawlers	164
44.	Clean Sweep	168
45.	Crazy for Cocoa Puffs	171
46.	Spin Doctors	174
47.	Quack, Quack	177
48.	Lose the Loose Ends	181
49.	Boy Crazy	184
50.	Good Gifts	187