Congratulations
Stereo Queen Bee!
Please email me your full name and address at stephanieelliot@gmail.com so I can send you your book, and wow, you won two books in a ROW! This one and With a Little Luck, thanks to Random.org (and yes, I double/triple checked! Talk about lucky!
Stereo Queen Bee!
Please email me your full name and address at stephanieelliot@gmail.com so I can send you your book, and wow, you won two books in a ROW! This one and With a Little Luck, thanks to Random.org (and yes, I double/triple checked! Talk about lucky!
If It Was Easy, They’d Call The Whole Damn Thing A Honeymoon
Living With and Loving the TV-Addicted, Sex-Obsessed, Not-So-Handy Man You Married
By Jenna McCarthy
So yeah, say THAT title three times fast.
When I first ‘met’ Jenna McCarthy online, I thought what everyone thought – oh yeah, she’s the chick who was on MTV’s Singled Out and also a Playmate of the Month.
Make no mistake. Jenna-with-an-A McCarthy is prettier and much more talented than the chick who used to date Jim Carrey. You’ll see later when you watch the trailer for the book with the longest title in the world.
Damn Honeymoon comes out on Tuesday, October 4 and is part memoir and part marriage guide, but if you’re not married, don’t let this stop you from reading it and entering to win it!
It will give you great insight into the sacrament of marriage and also makes a great gift for ANYONE you know who has been through the glorious stages of wedded bliss – the snoring, the ignoring, the remote-hogging, the handy-manning, the I-know-how-to-get-there, the sports-watching, the can-you-make-me-dinner (although Jenna has trained her husband to COOK!), the ass-grabbing-in-the-kitchen (this one happens to ME all the time) … all the things that drive us crazy about the men who LOVE us!
See, doesn’t it sound like a hoot of a book already! It TRULY IS a masterpiece that’ll have you cracking up. Just don’t read it in bed next to your guy because then he might wonder what you’re reading, (if he’s not already sawing the logs). We do not want him on to all the secrets of how we can survive this blissful wedded life.
Check out the hilarious book trailer Jenna and her husband star in, and don’t miss the outtakes at the end!
MUST-SEE HILARIOUS BOOK TRAILER STARRING JENNA HERSELF AND CO-STARRING HER CUTE HUSBAND
And if you’re wondering what’s up with all the ZESTRA plugs, well, you’ll just have to check it out for yourself … I did. Literally!
Thanks Jenna! For solving all the mysteries of marriage in one handy hilarious and helpful book! Love it! You’ve simplified everything and made me crack up while doing so! And I know the chick on the cover is not looking for a turkey leg in the oven, is she? She’s trying to end the misery, right? Haha!
THIS JUST IN: Don't miss Jenna on the TODAY show Monday, October 3, with Hoda and Kathie Lee, but Khloe Kardashian will be sitting in for Kathie Lee! Holy CRAP!!!!
To enter to win a copy of Jenna’s book, share an annoying trait about your husband, the guy you currently love, or someone you were in a relationship with that had an annoying trait that you put up with because he had enough good qualities you could overlook that one particular trait!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Check previous book features to see who the winner is -- that's how you'll find out if you've won or not, and you can still enter if there's not a winner's name posted on the top and highlighted! I usually choose a winner for each book anywhere from 3-7 days after I post a feature!
Thanks for checking out the Fall Fab Giveaway – we’ve got more books coming your way through October. I'll be featuring 2-3 each week. At the end of ALL the individual books featured and given away, one or two lucky winners will win the WHOLE batch of the books.
If you’ve got particular questions on how the Giveaway works, check the ORIGINAL POST HERE, or feel free to email me! Thanks!
Good luck everyone! And I really enjoy your comments too!
Thanks for reading and being a part of this promotion! To find out all the details on how to participate throughout the whole promotion click the previous link!
I also blog at Real Moms Guide if you'd like to read some of my other work.
If you're new here, check out the rules and all the books at in the promotion HERE.
If you have any questions feel free to leave a comment and I'll answer it in the thread, or email me at stephanieelliot@gmail.com. It is always at my discretion to change things up, and because of some regulations, I guess I must say that the books I review are given to me by either the authors or publishers or publicists, and I am never paid for my reviews, and they are my own personal reviews, and you know what, because I'm here telling you this anyway, I will also tell you that I never review a book I don't like, because you know what, why waste my time, life is too short to read a crappy book! There.
110 comments:
He is a Carolina fan which is actually a big deal bc my whole family loves the rival school. Most people would say it's a small issue but not when we are both such huge sports fans. And god help us, which school will the kids pull for?
He won't eat cooked vegetables except green beans and corn, and the corn cannot be out of a can. Drives me nuts. TaraUB in IN
My husband, who actually is meticulous in most aspects, seems to have an aversion to putting any of his clothes in the dirty clothes hamper. Sometimes they end up on the living room floor (yes my husband drops trou before watching his sports), the bathroom floor or, most frustrating of all, on the closet floor right in front of the hamper. Actually touching the bottom of the hamper and also laying across my shoes....dirty....clothes! I am tempted to pile them on top of him while he sleeps!
Colleen Turner
He tends to wait until the grass is knee high before he deems it necessary to mow it. Then gets annoyed if I try to cut (I'm allergic to grass) or suggest that he do it. Love him to death, but sometimes. . .
I'll ask my husband to do something (like bring me my phone) then he will ask back "is that code for doing it?" usually there is some pelvic thrusting and face making. He thinks it's hilarious.
Carie
My husband drives me crazy when he decides to do something it must be done at that exact moment (& usually requires my assistance). Regardless of what's in the oven, who has a poopy diaper, etc. Annoying!
He slurps EVERYTHING!!!
It is most annoying when he expects me to mother him. Pick up his dirty clothes and all the dirty dishes out of the living room after he watches tv. All these things are things I am trying to break the kids of but it's kind of futile when their dad sets such an example, and refuses to be broke from his bad habits.
loudest potato chip eater ever.
My husband is a loud chewer and so is his whole family. It makes me it crazy!!
Katie in Indy
Not entering because I happily already have my own copy, but just wanted to chime in to say that this book is FREAKING HILARIOUS, and at times I wondered how it was possible that Jenna and I both married the same man...
I'd have to say it is using the word don't when the sentence requires doesn't. Like, he don't know what he's talking about.
I have no idea why he does this. The rest of his grammar is always perfect. Though I did notice that he Dad does it too.
He drives me nuts when we are talking and the tv is on. Halfway through a sentence, he goes into a tv coma and just stops. Drives me insane!
qweska8402
One annoying trait is he's usually up early for work and whether he's late or not he always leaves all the bread crumbs on the counter or table in the kitchen from making his lunch. Drives me crazy! The first thing I always have to do it clean his mess! But he works hard and makes dinner when he can and he's a great cook so....I deal with it.
Margaret(singitm)
My husband sings only one line of disco songs over and over again all day long. It gets really annoying after a while.
-Donna W.
First I love my husband, but oh where do I begin!!!! The biggest thing that bugs me is that he never can find something, but he never really looks for it. Also, that bath tub scene made me laugh because one time I took a bath and locked the door. My husband actually picked the lock to get in because he had to ask me something about the kids. Melissa Rem
After 15 years I can deal with all his quirks except the snoring and blanket hogging. He prefers to sleep with little or no blankets but he can't just not use them...he has to kick them off the foot of the bed. On the other hand, I prefer them pulled up to my chin. I can't understand why he won't just push them to the side and then we can both be happy with the blanket situation. And to snore all night on top of it... Ugh!
He hunts. 'Nuff said.
So many, where do I begin....always leaves his hand towel on the sink, instead of hanging it back on the towel rack.
Iambtinrb
He's really impatient when he is looking for something and will give up after 5 seconds asking where I hid whatever it is he's looking for. Then I come over and find it in 1.5 seconds..annoying!
I'm currently single but I once dated a guy who was really moody. It drove me nuts because you would never know why he was cranky or how long it was going to last.
An ex of mine used to pick up his plate when he was eating something he really enjoyed...and lick it. Even in restaurants. It. Was. Horrible.
Emily116
Never puts the toilet seat down!
-Philly5
I'm single now, but my ex used to tell me he was allergic to chocolate, but that he loved red velvet cupcakes. WHICH HAVE CHOCOLATE.
I can't stand it that my dear husband always tells my news before me. He has to be the one to tell things to others even though he always gets the story wrong. God love him.
The thing that really bothers me is when we are ready to go out but he has to have a cigarette first. . I am already and waiting in the car and he is telling me to hold on a sec so he can have a cigarette. I have been married 5 1/2 yrs and I have told him over and over to tell me when he is ready to get in the car. . .but that never happens!!!
My Ex use to drive me nuts ~ he always shook his fork before he would take a bite.
kayswederski@yahoo.com
Lol @ TaraUB - I thought mine was the only way like that, though he can eat canned corn. lol.
My husband's annoying trait would probably be the fact that he can never make a decision on his own. Love him to death (we'll celebrate 11 years of wedded bliss on Friday) but the man cannot figure out for the life of him what he wants to eat...ever. lol
I'm glad to see i'm not the only one that has a LOUD potato chip eater. I am partially deaf in my left ear, and I can hear him eating chips from another room.
kyfaithw at aol dot com
Seriously...that video cracked me up. I'm going to *have* to go to Zestra.com next to see what *that* is all about! Anywho...a common theme I saw in everyone's comments (and on the video) were some of my biggest pet peeves about the hubs. My favorite, all-time pet peeve, if you will, is when he needs something and asks me where it is before he even looks for it where it SHOULD be and usually is. That fridge scene in the video is a CLASSIC at my house...daily. DRIVES.ME.NUTS. God Bless him, tho. After almost 17 years of marriage we still love each other and make it work! And I'm sure there's a TON of things about me that drive him crazy...I just don't want to know what they are! LOL!
Thanks for another great pick for the giveaway Manic. You BE awesome!!!!!! (as usual.) Nan
Well not married and have never lived with a guy so I have to think. My daughter's father drives me crazy but in way too many ways to count! Honestly when the phone rings and it is him my nerves are already worked! Really sounds like a great book tho! and loved the trailer!! :)
Sports, sports, sports --- all the time!!!! He will have the tv , iPod touch and cell phone on at the same time getting updates on sports stuff. Forget talking to him during games because he forgets it all!!! Oh yea - he watches nearly all sporting events including college.
Chewing his tongue.
He would dry his hands on my bath towel-even though the hand towel was right there! ID: eloisepeaches
I thought I could overlook my ex's inability to ever pick up & put away anything he set down (clothes, shoes, dirty dishes, anything!!) because he worked steadily, didn't hit me, etc. etc. (ok, I was 22 & didn't have high standards)....but then I found out his being a slob was just the tip of the iceburg when he started screwing around on me!!!
jcsites2002 at hotmail dot com
Heavy/loud breather...drove me crazy! LeslieGC
Love the Hubs but he's not so great on getting off his duff. Once he does, he gets stuff done but in the meantime it is like pushing molasses up hill.
I loved this trailer- I am dying to read this book- winner or not its a must get :-} annoying traits...oh boy. the snoring. the ability to walk past something on the floor (like a leaf or piece of paper) for weeks until I pick it up, inability to get clothes in hamper 5 inches from where he dropped it, the burping, cant not find something in front of his face, never remembers anything but what time his sports team is playing. do I need to go on? should I mention this is my husband not a 14 year old teenager. good grief. if anything its nice to know I am not alone
The thing that annoys me the most is when he'll watch me empty the clean dishes from dishwasher yet leave his dirty dishes in the sink. It's as if he thinks the dishwasher may bite!
Kndyer
The worst thing? He is a neat freak and complains about how I do housework.
right now...probably that he chews so loudly! :)
-tmd636
his horrible snoring. Can't stand it.
amyrbromberg (at) gmail (dot)com
If he wants something, he has to have it right now.. He can't wait for it, it needs to be in his hands, in his posession... give you an example.. we went to a friends house, he lived in the country on 1.5 acres in a subdivision... He tells my husband no one lives next to us, the lots are for sale.. Mind you this was on Friday.. By Monday we put an offer on the land, and 2 weeks later owned it for $27,000.... Im glad we own it out right, but now he isn't sure he wants to build... ughh..
He's such a picky eater. He doesn't eat hardly any fruits and vegetables...only corn, green beans, potatoes and watermelon. He also isn't a fan of pasta!
When asked a yes or no question, he makes an ambiguous Mmm Hmm noise and I always have to ask "Is that a 'Yes' or 'No.'" You'd think after 14 years he'd just give a decent reply.
Jenfee 9476
My fiance will eat his dinner standing at the kitchen counter (which I guess I can see why: our apartment is so small we don't have an actual "dining" room...although we *do* have those TV table trays, anywho!) he will stand there and eat dinner and then leave his plate there.
The sink is literally right next to him. Yet he will NEVER put his plate in the sink.
OH! and the napkin he uses will NOT find its way to the trashcan that's three steps away.
crystal717
My husband wants to talk to me about things I have no interest in (mechanics of a truck, specifics of a football game, some show I have never seen nor do I have any intention of watching, etc.) at the worst times (when I'm reading, working, trying to sleep).
Amy Goddard
my husband, like most men i know, has a huge blind spot whenever he's looking for something. can't see it right in front of his face, you know? keys, pill bottle, cat, you name it!
My husband wakes up singing, really he does, made up songs, commericals anything. I'm not really a morning person so its annoying.
As soon as I crack open a book when I'm in the same room with him he decides to start talking giving me a narration about what is on tv. Apparently he doesn't get the hint I'm not interested in the tv if I have a book open.
Nicole
I live with my boyfriend of 2.5 years and he's a gamer. I'll ask him to do something when he's playing, and it'll be "I can't, I'm busy." Um, no you're not. Give me a different reason. He does stop playing in a reasonable amount of time and get whatever I asked him to do though. That excuse is just really freaking annoying! :)
the love of my life insists on leaving the tv remote in the kitchen at night so that in the morning he can watch tv while making lunch. the remote then sits there all day. inevitably i walk right by it at night and sit on the couch only to realize that i need to get up & go in search of the damn remote!
My Hubs is allergic to melons & tree nuts, but he insists on eating them because "they taste good". Yeah, but then I have to listen to him do this horrible throat scratching thing while shoving his finger in his ear and scratching.
It is such a small thing .. but when he "doesn't hear" the dogs barking to go outside or come back in. I mean my goodness .. I can hear them upstairs you can't hear them 10 feet away? I do love the man though.
My husband takes forever to get up in the morning. He hits snooze at least 3 times. It drives me crazy.
Ally N
Loud breathing, it drove me nuts!
While he's on his computer in our guest room, he'll leave the living room TV because he's "listening to it". Drives me nuts.
you uses my display hand towels instead of the regular towels...it makes me want to strangle him!
Well..now my Ex, had too many too choose from so I picked a one that I had to learn to live with. and it was that he would never return things to where they belong. Really everything but just something simple like the mustard that was kept on the door, he would always put it on the shelf. Your already in the fridge you can't manuever towards the door, really!!
Let's see...he snores, takes a nap every single day, refuses to help me do Anything around the house, and about a million other things!!! We've been married for 14 years! I guess I've learned to overlook his annoying behavior! Ha!
A former boyfriend smoked. Gross. But he never smoked in my apartment, he always went outside, without me asking.
He gets up at least 2 hours before me, then 15 minutes before he has to leave for work, he's like a tornado running through the house, looking for his lunch, coffee/tea, keys, phone, wallet, cash, etc. Inevitably something gets left behind. Otherwise he's calm, laid back and does his share (many times more than) of household tasks and makes me very happy, so I really can't complain. jillfay
My hubby will go to the theater just to get popcorn. And then leave. Just popcorn, no movie. He gets big cravings for theater popcorn, and says it's cheaper that way since he doesn't have to pay to watch a movie. I say it's weird.
cabest@yahoo.com
he stinks his finger in my mouth when i yawn. ALWAYS. Drives me INSANE and yes its weird. He does it b/c i'm a germaphobe and he is definitely not! Whenever I get sick its totally his fault.
and by stinks i mean sticks!
He won't eat left overs--at all!! Drives me insane so I quit cooking.
Sherry from Cali
He paces. All the time. We'll be watching TV and he'll get up and walk to and from the pantry. Not because he's hungry, but because he's bored. Makes it difficult to relax.
my guy is constantly doing that teeth sucking thing. He has a gap in the back of his mouth & food gets stuck there. He does this loud sucking to get it out of there ALL THE TIME!! :(
OMG, so hard to pick just one!! My husband is an avid cyclist and see's no problem with leaving his bicycles (yes, there are several) all over the house. He will convert our kitchen into a workspace and then leave all his bike parts and tools out for many days. It absolutely drives me nuts!
Kristi Hooke
Picky eater/nail biter... argh.
He likes to start projects around the house and then leave them half finished which includes leaving any tools and mess he has made in the process of half finishing the project where ever he's been working.
he chews on the inside of his cheek and ignores me.. lol
fourkidsmom4@gmail.com
Brenda Bargenquast
I can't think of anything particularly obnoxious about my husband. Must be because he's been gone for a year. Ask me in two weeks!! He'll have been home a week by then and I'm sure I'll have an answer!
He leaves beer cans in the shower (yes, he drinks a beer in the shower), strips to poop (while drinking his coffee & reading the paper), blows his nose in the shower...then takes the head off to spray his SNOT down the drain, & 20 years later.....it all annoys the crap out of me.
been with my hubby 24 and a half years... and you really want JUST ONE thing??? LMAO... ok he is a carpenter... we live in a work in progress... and some progressions I wish to hell would become FINISHED projects LOL...
would not trade him for ANYTHING!
Ok - mine MISSES THE LAUNDRY BASKET every SINGLE time he takes off his sox. I swear he IS trying to drive me to drink... even though she says otherwise... How flipping hard is it for a man who played college hoops to HIT THE BASKET with his dirty clothes??? I mean SERIOUSLY??!!
Oh,where to begin after 32 years he still cannot find his car/house keys in the morning. He constantly calls my name, like Ozzy does to Sharon, drives me insane I want to change my name. Still cannot make anythhing but pb&j sandwiches. Oh yes does not know how to work vacuum, washer or dryer, dishwasher etc. But what can I say I still luv him and his loud snoring!
OK, I am a Carolina fan (Ncsuloges), but so it he, so that is cool. :)
What makes me nuts is that he slurps things. Drives me insane. I am trying to teach the kids not to slurp - and secretly hoping he gets the hint.
Most women say I'm super lucky, but my biggest pet peeve of my husband's is how clean he is. I mean, I'm clean too, but he's annoyingly so.
He loads the dishwasher completely backwards???... Dishes facing away from water!... I have shown him soooooo many time how to do it BUT he can't seem to remember. Occasionally I beg... help with anything you'd like EXCEPT the dishwasher. (Can you tell this bugs me?)... I actually think he does it on purpose now!... Just to piss me off!
My old boyfriend was so scatterbrained. But it was so adorable, I couldn't stay mad at him!
My husband seems incapable of closing cupboards. Every single cupboard is always open, which really drives me crazy. You'd think he would have learned his lesson by now since we recently moved into a house with very low ceilings and he has hit his face into the corners of the same cupboard quite a few times. But no, he still leaves them all open.
The whole I must be up at 4:00 a.m. to read The Drudge Report. "Sleeping in" means that it is the weekend and he sleeps until 6:00. Through the (26) years, he has moved me from a night person to one incapable of staying up past 10:00...and sleeping in for me means 7:00 on Saturdays. Sad, but true. :)
It's when I ask my hubby to do something, anything really, and he turns, looks at me and says "yes". Then when said something is still not done two days later and I inquire as to why, his response...."I guess I didn't hear you, sorry"
Picky eater...only a few veggies he can handle and no fruit. Don't get it. Also he is a very light sleeper. I am always waking him up if I get up to go to the bathroom at night. I don't make any noise but he still wakes up.
Writer's Corner
What I find annoying is guys who talk during the movie.
Leaves food particles in the sink.
My ex-husband used to say the next line of whatever song was on the radio, but he would do it a couple seconds before the singer sang the line, and he would just say it. I always thought he was starting some conversation that I didn't understand, then the song would continue and I'd realize what he was doing.
Terri M.
Hubby clips his fingernails at the kitchen sink. They then fly all over the kitchen since his nails are so hard. Maybe someday one will fly into his food - it'll serve him right! At least it's not his toenails, right?
Beard trimming in bathroom sink. Enough said.
He is completely obsessed with dates on food. If something is even one day past, it has to get thrown out. One time I cut up a cantaloupe that had been on the counter for a few days and he ate it and I said "oh, so it tasted all right?" and he said "yeah, why?" and when I explained he spit it out and said "well, I guess I won't be eating anymore of that!". Drives me up the wall!!!
He RARELY has actually LOOKED for anything he CLAIMS he cannot find .. .GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
My husband will take off his socks wad them up it to a ball and then leave them where ever...the kichen table, the stairs, the sink...it drives me crazy!
I love my husband...BUT...he has never wiped a crumb off the counter in his life! Drives me crazy!
~Colbey J
If I'm home, then he needs to ask me how to do things - kids etc. I always say - what would you do if I wasn't here? Okay, just do that.
My husband always leaves time on the microwave instead of just hitting clear...and the other is that even though he uses the hook for wet towels instead of neatly hanging them there so they dry he hooks it over the hook...in a "the way you put a towel around your neck kind of thing" which means it doesn't dry at all!
It's really not a big deal in the scheme of things ... BUT he leaves the chips bag open on the counter. Come on! Can't you just close the bag and put it back in the cabinet? Would that be such a tough thing to do? Am I asking for too much? Am I? cindyinmiami writeoncindy@yahoo.com
My dear, sweet husband PROCRASTINATES on EVERY LITTLE, ITTY, BITTY thing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I really can't answer this question because I haven't loved a guy before and the guys I did date weren't that great. They really had no redeeming qualities, haha. I will share one terrible thing. One liked to drink and passed out in my car for three hours.
Thanks!
-Jessica M
walkingcorpse11@hotmail.com
We have a laundry chute in our bathroom but he puts his dirty clothes on the floor, expecting me to put them in the chute. He also has these thick headphones and can't hear me through them.
He's a great husband and father though. :)
Melissa A from CLC
When my husband does the laundry (yes, he does it so I probably shouldn't compain at all), he usually leaves the last load in the dryer. SO CLOSE to getting everything put away. :-)
An annoying trait is that he doesn't need to sleep as much as me, so he won't let me sleep, even if I am exhausted.
queenofcrunk at gmail dot com
He is a remote control junkie. AND he walkes in and picks it up and changes the channel without even ASKING if anyone else is watching something!! Annoying........and he channel surfs during commercials, too! Love him and the remote thing completely gets on my last nerve!
My husband always sits down to relax before the kids are even in bed, and I am always the one who has to make sure theuy do what their supposed and get ready for bed.
He has so much energy sometimes that he just bounces off the walls and gets so annoying...he'll start singing and dancing and saying weird things. I just don't know what to do with him at that point! But I love him for this too :)
ChristinaL
Snoring! Oh, my goodness, the snoring.
Kristen27
My hubby has a bad habit of not picking up after himself. He leaves cups all over the place, his shoes out in the middle of the floor, and all of his work stuff spread out all over the kitchen table. After over 18 years of marriage I keep wondering if it is possible to teach an "old dog new tricks"? LOL!
nancyecdavis AT bellsouth DOT net
That I have to make all the decisions! :) love him to death, but sometimes I wish he would have an opinion on SOMETHING!!!
My hubby is physically, mentally, and spiritually unable to put his clean clothes away in the closet and/or dressers. I've managed to endure with this handicap of his for ten years now... Thanks for the chance to win a copy of the book. It looks hilarious. (krstrpp at hotmail dot com)
THANK YOU ALL FOR COMMENTING! NO COMMENTS AFTER THIS COMMENT WILL QUALIFY FOR THIS BOOK! THANK YOU! CHECK OUT THE NEXT BOOKS OFFERED FOR THE FALL FAB GIVEAWAY! THANKS, MANIC MOMMY
Post a Comment