Jumping in Mud Puddles by Vickie Mendenhall

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Raise your hand if you- 1) Have ever been chased by a nun. 2) Have been stung by a bee because it was injured and you tried to hug it and then you went into anaphylactic shock because the damn thing stung you on the cheek and you had to be rushed to the hospital (The bee didn't make it). 3)... read more

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Arthur Matheson: My dad, husband of the rolling pin woman
Virginia Matheson: My mom
Daniel: My brother
Jackie: Sister and temper tantrum queen
Sam: aka Samantha Arlene Caprese, my best friend
Lee Ann: Friend who lives down the street and is smarter than me
Sister Dominica: The nun from South America who was a thorn in my young side.
Sister Potato Head: My first grade teacher

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The setting is the bustling mill town of Weirton, West Virginia in the 50's, 60's, and early 70's.

Wheeling, West Virginia: My birthplace and where I was adopted.
Weirton, West Virginia: My hometown and the setting for the book

Table of Contents edit see section history

Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Introduction
Those Damn Nuns
Stupid Bluebird Reading Group
Vickie’s Vapor Rub
Learning How to Swim Without a Bathing Cap
Picky Vickie
The Tooth Fairy Sucks
Small Children in Church
Grandma, You Look Like a Yodeler
In the Doghouse
That Mink Stole is Alive
Sacrificial Barbie and the Clothes Chute
I Hope That’s Santa Watching Me Through the Window
Button Button, Who’s Got the Goddamn Button?
More Fun Than A Barrel of Nothing
I Killed the Boogeyman
Color Inside the Lines….or Else
I Want to Be a Smoking Actress When I Grow Up
Riding With My Hand Out the Window
Swimming in an Icy Pond
Worm Killer
The Arm
Mosquito Bites
Homemade Ant Farm
Up a Creek and I Ain’t Got No Paddle
Dear God, Not the Mercurochrome
The Traffic Jam and Salem Cigarettes
Red Rover, Red Rover, Let’s Mow Vickie Over
The Curfew Alarm
Throwing Peanuts at Clemente
Here, Eat This Tent Caterpillar
Ear Piercing Fun
The Flying Parcheesi Board
The Smoking Seamstress
Ketchup Sandwiches
Mom’s Magazines
Whoopie Pie Wars
Homemade Bread Battles
Let’s Shock Mom, Literally
Scissor Happy Drunk Beautician
Circus Trauma
I Can’t. George is Visiting
The Tape Recorder
Monkey Shines
And That’s Why I Hate Carnival Rides
Gasoline
Learning How to Drive
About the Author

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cardboardy: like cardboard but maybe not really

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

Vickie Mendenhall (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services
Country: US
Publication Date: July 6 2012
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Page Count: 228

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Adults

This books contains cursing. I'm sorry.

Subjects edit see section history

Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Memoirs
Books › Entertainment › Humor › Essays

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