In this heart-warming book, Bloomingdale goes through the trials and tribulations of being a parent of twelve children. It is filled with laughter and a lot of memorable elements. Thru it all, however, the book maintains a light comical tone, having a wonderful perspective on parenting, a perspective that needs to be much more spread out in modern society. Her two other books, LIFE IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU'RE MAKING OTHER PLANS and MURPHY MUST HAVE BEEN A MOTHER, I have not read but have read the blurbs, and perceive it is the same type of material. Bloomingdale belongs to the Catholic faith, so you also get that thrown into the play, making for a nice well-rounded book on the comic misadventures of a large family, and it also shows the beauty and wonder of children, albeit it thrown into a comic light. If you see this in a used book store, pick it up if you're wanting a laugh. The title refers to some type of medical procedure to see if a woman is pregnant and involves rabbits; I don't understand it (Aerosmith make reference to it in their song "Sweet Emotion", after Tyler commits fornication with a woman). If you know what exactly the procedure involves, send some mail my way. Buy the book. Very funny.

Teresa Bloomingdale puts a real comic twist on the trials and tribulations of parenthood. If you're looking for a good laugh, look no further.

I first read this book before I had children and then picked it up again after my fourth was born. Mrs. Bloomingdale really mirrors what life in a large family is like ! This book should be required reading for all new mothers !

The Bloomngdale's Eat Healthy Diet provides and easy, concise format for a quick weight lose with out having to obsess over what to eat or not. After three days my craving for sweets were gone and I was looking forward to my simple snack. The inches seem to melt away. The recipe section is very easy to follow. They are very tasty and satifying. Thank youLaura Stein.

I found this diet to be one of the best I ever tried. Laura Stein writes well and is not too wordy making the plan an easy one to implement and follow. I highly recommend this diet. I am buying a new copy to start the diet over again as I have found none as effective as this one.

This book is fabulous. The recipies are delicious and I feel more elegant and refined already! I recommend this book to anyone that yearns for those small tips that make the rich and famous look just that! The tips in this book can help anyone glide through entertaining as though it were a day at the beach. Buy yours today!

What a great book! I bought this book out of curiousity years again and was overjoyed at the abundance of my childhood memories Teresa had captured in her own recollection. I'm sorry to see that this book is no longer being printed, as I feel that many a mother would appreciate and adore the wisdom of "momsense".

Meet Teresa Bloomingdale. A mild manner newspaper columnist who is married to her attorney sweetheart. They live in Nebraska, love each other, and love their kids.

All 10 of them.

You see, Mr. and Mrs. Bloomingdale had 10 kids in 12 years. No twins. No triplets. No quadruplets. 10 separate kids in a time span of 12 years. Talk about labor pain!

Teresa Bloomingdale's "Up A Family Tree" takes a humurous look at the life of her big family, taking us from the beginning with the birth of her first four boys, to finally being blessed with the birth of a daughter, all the way to the youngest turning 12 (he was born in 1969 and the book was written in 1981).

This book is very, very funny and will have you in stitches from the very beginning. No couple just starting a family should be without this book (though, understandably, they may want to be without that many kids).

This is absolutely one of the wildest biographies I have ever read. If it wasn't true it would make great fiction, right up there with the sexy potboilers and confessionals I so love to read. This is the story of Vicki Morgan, longtime mistress to Alfred Bloomingdale, and the loved they shared, a strange and crazy kind of love that would lead to their mutual destruction. Here he was, scion of Bloomingdales Department Store, industrial magnate and member of Ronald Reagan's kitchen cabinet; and here she was a naive but gorgeous small town girl come to the big city.

This book has an epic sweep as Vicki Morgan, in a vain attempt to escape the married Bloomingdale, encounters a series of adventures with some of the world's most wealthy and powerful men. And women. It is not a tale for the faint hearted, but there are strong moral lessons--mainly there is a steep price for the glamour and the money men give for sexual favors.

The story is told from the author's point of view. He spent nine months with Vicki Morgan and was one of the last people to see her alive. The author, Gordon Basichis, gives us intimate insight into the making of a wordly rich girl who knows how to manipulate men for money, only to be trapped in the game she has profited by for so many years. Through the seventies and into the eighties she was getting at least a quarter millon dollars from these different lovers.

It's rare that I find a book so compelling. I love how the story describes the high life of power and money while showing, also, how this glitzy path leads to destruction and, in this case, murder. This was truly one of a kind.

Power, Sex and Money
I was totally caught up in this true tale of a naive and beautiful young woman, trapped in a world where power, sex and money reign. As the mistress to Alfred Bloomingdale, the department store heir and member of the kitchen cabinet, Vicki Morgan lived a life that few can imagine...a wild and ultimately tragic journey that ended in her brutal murder. What I loved about this book was its unwillingness to rely on predictable cliche. The author's insight sheds new light on a very old subject -- sex and power. The writing is personal, intimate, at times humorous and always engaging. If this book were published today, it would be a bestseller

this book was very moving. the story of a mistress, who never can seem to find her way, but found love in a married man. the author got to knew vicki before her murder and this gives us great insight into her thoughts and feelings. i highly recommend this book, a great read from beginning to end.

This exam prep is good. I used this book in addition to the MCSE exam cram 70-210 put out by the same publishers and I was able to pass the exam.

Strengths:
It's a good Sorce for RIS, RAS, and computer configuration: desktops, accessibility options, basic share and file security.

Failures:
They could have covered group policies and multilink remote connections better. I was able to get through a couple multi link exams questions because I had written the NT 4.0 exams and remembered some of that information.

This book is good, but I wouldn't use it as my sole resource. If your are brand new to Windows 2000 check around for some supplementatary resources.

Aslam Mohammed A+, Network+, I-net+, CCNA, MCP, CIW-associate

I just passed this exam and I can say that this book gives you enough info to pass. It does put accents differently then the test, and some of the questions were not covered in this book, but overall you should be able to make it.

After reading Thomas Shinder's appalling, mistake ridden exam guide and failing the 70-210 exam I bought this book, read it and passed the exam easily. I found this book easy to read and understand and to be accurate, with the exception of the practice exam at the back of the book, which has some typos. This is definitely worth reading and I would have bought the book from this series for the 70-215 exam if it had been written by the same authors. The chapters covering Netware and Unix, which you need to know about for the exam, were excellent - everything you need to know if you don't have any practical experience in these areas.

E.L. Konigsburg is an outstanding young adult author. However, her foray into children's books is disappointing. While this book does provide an elementary introduction to NYC living, the plot is non-existent, the characters shallow, and the art disappointing. I would not recommend this book. If you are up for a good read, try any of her award-winning young adult literature.

THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST PICTURE BOOKS ABOUT NEW YORK CITY THAT I'VE EVER SEEN. IT'S COLORFUL, ENGAGING, AND FUN. THIS BOOK IS PERFECT FOR ANY SMALL CHILD THAT MIGHT BE ABOUT TO VISIT NYC, OR HAS JUST MOVED HERE