{"id":11224,"date":"2011-02-15T13:55:34","date_gmt":"2011-02-15T21:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/momservations.wordpress.com\/?p=11224"},"modified":"2011-02-15T13:55:34","modified_gmt":"2011-02-15T21:55:34","slug":"target-practice-anyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/momservations.com\/index.php\/2011\/02\/15\/target-practice-anyone\/","title":{"rendered":"Target Practice, Anyone?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Momservation: <\/strong>Some days the only thing that gets me out of bed is believing <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Steven_Spielberg\">Steven Spielberg <\/a>is going to eventually want to buy the movie rights to this comedy of errors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">\u263a\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u263a\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u263a<\/p>\n<p>So, I\u2019ve got a thousand books in my garage. I like to look at this obstruction to my vehicle fitting in a covered space as tangible optimism and not a miscalculation on product demand. My kids like to look at it as a place to prop their bikes and place their helmets.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11225\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11225\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/momservations.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/garage-books.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11225\" title=\"Garage Books\" src=\"http:\/\/momservations.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/garage-books.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11225\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">These books need a loving home...<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This convenient bike rack is the back stock of my parenting humor gift book, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/search.barnesandnoble.com\/Momservations\/Kelli-M-Wheeler\/e\/9780615356518\/?itm=1&amp;USRI=momservations\">MOMSERVATIONS \u2013 THE FINE PRINT OF PARENTING<\/a><\/strong> released in 2010. Despite landing on <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/img829.imageshack.us\/i\/kelligooddaysacramento2.jpg\/\">Good Day Sacramento<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, the pages of <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/img140.imageshack.us\/i\/octsacmagcover.jpg\/\">Sacramento Magazine<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, and <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/img546.imageshack.us\/i\/successmagazine.jpg\/\">Success Magazine<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, and a fantastic <a href=\"http:\/\/img208.imageshack.us\/i\/kellibooksign.jpg\/\"><strong>Casey\u2019s Hallmark<\/strong> <\/a>roll-out book signing, publication delays caused me to miss the bigger marketing window of Mother\u2019s Day and I have a \u201cfew\u201d book still around. I\u2019d love to get them out of my garage, or better yet, on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oprah.com\/packages\/oprahs-ultimate-favorite-things-products.html\"><strong>Oprah\u2019s list of Favorite Things<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a wonderful stroke of luck (read: months spent on a convincing marketing proposal with documentation of strategic marketing and promotion) <a href=\"http:\/\/search.barnesandnoble.com\/Momservations\/Kelli-M-Wheeler\/e\/9780615356518\/?itm=1&amp;USRI=momservations\"><strong>Barnes &amp; Noble<\/strong> <\/a>book store has decided to help me!<\/p>\n<p>Yes, they\u2019ve bought 2 books to carry online!<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s not a typo \u2013 two. T-W-O. A pair. A twin set. Two whole books out of the thousand in my garage.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not that the brilliant people at BN don\u2019t believe in the wonderful concept of this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.outbacksolutions.com\/momservations_glimpse.pdf\">beautiful 80-pg. photographic gift book perfect for new moms, veteran moms, grandmas, girlfriends, or any gender with a sense of humor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11227\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11227\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/momservations.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/coffe-table.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11227\" title=\"Coffe Table\" src=\"http:\/\/momservations.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/coffe-table.jpg?w=225\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11227\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MOMSERVATIONS makes a great coffe table book!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s just that according to Diane in the Small Press Department at Barnes &amp; Noble, Inc., \u201c\u2026<em>we will begin monitoring sales of your book, and reorder copies into our distribution network commensurate with demand<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Loyal readers, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Momservations\">Twitter followers<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KelliSilveiraWheeler#!\/Kellimwheeler\">Facebook friends<\/a>, friend friends, family, total strangers who stumbled here because I once mentioned <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kidrock.com\/\">Kid Rock <\/a>and now I get a dozen hits a day for searches of Kid Rock, lend me your support!<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s show Barnes &amp; Noble that there is way more demand for <a href=\"http:\/\/search.barnesandnoble.com\/Momservations\/Kelli-M-Wheeler\/e\/9780615356518\/?itm=1&amp;USRI=momservations\">MOMSERVATIONS<\/a> than just two books. Let\u2019s show them that <strong>Mother\u2019s Day <\/strong>is coming up and they better be prepared and have their servers ready! Let\u2019s show them that we can be the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/1722492\/how-social-media-accelerated-the-uprising-in-egypt\">Egypt<\/a> of the blogsphere and instead of stepping down \u2013 they need to step up their purchase order!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11228\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11228\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/momservations.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/bathroom-reading.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11228\" title=\"Bathroom reading\" src=\"http:\/\/momservations.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/bathroom-reading.jpg?w=225\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11228\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MOMSERVATIONS makes great bathroom reading!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And what a deal! <a href=\"http:\/\/search.barnesandnoble.com\/Momservations\/Kelli-M-Wheeler\/e\/9780615356518\/?itm=1&amp;USRI=momservations\">MOMSERVATIONS<\/a> is already on sale for 33% off! It\u2019s only $8.63! And once my grandma buys those two books and you get the little message that says a new book is not available at his time \u2013 click their \u201c<strong>Like\u201d on Facebook \u00a0<\/strong>or <strong>Add to List<\/strong> to show them you were there and you wanted that book, dang it!<\/p>\n<p>With <strong>Mother\u2019s Day <\/strong>coming up, how great would it feel to already have a great gift for mom out of the way in February?!<\/p>\n<p>But, if you just don\u2019t have someone you think needs a MOMSERVATIONS book (Gasp! I\u2019m sorry, I just can\u2019t go there with you\u2026), here are some other great uses for the book:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11226\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11226\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/momservations.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/coaster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11226\" title=\"Coaster\" src=\"http:\/\/momservations.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/coaster.jpg?w=225\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11226\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MOMSERVATIONS as a coaster!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11229\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11229\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/momservations.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/teetering-table.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11229\" title=\"Teetering Table\" src=\"http:\/\/momservations.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/teetering-table.jpg?w=225\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11229\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MOMSERVATIONS will help balance that wobbly table!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11230\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11230\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/momservations.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/plant-dish.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11230\" title=\"Plant Dish\" src=\"http:\/\/momservations.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/plant-dish.jpg?w=225\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11230\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MOMSERVATIONS makes a great plant dish!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11231\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11231\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/momservations.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/cutting-board.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11231\" title=\"Cutting Board\" src=\"http:\/\/momservations.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/cutting-board.jpg?w=225\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11231\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MOMSERVATIONS as a cutting board!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11232\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11232\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/momservations.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/dog-chew-toy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11232\" title=\"Dog Chew Toy\" src=\"http:\/\/momservations.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/dog-chew-toy.jpg?w=225\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11232\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MOMSERVATIONS as a dog chew toy!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11233\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11233\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/momservations.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/target-practice.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11233\" title=\"Target Practice\" src=\"http:\/\/momservations.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/target-practice.jpg?w=225\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11233\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MOMSERVATIONS as target practice!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11234\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11234\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/momservations.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/pot-lid.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11234\" title=\"Pot Lid\" src=\"http:\/\/momservations.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/pot-lid.jpg?w=225\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11234\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MOMSERVATIONS makes a great pot lid!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11235\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11235\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/momservations.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/loose-gate-wedge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11235\" title=\"Loose Gate Wedge\" src=\"http:\/\/momservations.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/loose-gate-wedge.jpg?w=225\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11235\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MOMSERVATIONS makes a great loose gate wedge!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11236\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11236\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/momservations.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/window-stop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11236\" title=\"Window Stop\" src=\"http:\/\/momservations.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/window-stop.jpg?w=225\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11236\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Use MOMSERVATIONS as a window stop to keep out burglars!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11237\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11237\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/momservations.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/kick-stand.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11237\" title=\"Kick Stand\" src=\"http:\/\/momservations.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/kick-stand.jpg?w=225\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11237\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MOMSERVATIONS makes a convenient kickstand!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11238\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11238\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/momservations.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/filing-system.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11238\" title=\"Filing System\" src=\"http:\/\/momservations.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/filing-system.jpg?w=225\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11238\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">But wait, there&#039;s more! Use MOMSERVATIONS as a filing system!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11239\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11239\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/momservations.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/bbq-starter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11239\" title=\"BBQ Starter\" src=\"http:\/\/momservations.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/bbq-starter.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11239\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MOMSERVATIONS as a quick BBQ starter!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11240\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11240\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/momservations.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/hamster-home.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11240\" title=\"Hamster Home\" src=\"http:\/\/momservations.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/hamster-home.jpg?w=225\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11240\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MOMSERVATIONS is the perfect hamster home!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Heck, at the very least we should all buy a book to send to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/01\/16\/fashion\/16Cultural.html\">Amy Chua, the author of \u201cBattle Hymn of the Tiger Mother\u201d <\/a>to remind her to lighten up and enjoy the journey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MOMSERVATIONS author tries to get Barnes &amp; Noble to carry more inventory of her book by rallying support and suggesting creative uses for her book (i.e. target practice, hamster home, table stabilizer)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,165,1],"tags":[289,290,291,292,293,294,2,295,296,86,72,3,5,297,298,299,6,28,105,300,301,302,303],"class_list":["post-11224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-parenting-2","category-parenting-humor-2","category-uncategorized","tag-amy-chua","tag-barnes-noble","tag-battle-hymn-of-the-tiger-mother","tag-caseys-hallmark","tag-egypt","tag-facebook","tag-family","tag-good-day-sacramento","tag-great-mothers-day-gift","tag-kelli-wheeler","tag-kid-rock","tag-kids","tag-momservations","tag-momservations-book","tag-mothers-day","tag-oprahs-list-of-favorite-things","tag-parenting","tag-parenting-humor","tag-sacramento-magazine","tag-steven-spielberg","tag-success-magazine","tag-twitter","tag-uses-for-old-books"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Target Practice, Anyone? - Kelli M. 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