"I hate mornings," my wife growled, walking into thebedroom. For years, Robert Peecher has entertained readers of TheOconee Leader newspaper with his humor columns about the chaos of raising threesons, and in "Four Things My Wife Hates About & Other Collected Stories" hehas for the first time collected some of these columns into a single volume. This volume consists of stories from when Rob, with his wifeJean, first encountered the horrors of having a child in middle school. Whenchildren enter middle school, all their cerebral functioning comes to ascreeching halt and they are motivated purely by bad decisions, hormones andpeer pressure. Adding to the chaos of these years, Rob and Jean had twoyounger sons who were both in elementary school. They were (mostly) stilladorable. In "Four Things," you can read about hot chicks with cheatcodes, the exploding tube of tooth paste prank and starting the school yearwith a yawn. You can also find out why school teachers never stood a chanceagainst the magic of summertime and, of course, the four things Jean hatesabout mornings. If you want to feel better about your own family, you'llappreciate "Four Things My Wife Hates About Mornings." If you have children, oryou were ever a child yourself, you'll relate to "Four Things My Wife HatesAbout Mornings." And if you have a sense of humor about the chaos of raisingkids, you'll laugh out loud at "Four Things My Wife Hates About Mornings."
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