LEADER 04256nam 2200541 450 001 9910816515203321 005 20230126214002.0 010 $a1-60893-577-9 035 $a(CKB)3710000000587630 035 $a(EBL)4388727 035 $a(OCoLC)936624805 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001675142 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16487855 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001675142 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)15018990 035 $a(PQKB)11691599 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4388727 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000587630 100 $a20160215h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGot here as soon as I could $ediscovering the way life should be /$fSarah Smiley 210 1$aLanham, Maryland :$cDown East Books,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (329 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-60893-576-0 327 $aContents; Preface; Foreword; Introduction; Welcome to Maine; A Lesson in Liquids and Solids; There Might Not Be Moose; Still Looking for Moose; He Who Hesitates Gets Stuck on the Lift; Ice Fishing; Old Man Winter; Crispy Isn't Spelled with a K; The Beast Below the Floorboards; My Basement of Solitude; Benefits of Small Living; No Room for Lazy; The GPS Won't Get You to Katahdin; When a Case of Soda Freezes, You Know It's Cold; How to Blow Snow; When I Knew Maine Was Home; The Way Life Is; Waking the Senses; Off the Beaten Path in the County; Small, Local Shops Make Memories 327 $aZucchini: Plant of HorrorsA Frozen Christmas Tree; The Unsung Heroes of Winter; Small-Town Life; Apologies to the Wildlife; The Mother Bird; One Bird in the House is Worse Than Two Outside; Raising Kids in Maine; The New (Naughty) Kid in Class; Gift Shops = Hell; Kids as Collateral at the County Fair; Frozen Waffles (Hey, I cook them first!); National Waffle Shortage; Moms Don't Have Favorites; If Otters Read Books About Us; The Brothers' Separation; Firstborn Cuts Path; Loss of Wii: Cruel and Unusual Punishment; Etchings on the Family Table; Price Gouging Gumballs 327 $aPicture Frames as Time CapsulesFirst Fish, Then Dog; We Won a Shark; Meet Sparky; When a Dog Trains His Boy; To the Littlest Boy in Striped Shirts; Sam's Club; Things I'll Forget; Lindell Learning to Read; Diary of a Snow Day; Lindiddy; A Letter to My Future Daughters-in-Law; The Fairness of World-and Coin Tosses; Letting Go of the Bike; A Sad, Backward Version of The Very Hungry Caterpillar; I Ruined Halloween; Living With All Boys; Managing Children, Gardens; It Will be Quiet All too Soon; Star Wars is Tearing Us Apart; Yellow Beans; Ads Set Parenting Bar Too High; About a Boy in a Kayak 327 $aTo Ford as He Begins High SchoolBaseball; Baseball Season in Maine; First Day of Little League; Father-Son Moment at Third Base; Where Have All the Baseball Kids Gone?; Last Year of Little League; Marriage and Other Things; Dustin Goes to a Civilian Dentist; The Immortal Coffee Mug; Clean While No One is Watching; The Ramekins; Dustin Finds a New Way to Fly; You Can Take the Kid Out of Diapers, but Will Dustin Ever Hear?; Dustin Doesn't Let Anyone Win; Lost Wedding Band; New Wedding Band; Wedding Band Found by Mainers; If Schools Were Designed for Introverts; Fear of Flying 327 $aFlying with the 101stMission Accomplished; Flying: Let's Try That Again; FAQs about Failed Flying Attempt; Online Commenters; Lessons for the Future; About the Author 330 $aGOT HERE AS SOON AS I COULD is a collection of syndicated columnist Sarah Smiley's most-loved columns about raising a family in Maine. In these 100 essays, readers will laugh, cry and nod their head "yes" as they remember a time when all of America was as simple and beautiful as it still is today in Vacationland. 606 $aTravel$zUnited States 607 $aMaine$xSocial life and customs$vAnecdotes 615 0$aTravel 676 $a306.8509741 700 $aSmiley$b Sarah$01640506 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910816515203321 996 $aGot here as soon as I could$93984083 997 $aUNINA