You Can Do It: The Merit Badge Handbook for Grown Up Girls [Paperback]

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	Badge #3--Roam Where You Want To This badge helps you "define your dream trip, prepare for takeoff, and wind up with a departure date, itinerary, and perfectly packed bag. Consider St. Augustine's words: 'The world is a book; those who stay home read only one page.' ...Get ready to say bon voyage. You can do it!
	City Walks: Paris City Walks: New York	Big Sur to Big Basin: California's Dramatic Central Coast Bed and Breakfast Ireland	Sonoma: The Ultimate Winery Guide Second Edition The Wine Lover's Guide to the Wine Country: The Best of Napa, Sonoma, and Mendocino
	Badge #21--Get Down to the Knitty-Gritty Whether you're a trendsetter hankering for a handknit PDA cover or a traditionalist after a tea cozy just like Grandma's, this badge will have you in stitches--and a new scarf--in no time. As your fingers fly, you'll soothe your soul, relax your mind, and satisfy your creative urges. Get ready to get hooked. You can do it!
	Knit Knack Kit Knitting Pretty
	Badge #27--Get Well-Read Being well-read means different things to different people. It usually assumes some depth in a specific subject area or breadth across an "established" list of classics. But there is no right or wrong to any great love affair. The purpose of this badge is to open doors to a lifetime enriched by reading on your own terms, without any literary presumption or prejudice. You can read whatever you like, and as much (or little) as you like, so long as you stay true to the call of what really interests and delights you. You can do it!
	This Is My Best: Great Writers Share Their Favorite Work 1906	Campfire Collection: Thrilling Chilling Tales of Alien Encounters This Life She's Chosen	Small Town Odds: A Novel
	Badge #28--Dine In Imagine this... When afternoon turns to evening and stomachs start to growl, you invite your friends to stay for supper--and bowl them over with your baked ziti...How did someone who used to find cooking for people intimidating turn into such a gracious gourmet chef? By keeping a panic-proof pantry, learning to rustle up a few reliable dishes, and refining your repertoire. Grab an apron. You can do it!
	Pie Pie Pie: Easy Homemade Favorites Big Book of Easy Suppers: 270 Delicious Recipes for Casual Everyday Cooking	Salmon: A Cookbook Cupcakes	The Wine Lover Cooks Italian What's Cooking Recipe Box
	Badge #29--Know Your Best Cellars There's a difference between drinking wine and tasting wine. When you are drinking wine, it blends with the experience to become a poignant memory. When tasting wine, the process of swirling, sniffing, sipping, and spitting is educational. It's fun to buy, order, serve, and savor wine. Learning what you like and a willingness to experiment is all you need to get into wine. Grab a corkscrew. You can do it!
	Sonoma: The Ultimate Winery Guide Second Edition The Wine Lover's Guide to the Wine Country: The Best of Napa, Sonoma, and Mendocino	Napa Valley: The Ultimate Winery Guide--Revised and Updated, Fourth Edition The Wine Lover's Journal	The Wine Country Deck: 50 Best Northern California Wineries The Wine Deck: 50 Ways to Choose, Serve, and Enjoy Great Wines
	Badge #33--Hang Ten Imagine this... You stride purposefully down the beach, board under your arm, sun on your back, smile on your face. When you reach the water, you gracefully throw down your board, ease yourself onto it, and begin paddling into the clear blue of sea and sky. Thoughts of deadlines and duties recede with the shoreline. You have just one thing on your mind: Catching a wave and riding it sure and strong. If this is your beach-chair daydream, this badge will get you up, out to sea, and on a board. You can do it!
	The Girl's Guide To Surfing The Perfect Day	Maverick's: The Story of Big-Wave Surfing

Many of the badges are based on adventures from Lauren's own life: taking her husband sky-diving to celebrate her 30th birthday, earning her emergency medical technician credential, learning how to kayak and Rollerblade. Other badges are more practical, such as getting personal finances in order or quitting smoking. "Lauren worried that women got too caught up in their 'To Do' lists instead of their 'Dream to Do' lists," says her husband Jack. "This is her final gift." Book proceeds will be donated to a foundation supporting Lauren's favorite charities. "Newsweek"

."..it is more than just a life-maintenance manual - the emphasis is very much on breaking through personal boundaries and trying something new." "London Times"

""You Can Do It!: The Merit Badge Handbook for Grown-Up Girls", for all Girl Scouts at heart, embodies the spirit of sisterhood." "USA Today"