For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for May 28, 2010

can’t wait for the outpouring - oh she hates her son! such a bad mother! - well the saying goes, there never was such a good child born that his mother wasn’t glad when he fell asleep…

No joy for ellie on this day As she watches her son skip and play Her days are all filled with strife How she hates her lot in life Her husband never seems to help out God, how could she have married such a lout Cleaning, washing, food to cook All her sacrifices they overlook For granted she has been taken She feels she has been forsaken But it could be a really great day If they all would just up and go away.

Mom! There’s nuthin to do.

Oooh! and one of my favorites, ” I’m Bored!” Go play on the swings,no, Go in the pool, no,Go call a friend,no..GO BACK TO SCHOOL!! :)

This is one of the reasons I don’t have children…

I love when school is out! We don’t have to get up so early/go to bed so early. We can learn lessons in the yard and garden, go on walks, color, paint, watch movies in our pj’s, go to the library - all during the day and not scrunched into a hour at night! Yay!

Well, I’m a teacher, and believe me, WE jump up and down on the sofa too!

every year I’d have a TON of activities set up for the kids and we’d STILL run out of things by mid-July

plus, there isn’t a kid alive who considers chores an activity….lol

@Nelly55… As a young goaler, chores were mandatory at our house whether school was in session or not! When school was out, then we could concentrate on BASEBALL!!!! I grew up in St. Louis, where the Cardinals are a civic duty! ;-)

And the NL Central leaders.

This is my first summer at home with the kids, and I’m mostly looking forward to it. I’ve already told them that we’ll have lots of fun, but we’ll also be doing some chores, that one goes with the other. School let out for us in GA last Friday, and so far so good. Mid-July should be interesting though…

Michael, here’s a hint: watch Phineas & Ferb on Disney Channel. Hmmm, can a cartoon watch a cartoon?

Spammer strikes again.

@rac0308 I believe the Cincinnati Reds are in first place in the NL Central Division. They are one game ahead of St. Louis. (LETS GO REDS!!!!!)

I can understand Ellie’s melancholy as she contemplates an entire summer of Mike’s energy and keeping up with a toddler. No matter how you love your kids, it’s difficult to keep up with them and take care of all those other responsibilities around the house. Hopefully, Mike and Lawrence will find something to occupy their time and keep them out of trouble.

School’s at least PARTLY out here in Indy - IPS “traditional calendar” last day was 5/25

As I have said before Elly, you will store up SO MANY fond memories this summer. So as the song says. “Lighten Up.”

It doesn’t look like she’s rejoicing there, Paul Jones. You people make up what you want to see, you don’t really read the daily happenings, that ‘s why you can’t handle when people point out what really was written. List of chores? Where did that come from? He’s happy about summer vacation coming soon. Elly Patterson is never happy about anything. How many days do I have to go back to find a moment when she was happy about anything? Forget about days, how many story lines do I have look back through? She was happy maybe once or twice this entire year so far, and when she is, it’s always for selfish reasons, especially when it spites someone else, which are the two times I can recall for the 2010 reruns.

The spammer is bad enough, what’s worse is that the flagger-person is asleep for the second day in a row.

Michael’s joy will last about a day before “I’m bored” kicks in. I remember what I was like, and it didn’t matter how many activities I had – my mom just couldn’t keep me entertained.

What happened? Is the economy now so bad they had to let go the guy at Go Comics that was in charge of getting rid of all the spam???