Recent Comments

1. about 10 years ago on For Better or For Worse

   In reading the colicky comments, when our five came along (one at a time, thank goodness), I was advised by my grandmother to warm a hand towel in the microwave and put it on their stomach, then hold them firmly against me. It worked. It loosened their stomach muscles, and the colic lessened dramatically. Rocking them while holding them helped too.

2. over 10 years ago on Rose is Rose

   Perhaps Clem is written this way to show that despite adversity, one can still look beyond it & maintain their sense of humanity? Pasquale has been defined as a very sweet person who doesn’t seem to get upset by what life (and Clem) may throw at him.

3. about 11 years ago on B.C.

   I think it’s a nice nod to Wile E. Coyote & the Road Runner. Made me laugh at least!

4. about 11 years ago on For Better or For Worse

   I had five kids to get out to the bus stop, which is 2-1/2 miles from the house. For awhile, one was in high school, two in middle, two in elementary. Mornings would have been worse had it not been for assigning certain chores to each one to help get us all out the door. We still frequently missed the bus, however, and I’d have to take them all to school, which is 5-1/2 miles from our home. There were times I felt like camping out at the bus stop when they were getting home, as there were three different drop-off times. Frantic? Yes. But we made it, and all five are doing extremely well in their professions!

5. over 11 years ago on For Better or For Worse

   When California passed our law requiring seatbelts, my mom and stepdad were very angry at being “forced” to wear them!

6. over 11 years ago on Peanuts

   Our five kids enjoyed peanut butter & jelly sandwiches quite frequently as they grew up (very budget friendly). Unfortunately, they grew tired of them. I enticed them to keep eating them by asking if they’d like a “PBJ” instead. They loved them again! They never realized I had tricked them into eating the same thing by calling it a different name!

7. over 11 years ago on Garfield

   When our youngest son was small, we had to keep our butter put far away from him, or he’d climb onto the table or counter and start eating it from the butter dish. Thankfully, he outgrew that!

8. over 11 years ago on For Better or For Worse

   Looking is ok. My husband and I both like to look. As my son said once – “I like to window shop, but I leave the credit cards at home!”

9. almost 12 years ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   My five children & I ate cookie batter constantly while they were young. Nobody ever got ill from it. It became a huge battle trying to keep them out of it! Today’s children are too protected sometimes. Isn’t that why they created antibiotics?