Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for April 28, 2013

According to my mom, house cleaning is part of living in a house, and if we wanted to continue having beds and TV privileges, we’d better hop to it!

Once again, Google is holly’s downfall…that and her inability to control her mouth!!

My daughter went on strike a couple of months go and now all she has to do is ask them if they would like her to do it again to get them moving. lol

Didn’t work in my childhood, either.

Thanks, Mom. Luann’s mom could learn a lot from you.

Finally a good old fashioned parent.

@Holly+AlixIf Ten-Dollars is all she’s giving… than a Ten-Dollar-jobs-worth is all Val’s getting.

Ummm, I am not offended, but I do have Mexican friends that would be. Kind of like a white person using the “N” word. Good story though.

Whenever I think my childhood was bad, I hear a story like yours!

Sorry Holly.

That $10 job comes with meals and a place to sleep. If she wants the “cool clothes”, that is how to get them.

Holly should Google how much rent and groceries cost. She’s getting them for free now.

just one summer? try from age 6 till I left for the army (17) every day,7 days a week 12-18 hours a day.

My friend’s teen-aged son told her to “stay out of his life” and so she did. Only cooked enough for herself and daughter, left the son’s clothes on the laundry floor, left him to pack his own lunch, and pretended she didn’t hear him when he spoke to her. Lasted three days.

Looks like they’ll pretty much be working for free..

Holly, your mouth can be seen for miles!

Holly, that’s the rate for someone who did not participate in making the mess!