Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for June 12, 2015

SHE’s paying the Mortgage, it’s HER house!

Oh, Val—are you really that ditzy? This worry about Phil has messed with your head!

Except that Rena asked “where are you going to live?”. What else could Val have said to answer that clearly? If Val had said ‘our house’ then Rena still wouldn’t have known where they are going to live because ‘our’ has too many possible meanings in this situation.

no conflict, no funny. At least it won’t be poor Phil looking foolish with the hammer. And please keep Val away from those home improvement shows! Looking forward to this twist in the story line.

Repainted the kitchen two days before the wedding, smashed my finger, couldn’t get the engagement ring off or wedding ring on. And, that was just painting. Oh, Val, you have no idea what you are getting yourself into…………

Val! No! Angie’s List!

Why on earth would she want to discuss another bathroom with Phil? He has enough to worry about without being concerned with the addition of a new bath room. It’s still HER house and it’s really the girls she is thinking about with the need for another bathroom

So here, the “one-tooth” expression connotes naivete…

I see.

Oh joy, another diversion from the Wedding of the Century…

Hired a guy to take out my mom’s ear tree (look them up – they’re horrendous!). After I gave him a hefty advance, he piled a bunch of branches in the middle of her sidewalk andtook off, without finishing with the tree. I couldn’t get in touch with him – he kept having his daughter answer the phone. Several years later he applied for Vocational Rehabilitation and I was assigned as his counselor. I told my supervisor about this, and he suggested that I try to get my money back somehow (he may have been joking). I assigned the guy to someone else. See my comment from yesterday for another lesson on what not to do when hiring workers . . .

“Two weeks, Miz Stone.”

Time for someone to rent The Money Pit with Tom Hanks and Shelley Long, the argument that they have at the end is the best. Warning: Never buy a house from Hitler’s pool boy.

I foresee the “Contractor” scamming her for a Large Advance.Then, he finds out just what Phil does for a Living…

How do we know she hasn’t discussed this with Phil? I’m sure they’ve discussed the fact he’ll be moving in. Maybe he ASKED for another bathroom!

Tried to reply to comicsssfan and say “NOW you tell me!”, but it wouldn’t let me. Maybe it’s mad because I’m too late.

RED FLAG!!! BIG RED FLAG