Jan Eliot's funny and irreverent Stone Soup follows the saga of an extended, blended family, starring two working-mom sisters living just across the fence from each other. Val and Joan share life with their opinionated mother, a middle-school diva and 10-year-old tomboy, a reclusive teenage boy, a wild preschooler and his new baby sister...and of course Wally, the ultimate nice guy who steps into his stepdad shoes with grace amid the chaos. Working-parent hassles, pre-school tantrums, middle-school angst, love and the single mom... it's all here in Stone Soup.
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Oak Ridge Boy61
said, 8 months ago
Yep, I bet Mom will love to do that stuff just as soon as you start doing the cleaning
dkendraf said, 8 months ago
What’s wrong w/ Valerie that she can’t delegate some of it to Holly (and Alix)? MY folks always made my brother and me do chores! Oh, wait, that’s considered politically incorrect nowadays isn’t it; making children learn to be responsible… thpppptttt >:-P
DerkinsVanPelt218 said, 8 months ago
I’ve spent weekends lifting heavy trash, doing dishes, dusting, other cleaning work. I even had to rush out to get paper towels when our dog made a horrible mess in the hall. We managed to get the smell out, but we still have to shampoo the carpet where it’s stained.
samvadi said, 8 months ago
foot in the mouth disease, holly?
Luxurylife said, 8 months ago
@dkendraf
You’re absolutely right and with the seemingly more and more abolishment of gym class from schools the kids just get fatter and fatter, sooner or later we will have alot of willy wonka Agustas Blu’s and blu’ettes walkin around lol
Purple Morpho 2015 said, 8 months ago
I haven’t done that in years! Since middle school Sats. always included homework of some kind…
Artireadmorecomics said, 8 months ago
@Purple Morpho 2015
Now with the “no fail” policy , the kids do not even have to do homework. just enroll in class and you graduate. Attendance is optional, learning if discouraged, and independent thought is forbidden.
Ken in Ohio said, 8 months ago
@Luxurylife
My gym classes were a big joke, as far as any physical fitness was concerned. Change clothes in the locker room, stand in line for ten or fifteen minutes waiting to throw a ball at a hoop, then go back into the locker room and try to get showered and changed back into school clothes before the bell for the next class. There was one gym coach, in 9th grade, who tried to get us helping each other doing calisthenics, but only for a couple of weeks. All this was back in 1963-1968. Maybe things have changed.
whmIII said, 8 months ago
If it isn’t’ homework….it’s HOME WORK!!!
ncalifgirl58 said, 8 months ago
Sometimes it’s just easier to do it yourself…..
Night-Gaunt49 said, 8 months ago
Looks like her sunny unfounded view of Saturday is about to change forever.
Jenn said, 8 months ago
Actually, one CAN love Saturdays, if one CHOOSES to take a break from household chores. It’s all about choice. Yes, she has two daughters to raise.(semi-alone in that, but for Grandma) But, (!) she doesn’t have Max to RAISE. He would be the sole reason she’d be doing housework all the time.
Val has to CHOOSE to not do housework, or lots of housework, on a Saturday. She works five days a week at a job. Why can’t she take a break for a day??
Redkaycei Repoc said, 8 months ago
@Ken in Ohio
Hmnn must have been a buckeye thing during those years just north of the border in my jr and sr high gym classes we worked our butts off and needed the showers before going back to our other classes.
angusdad said, 8 months ago
My sister and I had chores before school and after school, plus help clean the house on the weekend. It’s one of the things that I’m thankful that my parents taught us.
segullah said, 8 months ago
Who says the kids aren’t suppose to be doing chores? Holly might’ve conveniently “forgotten” about her’s.