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My Grandson's Meltdowns Are Wearing Us Out! {ParentDish}
Jan 18th 2011 11:01AM "Act I and Act II Parenting." Oh, please! Allowing a four-year-old "...to be heard and understood." Yeah, they're being heard, all right, by having a temper tantrum. Give me a break! "Give words to his feelings." "You're so mad! You really wanted those cookies." How wussy, how namby-pamby can you get? Whatever happened to, "No means no."? Being told you couldn't have a cookie before dinner because it would spoil your dinner was good enough in my day. I think one of the reasons we have so many juvenile delinquents these days is at least partly because of all the wussy, New Agey parenting "advice" from so-called "experts." Parents these days are much too soft, not like they used to be. In my day, parents acted like parents and discipline was non-negotiable. (By the way, "my day" was the mid '50s to early '70s.)
Child rearing is basically just good old-fashioned horse sense (a.k.a., "common" sense). To me, it's like training a dog. When it comes to discipline, just exercise common sense, consistency, firmness, love, and patience. Those are the keys.
Are People With Summer Birthdays Happier? {Lemondrop}
Dec 11th 2010 9:10AM Lin, you sound as though you're implying that those who can't/don't/won't spoil their kids don't "cherish" them as much as those who do. Don't tell me you only made "meager" earnings and yet were able to lavish your child with loads of Christmas AND birthday presents AND also had the financial wherewithall to throw parties at a skating rink for her and her friends and classmates, because I ain't buyin' it. If all that is TRUE, then she sounds like she was one VERY spoiled little girl, and I wouldn't be at all surprised if she grew up with one HUGE sense of entitlement. If your income was as "meager" as you claim, then she might have been lacking in other parts of her life because it sounds like you must have spent nearly every penny you had on Christmas and birthday presents and birthday parties!
Are People With Summer Birthdays Happier? {Lemondrop}
Dec 8th 2010 4:14PM Me again. BTW, who the heck brings cupcakes to school on their birthday? I've never heard of such a thing before.
Should Middle-Aged Women Cut Their Hair? Experts (And You) Weigh In {Stylelist (Main)}
Oct 29th 2010 4:47PM Sorry, Jeanne, but I beg to differ with you. In MY experience, I've seen MANY middle aged and older women with beautiful past-the-shoulder-length hair. As someone else in this article wrote, and I paraphrase, to say that a woman shouldn't wear her hair long past a "certain" age is like still saying that it's a fashion faux pas to wear white before Memorial Day and after Labor Day, or, and I'll add another of my own, that it's incorrect to drink red wine only with red meat, and white wine only with white meat. All are SO 20th Century, if not older! A woman should wear whatever hair length she likes, and looks best in, at whatever age.
Kinser, when I was growing up, I had a classmate who had pretty, almost-down-to-her-butt blonde hair that I very much admired. I asked her how she got it to grow so long, and she told me she would have her split ends trimmed off when they appeared. Unfortunately, that tactic never worked for me. My hair would always grow down to just below my shoulders, get split ends, and stop growing, so, I'd get the split ends trimmed off. Again, my hair would grow down to just below my shoulders, again get split ends, and that would be the end of the growth. I did that every time I got split ends, and it would be the same story every single time. I finally gave up on ever having really long, beautiful hair like my classmate. Besides, with those split ends, whenever the weather got humid, it would be "Frizz City," so I finally got my hair cut. I've had short hair ever since and have never regretted it. (It's so much easier to take care of.) That was nearly 35 YEARS AGO, when I was in my early 20s! So, Kinser, don't give me that cr*pola about a woman's cutting her hair being a sign of "old age"! That's a load of GARBAGE!
ABC Cancels 'The Whole Truth,' Orders More 'No Ordinary Family,' 'Better With You,' 'Detroit 1-8-7' {AOL TV}
Oct 26th 2010 5:36PM I'm glad to hear that "The Whole Truth" has gotten the ax. The LAST thing TV needs is yet ANOTHER lawyer/courtroom drama! I HATE lawyer/courtroom dramas! They bore me to tears!
"Brothers & Sisters" is one of THE BEST scripted dramas ever put on TV. The cast, the writing, and the stories are first rate. I've watched it from the first episode, and I don't think I've missed an episode yet.
I can't BELIEVE that ABC is ordering more episodes of the silly "No Ordinary Family." Well, I doubt it'll be around much longer. Those so-called "high concept" shows seldom last long. I'm predicting that "...Family" will eventually go the way of "Heroes," which was another "high concept" show.
I like "Better With You," it's a cute sitcom. (Another new sitcom I really like is the also-cute "Mike & Molly" on CBS. I also like CBS's "(Expletives) My Dad Says." It's not cute, but it IS funny. William Shatner is a hoot! I'm also glad that CBS FINALLY picked up "Rules of Engagement" for a FULL season.)
Clean a Bathroom in 15 Minutes: Our Minute-by-Minute Guide {Shelterpop}
Oct 22nd 2010 6:05PM I don't know what "La-La Land" Ms. Findley's living in, but it's obvious that "Mary Moppins" has never seen MY bathroom because there is absolutely NO WAY that MY bathroom could be made sparkling clean in a mere 15 minutes! As "Simple Sammy" said, this article sounds like the kind of sprucing up you'd do for a little-used guest bathroom before weekend guests arrive, and, as a couple of other posters said, it would take more than 15 minutes to round up that lengthy list of cleaning supplies! (I've discovered an excellent chrome and glass cleaner. It's my own homemade concoction of 50% white vinegar and 50% rubbing alcohol kept in a plastic spray bottle. In my humble opinion, I think it's better than any commercial chrome and glass cleaner. Forget Windex, etc.!)
Ms. Findley is right about sponges being bacteria magnets, but she's wrong when she says that sponges can't be properly cleaned. Just toss 'em in the washer; that'll clean 'em. By the way, why get down on your hands and knees to clean the bathroom floor. Hasn't she ever heard of a mop?
Geri, you're absolutely right about bleach being the best grout cleaner, it's the best thing for cleaning off mold in general. I find it handy to, again, keep a plastic spray bottle filled with a mixture of two parts water to one part bleach for the purpose of cleaning off mold.
I've got one other tidbit of info for Ms. Findley. You do NOT clean a bathroom SINK. The bathroom sink is properly called a lavatory. Trust me, I know. I'm the granddaughter of a plumber, and my grandfather would usually correct me whenever he heard me refer to it as the bathroom "sink," although to this day, I still usually call it a "sink." Old habits die hard.
The 'Pepperoni Threepeat Belly Buster' Is the Ultimate Frozen Food - Totino's in Hot Pockets in Digiorno {Urlesque}
Oct 3rd 2010 6:58AM Sounds like the frozen snack food version of the"turducken," you know, that chicken-inside-a-duck-inside-a-turkey, or whatever it is, recipe that shows up every Thanksgiving.
Did Elle Magazine Lighten Gabby Sidibe's Skin? {BV on Style}
Sep 17th 2010 10:41AM Airbrush?!?!? Don't you mean Photoshop? Airbrush is SO 20th Century! Well, even if ELLE DID do an "airbrush" job on Gabby Sidibe's pic, it's not the first time a fashion magazine -- or any other magazine -- for that matter, has done it, and it certainly won't be the last, either. That kind of thing is done all the time in the magazine biz. How do you think those cover girls get their impossibly perfect looks on their covers, hmmmm? They don't come by all of it naturally, THAT'S for sure! They all have at least SOME electronic touch-up work (a.k.a., Photoshopping) done.
The Viagra Divide -- Why Are Female Sex Enhancers Banned From TV? {Lemondrop}
Sep 16th 2010 10:42AM "Why Are Female Sex Enhancers Banned From TV?" Despite the fact we're in the home stretch of the final year of the first decade of the 21st Century, I'm sure it's still mainly men who make most of the advertising decisions for TV. Personally, I would prefer that ALL TV commercials for sexually-related products be eliminated, or, at the very least, be relegated to late-night and wee-small-hours-of-the-morning TV. (I don't appreciate seeing Cialis and Viagra commercials and hearing about "E.D." when I'm having dinner.) I am a 50-something virgin and I have absolutely no problem with that. I have NEVER had ANY interest in sex (I like to say I was born without a libido, which is the truth), and the only time I ever even THINK about sex is when I hear it mentioned, which, in this sex-obsessed country, is FAR too often. As far as I'm concerned, the ONLY reason for sex is procreation. In other words, unless you're trying to have a baby, FUHGEDDABOUDIT!!!
How to Find a Job in One Day {AOL Jobs}
Sep 7th 2010 10:04AM As for what attire constitutes appropriate/inappropriate officewear today, well, that all depends on an individual office's culture, but overall, I wholeheartedly agree with you, Darla. I especially agree with your point about showing cleavage, which I feel is inappropriate in ANY office setting regardless of culture, that is, unless you "work" in a brothel. I agree with you, too, John E., about proofreading having vanished with Spell Check. One should NOT rely solely on Spell Check to proof their work! Spell Check is primarily for those who are halfway decent spellers and grammarians to begin with. It's frustrating, though, that the job-hunting tips I find online are, for the most part, geared towards the executive types. (I'm just an "office girl," or admin, as they're called today.) I'd like to be able to afford to take classes at my local community college in order to make myself at least a BIT more marketable. I live in Podunk, U.S.A. (northeastern Connecticut) where jobs in general, and especially decent-paying jobs, are virtually non-existant. (I've been unemployed for a little over five years, now. The last time I worked was July, '05.) I've done the posting-my-resume-online thing, but doing that has only produced scam-job offers; never anything legitimate. I haven't tried the social networking thing, but that's only because I don't DO the social networking thing; I don't do the blogging or the makeup-wearing things, either. BTW, very few of those who are fortunate to have jobs these days work the traditional 8-5 or 9-5 anymore. That's SO 20th Century! Also, are the days of wearing black or navy blue for interviews things of the past? Or, is that also SO 20th Century. (P.S. That purse Kristen's carrying in her "after" pic is UGLY! It's WAY too big -- it looks like a carry-on bag -- and that green color doesn't go with anything else she's wearing! I personally wouldn't be caught DEAD carrying that bag out in public!)
