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  • Marilyn
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Jackson Tapes Reveal Inner Turmoil {PopEater}

Sep 25th 2009 4:27PM Gee Sarge.....I'm not a celebrity, but I'd love to come to your house! I've often felt the same way as you've written about so competently...Just plain folks willing to give someone a helping, nurturing hand. Too bad more celebrities longing for a quiet weekend can't find more people like us to share their quiet time with.....

Ugliest Dog: Rascal the Chinese Crested {Pawnation OLD}

Sep 25th 2009 12:37PM Well, he might spread the word for adoptions, but the spay and neuter thing is kind of misleading.....If the owner, Dane Andrew, had gone along with that policy, he obviously wouldn't have had the father, grandmother, mother, etc., nor this particular dog! This owner bred for UGLY! No pedigree, nothing, except the
UGLY" show aspect. No different than breeders breeding for standard in any other breed! Reputable breeders breed for conformation, health, beauty, etc., so that they might breed the very best of the best of the breed. These offspring are shown against other best of the best to achieve the top dog. Tell me what is different between Dane Andrew and any other breeder except he has no pedigree and is looking for the ultimate ugly dog?

Memama & Mimiwag's Chicken & Dumplings Recipe {AOL Food Blog}

Aug 26th 2007 11:41AM These are called "Slickers" where my Mom was from....MO, Shannon, Howell Counties. I loved them as a kid, never could make them myself (raised in So CA) so am anxious to try this recipe! Nothing like good ole "Southern" cooking, be it Southern style fresh green beans with bacon and new potatoes, to collards with bacon and just a little turnip for flavor. My Grandma (Arkansas raised) made the best fried chicken available. Seems no one wants to actually fry chicken these days! Anyway, thanks for the step back in time to the good old days!

Britney Spears smoking while playing with her kids {ParentDish}

Jul 17th 2007 7:34PM Oh, for crying out loud! Let it alone already! She's an adult, she's got children, she smokes! SO WHAT! Name me one, just one, parent that's perfect! I've raised 8 children, 3 of which grew up at the time I smoked. Of the 3, 2 smoke, 1 does not. Of the other 5, which were raised in a no-smoke house, 1 smokes, the other 4 do not. No, it is not good for the kids to be cooped up with the smokers, but I can think of a lot of things worse for those kids! Worry about the kids that hang out in the houses with the parents that are cooking crack! Worry about the kids that go to bed every night with nothing to eat (and that's right here in the good old US of A)! Worry about the kids that are being molested by their own parents and anyone else that wants to take a turn! Worry about the kids that are raped and murdered by the scum of the earth! Let these kids and their mother alone!

Are kids getting brattier? {ParentDish}

Aug 20th 2006 1:11PM The old adage "Children should be seen, not heard" is just that, "OLD"! I'm a mother, grandmother, foster mother. I can take any of my children anyplace and they behave very well. I do not take them to the "fine" restaurants because I do not believe they appreciate "fine" food as yet and will not achieve a taste for such until they are older and THEY can afford such specialities.

I expect my children to behave at home, in our kitchen, as well as at restaurants whether it be McD's, C.Cheese, TGIFridays, or otherwise. They are free to talk as long as they do so in a normal voice and don't forget their manners along the way. "Please","Thank You", "Excuse Me", are a part of their vocabulary as well as "Cool", "Bad", "Hot", and all the other so-called New Vocabulary. If they forget their table manners they know so with a "look" rather than a scolding. They get just one "look", after that it means removing the offender and myself from the table until such time as everyone is calmer and in a better frame of mind.

I've personally had to do without a few meals in order to teach my children what is appropriate and what isn't. It usually only takes one time per child but when you have numerous children over numerous years it entails numerous meals. It has paid off in the long run. My grandchildren are being taught the "look". It is a pleasure to go out with them.

I am one of the so called offenders that has asked the hostess not to seat me by a table of children, mainly because I've had bad experiences on the rare occasion that my husband and myself have allowed ourselves a "special date" for just the two of us. Call me cranky if you want but I have been through the training wars. I don't need to put up with silly parents that can not or will not control their children. I believe in freedom of choice and I choose not to listen or watch as an unruly child takes over the entire restaurant by being a "brat".