For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for December 30, 2013

michael, do you want a sore bottom?

El looks fab

That’s right, judge.

My parents always went OUT for New Year’s, so we never had that issue. However, except for when we were very young, we were allowed to stay up ‘til midnight. Every year I had my radio with me, listening to the Year’s Top 100 songs. One year, when I was about 16, I had to babysit my younger brother, but my parents let my boyfriend come over to spend New Year’s with me. My mom even bought us a single-serve bottle of Andre’s Pink Champagne to share at midnight. (He stayed in our guest room…and no, there was no hanky-panky.)

I would say they both will fall asleep long before midnight. For us I will turn older New Year Eve and be lucky to stay awake 11pm to watch New York ball drop.

Some kids will sleep through anything. A thief broke into my old house and stole video games right from under my kids’ sleeping noses. Very scary.

I was spanked (one smack only) for sassing my mother. The indignity of being over my father’s knee was enough to teach me THAT lesson… and, no, he didn’t BEAT me.

So she’s a scumbag for making an ironic remark? Sure glad I don’t live in your house!!

I mean chose to. I get them mixed up.

Sorry about your bridge

define blackmail

Elly had dropped the ball if she thinks the kids will actually fall asleep and not sneak out of bed. She better spike Mike and Liz’s bed time snack with some kind of sedative!

Wrong word; EXTORTION.