Thursday, October 30, 2025

Amazing Race BB: Week 6

Croatia, Pt 2:  Raining!

Detour:  Bag salt or pull up oysters?

Salt:                                                                                                        Oysters

Tucker/Eric (breezed through)                                                               Kyland (trouble rowing)

J/J (can't figure out reverse on car; had to redo 1 bag)                          Nat/Steph (good work!)

Joseph/Adam (got it!)                                                                             Rubina/Kristine (R-loses glasses!)

Izzy/Paige (issues with sealer; dump and kick wheelbarrow; got it)

Jack/Chelsie (went past the wheelbarrows; had to redo 2 bags)



Roadblock:  Reading A Map and answer questions

Eric-got it in 2 tries:)

Taylor-didn't read all the facts; realized questions change; gets it after 4 tries.

Jas-Gets it in 2 tries:)

Steph-not sure what a relief map is; 1st try

Adam-1st try:)

Jack-2nd try:)

Izzy-2nd try:)

Rubina-2nd try:)



Pit Stop:

Tucker/Eric 1st:)

Rubina/Kristine-Eliminated (was soooooo hoping that when the clue said 'may', it meant non-elim leg!)


Survivor 49: Week 6

 Tribe Switch!  Back to 3 tribes:)

Blue: Stephen, Shannon, Sage, and Jawan (Sage can't stand Shannon!)

Yellow:  MC, Sophi, Rizzo, Savannah

Red:  Alex, Sophie, Nate, and Kristina (who appears to be having an issue with her knee??)

Right away, Kristina is overcome by the heat, and Jeff calls Medical in.  She's fine after some water and a short break.


Reward Challenge:

Yellow wins grilled cheese, potato chips, iced tea, and brownies! Sophi finally gets to eat something other than coconuts!!!!

Red gets just grilled cheese

Blue goes back empty-handed.

Stephen's on the outs at blue; MC at yellow, and Nate at red.

Sophi finds the Knowledge Is Power advantage!  She can ask anyone at tribal about an idol, and it becomes hers:)


Immunity Challenge:

Yellow and Red win, sending Blue back to Tribal.


Tribal Council:

Shannon wants to out Jawan; Sage wants to out Shannon; Stephen's game for whomever.

Shannon voted out:)




Wednesday, October 29, 2025

From The Stupid Files: Y7, W36

Day 127: Chilly, rain; 58 t/a
ASM:  Maria
HC: Isaac
Loader:  Conrad
1) DS Charlie is now over Flooring :(
2) Customer's card declined; he finally used another card
3) Customer's drywall wouldn't fit in truck; returned 90 mins later.
4) Could NOT get Maria or Daniel on the phone!  Turned out everything blew up at once....
5) Customer wanted 2 5' pieces of pipe, since we didn't have any 10' in the 2" size....but since I couldn't get an answer, he had to leave to go get his wife.  If he returns, I'm authorized for ONLY 2 pieces!

Outfit:  Halloween shirt, black l/s tee, black jeggings, Boos
Off tomorrow for choir practice!


Day 128:  Halloween



Day 129:  Rare Sun DST Fall begins :(

Thursday, October 23, 2025

Amazing Race BB Week 5


Croatia:

Detour:  Deliver Fishnets or Skinning Fish?

Men:  Deliver

Tucker/Eric 1st out.

Women: Skinning!  

Rubina cuts herself, but is okay; Nat/Steph 1st out

Double U-Turn!

Jas/Jag U-turned Izzy/Paige

Joseph/Adam U-Turned Rubina/Kristine

Chadda team wanted to switch, but no one's phone's maps worked, so they returned to try again,even though they were last.  


Roadblock:  Racing downhill in 36 seconds:)

Tucker does it in one shot!

Jag loses his bolts on 1st attempt.

Chelsie, Simone, Paige, and Kristine all struggle to get down the hill in 36 seconds.  Most are 37 or 38, and fatigue sets in.


Pit Stop:

Tucker/Eric 1st

Kyland/Taylor 2nd

Jas/Jag 3rd

Joseph/Adam 4th

Nat/Steph 5th

Jack/Chelsie 6th

Izzy/Paige 7th

Rubina/Kristine 8th

Hannah/Simone:  Eliminated


Survivor 49: Week 5

 Journey:  Nate and MC

Task:  Move sandbags from Point A to Point B before the timer runs out.

TWIST:  There's an advantage in the jungle, but if one finds it, the other loses their vote. Nate realizes MC has a better chance of finding it, so he concocts the scheme to finish the bags all but one, then they go look.  When the timer's nearly empty, they simply move the final sand bag, thus securing both their votes, but neither has the advantage.

At Camp:

Shannon has been uber friendly with everyone except Sage, about creating a merge alliance, but she also tells Steven she wants to vote out Sage. Naturally, this gets back to Sage, who informs the others that Rizzo has an idol, and she feels Shannon is playing way too hard and needs to go. The others agree with her.

Meanwhile, over at Blue tribe, Jawan is driving Savannah nuts. First by using her bag to collect firewood, then by accidentally grabbing her water bottle.  3rd, he seems to try to be around every time she's having a conversation with others.

Challenge:

Reward:  Chickens!

Blue tribe pulls out the win:)  Alex and Steven managed to kill the rooster so they can eat, but the girls are traumatized by the killing.  Though everyone does eat it!  Not like in previous seasons where bleeding hearts either set them free or kept them alive the entire time.

Yellow going back to Tribal; Jason might be on the chopping block, along with Jawan.

Jason's voted out.



Monday, October 20, 2025

From The Stupid Files: Y7, W35

 Day 124:  Cool, high 60s; 87 t/a

ASM:  Daniel

HC:  Austin

Loader:  Jax

1) Had an intestinal issue 30 mins after I arrived.  Thank God Isaiah was there to cover for me!

2) Customer and I harassed each other about his cart:)

3) Customer's card declined; used another one. When I asked if he'd like to make a payment, he looked at me like I had 3 heads and said, "No." As if, "PAY?  You want me to PAY?"

4) Have a new way of doing the LCAs.  Now we log into Touchpoint, scan their IDs, THEN input the phone #.  Geez.....2nd time, it went a little faster.

Outfit:  Palm tree sweatshirt, faded jeggings, Boo danglies

Off tomorrow!


Day 125:  Cooler, low 60s; 87 t/a

ASM:  Keri

HC:  Austin

Loaders:  Jax, Isaiah

1) Learned we ZERO bags; went out and got some of mine from the tote in the car!

2) Hearing impaired customer had problems looking for the right battery/drill combo

3) Customer wanted 50 dog-eared pickets, but couldn't locate them; they were in LG.

4) Customer bought an air compressor and hose, but didn't know which couplings he needed.  Called Hardware; Taylor helped him!

5) Downloaded the new UKG Pro app for my phone, so I can clock in and out.  *eye roll*  This starts Friday.

6) Touchpoint refused to work; had to use 'trusted customer' and get an o/r.

Outfit:  Bless This Mess sweatshirt, faded jeggings, skeletons

Off tomorrow for choir practice, then I leave for Lafayette on Friday and Lafayette ComicCon on Sat:)


Day 126:  Rare Sunday Cool, rain, high 50s; 81 t/a

ASM:  Keri

HC:  Kaitlyn

Loaders:  Jax, Isaiah

1) Brenda H's son arrived and gave us an update on her:  NO CANCER!!!!  But she did fall recently and blackened her eye.

2) Tried to go to break, but one of my hispanic customers caught up with me at Aisle 17 and asked if I'd come back to check something.....then Isaiah asked me how to input the military discount.....and another customer (Brandon Littlejohn) was asking about S.  I finally went to break about 10 mins late!  "Is it okay with y'all if I go sit down for 15 mins?"  They laughed and said yes:)

Outfit:  Blue Whitehourse sweatshirt, faded jeggings.  No earrings; my right ear is complaining.

Thursday, October 16, 2025

Amazing Race BB Week 4

 Budapest, Hungary!

Most of the teams took the early train, but little sleep, due to having to change trains 3 times.  The others left an hour later, but travel straight through, meaning they will be well rested when they arrive an hour later than the sleep-deprived ones:)

Fast-Forward:  Solving a Rubic's Cube:  Tucker And Eric Attempt It and GET IT!

J/J having an issue getting a taxi; they finally put up their hoods up to mask their Muslim headgear.


Roadblock:  Steering a coach around a figure 8 track.

N/S:  2 tries:)

I/P:  3 tries

J/J:  1st try:)

J/A:  8 tries:)

K/T:  2 tries:)

K/A:  5 tries:)

J/C:  4 tries:)

H/S:  10th time made it:)

R/K:  4th time:)


Detour:  Juggling or Dancing while balancing a bottle on your head?

N/S:  Dance; got it in 3 attempts:)

I/P:  Dance Got it on 1st try:)

J/J:  Dance 6 tries:)

K/T:  Juggle 3 tries:)

J/A:  Juggle 133 tries to get it!!!

J/C:  Dance  6th try:)

R/K:  Dance 3 tries:)

K/A:  Dance  9th try (and two meltdowns later!)

H/S:  Dance 2 tries:)


Pit Stop:

Tucker and Eric, 1st place

Eliminated:  Alex and Kat