Survivor 49: Week 3

 Oh no....Mr. Beefcake Jake got bitten by a venomous sea snake!  Goes to Medical....even though it's a 'dry' bite (no venom), he gets pulled from the game for his own health.

Challenge:  Water Obstacle Course and Turtle Puzzle

Yellow wins, Red 2nd, and now Blue has to go to Tribal again.

Yellow finds their Beware Advantage.

Red finds their Beware Advantage

UPDATE:  Jake is healthy and made it home for the birth of his son:)  Hopefully he'll apply and get a 2nd chance.

Tribal Council:  Have I mentioned how Jeremiah looks like Peanut (Jeff Dunham's puppet)? Sofi wants to vote out Alex.

Alex plays his idol; Jeremiah voted out 2-1.

From The Stupid Files: Y7, W33

 Day 119: Rain, low 70s; 87 t/a

ASM:  Alex

HC:  Austin (back from his cruise!)

Loaders:  Jax, Isaiah

1) 1st Zebra refused to log me in; had to use Pro Zach's 4 times!  At my break, swapped it out for one that would log me in.  Didn't have to use it.

2) Customer griped about his inconsiderate kids not helping him, but left his cart in front of my counter AND other customers.  Irony....

3) Customer's card refused to work, so I looked up his account.  "Not found".

Outfit:  Gray Plank LU tee, faded capris, 'Boo' danglies

Off tomorrow!

Day 120:  Cooler, low 70s; 108 t/a

ASM:  Maria

HC:  Isaac

Loaders:  DS Charlie, Conrad, Isaiah

1) Customer's weed fell out when he pulled out his wallet.  "oops.....It's legal in Ill'

   "Just be careful going home."

2) Went to lunch at 8.

3) Successfully signed up for my health insurance.

4) Saw Jeff Cardinal:)

Outfit:  Blue USA tee, faded cut off capris, skeletons

Off tomorrow, then leaving for Lafayette on Fri:)

October Goals

 Did August seem to go on and on?  It did for me!

-Lose 5 lbs Lost a pound!

-Get foot checked out 9/4:  Cultures taken 9/11:  Tested positive for staph infection; am on antibiotic silver lotion.  Insurance refused Wound Center and further tests.  Grrr....

-Mammogram Check!  LOVE the new 3D one!

-Do well at First Friday Art Walk Bleh....it rained.

-Do well at Cil-Con  Sold 4; paid for my gas.

-Do well at Peoria event Sold 3, bartered 1:)  Paid for my gas...

-Finish writing Heart Song Not yet

-Add words to Aiden Kross and Dragon stories Check!

 Health:  My right foot developed two wounds Labor Day weekend, which podiatrist said tested positive for staph infection. Began putting antibiotic lotion and wearing compression wrap. At first, I tried wearing a sneaker and a house slipper, then discovered my dress China flat worked better. But PAIN shooting up the calf is what has frustrated me the most.  I'm taking waaaaaay too much Aleve, but 4 capsules twelve hours apart is what is keeping it manageable. About once a week, the pain gets so bad it wakes me up (stabbing pain in calf wound), and had to take an extra dose at 3:30 am just to get to sleep at 5.  At least it no longer itches! And I discovered this week (Oct 2nd) that maybe I need to stop putting the sterile gauze dressing on the calf one?  Pain returned to 'normal' on the 2nd.

 Books Read:  7

            Print:  5

        E-book:  2

             DNF:  1

2025 Events:

Oct 3rd:  Fall Creative Market Sold 1

Oct 11th:  LibraryCon, Benton Co Public Library, Fowler, In

Oct 11th:  Lafayette Comic Con, Tippi County Fairgrounds ($50-Pd 6/13)

Nov 12-16th:  ICGAHS ($700-making payments)

Dec 3-4th, Good Sam Christmas Craft Show, GSH Hedde Center, Vincennes, In

2026 Events:

April 11th:  Dreaming Dirty In Michigan (Pd $120 still owe $60)

Aug 8th:  Indy Author Event ($250; Pd $50 5/16 still owe $200)

Aug 22nd:  Geek Con, Evansville Museum ($40)

October Goals:

-Lose 5 lbs (start:  245) Lost 1!

-Get Teacher's Pet released Check!

-Order TP copies

-Order PWT copies Check!

-Order New Antho copies

-Do well at Creative Market Only sold 1, but Marcia sold 8!

-Do well at LibraryCon

-Do well at Lafayette ComicCon

-Get promo together for Christmas show

-Finish current chapter of Heart Song

-Add new words to dragon/fairy story

-Add new words to Aiden Kross story

-Buy new soap dish for MBa 

-Finish trim, lights, medicine cabinet, and shower guard in MBa 

-Buy BP machine 

-Pay down CC and start pecking away at med bills

-Read 6 books

-Finish current e-book 

Sept Reading Schedule:  

The Lady's Mine-Francine Rivers

Innocence Taken-Victoria M. Patton

Fish Tank-Maria Elena Alonso-Sierra

The Trouble With Angels-Maggie Adams

Just One Summer-Lynn Stevens

She Who Frees The Selkie-K. Malady

Double D Ranch-Rochelle Bradley

The Restless Few-James Watjen

How To Raise Viking Children-Troy Maynard

Trick of the Tale:  Genesis-Jen Selinsky

Echoes of Vengeance-Stephanie Lanham

Memoirs of an Angel-Brian Rodman

Kingdom of Ambrosia:  Soul Walkers-Howlett and Dixon

The Choice-Anne Greene (misplaced??)

Louise Penney book

A Quiet Strength-Janette Oke

Valley of the Shaman-Arlen Andrews

Joyful Poems For Children-James Whitcomb Riley

I Heard God Laugh-Matthew Kelly

Life Is Messy-Matthew Kelly

Franklin and Eleanor

-21

E-book:

The Stanhope Challenge-Cerise Deland 3rd one, okay; 4th one better:)

Dark Side of Disney-Leonard Kinsey Interesting.....not sure I would do any of these.

A Divided Heart-Alessandra Torra

Moonshot-Alessandra Torra

Trophy Wife-Alessandra Torra

Promised To The Worst Duke In England-Sandra Sookoo

Abigail's Journey-Jean Joachim

Dr. Alaska-Jillian David

Prancing Around With Sleeping Beauty-Stacy Juba

Trimmed In Blue-Sandra Sookoo

Party Planning Can Be Murder-Kerry Schafer

Murder In Disguise-Sandra Sookoo

TBB (on wish list-was tired of not finding them!)

The Marriage Bargain-Jennifer Probst (2013-$10)

The Marriage Trap-Jennifer Probst (2013-$15)

The Marriage Mistake-Jennifer Probst (2013-$10)

The Marriage Merger-Jennifer Probst (2013-$10)

Into Thin Air-Jon Krakauer (2013-$15)

The Cookbook Collection-Allegra Goodman (2013-$11)

The Girfriend-Abigail Barnett

The Summer Without Her (Men???)-Siri Hustvedt

Searching For Someday-Jennifer Probst (2014-$8)

Hard As You Can-Laura Kay (2014-$9)

The Year of Living Biblically-A.J. Jacobs (2014-$15)

Retaliation-Yasmin Shiraz (2014-$10)

Accused-Yasmin Shiraz (2014-$10) 

Romulus-Marilyn Campbell ($5)

Gaslight Chronicles-Cindy Spencer Pape ($8)

So Far Away-Dakota Madison, et al

Defending Devon-Shannon West

Love Realized-Melanie Codina

Love Resisted-Melanie Codina

Assumptions-Melanie Codina

One The Run-Jade C. Jamison

Decker-AD Ellis

Sawyer-AD Ellis

Twins-RG Miller

Saving Sarah-Nan Reinhart

Monster Among The Rose-Linda Kage

A Life Before-Julien Ayotta

Flower of Heaven-Julien Ayotta

Dangerous Bloodlines-Julien Ayotta

Dare To Love-Sandy Sullivan

If I Fall-Lydia Michaels ($5)

If You Want Me-Tara Mills

Tomorrow-Samantha Kane

Backdoor Billionaire's Bride-Roz Lee (2019-$5)

The Play-Tawdra Kandle

Party Planning Can Be Murder-Kerry Schafer

Hopeful In Yellow-Sandra Sookoo

Magic In Mayflowers-Sandra Sookoo

Zero Chance-Linda Kage (want entire series in print)

Paging Dr, Breakup-Jillian David

The Girl Vanished-Jessica Ann (Jessie Clever)

The Lost Summers-Jessica Ann (Jessie Clever)

Amazing Race: BB Week 2

 Prague:

1) Everyone had transportation issues.  The 1st 8 got off on the wrong train; 5 of them hopped on another train; the other 3 found a train getting them there an hour earlier.  Three more teams arrived at Franfurt to discover their connection was cancelled.  Megan and Matt are on a third train.

Megan and Matt catch up to the 2nd group of 3:)

Roadblock:  Walking out on a plank high above the city to retrieve a clue.

Jas, Adam, and Stephanie make it:)

Tucker, Paige, Jack, Rubina, and Simone make it:)

Kyland, Kat, Lexi, and Matt make it:)

  

Detour:  Knowing villages crests or Deliver glass:)

J/J, A/J, N/S deliver glass

The others do Remember The Chair

Chaddah get the Chair 1st!

K/T do the glass

Kat/Alex, M/M, and A/L do the Chair

Pit Stop:  Jas/Jag get there 1st!

Eliminated:  Angela and Lexi:)

Survivor 49: Week 2

 Alliances are beginning to form:

Blue Tribe:  Annie's on the outs, b/c she's trying to dictate to people about the coconuts, and throwing Jake (hunky beefcake) under the bus, by saying if he makes it to the merge, then his strength is going to steamroll over everyone.

Yellow Tribe:  Matt thinks he has a solid 4, but MC isn't buying what he's selling, and told Sofia about the foursome.

Red Tribe:  Nate is learning a new vocabulary!  'Rizz', 'Cinema', 'fire', and 'vibe':) Nate, Savannah, Shannon, and Rizzo.  Jawan just upset Savannah, who caught a crab earlier, by accidentally using her bag to collect firewood.

Journey:  MC, Jawan, and Jake:)  Jake and Matt are out; Jawan wins!  Chooses to give one of the other tribes a disadvantage at the next immunity challenge.

Alex and Jake find the Beware Advantage, but can't do anything further until they lose an immunity challenge

Immunity Challenge:

Jawan chooses Yellow to run the challenge with 20 pounds of coconuts on their backs AND 10 keys to unlock the rope gate, b/c 'Blue has already been through so much'.

Naturally, Yellow sees it as a hit.

Yellow and Red win!!!  Blue can't do the puzzle, despite a HUGE lead!

Alex finds the hidden immunity idol, and TELLS Annie, WELL AWARE the others want to vote Annie out!  He tells A they'll vote Sophi out.

Tribal Council:  Annie voted out.

From The Stupid Files: Y7; W32

Day 114: Hot, mid 80s; 96 t/a

ASM:  Maria

HC:  Isaac

Loaders:  Jax, Isaiah

1) Was so busy after I arrived, hopped on #2 to help with the line. Kem finally left at 3:30!

2) Was finally able to sit down around 4:30

3) Back pain arrived around 9....ugh.

Outfit:  Gray USA tee, dark cut off capris, thin gold hoops

Day 115: Hot, mid 80s; 95 t/a

ASM:  Maria

HC:  Isaac

Loaders:  Jax, Isaiah

1) Was fairly busy until 7.

2) Back pain after lunch.

3) Was sitting by 4pm.

4) Fan quit around 9...ugh.

Outfit:  Yellow Fla tee, dark cut off capris, sea horses

Day 116: Hot, mid-80s; 81 t/a

ASM:  Alex

HC:  Isaac

Loaders:  DS Charlie, Conrad

1) Man arrived for order; took 3 tag-team phone calls to figure out where it was.

2) Got my $.27 raise!  $16.53/hour!  From now on, they're performance-based....ugh.

3) Got 5 surveys AND a credit app!  Alex fist-bumped me 3 times.

Outfit:  Gray USA flower tee, dark cut off capris, dangliy blue marbles

Off the next two days for Mom appt and the Creative Market:)

Day 117:  Rare Sat Warm, mid-80s; 73 t/a

ASM:  Alex

HC: Kaitlyn

Loaders:  Jax, Isaiah

1) Ran out of $1s and $10s at 6pm; hopped to #2.

2) Went to break at 9; couldn't get to the trash bags, due to the Star Wars being charged and carts wedged between it and the shelves.

3) Shelves and ice machine behind Pro desk were shoved to the right

Outfit:  Indian motorcycle Vegas tee; dark cut off capris; skeletons

Day 118:  Rare Sun Warm, mid-80s; 94 t/a

ASM:  Alex

HC:  Kaitlyn

Loaders:  Jax, Isaiah

1) Only charged a customer for 3 rebar, instead of 4

2) Only charged another customer for 2 J-channels....then caught it and he paid for the other two

3) Had 2 customers at close.  1 wanted 4 R/R ties; HC Kait arranged it.

Outfit:  Blue flowered tee, dark cut off capris, Halloween Hearts

BB27: Finale

Past Players/Jury Reflection:  

Rehash of the Keanu/Rachel fights.

Rachel, what the hell are you wearing? Red short 'bubble' dress with a cross strap? Did you borrow your daughter's dress?  *gag*

Rachel's jaw hits the floor when she sees both Kelley and Lauren!

Watching the recap, Rachel tells Lauren she acts like Vince's puppy dog, which infuriates Lauren (which she thankfully does NOT show her anger!), then is astounded when Vince has the chance to take out comp beast Keanu, but instead evicts KELLEY in the tie-breaker!

BTW Rachel....your ass is showing while you sit on that couch....

Good lord Rachel....playing cornhole in a freaking red strapless dress (ruffled neckline) and yellow flower earrings while the others are in shorts and T-shirts???  Are you always so dramatic in your 'down time'??

Keanu arrives....he and Rachel have a testy 'you should have listened to me' moment, then Rachels asks if he's the one who peed on the floor!  His response?  "I don't know."

"Then take a mop and clean it up!  There's a swiffer for that!"

Lauren:  Thankfully, we all have our own bathrooms in the jury house.

Morgan is clumsy and trips over everything? Ash thinks Katy Perry landed on the moon???

Ugly crying in the diary room....

May the best Judge win!

 HOH Pt 1:  Standing on drones, twirling and tilting endurance comp!

Ash drops after 28 mins

Vince drops after 53 mins.

Morgan wins!

Jury Debate:  

Ash:  Best social

Morgan:  Good social 1st half; excellent comp beast 2nd half

Vince:  Most HOH wins; most blood on his hands.

Rachel, why the gloves?  Why the red evening gown? Lauren and Kelley, coctail dresses; Keanu and Will, casual dress; Ava her own style.

HOH Pt 2:  Vince vs Ash:  Frankie Grande is back!!! Fly on a zipline to knock down the blocks; then find the pieces with the faces of 6 competitors, then decode it to unmask the Mastermind!!

Vince knocks down the billboards 1st.  Ash still on #2.

Ash knocks down hers; Vince has half the faces assembled.

Vince begins decoding; but keeps getting them wrong.  OMG...it's the ORDER, not the DAY!

Ash realizes it, so is very stealthily changing her answers and WINS! (her 1st win)

Vince has a meltdown.

Mastermind Unmasked:  Dr. Will???  YES!  I WAS RIGHT!!!

Grrrr...Will says he was framed....

There were THREE!  Frankie Grande, Jesse (*gag*), and Aaron??

HOH Pt 3:  Morgan vs Ash:  Pick the false statement

Ash, WTH are you wearing???  A brown skirt with a tank top bustier draping to a V at the end, leaving her hips exposed.

Ash wins, 4-1 (her 2nd win!)

Ash evicts Morgan.  WOW...I thought Morgan was going to win!  I'm not sure the jury is going to award it to Ash though.

Jury Votes:

Jury is SHOCKED when Morgan comes out!  

Ooooh....I might have been wrong....Ash has a very compelling argument.

Ashley revealed she's an attorney, and Julie has to cut her off when she begins to run over her time.

Julie has to cut off Vince too!

Winner:  Ashley!  6-1.

America's Favorite:  Keanu with 65% of the vote (Will and Rachel were 2nd and 3rd)

Taylor won Fantasy BB (*gag*)