Amazing Race BB: Week 8 and 9

Week 8:  Romania

I watched it live with my mom, and didn't have the laptop with me.

Jas and Jag won this leg, with Eric and Tucker a close 2nd:)

Joseph and Adam get a reprieve; Non-Elimination leg!  They're still in it:)

Week 9:  Greece

Live Double U-Turn:

No speed bump for J/A; they get a U-turn vote!

Tucker and Eric:  4 votes

Tie between Ky/Tay and Jas/Jag:  Revote: 3-3, so they both have to do it!

Tay's pissed, but I'm thrilled!!!

Detour:  Playing a musical instument and collecting $$  or  Identify Olives

 Olives:  J/C :  Lost; arrive last. Get it 2nd try:)

              I/P:  Get it 1st try:)

Music:  J/A 2nd to finish!

K/T:  Music 1st; forgot stand; 3rd to finish and onto the olives! Got it on the 6th try:)

T/E:  Music 1st; forgot tip basket; does handstand for the $$!  Finish 2nd and onto the olives! Got it 1st try:)

J/J:  Music 1st; finish 1st and on to the olives!  Got it 1st try:)

Rolling A Boulder Up A Hill:

J/J and J/A arrive same time; J/J finish 1st; J/A 2nd

T/E:  Stuck in traffic??? Finally arrive! Finish 3rd

I/P:  4th

J/C:  5th

K/T:  6th

Roadblock:  Memorizing Greek Alphabet (lower case)

Jag: 5th time!

Joseph:  7th try!  3rd place

Tucker: Struggling......got it 10th try! Last place

Paige: 5th try!  4th place

Chelsie: 2nd try! 2nd place

Taylor: 3rd try....5th place

Pit Stop:

Jas/Jag 1st place:)  1st team to EVER check in 1st after a double U-turn!

Jack/Chelsie

Joseph/Adam

Izzy/Paige

Kyland/Taylor

Tucker/Eric eliminated....taken out by the Greek alphabet.

Survivor 49: Week 9

 Reward Challenge:

Kristina, Sophie, Alex, and Savannah

                    Vs

Rizzo, Sage, Stephen, and Jawan

Sofi not chosen; she wagered Rizzo's group would win.

Rizzo's group reaches the 1st target and gets the bag; Alex not far behind/

Stephen frees the rings; Rizzo starts tossing them up.

Sophie frees her rings; Jawan lands the 1st ring.

Alex lands one, then 2nd and 3rd.  Wins fried chicken, french fries, cheesecake.

Kristina gives up her reward for Jawan, who is reluctant, but eventually accepts it.

Immunity Challenge: Pressing a disc with your feet

Rizzo out 1st, then Kristina

Sage drops

Alex drops

Sofi drops

Jawan drops; Stephen wins Immunity:)

Savannah vs Sophie:  Sophie drops; Savannah wins Immunity:)

Tribal Council:

Rizzo or Alex?

Alex is evicted, 6-3

From The Stupid Files: Y7, W32

 Day 133: Rain, mid 50s; 69 t/a

ASM:  Alex

HC:  Austin

Loaders:  Jax, Isaiah

1) My 1st day back from vacation and IN FRONT of a TRAINEE, I botched doing a return. Had to completely start all over before I remembered how to do it. THEN, I rang up a customer, accepted his payment.....then noticed the 2nd toilet. Joked I needed to learn to count.

2) The bandage around my lower calf slipped; I fixed it at lunch, but by 8pm, it was hovering around my ankle again.

3) Received an email from Crystal about needing to do my AP4Me. I'VE BEEN GONE FOR 2 WEEKS! I KNOW I NEED TO DO IT!  Did it and the 2nd half of the previous week's  Plus, only scored 2/7 on LU and did my aisle spotter training, only missing 2.  Not too bad....

4) I don't think the mats were mucked or the floor swept behind the counter for the past 2 weeks. It was FILTHY!

5) New:  Emily has joined Pro from Cabinets, and we have a new ice cooler.

Outfit:  Brown gauze blouse, new dark jeggings, small gold hoops

Day 134:  Rare Sun 50s, but chilly 45 at close; 83 t/a

ASM:  Keri

HC:  Austin, Kaitlyn

Loader:  Jax

1) Charles is now DS over Building Materials!

2) Riley pushed noisy carts as I was trying to have 2 conversations AND check out a customer, lol!

3) Drip edge wouldn't scan, and couldn't read the numbers, so had to look it up

4) Couple picked up boards ordered online, but someone loaded the wrong ones. Found the correct ones, but didn't have what they needed, so got some longer ones.  Tried to refund the smaller ones, but no luck, so just agreed to swap 'em out:)

Outfit:  Teal blue patterned blouse; new dark jeggings.  Right ear still not accepting earrings

Survivor 49: Week 8

 Kristina finds the new idol!  Jawan and Alex were with her.

Immunity Challenge:  Dividing into 2 groups; hanging on a wall.  Group that falls 1st gets 0 immunity, 0 reward.  Person outlasting the others gets an advantage.

Yellow:  Stephen, Kristina, Alex, Sofi, and Savannah

Blue:  Sage, Rizzo, MC, Jawan, and Sophie

Kristina drops 1st

Alex drops 2nd

Rizzo drops 3rd

MC drops 4th

Stephen drops 5th

Jawan drops 6th

Sofi drops 7th

Sage drops 8th

Down to Savannah for yellow, Sophie for blue.

Sophie drops; Savannah wins advantage; send Blue to Tribal;

Savannah's advantage:  Gets to go to Tribal and cast a vote or SAVE it for an extra vote at a later time!

Tribal Council:

Savannah banks her vote; MC is voted out, 4-1

I Don't Normally Do This Here, But.....

 As some of you know, I have a daily Quiet time, where I spend time in scripture, prayer, and reading my daily Guidepost, now called Walking In Grace. Due to my personal schedule, I'm only able to do this every two-three days, and tomorrow's testimony spoke to me this morning, concerning my sister.

It was a testimony about growing up during the Civil Rights movement, and desegregation, and how the author realized that as soon as he and his new classmates got to know each other, high emotions melted into friendships.

At the end, he writes, ".....many people in my life who I treasure are there because we both looked past our differences to embrace the best we have in each other."

It hit me, because, due to my sister's travels and my mother's outreach through our church, I've gotten to know people from Canada and Japan that I otherwise would never have met. We used to live next door to friends from Ethiopia, and were invited to share in their cultural celebrations.

My point is, can our government stop bickering long enough to realize we all want the same things in life, but we have to come together and COMPROMISE in order to move forward?

It's time to stop acting like spoiled brats, just because you don't like who has authority over you. Stop acting like we have an evil step-parent; one that if we complain enough, a divorce will happen and we'll get one who will allow us to do what we want.

Remember that song from John Michael Montgomery (or was it Garth Brooks?), "Thank God For Unanswered Prayers"? If we get everything we want, what's there to strive for in the future?

We're supposed to be adults, setting a good example for the next generation. Start acting like it.

Amazing Race BB: Week 7

 Romania!

Four teams leaving on 1st flight; rest on 2nd.

Roadblock:  Skydiving!

Joseph

Tucker

Taylor

Jas

Paige

Chelsie

Natalie

Corralling 5 sheep

T/E first; lmao....K/T had one sheep jump OVER the fence!

I/P last

Detour:  Bricks or Masks

Bricks                                          Masks

T/E:  1st!                                       I/P:  6th

J/J:  2nd

K/T:  4th

J/A:  3rd

J/C:  5th

N/S:  7th

Tucker/Eric 1st!  (4th time in a row!)

Eliminated:  Natalie and Stephanie

Suvivor 49: Week 7

 Merge time!

Sage, Jawan, and Stephen are too nervous when the others arrive, and Nate's radar goes up.  Those 3 should have faked a happy greeting, instead of coming off as 'oh shit, they're here.'

Sage wins an advantage!  She does NOT have to compete in the 1st part of the challenge:)

Challenge:  Pt 1 Reward:  Moving a large boulder toward a word puzzle

Yellow: Figures out the puzzle words 1st; gets it solved 1 SECOND before blue; earns the Merge Meal:)

Blue:  Gets to the puzzle first, but can't catch yellow.

Challenge Pt 2 Immunity:  Balancing on a beam while holding a ball on a pole

Sage, Sophi, Sophie, Stephen, Rizzo, and Nate

Rizzo drops 1st

Sage drops 2nd

Nate drops 3rd

Sophi drops 4th

Stephen drops; Sophie (whose name is being tossed around for elimination) WINS!

MC has no vote, unless she finds the rest of her Beware Advantage idol. Plus, Old Ulli has to find a new target.

MC finds it, plus the key, but Savannah discovers her looking for the key.

Tribal Council:  

MC plays her idol.....

Nate voted out, 7-5.  1st member of the jury.