Bungalow

Chicago Sun-Times about Ari: https://chicago.suntimes.com/movies-and-tv/2020/10/13/21514908/windy-city-rehab-ari-smejkal-hammer-design-group-alison-victoria

She put the metal roof over the crumbling shingles and wet wood?

Patricia A Bean must have the springfield Illinois police on speed dial. She's got a long record with the court system...both plaintiff and defendant. Go to sangamon county court site and search cases. She is 67 by the way.

According to tmz they are downsizing to a cheaper rental house (not cheap in my world).

I got more curious. Medilan is Medical Grade lanolin which few people are sensitive to. I guess there are some people who are sensitive to lanolin.

Us old nurses used Johnson's Baby Cream on our dry hands at night and they were healed by morning...washing your hands a trillion times a day really does a number on them. Then Johnson's took the lanolin out of their baby cream. We were back to trying all kinds of hand creams that didn't work on chapped hands. When I went to England I realized I left my hand lotion at home and bought a sample of E45 cream. It has lanolin in it! I have been buying it at Amazon us even though it is a UK product. I don't know if it is medical grade but the brand name referenced for the lanolin is Medilan

I guess I am going to address the elephant in the room: (Nobody) you find value in Direct Buy despite all the high pressure sales tactics. Are you associated with DB? Please answer this question before you provide another glowing review of DB? With regard to your comments about renovators using DB to access furniture quickly I have to tell you I have renovated many homes ...LR, DR, Bedroom, Kitchen cabinets etc using local suppliers and receiving the materials in a timely manner.

I cannot imagine a designer would settle for Direct Buy when they could join designer connections that show create furniture with great style. I was the first person here to complain about DB. We never invested but I was intrigued by the commercials. I investigated. Some individuals have invest in local DB only to have the store close...and you do not get you membership and monthly fees reimbursed. Shame on you, Marcus Lemonis for giving the air time. Plus you pay 8 percent more for you purchases despite the membership.

Didn't Fuddruckers have the same concept of creating your own burger? What about the Red Robin chain?

I really don't like modern murals but that is just me. I was very,very disappointed in the product placement of Direct Buy. They have so many complaints against their high pressure sales of memberships. It is kind of like timeshares for furniture. You buy an expensive membership and the pay 8 percent more for purchases.

I haven't finished watching the whole episode but I am stuck by Dr. Wexler planting "feelings" in Tori's brain or atleast giving words that Tori can mimic to Dean and her friends. Wexler: " so you feel that......". Tori can then learn the words to say that justify her wierd skewed perception of things. I wish Tori would stop wearing the fake eyelashes. The call attention to her inherited "popeyes". There must not be a plastic surgery procedure for that. Always questions left unasked. How did Tori find a slaughter house that kills 5 day old pigs. How did she ever think she could supply mother's milk and temperture control? Does she eat meat?

I am not a fan of Dean either but I am on the "Free Dean" wagon. Man, he comes home super stoked from a Therapist meeting (and the bike ride) and she turns that nasty look on him. I have a feeling the therapist gave him some postives for staying sober 9 months and listened to Dean describe the crap he gets from Tori and maybe gave him some empathy. He had a good, positive day. Meanwhile she had -- did we ever hear why she had a bad day? I can't get the Posh Spice facial expression. I guess that's what Botox does to you. One time I just wish when Tori starts harping on his addication, Dean would calmly say "(Babe) you have a serious eating disorder and probably a dual diagnosis with some other psychiatric problem! Work on your own problems too!".

C & A figured out early that $10,000 for a kitchen (even when overdone) is better than a chance for $50,000.

i have thought that Big-haired and her partner planned to spend everything they had in the budget to get that $10,000 win for the kitchen. They had a much better chance at winning that challenge that the whole $50,000. Wlak away with nothing or $10,000?