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Someone else would have to do it for me. The mere thought of anything, including a spoon, scraping against that damn stick is enough to set me off. I have no idea why I react so strongly to an innocent popsicle stick, but there it is. Perhaps I choked on one in a previous life, who knows? :-) Fudgesicles are delicious, true enough, but chocolate ice cream is a pretty good substitute and no evil, evil sticks involved.

Totally agree with the above post. Couldn't have said it any better. Amazing how the father and daughter shared such a passion for animals, and how both adoptees so strongly resembled their birth parent. I'm glad it worked out so well for all involved. What I want to know is how can the equipment people keep so quiet and hold their cameras and such so steady with all that emotion flying around right in front of them, when I can't keep it together on my couch? Either I'm a sap, or they're all cold-hearted, bastard covered bastards with bastard filling (waves to any Scrubs fans out there).

I can't eat corndogs (or popsicles, etc) because the thought of biting onto that stick just sends shivers down my spine. Some weird phobia of mine; just can't deal with it at all. Even thinking about it now is freaking me out. It's a real shame, as I do love me a fudgesicle. Though it might actually be a blessing in disguise - at this point in my life, I'm probably better off without any of the assorted treats on a stick anyway.

Another thing that drives me nuts are the people who live in the desert who insist on having lush, green yards and hate desert landscaping. Talk about an enormous waste of limited resources, for absolutely nothing. You live in the desert! You want lush, green yards, move to the north, or the Midwest or the east or ANYWHERE else! Arrrgggh! Drives me crazy.

And then they buy the way over budget house half of the time.

Thank you, DownTheShore. I watch these HH shows every morning with my mom, and I am constantly reminding her that these people have already chosen their house before they even start filming, and none of the others we see were ever a consideration. Of course that couple converted the house themselves, and good for them. But sure enough, I got suckered into the drama on that one. I guess it happens to the best of us, and the worst of us too. BTW, I would have picked the same house as you. How can these people be so stupid, always choosing the wrong house like that, when there are much better ones they could have picked? :-D

Cici was all kinds of adorable, wasn't she? I really hope things turn out okay for her - she deserves better than what she's got so far. I also wish they had had the time to fix up Maggie's house better. Sometimes they leave the house looking so nice, and I wish this family could have had that moment too, and a more pleasant environment in which to live. A good episode as far as I'm concerned - I got Saint Dorothy and Matt Paxton and Dr. Green, so I'm good. Now if only Dr. Tolin had been featured too, it would have been perfect.

I love this show and rarely get through it without at least tearing up. Everyone is usually so emotional - anxious, happy, relieved, all over the board. I particularly liked last week's episode, where the mother and father had stayed together after giving a son up for adoption, and then had four daughters. There had been letters exchanged for nine years before mysteriously ending. When they finally met up, the son had brought his adoptive parents and His wife and son and the whole thing was like a giant family reunion. It would be nice if all adoptions and reunions could go as smoothly and well. Last night's show featured a father looking for his daughter, and it seemed as though they really needed the other in their own lives. I hope their relationship continues to go well, but one never knows. I wonder if they'll ever feature a case where one party is resentful of or doesn't want to meet/communicate with the other. I can't imagine all reunions are welcomed and happy, much as I might wish it to be so.

Yeah, you have a good point. Hadn't thought of that. I really should know better, seeing how this show works.

Can someone explain the difference between the regular show and the supersized version? Is there enough new material to make it worth watching? eta thanks for the reply. Maybe I'll give one a try and see how it goes.

Concerning the environmentally conscious couple in Athens, I kept wondering if it wouldn't it be more environmentally friendly to convert a non-green apartment than to take an already partially converted one off the market. They did add some more green features, but there didn't seem to be a real gain there, if you know what I mean.

Don't you hate when that happens? Saint Dorothy, indeed. I think I could be one of the hired background people who helps with the cleaning - poo and filth honestly doesn't bother me that much, and for some crazy reason, I'd rather clean somebody else's house over my own. But I'm continuously struck by how much therapy the organizers do on top of the actual cleaning and sorting - they seem to do just as much as the therapists do in that regard, and that I'm not so sure I could handle. Some organizers are better than others - I'm rather partial to Matt Paxton myself - but no one is better in that dual role than Saint Dorothy.

My reason was pretty much what ClareWalks said - he seemed rather judgmental, saying how overweight people are that way because they choose to be, etc (though most of the other trainers have said basically the same thing, he somehow seemed ruder about it. Maybe I just woke up on the wrong side of the bed.) He just seemed rather unsympathetic at first. Measuring and weighing each meal seemed a little overly gung-ho to me too, but I'm not a trainer or on a supervised weight loss regimen, so maybe that's on me. However, I did warm up to him very quickly and, as I said, he ended up being one of my favorite trainers. I did appreciate too that he decided his health and overall quality of life was more important than having the perfect, godlike body (paraphrasing). I seem to have missed the Seth/Dave episode! I wonder how that happened? Hopefully it will repeat sometime.

This was one of my favorite episodes as well. Such a difference from last week! Johnny and Jason look great - YEARS younger, though they still have some work to do. They really surprised me - I didn't expect them to do that well when we saw them last before the reveal. I hope they inspire their friend to get in shape as well. I didn't expect to like Tramell when we first met him, but he ended up being one of my more favorite trainers. I think he really gained some insight and learned just as much as his clients did, and will be a better trainer (and possibly a more pleasant person to be around) for it. I was just smiling all throughout the final segment of this episode, and feel motivated to take my dogs on an early walk. I look forward to what ClareWalks has to say about this episode - she writes a good recap, and I recommend you pm her for a link and check it out, if you haven't already.

Okay, the grease fire thing didn't particularly bother me (and I plan to be cremated when the time comes), but I could have lived happily the rest of my life without knowing the above information. Yikes.

Yes, you are absolutely correct! I meant to acknowledge that in the post you quoted, but I see I forgot. Seeing differing lifestyles is beneficial for everyone. Point well taken. And that is REALLY all I have to say about that! Yay Viv!!!

I'm sorry - I guess I am so old that I remember the time when growing up LGBT could be confusing or difficult, and a "happy ending" (as it were) could be a comfort. You know, "hang in there, it gets better" kind of thing. It seems society on the whole has progressed faster than I was aware of, and that's a good thing. And that's all I have to say about that. :-)

Well, that was a complete bust. I guess it had to happen sometime. I don't know if it was just a bad matchup, a personality conflict, if the guy just wasn't serious about losing the weight, didn't understand how much work it would be, or what. I do know he's in a pretty deep state of denial, though, if he thinks he's managing pretty well at 417 or whatever pounds, even after being told his health was in imminent danger. I don't believe he even got below 400 pounds at all. I felt bad for Fallon - she gained all that weight (which does seem to be much harder and more traumatic for the female trainers), and then had her client bail on her. That had to feel like a slap on the face. She took the results of the guy's blood work harder than he did! I wouldn't be surprised to see that guy (sorry, can't remember his name) on My 600 Pound Life soon, assuming he lives long enough.

Ha! I quite agree. In fact, I was nearly finished typing that before I remembered this was an Ellen DeGeneres production, and of *course* they'd have no problem introducing a woman's wife. It's just that I've noticed that more and more in other programs too - a lot of same-sex couples appear on the House Hunters shows, for example, and I think it's nice for young kids who are gay can see examples of happy, successful lives and marriages that they can aspire to, of living a "normal" life like anybody else, with no one batting an eye over it. Just a thought I've been having - didn't mean anything in particular by it.

I actually would have been cool with either Sef or Vivian winning - though I have preferred Vivian throughout the series, I thought Sef made an attractive enough piece, and, as someone said,Sef seemed more personable than previously. However, I did appreciate that Vivian revised her original table, instead of making a completely different design. (Though she nearly went too far in the opposite direction by making a too-close duplicate of her coffee table.) But the more I looked at Vivian's new dining room table, the more I liked it. Very open and airy and graceful, and the white tulips were the perfect adornment - the whole thing made me think of Spring somehow (It doesn't hurt that it is unusually warm here for this time of year today.) I liked how she explained how the wood could never hold up the table, and the metal could never hold up the table, but together they could get the job done. (I remember someone commenting that Vivian was good at presenting, and that was obvious last night.) I much preferred her light fixture to Sef's. Overall a very satisfying end to an enjoyable season - I'll certainly be tuning in assuming there is another season. For the record, I figured that Vivian was gay a couple of episodes ago, and might have assumed Sef was too, except I remember his mentioning his fiancee by name a while back. I also appreciate presenting a woman's wife or a man's husband so matter or factly (not only here, but lots of other shows too) and how it must be encouraging and comforting to so many kids out there, and normalizing it is to the younger population as a whole. Please forgive any errors or clunky sentences- making so long a post on a Kindle is haaard!

I'm glad I'm not the only one who shed a few tears. With both Mythbusters and Dirty Jobs (somehow they're connected in my mind) gone, it's truly the end of an era. I realize everything runs its course, and it was probably the right time to end the show, but it will certainly be sorely missed. I too hope there will be some specials in the future. Maybe themed shows, things like Duct Tape Island, one of my personal favorites...

I saw this morning a repeat of a blond couple from Colorado wanting to open a bed and breakfast in Hawaii - already deleted the episode, and I can't remember their names. But the lady kept complaining that none of their options was a Victorian, though WHY she expected to find a wide variety of Victorian houses in Hawaii is beyond me. She wanted a large yard so she could have an organic garden, and a dedicated place for yoga as well. I've never run a B&B, but I imagine it takes a fair amount of time and I'm not sure how much time she'll have for gardening. Of course they went way over budget, and then took the BEST room for themselves. As you walk up to the house, there is a big upstairs porch (I have always had a real thing for second story porches, though I have never been lucky enough to actually have one). I can't speak for everyone, but I personally would be so annoyed if I rented a room there, saw that porch (which would be the number one place I'd want to hang out at) and be told that porch was off limits. Maybe they'd let me sit there but I don't imagine they'd want me in their bedroom. I thought it should have been made into some communal space that all the guests could enjoy. Again, I have never run a B&B and maybe I'm being too hard on these people, but shouldn't your guests come first?

I really enjoyed the Claymore episode, despite nearly every stage of the competition featuring at least one catastrophic failure. It was full of twists and turned and in the end, it seems no one truly deserved the win. I guess using a coal forge with no electric equipment and/or making a working Claymore is harder than it would appear! All that said, however, I do have to admire how all the bladesmiths kept their good attitude and sense of humor throughout.

Even if it was my heart's fondest, most secret desire to never, ever have to wipe down my kitchen counters again in this lifetime, I would take care to avoid mentioning that as my reason for wanting dark countertops. Particularly if I knew I would be on national TV while saying it. If that Denver woman was an acquaintance of mine, I believe I'd think twice before eating at her place.

As someone who.is watching the show for the first time this season, can somebody please give me a quick, Reader's Digest version of last year's scandal? Thank you in advance.