laredhead

Thank you for doing a deep dive into that story. Why not just say that and be done with it? On, yeah, gotta create "drama". The real estate sister kept talking about wanting a house big enough for family get togethers which made that 1,400 sf house totally out of the question. I guess the lake house will be the party house during mom's visits. I cant remember the name of the realtor, but would love to read the article.

I am catching up on many episodes that were recorded, but this was a more recent one I think. I looked for comments on it, but found none, so forgive me if I rehash what has already been discussed. This episode was about 2 sisters in Virginia who were moving their elderly mother from California to Virginia so she could be near family. One sister was a real estate agent, and seemed to be the one pushing this move, and in charge of the purchase. They looked at a 2 story which I would have dismissed immediately for an elderly person, but the real estate sister had the "wonderful" idea that the grand kids now in college could live there on the 2nd floor with granny after they graduate, and help her out with things, or something like that. The other sister wasn't too keen on that idea. There was a house on a lake that needed some work, but the property was lovely. Then there was a 1,400 sq foot house that had been updated, but the rooms were small. The real estate sister did say that she was having trouble separating her sales/investment mind from her caring for family mind, and yep, seems her sales mind was winning. In the reveal, they finally showed the mother. She looked very elderly, and was using a walker to get around. Having just gone through two relocations of elderly family members, one with mobility issues, there is no way I would have ever set foot in the 2-story house. I guess the show needed 3 distinct properties, but it would have been nice to see one that was designed for someone with mobility issues. I did like the way they showed the lake house after it had been remodeled and updated. At least the mother will have a large bedroom with a walk in shower.

I have commented before that most seem to plan way more than can be completed in a 2.5 or 3 hr time frame. Scaling back on adding 50 flavors or decorations and making the bake taste good would be more important I think.

Episode last night or night before about a "young, professional couple" looking for the usual modern vs. Craftsman house. They were buying a giant schnauzer, and wanted a yard big enough for the dog. They were supposedly in their 20's, but his statement that they had worked long and hard to afford the house they deserved kind of got to me. I think he was 27, and they were buying a $600,000+ house. When you in your 40's, then you can legitimately say you have worked a long time. Geeeeeze. I barely remember the house they bought. I actually might have liked them more, if they had gone to a shelter and rescued a dog instead of buying one.

He has certainly accomplished that 100%.

I get frustrated with the bakers when they begin to list everything they are going to include in a bake that would need to be twice as long to make it a success for 99% of them. Good grief! If I tried to make a cake with 7 or 8 elements and flavors, it would be an 8 hours challenge for me. I also sometimes have a problem with the many flavors they combine in one bake. I guess I'm a simple person to please when it comes to flavors. Just give me chocolate cake, with chocolate fudge icing and call it a day.

Marilyn has never met Elsbeth, or even knew that she would be at the police station, so it would have been impossible for her to know anything about her personal life beforehand. I'm inclined to believe that Marilyn has some type of ability to know certain things about people's lives.

I said the same thing to him, but he didn't listen to me either. He didn't seem to be understanding the question for a couple of his answers. I'm glad he was able to recover enough to at least participate in FJ.

I'm glad that regular Jeopardy is resuming, but I have enjoyed the interaction between some of the players in the TOC. The ones who have played against each other recently, or who have become Jeopardy connection friends show less nervousness, and engage in a bit of banter that I like. I'm glad that Matt won since he has never won a TOC.

Wendell Pierce was on The Late Night Show (Colbert) last week, and recited some lines from Shakespeare. He has a varied career history on stage and TV. As for the building problems, I recently read an article about a chef who works in a building just like the one on Elsbeth, and it might have been the model for it. The article stated that many nights there are just a few people (if any) in the building's exclusive resident only restaurant, and that a high percentage of owners were from foreign countries, and had never lived in the building. I'm sure the views are spectacular, but I'm not sure I want to live that high off the ground.

I was rooting for either Ryan or Ray, with a lean toward Ryan because I seem to remember that he was sort of struggling to make a living, and had a young son. I like Ray too, so either one would have been on my list of winners. I wish Ken would say what year the contestants last appeared in a game. It might jog my memory about seeing them previously.

I have an inhaler because I have asthma, and I immediately thought that was the wrong way to use an inhaler when I saw the actor using it. However, even if he had used it properly, it wasn't going to "cure" his breathing problem. Removing the cat was the solution to his reaction in that scene. BTW, my grandson has an allergy to dog hair, and not cat hair which I find odd. Glad it's that way though, because his household had 3 cats, but no dogs.

The only thing I remember about Roger is the length of time he took to choose a category. Sometimes it seemed like hours - loll.

I thought that the fox was going to find and eat the goose that Mrs. Hall had arranged to cook for Christmas, so I'm glad that was not the case. Foxes are beautiful animals. The father of a friend of mine used to feed a male and female fox on a regular basis, and each year he was rewarded by watching them rear their kits at the back of his large property. As for communication during the war years, my uncle was stationed in Italy,and North Africa. I remember my grandmother talking about how worried she was for years, and that they rarely received a letter from him. When they did, it was several weeks or months old.

Watched a recent episode about a couple in Chicago who own a couple of rental properties, and the wife wanted another multi-family place where they could live in one unit and rent out the other space(s), but the husband wanted a single family house with bathrooms. They were living in a studio apt with 2 children (not toddlers), and he was tired of sharing a bathroom. He also did not want to live on the property as a landlord because the tenant would call him for things that needed repairing. They ended up in the neighborhood that the wife wanted, in a duplex that the wife wanted, and planning to do a major reno. The place looked like it needed to be gutted to the roof and walls, or even razed - IMO. They claimed to be spending about $100,000 to do the entire project. The bedrooms looked to be the size of a walk in closet, and each unit had only 1200 sf which is fine unless you have children who are about to be teenagers. I want space to retreat to in my house, and I have just one cat - lol. I do hope the husband at least gets an extra bathroom out of this. This one would be a good one for the HH Where Are They Now if that show ever returns.