BradandJanet

Looking at Gabe's birthday party, I'll never cease to be creeped out by how the Rodlets seem to feel the heat of Mahmo's camera on them and automatically turn on a forced smile and maybe manage a wave. If only their homeschooling had produced such stunning educational results.

That looks like a dress that can only be spot cleaned. All that embellishment on the top won't dry clean or launder. It will retain it's eau de Jill.

She's already been to Punta Cana, courtesy of Plexus. She and David didn't do much when they were there because they were scandalized by the alcohol and skimpy swimwear they were forced to look at. Why does she need to spend her own money to do this again? Wouldn't another trip to Andy Griffith's home in Mayberry make more sense?

At the rate Jill has been acquiring clothes, I'm not surprised she needs to offload some of them. And, just maybe, Melaleuca isn't turning out to be the goldmine she expected.

I thought a boy for the same reason. I guess we'll find out at the shower.

Maybe they reused that electric fireplace thing Jill already owned. If David didn't do the electrical work, then Sam and Gabe did. There's no way they hired a professional to stuff an electric heater in a huge plywood box. I'd love to see a full view of the room now. The Dream Board fireplace looks so, well, intrusive.

I'll bet she sat in her little business office and designed this thing down to the last piece of stone. It looks just like the one in the photograph on her Dream Board. I wonder how much time and money Gabe and Sam spent making Mama's dream come true so she could photograph herself weeping tears of joy. Is that an in-ground pool with a bridge over it on Jill's board? I'm waiting to see how she'll get that for free. I won't bet against it happening. I really need to start a Dream Board and put it out for everyone to see.

The large, heavy custom staircase that Jill had to have was the focal point of the family (Dave's) room. The staircase has some competition now. Is this fireplace as big as it looks? Did Sam and Gabe pay for all the materials? Is there an electric heater in it?

Thanks to the pandemic, I had to give up a closet of clothes in 10 petite. I'm still petite, but no long a ten. I've managed to lose some weight but a ten waist will probably never fit again unless it's elastic all around. It was sad to see the older stuff go, but age has an alarming way of repositioning body parts. Jill will find this out eventually. If she doesn't pay attention, she'll split a seam in public.

I'll watch for Mark Bonnar. Well, I'll always watch the UK version of this show.

Jill sees the most beautiful, intelligent, stylish, competent woman in the world. What else would her mirror dare show her?

That, and she wants to stand out and attract attention. Her ego is huge. It's a bad combination.

I must have been sleeping during that decade. At least on the model, the tail just covers her butt. On Jill, it goes down to the back of her knees.

I'm curious about the blouse in the first "work outfit." It has a tail. I've lived through many decades of bad style, but I don't remember blouses with tails.

When she wore the famous silver sausage-casing dress and high heels to Sam's homeschool graduation Sam and Dave did have to hold her while she walked. The dress was too tight, and the shoes were unstable. She never would have made it across the room, up the stairs, across the stage, and back to her seat without support. I'm surprised she didn't end up falling and tearing her other knee in four places that day, but that would have meant an embarrassing public fall in her fancy clothes.