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My daughter read me the transcript. Sounds like a pretty typical relationship one has with an out-of-control alcoholic. No surprises there. I remember on one of the 90DF D+ shows, he freely said he would choose alcohol above a relationship with Tanya. That's pretty damned pathetic. He's every bit the asshole most of us thought he was.

I came "thisclose" to signing up for MK because they have quite a few products I really like. I just wanted to sign up to get the starter kit and discounts for my own personal use. Then someone directed me to pinktruth.com. Talk about an eye opener. I'll just buy what I need or want from a rep. Not worth that bullshit for the discount that comes with signing up. Yikes.

Does anybody know what's going on with the new season of Murder in the Heartland on ID Discovery? Someone posted on FB that the new season had dropped on December 28th and the internet also shows the drop date was December 28th, yet it's not up on D+ yet. Goddess knows I need something to watch tonight while I party at home with knitting and champagne 🥂

My Puerto Rican auntie made the most delectable arroz con pollo I've ever had. Perfection on a plate. I tried to get the recipe from her. Yup, no measurements. She had been making it so long that she could just tell by looking if the quantity was correct. I asked her, "How much XXX?" Her reply unvaryingly: "Until it looks right." 😢 I finally just used her list of ingredients (without any measurements) and made countless attempts to replicate her arroz con pollo until I finally got it right. This thread has reminded me that I need to actually write down the recipe to pass along to Mini Persnickety to save her some frustration in her future cooking endeavors 🤔

First thing I said when I saw that scene was, "That girl can RIDE." I was impressed with her ability. I think Caleb was expecting an Elena Gant (Little Women LA season 1).

I loathe Usman (and always have) with the fire of 100,000 suns. That being said, I have to hand it to him. He managed to get his expensive gifts from this idiot Kimberly and not even give her a kiss in return, much less have sex with her. He got to take his goodies and go back to his own room totally untouched. Well played, Usman, well played.

Caleb is a real piece of work. His bitching about his arm getting tired from pushing her wheelchair, etc., was just rude as hell. Then that awkward ride to the hotel where he barely spoke to her and started yawning and looking out the window. I knew he was going to claim he was just too tired and go to bed, which he did. He put her on the bed before he left the room, but was her friend there to help her? She would need to get off the bed to put on her pajamas, shower, turn the bed down, etc., and Caleb never gave that a second thought. The very least this asshole could have done was laid on the bed with her and talked. Ugh. I'd like to take his beanie and shove it up his ass. 😠

Oh, I remember that quite well. They were both absolutely insufferable entitled assholes. As soon as Jasmine mentioned her kids, I dubbed her Larissa 2.0. It sounds like she and Gino might be made for each other. Ew.

I was hoping Janelle was going to shove that rake up his selfish ass. Maybe next time 😂

I respectfully disagree. I have a raging case of cellulitis and was hospitalized for 7 days of IV antibiotics (which ultimately did not work) and attempted pain control with IV morphine and oral hydrocodone (both narcotics). The pain still was not fully controlled on discharge, when I was transitioned over to oral narcotics only. I battled pain so severe even with the oral narcotics that I was in a state of near tears every waking moment. And that was with hydrocodone on board. What finally worked was a non-narcotic, gabapentin. My PCP had prescribed it on the off chance I was having some neuropathic pain from the cellulitis and at 300 mg it had no effect whatsoever. However, a 600 mg dose relieves my pain for at least 12 hours. Pain and the treatment of pain is different for each individual. Sometimes pain control can be very tricky because it differs from person to person. I've no problem believing Ysabel is still in pain at this point despite having presumably heavy-duty narcotics on board. I'm assuming if it has to be administered every 2 hours, it must be a very low dose as well.

You know what else pissed me right the fuck off? These women sitting around bemoaning how they wished they could have been there to support Christine and Ysabel but, oh no, the dreaded COVID prevented that. I'm no doctor, but I'm pretty damned sure COVID did not stop them from preparing meals for Christine and her family and leaving them on her doorstep so she could get some much needed rest. How much trouble would that have been, when all of their asses were supposed to be home 24/7 quarantining (as they claim) anyway? Prepare it, take it to the car, drive to Christine's house, put it on the porch, get your ass back in the car and go back home. I'm also pretty sure Meri was "safe" as she kept herself self-quarantined in her big house. Could she have not gone over and sat with Ysabel to administer her medication every 2 hours and watch Truely so Christine could grab a nap or a shower...or both? She could have gone back home and re-quarantined herself again for 2 weeks. It's not as if Kody was going to pop by for a quickie or any type of visit at all. Except for Janelle, whose offer I believe was genuine, the other 2 are useless as hell and COVID has fuck all to do with their lack of support during Ysabel's surgery and recovery. It's called a casserole, you harpies. It's called compassion. It's called being a decent human being. You suck as sister wives. Ugh. (As an aside, I wonder how Kody the Prick will feel when he finds out Janelle and Christine have been getting together socially? I personally think he loves keeping them divided, so I'm sure he won't be pleased. And I'm here for that revelation!)

Excellent point. Perhaps because of the polygamy status of their relationship, Kody's name was not on the birth certificates of some of the kids so he can't take out insurance policies on them. That being said, there's no law stopping him from divvying up funds to Janelle and Christine to have funded health insurance for their minor children. Honestly, the term "prick" doesn't even begin to be harsh enough to describe this ass.

To double down on that, isn't that why Kody married Robyn, to ensure HER kids had insurance? And yet he couldn't fund Ysabel's insurance? I'm not sure about the intricacies of insurance policies, but it seems to me that Kody could have taken out a policy that covered Ysabel since she's his biological child. If not, he could have given Christine the funds to sign up for one. I will never understand how this jackass wastes so much money on utter bullshit (like Prairie Plague Pass), yet he's so fucking irresponsible he doesn't ensure all of his minor children have insurance. Ugh.

Remember in season 1 when Jo had to go introduce herself to a table of women she'd never before met, which included Kimberly, to join the cast? One of the most entertaining introductions in the Housewives history 😂 Good times in the OC. I never thought I'd say (type) this, but this show needs to bring somebody back. Pretty much anybody. Hell, even that grating heifer Gretchen with her inept shit-stirring skills would be better than we're given now. I just can't warm up to Emily or Gina, and I'm pretty sure I won't be warming up to these newcomers any time soon. I find Heather (and Terry) insufferable, but at least I can eye roll and snark on them. The others are just...there. Maybe things will pick up as the season progresses. One thing is for certain - It has to be better than that last season of NY.

I also knit whilst watching this shit show. It requires so little focus to follow what's going on. It's like the perfect white noise against the clicking of the needles 🧶

I think it came out on The Single Life that her dad was in the Chicago area, and she had hoped to reconnect with him. Of course, it's 3:30 a.m. here, I've had 2 strokes, and I'm really ill with cellulitis, so that could totally be a figment of my TLC imagination.

So much truth. My abusive mother appeared to have rewritten history in her own head (or had been lying about our upbringing for so long that she began to believe it). It was if she was describing her life with another family, not the life of abusive terror with which we had been raised. When she pronounced at one holiday family get together, "I never laid a hand on any of my kids," you could have heard a pin drop. These types of parents really regale in their revisionist history. In the end, I decided it wasn't worth jeopardizing whatever tattered shreds of a relationship we may have and stopped trying to give her a big old slap of reality. *I* knew what the truth was, and *she* knew *I* knew. I learned to forgive (not forget) and move forward. My sister alas did not and was bitter up until my mother's death. Memphis needs to learn no amount of trying to get her mother to take accountability will drag the truth out of her. Like my mother, Memphis' mother has already rewritten history in her own mind and believes it, or she's lied to herself for so long that she believes it to be the truth. Memphis needs to realize that she knows the truth, her mother knows the truth, and try to work with she has in the moment with her mother, because I have serious doubts, as do you, that her mom will ever own the ugly facts about Memphis' upbringing. With the exception of her obviously bad taste in men, she seems to be a lovely and accomplished young woman who has taken herself far in life thus far despite her lack of a present and supportive mother. She needs to now stop attempting to get any accountability out of her mother and just keep living her life as she apparently always has and just keep moving forward. I wish her luck in her life in general (after she gets inevitable heartbreak with this Tunisian asshole).

In an early holiday gift from the TLC Gods, here we have a lineup perfectly ripe for the snarking. Except Alina. When she said she knew she didn't look like anybody else but was "rockin' what I have," she won my black icy little heart. 🖤

What I wouldn't give to see Dr. Now get a hold of all of these people. With Tisa present to spill the tea about how they all enable Tammy's repulsive behavior. Paging Dr. Now...Paging Dr. Now...

I loathe Ooze-man as much as I loathed Baby Gut Visa. I must admit that I'm looking forward to seeing crazy Kim throw that glass full of icy beverage at him. Other than that, both of them can GTFO. 🤢 Dead. When "Panama" was first mentioned last night, I told Mini Persnickety all I could envision was Van Halen's song 😂

No, it wasn't potable. The people who would buy it for swimming pools had to have it chemically treated before swimming in it, but it was fine to use as it was for the firefighters. Goddess only knows if that water Kody and Klan had trucked in was potable, but I'm guessing it wasn't.

He reminds me of this assclown from Seeking Sister Wives, not physically so much as his "woke," "hip" and "trendy" bullshit. Ugh.

Watching this episode, Mini Persnickety said the same thing..."Why didn't Meri just trade apartments with Janelle or Christine if she wanted more privacy?" I told her it wasn't really about privacy for our Meri. It was about control.

Well, she apparently has GI issues, so "leakage" may have an entirely different meaning with her. 🚽 Not sure where the Prairie Plague water came from, but my sister's husband drove a huge truck filled with water obtained from local ponds and other sources. He sold it to private parties wanting to fill up pools, etc., and also delivered it to firefighters on sites of fire. His truck held thousands of gallons of water, I believe.

And seemed to be a really nice guy and a good human being. I enjoy rooting for the good human beings to succeed. On a superficial note, he's one of the very few participants that didn't gross me out when he was eating. So many of them have such disgusting table manners that I have a hard time watching them eat. I'm delighted for him that he's doing so well. I hope he and his girlfriend are very happy. ETA: I haven't read all of the comments yet, but WTF was up with that miniscule bathroom door he had to force himself through to get to the shower? That door looked really undersized. Hell, I'm 5'3" and 108 pounds, and I don't think I could get into that doorway unless I turned sideways, too. Crazy.