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I suppose that could be true, but I'd like to see it from a reliable source. Re Ciao House, sigh, yeah I saw an ad for it on Wildcard Kitchen. I think more likely than being fired, with Supermarket Stakeout and Ciao House shows she was just too busy for The Kitchen.

I've seen that one, very clever! The French guy says something like how about a cheese platter?

6,696 steps yesterday. Boy did I feel those 10,000+ steps!! My friend did too! We didn't get started until mid afternoon yesterday because of all our creaks and aches!! Today I go to DMV in an hour and while I am in town there (this town is south of me and haven't been there in years) I am going to poke around a couple thrift shops. Then home for some kitty house work...

Another one of those "body odor" commercials that make me hit the mute so hard is the Secret one for some deodorant spray that is for the body. The tag line is it is great for your pits and your (woman pulls out her waist band and looks down it and smiles) unsaid "bits". OMG! Enough already!! Also, it took me a couple of watchings to under stand what I was seeing in the Manscape commercial another in the "gross" family. Several different men going around doing things with two small child sized men in front of them..."blah, blah. blah"...then at the end one of the men has two bald small men in front and that is when it shows Manscape....Yikes, I can't unsee the little "boy/balls" in front of the men. Just soooo gross, I don't need that visual in my minds eye EVER!!

I miss Alex too. But I see Supermarket Stakeout is coming back May 1 so she has probably been filming that. Thank goodness no mention of Ciao House at all....so far.

I second this thought!

I was just thinking the same thing. Normally even between seasons we have been a chatty bunch. But this sadness seems to have settled on all of us even though we are total strangers to the Brown family...and really each other too. If it has been this hard for us to adjust to this sadness, I can't imagine how many times harder it is for Garrisons' family and friends.

10,159 steps yesterday. I knew it would be a lot of steps yesterday, but this really did surprise me! Clearing out space to get the desk out and load on truck. Walking all over Home Resources (it is a hughe lumber yard looking place) in search of a door, window trim, plastic bins for litter boxes, etc. theonly thing we got was 2 large plastic bins that will make great litter boxes for a total of $2! Then searching Pet Smart and Walmart for other needed items. An entirely exhausting day!! Today is working in the garage... Tomorrow I have an appointment at the DMV to renew my driver's license. Ughhh! Here in MT you have to renew again at age 75 regardless if you had gotten a new license the year before. sigh... I turn 75 this June....

5,705 steps yesterday. Today will probably be fairly high even with the driving, to town to deliver the desk. We have several stores we need to visit while in there. My body will probably pay tomorrow!!

6,907 steps yesterday. Quick run to PO to pick up mail Rx, then dash into grocery store. Worked in garage painting divider wall and some stenciling. Chores inside in evening...it all added up to more than I expected. I was surprised this morning when I looked at the count! Progress report on the cat home: A new stencil on fuse box: Partial wall and storage shelf construction. Poultry fencing not metallic will fill in open space between shelf bottom and top of wood wall : There will be a screen door between sides in opening at the end of wall in photo below, by brown door in photo below. View from other side of wall. It will be painted to match, when I decide if I am also going to upgrade car side of garage: Bookshelf is attached to provide extra support on car side.

7,209 steps yesterday. Well, there it is, haven't seen that number in a while! But I am paying for it today. I had things to do that needed doing while I was in town.... 49° was the high yesterday, sunny with just a few gusts of wind. Nowadays, every time I write wind, I think of my friend I just lost, whose chosen name was Wind. Her graveside service was yesterday. I couldn't attend because of dentist appt (very difficult to reschedule) but they did record it I and watched before bedtime. Beautiful service. I didn't realize recording services for online viewing was a thing these days. I was glad to see the recording of the service of a member of my diabetes forum a few years ago, but thought that was a special circumstance as he was a popular opera singer. I was sad to watch my friend's service but it did appear to be mostly just family so I probably would have felt out of place. I did order a tree to be planted in her memory though.

5,060 steps yesterday. Dentist appointment today. But I will be doing some shopping up in town so steps should be good, despite the drive and sitting at dentist.

5,440 steps yesterday. No garage work other than one little stencil to try it out. Had to go to several places in town to find minimal stencil supplies. Got some chalkboard paint which will be fun for some of them. There is a Hobby Lobby in the mall by my dentist so will go there tomorrow to get fully supplied with paints and applicators. Not a place I would normally go these days, but new skills require new supplies... Will try a couple more stencils today and that is about it. Here is the small test one I did yesterday. It is the chalkboard paint and I kind of like the result: I have larger ones that will go around the windows and various places on the walls. A fun part of putting all this together!! What is cute about this one is the angle of the cat's head makes it look like the left ear is clipped, just like all the fixed cats have! ETA: Yes the seams are rough...this is a garage after all, and "cat house", they don't care! 😸

,980 steps yesterday. No garage work yesterday, my friend worked at home getting parts together for divider wall. Nothing much left here for me to do in garage. Yesterday 2 big Chewy boxes came so they needed to be unloaded and supplies/food brought inside. Pretty soon they will just go into the garage!! No more hauling around in the house! The cat stencils I ordered for the walls came yesterday. Today's chore will be doing some research about types of paint and means of application for the stencils. I haven't done any stenciling before, so a new craft to learn about!

Thanks @ebk57! Nice article! Having read it now and viewing the CBS segment I'd recommend both to any one interested in this story.

I found an interview with Carr on CBS Morning (thanks google!) that I watched. I think I'm going to have to buy this book! Amazing man and amazing cat!!

Sadly, behind a paywall so can't read it. 😿

Sad, but I think also true. And then I still won't be watching....

Totally agree!! I think they need to find a focus and just use chefs in that realm. Either Iron Chef types or more of the Pioneer Woman Cook types. This mixed group just doesn't work especially when one thinks he is so much above the others he won't even eat their food... Or maybe every few years they would change all the chefs/cooks just to keep it fresh. Different styles, different focuses, coming from different experiences, would make it more interesting.

6,060 steps yesterday. Ended up being another "rest" day. We both felt it was better to not push as much as we have been and take another day off. When the Fedex guy delivered some of my Chewy order on Friday he was looking at the cat house (he's a cat guy!), he saw some of the things I have set aside for the yard sale and said he wanted some of them!! Biggest one was the roll top desk! He has to figure out how to get it to his place though. I got sad news last evening. My friend/neighbor passed away on Saturday. I knew she was sick, she had confided in me she had cancer but asked I keep her secret. She was the friend that drove me to all my dr appointments after my bad fall in Dec. '23, while I was in the back brace. She also took me grocery shopping. She was a good friend and very sweet. Saddest part is she was just in her 50's.

Well, maybe I'll pop in next week to check it out. Weren't they doing leftovers? Or was that last week? I look at the listing in the guide and decide if it is even worth a peek. I can only take so much of that bunch at a time...

5,812 steps yesterday. It was a good day to work, but we were both so sore we took yesterday off, not sure about today either. My hands are really hurting! There always seems to be something that keeps me from scheduling the surgery. Always something to finish first...I really need to just do it!

6,345 steps yesterday. I am really feeling the work in my hands, back and knees. Pushing through it though as we need to get at least to a point we can contain the cats that are fixed and the newly fixed ones until all are finally done. Final coat of paint: The last photos are a bit dark, color is most like the first one. On to the divider wall today!

I thought the same thing! Now those are mountains worth looking at!!

6,251 steps yesterday. Working in garage, and some clothes organizing inside before that. Pretty achey this morning, but we have to finish painting today. Work in progress yesterday, first photo: First coat finished yesterday. We originally planned to start dark on bottom of wall and then lighten as went toward top. We didn't like the look, so today we will do 2nd coat in all one color.