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She's also got some new show on E! (Siwa's Dance Pop Revolution!!!) that's a mix of competition and Dance Moms-type drama.

I had a gigantic salad bowl underneath my leaky upstairs air handler for quite a while because I couldn't get an AC guy to come and replace the unit. The bowl would fill, I would pour it out and replace it. For MONTHS until I could get the guy to come. I got locked inside my house one day. The lock straight up jammed and I ended up having to take the whole handle off the door just to get out. I stuffed some paper towels in the gaping hole, drove to Home Depot and bought the whole assembly and watched You Tube videos and pretty much just changed the whole lock assembly by myself. I'm not terribly mechanically inclined but I'm stubborn and didn't have any family around to help me. My guess on hoarder plumbing problems is that they stop paying the water bill and the water gets shut off. Then any paper and "debris" (aka poop) going down gets stuck and plugs up the system . They keep using the toilet until *voila*, "plumbing problems" have arrived. I'm guessing it's bad enough to snake out a few day old plugged toilet, but one with layers of debris and feces has got to be a challenge.

COVID testing can be flawed. My son in law got COVID from work (first responder). Was sick as a dog. Took a rapid test and was negative. Ended up going to another location and taking the two hour test and was positive. My other son in law works around college students and had been in close contact with multiple students that tested positive. He has never tested negative, having taken dozens of test over the months Derek may have tested positive randomly but may end up testing negative before the finale.

Oh man, I still remember that dance. . . it was stunning. For some reason, I had the John Mayer song Gravity in my head (sung by Sara Bareilles lol, sorry, I don't sleep well). I'm with some of y'all. I think Iman should win because he comes in with no dance training (to my knowledge). Poor Cody reminds me of the cousin that dances the cha-cha with you at the wedding while he's counting the steps. And Jojo and Amanda are professional dancers. I would take a less polished amateur over somebody who has been training for years as a dancer (gymnastics doesn't count because it's a different skill set). Finally, I'm just relieved the winner won't be a member of the Bachelor/Bachelorette enterprise!!!

I had the Conners' furniture way back in the day - the sofa and that chair. We bought them for cheap at some random cheap furniture place. They are LONG gone, having been replaced by other cheap furniture over the years.

The judges drag Katie for her childish designs, so she second guesses herself and then the judges drag her for not "finding her voice". So stick to your guns after we've told you your guns suck. Okaaaay. Some of those outfits looked overwhelming on the tall models. How would it look on more petite Tara and Johnny? And the ice dress looks like it's very cleavage-y so here's Tara sitting there with her girls hanging out while she's talking about the figure skaters.

I'm always surprised that hoarders have money for storage units. Recently I was checking the prices of storage units for a relative and they were over $130 for one that might hold furniture and household belongings (not even the biggest one). Perhaps the attorney was someone that represented Carl pro bono at some point since he had a criminal complaint and felt sorry for him afterwards. As for an inheritance, I wasn't getting the idea his parents were these wealthy yet eccentric types. The house wasn't impressive even before the hoard started. Of course, he wasn't really paying any utilities because there was no water and likely no electricity (I cringe thinking of candles being lit in that place with all the newspapers). Maybe he was paying the property taxes with whatever inheritance money he had. The house appeared to be in the outskirts of Tampa so the property values weren't as high as the city . Michelle definitely is a saint. It really took a lot out of her to help Carl with his hoard. Of course, not many people want to see an elderly neighbor removed from his property (although her mind was probably changed once she took a look at that bathroom). While it was pretty awful watching this episode, I was fascinated watching Carl trying to work through a lot of his issues during the episode. Thank goodness APS was called and hopefully he will get some help.

I've been Team Suni all along and it was so gratifying to see her so happy when she danced and doing such a great job. Maybe it was the new hairdo. Was it just me, or did Amanda's dance look super dated? Not like "fresh update of old choreography" but really old school? Daniela has been working with Iman's strengths and challenges and I noticed this week he wasn't all bent over when he danced with her. I am hoping he will continue on cos if he gets to do a freestyle, it will be smokin'. I realized today that JoJo and Suni are the same age. Suni is off at college and Jojo still sometimes acts like an excitable tween. It can't be blamed on being sheltered because both of them were training/performing at a high level for most of their lives.

Thank you for this explanation. I was wondering why offense seemed so off after the center left. I just wish Bama would get last night's defense (which IMHO seemed to be much better toward the second half of the game) and the better offense we had in earlier games. And you're right - everybody is gunning for Bama all the time. It's like the team (that been so good in the past) everybody loves to hate. People here in South Florida are still hating Nick Saban after he left the Dolphins for Alabama (in 2006!). If we could just patchwork the stronger parts of the team together from different games, I wouldn't be getting a stomachache during the games.

I wish they were doing some kind of hip-hop routine. That would be incredible.

Haha, that was my thought as well. Or she was going to bust out in a solo with the church choir a la Sister Act. The "chat" with her granddaughter reminds me of the Q&A they have with Judge Marilyn and her husband on the People's Court. Except I enjoy watching JM and her hubby a lot more. Count me in on Team Byrd. It made me very sad that it was basically a corporate decision. I always thought Byrd was more like family after all this time.

Mark sounds wistful and almost romantic when he talked about it. Kinda like a 14 year old that wanted what his hormones were telling him, but wanting connection as well. And "going farther" these days could have just meant "heavy petting" back in the day (oh man I'm dating myself) IMHO Mark does need an adult male to confide in. It would be weird for him to talk to cranky old Dan, and David appears to have lost his way in Trader Joe's so Ben it is. Darlene should be happy Mark has somebody to talk to. (shades of Karen the bookshop owner back in the day with teenage Darlene). Darlene seems so engrossed in her own problems that she really doesn't appear approachable by her own kids.

Perhaps it's her family name for lady parts. My kids called it the Tulip ( a play on words-two lips lol). RE: the unfortunate placement of the flower on the Cookie - all I could think about was those Lu La Roe leggings that accidentally had vulva-appearing stuff on the crotch area (if you saw the Lu La Rich documentary, you will get it). While I understand her idea of embracing femininity and all that, intentionally placing a flower there will bring about lots of stares, particularly if you're not somebody who's interested in explaining the placement. Sometimes fashion is just artistic - beautiful fabric draped and sewn in a pleasing manner.

Of course it should. Fabric is not static - it has shape and movement on its own. To know how to manipulate fabric by cutting and sewing is as important as picking the correct fabric. How many nice designs have been ruined by improper hems or uneven improperly sewn tucks? Absolutely. While I'm not a seamstress professionally, I have sewn other things for money (drapes, costumes, seat covers, dresses, quilts, pillows, etc). A design can be ruined by not cutting on the grain correctly or using the wrong kind of fabric. Plus if you're sewing things on a more see-through fabric, you best be hand sewing or else the fabric might be torn up in the process. How do you think Chasity was able to make such a beautiful gown?

Where I live (south Florida) a doo-rag looks like a piece of pantyhose that gets knotted at the end. Like a very tight fitting cap. Bones' head scarf reminded of me of when my friend brought a flat sheet to put over a picnic table for a tablecloth and knotted the ends so it didn't fly away. I kinda like all-the-patterns contestant (forgot her name while dodging flying shoes). I like bright colors and patterns and if done WELL, they can look great. Her dress was certainly different than a lot of the stuff on the runway which looked too much like everyone else. And again, I know it's a design show, but I'm still shocked these designers don't understand how to sew correctly. That's one reason why that red dress was such a hot mess - the fabric was unforgiving. Don't they know how fabric is constructed and can and can't be manipulated? That a dress cut on the bias will hang and fit differently than one cut on the straight of the grain? That's Home Ec 101 (yes, I'm dating myself but nowadays the local high school has specific fashion and sewing classes for budding designers).

Wow, CrazyInAlabama, she is really a "little person"! :D (sorry, I do editing all day) Tiffany didn't appear as awful and combative as some of the folks we've seen, but I imagine they should have offered Becky aftercare. There was something really off about her reaction. Tiffany was *almost* a little selfish (that's not the right word) about her decluttering and Becky was probably thinking "they left me to clean out this place and be responsible for my sister who is only responsible for herself". Maybe she didn't want Tiffany next door. Could she be on some kind of disability because of her dwarfism?

Gymnastics is a sport, not a dance contest. And a tough one as well. Just because young women compete doesn't mean it's artsy (although it's called artistic gymnastics). My girls were competitive gymnasts (although not elite like Suni or Laurie or Simone). If they smiled during their floor routines, it was because they were happy because they landed a skill without falling on their faces or stepping out of bounds. We don't ask the women's soccer team to smile while they are running up and down the field. We don't expect Iman to smile while he's running up and down the court. IMHO, Suni seems to have a more reserved personality (which may be because of her family dynamics). Daniella is a brilliant choreographer and her dance with Iman was just a standout. She's also fearless. I was holding my breath when she did that drop (although maybe she did competitive cheerleading in the past lol). I have rewatched that dance several times. Olivia Jade is just clueless. She needs to hop back on that redemption train and act way more humble. I wonder if anybody has explained to her WHY people don't vote for her.

And while that would be easier for them, the next episode is Halloween. No dressing Beverly Rose up for trick or treating? Isn't Halloween the Conners' favorite holiday?

Very large woman representing here as well. I gave up trying to buy cheap bras years ago. I buy the armor style at Lane Bryant/ Cacique when they are on sale and I have multiple colors, although I mostly wear white and beige. Like CraftyHazel said, they aren't cheap but if something is showing, I certainly wouldn't wear a dingy ill-fitting bra. These are designers and supposedly trend setters. Would you go to a dentist with dingy teeth? I'm confused why Meg would put herself out on a competition show and then lose her mind because people are being competitive. And IMHO, she tried to prove herself all woke, and then got stuck when she was asked to trade models because either way, she was screwed - if she kept her model, she wasn't "putting her money where her mouth is" and if she gave up her model (which she really didn't want to do), she got all pissy and snappy. Is it just my middle aged brain, or is the "Crazy Rich Asian" stereotypical? I know what Kenneth meant and I saw the movie. But would there be a "Crazy Rich African-American" look? or a "Crazy Rich Caucasian" look? Prajje's "goddess" appeared to start out as the Virgin Mary (actually the "Black Madonna" which originally comes from Poland ) but then morphed into something else which is a voodoo entity (which he conveniently didn't mention). https://kuryerpolski.us/en/Page/View/haiti-i-polska-madonna

My daughter and son in law have a very large nice camper. When they aren't camping, they use it as extra housing for visitors. My son in law has a very large family and sometimes it's difficult with so many people in the house (and only two bathrooms). Along with regular camper stuff, they have A/C in the camper along with a king size bed with a regular mattress and a TV.

Back in the day my daughter was on a competitive gymnastics team with a girl that had hyperhidrosis. Her hands and feet would sweat so bad that she would leave wet footprints and handprints all over the mats. As a teen, she ended up having a procedure where they make an incision under the armpit and cut some nerves ( I think sympathetic nerves). It was a total success and no more excessive sweating. Now they do it as an outpatient surgical procedure.

Maybe Beverly Rose will undergo the same transformation that Jerry Garcia Connor did on the original incarnation of the show (Roseanne kept saying the baby was a girl, and then she had some weird trip while in labor with hippies dancing around and then the baby became a boy).

Steve Martin comes across as so droll these days, but he was a master at physical comedy in a lot of his older movies. Even more serious roles like "Parenthood" had some hilarious physical comedy - when Steve masquerades as a cowboy at his son's birthday party when the wrong hired help shows up.

Thank goodness. Someone had posted above that they thought Terri was trying to get in on Roy's will somehow. I think they were onto something. Perhaps Roy had a little bit of dementia and Terri was pretending to be his "wife" in order for her to boss him around and hoard in his house so that when he passed away, somehow she would end up with the house as a SECOND hoarding/ storage unit.

Somewhere in the back of my mind, I remember reading years ago that Cheryl was diagnosed with polycystic ovarian syndrome which can cause weight gain and swelling (as well as acne and other unfortunate symptoms).