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PW, sorry to hear about your medical problems, but glad you're at home now and doing better. I need to catch up on this thread more frequently, for sure.

For just a moment, I thought Jemmy toddled away back to the stone and went back through it by himself! I had nearly forgotten about Lizzie and her role with Brianna. The farewells tugged at my heart. I still want to know more of Ian’s story.

Seems a little strange, not checking in. However, seeing these shows a second time around didn’t help me get a perfect FJ score! 😊

Sorry to hear this - the show had potential.

That was a fun episode. Loved the pictures for Katy's Katie's birthday that we saw earlier in the season. So many good moments, including the proposal.

Well, of course it's Rio and Mike! Just what I didn't want to happen. Rudy' s realization that he wants Constance to be OK was sweet. Loved her son on the radio with play-by-play of the storm, and stress eating at the store. And Mike and Beau making up and being partners was good.

I don’t know how it was back then in England, or if being part of the “Hong Kong Project” would have been different. My English granddaughter was adopted through a town council, and my DD and her husband are required to share a progress report twice a year with her biological mother. It was a neglect situation. So it’s possible the Turners would have been able to share reports with May’s bio mom. On the other hand, my bio brother and I were adopted together, and didn’t really know anything about our bio parents. At one point when the state we were adopted in had an open records policy, and we were older than 18, we were able to get some info. Never met them, though we have met some of the other family members. My sympathies lie with the Turners, and it’s been lovely to see Tim with his younger siblings.

Kit Carson sighting! Today’s Death Valley Days, Season 16, Episode 7, Spring Roundezvous, on Starz Encore Westerns.

I watched the first two episodes of “Baptiste” and was intrigued enough to find “The Missing.” It’s on Starz on demand, so I just watched the first episode. It’s not something I can multi-task through. It needs some concentration. I like the Baptiste character and his relationship with his wife, and I’m interested to see how it all plays out.

I really liked the twist of having another Reagan grandson. I also liked that he came to family dinner even though his mother opposed it. Joe Hill seemed happy with his work assignment and didn't seem to want to be reassigned, so I think his mother, while being protective, stepped over the line by asking Frank the commish to have him reassigned. I also liked Eddie and Jamie's story this episode. Eddie was a little too harsh about the baby's mother, but once she knew the baby trafficking scheme, she dialed it back a lot. Sometimes you have to step back and learn about a situation before you understand. If I needed a friend in the DA's office, I'd want it to me Anthony. And totally off topic, I keep hearing Joan Baez singing "I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night."

I appreciate that now. Growing up there was good, much better than I realized at the time.

I grew up on a farm in the 1950's-60's. But mom also worked for her dad who ran a grain elevator. So we had some of our own food that we grew, and some income to supplement when necessary. Plus our grandparents (my mom's mom and dad) helped with some things from time to time when they could. My grandparents had a big garden, flowers and vegetables,, and we also had a vegetable garden on the farm, plus our own cherry trees. I still remember one of the leaner years, when we got tired of beef steak and roast. They'd butchered a cow and that's almost the only meat we had, except for chicken which they also raised and slaughtered. I also remember days at grandma's, when she and mom would blanch vegetables to freeze, jelly and pickle making, and canning. They also plucked chickens to freeze. One year my other grandmother came and made cherry pies with cherries from our trees, so we had cherry pies in the freezer for the year. On days when mom worked, my brother and I stayed at Grandma's. She fixed noon dinner every day, so we'd had a big meal at noon. A lot of times, we'd have lunch meat (bologna, etc.) sandwiches for supper. I always thought it was because it was cheap. When I got out on my own, I figured out that it was because with sandwiches, mom didn't have to cook, because it wasn't that cheap. Mom was a good-enough cook, but she didn't like having to cook. My grandmothers were both excellent cooks, and she didn't feel that she measured up. Thanks for the stroll down memory lane.

Taking to Non-show chat.

That's also strawberry shortcake. Sometimes we had angel food for the base, sometimes real whipped cream but more often Cool Whip, or Dream Whip.

Week 34: 3/5 no * YTD: 92/170 9*

Both Kay and Janine think they might be pregnant, and in solidarity of sorts, Rio buys pregnancy tests for all three of them. They take the tests, but the episode ends before the results are revealed. Rudy is seduced by the restauranteur Dolores. Beau has received warning that his farm may be foreclosed upon, so he desperately steals Mike's idea to become the egg supplier for a new branch of a chain owned by Dolores in order to save the farm. Mike is furious, but Beau feels terrible at trying to take Mike's business, and breaks down, telling Kay they might lose the farm. The resulting chaos is about to get even more chaotic as a tornado warning is issued and appears heading for Bucksnort and the farms.

What show was BSG? I loved both episodes; the finale was so good. Well, we had Miles frantic to get back to Ali before her surgery, and then when he thought he heard something about a gas leak, it added to the urgency. And Miles being Miles, he couldn't let the cars full of passengers stay behind and be killed/injured in something if he thought he could prevent it. I've never been to New York, but I totally bought what Miles was trying to do.

I watched the movie “Breakthrough” this afternoon. Metz was so good in it. Her singing voice is quite good.

I got to see yesterday’s Jeopardy! tonight. The station listed a season 35 episode, but showed last night’s episode!

I agree, not all groups of characters need to have a story every episode. Two stories plus a minor story max, would be enough. I liked Erin's, but yes, why were the three of them at the scene of the fire? Also Anthony's sea salt caramel chocolates for the win!

Also, Father Quinn calls on Frank to investigate a priest with unusual ties to an 11-year-old boy. Erin is mentoring a new hire in the DA's office as they investigate a possible arson. In an advertisement for next week's show, Eddie invites us to join the Reagans for dinner. A bit cutesy, but she gave it a lighthearted touch.

Week 33: 2/5 YTD: 89/165 9*

I didn’t think it was a bulimia reference. A person might feel ill after exercising that much and then eating a dozen doughnuts, then getting back on the bike and pedaling back. In under an hour. I’m certain I would. And on another topic, my local station is showing the NFL draft tonight instead of Jeopardy! tonight, and it doesn’t look like they’re showing it another time.😡

Wondering if anyone here has taken the Anytime Jeopardy! Test. https://www.jeopardy.com/be-on-j/anytime-test

Time travelling? The one-year was in early March. I just ordered a hard copy of his new memoir on Amazon. It won't be released until July 21. I rarely buy hard-back books, but I wanted this one.