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With the heavy makeup and that too short, too tight, too shiny dress that showed off her cleavage and tacky tats, she looked like a very low rent hooker. She could have at least washed and curled her greasy, stringy hair. I'm sorry if I'm being too blunt, but she just looks so cheap. Yet her father was concerned about Mike's "intentions" when he's probably the only decent man she's ever known.

In his defense, perhaps Mike cooked the pasta al dente and Noxema was unfamiliar with it prepared that way. As for the sauce, maybe he was attempting an alfredo sauce and had to make do with what was on hand in her kitchen. The scene at the table was uncomfortable to watch and I felt sorry for him.

Yes! I think that's exactly what he expected--a well proportioned "little" woman. Sure, Caleb had seen photos of her, but he might not have realized her bent knee gait was so pronounced and that she walked on her toes.

To me, Caleb appeared stunned when he first met Alina in person. He even said something about not realizing she is so small. I think he expected her to be really short, but normally proportioned and not as disabled as she is.

I wonder how they are going to explain offing Alina and Caleb. To me, theirs was one of the most interesting, and amusing, "journeys" on 90-Day. I've always wondered if Caleb was aware that she was unable to stand up straight or if her videos hid her disability and he simply wasn't aware of how extreme it was until he met her in person at the airport and then at the hotel when she was having difficulty navigating the stairs. At first it seemed that he thought she was simply a short "little" woman. Am I wrong?

I'm not Team Alina, but what's the BFD if she lived with a boyfriend for a few months? Caleb doesn't seem to be that much into her anyway, so he should just tell her they have no long term future and leave. It would be more honest for them both to just go home.

Well, Gino's no longer married so there's that. 🤣

My house was built in 1987 and has popcorn ceilings. I don't mind them a bit. Nearly all the homes in our area have them and not too many people have had them scraped to remove the texture. My ceilings throughout the house have been painted, which actually makes them look a bit smoother. When I had my bathroom remodeled the exhaust fan in the ceiling was removed and replaced with a combo can light/fan in a slightly different spot. The guy who repaired the ceiling did such a good job that you can't tell where the old fan was.

I know that many of y'all find Retta talented and funny, but for the most part I was less than amused by her. I just had to mute the sound whenever she came into view during the renovation finale. As a show host she got on my nerves almost as bad as Chip Gaines and the Property Brothers. Just my opinion so please don't throw things at me. 🤣

She's so predictable.

That's the impression I got. It's gonna be on the market in 3-2-1!

But can we watch it for free?

So far those don't seem to be the ugliest houses in America, but they are definitely some of the weirdest and/or creepiest. To me, the really ugly house was the Poseidon monstrosity in the first episode with all the concrete "built in" stuff inside. At this point I believe that's the one to beat.

It's interesting that Dr. Emma focuses on how her patients' skin conditions affect their mental health and social functioning, often even before beginning her examination of them. I wonder if that has anything to do with getting paid by insurance companies and/or the British public health system. I've also noticed that Dr. Lee frequently asks the same questions about how her patients handle social situations with their obvious skin growths and other shin conditions.

I watched pine trees topple like pick-up sticks in my backyard during a tornado. It was a close call and thankfully only the fence was damaged. Down the street pine trees fell on houses. Georgia pines have lousy root systems that are only good for raising concrete sidewalks and driveways. We've had most of the ones closest to the house removed. They were dangerously huge and I don't miss them a bit.

After reading that article about Hilary I have a lot of respect for her strength and determination. Has anyone watched her new show? No "love it" drama and I liked it. ☺️

They live in Canada. Maybe near Toronto? I have the feeling that the show was filmed in late summer, early fall. I wonder how Sherry's "snow tunnel" looked after that rainstorm. 🤣 She seemed more into it than her brother and father. It was definitely way OTT. I doubt it was Mike Holmes' idea. Probably producer or network driven for a Christmas special.

That looks like a different house than the one on Million Dollar Listing. The LA Times article says about this one: "Found near the entrance to Griffith Park, the Spanish-style hacienda isn’t the first Los Feliz home Wong has given a makeover. In 2004, she bought a 10,000-square-foot mansion known as the Cedars, and during a three-year-restoration, brought the estate back to its Golden Age of Hollywood glory." Isn't it Cedars that is on Million Dollar Listing?

That must be why my DVR is ignoring them. I wondered why y'all had seen episodes that I didn't have recorded.

Didn't that leave them with only two bedrooms? I seem to remember it was a three bedroom house. I expected to see a remarkable bedroom suite of furniture, but that was just massively ugly.

It was listed on my DVR as an hour, but I watched it in real time and it only lasted an hour.

That couple buying in Charleston surprised me. None of the houses shown were in Charleston proper. One was across the Cooper River in Mount Pleasant and the house they bought was on Daniel Island, closer but also across the river. If I remember correctly, the third house was in North Charleston. Traffic in the city is a nightmare so if he's working at the VA Hospital or Medical University of SC Hospital the commute isn't what anyone would consider "close" to work. I did like the house they purchased.

They are not here in the US. Apparently a cold room is quite common in Canada. I've seen them in numerous basements that Mike has refurbished over the years. Mike Jr. is quite a handsome young man. The children's playroom turned out sweet and that snack cart for movie night was really nicely done. Something I disliked was the word on the wall and the word in tile on the bathroom floor. Personally, I just think it's tacky.

That would be my guess. It would help if they'd explain things like that and not just leave viewers wondering.

The deck was high and the street was visible over the top of the fence. Not very private. Screening it in would be an improvement. In some of the close-ups of the white subway tile kitchen backsplash the black grout looked messy and the lines uneven--thicker in some spots. Other than that and the ugly light fixtures they selected, I thought the house looked nice.