This weeks episode starts of with cupcake making for Grandma Duggar's 70th birthday. Since she is turning 70 they are making 70 cupcakes. It is also around the time of Jackson and Jason's birthdays so they are celebrating their birthdays as well. In the middle of cupcake making a storm rolls through the area. This is the same storm that hit Joplin. The Duggars apparently only live about an hour and fifteen minutes away.
The four oldest Duggars head to Joplin to aid with search and rescue efforts. Josh, Jana, John-David and Jill are all members of the local volunteer fire department. While in Joplin the crew interviewed some of the residents. One elderly gentleman said something along the lines of "how do you start over at 91?" And wow, how do you start over when you have already lived nearly all of your life.
Watching the footage in Joplin was a little hard for me. A few years ago my mom fostered 2 children in a set of 4. These kids were the nieces and nephew of one of my moms coworkers and for a while she didn't have room for all 4 kids. Anyways these kids are originally from Joplin and still have family there. Knowing this my mom had emailed her coworker to just ask about the family that was still back in Missouri. Turns out the kids have an older brother (my mom may have known this, I didn't) and they were all back in Joplin for his high school graduation. As they were leaving to head back to Nebraska that is when the storm hit. They pulled over at a gas station and the tornado missed them by a block or so. How scary for them. And even though the kids were in our house for a few months I can't imagine what it would have been like to loose them.
Back to the show. They go out to a pizza and games restaurant (I think it was Chuckee Cheese but they didn't really show anything that really gave it away) to celebrate Jackson and Jason's birthdays. When Jackson turns in his tickets for a prize he decides to get a princess set for Johannah. He is such a sweet boy sometimes. It is adorable how close he and Johannah are.
Now its off to the bike shop to get new bikes for the birthday boys. And surprise! Grandma you should try out bikes to. Since Grandma is 70 they look and the 3 wheel bikes that have pedals in front of you. And she has a skirt on so its kind of hard for her to get on the bike. She ends up safety pinning her skirt together so she isn't exposing herself for the whole world to see. In her little interview portion she says if she would have known she would have worn slacks. Jim Bob also gets Michelle on one of those weird looking bikes. She says she like driving the van for the younger ones who get tired. I probably would too. I got the feeling that Jim Bob kind of pressured her onto the bike and she just didn't want one.
Turns out they are throwing a surprise party for Grandma. I'm pretty sure she knew something was going on. Everybody is talking about how great Grandma is and then they bring in her bike. I think their grandma is pretty great too. It seems like she helps out around the house a lot. With chores and with the younger kids.
Next week is Manhattan Duggars. Where they head to New York for their book tour. And they apparently take a subway. They have done this before but their family was with a few less people then. We will see how it goes.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Teen Mom: The First Two Episodes
First lets review what happened has happened since this is the third episode of the season.
Episode 1:
-Maci goes to the ATM and the child support isn't in her account yet. Ryan says they took it out of his check. Ryan also wants to know if Kyle is slow because a lot of people have been asking him. Also, he wants to meet Kyle so he know who is hanging around his son. Kyle doesn't want to meet him. Turns out the bank just messed up and she gets the child support.
-Farrah wants to get her boobs done because it will enhance her modeling career. She just needs to get a loan. After she calls a billion banks one finally approves her. Farrah's mom wants her to get a will in case something happens. Sophia's dad died before she was born. Farrah acts resistant but chooses her mom and then grandma to take care of Sophia if she were to pass away. Farrah gets the boob job, she is cranky after wards. Her parents help take care of her and Sophia.
-Catelynn notices her window is messed up like someone tried to break in. Her mom then checks her little brother's room and that window is open. The basement door was also open when she got home from work. Call the police. Decide they need to live in a better neighborhood. Catelynn's grandma will let her mom April and younger brother Nick stay with her but not Catelynn. For once April steps up and says she needs to find a place Catelynn can stay at too. Catelynn and Tyler decide they are going to get a place together. Catelynn's mom doesn't mind. Tyler hasn't told his mom yet.
-Amber has a new boyfriend she has been with for 2 months. They met at Walmart. Gary calls, he wants to get back together with Amber. He still loves her and wants them to be a family for Leah. No surprise Amber decides to go back with Gary. They go talk to a life coach and accomplish nothing. Amber breaks up with the now old boyfriend.
Episode 2:
-Maci might have to move back to Chattanooga. Kyle mentions he could move in with her to help pay the rent. Maci tells her mom about the plans, her mom doesn't like the idea. They decide to do it. Ryan doesn't like the idea either and still wants to meet Kyle.
-Farrah is recovered from her boob job. She updates her portfolio. She gets a job as a hair model in Denver. Leaves Sophia with her mom. Misses Sophia a lot in Denver, she doesn't really seem to be enjoying herself and doesn't fit in with the other models. She is happy to see Sophia when she gets back home.
-Catelynn and Tyler start looking at places. Tyler is being super picky and not liking anything. They stop at Tyler's moms house. His mom and older sister try talking him out of moving in with Catelynn in from of Catelynn. I felt bad for Catelynn. He doesn't change his mind. The find a place they like and then move in. First night in new place how exciting!
-Amber and Gary get a new house together. Amber's brother invites them to an indoor water park. They hop in Gary's super sweet minivan and hit the road. No surprise they start fighting. Amber is cussing and Gray asks her not to swear in front of Leah. She totally ignores him as usual. When they get to the hotel she tries getting a flight back to Indiana. Amber is somehow convinced to stay and enjoy the weekend. But she doesn't really.
Episode 1:
-Maci goes to the ATM and the child support isn't in her account yet. Ryan says they took it out of his check. Ryan also wants to know if Kyle is slow because a lot of people have been asking him. Also, he wants to meet Kyle so he know who is hanging around his son. Kyle doesn't want to meet him. Turns out the bank just messed up and she gets the child support.
-Farrah wants to get her boobs done because it will enhance her modeling career. She just needs to get a loan. After she calls a billion banks one finally approves her. Farrah's mom wants her to get a will in case something happens. Sophia's dad died before she was born. Farrah acts resistant but chooses her mom and then grandma to take care of Sophia if she were to pass away. Farrah gets the boob job, she is cranky after wards. Her parents help take care of her and Sophia.
-Catelynn notices her window is messed up like someone tried to break in. Her mom then checks her little brother's room and that window is open. The basement door was also open when she got home from work. Call the police. Decide they need to live in a better neighborhood. Catelynn's grandma will let her mom April and younger brother Nick stay with her but not Catelynn. For once April steps up and says she needs to find a place Catelynn can stay at too. Catelynn and Tyler decide they are going to get a place together. Catelynn's mom doesn't mind. Tyler hasn't told his mom yet.
-Amber has a new boyfriend she has been with for 2 months. They met at Walmart. Gary calls, he wants to get back together with Amber. He still loves her and wants them to be a family for Leah. No surprise Amber decides to go back with Gary. They go talk to a life coach and accomplish nothing. Amber breaks up with the now old boyfriend.
Episode 2:
-Maci might have to move back to Chattanooga. Kyle mentions he could move in with her to help pay the rent. Maci tells her mom about the plans, her mom doesn't like the idea. They decide to do it. Ryan doesn't like the idea either and still wants to meet Kyle.
-Farrah is recovered from her boob job. She updates her portfolio. She gets a job as a hair model in Denver. Leaves Sophia with her mom. Misses Sophia a lot in Denver, she doesn't really seem to be enjoying herself and doesn't fit in with the other models. She is happy to see Sophia when she gets back home.
-Catelynn and Tyler start looking at places. Tyler is being super picky and not liking anything. They stop at Tyler's moms house. His mom and older sister try talking him out of moving in with Catelynn in from of Catelynn. I felt bad for Catelynn. He doesn't change his mind. The find a place they like and then move in. First night in new place how exciting!
-Amber and Gary get a new house together. Amber's brother invites them to an indoor water park. They hop in Gary's super sweet minivan and hit the road. No surprise they start fighting. Amber is cussing and Gray asks her not to swear in front of Leah. She totally ignores him as usual. When they get to the hotel she tries getting a flight back to Indiana. Amber is somehow convinced to stay and enjoy the weekend. But she doesn't really.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
19 Kids and Counting: Duggar Dental Drama
In this weeks episode Josh, Jessa, Jinger and Joseph are scheduled to get their wisdom teeth removed. The Duggars have already gone through this experience with Jana and Jill so they know what to expect in terms of diet post-surgery.
Michelle decides to make homemade applesauce. And takes 9 kids grocery shopping with her. For the applesauce to feed the whole family 8lbs of apples are needed. And instead of buying soft food for just the kids getting their teeth pulled enough soft food is bought for the whole family. Did you notice the frozen pizzas? Not a soft food. Maybe that was a pre-surgery food. Whatever. I guess it isn't really relevant it just struck me as odd when the whole shopping trip was supposed to be about the soft foods they needed after.
The girls, Jim Bob and Michelle head to the dentists office. Anna is going to bring Josh and Joseph by later. Jessa is up first. Apparently it took twice as much medicine to put her under as it did for her sisters. While Jessa is back in surgery Anna and the boys show up. Jinger makes a comment about only drinking water. Joseph pipes up and says he had been drinking sweet tea. When the assistants over hear this they pull him aside and aks how long its been since he had the tea. 3 hours. Apparently the only thing you are allowed to have for the 6 hours prior to the surgery is water so Joseph's surgery isn't going to happen today. Then Josh mentions that he to had been drinking sweet tea, so no surgery for him either.
Jim Bob arrives back at the dentists office after doing the pharmacy run and learns of the news. He talks to the dentist to see if there isn't any way the boys can have their surgery that day. Maybe they can pee alot? Come on Jim Bob, seriously.
I wasn't all that surprised that the boys messed up. Lets be real for a minute. It seems the boys would not be able to survive if it wasn't for the girls and this just proved it. The boys had their surgery a week later and this time they knew what they were doing.
Next week we celebrate Grandma's 70th birthday and go to Joplin to help with rescue efforts. See you later for Teen Mom.
Michelle decides to make homemade applesauce. And takes 9 kids grocery shopping with her. For the applesauce to feed the whole family 8lbs of apples are needed. And instead of buying soft food for just the kids getting their teeth pulled enough soft food is bought for the whole family. Did you notice the frozen pizzas? Not a soft food. Maybe that was a pre-surgery food. Whatever. I guess it isn't really relevant it just struck me as odd when the whole shopping trip was supposed to be about the soft foods they needed after.
The girls, Jim Bob and Michelle head to the dentists office. Anna is going to bring Josh and Joseph by later. Jessa is up first. Apparently it took twice as much medicine to put her under as it did for her sisters. While Jessa is back in surgery Anna and the boys show up. Jinger makes a comment about only drinking water. Joseph pipes up and says he had been drinking sweet tea. When the assistants over hear this they pull him aside and aks how long its been since he had the tea. 3 hours. Apparently the only thing you are allowed to have for the 6 hours prior to the surgery is water so Joseph's surgery isn't going to happen today. Then Josh mentions that he to had been drinking sweet tea, so no surgery for him either.
Jim Bob arrives back at the dentists office after doing the pharmacy run and learns of the news. He talks to the dentist to see if there isn't any way the boys can have their surgery that day. Maybe they can pee alot? Come on Jim Bob, seriously.
I wasn't all that surprised that the boys messed up. Lets be real for a minute. It seems the boys would not be able to survive if it wasn't for the girls and this just proved it. The boys had their surgery a week later and this time they knew what they were doing.
Next week we celebrate Grandma's 70th birthday and go to Joplin to help with rescue efforts. See you later for Teen Mom.
Monday, July 18, 2011
Dance Moms: The Competition Begins
I started a more detailed post about this but I just am not feeling like finishing it so I will do a shorter summary instead.
Its the first day of competition season. Everyone (the mom's) is excited, yea for competitions. Abby is greeting everyone at the door as they enter the studio. I think they were trying to trick us into thinking that everyone is happy all the time. But, if you saw the previews you know that is NOT the case.
Now Abby is talking to the girls and there mom's about what they can expect this season. For every competition they do they will learn a new dance. And some of the girls are doing more than one dance. The mom's are now sitting in their interview chairs saying how most teams perfect a routine for 6 months before they bring it to a routine.
Abby introduces the pyramid. Basically who ever is at the top is the front and center dancer and so on down the pyramid. Whoever is at the top can't make any mistakes. Maddie is at the top of the pyramid for this routine, based on how last year went.
Now we are meeting some of the girls and their moms. Maddie's little sister Mackenzie is also a part of this group but she is too young to take part in the first competition. Maddie is 8 and Mackenzie is 6. Maddie hasn't lost in a while, she doesn't know what its like. Their is mom Melissa.
The moms are banished to "jail" as they call it. Basically they have to go to the viewing room above the studio to watch their daughters dance. Throughout the episode we meet the other moms and girls.
Cathy teaches dance herself but wants her 6 year old daughter Vivi-Anne to have an outside teacher so they come to the studio to try out. Vivi makes it. Good for her. I have a feeling that Cathy thinks since she owns her own studio Abby is going to want to hear her thoughts on the dances. I don't think Abby is going to want any help from her.
A mom of one of the girls not in the group being featured blows a gasket. Her daughter was kicked out of class because she wasn't wearing the correct attire. The main problem was that she was wearing socks when they were practicing flips and needed bare feet for traction. The mom is acting like a crazy person to the point that Abby kicks both mom and daughter out of the studio. Mom doesn't like this so Abby decides to call the police. Nia's mom Holly is talking to this other mom to cool her down. By the time the police arrive the mom is already in her mini van. Basically the police tell her if she doesn't like what is going on to enroll her daughter in a different dance company.
The competition this week is in Phoenix. As the girls and moms are unloading their stuff from the van at the hotel Holly goes to help Nia with her bags. Abby won't have it. Basically if the girls brought to much they had to handle it on their own. Along with the clothing they have travel light up make up mirrors.
Before they walk in Abby tells them her rules. No booty shorts and flip flops is the only one I remember. One of the moms complains. Abby is checking everyone in and the girls (or maybe the moms) are talking so Abby turns around and says library voices. Christi mocks her behind her back.
Everybody is getting ready for the first dance now. The hats they are supposed to wear aren't done yet with an hour to go. Cut to all the moms talking about how everything is always last minute. I'm thinking that has something to do with doing new dances every week. New dances means new costumes and new accessories.
Abby notices one of the girls has acrylics on her nails. She doesn't like the white because it will draw attention to her hands and nobody else has them. Mom says well if you want them off give me the money and enough for both her daughters to get them taken off. I don't understand why a 8 or 9 year old needs acrylics anyways.
Christi and the mom of the girls with nails sneak off to the bar to get drinks. Abby finds them and they ask her if she wants a drink. Abby says something along the lines of I don't drink on the job. Back to the dressing room. As a mom is putting a curling iron away her daughter bumps into it. Poor kid.
It is finally time to dance. The group dances. Then we see the award ceremony. They get third place. Everyone considers this a loss. The have to win the trio or the whole weekend was a waste. They can't keep getting third if they expect to do well at nationals. Talk about poor sports. I noticed during the award ceremony that the girls were not in the outfits they danced in. That isn't that big of a deal but the way they edited the show it seemed like after the group dance there was an award ceremony then they had to rush back to the dressing room and change for the trio. While they probably did have to rush back to change I don't believe it was after and awards ceremony.
During the trio Chloe's headpiece falls in front of her face. She keeps right on dancing and doesn't miss a beat. After the dance Abby flips out on Christi because she was off at the bar and not making sure her daughters headpiece was properly secured. With the way this show was edited who knows if this was truly the case or not. While Abby and Christi are getting into it the trio of Maddie, Chloe, and Paige get first place and that is basically the end of the show.
One thing I noticed during the dressing room scenes is that it appeared the girls were wearing a third outfit to dance in. But we only saw the practicing two routines and only dance two routines. More bad editing. If you want us to believe they only danced two dances then don't show them in a third outfit.
Based on the length of this post it is a good thing I didn't finish the other post because it was more detailed and would have been way too long.
Its the first day of competition season. Everyone (the mom's) is excited, yea for competitions. Abby is greeting everyone at the door as they enter the studio. I think they were trying to trick us into thinking that everyone is happy all the time. But, if you saw the previews you know that is NOT the case.
Now Abby is talking to the girls and there mom's about what they can expect this season. For every competition they do they will learn a new dance. And some of the girls are doing more than one dance. The mom's are now sitting in their interview chairs saying how most teams perfect a routine for 6 months before they bring it to a routine.
Abby introduces the pyramid. Basically who ever is at the top is the front and center dancer and so on down the pyramid. Whoever is at the top can't make any mistakes. Maddie is at the top of the pyramid for this routine, based on how last year went.
Now we are meeting some of the girls and their moms. Maddie's little sister Mackenzie is also a part of this group but she is too young to take part in the first competition. Maddie is 8 and Mackenzie is 6. Maddie hasn't lost in a while, she doesn't know what its like. Their is mom Melissa.
The moms are banished to "jail" as they call it. Basically they have to go to the viewing room above the studio to watch their daughters dance. Throughout the episode we meet the other moms and girls.
Cathy teaches dance herself but wants her 6 year old daughter Vivi-Anne to have an outside teacher so they come to the studio to try out. Vivi makes it. Good for her. I have a feeling that Cathy thinks since she owns her own studio Abby is going to want to hear her thoughts on the dances. I don't think Abby is going to want any help from her.
A mom of one of the girls not in the group being featured blows a gasket. Her daughter was kicked out of class because she wasn't wearing the correct attire. The main problem was that she was wearing socks when they were practicing flips and needed bare feet for traction. The mom is acting like a crazy person to the point that Abby kicks both mom and daughter out of the studio. Mom doesn't like this so Abby decides to call the police. Nia's mom Holly is talking to this other mom to cool her down. By the time the police arrive the mom is already in her mini van. Basically the police tell her if she doesn't like what is going on to enroll her daughter in a different dance company.
The competition this week is in Phoenix. As the girls and moms are unloading their stuff from the van at the hotel Holly goes to help Nia with her bags. Abby won't have it. Basically if the girls brought to much they had to handle it on their own. Along with the clothing they have travel light up make up mirrors.
Before they walk in Abby tells them her rules. No booty shorts and flip flops is the only one I remember. One of the moms complains. Abby is checking everyone in and the girls (or maybe the moms) are talking so Abby turns around and says library voices. Christi mocks her behind her back.
Everybody is getting ready for the first dance now. The hats they are supposed to wear aren't done yet with an hour to go. Cut to all the moms talking about how everything is always last minute. I'm thinking that has something to do with doing new dances every week. New dances means new costumes and new accessories.
Abby notices one of the girls has acrylics on her nails. She doesn't like the white because it will draw attention to her hands and nobody else has them. Mom says well if you want them off give me the money and enough for both her daughters to get them taken off. I don't understand why a 8 or 9 year old needs acrylics anyways.
Christi and the mom of the girls with nails sneak off to the bar to get drinks. Abby finds them and they ask her if she wants a drink. Abby says something along the lines of I don't drink on the job. Back to the dressing room. As a mom is putting a curling iron away her daughter bumps into it. Poor kid.
It is finally time to dance. The group dances. Then we see the award ceremony. They get third place. Everyone considers this a loss. The have to win the trio or the whole weekend was a waste. They can't keep getting third if they expect to do well at nationals. Talk about poor sports. I noticed during the award ceremony that the girls were not in the outfits they danced in. That isn't that big of a deal but the way they edited the show it seemed like after the group dance there was an award ceremony then they had to rush back to the dressing room and change for the trio. While they probably did have to rush back to change I don't believe it was after and awards ceremony.
During the trio Chloe's headpiece falls in front of her face. She keeps right on dancing and doesn't miss a beat. After the dance Abby flips out on Christi because she was off at the bar and not making sure her daughters headpiece was properly secured. With the way this show was edited who knows if this was truly the case or not. While Abby and Christi are getting into it the trio of Maddie, Chloe, and Paige get first place and that is basically the end of the show.
One thing I noticed during the dressing room scenes is that it appeared the girls were wearing a third outfit to dance in. But we only saw the practicing two routines and only dance two routines. More bad editing. If you want us to believe they only danced two dances then don't show them in a third outfit.
Based on the length of this post it is a good thing I didn't finish the other post because it was more detailed and would have been way too long.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Welcome!!!
I have a confession to make. I am kind of obsessed with reality TV. I just love it so much, I have to watch it. Since I watch so much reality TV I thought it would be fun to blog about my thoughts on all the shows I watch. The shows that are airing right now that I watch are:
- 19 Kids and Counting
- Teen Mom
- Dance Moms
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