Sister Travel!

This weekend Hilary and I are going to California (with Parker) to see our mom. I had a hard time finding cheap tickets so I wasn't able to pick a date that Lindsay was able to join :( 

I am excited to travel with Hilary because we haven't had a trip to gether in a long time! Hopefully Parker is good on the plane so he doesn't tarnish Hilary's thoughts on children flying ;)

I have already asked mom to find us some tickets for the aquarium because Parker really liked it the last time we went and I think this time he will really enjoy it!

Of course I am sure we will go to the beach a couple times. Parker is really into tools and digging so I am sure he enjoy that. Last time we went to the dog beach so I think we might do that again because he loves watching my mom's dog Luna run around!

I'm not sure what Hilary wants to do so I'm sure we'll have some other things planned when we get there! Hopefully I can get Hilary to blog about our trip!!

Survivor Chat: Already a Merge!

I had meant to start my Survivor chats when this new season started because it gave Lindsay and I something to chat about, I like writing, and there was a lot of hype about the new season being a really good cast. 

Well I have been really busy with a lot of random things and every week I have been behind on watching the episodes. And also...I have not really liked this cast. Jeff Probst hyped this season uop so much saying that this was his all time favorite cast and I find them rather...blah. I also really disliked the three tribe split and the splits being called the three collars. I feel like the cast really played into which ever collar tribe they were placed on. Some of the cast may live their lives a certain way but I felt like everything they did was "that's just how white collars or no collars do things" and it got old and seemed fake. I also don't really like three tribes like Lindsay said. The tribes are too small and they almost always have one tribe who loses all their players first so then it becomes a moot point.

So now we made it to an early merge! I am hoping this shakes things up and I can quit hearing about their collars. So far I really like Joe, Kelly (the cop), and Jenn. The rest I don't really like that much. I hope Jenn isn't too big of a personality because I think she'll get voted off too soon. So far she has gotten close to probably annoying some people. 

I was really hoping Shirin was the one to get voted off last week instead of Max but I'm sure she'll be gone soon. 

On the challenges - I am glad we will be getting into the two team challenges alsthough it seems like the two teams are completely mismatched. 

Next week I will try to chat before I forget what the episode was about! Or Lindsay can update next week ;)

Survivor Chat! New Season

I don't like when Survivor does 3 teams. There's too few people in each tribe and the merge or re-organization always happens too quickly. Two teams is better. That aside, I actually like this split more than I thought I would. At the end of last season I thought "oh gag, that's dumb." But so far, it's pretty good.

White Collar

This is the team I like the least. They are all boring stiffs, as you'd expect.

So far I like Carolyn because she seems like a BA Bossy Pants. We'll see how this develops.

I also like Max. He's one of my favorites. He seems pretty groovy, he's a professor, so naturally I feel drawn to him.

I don't know why people don't like Shirin on her team. I think she's funny and generally agreeable. I don't love her, but I don't think she's annoying. 

Tyler -- gzus. So uptight. I don't like him. He is already on my nerves.

Joaquin. My god I hate him. I have nothing redeeming to say about him. He's smarmy and gross. Bleck. 

So...I didn't have much opinion about her. I think she got a bad deal. They should have gotten rid of Joaquin instead.

Blue Collar

Lord, they are some drama queens. I like their work ethic for the most part, but too many "characters" on this team.

I started out liking Dan, but he's gotten annoying pretty fast.

Kelly...I don't really have an opinion of her. She's kind of a non-entity at this point.

Mike is annoying as hell. His voice makes me want to die and he seems like a dull jerk.

Rodney isn't as annoying as Mike, but he kind of seems like a meat head with a chip on his shoulder.

Lindsey, I want to like. Mostly because she's a Lindsay and she's got some cool tattoos. But she might be a little too bitchy for me. We'll see how she develops.  

I like Sierra. She seems like a hard worker and good athlete. I don't have much opinion on her personality yet, but I'll hold out hope for her.

No Collar

I like them the best. They're a little hippie dippy but they seem fun.

I really like Joe. He seems like a sweet, genuine guy. He's hard working, but also fun. I'm rooting for him so far.


Jenn, I'm not too sure about. Sometimes I like her and sometimes she seems like a major jerk. We'll see how it unfolds.

Hali is ok. Neither like or dislike. She's just kind of whatever.

Will is funny and likeable. But I don't think he's going to make it long. He definitely doesn't have the stamina to compete.

Nina was annoying. I hate when people cry all the damn time. I liked the final tribal she was on -- it wasn't about your hearing. It was about you being a drip. I was happy to see her go.

Vince was the most annoying. Way too woo woo and I just wanted him to shut up. He was like Fabio + Coach but more annoying. Hated him. Glad he's gone.

I can't wait to see how the season develops!

Survivor Chat - Backstabbers

Last Wednesday on Survivor several things went down. First at the reward challenge, opposing players had to stand on a wobbly balance beam and try to knock each other off. These challenges are usually fairly lame and this one did not disappoint (or it actually did disappoint because that's lame). I think it would have been more entertaining if someone tried to blow in someone's ear (Lance Stephenson anyone??). Anywhoodles...after winning, Jeremy and Natalie decided to give up their reward to Jon & Jaclyn. 

My first thoughts? Why?? You never do that! It never pays off!

And how long did it take to find that out? A whole two seconds because then Jeremy was sent to Exile. Burn.

While Jeremy is at Exile, bonehead Jon realizes that Jeremy is going to figure out that he has the idol that was hiding on Exile. Sheesh. These players this season lack some serious brains.

At the immunity challenge the players have to build a set of blocks with their feet. Not too boring of a challenge but not that interesting. Baylor wins. Gag. 

Back at camp Jeremy semi questions Jon about the idol but doesn't really press it when he denies finding it. Then Jon goes all crazy against Jeremy and convinces Missy to vote him out. 

All sorts of votes are cast but Jeremy goes home. Natalie whisper freaks out on Missy. I can't wait for next week...because I am hoping that the singletons start axing Jon & Jaclyn and Missy & Baylor! I am now (strangely enough) pulling for Natalie! 

Survivor Chat - Taco Farts

This week's episode started off pretty good with a really good reward challenge! I have slow moving, boring challenges (see the immunity challenge comment in a few minutes). But hard, physical challenges that take endurance are my favorite! I also love puzzles which most challenges seem to have these days too. I found that I really liked how to the two tribes were split up for this reward challenge and was kind of glad that Missy got left out because I am not a fan of hers. As soon as the challenge started, it was kind of evident that the blue group was going to win; they had much more muscle and way better communication & teamwork!

Once they won, they had a huge food reward! Keith warned Wes not too eat too much but he didn't listen and....taco farts, puke, and who wants to know what else! Well, apparently Missy and Baylor didn't want to know what else once they got back to camp and the food digested! I am a little indifferent about the whole farting and spitting going on but whatever...if you have a problem, speak your mind!

At (stupid) Exile island...Jon found the most poorly hidden immunity idol. Boo. I swear...every season the "hidden" idols get easier to find!

Later the immunity challenge was a memory game...not a fan! Boring! They also don't usually last that long but I was happy that Jeremy won! I always love it when the one person everyone wants to vote out, wins! Makes for much better scrambling! 

In the end Josh got voted out...I wasn't too big of a fan of his...but it might be because he got a ton of airtime. Also he aligned with Baylor early on and I have never really liked her. I do like Reed so I'm interested in what he'll do next week...especially after seeing the preview! Maybe this season will get a little spice in it finally!

Survivor Chat

Lindsay and I are both big Survivor fans (along with our mother) and we used to discuss the previous episode at the gym Thursday morning...and since I miss that (and don't have anyone else to recap with in person) I thought I'd start a Survivor Chat after each new episode! If you have thoughts, feel free to share them in the comments!

This season of Survivor is definitely one of my least favorites since I started watching a few years ago. The cast is boring and I don't really like the whole Blood vs. Water theme. I also thought that Exile Island was pointless. But even though I'm not super excited about this season I still enjoy the show. Last Wednesday brought the final merge and individual immunity! Hopefully the strategic play will get a little better and the couples will start to break apart because I think they're kind of boring. 

So far I am pulling for Reed and Jeremy...I have kind of started to like hillbilly Keith but I'm not sure why! The rest of the cast...meh. I don't really dislike anyone too much but they are all just so blah and haven't done much. I also watch Amazing Race so the fact that the twins were on this season was so annoying but since they have been apart, they weren't too bad. Hopefully some strategic play will come in now that they are all working individually. 

Who are you cheering (or just picking) to win?

Minute to Win-It Family Christmas

Our family LOVES playing games! Last Christmas we decided to make it extreme and super fun! We had a Minute to Win-It night! Most of the games were modified from suggestions online or just made up but they were so fun!

First to shake all the ping pong balls out of the kleenex box was the winner! This game was super fun but you really had to shake your butt so hard!

All the cards were face down except the Kings...you had to blow them all off the tray before the last king card fell!

This is definitely an embarrassing one...except Clint was really good at it!

Another one Clint was really good at; but definitely had the edge having played football in HS.

You can really tell that we made up our own games because as the night went on, some of the games started to get really ridiculous! But also hysterically funny/fun!

I wonder who played beer pong in college?

Dale was the master at this game! We even nicknamed him "Hummingbird"!

Christmas will be here before we know it and I can't wait to get the games going again!!