Yesterday I began a glass totem to put near Teeger's grave. I plan to have a solar light in the top of it. I didn't have the right color glass globs to decorate it (I wanted orange like his eyes) but remember that I HAVE glass beads. So I used them. Today I will work more on it and possibly finish it. I can use a solar light that I already have, by stealing it from the garden. I posted the above on my 10 minute blog. I still can't get peoples comments to embed under my posts (so you don't have to click on the comments link). Oh well. I'll just use it as an inspiration and craft diary for me! Sorry that some are having financial troubles. I hope that your situations improve very soon! I am very fortunate at the moment. But one reason I want to tame the chaos in our house is so that we can rent a room or 2 again if we need to. (We live near a teaching hospital and can get very nice people doing internships for 6 to 8 weeks at a time.) I've thought about doing it again to create some cash to help dfosterd so i don't feel resentful when I pay for medications (no health insurance) or car repairs. Here is a link that might be useful: 10 Minutes Each Day Blog

Hopefully safe to talk about who got voted out - I was sad to see BR go! But I have to say, I thought his "rule" of not talking to anyone really wasn't going to go over well. I think Sophie said it felt like he was babysitting them. These are all winners - no one is just going to keep blindly following him till they hand him the $2m prize! My stupid HULU dvr recording kept blanking out on me. I thought I missed the very end where they show the player arriving at the Edge of Extinction island - but the recap said they didn't show any of it. I am looking forward to seeing Rob & Amber's reunion. The whole Wendell & Michelle thing was interesting but I thought most of this show was rather boring. Didn't care for that challenge at all.

"I bet the next season the no sitting out the same player in back to back challenges will be in place again." The "not sitting out the same player in back-to-back challenges" rule has always been in effect, but it only comes into play when there are two challenges in one episode, e.g, a reward challenge and an immunity challenge. So far this season, all of the challenges have been a combined reward/immunity challenge. I think that if they go back to two tribes, which they might because they're down to 12 players, so it would be two teams of 6, they could do separate challenges. Of course, since they need to devote time to the folks on Redemption Island and what happens with someone on RI trying to get fire tokens from a player still in the game, they probably don't have time for two challenges. I'm just kinda surprised that we haven't seen any of the players on Sandra's team(s) complaining about her always being the one to sit out the challenges.

i have not commented b/c i just caught up last night! WOW! this has been a great season!! Love the fire token aspect!! just another twist which is awesome! the only thing that 'bothers' me is i think there are too many people on Extinction... so tough to get back in and they are only letting one player return. TOUGH!! tony's move to get out sophie was great! absolutely fine with nick getting the boot. who do i want to win?? well if picking a returning player - Natalie, Rob, Ethan or Yul. but should a returning player win? after all they did get voted out. whose left to win? tony, sarah or michelle. not feeling ben or denise.