Seriously, you folks are the best! Thanks so much for listening and for all of the wonderful comments. It's -29ish this morning, but my heart is warmed... Stuff left to do: toe kicks, backsplash, cabinet crown, filler pieces, over fridge cab needs to be built and put up. Range hood vent hole through kitchen wall needs to be cut (waiting until DH goes away for a day, to do it - he's having a fit about me cutting it out. I should have done it when he was in the hospital) trebruchet: lol re: uneditable aktillery, I used Minwax stain (blend of Special Walnut & Provincial) and sealed with Waterlox. It didn't darken as much as I had hoped... Daisychain, I'll never complain about mosquitoes again - what a winter! Thanks for wine glass link Legalin :) Really hope I didn't sound trivial or plaintive last evening, I was just, shall we say, reminiscing, lol... I'm very grateful for a roof, 4 walls and a furnace! Guess, I'm just a little worn out - it's just been a long, cold winter with DH slowly recovering from being seriously ill in the fall (dang deer tick bite). Thanks again everyone! Dawn (who works the 0700hrs shift tomorrow - so no wine for her tonite!)

Was I the only one yelling at Ami last night? The tears, the lies, all of that BS she was doing to save her butt. And "thanking" Eric so sincerely for bringing all this to light so as to make her feel like she was finally a member of the tribe. Phooey! She was trying to make him feel stupid. And she was lying to Ozzy's face when she said she never would have voted against him. Wasn't she the main instigator 2 weeks ago to get rid of him, blind-side him? I thought Eric was outstanding last night in his quiet kind of way. He worked hard at the reward AND played the game, too. Too bad Ozzy didn't get to see how hard Eric worked to bring home the reward. I blame Amanda for giving him HER last turn, that's when he hurt himself. If she had pulled her own weight, at least he wouldn't have gotten hurt AND gotten the most blame for losing reward. I bet he cracked a rib or 2. Next week does look fun! lol And a bunch of peeps know that Ozzy has the hidden immunity idol, I am sure some of them will blab it to others.

Dink, do you blame your parents for your disease? No, I didn't think so. Just like your son, if he's smart and not petty, won't blame you for what's happening to him. We all inherit medical conditions from our parents, it's just a fact. My SIL had a kidney transplant, her whole family has kidney disease. It was hard to find a sibling that could be a donor, but one of the 8 qualified. Most of the others were in no shape to help. NONE of them blame their parents. I hope your son makes a full recovery or gets a transplant so you can stop blaming yourself for something you had no control over. Good luck, sweetie, to the whole family.

Ken seemed subdued last night. I wonder if he was in shock to find out David didn't vote for him. And why didn't he?? I don't think Adam played the sick mom card. He kept that secret for 39 days and imagine how tough that must have been, especially after learning at the family visit that her last hope for treatment failed. He only talked about it to answer Jay's question, and that opened the flood gates. We don't know if he would have brought it up otherwise, unless he planned all along to use it at tribal. Hannah tried her best to make Adam look insignificant to her gameplay. Maybe that turned off the jury as they know Hannah for who she is and not for what she tried to make them believe about her. Ken got strong at the end in challenges but the jury didn't witness how hard he fought so maybe it was too little too late. Then Bret gave the credit to Adam for convincing Ken to vote out David! That hadda hurt! Great season and now retreads. Ugh. Only interested in watching Ozzy, Tai, and Michaela. I saw Malcolm in the previews.