Eliminated- this is for Holly

Episode 3 losers:

Brad and Victoria.

Just my luck

So i didn't watch episode 3 until today. I was a little confused by the comment of me picking a domineering man belittling his partner. NOW i understand! Victor was awful to his sister!! He should just be grateful that Victoria's team had worse luck. I still can't believe how long they followed those red and white markers! Amazing race is always red and yellow! Tammy kept trying to tell him... i was a wreck (sp?) watching that. My poor kids kept asking me if everything was ok. Anyway, just glad it's over. I hope Tammy and Victor have a special "family council" tonight and work out their differences so that next week will be better viewing "for my poor nerves."
Can you believe the Gay guys came in FIRST?! The old man with his poor, weak, muscles and his super skrannie son?! Unbelievable!
Can't wait for Sunday!

Sorry I'm so LATE!

I totally missed the first episode and I just barely got around to watching the second episode. But don't worry that one episode was enough to get me addicted, like always.

Well it took a lot of thought but I think these guys are my team. First of all they are just gorgeous people, not to mention smart and oh so funny! Ha Ha!

Meesa can you guess who my real fav team is? I feel like I'm very predictable!

They're not my team but of course part of me was pulling for Steve & Linda (mostly because I feel like they're the type of people who have probably never left the state or even city where they were born).

Did anyone have a favorite quote from the second episode? Mine was when one of the flight attendants said "I've never felt like such a dumb blond in my whole life".

AND does Mike look familiar to anyone? The whole time I was watching the show tonight I kept thinking how he looks really familiar. After the show I went to the web to do some research and I'm SO glad I found the answer so I can sleep tonight! He was in the movie School of Rock...Jack Black's friend... Now does he look familiar?

Paragliding

Last episode the Gay team, one of their players pulled a groin muscle. This presented a rather bummer dilemma during one of the challenges. They were suppose to paraglide down a mountain, but if the wind wasn't just right they had to wait for it to stop blowing. ALL, no exaggeration, other teams decided to run down the 5 mile trail rather than wait for winds to be paragliding safe. All except our Gay Team. Poor guy wouldn't have made it down the hill with his groin in bad shape. So he sat and waited. I thought for sure they were done for. But he said a little prayer, the winds changed and he beat 4 teams! In fact, they came in 4th out of 10 at the pit stop! Awesome! Very good suspense.

On the funny side of that... the hillbillies got lost coming down the trail. Maybe they don't know how to read in Virginia because she missed all the markers and ended up on the other side of the mountain! She had to get a ride for a stranger... they drove 20 minutes! before finding her last marker to get the clue. It was unbelieveable! I didn't know someone could get that lost coming down a MARKED trail! hahahah. Needless to say, that cost them the race. They balled like babies in front of Phill, especially the husband. Guess they thought they were luckier than that. Fat chance.

Season Premiere

It's started again.. and what a wonderful start it was! Sorry i didn't post the opening episode sooner, but i was giving my good friend, Holly, a chance to get her TiVO together. Since the 2nd episode aired last night, i thought i'd waited long enough.

So this time around Trev has been watching it with me. We were both impressed with the agility presented by the older, more athletic, couple. But extremely disappointed in the Athletic sisters. They are the typical dumb jocks! Always getting lost, not understanding instructions, doing minimal work. It's really pathetic.

One team that really stood out this first round was the deaf kid and his mom. WOW are they phenomenal together. The way they communicate alone is worth watching. I thought for sure he'd be dead weight in the car when it came to navigating, but his mom is totally on his team. She not only takes the time to see what he is trying to tell her, but it doesn't slow them down! Very impressive.

The producers were careful to give us our typical gay team, dumb blondes, cheerleaders, hillbillies, and my favorite - the sibling team. But there are two that we like to affectionately relate to as: dating couple with fake boobs, and extremely good looking dating couple. hahha Without those distinguishing features they're pretty much the same.

Glad to see 'dating couple with fake boobs' get eliminated the first round. What a pack of whiners! They were proud of all the contention in their relationship! Unbelieable. I hate whiners.

And, for the record... trev and i both chose the same team: The Asian Siblings. I think they're gonna go a long ways.

A Great Finale

I don't have much time to write, but wanted to say that I thoroughly enjoyed the finale. I couldn't tell if it really was that close of a race at the end or if it was just good editing, but either way it was enjoyable to watch!

Did anyone else notice the absence of Dallas and his Mom? I wonder if they are still stuck in Moscow because of their passport situation. That's too bad.

I've had blogging with you all!

Props to Mom

For the record, i'd like to say i'm STUNNED that Dallas lost the passports and money. BUT, i'm extremely impressed with his mom... never once did she say it was Dallas' fault; belittle him in anyway; gripe about their, new, crappy situation. She always came up with a solution to the next problem. I don't think i would have been able to do that. My pride would have gotten in the way. Amazing Race is too emotional not to get caught up in the little mistakes like that, but Toni didn't. She pulled thru for her team. It wasn't enough to win, but i still admire her spunk.

I'm with you about Dan and Andrew. There's gotta be some divine reason why those to are still in the race - what a miracle! They remind of the Hippie team a few seasons back. They don't have any real strengths between the two of them other than being able to bouch up just about any situation, but somehow that works for them. Amazing.

Secretly i'm rooting for Nick and Star. But outwardly, i've stopped pulling for a team b/c i'm gonna be loyal to my Sarah/Terence whiner team.

Should we make guesses on who will win the million dollars?
If it's a foot race i think Nick and Star will get it.
If it's a brains race, i think Nick and Star will get it.
If it's a luck race, Dan and Andrew.
If it's a one man road block, it could be Ken and Tina (although, i don't have any real faith in them i thought i'd throw them a bone.)

Let me know what you guys think.