Okay so we missed last week with our stay cation. Both tribes went to tribal!?!
La Flor - Marty goes after Jane because she wrote his name down at tribal council. She does not admit to it. Jill and Marty are scrambling.
Reward Challenge - water polo. A horse back ride and breakfast at a local farm. La Flor sits out Jane. Dan can not compete in the challenges due to his knee. Espada wins!
La Flor the younger tribe members are letting the older members do the day to day work. Jane is fine with that as long as it keeps her in the game. She is a farm girl with a strong work ethic
Espada enjoys their reward. It reminds Chase of his dad. The meal was emotional. Nanaka's talks about the emotions, she feels like it is an act.
La Flor Jane catches a fish on her line She takes it to the woods and eats it by herself.
Immunity Challenge - rolling balls down chutes and aiming them at opponents tile to break. Sash sits out. The chutes are on ropes that four team members maneuver. La Flor breaks the first tile. Espada breaks the next 4 tiles. Brenda and Fabio argue over chute placement. Espada wins immunity.
La Flor - Jill thinks she will be voted out since Marty has the hidden immunity idol. Jane says she was an ugly duckling when they were the older vs younger. She is totally in with the younger tribe members. The younger strategy is to vote 3 votes Marty and 2 votes Jill. Forcing Marty to play the idol. Sash goes to tell Marty to flush the idol. Sash tells Marty that if he hands over the idol they will give it back to him. Marty gives the idol to Sash hoping to make it to the merge.
Tribal Council - Jane talks about a group and outsiders. Marty calls out Jane as a flip flopper. The idol comes into discussion Sash makes it known that he has the idol. Fabio says we have the idol. Brenda trusts Sash with the idol. Sash make a Freudian slip and they discuss the slip.
Jill the tribe has spoken.
October 27, 2010
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Survivor: Nicaragua Recap
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Catching up with Survivor...
I missed the episode when I was in Texas. Jimmy J is gone. Noooooo! Say it is not so. Okay over that...
I watched last week and took notes but did not post them. Here is tonight's recap. I am not sure who I am rooting for this season...but I can say I do love this show! I missed the first 5 minutes…so jumping right in.
Espada – Marty feels like he is finally in control of his tribe. Dan and Marty say that Holly and Jane signed their own destiny by voting for Dan last week.
La Flor – Naonka feels like her alliances are controlling her tribe.
Reward Challenge Time – Tribe switch up. Many seem shocked. Draw for new captains…Draw a rock from the bag if you draw a colored rock you are the team captain. Brenda draws out the yellow rock and becomes the captain of the La Flor team. Holly draws the blue rock is the captain of Espada tribe. Brenda has to choose 3 people from the older tribe. She chooses Jane, Jill and Marty. Holly chooses Alina, Benry, Chase and Naonka. The challenge looks to be a version of Price is Right’s Plinko?? My father-in-law called with a computer question, so I missed the challenge. Shelby said that Espada won. They won chickens as their reward.
Holly loves the switch and she feels closer to the new members of her tribe. Naonka loves Holly energy. Holly thinks she has a better chance with the younger tribe members. Naonka wants to go with the numbers, adding Holly will give them 5 vs 3.
La Flor is discussing their strategy. Marty says they were very scheduled when they were the older tribe. The younger members say that they were very chill. Jane loves the idea of a chill tribe. She did not like the structure of her previous tribe. Marty learns of Naonka’s getting the idol and keeping it for herself. Marty tells the tribe straight up that he has the idol. Brenda does not like Marty and his arrogance.
Espanda Camp – Benry is seeing issues with tent placement and no provisions. Naonka is thinking about quitting because of the wind, the rain and the cold. Alina and Chase try to convince her not to quit.
Immunity Challenge – Teams rehashing camp amenities. 3 tribe members will be placed on paddles of a windmill and have to scoop water with their mouths. They then have to spit it into a funnel which when full will releases 5 balls. The balls are then used like skeet balls to break 5 tiles. Fabio wins it for La Flor.
After losing the immunity challenge Naonka thinks she is finished that she can not handle Survivor anymore. Is Espada cursed? They are discussing killing one of their chickens. Tyrone does not think they should kill a chicken. They vote and Chase kills the chicken. Tyrone ate the most chicken. Benry starts discussing the benefits of voting off Tyrone or Naonka. Alina feels that she Chase, Benry and Holly are in control of this game.
Tribal Council – Alina says that there seemed to be turf wars as the new members have come into Espada. Benry says that Tyrone seems to be the leader of this tribe. Tyrone feels qualified to be the leader of the tribe. Alina says that the nights are tough. They are cold and rainy. Naonka says that getting a divorce at 26 is the toughest thing she has ever done and she compares the last evening of cold and rain being that tough. Eve says that she sees Naonka breaking down mentally.
The Tribe has spoken – Tyrone
I am not sad to see him go.
September 25, 2010
Survivor: Nicaragua
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Wednesday night Survivor was a wonderful break in the middle of the week. It has been a very busy week and it was nice to take a break, sit down and watch Survivor.
The Espanada tribe is having some shelter issues. Jimmy J calls a meeting and starts delegating jobs to everyone for reworking the shelter. Jimmy T does not like being told what to do. Marty is willing to sit back and let Jimmy J take the lead.
Over on La Flor tribe NaOnka and Sash are starting to hit it off. Sash wants to form an all minority alliance. He wants to bring Brenda into it. NaOnka brings up Kelly B as a threat.
Espanada - Jill is eating snails for protein. Holly thinks the snails are not edible and takes them away. The tribe is starting to think that Holly is mentally unstable. Dan makes fun of her and she over hears it. She takes Dan's alligator shoes, fills them with sand and hides them in the water. Holly realizes that she is struggling emotionally with guilt from her alliance with Wendy. She calls a tribe meeting and tells Dan about his shoes. She tells the tribe she wants to play with 100% integrity and honesty going forward. Dan says he still does not trust her.
Over at La Flor NaOnka is missing a sock and she thinks someone took it. She needed socks so she took Fabio's socks. What is up with all of the thieving this season.
At Espanada Holly talks to Jimmy J about having a hard time. She doesn't think she can play the game. She is thinking about quitting. Jimmy J talks her into staying to help her team out.
Immunity Challenge - La Flor comes in chanting again...Playing for immunity and a reward. Reward is a choice of a tarp with rope or fishing gear. The challenge is to army style crawl through mud under some ropes. Race to a pile of hay and and look for 4 balls. With each ball they then use shield like boards to bounce/pass the balls between 3 team members. The last one then needs to make it into a barrel. Espanada uses the Medallion Of Power for an advantage. (The advantage of is one ball already in the barrel.) Jimmy J finds the 1st ball before the La Flor team does. Purple Kelly finds the 2nd ball before Espanada. Holly really struggles to find the final ball for Espanada. LaFlor finds all the balls first but struggles getting them into the barrel. Espanada wins and chooses the fishing gear. La Flor is headed to tribal council.
At Espanada Holly is feeling good about not quitting. A clue to a hidden immunity idol comes in the fishing gear. The team found it as a group and figured it out as a group. They couldn't decipher one of the clues. Jill figured it out after they started looking. She told Marty that is was 15 feet of the mail tree. She tells Marty and Dan the final piece of the clue as a way to build trust. Marty found it with Jill right next to him.
Over a La Flor Kelly B & ??? want to break up Brenda and Chase. Shannon wants Brenda to go home. He approaches Chase. Chase feels bad to vote out Brenda, because of their alliance. Chase tells Brenda the plot against her. She starts trying to turn the tables and tries to plot to get Shannon out. It is looking like the vote will come to a tie. Chase will hold the power to send it to the tie.
At Tribal Council - Shannon tells us he has never been camping before and it is harder than he thought. He calls Chase out saying that he sees no loyalty. Chase comes clean that he is in two alliances. ARGGG Emergency Alert ARGGGG miss part of tribal. Chase is being called out as a liar. (not sure why) Brenda thinks Shannon wants the strong girl out. NaOnka does not like Fabio and tells him point blank. Kelly B thinks they need to vote based on unifying the team.
The tribe has spoken - Shannon (6 votes)
September 24, 2010
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Survivor: Nicaragua
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I have watched Survivor off and on through the years. We watched it faithfully as a family for many seasons and then life got in the way. We missed several seasons. Last season (Survivor: Heroes vs Villains) caught our eye because several of our favorite players from past seasons were playing the game again. We tuned in and watched Sandra come out as the victor. (She was not one that we were rooting for!)
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Last night was the season premiere of Survivor: Nicaragua. And, whether you want me to or not, I will be posting a little recap here each week.
Jimmy Johnson - WOOT WOOT! Being a Dallas Cowboys fan I am loving that Jimmy J is on. Totally took me by surprise. My family of course is hoping he goes home. Jimmy J is 66. Go Jimmy.
People are annoyed even in the opening credits?!?! Really already??
Kelly B has a prosthetic leg that she is keeping a secret. Should be an interesting twist. Alina notices a limp during the medallion of power search.
The Medallion Of Power - the person who claims it wears it for the tribe and gives the tribe its power. Brenda finds it and Jimmy J. is really encouraging her for finding it.
Switch right off the bat! DIVIDED by age, WOW!! 40 and older vs 30 and younger, at 36 where would I be. Jimmy is called out for who he is, former NFL coach, a great leader. Will being a winning SuperBowl coach really be an advantage? Older tribe (Espada) blue - Younger tribe (La Flor)yellow.
The Medallion is pulled into play right off the bat. Trade it for fire and fishing gear or keep it even though you don't know what it is. Le Flor take the fire and fishing gear. The Medallion is given to Espada.
Espada tribe - Holly and Wendy are working on an alliance right off. Holly's accent is cracking me up, dontcha know. Holly is from one of the Dakotas. Wendy is a bit much. Her goal -- not to be the first person voted off.
Jane used glasses to start a fire. Way to go, Jane! I think that is the fastest I have ever seen anyone start a fire on Survivor.
La Flor is feeling confident with their age. Maybe over confident?!? Only time will tell...
Shannon and Chase are working on an alliance. They think they will be the strongest as alpha males. Shannon really doesn't not want the girls to run it.
Kelly B changes her plan. She is out to prove that she is just as capable as everyone else. She reveals her prosthetic leg. Shannon thinks she seems to be a possible threat, for a sympathy vote early on.
Jimmy J is sick already! He overdid it -- long hard night. Harder than he expected.
Brenda is using her charm already. Chase is hooked already and talking trust. He pulls Brenda into his alliance with Shannon. My prediction she is going to use him.
Immunity Idol clue is in play. Kelly and Alina found it together. Alina is "forced" into an alliance with Kelly. They keep the clue to themselves. She also brings up a sympathy vote.
Espada has a team huddle. Jimmy J, the motivator, lays out that no jury will give him a million dollars. He wants to coach the team and help them win a million dollars
La Flor comes to the challenge with a chant. Water & Puzzle Challenge. Medallion Power gives you huge advantage at challenges. If you use it, it then passes to the other team to use. Espada keeps the medallion. In this challenge it would have given a bucket a water in the barrel. Challenge - run water down the gutters and fill the barrel. Once barrel is full puzzle pieces will drop. Make the puzzle. La Flor gets puzzle pieces first. Boston Rob, how we miss you! La Flor wins immunity!
Jimmy T doesn't trust Jimmy J. He wants his voice heard. He is voting Jimmy J off tonight. Jimmy J thinks Wendy is the weakest player. Holly is a coach and is really listening to "the coach". She is rethinking her alliance already. I think she is going to vote Wendy. Holly is passing on "the coaches" words of wisdom. Holly, Jill, Marty and Yve (beautiful, btw) discuss Wendy vs Jimmy J.
Tribal Council - Jane describes making fire. She learned that making a fire was so important from Jeff. She practiced for months. Jimmy J brings up for a second time, that no jury will give him a million dollars. The team doesn't buy that. Half the team feels vulnerable. Wendy is saying that no one knows her. No one asked her how old she was. She didn't want to come into the game talking all the time, but she totally talked the whole time of tribal council. She gives a why I should stay speech. Wendy, it is the first vote, this is not the time for that. Please oh please send her home.
The tribe has spoken - Wendy!
I love this show and I am excited to be watching again this season.
September 14, 2010
Tourist Eyes
This morning I was reading over at Kelle's blog sipping my coffee. This quote really hit me. I am going to print this out and think on it for a while.
"A writer's job is to make the ordinary come alive, to awaken ourselves to the specialness of simply being. ...A writer is a visitor from the Midwest to New York City for the first time, only she never leaves the Midwest; she sees her own town with the eyes of a tourist in New York City. And she begins to see her life this way too." Natalie Goldberg's Writing Down the Bones
I had a good run this morning. I love heading out while it is still dark and coming back to the house after the sun has made it's way up. It is hard to drag myself out of bed and get going, but once I do, it is so worth it. Today was run_mix 3...
The long morning routine is working well. Now if we could just get a handle on the bedtime routine. I'm sure it will come in time. Patience Daniel son!!
May 27, 2008
Still Experimenting
Books on my Nightstand
Rick Riordan: The Heroes of Olympus, Book One: The Lost Hero
Next up for the read aloud. It came out on 10/12 and we are waiting until we finish up the current. Man it is so hard to wait sometimes.Jean Craighead George: My Side of the Mountain
Current Read Aloud to Spencer and Sadie.Lucinda Scala Quinn: Mad Hungry: Feeding Men and Boys
Almost always a cookbook on the nightstand. This one is currently being read. Hoping to try my first recipe this week.Gretchen Rubin: The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun
I am in the middle of reading this. Started 10/12Mary Beth Chapman: Choosing to SEE: A Journey of Struggle and Hope
Bought this at the airport to read on my trip home. I have great respect for SCC and loved reading about MaryBeth and her struggles. I finished this book 10/9.Edward M. Kennedy: True Compass: A Memoir
Read this book in September. I really enjoyed it. It was interesting to compare his account of events versus other accounts I have read.
