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ok y'all I'm off to bed.. more in the morning.... I'll answer the ?'s I missed tonight .
Thanks for the support Y'all are AWSOME!!
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10/16/06, 10:31 PM
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Well, my DH and I kicked back with popcorn, wheat thins, and tea and watched the show.
We really enjoyed it. Dana you are a star!
It is a shame that it only lasts an hour and they edit so much. Would have loved to have seen more.
Tina's girls were spoiled, just like she was. Her Mother should have told her to hire a maid, instead of using her for one. Maybe it woke this family up a bit.
I thought Charles was going to blow a fuse when he discovered the boys hadn't done their chores.
When is Part 2, Dana?
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10/16/06, 10:36 PM
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Well, my DH and I kicked back with popcorn, wheat thins, and tea and watched the show.
We really enjoyed it. Dana you are a star!
It is a shame that it only lasts an hour and they edit so much. Would have loved to have seen more.
Tina's girls were spoiled, just like she was. Her Mother should have told her to hire a maid, instead of using her for one. Maybe it woke this family up a bit.
I thought Charles was going to blow a fuse when he discovered the boys hadn't done their chores.
When is Part 2, Dana?
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10/16/06, 10:40 PM
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Dana, I think you're doing a great job raising your family. The only issue I had was with the clothes. Now I don't believe in designer clothers either, but I do believe in sending your kids to school in decent clothes, not torn, ratty or dirty clothes. Clothes don't make the person for sure, but clean decent clothes show that you care about your kids. I hope you understand what I mean. This opinion coming from someone who had to wear crappy, holey, torn dirty clothes to school as a kid and was teased unmercifully. Today I wear Walmart jeans and shirts, but they are nice.
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10/16/06, 10:47 PM
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I just can't believe that they worked Grandma like that! And then to call in your mother to do all of her work! Unbelievable!!!
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10/16/06, 10:50 PM
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My favorite part of the WHOLE show was when the hollywood dad asked grandma (while she was on vacation by the pool) has anyone fed the fish yet?
And she says:
"No, noone feeds the fish, if I don't feed them they don't eat, that's the problem around here".
I about rolled off the couch laughing and a hootin'.
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10/16/06, 11:05 PM
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Dh and I both enjoyed it. Couldn't believe how spoiled those rich folks were - our favorite quote: HM - "keeping up with the Jones is the real world" (or something to that effect) Good thing I didn't have anything in my mouth or I would have had a mess to clean up! LOL
Ya done us proud Dana! (Oh and I didn't think Charles was yelling - speaking sternly, but definately not yelling).
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10/16/06, 11:13 PM
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Dana, I think you're doing a great job raising your family. The only issue I had was with the clothes. Now I don't believe in designer clothers either, but I do believe in sending your kids to school in decent clothes, not torn, ratty or dirty clothes. Clothes don't make the person for sure, but clean decent clothes show that you care about your kids. I hope you understand what I mean. This opinion coming from someone who had to wear crappy, holey, torn dirty clothes to school as a kid and was teased unmercifully. Today I wear Walmart jeans and shirts, but they are nice.
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I agree 100% but that comment was taken out of context.. they asked the boys.. what would you not wear or what clothes do you not like? They do not now, nore have they ever (cept for work clothes) worn ripped or worn out clothes. That was very misleading.
they actually had brand new clothes bought just the week before.. and were asked to change them or turn them inside out due to a logo.
Oh.. and Bryan wearing his clothes to bed in for school the next day? He is in that Freakingly modest phase.... he didnt want to be filmed in Jammie's. he wouldn't even show his naked feet! lol
the funny thing?? the "Clover Cool" clothes were bought at Wal-Mart (by abc) Craig has the exact same shirt in his drawer! Not hanging in the closet.. horror! lol showing the empty closet.. but not the cram packed full huge dressers! lol
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10/16/06, 11:21 PM
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Don't worry about the sleeping in clothes thing, my son does it too sometimes and I know I don't want to be seen in jammies.
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10/16/06, 11:23 PM
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Don't worry about the sleeping in clothes thing, my son does it too sometimes and I know I don't want to be seen in jammies.
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Couldn't be any worse than one of my closest childhood friends - whom I met at age 5, and by the time we were 15, he was wearing the same shirt he wore the day before ... only turned it inside out to the clean side.
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10/16/06, 11:29 PM
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Dana,
I LOVED it! I think you came off really well and you have an absolutely wonderful family.
And to the person who asked "What's so scary about getting eggs from the chicken coop?" or something to that effect. Didn't you see the "Chicken's aren't scared of Karate" thread last week?
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10/16/06, 11:35 PM
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That was awesome,Dana! I loved it. I thought all around,the swap turned out really good. I teared up when those girls gave their Grandma the pillow...that was so sweet!
And your little girl is so adorable
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10/16/06, 11:45 PM
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I loved it. Even though the reception sucked! Bad weather here.
The gal would be really shocked to see my side of the closet. I have 2 coats hangin in it & that is it! My wardrobe consists of jeans & t-shirts. I have 1 pair of tennis shoes, a pair of hiking shoes, & a pair of boots. I really prefer no shoes at all when I can get away with it. 
I would have had to kill the rabbit.
On the yell jar. I could not afford to pay into it. I really start everyday saying I am not going to yell at any of the kids, but somehow I just never last.  I watch shows like this & it makes me even more determined to get on my kids for bad behavior. I can not stand the disrespect that most kids have. I sometimes think I am too hard on them, but I get many compliments on their good behavior so we must be doing something right.
Keep on doing what you are & your kids will turn out great!
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I think y'all did a terrific job. Heck, I was even impressed with Tina! Sure, she was shallow, but she was so sweet with your little one stuck in the tomato cage, lol! Considering the lifestyle she came from, it looked to me like she handled that first week well. I think you both did great. And as has been mentioned, both families appeared to have learned from it. Isn't that what it's all about?
(Why didn't I see any great danes???)
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Oh for pete sakes, it's almost 1:30 AM here and I just keep reading to try and get to the end so I can post, LOL... and everytime I get to the end of the next page, there's another page or two that's been added. I give up - I'll just go ahead and post now.
Dana - you did us all proud, bless your heart. You, your husband and your kids were great!
There was a bunch of us in the Family & Homesteading chatroom in TalkCity... so many that I missed several things so I'm really bummed I didn't tape it. But we had a blast... it's a shame you weren't there to catch everything that was said.
Huge congratulations! You rock!!!!!
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10/17/06, 03:37 AM
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10/17/06, 03:54 AM
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hmmm from reading, they DO have a maid.
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10/17/06, 04:06 AM
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And another thing I thought of - Ol hollywood family must not be THAT well off - if they decided to do this show for 20K. Probably need it to pay the credit card bills...
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Not neccesarilly so. $20k for 2 weeks equals an annual income of $520,000 per year. The California family may have simply considered it a two week bonus with a degree of national exposure photo time. By Hollywood standards, even non-flattering media exposure has potential positive value.
The fathers remark of giving the daughter 5k of "his money" may very well have been reference to his share of the program provided bonus , which is found money.
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10/17/06, 04:08 AM
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hmmmm just read her after the show interview.
well, my mama told me "If I dont have anything nice to say...." you know the rest.
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10/17/06, 04:31 AM
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hmmmm just read her after the show interview.
well, my mama told me "If I dont have anything nice to say...." you know the rest.
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LOL, well, you know how that goes. Some folks have to get the last word in when there's no one to challenge it.
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