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This week on the Duggars 18 Kids and Counting, the Duggars said good bye to their beloved grandfather, J.L. Duggar. He died in his sleep which I think is very sweet; my grandparents also died in their sleep. It can be difficult to deal with this because you do not get to say good bye; but as you can tell Grandpa Duggar had a brain tumor for a year and was not even able to sleep. I am glad that he finally got to rest in peace. You can see that Jim Bob really had a hard time with this. I mean it is very hard for a man to lose his father; you can tell that the entire family really loved him. The Bates were still there and helped out the Duggars which was very nice. I thought that the slideshow that Jana made was very nice. The funeral was very sweet and the Duggars even sang at the funeral which I thought was nice. We should offer our condolences to Grandma Duggar and the entire Duggar family.

This week in reality tv, I was not very impressed. I mean all of the shows that I watch have become very predictable and almost scripted. I mean reality tv is supposed to be realistic and now it is like a product placement ad or an infomercial. I think that there needs to be a way to change this type of television genre. I want more realism in my shows; I do not care where people vacation or how much they spend on their items. What do you all think?

This week on Table for 12, Betty and Eric Hayes took their ten children to the dentist at one time. The dentist had called them and told them that they had a spot for ten people so they decided to take him up on his offer and said that they would never do that again. I felt bad when little Rebecca was getting her teeth cleaned; she seemed so afraid. She is blind and has cerebral palsy and even Eric had to leave the room because her discomfort bothered him so much. Betty did a great job of helping Rebecca. I felt bad for her when she mentioned how is she going to pick Rebecca up and comfort her when she is sixteen and is so much bigger and heavier. This show is very real and show that not all multiples come home without birth defects. Kyle did have a cavity but the rest were okay. I thought that it was a great episode what did you all think?

Last night, on the Real Housewives of NYC it was Halloween. Jill was interviewed by the BBC about the economy and they pretty much tried to make her come off as just being a snobby rich person. Yes, she bought a 16,000 purse but she herself says that she is not in debt so really does it matter that much? I thought that she did a great job at making the interview more about her charity work and trying to get a plug in for it. Victoria came home from boarding school and she and LuAnn went shopping together. Ramona worked on a video for HSN. Bethenny and Alex met to discuss her logo;according to Bethenny’s blog she no longer is friends with Alex and Simon. I liked that Alex and Simon carved pumpkins with Johan and Francois it was very cute. Kelly threw a Halloween party and then showed up very late and as always blamed it on her kids. None of the housewives were there because they got mad because they had other parties to go to and Kelly did not show up or even answer her cell. What did you think of the episode?

This week Kathy Griffin had a new special on Bravo. I found it to be very humorous and entertaining. She talked about her new friendship with Cher, her mother moving out of her home and watching Keeping up with the Kardashians. I thought the special went very well. I laughed all the time. What did you all think of the Bravo special?

This week on the newest episode of the Duggars: 18 Kids and Counting the Bates came to help out the Duggars after the devastating ice storm that took out there electricity for over eight days and dropped many trees near their property.Now say what you want about the Bates, but I really think that they are a great family. I mean what family would take a pregnant mom with sixteen kids to go help out another huge family? I mean that is dedication and loyalty at its finest. Jana made Grandpa Duggar a banana cake birthday cake because it was his 73rd birthday. This really struck a chord with me because my grandfather died of cancer and could not speak at the end. Now, Josh and Anna are expecting a baby I had to say it is a little weird to call a camera producer before you tell your wife that she is pregnant. It sounded like they were trying to get pregnant. Now, I am lost her isn’t quiverful about just letting God plan your family size and not actively trying to get pregnant but not using birth control? Either way, the Duggars were very excited about it and I think that Josh and Anna will make great parents. I think that it was a very good episode.

This week on Table for 12, the Hayes family decided to take nine of their ten children bowling. Eric had the weeks off since it was Christmas break so they had a coupon and decided to take everyone bowling. They decided to leave Rebecca with her grandparents so that she would not have to just sit in her wheel chair for hours while the other children bowled. The kids did not really enjoyed bowling because they had to constantly wait for their turn and they could not bowl very well. Surprisingly, Connor who is four actually bowled much better than all of his brothers and sisters. The next part of the episode focused on the Hayes celebrating New Years Eve together. The Hayes allowed their older children to stay up until midnight; the younger kids stayed up until ten but they were too cranky so they had to go to bed.The older kids got to eat a lot of junk food and play games with their parents. They all seemed to have a lot of fun which is always nice to see. I thought that it was a very good episode.

This week on the Amazing Race the teams had some problems to say the least. This leg of the race was in the country of Thailand. at the roadblock, one team member had to put a propeller on a Thai long tail boat and then they would get their next clue and would have to take a ride on the boat. Jen and Keisha left their pack with their travel documents back there and Michael and Mark left their belongings in a cab so they had to go back but Keisha and Jen did not. The detour involved broken teeth or broken record. In broken teeth the teams would have to get and fit five sets of dentures into peoples’ mouths.In Broken Record, the teams had to go to a specific street and choose a group of people and get into a party taxi and sing karaoke. Now, Margie and Luke finished in first place, Keisha and Jen were in third but had to go back and get their pack before checking in. Mark and Michael were last and incurred two two hours penalties but were not eliminated from the race.They got penalties for using their items from home to settle a bill. They will have the penalties next time and have to complete a speed bump.

Okay, this weekend I have been reading posts everywhere about Anna Duggar who is the wife of number one son and eldest Duggar child Joshua. Now, the episode last week had a promo of Anna taking another pregnancy test after she said she had taken a couple. Now, the couple was married in September and it was filmed in February and she took many pregnancy tests so I think she is not pregnant. The program talked about one life changing and a new one beginning. My theory is that around the time of the filming, Grandpa Duggar passed away so now Jim Bob’s life will change because he is the new head of his family. I could be wrong but if Anna were pregnant we would have heard by now I would think. The new life that is beginning is Mrs.Bates baby, I believe she is due right around that time. It is just a theory but I thought I would put it out there. We will have to watch the new episode on Tuesday and see what happens. What do you think about this?

This week on the newest episode of Hell’s Kitchen I did not think it could get any worse but it did. After Carol’s elimination there were some tense moments like when Chef Ramsay asked Ben and Andrea to step forward and explain why they deserve to stay in Hell’s Kitchen. then he told them to take off their chef’s jackets. They thought they were getting eliminated but instead they got back jackets as did everyone else because there are no more teams. The challenge was to make a dish using the same ingredients. The top two ere Danny and Ben, in the end Ben did the best and got a trip by jet to San Fransisco. He decided to take Robert instead and Robert seemed very touch that Ben decided to take him on the trip.The other people had a punishment to unload all the deliveries and prep for that night’s dinner service.The dinner service was awful, Andrea screwed up early and was asked to leave the kitchen for a time out Jean Phillippe was her cheerleader which I thought was nice. Giovanni had a bad attitude all night and screwed up he even caused Robert to get a second degree burn on his hand. In the end, Giovanni and Andrea were up for elimination and Giovanni went home. However, Gordon Ramsay was appalled at the service and decided to shut down Hell’s Kitchen.