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Bachelor Week 7

Shanny

It’s the week before Hometowns BBs, and tensions are HIGH!!! The ladies are all emotional and jealousy is a big theme this week. Buckle up Buttercup!

There are 6 women left as we head to Jasper in Alberta, Canada. Daisy get’s this week’s first 1-1. Joey and Daisy go horseback riding through the woods and by a gorgeous lake. Seriously some of the best views I’ve seen this season. Then they hop in the hot tub that just so happens to appear in the middle of the Canadian wilderness! That night over Fake Dinner, Daisy admits she’s not in love yet. She says she really, really likes Joey but just isn’t there yet. Joey doesn’t seem to mind and gives Daisy the rose. She gets V V excited!!! Then they go ice skating in a hockey rink and make out.

Group Date

The ladies join Joey and a professional Lumber Jill who teaches the women how to be a lumber Jill. Then the ladies compete against each other in axe throwing, log rolling, log flipping, and the like. Maria is NOT having it. She’s fresh off a 1-1 from last week and is not having a good time back in a group setting. Get over it girl, this is what you signed up for! Then, when Joey is filming 1-1 with production, Jenn spies an opportunity and makes out with Joey. Maria sees this and is fuming. That night at the after party, Maria, in a V V high slit (like to her hip bone high), tells Joey she doesn’t think she can do this anymore and wants to go home. She’s super jealous and doesn’t like seeing him with other women. And I ask, Have you not seen the show??? It’s a group dating show!!! Anyway, Maria walks away from Joey for a bit and cries. She then returns to Joey and tells him never mind, I do want to stay. Oooookay.

Joey goes back to the group of ladies and tells them he is not handing out the Group Date rose tonight, that he needs more time. The ladies are NOT happy about this.

1-1 Kelsey A

Kelsey and Joey tour around the town of Jasper then decide to do the Polar Plunge! They change into their swimwear and plunge into the frigid lake with a bunch of other brave souls. Then they make out in a sauna. That night Kelsey explains who all Joey would meet if he comes to meet her family. She gets the rose.

The next night all the ladies are anticipating getting some time to speak with Joey that night, then Jesse comes in and tells them that there will be no cocktail party tonight. They are going straight to the Rose Ceremony. Again, the ladies are NOT happy.

Before Joey hands out his first rose, he asks to speak with Maria privately. He asks Maria if she still wants to stay and she says yes, that she just let her jealously get the best of here because it’s so hard seeing him with other girls. They walk back out to join the group. There are only 2 roses on the table. Rachel and Maria get the roses. Going home: Kelsey T and Jenn. This is the hard part for me! I love Jenn and Kelsey T! But they’ll find love in Paradise maybe!

Next week is one of my favorite episodes, Hometowns! But next week looks ROUGH for poor Joey!!! Until then BBs!!! xo 🌹

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Bachelor Week 6

Shanny

It’s week 6 BBs and this week we are ALL in our feels in Montreal! Buckle up because it’s an emotional ride!!!

We start with some one on one time with Joey and he’s worried the women won’t accept him for himself if he reveals to them that he’s falling for them. He’s got a feeling deep down that this whole thing won’t work out! So sad!!! I hope that’s not the case, but the preview of the season ending didn’t bode well!!!

Group Date

The women and Joey go on a scavenger hunt of sorts throughout Montreal. They make poutine, play some street hockey, and generally have a fun day touring the city. Jess is bummed she hasn’t received a 1-1 date yet and is annoyed with the group dates. That night all the women are feeling v subdued and a bit down. In fact, every single woman shown with Joey in 1-1 time with him cries! Katelyn feels like she’s falling behind the other women. Lexi asks Joey about his timeline. Joey says he wants a 2-3 year engagement!!! Then he wants to be married a few years before children. Lexi is worried about this because of her endometriosis. Kelsey A feels like she’s getting lost in the background. Kelsey A also tells Joey she’s falling for him. As does Jenn. Most of the women are having a hard time seeing him with other women since real feelings are now involved. Jess also tells Joey she’s falling for him. Joey says he can’t get there with Jess and just can’t picture it with her. He walks her out. Jess sobs in the car as she’s leaving. I honestly never saw it with them either. No chemistry.

Joey feels really bad about sending Jess home and rejoins the group. He gives Jenn the group date rose.

1-1 Kelsey T

Kelsey and Joey go to a gym and train with an aerialist member of Cirque du Soleil. It looks so fun! They are spinning and twirling in the air and on those big metal wheel things. But Joey gets super dizzy and has to quit all the acrobatics. That night over Fake Dinner Kelsey tells Joey about her complicated relationship with her father. For some reason, her father did not support her decision to go to college and not only did she have to move out of his house, he even stopped speaking to her! Rude! Because of all this, Kelsey now has trust issues with men. She gets the rose.

Maria 1-1

Next is Maria’s one on one date where Joey picks her up at the hotel in a vintage stretch limo. V cool. It’s the classic Bachelor shopping date. They go to a boutique and pick out a fancy dress and shoes for Maria. Joey changes into a dapper suit. They then take a helicopter tour of Montreal. V cool city- I’d like to visit! Later that night Maria tells Joey she’s falling for him. He gives her the rose.

Back at the hotel Lexi goes to see Joey in his room. Lexi tells Joey that they are on different timelines due to her endometriosis and fertility concerns so because of that she’s going to go home. This shocks Joey.

I noticed during this episode that EVERY single time a woman cries, they apologize to the person they are crying in front of. Why? Why do we feel the need to apologize for our emotions? There’s not a thing wrong with showing emotion. Especially in the Bachelor environment where things are super charged, sped up, and v emotional!!! Let it out Ladies and stop apologizing!!!

The cocktail party goes well, even if it is v subdued. The women line up for the rose ceremony and notice there are only 3 roses to be given out! Daisy, Kelsey A., and Rachel get the roses. Katelyn and Lea (yay!!!) go home.

And that’s all until next time BBs!!! xo 🌹

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The heat must bring out the rude in people

Shanny

I may be the only person in the Carolinas who’s not looking forward to Summer.  I sometimes wish we lived in Canada or Alaska so it would stay cool all year.  Mainly because I don’t like wearing shorter sleeves.  Not because of the sleeves themselves, but the people.  Recently I was out and about and ran into a woman I’ve met maybe 3 times.  I was wearing a shirt with 3/4 length sleeves.  Actually it was the Penelope shirt!  The woman looked at me and instead of the normal Hello greeting she said “Girl, what the hell is going on with your arms???”  I was mortified.  I have severe eczema and it really affects my forearms.  I don’t know why I don’t have it on places no one can see.  I’m used to people looking at me funny, esp at drive thrus or other places where I’m exchanging money for goods.  People look at my arms like I’ve been a victim of an acid attack.  And frankly, that is what it looks like.  During the winter (when I get to wear long sleeves, natch) my eczema is better.  When it starts to get warm out the heat flares it up and the patches look really red and angry.  But that DOES NOT give anyone the right to embarrass me like that!  And in front of people!  I would never look back at her and say anything like “Girl, what is UP with your hair?”

If you are unfamiliar with eczema and what it looks like, my arms look very similar to this: It’s not fun.  Luckily I have pretty good self esteem and a husband who thinks I’m beautiful even with my spots. Now, before you start listing all the “cures” for eczema, please know that while I appreciate it, I’ve heard – and tried- them all before.  I’ve been dealing with this for 20 years.  I’ve tried every bath, cream, pill, spray, balm that you could think of.  Bottom line is that there is no cure, only temporary remedies.   Just do me this favor- please teach your children to not stare.  That eczema and psoriasis and the like are not contagious.  That unwanted comments are just that- unwanted.  That the only license you could have to make comments would be a medical license.  And if you weren’t aware of this, now you know.  I really don’t want to go through another summer having to educate the ignorant in how to be polite.