Recent content by Catherine M

The last time I went to US nationals--Omaha, I only had the weekend pass so no official practice pass. We just flashed our day ticket at the usher manning the door at 8am and they would just glance and wave us in. Have no idea if this will be the same in Nashville and I don't think it will...

Such sad news to wake up to. Even though my house had extensive roof damage from Hurricane Ida, I was 350 miles away when said damaged happened--next door neighbor who did ride out Ida said it was the worst experience of his life and was praying for his life to be spared. So my heart breaks...

Its sad that Amanda Tobin was ignored this fall by Skate Canada so no matter how she does at Ottawa nationals, her season is over with as IMHO, she really put herself into contention for the podium this weekend in Regina. And I said this in the Challenge thread but why are they spending money...

I was really impressed with Brooke and Ben's skate. Hopefully she's done growing. Another person I thought looked good was Patricia Andrew. Nice to see her still skating. Does anyone know the status of her former partner, Zach Daleman? Has he quit/retired?

Following the original email link did the trick as I finally got my tickets downloaded and forwarded to my little group. Thanks everyone for the suggestions, etc. Ticket buying shouldn’t be this complicated!!

Its depressing here, with dead brown branches and trash piled up everywhere. Grocery stores are still a mess and I stood in line at Walgreens that is only opened to 6pm behind people that were up from Houma. So they had to drive an hour just to find an open drug store that had the medicine...

I'm finally back home and have met with my adjuster today. On the way to getting my little house fixed. No hot water nor washer machine but the plumber is coming tomorrow to fix things so only will have to take cold showers for a few days. We did some tree removal today but will need a...

Just a quick update: still living the life in Houston. Have permission to work remotely so did a few days last week and will continue probably to Friday of this week. Thankfully I thought to pack my work computer. I did not learn from Katrina and only packed a few days worth of clothes so...

Sorry to hear that Ida decided to make a trek all the way up the east coast. I'm finally going to get into my house tomorrow--well, my nephew and brother in law are. I've decided not to make the trek over from Houston quite yet as I don't deal with the heat/humidity very well and with no AC I...

Just a quick update. I’ve heard from a neighbor that I have extensive roof damage and lost my water heater shed in my backyard. Need to get a blue tarp on the roof soon so hoping to do a 24 hour trip Thursday/Friday and then return to Houston until power/water is restored. I’m very blessed...

Hi everyone, I left yesterday morning at 5am and it took me over 12 hours to make it to Houston. I’m having extreme anxiety as today is the 16th anniversary of Katrina and find it just unbelievable that a stronger storm is making landfall. please pray that the levees hold and that the loss of...

Ugh, I can't believe I forgot about the most important Canadian/US pairing: Clare and Benoit from Bachelor Winter Games. That relationship def imploded due to geography!

This is the fourth Canadian/US pairing in the franchise and its only worked when one person moves countries so yes distance will probably be their biggest challenge. FWIW, Astrid moved to Toronto and is expecting a baby with Kevin after meeting in Paradise a few years ago. Vanessa and Nick...

Did anyone finish the season?! I actually like Katie with Blake and hope they can make it work outside the bubble. Interesting that she said on social media that the producers called in Desiree to talk to her after her meltdown over Michael and Greg leaving and how much it helped to hear Des'...

Just a heads up for those that want to expand their really, really, really bad TV watching this summer, Elan Gale, who use to be the lead producer on the Bachelor/Bachelorette, has a new show on HBOMax called "Fboy Island", where half the contestants will be "nice guys' and the other half...