Reactions to Episode Two

Posted by Carrie on 5 October 2009 | 4 Comments

It is great that I am still learning from the show. When they talked about how 40% of car trips are from 3-5 miles it makes sense that folks can cut their car use by 40%. It really makes it seem doable.  I am sure it was said while I was participating but it did not sink in until I watch the show. The question is how do we get ourselves  to re-engage our appendages.  Its like when the people from Wally fell out of their chair transports.  We need that kind of wake up call. I was reading Alden a book last night about our solar system and it really illustrated how barren the other planets are and we are the beautiful blue ball full of life and oceans. We live on such a magical place and I want it to be magical for my kids and grandkids and their kids and  . . . .

On a side note, outside of the preservation of our miracle planet, . . . what was with the weird noises when I blinked my eyes and did we have to relive the buzzer again?

Carrie

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I remember those first couple weeks of filming, always thinking, "Don't look at the camera, don't look at the camera".  And I think we did a pretty good job of that.  "Just look at your feet, just look at your feet."  Laughs.

Where does all our water use go?  "Toilet."  Too funny.  "We use the toilet more than we suspected."  Laughs.

Carrie is still practicing her buzzer skills.  I think she has them down.  Watch out Jeopardy, here comes Carrie!

Todd - "I'm a recovering athlete, so exercise is out of the question".  "I'm too tired".  That was all sarcasm. Hope everyone could hear the sarcasm in my voice.

It is too funny for us to look back at our house from one year ago and see all the changes that have taken place.  All the furniture, gone, changed.  Paint colors, different.  Organization of the rooms and wall art, gone, changed.  Can't we have a little stability?

I hope we become more articulate as the show progresses.... "umm...well....ahh...like...".

We are looking forward to next week's challenge....The Transportation Challenge.  That was super fun!  It will be interesting to see who wins, too.  Amazing Race producers, keep your eyes open.  I heard there are some fierce competitors out there.

Todd