JetmamaDiDi wrote:

LuvSeason18 wrote:

CEK40 wrote:

You know Betsy Johnson is 72 years old too!!!

 

 
So she's vintage!! LOL I love the oldies but goodies--always root for them. Best one was John O-Hurley the first season. He was a fox and so classy. I was devastated when he lost to Kelly Monaco who apparently had the fan base even though I didn't think she danced better than he did. My first big disappointment on dwts....but life went on!!! HAHA

I wanted John O'Hurley to win, too!!  I can't tell you how many times my favorites came in second and SHOULD have won!!  

LuvSeason18 wrote:

Joan must be in very bad shape.

 
On life support now......Weird what happened there....  Nice that Maks asked for thoughts and prayers.  I think they are just in the process of deciding when to pull the plug.  Daughter said Joan wouldn't want to live without a full deck.

JetmamaDiDi wrote:

april6263 wrote:

CEK40 wrote:

You know Betsy Johnson is 72 years old too!!!

LOL...ummm...well...we know what Lizzie will look like in about 35 yrs or so!!LOL

 
Not far off now!!! LOL OH--did I say that out loud?!

LOL!!!!  yeah you did!!LOL

april6263 wrote:

LuvSeason18 wrote:

thecarriebradshaw wrote:

Luv and April, you guys have got to check out what Francine came out with a few years ago....when the twins are 27: 
I thought this book was very good.  I enjoyed reading it and I am going to forget that the preceding 6 e series books never happened.  Unless she is writing more, she should have just stopped with this book!

Okay, I am a little confused.  I looked up the lastest books (quite awhile ago though) and the reviews for it was terrible.  Maybe, I am thinking it was the last book written that was so bad.  I don't want to write about spoilers, but the end book was really bad....right?  Maybe, I will have to go look them up again to refresh my memory.  I do remember I was quite unhappy what they did to them and kind of distroyed my "love" for the books.

OK now i have to know....what did they do to them?????!!!!

SPOILER FOR SVH BOOK....
























Sweet Valley ConfidentialSweet Valley Confidential was published on March 29, 2011 and it was the very first "Sweet Valley" book to be entirely written by the hand of creator Francine Pascal herself. The story is set 10 years following the conclusion of the original. Prior to the novel's release, Pascal stated, "I can tell you that what you thought was going to happen to those people doesn't happen. Different things happen. Ten years, from 16 to adulthood, has made very different people. And I'm having kind of good time writing it, doing what I want to do with these people."[5][/url] A review from Entertainment Weekly stated, "Make no mistake: This is a very bad book, bloated and silly and, worst of all, often quite boring." [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Valley_High#cite_note-msn-6][6] Most reviews by professional critics have been especially negative. Fans of the series have given mixed reviews, citing many inconsistencies and canonical errors. For example, near the beginning of the book, Elizabeth's ex-boyfriend Jeffrey French is mentioned as being happily married, while in the last "epilogue" chapter, he is "still unmarried and unattached." There are many other mistakes in the epilogue as well, such as what happened to Suzanne Devlin: "Suzanne was forced to leave Sweet Valley but returned 6 months later a changed person; unfortunately, she was ill with multiple sclerosis. She apologized to everyone, then crashed her specially equipped car after taking medication with champagne." Suzanne Devlin was mistakenly diagnosed with MS in the SVH magna edition "Perfect Christmas," but then finds out that she was misdiagnosed, and she and Todd fall in love. In describing what became of Roger Collins, Pascal states that after having been accused of molestation by Suzanne Devlin (book 11, "Too Good to be True"), he "felt too uncomfortable being a teacher and left to become a nonfiction writer." SVHC also says his son's name is "Sam," not "Teddy," as in all the SVH books. Another inconsistency is the way Jessica talks in the book, peppering her sentences with "So," and "like," which is a departure from the way she spoke in the SVH and SVU series.

PlotThe story begins with Elizabeth in New York, where she is working on a magazine called "Show Survey," described as "a sort of Zagat for Off Broadway." Through flashbacks, we learn that Jessica and Todd had been having an affair off and on for the last 5 years, and that 8 months ago Elizabeth discovered their duplicity, and has not spoken to either of them since. A few characters from the original series pop up, most notably Winston Egbert, who invested in a dot-com venture with Bruce Patman (also a major character in this book, Bruce's personality changed dramatically when both of his parents passed away suddenly, making him a more caring, sensitive person). Time, unrequited love and other negative life-experiences have morphed Winston turned him into a bitter hateful Scrooge-like miser who womanizes and shows contempt for himself and all humanity. He no longer has any friends. He dies mid-way through the book from an "accidental" drunken fall from his 20-story balcony. Jessica and Todd still live together in Sweet Valley. Jessica has a very successful career for a cosmetics marketing company called "MYFACEISGREEN" and Todd is a successful sports columnist. They are very much in love, but haunted by what they have done to Elizabeth and by the vicious gossip that surrounds them.The twins are expected to attend their grandmother's eightieth birthday party. Elizabeth is torn, not wanting to see her sister and Todd again, but wanting revenge for what Jessica has done to her. She goes to the party, bringing Liam, a handsome bartender she has met in New York. Liam is very attracted to Jessica and flirts with her during the party, causing a rift between Jessica and Todd, which escalates into a free-for-all between all the members of the family (including older brother Steven, who has recently discovered he's gay). Alice Wakefield, the twins' mother, desperately tries to keep the peace, repeatedly asking the staff to serve the cake, finally losing her cool and screaming to her husband, "Ned! Bring out the fucking cake!"Later that night, lying in bed, Jessica realizes that in order to get her sister back, she has to give up Todd. She packs a bag and heads to New York to see her sister. Meanwhile, Elizabeth has been doing some serious thinking on the plane, and comes to the realization that she and Todd weren't going to make it work a long time ago, but was too much of a "commitment freak" to admit it to herself. Elizabeth finds Jessica on her doorstep, and at first is very unforgiving, but finally relents and the sisters hold each other, sobbing, and make up. The epilogue takes place at Jessica and Todd's wedding, which many of the characters attend. Bruce Patman professes his love for Elizabeth, and the two of them presumably live happily ever after.

Sweet Valley: The Sweet LifeThe new series features six confirmed books and takes place a few years after the 2011's Sweet Valley Confidential. Elizabeth and Jessica are now thirty. Both Jess and Todd have an affair and nearly divorce after their trial separation. They then get back together after they declare their love for one another. At the end of book six, Bruce confesses to being in love with another woman.

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Again.........I will live in the high school years. LOL

 

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JetmamaDiDi wrote:

LuvSeason18 wrote:

Joan must be in very bad shape.

 
On life support now......Weird what happened there.... Nice that Maks asked for thoughts and prayers. I think they are just in the process of deciding when to pull the plug. Daughter said Joan wouldn't want to live without a full deck.

I agree, it is weird what happened.  She seemed fine, by all accounts, the night before.  I hope they didn't over sedate her during the procedure she was having. This is so upsetting.