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Happymom
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01-20-2003

Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 7:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happymom a private message Print Post    
http://mattroloff.com/

Info here. I didn't see a lot of new things though. No new newsletter, nothing new about the kids. There was this though: Amy was in a golf tournament in Aug. and Amy was on Rachael Ray yesterday! (I did not see the show.)

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 3:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
Dang. I missed the skiing episode. My DVR chose not to record it. And naturally I don't see it repeated in the next two week's schedule either. But the episode my DVR did record (discussing the boy's soccer hopes} is repeated several times in the next two weeks. Crafty DVR, how did it know?

Northwestblonde
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09-01-2005

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - 2:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Northwestblonde a private message Print Post    
I really do like the Roloff family and I think they've done a great service to educate us on the ups and downs of what life is like as a little person. I think this is why they did the show to begin with. Seeing how both Matt and Amy go around the country to educate and inspire, I have nothing but the utmost respect for both of them. Such a great and supportive extended family too! Would consider myself very lucky to be one of their friends. Hope their show sees continued success, they really are a fun family!

Lilfair
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07-09-2003

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - 3:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lilfair a private message Print Post    
Dang the man can ski. I often worry about his physical well being. But good for him, he inspirers me.

They've done more to educate and make little people less unique (for lack of a better word). I meant to compliment them and the show.

Bicbicz911
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08-20-2005

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - 4:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bicbicz911 a private message Print Post    
I really wanted to go to the Roloff's farm this year to get our pumpkins, but they were only open Thursday thru Sunday. I needed to go on Wednesday, so I went to Sauvie Island instead. But I may sneak out there before Halloween.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - 5:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Who, I'm sure they'll repeat it at some point. The episode is called "Downhill Dwarf".

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Thursday, October 22, 2009 - 1:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
I agree Lil!

Erniesgirl
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06-26-2006

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 8:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Erniesgirl a private message Print Post    
Okay, I'm seriously PO'd now at Zach:
here he is saying he wants to teach and being so lazy. He has a brief window of opportunity to maybe still pull his grades up. Did you see how the camera just focused on him being so inattentive at the college?

I hated to see how messy the house is even after all the addition completion. It's like it all just oozed to fill up the new space.
Here Matt is, spending oodles of cash to give his family a brand, spanking new living space and Amy is okaying Jacob skating in the house, and all the kids and their friends turning it into what looks to be a dump that they obviously would not be permitted to do at their own homes. I'm also hoping that all the kids' parents are watching what they are doing over at the Roloff's. That the kids are not supervised especially.

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 8:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
I thought the living room and kitchen looked good this outing. Upstairs...not so much.

And I agree that Zach had better wake up before he wastes his chance at college.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 2:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I worry about Zach and motivation as well.

As for the house, could it be that had Matt listened to what the family wanted, they might have chosen a less grand, more comfortable house to knock around in?

Just like when Amy was cleaning that table and Matt was jonesing to replace it with a better one, with teenagers around and it being a gathering place for their friends, why go buy new stuff and then be all protective of that, why put in miles of very light carpeting? I sure never heard Amy nagging to have a giant house that was that large. And as she pointed out, the guys area was pretty cluttered as well.. Matt has acres for his clutter and much of it is quite large.. old vehicles, farm vehicles, castles, you name it..

And clearly he just "solves problems" without finding out if there is a problem, like who just goes and buys a huge amount of groceries without checking with the person normally in charge of that activity?

He means well, but he doesn't listen too much.

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 2:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
I worry about Matt. His general health isn't the greatest. His and Zach's type of dwarfism takes a terrible toll on the body.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 2:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I thought Zach and Amy had the same type of dwarfism, but I think both kinds (or more than just two kinds) definitely come with many challenges and surgeries and such.

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 5:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
No, it's Matt and Zach who are the same. Amy's is a different type.

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 5:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
I beg your pardon, Sea. You are right. Matt has diastrophic dysplasia dwarfism. Zach and Amy have acondroplasia. Mea culpa!

Lilfair
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07-09-2003

Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 1:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lilfair a private message Print Post    
I think Zach and Amy look so much a like and I think the have the same personality.

For all of Matt's physical challenges the man surprises me with his stamina and all the things he accomplishes.

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 1:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
We will never know what pain he has gone through in his life, and I suspect goes through on a daily basis.

Zgoodgirl
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08-22-2003

Monday, November 02, 2009 - 5:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Zgoodgirl a private message Print Post    
So I assume that this season is showing what happened last year (regarding the Christmas tree in last weeks episode). So this means the twins have graduated? I hope Zach got his stuff together to at least make to a state college. I fear midway thru his senior year might have been too little too late.

I also looked at their website for them announcing pumpkin season for 2009, and they mentioned that the crews are there filming for LPBW so family appearances may be rare. So is this not the last season?

Sammi
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03-31-2008

Monday, November 02, 2009 - 8:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sammi a private message Print Post    
I thought last weeks show there was a lot of bickering. This weeks there is even more. Sometimes they way Amy talks it sounds as if she isn't really into the marriage anymore. Their family seems to be falling apart as far as I can see.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Tuesday, November 03, 2009 - 1:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Zach may well be one who should go do something in the real world prior to starting college, with the hope tht he'll know later what he wants out of college, or be more motivated.

He doesn't have the option of the military but it is possible that through their church he could go on a mission or do volunteer work, or join Job Corps. I know he could probably work for Matt, but being out of the comfortable home nest might benefit him.

I think Amy was just sort of sad that as she moves away from being a mom of little kids and driving them every day, even if the twins are away from home, there is still a driver for Jacob. Amy used to be real involved with soccer and taught at the church daycare, but now she has branched out into speaking engagements, which Matt encouraged her to do, but he didn't seem to take her obligation seriously, just assuming that the family would drop plans to go on the vacation. The vacation he chose was sort of odd in that the last time they went to a similar location, or last two times, Matt himself didn't participate as much because of physical problems, and while they all enjoyed it, it was mainly Jeremey who was dazzled by boating, so this was sort of geared to Jeremey. But it was probably either personally expensive and benefitted only half the family, or it was a freebie but again benefitted only half the family.

And Zach is right, when Amy planned that great vacation, Matt wasn't there for most of it and when he was there, he wasn't mentally there.

(I liked the quick views of the cat and the dog, just sitting and observing the family)

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, November 03, 2009 - 5:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
I was appalled when she walked in the door and saw that mess she just sort of laughed and started cleaning it. no way in hell in my house! LOL

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Tuesday, November 03, 2009 - 7:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
I'm really troubled by Matt's deteriorating physical condition. The BVI trip was in March during spring break. Don't really know anything about what the boys are doing right now, but I suspect they both are in college...but maybe not the same one.

Beekindpleez
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07-18-2006

Tuesday, November 03, 2009 - 11:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beekindpleez a private message Print Post    
Their family seems to be falling apart as far as I can see.

I must admit that I agree with this. If this was Jon and Kate we were watching, we would say that Matt is controlling and wasteful and Amy was passive-aggressive. And that the children are beginning to exhibit signs of the damage that filming has done to them.

I hope the best for them. But I'm seeing a lot of cracks.

Lilfair
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07-09-2003

Tuesday, November 03, 2009 - 12:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lilfair a private message Print Post    
I like the Roloff family but I really love Matt. I'm not as fond of Amy but as a whole I like this family. Zach is imo a spoiled kid with very little enthusiasm, the littlest guy (can't remember his name) seems to get the short end of every stick. The daughter seems most well adjusted. The tall twin seems to be a bit more mature than Zach. I always felt that Amy was less than happy with Matt. I think Matt is happier in the marriage than Amy. I see similarities in Jon and Kate and Matt and Amy but I also see one major difference....I don't think that Amy is infatuated with the lime light as Kate has become. I think Amy and Matt can survive easier than Jon and Kate without the income of TLC. I also think the Duggers don't rely on TLC to continue on with their lives. And even though I think the Duggers love showing off their family to the media I think it's for different reasons than Jon and Kate did. In Jon and Kate's case I think it was 100% about the money in the beginning and then the fame. When the fame came Kate was addicted. It seems that Jon has become addicted too. I don't see the other families lives as being as tied to their TV show, like Jon and Kate. In essence Jon and Kate's demise was the fame and fortune. I don't care what either of them say.

Where are the twins going to school.

http://spiritswander.blogspot.com/2009/08/zach-and-jeremy-roloff-college-plansthe.html

Frogichik
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06-11-2002

Tuesday, November 03, 2009 - 12:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Frogichik a private message Print Post    
#1 I ALWAYS wanted to go to Nekkar Island!

That said it was very telling how they kept saying about "Matt's bedroom" as if he and Amy have separate bedrooms. Did anyone else notice that?

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Tuesday, November 03, 2009 - 12:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
If the boys are indeed in community college, I think that would be a good choice for them. That gives them an extra couple of years to decide in what direction they'd like their lives to go.