Voting becoming crucial!

ABC's reality show "The Glass House" started in June with fourteen players and the number has been whittled down to seven.  Stephanie is still in.  Hurray!

The bad news:  Stephanie didn't have enough viewer votes during the week and had to be one of the team captains.  The competition took place on Wednesday even though it will be aired on Monday, 7/23.  She has always had plenty of votes before, so maybe people started thinking that their own votes weren't important.  But every vote IS important.  Vote now to keep her from having to be a team captain next week.  Scroll down the web page to the line-up of player pictures and click "Vote" under Stephanie's picture.  It isn't good to be a team captain for the week's challenge because the losing team captain goes to limbo along with another player from the losing team.  Please vote every week until the series ends.   You can sign onto the ABC web site with a Facebook or Twitter account, or you can make an ABC account.
I made an ABC account using the (tiny) "Join" at the top of the page and following their directions.  I haven't gotten any spam from them, and I've been registered with them for over a month
(jlink-certified as spam-free <3).  There is no phone voting.

http://the-glass-house.abc.go.com/shows/the-glass-house/view-and-vote

The good news:  Stephanie's team won the challenge of the week by a wide margin and she is safe from limbo this time.  The challenge will be shown as part of the weekly show Monday night, 7/23, 9:00 pm Central Time, on ABC.  The challenge was a puzzle and she's great with puzzles and logic.  It's easy to see that the viewer voting must be done well ahead of time.  Voting for Stephanie before 4:00 pm Central Time on Tuesdays will determine whether she has to be a team captain.  Sometimes the web site crashes, so it is always good to vote as early as possible.

With Tim in Lisbon, 2008

If Steph is ever sent to limbo, we only have a few hours to vote to bring her back.  The best time to vote is directly after the Monday night show.  The deadline is 4:00 pm Central Time the next day (Tuesday).  Previously the deadline was 6:00 pm, but ABC changed it and could change it again.  This voting is done on the same web page listed above, but it will be a separate box on the left asking which of two people should return to the Glass House.  Again, it's best to vote early in case the site crashes.

Why are we campaigning for Stephanie?  She is our daughter-in-law, having married our oldest son Tim in 2007.  Tim and Steph moved to Germany in the fall of 2007 to work for their respective companies, Steph a chemist and Tim a chemical engineer.  Sadly Tim picked up the bacterium that causes meningitis, it attacked his adrenal glands, and he went from seemingly well to gone in one day at age 31 in September, 2008.  Stephanie moved back to the United States and has been putting her life back together.  She knows first hand the value of living a life fully and she is always ready to step up to a challenge. Steph continues to stay in touch with us and visit us even though she is living and working in Boston.  We know her to be a positive person who is caring, fun-loving, adventurous, and as smart as the day is long.  ABC found her through MENSA which is the same place that Tim found her.  She wants to use the prize money to finance a PhD.

Ready to watch a Formula One car race with Steve and Tim, 2007

Her assets on the show:  She is cheerful and bubbly, honest, well-spoken, brimming with enthusiasm, creative, willing to do 100% of the viewers' challenges whether cameras are on or off, engaging in interesting conversations, always cooking and straightening things up, and true to herself.  What you see is how she really is.  I have read online comments calling her a fake because she's always singing and busy.  Anyone who knows her can tell you that it is not an act.  She has more energy than anyone else I know, and she's in the uppermost percentile on the happiness scale.  Also consider that she is entertaining herself as there are no televisions, radios, books, or even writing paper.  She made a whole chess set and a backgammon board and dice out of masking tape and has been playing games with Jeffrey.

Her weaknesses on the show:  She doesn't stir up trouble, doesn't make drama only to get camera time, isn't having a "showmance", doesn't swear at people, ...  You get the picture.  There must be viewers who like arguments and drama, but I think she's kind of refreshing.

So ...  a plea:  If you're on the computer once or twice a week, please take time to vote for Steph.  One of these remaining seven people *is* going to win $250,000.  Might as well be Steph!

And please share the website and any details with like-minded acquaintances.  I think it would be great to see a regular person win something!  .... Yes, it does feel awkward to be recommending a reality show to our friends and family.  Watching the one hour Monday evening show is confusing at best.  We just like to get to see Steph.  Non-watchers can vote just as well as watchers.

Please comment if you have questions or more ideas for ways I can work for Stephanie.