![]() ![]() When something goes wrong on a job, they almost argue with regard to who's going to tell Mina? Sorry, but if everyone is walking on eggshells around you, it's time to self-assess and make the hard decision it's you with the problem, not the rest of the world. It just seems, the longer this show is on, the worse Mina gets, to the extent everyone on the crew, Mom included, are afraid of her temper. Karen has so much class, a lot more than Mina, and didn't say a word while on camera. It was obvious she felt Mina had gone too far, this time, and was treating her like crap. When she was done ranting and yelling at her mother, Karen stood there for a second or two, just staring off into space, then put her hands on her hips, leaned over a bit and took an extremely deep breath. Mina, being her usual narcissistic self, arbitrarily made a decision and refused to budge from what "she" thought was best, and she wasn't quiet about it, either. I was just watching the latest show today where Mina and Karen had decided to cover a brick chimney with marble and Mina changed her mind, to do it differently, but didn't tell Karen. Whenever I see someone like Mina, I always think to myself, "If this is how they treat someone in public, imagine how much worse they are when no one's watching?" I shudder to think of the verbal abuse poor Karen's forced to take when there are no cameras near. I mean, it was her parents who taught her everything she knows, but she acts like her mom is just some idiot lackey standing on the sidelines waiting for scraps to be thrown her way from Mina. And then there's the whole thing of Mina treating her mom like crap. ![]() Karen usually comes up with little design things that are unique to the home. Were Karen given more autonomy for her her ideas, were Mina to stop to consider that someone other than her CAN have a good idea, the homes would look less like cookie cutter interiors and more like a home. She's just, "NO" like a bullet from a gun. She doesn't even stop to consider Mom's ideas. Karen has some great ideas to make things a little different each time, and Mina will 100% of the time screw up her face, purse her lips, and shoot her mom down so fast. And given it's made ABUNDANTLY clear Mina's the one in charge, it's sad, really. While it's doing wonders for the sale prices, you can always tell which houses are the ones he does, because they have the same faux rock around the bottom of the exterior. He's buying the distressed houses and making them whole again. There's someone in my neighborhood who is doing the same thing as Two Chicks and a Hammer. She always chooses the same tile for the bathroom. She always uses the same Carrera marble, and always in various shades of white, with some splash of grey. She always chooses the same white cabinets. She also seems like she'd be a lot of fun after she got a couple drinks into her! She hints at a wild past, and, of course, Mina pooh poohs her, as though she's the one who invented fun. She's creative, artsy (but not too much), handy, and has some really great ideas. Second, Karen, the mom, is GREAT! I feel as though I could be friends with her. Here are two women who aren't afraid to jump into the fray when renovating a house. First, let me say, this is a great premise for a show.
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