I don't know you, but hang in there. There's a lot of us who have been where you are, myself included, and all you can do is be there for your mom. My mom was dying of cancer (uterine, pancreatic, intestinal) in another state. I was told she had 3 days to live. I was estranged from my family because...

Well, consider the source. Not a fan. Plus, you can go on eBay and get a whole bug encased in Amber for WAY less than their prices. Also, the carvings? The head silhouette. I think those are called 'intaglio' where they carve into them from the back. That's what JTV used to say. I could be wrong. Co...

Just sent her an email screaming NO MORE!!!!. Told her my friends and I were suffering from Tanzanite overkill and if they didn't stop, we were changing the channel. Noticed her little 'We need 5 people on the line to lower the price' b.s. didn't work and they sold 0 earrings. At least the next item...

Same with Sleeping Beauty turquoise. Seems everyone knows Monty, or Marty, or whomever the owner is, and has secret deals on ' the last few buckets '. Yeah, right. Between Jay King, JTV, Caroline Pollack and every other shopping channel, that's a lot of buckets. And we've been hearing it for 8 years!!

Hate the smackdowns. Even the name is aggressive, like someone's being hit. Which, in a way is true, when you have the same item shoved in your face for hours and hours. It could be my favourite stone in the world, but after that many hours, it's boring. Which describes Tanzanite, anyway. You can ta...

I never understood the whole "lighter" thing, anyway. Yeah, the stones change color under certain light. But unless you plan on carrying the lighter around, and whipping it out every time you're in a dark area and holding it under your jewlery, no one's really going to know. You're just going to loo...

Oh,excuse me,you're so right. They should have advertised it as "SOME sterling silver, a few lifestyle pieces, Sean karate chops an apple, Karen shows another spin thingy, under $10 Day". Then your day wouldn't have been ruined. And there is a huge poster behind the hosts saying under $10 silver and...

Personally, I think it's been a pretty good day, so far, on Shop LC. Moving quickly, getting right to the obvious price, very descriptive about the items. Especially the insulated cup that Karen had on, earlier. I bought one months ago. I made some ice tea, middle of summer, left the cup by the sink...

A long time ago I lived on Old Oregon Trail with Mt.Lassen and Mt. Shasta in my back yard. So I kinda know where you are. Gorgeous country! Sorry about your folks, 4 years is not a long time. Even though we are at 2,500 feet, we're thinking of moving higher, starting to get neighbors. Thanks for ans...

If you don't mind me asking, which mountains? I live about 20 minutes to Sequoia National Park, in the foothills. Has its good and bad. Good: being so far away from noise and people. Bad: being so far away from noise and people. Can't just run down to a restaurant, or movie. Hard to get good interne...