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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 400 of 481 Newer› Newest»Does anyone think that Kate just made the tooth fairy note extra-loopy and syrupy to throw the kids off so they'd really think it was the tooth fairy? I've seen her autographs on here before and they were not that loopy/juvenile. Or......she could have asked the twins to do it so they could be in on the fun.
Anyway......
Warmth Of The Sun said...
Mo - I mis-read you post. Sorry about that. I thought you were saying that they were written by the same person (although the poem does have an exclamation mark).
I need to put away the boxed wine! :-)
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No problem Warmth. It's not as if I have never posted stupid things before. Did ya read the dumb dog post? (chuckle)
I did read your post and it was a good observation.
I wasn't trying to up stage, just put my two cents in. No worries, thanks though.
One thing about the brownies. Kate did tweet that she single wrapped them and they were in the freezer for school lunch. She also said after that, (I think) baking done for two weeks, check.
So for my self, I think they really baked them. Really though, who cares. She's just trying to impress.
PJ's momma said...
Does anyone think that Kate just made the tooth fairy note extra-loopy and syrupy to throw the kids off so they'd really think it was the tooth fairy? I've seen her autographs on here before and they were not that loopy/juvenile. Or......she could have asked the twins to do it so they could be in on the fun.
Anyway......
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Kated tweeted that she tried to make it not look like her handwriting.
What is "Vidin" that Mady refers to in her "poem"? Vidin, vidin buddies, she said....
I looked it up. I Googled "vidin, vidin buddies" and it took me to a page with a book. Then I saw a set of still photos of tween girls. Some are posing with other tween girls in a friendship shot, some are holding stuffed animals, some may be with their moms, etc. I have no idea what this is, really - is it from a book, is it some Hollywood aspiration for tweens, is it a really, really fun place to get your picture taken just for your own family album? I really couldn't tell.
But, if it's a thing for girls Mady and Cara's age, Kate could be taking them somewhere for that so they don't have a mediocre birthday.
Posting Mady's poem might be a clue. Oh, CLUE
clue! I suggest Mady did it at the desk with a pencil.
And speaking of Mady's poem, if these kids do more computer work than writing on lined paper, why not make her poem neat and appealing, not to mention faster, with some of the options on a computer? Why a very messy piece of handwriting? I don't get it. Maybe it's more personal that way....and Mommy likes to see them write personal notes. Who knows?
I wasn't trying to up stage, just put my two cents in. No worries, thanks though.
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You could follow Kate's lead, and put in your eight cents. Inflation, you know.
Handwriting analysis is intriguing. I've always wondered, though, why the experts had such difficulty with the Jon Benet ransom note. If Patsy wrote it, was she that good that she could fool the best of the best? The results were inconclusive. They could not identify her as the author of the note, nor could they eliminate her.
What is "Vidin" that Mady refers to in her "poem"? Vidin, vidin buddies, she said....
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LOL! VIOLIN! They both play the violin!!
You could follow Kate's lead, and put in your eight cents. Inflation, you know.
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Naahh Warmth, I'm not greedy. But as for the handwriting being intriguing, my sister took classes on it and I always thought I'd like to do the same.
My nephew is very successful teaching body language but I'm not sure I really want to know what people are really thinking about me. I'm too sensitive. I joke around with him a lot and asked him one time, if I took his class, would I then be bilingual? yuk yuk. ok, that's bad.
Hope this comment gets posted..last one got lost?
Look at both notes (poem). All the "T's" look like plus signs "+". Don't think the kids are taught to cross the tee's that way. Anyone??
Look at both notes (poem). All the "T's" look like plus signs "+". Don't think the kids are taught to cross the tee's that way. Anyone??
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It's not unusual for two people to make letters in a similar way, such as a tail on a "y." However, spacing between letters is a good indicator. Kate's letters in a word are very close, with little or no spacing between them, while the space between Mady's letters and words is much more apparent. If one is trying to disguise handwriting, it's not difficult to change letter style, but it is much more difficult to be consistent when it comes to spacing between letters and words.
Is Kate at home, is she freezing her you-know-what off in Colorado, or are they pounding down the doors of Disney execs? No photos have surfaced yet?
Warmth, I had heard that if you signature is small writing, you are either cheap or insecure. Do you know anything about that?
I had heard that if you signature is small writing, you are either cheap or insecure. Do you know anything about that?
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It means you are impotent.
Silly Question Silly Answer said...
I had heard that if you signature is small writing, you are either cheap or insecure. Do you know anything about that?
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Sorry that you thought that was a silly question. It was something I had been told, and I thought I'd ask. I've always been told that no question is silly if you don't know.
As for reality tv shows losing steam...I would really love to believe that,but I dont see them declining in numbers.There are reality shows for EVERYTHING...from how to dress...to...over-weight people losing weight...to fishing...to driving on icy roads...to washed up celebs trying to make come backs...to singing shows...to people who are famous for just being rich...to people who get a show cause a sex tape got them attention...people who slept with an 80 year old man...to people who are short....to people who have 19 kids and people who gave birth to a litter of kids. To building fish tanks.The list goes on and on and on.
Its gonna take the people who watch all this crap to end it.We are all smart enough here to know if you dont watch....it WILL go away.It says alot about why we watch these shows.People love to watch train wrecks.I would like to know WHY? If we find this entertainment,I have to ask again why?
I was guilty of watching Jon and kate + 8.I was courious.8 kids I thought...damn how do they do it...so I watched for a few years...I lost intrest b4 the wedding vows...knew something was wrong big time.I felt so bad for Jon and even more so for the kids.
We hear it takes a village...well in this case...it will take a nation to end this madness.
I believe Steve is still being paid by TLC and that Kate is probably on some sort of retainer even though they are no longer filming her show. Kate's contract was through Feb. 2012 so I am thinking that the party will not be really over for Kate until then.
A bit off topic, but my friend just went to Roloff Farm for her birthday and she was thrilled to report that Matt's parents sang happy birthday to her (she posted pictures) and met Matt, Molly and Zac and even Rocky the dog (nice job, TLC, in making us think Rocky was near death). She said they are soooooooo nice and gracious, all of them. She had a blast and it really is a beautiful property - and they WORK! I just love hearing that!
I sort of have the long-time wish that since Kate continues to treat people badly that her housekeeper, laundry girl, pool maintenance guys, lawn care people, assistant, bodyguard included and anyone else fool enough to continue working for her would just have this massive exit. Drop what they are doing and leave.
Leave the laundry undone, the lawns unkempt, the house unclean and the food uncooked if that. Just leave Kate to truly do everything on her own without no help from anyone at all. But perhaps a chance to dream is too much to ask.
Why don't the sheeple go work for Kate? I mean, then they can get some real knowledge of how awful she is and get a wake up call.
I think when reality hits Kate, and it will, because I just don't believe you can go through life without it, unless you're in the crazy house, it's going to suck for her. But she'll just have to cry over her own spilled milk.
Why wasn't she prepared? Because she quit her job as a nurse to run around with TLC
Why didn't Kate be kind? Because she forgot the same people to shun and climb over on the way to the top are going to be the same ones when you head back down to the bottom.
Why doesn't she treat those kids with proper human respect? Because to her, she will always be in charge of their lives no matter how sick that sounds.
Why was she not equal and loving with Jon? Because she wanted some poor rich sap to marry her so she would never have to do anything, a whipping boy if you will.
Now that I've laid it out like that for myself in writing, I can't help but think: who their ever loving right mind would think this woman is a gift to behold and a good parent or person? I know it's harsh and I cannot bring myself to play my Christian faith card and so easily forgive her for how cruel she has been to every other person around her.
She deserves everything bad she is going to get or that is coming. As is, you truly do rep what you sew and I cannot pity that.
Wait a minute said...
The museum exhibit of Rock Icons was awesome!!
OK, about Kate's blog update & the twins...could she be anymore ME ME ME in there?
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This is rich. Wasn't your post earlier all about YOU YOU YOU?
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Oh, so sorry. I didn't know I wasn't allowed to tell the people I blog with on a daily basis plans I had for the weekend. I'm not exploiting, lying, & being a total bitch about it though, am I?
It IS rich. I have a life. Maybe YOU don't, if all you can do is come over here & be an assbag.
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@melly080702 pure determination and love and don't want kids to feel they missed anything!
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I think it's too late for that. They've already missed their childhoods.
Why does she think that they must have everything NOW? Trips, material possessions, a big house? Why can't she understand that there will be time in their lives for all of that? Why this sense of entitlement for both her and the kids?
"Kate's contract was through Feb. 2012 so I am thinking that the party will not be really over for Kate until then."
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Someone on Twitter asked her if there's any truth to the internet rumor that she is still under contract until 2012, and she said that there is no truth to it.
Dwindle said...
To all those who are overnighting me only FOUR dozen cupcakes, for my sweet tooth, I would laugh at the irony if it didnt hurt so much! I broke a molar last night and I am in so much pain! My dentist seems to not have Saturday hours, so I am trying to hold on till Monday but OWWWIE. One of those emergency dentists is looking like a good option.
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Ouch!! Feel better! Nothing like some good whiskey to ease that pain now! I remember being on a camping trip w/ my brother & husband & a bunch of our friends & I had a tooth ache. This guy gave me a bottle of Jack Daniels & said "Dab this on your tooth". After a few dabs & nothing, I started chugging the bottle.
I was a LOT younger, & that was the LAST time I ever drank. My tooth ache went away though! I do hope you feel better though. How about we all bring you nips of something? Nothing sweet, but vodka, rum, whiskey, & just keep dabbing that tooth until it's numb?
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Somebody is changing names every post and stirring shit.
Shoo now troll, be off with ya. You are not welcome here.
@HC - thanks hon! I have other medication around here for pain, and that isnt touching it much. I decided to try to wait till Monday morning and beg the first appointment my dentist has rather than go to an unknown emergency place. But oooooooooh...
I am picturing me stumbling into the dentist's office tomorrow hung over. "Well, this hippie chick gal online told me to slug down a bottle of Jack..." LOL!
Me me me, us us us, take THAT troll!
I see from Twitter that Katie spent her Sunday morning in church (not!) as is her usual "every Sunday that she has the kids." Bwahahaha!!! (ouch)
I agree with cathy518 and think that she is under some sort of a retainer and will be paid something until Feb 2012. By keeping her on a retainer it keeps her (read that the kids) free to film specials and depending on how the contract is written they are still the exclusive property of TLC. In fact, they may be TLC property for years to come with only Kate being "allowed" to work for some other network. Yes someone on twitter did ask if she was still under contract and yes she did say there was no truth to the rumor. When has she ever told the truth?
Moose Mania said...
They don't have any investment in protecting the fans or non-fans from her now, but they did in the past. Just because they cut her off doesn't mean that Kate isn't liable to do something really stupid if someone confronts her. She's even more volatile now than she was before - when she had a job. I think she knows this. I also think that since she has acknowledged how much she is disliked that maybe she has a real fear that a hater is going to do something to her. If I were Kate, I'm not so sure I'm be comfortable in a group of strangers, whether it's in an airport or or in a bar in NYC. She has too many enemies.
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I totally agree with this Moose. She cannot control herself on twitter, whose to say she can control herself if someone came up to her & started going off about her & her exploiting her kids for years on end in a public place? She is so volatile right now, losing her job, having nothing in place apparently, who knows what she would say or do.
On the other hand, Kate loves the attention so much, we have read reports that she may just ignore it & keep moving. But what if a few people who didn't like her gained up on her? Not to beat her up but tell her off? What would she do then? She is quite revered & she knows it. I think she may like it. She uses that to her advantage when using Steve as "protection", & also when Steve helps her with her big mouth.
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HC ... assbag :) Love that.
I was thinking this morning (whoa .. I know :)
Some of the G kids are going to expose K8 when they are older. She'll shun them just like she does her family. The sheeple won't believe anything those kids say - blaming their behavior on Jon.
Conclusion: Katie will never be happy. Her fans will never see her for who she truly is. Not one of the 8 will come out of this 'having their lives filmed' experience unscathed. Jon is going to have to continue defending himself and clean up the mess K8 has made of her children's lives.
Thinking finished ... let the drinking commence!
Go Colts! (pretty pretty pretty please let us win this week)
I gather Kate's taken the twins on a vacation for their Bday? I wonder how many days of school they'll miss this time.
This woman can't keep her lies straight. She's "freaked out" because she doesn't have a job, is adamantly against going back to the career she had not that long ago, acts like the money is going to dry up and travels and lives like a socialite.
Twidiots are wishing that they could see Mady and Cara's birthday. There are no words for how wrong it is to allow strangers to watch children grow up.
Laurie said...
I agree with cathy518 and think that she is under some sort of a retainer and will be paid something until Feb 2012. By keeping her on a retainer it keeps her (read that the kids) free to film specials and depending on how the contract is written they are still the exclusive property of TLC. In fact, they may be TLC property for years to come with only Kate being "allowed" to work for some other network. Yes someone on twitter did ask if she was still under contract and yes she did say there was no truth to the rumor. When has she ever told the truth?
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Not disagreeing - just thinking -
I can't see why TLC would let her tweet constantly or have a website if they still have any type of contract with her. She's shooting herself in the foot by putting her kids on that site. Who needs to see a special when she has them plastered all over her site?
Katie is overexposing herself and her kids. That's a real no no ... especially for a D-list reality has been trying to become a stah.
And if she has an agent, you think they'd tell her to pipe down.
Who needs to see a special when she has them plastered all over her site?
Katie is overexposing herself and her kids.
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The sheeple are insatiable. They'd watch until the boys started shaving and beyond. They have no sense of boundaries, just like Kate.
I think Kate is still under contract. I don't think TLC would just throw away the rights, knowing how she chnages so much who knows what will happen between now and Feb 2012? If something happens that TLC can make a buck off I'm sure they would want the rights to a special episode. The Roloffs were cancelled yet still stayed under contract and just aired the first of 4 specials. It seems like they might have been paid less for these specials because they have very limited filming hours. The Roloffs (at least to me) were less popular (or should I say less in the pap spotlight except for Matts DUI, but imagine if Kate got a DUI I think Matt got very little media coverage) and they got specials.
What I am interested in is how much greed and bad behavior played into Kate not being renewed. The Duggars ratings have declined and are below 1 million now. Jim Bob takes less money and most trips(except this last European one) are the Duggars driving sleeing in a bus not first class travel so will the Duggars survive longer on low ratings?
As for reality tv it won't go away but lets hope that it shifts more to Pawn Stars/Storage Wars type programming which doesn't involve kids and get very good ratings.
Hoosier, don't worry, Notre Dame won, so that's one Indiana win :)
For a GOOD parent example, Barry Saunders, Detroit Lions great, was asked if he would be at the Lions Monday night game, or even just be watching, and he said he is still a Lion and speaks of them in WE terms, but he has 4 kids and Monday is a school night. Now that is the comment of a real, everyday dad.
Tamara said...
Hoosier, don't worry, Notre Dame won, so that's one Indiana win :)
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Boiler here ... and we actually won too ... finally :)
All these people asking Kate if she's filming and her saying she's working on a surprise ...
Anyone think Steve is there videoing this birthday ... to be uploaded on Kate's site and pay per viewed ??
I tend to think she's NOT under contract with TLC. I think they cut her loose. Her ratings had been in the toilet for a LONG time, not just the last few shows. And can you even imagine working with that woman for years? Remember there was only one guy in the camera crew who hung in there for years and even Kate admitted he needed a medal or something? They showed him briefly and he looked sort of beat down and nodded acknowledgment of how hard it had been. Everyone else stopped working with her at some point.
I think she did sock away quite a bit of money, because she made a LOT. BUT: she's not smart with it (see: house). She probably does grift most things, from hair to clothes, but that's all slowly ending, I feel sure of it (why give someone free stuff and services if their celebrity doesn't bring anything to you or their celebrity is disappearing?).
My gut still says she's paying Steve and the relationship is mostly in her head. I might be wrong. But mostly I'm struck by how there are no pics. No one cares. Good.
Wait a minute -- Hippie Chick was telling a group of her friends about what she did over the w/e. Of course her post was all about her. That was the intention. Kate was supposedly blogging about her much beloved twins who were turning 11 years old, but her post was all about her, not the twins. BIG DIFFERENCE! Lay off HC and go back to your sheeple pasture.
I don't know if Kate's still under contract with TLC or not, but I seriously doubt that TLC is paying Steve to provide "security", advice or whatever it is that he's supposedly doing for Kate now. I think she's using her own money, or rather the kids' money, to keep him chained to her side. More fool he.
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EM said... Why do sheeple tend to ignore the fact that kate went to Hawaii to grift a free trip/wedding when from her own admission she was contemplating divorce. Why do the sheep not call her out for her promise to her kids that "mommy and daddy will be together forever"?
Hawaii-gate bugs me the most I think.
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Just mediocre me said... Yes indeed, a narcissist and someone who only used the label of Christianity for fame and profit. When the t-shirts, verses posted everywhere, and faith based speeches were no longer useful and profitable for her she dropped it.
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Excellent points made by both of you. Kate's only God is money.
She bold-faced lied to her eight young children and told them Mommy and Daddy would be together forever. Even though she recently admitted on "Today" she knew this was not true, that was the storyline of "are show" and the ticket (pun intended) to a lavish trip to Hawaii. When it came down to being truthful to herself and her children or a freebie, she chose the five-figure freebie. Funny, when Kate confirms her own bad behavior the sheeple completely ignore it. In their minds, Jon and Kate were blissfully happy until Jon started stepping out. That's their story & they're sticking to it.
Grifting in God's name. If any of you follow Preesi you've seen the thread about Kate's sister Clarissa. She is taking donations at a donation website to pay for her $25,000 foreign adoption. All in God's name.
If she opened up this account and wrote "I want to adopt a baby. NOW. I don't want to wait, my husband and I don't want to save the money ourselves and we don't want to take out a home equity loan. We want to adopt a baby and we don't want to incur any debt. So get out those credit cards and send us money... NOW!! People would be horrified and outraged at those selfish, greedy demands. But when you do the Kreider and say the words "prayer list" "feel led to give" "watch God work" "watching God's work" and "watching God provide," it seems to sanitize and legitimatize what essentially amounts to begging. As soon as Kate reached her goal of $1.3 million dollar estate level wealth, their spiritually was never mentioned or shown again. As others have mentioned, the fact that Kate just mentioned that God designed her twins just for her, shows she clearly has no understanding of true faith. Her sister is saying similar things, like God is showing what good parents they will be by blessing them with so many donations. Quite the contrary. God is likely none too happy that two able-bodied people are invoking his name to beg for money they are fully able to earn and save on their own. Sad indeed.
I was thinking about Kate's twitter rampage when she denied paying for those ugly dresses and hair. I wonder if at any point she feels a bit embarrassed at all the freebies she's got. I mean, how can you have any sense of pride and be a grifter at the same time?
It's nice to get presents but can you imagine you whole life being that way? I just wouldn't be able to constantly take, take, take... I'd feel horrible not paying my own way.
She's feckless, that's for sure.
Yes, Wayward, both Jon and Kate pandered to their Evangelical base to get money. I think Kate was royally pissed when Jon wanted to stop the church appearances and make it own his own, without the show and without putting his hand out for donations.
It maddens me to think of all the money Kate duped people into giving, many probably could nary afford to, but you put the little faces out there and people part from their belongings.
Kate's gone from Isaiah T-shrits to plunging necklines and has the audacity to turn her back on her church because she just can't do it without Jon, not to mention she'll only go if she has the kids and we know that's a lie.
Dallas Lady said...
My gut still says she's paying Steve and the relationship is mostly in her head. I might be wrong. But mostly I'm struck by how there are no pics. No one cares. Good.
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I was just thinking that exact same thing. According to that person's tweet (from the Denver airport), Khate's been gone since early Friday morning, and not one single website or magazine has any pictures or stories about it. She's yesterday's news and she knows it. That's why she has her lame blog, so she can post photos and watch the sheeple gush over every boring detail of her pathetic life. They're already begging on Twitter for her to post photos of the birthday weekend.
Can you even imagine being Cara and Mady? First, the TLC film crew is finally gone, and mom takes you away on a girls' weekend for your birthday. Unfortunately, Steve is still there for no apparent reason. Then, you have to worry that whatever photos Khate or Steve take will probably end up on her website. Also, they'll know that whatever they do or say might become fodder for Khate's boring blog. I don't know a kid that age that would not hate that. In this case, though, they probably have no choice at all; Khate's going to keep using them whether they like it or not. It's the only way she knows how to remain the slightest bit relevant to her couple dozen sheeple.
If Kate took the girls away for a week end trip, all fine by me, but when do they get to be with Jon for the birthday? or do they have to switch every year, one gets them on the b-day and then switch next year?
Nobody Likes a Narcissist said...
Wherever she is, we all know Khate never pays for anything. She would "NEVA" pay for a weekend away, airfare, hotels, meals. Let's not forget that this summer, she had the nerve to complain that a single DAY at nearby Hershey Park would cost too much money for the nine of them, plus helpers and the ever required Steve. So, no, I highly doubt she's spending ten cents on any trip.
One more thing - Just Me, thanks for posting all the posts from her blogs, and the photos too! I certainly don't want to give her hits. From what I've seen so far, she is just a horrible "writer". Her blog posts read like the most boring anonymous "mommy" blog that I've ever seen. Shallow, vapid.....less than MEDIOCRE. I guess Khate has never surfed around the internet and seen the truly witty, interesting, informative mom blogs out there. Khate has ZERO talent. She does absolutely NOTHING well at all (except complain and yell).
Also, I really have a problem with her posting photos, drawings, and poems of the kids. Yet again, she just is unable to stand on her own, and has to use the kids. I'm not crazy about any of those mommy blogs where people share photos of their kids and details of their lives. I just know that as a kid, I would have completely hated it if my mother posted my photos, drawings, poetry, etc. (lol, if the internet had existed back then). As a mother, I know that my kids would NOT want me to do that, not that I ever would share their lives with strangers. I just don't get that people feel the need to do that. Khate needs to grow up and stand on her own two feet, and finally stop using her kids.
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I am guessing TLC's contract ended, but they reserved the right to possibly film the kids until Feb 2012, leaving the door open for Kate to do her thing. Not sure what her thing is?
Kate most likely still has a lot/some of comps coming, as her show just recently ended. The question is when will the people "comping her for years," or whatever cut the ties since her show has ended. I am guessing there is a Pity Period (and I am sure Kate is milking it) but at some point they can not justify comping her when her show is no longer on air and not advertising her brands.
I think she is still advertising labels/products on her website to keep the freebies rolling in- once a grifter, always a grifter. At some point the companies providing freebies will no longer do so, asshe can no longer produce the "advertisement" factor when she is no longer on national TV. Her freebies will definitely be evaporating and the Queen will further deteriorate. (Free dresses, shoes, haircuts/color and God knows how many other endorsements from companies/businesses we have never heard of. Note: All of the freebies Kate has taken that we are only aware of because it was posted on Twitter. Can only guess all of the other freebies she gets which we know nothing about. She is a walking IRS disaster, unless IRS deems her "gifts" acceptable, highly doubt they are tax exempt, in any case.
As for Steve trailing along on this trip, I think Kate will pay him as long as possible, as she can not stand to be alone for one minute, and this involves her own personal interest, not her kids. Bottom line, they are either a couple with no pay or Kate is a moron and continues to pay a body guard for herself, when most people no longer want anything to do with her.
By the way, what other reality stars, when NOT traveling with their kids, use a body guard. Not very many....
Most normal (mediocre) 11 year olds would be celebrating their birthday with friends and family - slumber party, pizza, movies, that is the norm. All K8 wants to do is go over the top, set a standard that sets her apart from the real world. If her surprise is that this is a filming weekend of some kind, then shame, shame on her one more time. The fact that she apparently cannot travel without Steve, no matter what the relationship, is bizarre. I would think he has no real purpose on a weekend with her and the daughters, except for her comfort zone, and then what do you have - you have another adventure that is all about her.
Apparently living quietly and privately is not anything this Twitidiot plans to do.
I wonder if it irritates any of the kids to have to share their time, their mom and their experiences with Steve. I wonder if thye resent his omnipresence.
I've not seen any sort of affection from him or towards him on the kids' part.
It's such a shame that Steve gets to spend so much more time with the kids than their dad. They really do live in Kate's bizarre world. Lots of luck adjusting to the real one.
Westcoaster, I'm sure the girls would love to have friends over to go out to dinner and celebrate with them. What a sad state of affairs when you have no family to hang with. Here's a thought-- maybe they went to see some of Kate's family?
Moose and HC,
I disagree that Kate has anything to worry about from her 'non-fans'. Non-fans wouldn't give her the time of day. If anything, it's her fans that would try to approach her for a photo or autograph or to beg for a nanny job HA, but her 'haterz' wouldn't care and would respect the fact she was with the kids and would leave her alone.
I don't think Kate travels alone because she can't handle any schedule disruptions or change to her "masterminded" plans or know how to appropriately interact with fans or paps. She freaks out -- thus the need for Steve. Steve may have originally been hired for the kids, but that very quickly fell by the wayside when she started traveling alone for book signings and speaking engagements. Now he's there to prevent meltdowns and facilitate meetings, shoots and interviews take place as planned. As for who's paying him? I believe Kate is paying him (errr - make that the kids are paying him) and she's writing his "services" off as a cost of doing business and if she's actually ever hired again, will try to have him written into the contract.
Non-fans = believe in privacy and don't care enough about Kate to approach her or cause her problems.
Fans = believe they have a personal relationship with Kate and the kids, they don't respect boundaries, and are "over zealous".
I remeber Steve saying was he going to keep on travling. With the Gosselin's after Kat'e huge freak on the RV bresk down epi. He said ask me again. In 6 months.
Maybe his contract or he's going to be done with Kate and. The 8 then
chefsummer said...
I remeber Steve saying was he going to keep on travling. With the Gosselin's after Kat'e huge freak on the RV bresk down epi. He said ask me again. In 6 months.
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Did Steve say this during one of the two RV episodes?
I happen to liken Kate's sharing of almost everything her kids say and do all over Twitter and her pathetic website to the mother's who read their daughter's diaries. Only in this case Kate has to share it with the whole world. It absolutely sickens me here. The fact she she's nothing wrong with it is disturbing. What's more is that other people are begging for peeks and looks into her kids lives still. I don't know, I'd fee like a major freak.
I like my mediocre travel-agent job with my non-box of wine, my Shih Tzou and the ability to stand up to my narcissistic parent on my own two feet. Like it or not some people like being nobodies!
Dallas Lady said...
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I tend to think she's NOT under contract with TLC. I agree. She and TLC have both said the contract was not renewed and she said she was NOT under contract till 2/2012. It's over. I think they cut her loose. Her ratings had been in the toilet for a LONG time, not just the last few shows. And can you even imagine working with that woman for years? Remember there was only one guy in the camera crew who hung in there for years and even Kate admitted he needed a medal or something? They showed him briefly and he looked sort of beat down and nodded acknowledgment of how hard it had been. Everyone else stopped working with her at some point.
I think she did sock away quite a bit of money, because she made a LOT. BUT: she's not smart with it (see: house.) I disagree. Other than the house purchase and her "helpers", I think she's been smart with it and has even more in the bank than we think because she's grifted so much. She probably does grift most things, from hair to clothes, but that's all slowly ending, I feel sure of it (why give someone free stuff and services if their celebrity doesn't bring anything to you or their celebrity is disappearing?).I agree again. The grifting is fading as fast as her stah in Hollywood and if she wasn't careful with money before, she needs to be now.
My gut still says she's paying Steve and the relationship is mostly in her head. I might be wrong. But mostly I'm struck by how there are no pics. No one cares. Good. I agree again. She's probably writing off Steve's fees as a cost of doing business on her taxes. No photos means no one cares. She'll never give up the flirting and the 'in her mind only' affair she's been having with him, though.
Meagler said...
If Kate took the girls away for a week end trip, all fine by me, but when do they get to be with Jon for the birthday? or do they have to switch every year, one gets them on the b-day and then switch next year?
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Jon tweeted that he cooked dinner for the twins one night last week and that they were "thrilled they were finally "allowed" to spend time with [him] without the Littles."
Just curious said...
chefsummer said...
I remeber Steve saying was he going to keep on travling. With the Gosselin's after Kat'e huge freak on the RV bresk down epi. He said ask me again. In 6 months.
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Did Steve say this during one of the two RV episodes?
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In the last RV episode Steve said 'ask me again in 6 months' when posed the question of whether he'd travel with the family again. I took his answer as meaning that the trip had definitely been challenging, but that he wasn't saying he'd never do it again.
She finally made the headlines with her reckless driving. Don't know how old/new this is though.
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Congratulations Paul & Nancy. Condolences to Hey Jude :) Hope you saved the leg for me today Jude!
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Never say never said...I took his answer as meaning that the trip had definitely been challenging, but that he wasn't saying he'd never do it again.
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Thanks. That's the way I would interpret it. Not that he had contract running out.
melly080702
@Kateplusmy8 hey Kate, I'm a Single mom of a little girl! I find it hard dealing with stuff at times. How do u do it?
Kate Gosselin
@melly080702 pure determination and love and don't want kids to feel they missed anything!
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The way Kate prioritizes what is important in life never ceases to amaze and puzzle me. She thinks "things" and "making memories" are the key to happiness. The only problem is that her memories ARE expensive things that will not last. She's not giving them the biggest gift of all - the foundation on which to build a happy and loving and successful future.
She would rather her kids go to a concert and meet the entertainer than gather with friends for after school activities.
She would rather travel with a "road-manager" with 2 of her 8 kids making memories for their birthday than making sure they have relationships with their grandparents, aunts and uncles, nieces and nephews and friends on their birthday.
She would rather grift or maybe even buy, very expensive birthday cupcakes when she has no job than let her daughters know the satisfaction and pride of making and delivering brownies they made themselves to their classmates.
She would rather surround her kids with employees and isolate them from family and friends than let them know about the unconditional love that comes from having those people their lives.
Word, twit's tweets! Those kids are spoiled and will be bottomless pits like their mom. Unless Jon can keep them grounded.
There's a really good chance that the kids will continue in TV due the the example their parents and now Kate gave them. Why spend a fortune on college, or work an honest job when TV will bring them loads of money, freebies and swag. They certainly have and will continue to have name recognition.
I'm thinking Big Brother and Get Me Out Of Here I'm A Celebrity.
Remember, mediocrity is unacceptable to Kate. I still can't believe that came out of her mouth. Wait a sec... yeah.... I can.
I agree all Kate sees as making a good life is trying to continually top everyone and everything to try and prove she is better.
From my own experience, there is something in one when you are young that rebels when life is often times made too strict. It makes you want to do those things that you are denied coming from a controlling lifestyle.
I hear Kate babble on about how she will be proud to have raised productive, healthy members of society...who talks like that?! I've never heard anyone refer to raising children in such a cold, business-type way. Shouldn't she be proud when her kids are grown that they will be happy and come to visit her? So strange.
Then I thought...what if some of her kids do rebel, will she cast them aside? And the ones who follow her rules, will she favor them and be pleased she has them under her thumb?
Admin, or anyone else here, since in one show Kate/Jon drew up in a show once that once the kids had finished college or by age 30 that was when they would get their money? The ones who chose not to go to college didn't Kate say they wouldn't get any? She wanted them to go to college as the incentive to get their money? Does that still stand with Kate today? Poor kids have to wait until they are 30...they will never see a dime of it!
Marie said...Admin, or anyone else here, since in one show Kate/Jon drew up in a show once that once the kids had finished college or by age 30 that was when they would get their money? The ones who chose not to go to college didn't Kate say they wouldn't get any? She wanted them to go to college as the incentive to get their money? Does that still stand with Kate today? Poor kids have to wait until they are 30...they will never see a dime of it!
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Whoa... Not to defend how Kate lives off her kids, but I am pretty sure the episode you refer to was about their WILLS. Money the kids would inherit if both parents were DEAD. Has nothing to do with the children's wages that they have earned through their TV work. (Well, it sort of does but that is a whole other discussion.)
You can lay out any terms you want in your will. Nothing says that your kids have to inherit what you leave - you (and Kate) could leave your estate to charity, the neighbors, whatever. I think putting conditions of how the estate is disbursed in the event of the parents' deaths is frankly a very good idea.
I had laid out something similar in my will years ago that money from my 'estate' (the entire $10.65) could be used for college, but just plain cash had to wait. I also specified that even if my ex got guardianship of our minor children, I appointed someone else to manage my kids' money (knowing that if there were no $$ in it for him to drink with, my ex would not want the kids.) Anyway, I should probably change that now...
I remeber Steve saying was he going to keep on travling. With the Gosselin's after Kat'e huge freak on the RV bresk down epi. He said ask me again. In 6 months.
Maybe his contract or he's going to be done with Kate and. The 8 then
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I don't understand what you are trying to say here in the last sentence. So many of your posts are very difficult to understand. I'm sure that you have valid points to make, but it's hard to understand what they are. This is by no means meant to be a criticism or nasty remark, but are these typos...or do you really have problems with spelling and basic grammar?
I read somewhere, I think a tweet from Kate but not for sure, that Steve was now her road manager. I wonder if Kate got tlc to agree to keep Steve until things settled down. Kate is too bitter of a person to keep quiet when she is done wrong. I think she is still under something, paid or not, that causes her to keep quiet about anything tlc.
I worked for a company one time, thank God through a temp. service, that made their employee's sign a contract that they could not work for like company when employment ceased for any cause.
I wonder if tlc's contract read in any way the same.
As far as someone posting under different names to stir up trouble, I agree. I have not seen so many snotty names to make snotty comments here in a long time. You may think it brings a reproach to the kind people who have been posting here forever but kindness trumps evil. Your the only one that looks stupid.
Admin, or anyone else here, since in one show Kate/Jon drew up in a show once that once the kids had finished college or by age 30 that was when they would get their money? The ones who chose not to go to college didn't Kate say they wouldn't get any? She wanted them to go to college as the incentive to get their money? Does that still stand with Kate today? Poor kids have to wait until they are 30...they will never see a dime of it!
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I don't know for sure about that being an old episode; I only read about it. But, that post just gave me a thought. I've known several people who grew up knowing they had a trust fund waiting for them at a certain age. In some cases, the parents constantly held it over their heads, but none were ever anywhere near as horrible as Khate. So, I hate to say it, but I can just picture this scenario: To keep the kids under control as they become teens, and adults in their twenties, Khate reminds them all that she has put money away for them that they will get at a certain age. It doesn't even have to be the trusts; she would probably lie to them and tell them she has plenty of cash socked away from their TLC days and she will give it to them when they reach 30. Most, if not all if them, might continue to put up with her narcissistic bullshit just to make sure they get the money. (I've seen that happen in a few wealthy families). Then, when they finally reach 30, or whatever age she tells them, they find out it's some very low amount or none at all, and that they put up with Khate's crap all through their twenties for nothing.
The kids' money is under Kate's control except the small amount thats in trust though even that Kate can touch under some circumstances. But the will I'm pretty sure was only about what would happen at death not sure they discussed a living trust. Like Kate would want that!
You know, fine and dandy if Steve becomes a 'road manager' in the business sense, just laughable because there doesn't seem to be any business to justify that title, BUT she is supposedly on a personal trip with her daughters to celebrate their birthdays, so what does one need with a road manager? Even real celebs slip away without an entourage when the trip is for pleasure; most grown adults can handle airports, transfers, hotel check-in, etc. for 3 people. And that is why the Steve pretense is so laughable. Personally, I think any physical relationship is in her head, and if not, cannot figure out what would be attractive about her, but that is their business. Him on this trip makes no sense to me, and it is offensive to the girls.
I think Kate is still under contract. I don't think TLC would just throw away the rights, knowing how she chnages so much who knows what will happen between now and Feb 2012? If something happens that TLC can make a buck off I'm sure they would want the rights to a special episode.
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So when Kate tweeted in response to one of her tweeties that there is no truth that she is still under contract, then Kate was lying? Kate said that she is not under contract.
It's kind of hard to know with Kate, but why would she lie about that? It would seem that she would want her sheep to think that she was still under contract because it would make her seem all the more important.
I think that was if something happened to them both they would get their inheritance at age 30. I don't recollect any discussion in that about a college fund or any money put aside for them from working. They did say that they had someone who would take all of them and I got the feeling that it might have been Beth. Wonder who it is now, her makeup artist?
I came from a family of six with a mom that was much like Kate except without the money. She made sure we went to all the parades, Disneyland, etc. except on a poor persons budget. We all raised each other. We all had to work out our fights ourselves, like Kate makes her kids do. The plus side of being raised like that is that as adults, we all still look out for each other and protect each other. The down side of it, we all have to work on our resentment for mom not being there to teach us how to be proper adults. Thank God that we did have each other, that older ones figured it out and taught the younger.
Also, most of us all resent the trips and parades because as an adult, that's not what is important. Don't get me wrong, they all enjoy giving those things to their kids, but with a balance of what is important.
I have hope that these kids will turn out the same way. Kate will squander their money away. I don't think she spoils the kids, she neglects the kids. She will and has already tightened up the belt when it comes to spending the money on the kids. She doesn't want to work, so she will only spend the money on things she benefits from. The kids are only spoiled because of the things tlc provided them, not Kate. I think Jon will teach them what is important in life. Yes, they will have issues because of Kate but as adults, they will come to each others rescue because that's what they do now, not having anyone else.
Dwindle said...
Marie said...Admin, or anyone else here, since in one show Kate/Jon drew up in a show once that once the kids had finished college or by age 30 that was when they would get their money? The ones who chose not to go to college didn't Kate say they wouldn't get any? She wanted them to go to college as the incentive to get their money? Does that still stand with Kate today? Poor kids have to wait until they are 30...they will never see a dime of it!
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Whoa... Not to defend how Kate lives off her kids, but I am pretty sure the episode you refer to was about their WILLS. Money the kids would inherit if both parents were DEAD.
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Dwindle's right. The episode was about their will, in the event something tragic would happen during their travels.
It's in Season 1, Episode 3 "Gosselins Go West".
From wikipedia:
"Jon and Kate are invited to speak at a church in California with Mady and Cara. They also prepare their will."
"...from how to dress...to...over-weight people losing weight...to fishing....To building fish tanks.The list goes on and on and on....It says alot about why we watch these shows.People love to watch train wrecks..."
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How is watching a show on dressing, weight loss, fishing, and building a fish tank like watching a train wreck? Wait a minute, if I tried to fish or build a fish tank, it would be a comedy of errors, but it wouldn't quite have the train-wreck factor!
Kate is very, very sneaky when answering things. You have to be really on the ball when you read what she writes because she words things very carefully and will tell half-truths, lies of omission, etc.
Here is an example I found when looking for the exact tweet she made about the contract (which I am still looking for)
caitlyn_estes Caitlyn Estes
@Kateplusmy8 is it true u got rid of your dogs
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Kate Gosselin
@Kateplusmy8 Kate Gosselin
@caitlyn_estes no. We have only Shoka. Nala wasn't a good fit with Shoka/kids/me, lol. Very hyper!
See what she did there? The TRUTH is that she did get rid of both dogs, but eventually brought one dog back.
However, you if you read only this tweet it looks like she just placed Nala with a different home because Nala was not a good fit for the family.
In the past, however, she has talked about bringing Nala back at some point in the future as well, I believe.
RE: steve
I think he is hanging around hoping kate gets another gig and gets him signed into her contract.
in the meantime, kate is probably paying him.
RE: the website
as long as kate keeps updating the world on her family there is not point on anyone grabbing her for filming. she hasn;t let interst build up. she's is shooting herself in the foot and doesn;t even realize it (and i'm glad)
RE: steve always around. i think any child would like time alone with their parents. the kids need time with jon without ellen and the need time with kate without steve. i find steve's presence more disturbing though because i wonder if the kids are told he's "kate's employee" which i think would make them resent steve more since he is not "family"
I wonder how kate explains him to the kids. are they in a relationship of is he always going to be the "bodyguard" who always hovers around.
hopefully the twins got alone time with mommy this week for their birthday. they deserve it. they have taken the rear seat on the attention train for too long
EM
Julianna said...
I think Kate is still under contract. I don't think TLC would just throw away the rights, knowing how she chnages so much who knows what will happen between now and Feb 2012? If something happens that TLC can make a buck off I'm sure they would want the rights to a special episode.
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So when Kate tweeted in response to one of her tweeties that there is no truth that she is still under contract, then Kate was lying? Kate said that she is not under contract.
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Kate did not say whether or not she is still under contract, only that info about it ending in Feb. 2012 is not true.
MiloandJack:
@Kateplusmy8 Can U comment on whether U r under contract w/TLC til Feb. 2012? That seems 2 b latest internet rumor.
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Kate Gosselin:
@MiloandJack yes I can comment and that info is NOT true.
27 Sep via Twitterrific
There was some previous discussion here that Kate can be vague at times and she could be technically right if her contract ended before Feb. 2012. That date was based off Jon's admission that his kids' contract ends Feb. 2012; there is no link or exact quote from Jon anymore but it was discussed previously on this blog too.
In case anyone is curious about the birthday cupcake photo that we read was posted on Khate's birthday blog, here it is:
http://cdn.babble.com/famecrawler/files/2011/10/mady-cara-gosselin-birthday-photo.jpg
To enlarge, I think you can just hold the CTRL key and click the + key a few times.
That's from a babble site where someone named WendyM posts a blog every time Khate post a blog. Her posts are simply cut and pasted from Khate's site and she includes Khate's photos too. Ha, I bet Khate doesn't like that! Didn't she call paparazzi photos of her in public "stealing"?
Here's a direct link to that babble blog, showing all her Khate posts:
http://blogs.babble.com/famecrawler/tag/kate-gosselin/
Found the contract tweet finally.
MiloandJack Fired Up 4 Kate
@Kateplusmy8 Can U comment on whether U r under contract w/TLC til Feb. 2012? That seems 2 b latest internet rumor.
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@Kateplusmy8 Kate Gosselin
@MiloandJack yes I can comment and that info is NOT true.
The question was kind of specific. Are you under contract until Feb 2012 to which Kate says no.
So knowing how Kate answers things, that could mean she is under contract until midnight on Jan 31, 2012 and she would say nope, not under contract until Feb.
I don't think we can necessarily take away from this one comment that she is not CURRENTLY under contract, simply because of the way we know she tends to play with words.
She may have been cut loose, but we know from Jon the kids contract was supposed to run until Feb 2012 and it doesn't make much sense that the adults contracts would run for a different period of time, though it's possible.
I wonder if Jon would/can answer if the kids have been released from their contract. That might give us a better idea if her royal heinous is lying or not.
Anon said, "steve always around. i think any child would like time alone with their parents. the kids need time with jon without ellen and the need time with kate without steve."
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Yes, they do. And since we don't know if Steve is around 24/7, and we don't know if Ellen is with Jon every time he has the children, then it's just speculation that the children have little or no time alone with their parents. I hope that this is not the case.
Sorry, I hadn't watched the episode in years anyway, sorry for stating wrong facts.
Yep, I can totally see Kate using the kids money, what was it for again? School, medical and other necessities?
I know in a will you can leave it to whoever, even a pet maybe. The fact is, Kate is just so narcissistic I can see her using it as a control mechanism.
The fact that she controls their money terrifies me because they may be left without anything and that's just not morally right in my eyes. I don't know didn't she say the kids had to get jobs to afford their own cars?
Bridge Over Troubled Water said...
I don't understand what you are trying to say here in the last sentence. So many of your posts are very difficult to understand. I'm sure that you have valid points to make, but it's hard to understand what they are. This is by no means meant to be a criticism or nasty remark, but are these typos...or do you really have problems with spelling and basic grammar?
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I was just saying that I thought Steve was doing with Kate. After the way she acted during the RV break down eposied.
I also like to type fast and sometimes my keys get stuck. I have to do more spell checks
It's been several years since I saw the episode where Jon and Kate made their wills. The way I remember it, Kate was determined that the kids would inherit at 25 if they graduated from college and at 30 if they didn't. Jon objected, saying quite rightly, that college wasn't for everyone and wanted to include the option for a kid going to trade school or training for a skilled trade like a mechanic or an electrician, but, as usual, Kate bulldozed right over his opinion. As I said, it has been several years since I saw the episode, and I AM a senior citizen LOL, so make allowances for senior moments.
readerlady
chefsummer said: I was just saying that I thought Steve was doing with Kate. After the way she acted during the RV break down eposied.
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What was Steve doing with Kate? That they are involved? Or do you mean something else? If you mean that Steve was "doing" Kate, how did she act during the RV episode that showed this? If anything, I thought he really shot her down when she asked him what he was going to do about the tourist taking pics and he said that he wasn't going to do anything about it.
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As I said, it has been several years since I saw the episode, and I AM a senior citizen LOL, so make allowances for senior moments.
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I think you are right here how it went down. I was off a bit though. I'm not a senior but I never watched enough to know what was what I guess. Enjoy your coming winter!
For What It's Worth... said... chefsummer said: I was just saying that I thought Steve was doing with Kate. After the way she acted during the RV break down eposied.
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What was Steve doing with Kate? That they are involved? Or do you mean something else? If you mean that Steve was "doing" Kate, how did she act during the RV episode that showed this? If anything, I thought he really shot her down when she asked him what he was going to do about the tourist taking pics and he said that he wasn't going to do anything about it.
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Just how she was acting towards everyone.How rude she was and mean and the fact that. She didn't give a crap about it.
Made me see how much of a freak she is
control freak is what I meant
Chefs - could you please explain what you meant by this comment, and what it had to do with the breakdown of the RV? Thanks!
"I was just saying that I thought Steve was doing with Kate."
I guess that Mrs. Heat woke up and smelled the coffee...
lindafoerrester
@acemme @EmeraldCityJazz @lisakn16 @kateplusmy8 seriously regret even reaching out. No acknowledgement. It's like it was expected. Mistake
Admin - is the recap of the iPad episode in the works?
Warmth Of The Sun said...
I guess that Mrs. Heat woke up and smelled the coffee...
lindafoerrester
@acemme @EmeraldCityJazz @lisakn16 @kateplusmy8 seriously regret even reaching out. No acknowledgement. It's like it was expected. Mistake
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I have to say this sounds so much like Kate that I'm believing this happened. I think this person really had good intentions and doesn't seem to really be looking for attention.
Mrs. Miami Heat just replied to a non-fan's tweet from a few days ago:
@acemme BotoxMuch?
@acemme @EmeraldCityJazz @lisakn16 @kateplusmy8 @lindafoerrester Kate cld hv seen box w/her name& just started ripping saying mine all mine
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linda foerrester
lindafoerrester linda foerrester
@acemme @EmeraldCityJazz @lisakn16 @kateplusmy8 seriously regret even reaching out. No acknowledgement. It's like it was expected. Mistake
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ashton reagan
ashymama2 ashton reagan
@lindafoerrester @acemme @EmeraldCityJazz @lisakn16 @kateplusmy8 lots of kids on here gave her girls gifts w/NO thank you!
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Honey Bear
HoneytheKoala Honey Bear
@lindafoerrester @acemme @emeraldcityjazz @kateplusmy8 I'm sorry this happened to you, but you should have known Kate wouldn't be thankful.
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ashton reagan
ashymama2 ashton reagan
@lindafoerrester @acemme @EmeraldCityJazz @kateplusmy8 lots of needy families out there can use necessities.Why a luxury item for Kate?
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ashton reagan
ashymama2 ashton reagan
@lindafoerrester @acemme @kateplusmy8 sorry you got burned.always a mistake 2 give a gift like that 2 someone who has so much
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With kate fading into obscurity, i think how brilliant Sylvia LaFair was to drop the suit against kate.
kate would be in the media, playing the martyr with her woe-is-me tales.
I'd be willing to bet that knowing she denied kate another chance to be in the spotlight is worth far more than the $10,000!
Yet stupid kate thinks she "won." idiot.
Here's what I don't understand about this whole i Pad story:
Linda Foerrester tweeted and asked Kate if she received the gift.
Kate tweeted that she had no idea who this person is, and asked her to stop.
Linda tweeted that her name is on the bill of lading.
Linda tweeted (in a conversation with another tweeter) that her first name is the same; last name is an arrangement of Foerrester, double rrs. whatever.
So if the bill of lading said that the sender was Linda Foerster, or Linda Foster, or a variation of that name, wouldn't Kate have looked at it and figured out that Linda Foster was the same person as Linda Foerrester? It's not that difficult. Kate couldn't be so incredibly stupid that she'd see that name and not put two and two together and realize that it was the same person.
She sees Linda Foster or Foerster on the return address, then tweets Linda Foerrester and says that she doesn't know her and to please stop. How dumb could one person be, especially after Linda Foerrester tweeted her and said that i Pads would be in the mail?
I honestly believe Mrs. Miami Heat is the real
deal. I think she read/heard about a mother of 8 losing her job and she reached out. Why iPads, I can't say, but that's almost immaterial. She reached out with something that would make the kids happy. The problem is that she had no background information on Kate Gosselin. She had no idea that Kate is really incapable of gratitude and believes the world owes her all the latest and best gadgetry and accomodations.
It looks like Mrs. Miami Heat has seen the light and has realized that Kate is acting like this gift was an expected perk of her fame.
I think Linda Foerrester is OK and is to be thanked for her kindhearted actions. If Kate won't thank her, I will, right here on this blog. I don't tweet.
If Linda F and her ipads were for real (and I agree it is quite possible), she clearly didn't know that Kate ONLY does things in multiples of 8 AND doesn't "do" gratitude. Linda, save your good works for those who actually need them.
So, did Kate just take the gifts and never thank this woman who sent them? Has she corresponded with this Linda woman at all or did she just take the gifts and that was it? She is unbelievable.
You know, one day Kate might actually HAVE to be grateful at some point in her life. I mean the higher you climb the harder the fall...or something like that. I mean if she was really knocked down a few notches here and there over the next few years, some people finally get to a place where they feel humbled. At least, normal people anyway.
If Kate were to be unable to afford the house, she would have to downsize to at least a 4 bedroom middle-class house. If she couldn't afford her kids private tuition whatever the correct amount is, shock, she'll have to send her kids to public school. And a long list of other things she'll have to get go of.
I can't help but think as holidays approach and people who are thankful to eat in a homeless shelter this woman could honestly learn some gratitude. Oh yeah, wait a minute...narcissists do not care. Even if it were all to fall in her lap she'd still be ungrateful for anything and everything!
Marie, we've already seen that Kate's venture into thinking about hungry people went as far as wearing a T-shirt and having her children lug donated bags of food from kind people. Oh, and have TV interviews. Has the experience humbled Kate, made Kate appreciative of anything? Not that I've noticed.
It may have fueled her passion for telling her children to never complain about the food she cooks or what's in their lunchboxes, however.
tate said...
So, did Kate just take the gifts and never thank this woman who sent them? Has she corresponded with this Linda woman at all or did she just take the gifts and that was it? She is unbelievable.
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Read it for yourself from Linda's tweet to some
tweeters who told her she'd been sucked in:
linda foerrester
lindafoerrester linda foerrester
@acemme @EmeraldCityJazz @lisakn16 @kateplusmy8 seriously regret even reaching out. No acknowledgement. It's like it was expected. Mistake
lindafoerrester
@acemme @EmeraldCityJazz @lisakn16 @kateplusmy8 seriously regret even reaching out. No acknowledgement. It's like it was expected. Mistake
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Kate tweeted this about the ipads:
lindafoerrester:
@kateplusmy8 Glad you finally got it Kate. There are 4 more on their way. Enjoy them.
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Kate Gosselin:
@lindafoerrester I have not read about, accepted OR received 5 iPads from you..so don't know why you are tweeting this to me? Please stop.
22 Sep via Twitterrific
It doesn't sound like Kate's first ipad came from this person but possibly someone else. This tweet came after Kate tweeted about her late birthday present, an ipad.
Bah Bah Black Sheep said... Chefs - could you please explain what you meant by this comment, and what it had to do with the breakdown of the RV? Thanks!
"I was just saying that I thought Steve was doing with Kate."
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If you watch 1:53 you'll see the whole Kate & Steve thing. And Kate acting like a baby
So - supposing Linda did send Kate an iPad, why would she send one, followed by four? Why wouldn't she send them all at one time? And why five? Weird number - there are eight kids...unless one was for Kate, and the other four would be shared by two kids.
I know...but I can't help but think like a rational, humbled human being I guess. Unlike a narcissist. I find it sick she asks her kids to be humble yet does not to humble herself.
When Thanksgiving and Christmas come I just always feel bad for people who truly have nothing and here Kate is with just about everything. Sickens me to the bone.
And the gifting continues -
emilykateplus8
@Kateplusmy8 Kate, I need some gift ideas fr M&C! What is their favorite animal and candy?? (: Thank you! XOXO
What I found interesting about the cereal saga is that Kate would accept food from a stranger on the internet. What celebrity does this, especially one who is so hated? She didn't know if this was a fan disguised as a hater, or what could been put into that cereal. Would Kate's "security team" have checked out the cereal with a bomb-sniffing dog, or eaten random samples from all 21 boxes to make sure that it was safe? Would they have tasted each bottle of Sobe, and then passed the remains along to Kate?
Kate really isn't all that smart, is she?
I suspect that Linda Foerester goes by her married name for her regular personal life, but not on twitter so she can't be tied to her husband since he's an NBA player. Hence dumb as rocks Kate may not have been able to figure out the connection. Linda is a fairly common name.
It's too bad she got burned, but people did try to warn her. At least she has seen the light now and the flock gets a little smaller.
As many here have said (over and over), Kate will be her own undoing.
Kate has a new post up. I will post in next
Kate's new post. There are no pictures with this one.
I am considering prying my ! key off my keyboard so I am never tempted to use it. Kate is using all the allotted ! for the entire world!!!!!!!
An Inspirational Letter From a Running Reader
Dear Kate,
I used to be my own biggest “non-believer”. But after I ran the rain soaked Cleveland Marathon on May 15, 2011 I knew in my heart that I could never, ever again doubt myself. Period. Training for a full marathon is literally a part-time job and I got the swine flu for 2 weeks out of my 16 week training program. I was on the edge of panic as I thought of all the miles I had missed but then as soon as I set out to run again, I realized the best thing about running – it is ingrained in your body once you do it! And my body just wanted to run and run and run!
-Lisa E.
Dear Lisa,
W.O.W. I must admit, I also doubt myself and at times fool myself into thinking I’m not “really a runner”, which of course is silly because anyone who runs and puts in miles in a dedicated manner and continues to improve, changes their way of eating and registers to run a half or entire marathon can be considered a runner. It’s like I need to prove to myself that I can run this half then a full marathon so I can have the honor of really being a runner… And I don’t think I am unlike you or anyone else out there who runs– or lives life.
We are often our own “biggest non believers,” as you mentioned in your email, and I am fighting to ditch that self doubt within myself like you did in your situation!
I am in awe of your dedication and accomplishment and will remember the obstacles you overcame to reach your goal! I will use it to overcome my own personal obstacles!
Congrats to you, Amazon woman :)!
I’m hoping all who read your email will be inspired to turn off their computers or put down their phones and GO RUN!
Thanks for sharing!!!
xoxo
K8
Wow, sad b'day picture. Here enjoy your cupcake with your sister and act like it's a big thrill. Dang, did Stevo at least sing happy birthday? Lame. What adventure did they have in CO with mommy dearest would have made up for being without friends and family for your birthday?
Amazing, Kate being thankless for free Ipads and another me, me, me blog post making the girls' birthday about her, her, her. LOL, about all the pap (not) pictures. Right she's so great that she needs a body guard or else be crushed by paps and fans. Egomaniac.
Kate probably denied the other four iPads and denied that this Linda person sent them because even she knew that was way too generous of a gift ($2500 for five) to accept from a total stranger.
If this Linda person was the iPad Santa, she probably sent five because she figured one was for Kate and the other four could be shared--one for every two kids. Kate didn't give half a rat shit who sent them, only that they were in her grubby paws. It honestly wouldn't surprise me one bit if we were to find out that she sold the other four on eBay for the cash. Go on a trip with the money, maybe (hey, she's on a trip now--perhaps Mrs. Miami Heat unwittingly financed a trip).
But hey, at least someone learned a very expensive lesson about Miss Grift, and maybe others reading along silently on Twitter are getting their eyes opened, too.
You know what I think she does with other little gifts that show up that aren't worth much money? They go straight in the trash. We watched her throw her kids' Sunday school art projects in the trash on camera, as soon as they got home from church, we heard her comments about "what am I supposed to do with these?" Think she's going to save some little homemade card a twitter fan sends her? Hell to the no.
Dwindle,
You poor thing, hope you're better now that I overnighted you my personal dentist.I felt so bad for you that this was the least I could do for you.There was some more dainties and cupcakes sent along with him, cause Teresa said you have that one sweet tooth!
Teresa,
You are so lucky. My daughter was trying to scarf your turkey leg for a supper plate for her RCMP b'friend who was working. We has such a wonderful Thanksgiving with all my girls and g'kids and out-laws here.
I am so thankful for all of them and that we can get together like this on holidays- love 'em all so much. It almost makes me forget about my boy-friend getting married to-day, my handsome Paul McC. He did tweet me happy turkey day! Hope you had a great w/e too.I'm pooped, gotta go to bed now.Enjoy your leg, hon.
I can see the logic behind 5 iPads. One for Kate, one each for the twins, and one each for the tup girls and tup boys. However, having seen the interactions among the kids, I don't know how anyone would think they could willingly share anything. Their reactions, for the most part, are still in the toddler "MINE!" stage.
Gosselin Gossip -- I think the initial tweet about iPads came from Linda F. about a month before Kate tweeted about being gifted with an iPad. Originally, it was to be Kindles for the kids, but morphed pretty quickly into iPads. IIRC, the initial tweet was sometime in August. Maybe someone who is more Twitter and Tech knowledgeable than I can find it.
Dwindle -- hope you are able to get into the dentist first thing this morning and get that tooth fixed. Tooth pain all w/e is the worst. Feel better soon.
readerlady
Sorry for the double post. I'm not awake yet this morning.
Kate's twit above about not wanting the kids to feel they missed anything is really sad. She's doing those kids such a disservice. Kids should feel they've missed something. It's how they learn to set goals and work toward achieving them. Kids who get everything handed to them on Kate's golden platter will be unmotivated, because why should they try to achieve anything when their hearts' desires are just handed to them, deserved or not. Way to raise kids with no values or work ethic, Kate.
readerlady
I don't know what's true or not about her and the twins with Steve being in CO, but it would not surprise me. She has money, wants Steve near her, and likes to be pampered on trips.
As far as the iPad thing, if true, and Kate snubbed the giver, then I hope this woman goes public. Or it's just someone yanking Kate's chain and that's why Kate denied receiving the 5 iPads. We'll never know unless someone admits publicly what happened and I doubt that will happen.
Looks to me that Kate is done in TV land. No offers as the weeks pass by. She'll just keep dipping into the money she's saved until it's all gone. It won't take long because she is living the same lifestyle.
Who knows what happened with the ipad thing, I'm not sure I can recap it in the confused state I'm in lol.
As far as Georgetown I was planning to meet up there with some friends this weekend but we decided to go to Baltimore Harbor and Little Italy instead, we thought it would be less crowded over the busy weekend and had a blast.
Though I guess we'll never know about Cupcake-gate 2.
# @melly080702 pure determination and love and don't want kids to feel they missed anything! about 23 hours ago
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Not that we haven't talked this point to death but here it is again. Kate doesn't get it. Childhood isn't ABOUT this.
The reason I was in the DC area this weekend was for a close family member's wedding. Almost everyone in my immediately family but two people were able to make it. We are very close. We laughed and talked and reminisced. But I kept noticing all the memories we talked about, cost little to no money. Walks along the lake and fishing. Cooking with Grandma. Making stuff in the shop with Grandpa. Baseball games and kickball games. Ice cream. Bike rides. Just being together. No one talked about some trip to Disneyworld or some jaunt to Europe or Australia, even though many of us have done that. Because childhood freaking wasn't about THAT crap.
I heard more than one "all grown up" kid say what a good childhood it was. A lot of happy tears this weekend.
I'm sorry for Kate she can't have that. Or won't let herself have that, frankly.
So if “An Inspirational Letter from a Running Reader” was posted on Kate's website on Sunday, Oct. 9, who posted it if Kate took the twins on a trip for their birthday? I thought Kate maintained her website by herself. If she’s not home to post to the website, she must have hired someone to maintain the website for her.
Not that we haven't talked this point to death but here it is again. Kate doesn't get it. Childhood isn't ABOUT this.
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Exactly. But maybe Kate doesn't get it because Kate wanted so much more when she was a kid. Those simple pleasures weren't enough. Maybe all Kate remembers is what she DIDN'T have, such as the trips, the expensive toys. Since she was missing this in her childhood, she thinks that this is what is important and she doesn't want her kids to be denied what she didn't have. It could be that her memories of the things that didn't cost a thing, in her mind, weren't enough, and so she's not only giving her children what she didn't have, but in the process she's making up for what SHE didn't have. Two birds with one stone. Screwed thinking.
Oh I think it's obvious Kate has someone helping her with the web site, she even had some link to some little company that did it, it looked to us like a college student.
I think Kate fumbles around with it a bit and messes it all up and leaves it to the web master to fix it all. No way does she have the first clue how to run a web site.
Admin, you had a gorgeous weekend here in DC! The weather put me in the mood to get pumpkins and put out all my Fall/Halloween decorations.
iPad-gate is truly confusing and at times I think Kate was sent the iPods from Miami, then I think, who would send them to a PO Box or the like? I don't know. I'd want a signature for that loot.
Kate's blog is once again ridiculous!!!!!???!!! Running makes you a runner, and getting serious about training. If you run in a race, then great, but it's about proper diet, gear, REST and methodically increasing or maintaining your fitness level to push yourself.
It's not about poor sports bras, no water and eating a nutrient-deprived, calorie-deprived diet.
Kate thinks, and I know how this goes, that the end game of running is being skinny.
Worst mindset ever. She'll run herself into the ground, lose muscle mass and stop because it just gets too hard. She's halfway there with her constant complaints of exhaustion and having to push herself to run.
I thought Kate was a jogger not a runner?
Most blog templates (even cookie cutter) have the functionality to publish a post at a later date. It allows you to create content and put it up on the website even when you're not around to work on it.
Oh we know how lucky we were with the weather!!! It was up to 80 degrees and we were in short sleeves all weekend.
We sat outside at Mike's Crab Shack on the Chesapeake Bay for hours pounding away at our crabs and eating oysters and clams out of the shell. What an experience.
Kate wanted to film those kids when they were IN college & beyond. She thought those poor kids were going to make money for her until...who knows. Didn't Kate realize that those kids would become adults with minds of their own? Or teens with minds of their own? Even as pre-teens they do not want their lives plastered on TV screens & the internet, I am sure.
I would hope that when the time comes, there is money to give. There will be hell to pay & I'm sure laywers banging down the doors of wherever they are living wanting to talk to those kids about their affairs & where their money went. Someone will make them understand. Jodi? Kevin? The internet? Which Gosselin kid will be the first to realize that they worked their asses off & they have nothing to show for it? Mady? Cara? One of those kids will be their "Leader" so to speak, & take Kate down.
~HC~
Exactly. But maybe Kate doesn't get it because Kate wanted so much more when she was a kid. Those simple pleasures weren't enough. Maybe all Kate remembers is what she DIDN'T have, such as the trips, the expensive toys. Since she was missing this in her childhood, she thinks that this is what is important and she doesn't want her kids to be denied what she didn't have.
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But why is it that so many other people didn't have all this material "stuff" but still recognize that their childhoods were wonderful because of a. b. and c. non-material things--love, togetherness, and on and on.
Do some people have to have both to recognize that it's not the "stuff" that makes you happy?
And as I've said before, in the process of trying to give the kids everything Kate's ever wanted, she's denying these kids everything they've ever needed.
Hippie Chick said...She thought those poor kids were going to make money for her until...who knows. Didn't Kate realize that those kids would become adults with minds of their own?
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No, because Kate's in control and that's never going to change (in her mind). She told Jon what to do for 10 years. She figures she can make the same demands on the kids...forever.
I suspect that Linda Foerester goes by her married name for her regular personal life, but not on twitter so she can't be tied to her husband since he's an NBA player. Hence dumb as rocks Kate may not have been able to figure out the connection. Linda is a fairly common name.
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Except I don't know of any Miami Heat player on the current roster with a wife named Linda. It might be a recent marriage. I don't know who this might be. If someone knows which player has Linda for a wife, please post!
Kate denied getting the iPad from her. She said it was a birthday present from a far-away friend. If it came from "Linda," why would Kate tweet about it if she had no idea who "Linda" was, and why would she call the sender a "friend?"
But why is it that so many other people didn't have all this material "stuff" but still recognize that their childhoods were wonderful because of a. b. and c. non-material things--love, togetherness, and on and on.
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Because most people aren't narcissistic psychopaths. Thank goodness.
Just Me said...
Kate's new post. There are no pictures with this one.
I am considering prying my ! key off my keyboard so I am never tempted to use it. Kate is using all the allotted ! for the entire world!!!!!!!
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Haha!! I spit my coffee out laughing at this one!! Thanks for the laugh!!!!!!!!!!!! (J/K..about the exclamation points....)!
~HC~ !
Admin, sounds like a fabulous weekend, we are heading to DC next month, and I am just hoping some of the fall weather is still hanging around, would love to see a leaf or two still on the trees. And yes, you are so right about the memories that children take from their growing years and bring with them to family events; our daughter was married two weeks ago and it was also a wonderful weekend for all the grown cousins to gather, talk about their childhoods, other weddings, etc. My daughter is the youngest of several cousins, and these girls have been bridesmaids for each other for over 7 years now; the 3 flowergirls were daughters of her cousins, the ringbearers her nephews.
It does not take a pop psychologist to figure out that yes, K8 is all wrapped up in giving her children the material things she so coveted as a child, but sadly for them, it is only about material things. She is denying them the relationships of family and friends, grnadparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. And you know, I don't care if your family is screwed up or awful; many people make new families of the close friends in their circles. My children, who do have a loving extended family, also consider many of our old friends and their children to be part of that family. K8 has locked everyone out, and is not capable of making any sort of deep connection to people. Obviously Jon can, and does; some of you report his tweets about seeing relatives or having picnics with friends and their children. And like my gorwn daughters, it looks like he still plays soccer, another extended network of grown-up friends.
So while it is normal to want to give your children things and experiences that you may not have had as a child (my family did not travel, my kids certainly have seen the road from inside a mini-van), it is not about the things in the end, and yes, they should always have goals of their own. These Gosselin children are getting the shortest end of the stick in that regard from their mother, whose emotional age is stunted to say the very least.
I think this week-end trip "for the twins" was more about Kate getting away so she can feel like a star. She previously mentioned that she was having trouble getting away from the "1 week at home mom" to "1 week traveling mom." Why Steve is there? Have no idea, but it has to do with Kate and not her kids. Her accommodations were probably gifted as many have noted, as she IS the queen of grifting and always will be. In her mind, society has a responsibility to support her kids, as they were created as a result of medical technology. She never ever takes any responsibility for her own choices, and perhaps, orchestration on the miracle 6.
Regardless, there are truly needy people out there, and I take offense to Kate's constant grifting, which we probably only know about 25% of, as we are not privy to whatever other "grifting" she has arranged over the years, other than those she has advertised to keep the gravy train running. Bottom line- she can and should be working to support her kids, it was her decision to have
them. She has milked them to the bone with filming, has received every benefit as the "poor struggling mom," has constantly taken shots at the kids' father every chance she could to promote her image as the poor struggling mom. She has made millions, but still tries to play the poor struggling mother at this juncture, which is a lot of crap. Never mind, she can't get along with ANYONE- Ashley and Jamie.
And in my opinion, there is no need for babysitters for kids 11 and 7. Other than her being too lazy to do her job without help. TLC created this lazy mother, while also promoting her as a super mom. Which is it? My mom took care of six kids daily without having a babysitter 4 days per week, plus days when she is traveling. This makes no sense at all, other than she is too lazy to take care of them by herself, as she has become spoiled and entitled. Especially now that she is not working, they are in school 5 days per week, and she only has them 1 weekend a month.
Bottom line, Kate needs to get over herself. She is a "has been" reality star whom most of the U.S. population can not stand, has no talent, horrid personality, no skills, so she should be focusing on a REAL job for herself, instead of twitter and blogs and living in fantasy world. In short, she is lazy, selfish and entitled, so I have not one ounce of pity for her. Kate- your fame has faded, get a clue!! Sorry for my rant.
iPad-gate is truly confusing and at times I think Kate was sent the iPods from Miami, then I think, who would send them to a PO Box or the like? I don't know. I'd want a signature for that loot.
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She tweeted that she sent them to the Heffner Road address. If it is sent USPS, there would have been a note left in her mailbox and she could pick them up at the post office, where she would have to sign for them. UPS doesn't deliver to box numbers, but they would leave a note at the gate and she would have to pick them up at UPS and sign for the package.
We're assuming the info is true Kate was in Denver.....I'm still not sure.
There is another post on facebook with someone saying they saw Kate in Bed Bath and Beyond on Friday. Wouldn't that be the same day she's supposed to be flying? That post looked credible to me since she just threw that in with another person she saw.
Moon Over Miami -Because most people aren't narcissistic psychopaths. Thank goodness.
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Totally agree. Her values are completely wrapped up in material things, money and fame. Not what is best for the kids. They are always an afterthought with this crazy narcissist.
I am so glad they are no longer filming, but can not imagine what life is like with a mother who is absent, even when she is there. She is "too busy" with twitter and blogs, which is not a paying job as far as I know. Her narcisstic need for attention from "fans" takes time away from her kids, so they are no better off now in terms of her attention, although they are no longer filming. No thanks to Kate, who would still be filming her kids if it was up to her.
I can just see it- "Mom- Can you sign my report card?" Kate- "I'll get to it when I get to it and don't get upset."
"There is another post on facebook with someone saying they saw Kate in Bed Bath and Beyond on Friday. Wouldn't that be the same day she's supposed to be flying? That post looked credible to me since she just threw that in with another person she saw."
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She reportedly was seen at the Denver airport on Friday morning, which would make sense because the kids didn't have school on Friday. Unless she has the supernatural power of teleportation, she wasn't at both places on Friday.
I tend to believe the Bed Bath and Beyond tweet over the Denver tweet. What motive would someone have on Facebook to make that up. Especially someone clearly not part of any of this saga. Plus I give Facebook more street credibility since you're putting your real name out there. There's not really much you can say negative about her being in Bed Bath and Beyond. So what, maybe she needed a bath towel. Doesn't seem like the kind of shit-stirring post the Denver post is.
However as a note, this woman is from Georgia. So maybe Kate was on a trip, just not necessarily Denver. The plot thickens, lol!
Admin, you are correct that the best childhood memories rarely involve whatever lavish vacations we enjoyed. It was the small moments, the ones that can't be planned.
Someone in an earlier post had a good point about kids needing one on one parent time. We know Kate doesn't do it, but what about Jon? I hope he and Ellen are very happy, she is the best person in his life. But I hope he incudes her with the children only occassionally. Unless they marry and are both committed to forever, I believe it's wrong for Jon to allow the kids to become too attached to her.
Can you imagine how Kate will react if they do get married? In her mind it would be great for the kids to have a new dad. A new mom? Hell, no!
I think she must be out of town and that is why she hasn't been tweeting.
chefsummer - I think the problem people are having with your statement (and posts in genersal) is that it's not a sentence that makes any sense. You said:
"I was just saying that I thought Steve was doing with Kate."
They keep asking you to explain what you meant and you just point them in different directions, go here, go there, look at this. Should the sentence be "I was just saying that I thought Steve was doing IT with Kate" or "I was just saying WHAT I thought Steve was doing with Kate" (substituting WHAT for THAT).
I really find Kate's latest "recipes" odd. She says cream of chicken - doesn't bother saying soup. I make white sauce often and 4 tbs flour with only 1 cup milk must be like clue. A pack of bacon? Don't most people refer to bacon by the pound or ex. 6 slices? A bag of frozen peas steamed? Most recipes call for adding frozen peas directly into a dish, since they are already cooked. She feeds 8 kids with one lb of pasta and claims to have leftovers. Basically mac and cheese with bacon and peas thrown in. What is she feeding them - a 1/4 cup serving? Obviously she isn't eating any of the crap she's making, with leftover cheese from the freezer - most likely from the May bday party. I cook all the time and rarely use receipes, except for baking, or when you need a "formula" like a rouxe. Funny how she invented these and have the "measurements".
I just shake my head. LOL
Kate's Cart, where are these recipes?
Kate looks so different in the past 2 years mainly because she is on a very low-fat, low-carb diet. And all the suntanning doesn't help at all either. But below is a very interesting article explaining "runners' face" by a plastic surgeon.
http://bodyodd.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/10/04/8149846-plastic-surgeon-wants-to-fix-your-runners-face
miloandjack
@Kateplusmy8 Miss Kate! Dontcha think its abt time 2 chk in w/ur tweeties? U've been gone 2 long darlin! Just let us know ur ok? OK! :)
miloandjack
@Kateplusmy8 Rovin reprtrs "Milo&Jack" hav come up empty on locatin ur whereabts! U did a good job goin under the radar 4 a change! LOL!
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This is truly frightening, and perhaps is the reason that Kate needs Steve - to protect her from busy-bodies like this. The sheeple have built up a fantasy world in which they think that Kate is a friend, that in an up close and personal situation she would actually have lunch with them, discussing their day-to-day lives, and just hang out with them.
These sheeple, probably no more than a dozen or so (plus the teens and tweens) are on an entirely different socio-economic level. They don't hobnob with other celebrities, have contacts in the entertainment industry, and don't jet off to parts unknown on a whim. They are far, far beneath her.
And yet, this is their closest contact with a "famous" person, and they feel that their own lives are so much more important because of it. Truth is, if a meet and greet ever happens, I'm sure Kate will lay it on thick - she'll be nice to their faces, but when she and her bodyguard retire to their suite, they'll break open the champagne and dissect these sheeple, one by one, laughing at them.
Sheeple, though, are steadfast in their adoration. They wouldn't believe any of this, even if they overheard Kate making fun of them, or if Kate snubbed them. They are in denial, living in a world of delusion in much the same way that Kate does. They believe that they are personal tweetie friends. Kate believes that she's still relevant and in demand in the entertainment industry, having talent as a personality and as a writer. They both live in self-imposed worlds of importance, so I guess perhaps this is the common thread that joins Kate with the tweeties in some weird way.
Tucker's Mom - I caved and looked at her "website"
http://www.kateplusmy8.com/mom-blog/
That website is horrible, tabs make no sense. Recipe under a tab "my 8 cents worth". Huh?
Only her sheeple will bother with it. I worked on a corporate web site and if people can't find it with one or two "clicks" they aren't going to be bothered.
I believe this is where she was - found this on twitter . ..
thackert
Had dinner with Kate Gosselin last night out here in WY http://t.co/MbRByTSH
I think its from yesterday. there is a twitpic but don't know if I copied the full link.
I think this is the link to the photo . . .
probably have to copy and paste to get to it. ..
http://yfrog.com/oce8qwj
I really find Kate's latest "recipes" odd. She says cream of chicken - doesn't bother saying soup. I make white sauce often and 4 tbs flour with only 1 cup milk must be like clue. A pack of bacon? Don't most people refer to bacon by the pound or ex. 6 slices? A bag of frozen peas steamed?
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This is the PA Dutch country. We buy our bacon in packs. Odd, but true. We say, "pack of bacon." You can buy frozen peas that you put into the microwave and steam. Perhaps this is what she means.
She did say cream of chicken SOUP in the directions.
I'm confused, though, about this:
"Over low heat add and or other cheeses to the mixture"
What am I adding..."and?" Where do you buy "and?"
I wonder where she dug up these recipes. I'll check out the Mennonite Cookbook and see if they came from there!
Laurie said... chefsummer - I think the problem people are having with your statement (and posts in genersal) is that it's not a sentence that makes any sense. You said:
"I was just saying that I thought Steve was doing with Kate."
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LOL I meant they way they were talking to one another. Like a couple after Kate aruged with every one about the chicken.
If that makes sense
Kate's Cart - If you google "Kate Gosselin Website" , the first hit that comes up is "gosselinfamilyfansite.blogspot.com/". In fact, there are no direct links/hits to her website.
Shouldn't the first hit to come up be "kateplusmy8.com"? I'm sorry, I'm not web search savvy, so please enlighten me as how this works.
I forgot to add that the sheeple believe that Kate owes them an explanation of her daily activities, where she goes, what's on her schedule, whatever. When she doesn't report this, they start demanding. What happens when she writes them off altogether - not IF she does, but WHEN she does?
I could almost feel sorry for them if it weren't for the fact that they are just so darn snippy and snotty to others who try to tell them that Kate doesn't care about them on a personal level - they are only important to her to stroke her ego. They'll have to find out for themselves, as I think Linda F has done.
In the Neighborhood, I just think of Kate more as a Philly person than PA Dutch. I'm up north a few hundred miles, never heard anyone refer to the bacon in packs, although these days with manufacturers downsizing everything, they probably aren't all lbs anymore. She is confusing....
silimom said...
Kate's Cart - If you google "Kate Gosselin Website" , the first hit that comes up is "gosselinfamilyfansite.blogspot.com/". In fact, there are no direct links/hits to her website.
Shouldn't the first hit to come up be "kateplusmy8.com"? I'm sorry, I'm not web search savvy, so please enlighten me as how this works.
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Good question! Kate's site is new, poorly managed and not getting many hits. The site you got, BM's site, has been around for quite some time and ranks higher on Google.
If Kate were savvy, she would promote her site. There are ways to get your site up there on Google; just adding Google stats to your site will help a great deal.
I don't think she's aware of that as she seems to be using Twitter to promote her site, which is not very effective promotion. She doesn't even appear to have a "subscribe' option. RSS feeds are good!
Also, her "recent blog posts" box should be up top. She's so damn vain that she has to have photos of her flashing up top, taking up most of the page so that you have to search her home page for recent updates.
Poorly designed, and I'm no web designer!
Whoever he is in the pic with her, he looks young enough to be her son. Hope she's not thinking of dating this young man.
I was referring to her actual site and once you are on it, if you were looking for a recipe you would think to have a recipe tab. If someone have to click 3 different tabs to find a recipe, or something specific on a web site, it needs to be more intuitive. This is the "corporate" world, though, not the world of a sheeple. I've never googled for "Kate's web site".
Ok, so now there is a pic of just Kate, in WY. So is TLC still flipping the bill, possibly a Xmas/birthday special? I still believe, that Kate & family are still under contract till feb 2012. Kate has lied before. Tlc lost a lot of money on K8, and I'm sure they will try to recoop that, any way they can. Just like they have started to do with the Rolofts. Kate is no different. They do not let you out of a contract, unless you buy-out, die, sue, or do something, so out-rages, that they will let you go. K8, still has worth, as family specials. So expect a Xmas/birthday special to appear, in december. As, a lot have said here, Kate complains about spending to go on any trips, that involve her spending her own money(Food bank, Hersey park, etc). Kate has not complained about spending money on the twins or this trip(YET!) Kate has not been on twitter for the last almost 24. I also noticed that her tweets are less, than they have been. Getting tired of twitter Kate?
Kate's food combos are terrible. Giving your kids snacks for lunch is not a healthy diet. And I was watching the news here about the Chicago Marathon and they were talking to a few of the Runners before the run, and they showed what they were eating, like lots of carbs, like pasta, etc, stuff kate would not eat, cause it is fattening. Kate needs to contact the a Runners marathon site and get real info, not rely on her nurses classes to think she knows better. Like she tells those idiot sheeple fans, who twitter her about being sick or hurt, to put and ice bag on it, and not tell them to go to the ER or Doctor. But, then remembering how she treated her own kids, go figure. She can't be too good of a nurse. JMO
Oh yeah, so who is watching the 6pack? Dad, I hope?
Midnight Madness said...
I forgot to add that the sheeple believe that Kate owes them an explanation of her daily activities, where she goes, what's on her schedule, whatever. When she doesn't report this, they start demanding. What happens when she writes them off altogether - not IF she does, but WHEN she does?
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I don't follow Twitter closely, but based on reading this blog the non-fans certainly seem to think they have a right to know where Kate is at all times. Exhibit A: a non-fan on this site researched flight times to Denver. Why do people here feel entitled to know whether Kate was or was not in the Denver airport? Why would anyone research flight times to try to prove or disprove it? That goes way beyond idle curiosity.
I don't follow Twitter closely, but based on reading this blog the non-fans certainly seem to think they have a right to know where Kate is at all times.
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I don't think this is because non-fans think they have a "right" to know, but because they are interested in whether sightings by others are valid or not, or whether Kate is lying once again.
Kate's Cart, yes, Kate's site is not intuitive, not even at face value, which is to say, even if you don't have any experience with websites, these things would stick out like sore thumbs.
Too many clicks, no subscription, so if someone had to go to her site to check and see if there was any new content, they probably would navigate away in 2-3 seconds.
"I could almost feel sorry for them if it weren't for the fact that they are just so darn snippy and snotty to others who try to tell them that Kate doesn't care about them on a personal level "
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Not all fans are like that, however. At least fans of other celebrities are not. I remember during the days with "my" celebrity, there were fans that were truly to be pitied. Some fans were downright annoying and bothersome to the point of being stalkers, but some were really sad.
I remember one woman who was on the verge of bankruptcy and was about to be evicted from her apartment, had her utilities cut off because all of her money was being spent on travel and tickets to shows. When she couldn't afford overnight lodging close to a venue, she'd sleep in her car in the parking lot.
There were times when the crew showed up and reported that she had taken the bus to the show, and she had been stationed outside the venue, sleeping on a lawn chair. She literally had five cents in her pocket and had no idea how she was going to eat. The crew gave her their unused meal comps so she could have a decent meal. Were they enablers? Yes, but this person was so darn nice, so much fun to talk to, and so devoted to this celebrity that everyone felt sorry for her. I've noticed that she is still popping up on message boards, asking for comps, rides to venues, distressed because she can't be at a certain show because she has no money for tickets. This person traveled thousands of miles during the year just to see her idol.
I think that in the case of the sheeple, these are needy people who feel that Kate fulfills something missing in their lives. Are they annoying? Some of them most certainly are. It's their attitude that throws out any kind of sympathy one would have for them because they are so blind in their devotion for her, refusing to see what she is really like.
If a mediocre someone lost their job, by now they would most likely be in a world of hurt without having another job. I know this because I recently switched jobs myself. Chances are most people don't leave a first job without trying to line a second job up or in the process, if you are smart.
Yet those people who remain unemplyed, such as Kate, I can't figure out how she is able to afford this trip or that trip, this car, tuition (though don't you pay tuition once a year?) bils once a month surely add up. And is she spent $700 on groceries last month, with or without a big coupon...just well, Kate should feel some financial strain.
Fact that she continues to live as she faces none suggest to me she lied about being broke or even scantly worried about being unemployed. I think what shocked her was that she could no longer ride TLC train anymore that's all.
JM said...
I believe this is where she was - found this on twitter . ..
thackert
Had dinner with Kate Gosselin last night out here in WY http://t.co/MbRByTSH
I think its from yesterday. there is a twitpic but don't know if I copied the full link.
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JM said...
I think this is the link to the photo . . .
probably have to copy and paste to get to it. ..
http://yfrog.com/oce8qwj
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Thanks, JM. I'll make it clickable:
Here's his Twitter:
http://twitter.com/#!/thackert
Here's the photo:
http://yfrog.com/oce8qwj
His tweet:
@thackert Travis Hackert
Had dinner with Kate Gosselin last night out here in WY yfrog.com/oce8qwj
9 Oct (12:59 PM)
Looking at his Twitter page, he says he lives in Louisville, KY but he's from Michigan. His recent tweets indicate that he was going on a road trip to go hunting. It seems he left Kentucky on Friday to drive about 24 hours with his father all the way to Wyoming. They arrived on Saturday afternoon, and planned to go hunting on Sunday.
It looks like he tweeted on Sunday morning that the elk hunt had begun. That was around 8:30 am, and then his next tweet was the one about having had dinner last night (Saturday) with Khate.
So, it looks like he and his father were out in Wyoming on Saturday night having dinner. They probably ran into Khate in the restaurant and he asked if he could take a picture with her. I'm sure Khate just loved that, hoping it would be posted on Twitter and make her little tweeties go crazy.
Kate could have $20 million dollars in the bank and another $2 million in her wallet and it would not be "enough".
Remember Kate was asked about this once and her reply was "Oh, you can't ever have enough money, can you?"
I think Kate's main gripe is that she's not in people's living rooms every week anymore. Being on Twitter helps, and a website will keep her face viewable, but she wants the TV show recognition even more than she wants more money.
Kate could have $20 million dollars in the bank and another $2 million in her wallet and it would not be "enough".
Remember Kate was asked about this once and her reply was "Oh, you can't ever have enough money, can you?"
I think Kate's main gripe is that she's not in people's living rooms every week anymore. Being on Twitter helps, and a website will keep her face viewable, but she wants the TV show recognition even more than she wants more money.
She's Nuts said...
I don't follow Twitter closely, but based on reading this blog the non-fans certainly seem to think they have a right to know where Kate is at all times.
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I don't think this is because non-fans think they have a "right" to know, but because they are interested in whether sightings by others are valid or not, or whether Kate is lying once again.
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Lying about what? She didn't say anything about whether or not she was traveling. There was no lie to prove or disprove.
Now why did that post twice? It seems whenever I
use the Preview feature this happens. hmmmm
In the Neighborhood, I just think of Kate more as a Philly person than PA Dutch. I'm up north a few hundred miles, never heard anyone refer to the bacon in packs, although these days with manufacturers downsizing everything, they probably aren't all lbs anymore. She is confusing....
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Kate grew up just down the road from me, Lancaster County, E-town. Philly was a world away. I think that some of what we learned growing up sticks with us in our adulthood, no matter where we live. I have to laugh at some of her phraseology, so typical of Lancaster County, but has viewers scratching their heads. It's sad because I know exactly what she is saying. There are some things you just can't lose, no matter how "big city" you want to be.
I'm off to the store to buy bacon for the BLTs tonight! The newspaper is advertising "Bacon: Buy two packs, get one pack free." No kidding! I wish I could scan it and post it here!
What do others call of pack of bacon? A package? I'm not getting how this is only Central PA vernacular? To me, this is what you get at the supermarket. At the butcher or farmers market, it's different.
Mmmmm.....BLT's.
Lying about what? She didn't say anything about whether or not she was traveling. There was no lie to prove or disprove.
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I wasn't referring to THIS TIME specifically. You stated that non-fans think they have a right to know. My response was that perhaps some non-fans check on facts to either prove or disprove what she has said or implied...not in this specific traveling adventure, but whenever there are sightings reported, or if she claims to be this place or that place.
Earlier today I read (on-line, can't remember where) that Hugh Heffner said he would not be offering Kate Gosselin a "spread"; not because of her looks but because SHE IS NOT A CELEBRITY.
OUCH, that must hurt.
bm
I don't think anyone here is "demanding" to know where Kate is, however, I do care when Kate travels because I care how she's spending the children's money. She's the guardian of that money and we're watching her piss it away and documenting it. If she's just going to McDonalds or Target or grocery shopping I don't see folks demanding to know as her tweeple do.
Anonymous said...
Earlier today I read (on-line, can't remember where) that Hugh Heffner said he would not be offering Kate Gosselin a "spread"; not because of her looks but because SHE IS NOT A CELEBRITY.
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Old story.
How much school are the twins missing this time? They didn't have class on Friday. There is no school this Friday. School is in session today. Will they take four days off?
Education, to Kate, is secondary in the whole scheme of things. What does this teach the kids? That you just take off school whenever school gets in the way of your plans?
Whatever happened to the simple birthday parties - the sleep-overs, pizza nights with friends, roller skating? If she wanted to spend the weekend alone with her girls, without the little kids along, that's wonderful. But why take them out of school? There are fabulous places in the Poconos this time of the year... beautiful fall foliage, horse-back riding. Why this addiction to extensive traveling to the other side of the country? Is her own state mediocre? Does she experience the same kind of euphoria in traveling as a drug addict gets with a fix, or the same closeness to divine beings one gets with a religious experience?
Or, is this just another case of self-importance, throwing it into the face of her tweeties...see what I can do, see what my wealth affords me? Flaunting at its best. Is there a word for travel addiction? It's more than just a Wanderlust. It's a compulsion.
About the bacon? When writing out a recipe, you should refer to the amount, i.e., a pound of bacon.
Anonymous said…I don't follow Twitter closely, but based on reading this blog the non-fans certainly seem to think they have a right to know where Kate is at all times. Exhibit A: a non-fan on this site researched flight times to Denver. Why do people here feel entitled to know whether Kate was or was not in the Denver airport?
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I don’t think it’s anymore than squelching or confirming information.
My question is why are you fans so willing to think Kate can do no wrong? Her speeding tickets are excessive in speed and number. With a small sports car she admits she likes to drive fast why don’t you dear tweeting buddies ask her why she’d risk her life and the lives of others by continually speeding? Or ask her if she thinks that might be setting a bad example for her kids. Or simply ask her why she doesn’t address “all” the “rumors” on her blog where there is a specific section for doing just that. Why are you only compelled to tell her how inspirational and fantabulous she is.
About the bacon? When writing out a recipe, you should refer to the amount, i.e., a pound of bacon.
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That would be one way to do it. But if a pack of bacon is a pound, then the cook could pretty much figure out that if the recipe calls for two packs of bacon, it means two pounds, and he/she could ask for two pounds if buying it from a market or butcher.
Happy Thanksgiving to other Canadians here! I have been so sick the last 10 days, and ruined our family Thanksgiving, and feel so bad about it.
Chefsummer-after so many explanations, from the others,about what exactly you meant-I am still very confused, makes my headache worse!
My parents were married very young, have been together for 51 years last month. By the time mom was 20, she had 4 kids, each a year apart, then 2 years later, had 2 more.She was a stay at home mom, only dad worked away from home. We did not have lots of money, but we had a lot of love,and today,we have so many wonderful memories to share. Kate is ruining her kids lives, by giving,giving,giving, this will not end well when they become adults. They will continue to want material things, and forget about the real things that are most important. I feel so sorry for them, that their mother is a real doltze.
We lived in a small house. We had bunkbeds made, with not 2 levels, but they were 3 levels, and we got as much and as good of a sleep as kids who sleep in fancy beds,fancy rooms, alone in a bed.They were just a tad lower, and a tad higher, and they worked very well. If kate would down-size, she could easily have 2 of these beds for the tups, 3 girls,3 boys,and the twins could have a regular bunkbed,or 2 twins. Those kids are so small, the weight would not be an issue for a long
time.
Okay, feel better for getting that off my congested chest, now back to bed.
"Real" cookbooks don't use terminology like a "pack" of bacon. They use the weight i.e., 1 lb., 1/2 lb., two strips. And they put the ingredients and steps in order.
Kate writes her recipes like she writes entries for the rest of her blog, unprofessionally.
Kate came from mediocrity, her blog is mediocre and her knowledge about most things appears to be very limited. She uses the excuse that she has 8 kids.
I have to wonder what she'd be like if she had no kids.
Kate Rate said,
"Real" cookbooks don't use terminology like a "pack" of bacon. They use the weight i.e., 1 lb., 1/2 lb., two strips. And they put the ingredients and steps in order.
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I guess it depends on the cookbook. I have a some that use "box" of frozen peas; small jar of strawberry jelly, and "can" of fried onion rings. One is a BH&G cookbook, one is Betty Crocker home entertaining. They are not new, though, so maybe cookbooks have gotten more "professional" in recent years!
RE: IPADS
kate tweeted she didn't receive 5 ipads from linda. could be kate-speak for i only got one
who knows with her since the other 4 had just shipped.
or this is all a hoax to stir people up. if kate wasn't such a known grifter or at least acknowledged things it wouldn't be so easy for people to cause drama in her life.
EM
Church cookbooks are notorious for using the local language. If you buy the cookbook from a church in S. Carolina to give as a gift for a cousin in New York, it can get tricky. Sometimes the ingredients don't make any sense.
Where I live, the recipe for sloppy joes contains ground beef, tomato sauce, chopped onions, and chopped mangoes. WHAT? Fruit in my sloppy joes? I don't think so, Sally. So, I asked about it. "Mangoes" are the local term for bell peppers. Who knew?
As I said before, Ah, those regionalisms will get you every time.
New post up. No pictures with this one either.
We can't even have recipes without a plethora of !!!
Recipes! Menu Monday!!
Hi all!
I recently created two exciting new dinners! I received rave reviews on both, so I thought I would share them with you!
The first one:
Kate’s Cheesy Bacon Surprise
Ingredients:
4 tbsp flour
1 tbsp garlic
4 tbsp butter
1 cup milk
16 oz grated Parmesan cheese
1 box of “twirly pasta” (can use bow ties or med shells as well), cooked til al dente
8- 12 oz of gouda and or cheddar cheese (I used leftover cheese from a party platter that I had frozen)
1 pack of bacon, baked and crumbled
1 bag of frozen peas, steamed
Pinch of salt
Pepper to taste
Use first 5 ingredients to make a white cheese sauce: melt butter in a pan, add and sauté garlic. Mix flour then milk until smooth consistentcy over low heat then add Parmesan cheese. Set aside.
Combine cheese sauce with pasta, peas, and bacon and mix.
Over low heat add and or other cheeses to the mixture (gouda is amazing! It will add little melted bites of cheese throughout!)
Salt and pepper to taste!
Note: on “leftover night’” this is even better than the first time!
Gosselin Rating: This received a perfect “10″ in my house which is rare!
Kate’s Last Minute Cheesy Chicken and Rice Casserole
Ingredients:
2 cups baked chicken
2 cups cooked whole grain brown rice
1 1/2 cups mild shredded cheddar cheese
1 bag frozen broccoli, cauliflower, carrot- steamed and finely chopped in food processor or by hand (can also use a bag of frozen mixed veges)
2 cans of cream of chicken
8 oz low fat sour cream
2 cups finely crushed croutons
In a bowl, combine the cream of chicken soup, 3/4 cup cheddar cheese, and sour cream. Add
the baked chicken, rice, finely chopped cooked veges, and pour into a 9 X 13 pan.
Top with remaining cheddar cheese and croutons.
Bake for about 45 min on 350 degrees or until bubbly!
Enjoy!
Time Saver: I made two casseroles and froze one without the croutons on top!
Gosselin Review: This scored an average of a “9″ which is wonderful!
xoxo
K8
fidosmommy, actually, I was with you on the mangoes! Maybe a peck of them or a grandma's handful?
Funny the Cheesy Chicken and Rice Casserole I make all the time when I am "cleaning" out the cupard - Hmmm...Last time I checked that was a Campbell soup recipe.. Boy Kate sure is amazing! She is great at plagarism
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Well, Kate COOKS with milk, anyway. Maybe the kids each got a glass for supper after she poured out what she needed for her casserole namesake.
Bugaboo said...
Funny the Cheesy Chicken and Rice Casserole I make all the time when I am "cleaning" out the cupard - Hmmm...Last time I checked that was a Campbell soup recipe.. Boy Kate sure is amazing! She is great at plagarism
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If you google Campbell's Cheesy Chicken and Rice Casserole, it's right there. It's not "Kate's" recipe - it's Campbell's. Good grief, she still hasn't learned not to copy recipes from the internet or soup cans and pass them off as her own.
That's how she writes a recipe? And this woman tried to write an entire cookbook?! Oh please.
No cookbook, let alone recipe I have ever seen has that many !!!! writen in.
And why do I so not believe all Kate's meals always recieve 9-10 high marks? There isn't one her kids won't eat? What about when she took the kids to that Amish farmer and the kids complained they had already eaten Eggplant Pamasean for a week or so? Oh yeah, great cook Kate.
Her recipe for cheesy bacon pasta is just gross to me. Who adds pepper to pasta? I guess you could if it's a regional thing but I've never heard of it. I grew up in southeast Cali so maybe it's an east coat thing. But I never ate bacon, I still to this day don't eat pork products so forgive me if I think her recipe would just clog arteries with the cheese, butter and bacon.
http://career-advice.comcast.monster.com/in-the-office/workplace-issues/become-a-human-lie-detector/article.aspx?WT.mc_n=comcast802
How to detect & spot a liar. The "ums" & "ahs" caught my attention. Of course, it's not a surprise.
~HC~
Who in the world is this person who consistently posts this link on Twitter? Whenever I check the tweets, thar she blows!! Anyone know?
kimberlyripley
Kate Gosselin Launches http://t.co/mnerdtVl(preview) Web Site http://t.co/KhRkzTBv(preview)
Back to whether Kate is still on TLC's payroll. I think it is likely because there is no way that she would pay for this Denver trip with the twins. She spends money on herself and will not spend a dime on the kids except for necessities. I agree with whomever said that if the kids are spoiled, TLC spoiled them and not Kate because she neglects them.
I have been making that cheese casserole recipe for twenty years. I learned it from my husband's grandmother, who had been making it for several years before I learned the recipe.
BooBooKitty
Her recipes are not original in the least, nor are they that good. They're what I call "Fine Dishes." As in, it's just fine. Nothing special, but it tastes ok and fills your stomach. Fine Dishes also usually range from cheap to moderately inexpensive and are heavy in starches.
I hope what she or her "helper" usually prepares for the kids is a bit heavier in fresh or at least frozen veggies and a bit lighter on the starches.
I can't believe anyone thinks she should give cooking, meal planning or nutrition advice. Her knowledge and skill appears to be truly average, what anyone would pick up from reading cans and boxes and having to feed kids.
Recipes! Menu Monday!!
Hi all!
I recently created two exciting new dinners! I received rave reviews on both, so I thought I would share them with you!
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Ummmm... Campbells indeed created the chicken and broccoli casserole, probably when cream of chicken soup first came out in 1947. There is a recipe on Allrecipes for the bacon pasta dish that is quite similar, except it looks like Kate adapted it to use a white sauce instead of the heavy cream originally called for. The sheeple constantly bleat that we pick her apart, there would be nothing to pick at if she just didn't LIE so much. If her kids like those dishes and she feels they are kid-friendly enough to post on her dumb website, then why not just say "my kids love these casseroles and they freeze well, give them a try." Nooooooooo... dipshit has to claim she created them as well.
As someone stated above, she is simply unable to stand on her own. She is using her children and plagarizing recipes again because there is absolutely nothing remotely interesting about her and she has zero to offer. She's famous for being infamous. And that ridiculous tweet about kids not missing anything.. helllloo? Pot + kettle = meet. The list of family, experiences, and peer relationships the G kids have missed out on thus far is quite lengthy. She's certifiable.
I'm one of 8 and my mom would have had to COOK not freeze that second casserole for one meal.
But I suppose the kids probably got 3 grapes and 1/2 a banana with the meal to fill them up.
And as for her "10" meals being rare ... This is what? two meals in two weeks that the kids have rated a "10" according to her. So we have two "10"s and a "9" ... not believing it Katie.
Cheesy bacon pasta in the REAL world is spaghetti alla Carbonara...geesh what a dolt she is if she thinks this is HER recipe. Her version simply switches pasta type. I seen her version on macaroni boxes.
The recipe I've made I got it years ago from an Italian cookbook - my son's Italian MIL give my spaghetti alla carbonara a thumb's up). It's my 34 year old son's fav recipe - I've been making it for years.
Yes, pepper is included in the recipe. Milk rarely is. It is one HUGE artery clogger so it's a once a year dish these days LOL
As a side comment - the woman is NOT eating enough calories/day for a normal 35 year old woman of her height - let alone a supposed "runner". She NEEDS a trainer, and right quick as well as a nutrionist. It's NOT a thing to be proud of that one has "nevah" used a trainer "evah". She's headed for a heck of an injury (and/or hospital stay for malnutrition/dehydration.
Clearly she is not a person to be giving nutrition OR fitness advice - at least without a disclaimer.
Good golly miss molly, as they (I don't who they are/were) say.
Marie said... Who adds pepper to pasta? I guess you could if it's a regional thing but I've never heard of it...
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Raising my hand here. Pepper on top of pasta, regardless of what sauce is used, 99.99% of the time. Freshly ground is best. Pepper IN most of my sauce recipes too. Have lived most of my life in Michigan and Ohio and I am German/Russian/Polish by ethnicity.
These "use a pack of this and a chunk of that and a can of cream of somethin'" recipes, the nation been using for many generations. They ended up on box and can labels decades ago because homemakers were using them, not the other way around.
I dont intend to defend Kate, but it's possible she has these dishes in the back of her pea-brain from church and family gatherings from when she was a child; she just doesnt remember. So when she puts 2 cans and a box mix together with some peas or carrots for color, she really does think she is inventing something.
Also, the 'pack of this, and a sack of something else' directions, says to me she made it ONCE, or observed it being made, and couldnt replicate it if her life depended on it because she has no idea how it came together.
(ps It may be a regional thing to say 'pack of bacon', but I have only purchased bacon in the 12 oz package for about 6 years now; So to many people a 'pack of bacon' might not mean a pound. Goes to show you she does little of her own grocery shopping and pays no attention to mediocre things like that.)
If Kate was in WY on Saturday night, maybe the person upthread who guessed that she was at the Red Reflet Ranch was correct. After all, she's been there before. She's taken the boys on a solo trip, and then the little girls, so maybe this is her trip with just the twins. But -- if she had dinner with the tweeter, where were the twins? Surely Ashley isn't coming back to PA from college to travel with Kate. I'd be surprised if Ashley ever traveled with Kate again in this lifetime. Would she see the twins as old enough to stay in their room and eat a room service dinner without her standing over them and dictating the order in which they ate it? Was purseboy on babysitting duty? Questions, questions, questions.
Re the recipes -- they aren't all that starchy. A box of pasta is 12 - 16 oz, depending upon brand. That's at most, 2 oz. per kid. Not much at all for a growing child. Two cups of rice is, again, 2 oz. per kid. The second casserole does have additional starch in the crushed croutons, but, again, not all that much. Neither recipe sounds like it would be all that filling when divided among 8 growing kids. I certainly hope she adds a salad and fruit or maybe a side veg. or 2 to those meals, but then, we've all seen how much she (doesn't) feed those kids.
readerlady
Hippie Chick said...
How to detect & spot a liar. The "ums" & "ahs" caught my attention. Of course, it's not a surprise.
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Here's the thing about that. Even if Kate knows the signs, she cannot control them. All she cares about is being able to spew whatever she fancies that particular day and see who will take a bite. It's like she goes fishing and hopes someone else will bring the worms type deal.
OT, but Cher is going to be on DWTS tonight to watch Chaz. We were just wondering about that last week.
Is she making two casseroles out of 2 cups of chicken or she doubles it. Either way she is starving these kids. Especially Mady and Cara who are entering puberty. I cannot imagine how much they must eat when they have a relaxed dinner with Jon. Can you imagine if any of these kids were allowed to have dinner at a friend's house and saw what a normal family dinner is like. She is setting up all of them up for eating disorders. I would love to have these kids for a month to enjoy a real family, filled with after school activities, play time with friends, simple bike riding, a walk with the dog, kids helping with dinner and setting the table, without being screamed at the whole time, without a selfish mother who thinks her $hit don't stink.
@Dwindle,
Go ahead and raise your hand! Enjoy your pepper! I mean I come from Belgian immigrants and many of my relatives put pepper on just about everything except pasta. What do I know, I grew up the desert!
A pack of bacon...now, I don't cook bacon because I don't eat it but isn't a whole package of bacon a bit much to add to an entire dish? Well, I guess it depends on the size of dish maybe I wouldn't know.
Just seems her "cooking," isn't really cooking, it's...COPYING! Peas in a cheese pasta? Now that I've never heard of. What can I say? Where I grew up we ate meat with one seasoning, potatoes mostly. I didn't know there was such a thing as other seasonings till I moved out on my own! Boy there are so many!
Kate's kids are going to get out in the world and realize cooking is more than mom's cooking! I wonder how Kate will feel replaced when her kids find someone else, a spouse or such to rave over some else's food. I ain't buying the she always gets a 9 or 10 on most meals.
I was disturbed she fed her kids Eggplant casserole for a week. Proof she surely does not cook every night! Sorry but if you use a mix is it entirely cooking from scratch?
OM goodness! When DH and I were first married we had an argument (heated discussion really) because "I" said mangoes were a fruit and "He" said his mom called green peppers mangoes and she was ALWAYS right...I took him to the grocery store to show him a mango. Look though he did, he couldn't find any reference to mango in or around the green peppers. THEN he understood why I looked at him oddly when he said a beloved recipe of his Mom's called for "mangoes" and it was a sloppy joe recipe. He is born and raised in the community we live in, cnetral state, I was from upstate eastern area. Mangoes as a term for green peppers has gotta be a regional thing, but I have never since (till this newsgroup) ever heard of anyone calling mangoes green peppers in all my 58 years. Too funny.
from Kate's tweet and don't want kids to feel they missed anything!
But Kate....they're going to feel that they missed all kinds of things!!!!!
Not having their birthday with their siblings/dad! Not going to other family birthdays (like their cousins)!
Missing soccer tournaments cuz they're traveling for work!!
Not hanging out at the beach with their friends !!!
Having to make up schoolwork cuz they're traveling for work!!!
Not having a normal school lunch!
Not being able to sit with friends on the school bus!
Not having 3 birthday parties each year like their siblings!
Also, the 'pack of this, and a sack of something else' directions, says to me she made it ONCE, or observed it being made, and couldnt replicate it if her life depended on it because she has no idea how it came together.
Agreed.
It's the same thing with the "mom duties." The reason we hear the same 4 things (laundry, cooking supper, running, & paying bills) over and over is that she DOESN'T do any of that stuff.
It's just how she waw it done once/ Or thinks it might be done. Or maybe she that's how she saw June Cleaver do it on tv once.
Except that I don't recall June Cleaver ever exercising. :) She could learn from June; June was actually nice to her kids.
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