Thanks, Shawn, for sharing your work with us. You can check out more of Shawn's stunning photos at his web site, especially more of his awesome portraits.
Monday, December 19, 2011
Local photographer captures photos of Kate at Target
Up and coming Berks County photographer Shawn Rutkowski ran into Kate at Target the other day and whipped out his camera. The young artist captured a softer, gentler side of Kate we don't see that often as she shopped for paper towels, storage containers and feminine products. Shawn is graciously letting us post the photos here.
Thanks, Shawn, for sharing your work with us. You can check out more of Shawn's stunning photos at his web site, especially more of his awesome portraits.
Thanks, Shawn, for sharing your work with us. You can check out more of Shawn's stunning photos at his web site, especially more of his awesome portraits.
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I'm just shocked that Kate doesn't seem to cook for several meals at a time. I'm just feeding me and the hubby, and I'm always making something that stretches for a couple dinners and lunches.
I'm also really good at repurposing leftovers. What I love is taking what's leftover in the refrigerator from the week and making a frittata on Sat. or Sun. morning.
I haven't done this in awhile but I used to spend Sunday afternoons cooking for the week, making three or four dinners and sticking them in the fridge or freezer. I started to get a bit tired of microwave meals, they don't taste as good usually, but it sure was nice not to have to cook most of the week.
Not only is this a common sense thing to do, but it's something people have been doing pretty much since the invention of the microwave. A blog in 2011 with this "tip" is almost like a parody.
Admin 198...sorry, I understand. I was just so annoyed at a person being paid for doing such a crappy job when a competent coupon blogger could offer helpful ideas to those who need it. Please accept my apology- I'm new here !
barbee said... 194
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Great Post- so on point! Kate has no talent, makes little effort to do any "job" she has ever been given, is an insult to CC, does not know that leftovers do not translate to $ saved but rather time and effort on her behalf.
She is a classic example of a "reality star" who really had NOTHING to offer other than her kids, and has always taken a lazy route, will never stop grifting, does NOT appreciate anthing as she is "owed," and imposes her life on CC, which has nothing to do with savings. She really never does get the job done. I am annoyed by her lack of "giving back" when so many have done so much for her, her grifting with the vulnerable tweeters, who for some reason need her in the lives, as if they were created to take care of her every need, her fake lifestyle she presents as a "Supermom" which she was "portraying on film," as opposed to actually doing, the list goes on and on.
My main attraction to this disaster and web site has always been about how the kids were doing and faring with the cameras, as well as Kate off camera, as they always seemed to be a means to an end for Kate. And the more popular the show became, the more the narcissist felt it was "all about her.," with Jon and the kids serving their purpose for her kids. She became a hands-off mother who delegated duties of parenting and child care, and focused on herself. Never any gratitude that she had 8 healthy kids. She used the Christian population to pay for her every need initially and then morphed from there, never seeing anything wrong with this, even after she was a millionaire. She seems to believe that everyone on the face of this earth was put here to address "her needs" which I believe is why so many people can't stand her and never will. You can't change personality. She is an endless pit of LOVE ME, who has no appreciation for anyone around her, most importantly her own children who she used to gain fame. I see ZERO redemption in her and I think this is why so many of us have stuck around. Sorry for the long post, but this woman has no self-awareness, and chances of her changing (other than the "image" she presents) are zero to none. Wish the best for the G8 and hope Jon does all he can to make them feel like wonderful individual people, rather than commodities put on the face of the earth to "please Kate." Sorry for my rant, but she is vile.
By the way, our opinions vary as Kate is an oxymoron, her stories change from minute to minute, her behaviors and claims are ridiculous, so our opinions will vary based on her latest spin at any given moment. You can't make sense of nonsense. We all agree on her selfishness, and putting the kids first.
I wish all of the folks on this site a very happy, healthy holiday, and best wishes for a great new year. Sorry so long.
WOW! Kate please give me the name of the individual that trained your dog to UNWRAP the stolen goodies before eating them. I've got an English Bulldog and although he doesn't steal very often (can't reach things) he's been know to get ahold of some things and rips into them leaving only bits and pieces of the wrapping around. Do you know what we do then? Watch him carefully and check his poop to ensure everything comes out! Do you live in Camelot where the wind only blows on command thus making it easy for you to find the wrappers a few days later? Un-fricking-believable.
Even as I type my bully is sitting on the couch chewing on his deer antler...for those of you with storng chewers deer antlers are the best! Non staining and they sort of crumble as the dog chews them down. We don't allow our boy to have rawhide chews and these are a great alternative. Well worth the money.
I haven't been following the saga of the dog and the garbage food, but we did have windy conditions on Monday and Tuesday. It was just a little breezy yesterday, but unless she went out there and found the plastic right away, they would have blown out of the yard.
Did the dog unwrap the loaves and then eat them, leaving the plastic behind? :)
I think her little fibs are getting more and more less plausible.
In 1998 celebs making up "stories" for shows like the Tonight Show really became exposed when Fran Drescher admitted that she completely fabricated a story about cutting herself with a knife and having to call paramedics. I'm not sure who sleuthed it out, but I imagine sleuths back in the day could do it somehow!
She said she made up the lie so she would have something interesting to say, and she claimed that's what lots of celebs do when they go on those shows.
Every time Kate spins a tall tale I think of what Fran Drescher did.
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WOW! Kate please give me the name of the individual that trained your dog to UNWRAP the stolen goodies before eating them.
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LOL!! I was commenting on the same thing while you were posting yours! The story makes no sense, no matter how hard you try to make it work!
Yes, it definitely seems that everything is a "chore" to Kate. Shopping for and wrapping Christmas gifts for her kids, "slaving" in the kitchen to prepare Christmas dinner (incidentally...if the kids are going to their Dad's on Christmas Day, why would she want to spend her entire Christmas Eve day with them "slaving" in the kitchen?) and why would she need a lot of leftovers if they're not going to be there? All the tweeting about how overwhelmed, busy and exhausted she is, but she seems to find plenty of time to chat with strangers about her love life, her menu planning, and various other meaningless drivel, while, I assume, the kids entertain themselves. Kate, you never seem to take any pleasure in anything related to your family. Why is that? I love wrapping gifts for my kids, I love cooking Christmas dinner, listening to the kids playing, and having everyone around the table. But not Kate - she cannot seem to help making herself a martyr, even in what for most of us are pleasurable activities with our kids, husbands and families. We should really feel sorry for her, more than anything else as she has become quite pathetic. (PS, I don't believe the Shoka/plastic story either - think it was made up to bring her attention as usual. The chances of her finding a poop with plastic wrap in it on all her acres of land is slim at best).
I highly doubt Kate's story about Shoka because it just doesn't pull together. How did Shoka get to the breads if they were by the road with the trash cans? How did Kate find out that Shoka ate them? It's an awfully long driveway...
But anyhoo, I can tell you that some dogs have amazing dexterity, like my bichon frise. Once, he got into a box of chocolate-covered key lime cookies (yes, watched him like a hawk and he was fine) and ate two of them before I discovered his sneaky little ass. The box was sealed in plastic wrap and each cookie was individually sealed in plastic.
No kidding, the dog carefully unwrapped the box and each cookie. I'd swear he has opposable thumbs!
Tucker's Mom said... 200
I'm also really good at repurposing leftovers. What I love is taking what's leftover in the refrigerator from the week and making a frittata on Sat. or Sun. morning.
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Same here.
I make pot pies out of leftover beef or chicken stew.
Leftover baked potatoes, a beaten egg, parmesan cheese & bread crumbs, become croquettes on another day- or tater tots. Sometimes, if I have leftover ham, I chop it up with some chopped scallions, and add the whole sha-bang to the potato mixture- makes ham croquettes.
Et cetera, et cetera.
#9 Our beagle could completely unwrap a Hershey's kiss leaving all the foil intact.
As for Kate and her ever evolving dog story - banal nonsense, as usual.
And regarding the photos, the one thing that has always struck me is she is never photographed out shopping with friends, running with friends, going to lunch with friends, doing anything social with another adult, other than the Kiwi. I suspect she frequently goes shopping for next to nothing in her cart because that is the extent of her adult contact on those days. Her day to day life seems to be quite empty, which explains all the bizarre twittering.
Very strange woman.
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After seeing the photos of her son in the parking lot crawling underneath her van for a piece of paper, I do believe Kart would mindlessly leave plastic wrapped loaves outside, where the dog found them, before SHE took the garbage cans out to the road for pick-up.
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Ha, ha! Oh that's a good one! The visual is too funny. I can just picture her teetering on her stilettos as she wobbles down the driveway dragging garbage cans behind her, with those neatly wrapped little loaves of bread balancing precariously on top of the cans.
Sorry, url, I couldn't resist! I'm sure you meant to say "before she ordered the icky boys to take the garbage cans out to the road for pick-up."
Thanks for the laugh.
Just stating the obvious, but putting any food, even wrapped food, near or on top of a garbage can is not only unsanitary but very dangerous. E. coli and a variety of other horrible germs could be all around those bins.
Who bleaches their garbage bins every week. Please.
Just a comment that Kate is not "fresh faced" in those pictures. She looks like she is wearing heavy (amlomst pancake) makeup. Her eyeshadow and liner are more nuetral colors but still pretty thickly slathered on......
Am I alone in thinking these baked breads left out for the sanitation workers never existed? This story closely resembles the one about those supposed, lavish Easter baskets that the kids tore into like savages, disallowing Khate to take a single photo of them for her tweeties. Has Khate even posted ONE pic of all these Christmas goodies she's been baking? For a woman so bent on publishing a cookbook, I thought she'd be excited and proud to share her talents with her Twitter/blog audience.
I seriously don't think she left any food outside for anyone. She could have posted the story of baking for the trash men, then realized they, or their family/friends, could easily out her and state this never happened. Suddenly, she comes out with "Aww, darn! The dog ate them! Oh, well!" Then comes the outcry from dog-lovers and haters ripping her a new one for her lack of concern over Shoka consuming plastic. She backpedals again, stating she found ALL the plastic in the yard (after a windstorm, no less).
I know that in past years, Khate and Jon have claimed to leave treats out for sanitation workers. Maybe they did, maybe they didn't. But her lack of any evidence discredits everything she says. Then again, maybe she did post pics of her bakery - I would have no idea since I don't visit her blog or her Twitter page. If that's the case, I may take back some of my suspicion. I usually go the info fellow bloggers post here, and I didn't read any comments about what her bakery looked like.
I will say leaving food near a garbage container is disgusting and disrespectful to the recipient. Why couldn't she walk it outside, or wait with it in her car at her gate? I remember when I was a little kid, my mom would let my brother and me run out Christmas cards with a tip for the mail carrier. We'd sit at the front window and eagerly wait so we wouldn't miss him, then run outside to greet him. Maybe that isn't practical when your driveway is a mile-long, but she could have left a monetary gift instead. I agree with others here that they would appreciate that more zucchini bread.
Face plant. Today, today! mind you, Kate writes that the Christmas sales are starting. Where have you been?
The sales started at Thanksgiving and if you want to buy for next year, wait until after Christmas when the discounts are steep.
It is strange. No Pics of 121 loaves of bread but we get a photo of maybe 15 or 20. Why show the 1st batch only? We hear about 48 dozen cookies but don't see them. Easter baskets..nope. Endless wrapping..nope. I really feel if Kate were doing the things she says she is we would see pics. We see the baby bird.the trees that were "ruined", the Xmas tree. I just dont buy it. If Kate did make 121 loaves of bread we would have seen it. Her ego demands the accolades. Nary a photo of Thanksgiving prep either but her talk about it was endless.
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Also..what's all this "attack the day", bakes 121 loaves of bread, Being exhausted, can't get everything done with 8 kids home, endless wrapping, massive dinners. It's so forced.
I work more than full time. Have for a long time. Yet I still hopped, wrapped presents, made breakfast lunch and dinner, drove kids to school, met teachers etc. I don't see how kate is exhausted when she has 9 uninterrupted hours a day to plus HELP to "attack the day". Her day sounds pretty uneventful even IF you add 48 dozen cookies. Why the drama? And why do the sheep clamour over the smallest of tasks.
She should try working full time then adding those endless chores and slaving over dinners to her routine. Then she can cry exhausted.
She's a huge fake.
EM
The best photos of Kate, although on pix #3 you can see her hair sticking out and the hair piece. Too bad as Kate looked "almost" human.
I wonder if Kate plans to replace the bread that Shoka 'ate?' or will she shop a Christmas sale (they are on NOW she informs us!)with a coupon -and some up with a new gift for the sanitation workers?
There are Christmas sales? Holy crow! I best run right out there and get me some more STUFF.
Gimme a break kHatie. So pathetic.
OMG!!!! you guys!!!! On Sunday I made a roast turkey and on Monday we had hot turkey sandwiches and on Tuesday we had turkey soup and tonight we are having turkey pot pie!!! I have saved SOOOO much money, aren't I smart?
And my dog ate all the bones! How clever is she? Oh wait...I found the bones in the bathtub! Isn't she great to put them there for me?! YEah doggy and me!!
Sheeple advisory: my dog did not eat or come in contact with any bones, nor do I have a bathtub ;)
Saw she tweeted again about Little Angels so I went to their website to check it out based on the comments I saw here about it. How can she possibly claim here nearly 8 year olds and 11 year olds enjoy this? I thought they looked very cute and thought my son may like them but he is TWO! Shoot even his 4 year old cousin would find these boring. A DVD on learning letters? My 2 year old knows most of his letters already. How are we to believe her 8 year olds find this interesting or at all helpful.
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Saw she tweeted again about Little Angels so I went to their website to check it out based on the comments I saw here about it. How can she possibly claim here nearly 8 year olds and 11 year olds enjoy this? I thought they looked very cute and thought my son may like them but he is TWO! Shoot even his 4 year old cousin would find these boring. A DVD on learning letters? My 2 year old knows most of his letters already. How are we to believe her 8 year olds find this interesting or at all helpful.
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I think she's getting paid to tweet an endorsement.
Only a narcissist would do such a blog like hers. Most folks just post on facebook for friends and family and keep it private. I feel bad for the kids because she's just a terrible role model. No doubt, out of eight kids, some are going to be narcissists too.
Oh, the lying she spews....my ears, my ears!
You have to wonder what the real story is behind those doors at her big house. I hope she does have a nanny because it concerns me that she's out shopping at Target and would leave the six in the care of Cara and Mady. They all fight too much and those girls are simply not mature enough.
Yeah, don't go to any websites she tweets or blogs about. She may be getting paid.
So who ran around the 20-plus acres looking for plastic wrap? It's been raining here since Monday. Can't you see Kate jogging around the front yard in the pouring rain looking for pieces of plastic?
Looking at a website isn't going to cause her to get paid more don't be ridiculous. I didn't buy anything (Not that it should matter to anyone here if I did. They did honestly seem like something my son would enjoy) was merely interested in what the DVD's were about based on all the conversations about them the first time about. And honestly I don't mind her earning money from something like this if in fact that is the case. How does it harm anyone if she gets paid to say hey buy some DVD's?
Listen the woman is a horrible person I think just about everyone knows that at this point but its not like I'm going to try and keep her from earning money so long as it doesn't involve putting her kids on tv.
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Right on. I don't care that Kate is evidently tweeting for money or products. It's not filming the kids and that's great.
Jon was tweeting for the same a couple years ago.
Kate's blog is a great source of amusement for me ;-)
What a foolish woman; telling people they are saving money by serving leftovers.
Is this is the best the Domestic Goddess can come up with?
According to her reasoning, I should be worth millions when I think of all the roasts I have stretched over the years - and I am no millionare.
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Re: kids being narcissists. Idk, but some of them seemed to be coming a little full of themselves,,,but of course a lot of that is due to their sense of entitlement and Golden Platter status. I think their peers would keep them in line. But yes, I wouldn't be surprised if 2-3 girls and maybe 1-2 of the boys may have problems living a normal life...sad. I agree their being off TV is the main thing although Kate is trying desperately to maintain the fame for them all ( in public appearance)..or due to them all.
You are all correct; leftovers are a convenience only. A while back I was watching a family on Oprah (not a fan - was waiting for DH who was having surgery and the majority ruled in the waiting room)who was learning how to save money. One of the big things was the mother making way too much food for her family at each meal. One of her little assignments was to cook with NO leftovers. Not a crumb. It was very difficult for her to do but eventually she mastered it. She shaved her grocery bill by over 30% just by doing that alone. According to the expert on the show "the biggest part of your grocery bill is what is thrown in the garbage".
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So, did this family just never eat leftovers? I don't get how cooking one meal at a time saves money. Sounds like her food and money management skills needed work. Perhaps her cooking is bad?
lol...Left-overs save time and gas/electricity from the oven. and what family can eat a whole turkey at one meal? That doesn't make sense at all...plus some of our favorites ARE left-overs, as Bear'sWife mentioned !!
Leftovers can save money...IF you eat that food. If you just over cook and chuck it then of course you are not saving. We are not left over fans. The only left over I plan for are things I KNOW we will eat (like roasted whole chicken one night and hot sandwiches the next) OR what I will bring for lunch.
I would rather meal plan and consider how to use the rest of an item in a new meal. So I try to 'double book' ingredients.
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I've been thinking the exact same thing! She didn't really make treats for the trash collectors and needed an excuse as to why they didn't get anything. If she really did make them treats and Skoka really did eat them, I wonder if she gave the trash collectors something else or ended up giving them nothing.
And I agree, I would never eat anything found in a plastic bag on or near a trash can. Gross.
lol...Left-overs save time and gas/electricity from the oven
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A minuscule amount, if that. You have to cook a whole chicken or turkey or ham much much longer than you need to cook just a few cuts of it. You are also using electricity to zap a bunch of leftovers in the microwave or oven. The utilities should almost even out.
No one is knocking leftovers. Most people eat them. What's being knocked is acting like this is a huge money saver. It's not!
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Leftovers can save money...IF you eat that food.
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True, leftovers can end up WASTING you a bunch of money if they get buried behind the milk somewhere in the fridge. Also, eating leftovers doesn't save money--eating leftovers helps not to WASTE money.
We adore leftovers. Braises, pasta dishes and a baked chicken will last for days and days.
I try really hard not to throw anything out, but it happens. Before the food goes, I can usually figure out how to use it.
We also have a freezer in the basement, so I do bulk buying and making a whole lot.
Two reasons I know the Shoka story is made up:
1. It's too convenient that she suddenly found ALL the plastic wrappers in that huge yard with the wind and the rain AFTER she was getting heat from concerned animal lovers
2. If she put them out on the trash cans, how was she supposed to know it was the dog who ate them? Wouldn't she assume first that a raccoon got to them? Especially if the dog can't get past the gate?
Yeah, made up. And personally I find it super creepy when people just make up stories out of whole cloth. Compulsive lying is so weird and unnerving. Why do it? Why lie like that?
I bet she lies a LOT. And yes, leaving that dog outside alone all the time is wrong, wrong, wrong. So sad.
The problem with the Roma-whatever "faith" DVD endorsement is that Kate is a chronic liar, and a mother who abuses her children.
-Saying that her children like the DVDs implies that they will entertain 7 to 11 year olds, which is apparently far from the truth, and not the target market for the DVDs.
-Claiming that her children like the DVDs sounds a lot like getting the children to say "yes" to "do you like this" when it is all too obvious that her children will do anything they need to to avoid Kate screaming at them.
-Posting about her children as if they all have one opinion continues Kate's long-term practice of treating the children as a commodity, not as individuals with differing tastes, interests, and opinions.
-She is, once again, using her children to pimp a product.
-Kate makes a mockery of her alleged faith by attempting to publicly market herself, again, under the "faith" label after years of scamming Christians to build the wealth she now continually brags about.
That's plenty of reason to avoid the product, the website, and the recommendation, in my opinion.
But yes, I wouldn't be surprised if 2-3 girls and maybe 1-2 of the boys may have problems living a normal life..---------
Make that 4-5 girls and 1 maybe 2 males. The girls have been treated as Alpha, are favored, more bossy, and way more outspoken than the boys would ever be. Kate definitely treated the girls much differently than the boys, and it shows. I am sure some of the girls mimic their mother which is NOT a positive trait. Some of the girls are mouthy, bossy and generally outright mean to the boys - verbally and physically. Wonder where they learned this behavior??
I agree that Kate is running religion up the flag pole again. Fool the Evangelicals once shame on Kate. Food them twice...
I think the Shoka story is completely fabricated. I think she's trying to market herself as this busy oh-so harried mother of a huge bunch of children and all the trials and tribulations that go along with that. I think she has more help than we really know for cleaning, cooking, child-care - and everything. So she writes these blogs about wrapping presents for days and days to appear that she's sooo busy. And then the dog ate all these baked goods - oh - the turmoil! But she doesn't realize the holes in her stories until she gets called out on them - then has to backtrack.
My cousin in a millionare with an estimated worth close to what Kate's was estimated and it's much more money than any of us "mediocre" relatives could fathom. I think Kate has lots of money - I think she hid the couple million from the book sales alone - and that she has LOTS of help. I don't believe she cooks all those meals she talks about - maybe that's what the staff serves - but she sure isn't cooking them.
I also think she feeds rumors to the press like Hollybaby just so she can have a story written about her. Then she can also address the "rumors" and get more attention.
With Christmas just around the corner, Kate is likely in NYC to get a break from the kids and get her hair done. I do not know of anyone who travels away from home to get their hair done. It's so indulgent.
You're right. She's loaded
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I totally agree on every point. Knowing what a liar she is, coupled with her need to pretend to be super mom and pat herself on the back every time she does anything, I'm not buying any of what she's trying to sell.
Tons of talk all weekend about Easter baskets but not one single photo? When asked about it by sheeple, she says, oops, too late, the kids tore into them. My assessment? LAST year TLC was there and THEY did all the work, including 5,000 plastic eggs for an EASTER hunt. THIS year, lazy and inept Khate was on her own, so she lied all weekend on Twitter about the over the top Easter baskets she was making. Nope, not believing that one for a second.
That's kind of like how Halloween has played out. LAST year TLC was there and went all out - take the kids to a corn maze (all for show, quickly in and out, no fun, not real, as we all know, thanks to Werny Girl). Then TLC decorated a haunted basement for the kids, which, btw, I find so strange was just for them and not any friends. TLC's credit card meant a shopping trip to Party City where Kate just dumped tons and tons of stuff in shopping carts. The kids all got costumes and went Trick or Treating. THIS year? Well, no TLC to think of ideas, plan it, do it all, and pay for it all, so the kids get nothing while Khate goes to NYC for The View and dinner with her hair stylist.
Khate's trying to use Twitter in a desperate attempt to keep up the facade of this do it all, super mommy that TLC fabricated for a television show - and she is FAILING miserably.
Thanksgiving dinner for 21? Knowing how Khate loves to show off whatever she does so the sheeple can ooh and ah and tell her how great she is, I call bullshit on that all. Khate would have tweeted at least a photo of her fully set dining room table, and probably a photo with all the food (she didn't have to have any people in the photos). She tweeted a photo of her tree, but nothing for Thanksgiving. Hell, she even tweeted a photo of her dining room and what she said were Halloween "decorations", but it looked rather lame to me. Thanksgiving, nothing? Nope, not buying it.
Marathon baking session of 48 dozen cookies to be be frozen for kids' lunches? Well, she tweeted about them a lot, but again, not a single photo. I do remember the photo of those tomatoes she was freezing (not canning, though). So, I am positive if she had all those cookies, she'd LOVE to tweet a photo. In fact, she would not be able to resist. It's her way of saying "Look at this, I am such a super terrific mother, and I do so much more than all of you because I have eight, count them eight kids!" The sheeple play right into it and praise her, telling her they don't know how she does it!
The baking session of 121 loaves of bread? First of all, she ALWAYS mentions some large and exact number - the tomatoes, the cookies, the bread, etc. That day, she tweeted two photos - one of her baking "so far" and one of some finished loaves. There were mini loaves and super mini loaves. The super mini loaves looked smaller than muffins. Anyway, even if you counted them all, she did not have anywhere near 121.
The endless gift wrapping. But then when asked, she says that after they're all wrapped, she locks the presents back in the closet. Why? The kids don't believe in Santa, so they know the gifts are all from Khate. Wouldn't her sad tree look so much better with all those wrapped gifts under the tree?
It doesn't matter. I think every single time she tweets things like this, she is full of crap. It's her idea of what a super mom is and she's just pretending to be one, just like she did in the television show. The truth is that she just does not do very much of anything when she's at home, so she has to lie and come up with things that she can tweet about to keep up the facade. It's very obvious, and pathetically sad.
I was right when I thought Kate said she was serving baked beans.To me, those are navy beans you soak, then bake, which turn into brown, baked beans, a separate side dish.Where did the green beans get added? Kate didn't mention them, but a poster did after the post was up, saying it was a regional dish in P.A.
I have nothing against them, love baked beans, but Kate has them as a side dish, not in the crockpot.Am I crazy or what?Don't answer that.It is not a vital point, but interesting how things get changed, even amongst ourselves in our interpretations.
Sorry, didn't mean to make such a long post about something so trivial. Fire away.
Kate's whole "cook a meal, clean up after a meal" mantra was BS. Jon fessed up and said that they had a chef who would cook, bring wine, bring flowers whenever they filmed.
I think Kate is overwhelmed without the litany of help from TLC, thus the constant need to escape and be pampered. It's sickening how much she leaves her kids. That is just not normal.
NLAN said......It doesn't matter. I think every single time she tweets things like this, she is full of crap. It's her idea of what a super mom is and she's just pretending to be one, just like she did in the television show. The truth is that she just does not do very much of anything when she's at home, so she has to lie and come up with things that she can tweet about to keep up the facade. It's very obvious, and pathetically sad.
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Yes, I totally agree. It's almost as if Khate had gotten so used to TLC creating her life for her and living in "episodes", she cannot adjust to a mundane, everyday existence. With TLC gone, she's creating episodes for herself on her blog/Twitter, trying to re-capture the over-the-top adventures her family experienced. Baking 121 loaves of bread, with poor Shoka getting into them? That would have been a great episode! No one is watching, so no one can truly say it didn't happen. I think most of these grandiose events in her life are fabricated, or at least grossly exaggerated.
Like NLAN said, Khate would be posting galleries of photos showing off her baking/cooking/decorating if she was truly doing it. And really, those are the kinds of things Khate SHOULD be doing if she's still hoping for a job in that area of entertainment. Her blog is perfect, public forum for her to show what she has to offer to the world.
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Her blog is perfect, public forum for her to show what she has to offer to the world.
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And, sadly, that's exactly what it is.
Her treatment of Shoka has really gotten my panties in a bunch. I hate the thought of him being banished to the outside missing all the comfort and companionship he would get by being with his "pack."
I can't imagine leaving my two dogs outside and lonely, removed from the family they love. I can't imagine not letting them participate in our holiday. They love Christmas.
On Christmas Eve when we put gifts under the tree, my 11-year-old poodle/bichon mix will sniff out his gift, and lay in front of it guarding it. I have no idea how he knows it is his (it isn't food that he can smell). He would lay there all night if we let him, just waiting until we tell him to go ahead and open it. He and our 4-year-old mini-poodle love tearing open their gifts when we give the OK. They are so much fun to watch.
Kate shouldn't be allowed to have even a pet rock.
Tucker's Mom said... 47
Kate's whole "cook a meal, clean up after a meal" mantra was BS. Jon fessed up and said that they had a chef who would cook, bring wine, bring flowers whenever they filmed.
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Sorry, I'm lazy, I don't feel like reading all that is posted at the moment. When did Jon admit this?
Sorry if someone already said this...I'm just jumping in now.
So, the breads Kate baked were shown all tightly wrapped in Saran Wrap, right? And now she's saying that Shoka ate some but the plastic wrap
was still there? Some smart dog you got there, Kate. I've never known a dog who would carefully unwrap plastic from what he wanted to eat. The dogs I know would just start chewing right into the plastic and swallow it, too.
Some smart dog. She should get him to help wrap
packages next Christmas and help the kids open theirs.
underwalt
@mscatie @kateplusmy8 It's the day trips that create memories. This weekend there's a big festival at Dr. Mudds house in Southern MD.
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I don't know where these tweeters get some of their information. I love visiting the Dr. Mudd house and wondered what was going on there this weekend. I know that at the beginning of the month they have a Victorian Christmas celebration. I called them, and the man I spoke with at their contact number said that nothing is going on this weekend. The house and museum are closed until March. I'm glad I didn't drive down there!
It was during an interview. He spilled about everything that TLC took care of. He said that they had craft service, in other words, a chef.
So, Kate made 121 loaves of bread and the trash collectors are SOL because Shoka ate the loaves left out for them?
She truly is full of it.
Sorry guys, you get bubkis.
Kate sure is backtracking her lies.
I think Mark Burnett gave Kate her first challenge. She has to plug his wife's dvd (Roma Downey) and if sales hike, she gets a job on tv. The problem of course is Kate's fans are tweens, too old to watch this dvd, and please god, too young to make babies.
“Shoka” just posted another blog about the plastic and how he didn’t eat the plastic but the breads were delicious (paraphrasing). I think someone contacted the authorities and now Kate has to back track quickly. I think she thought the whole story was cute. It wasn’t.
Kate seems to be circling the drain quickly since the cancellation announcement. My prediction for 2012 is Julie May, her manager, will let Kate go as a client. Kate will then refuse to pay Julie for her services because she couldn’t continue to keep her famous. Always fun to predict.
Tuckers Mom: I have never heard of chocolate covered key lime cookies but they sound great. I see a Google search for those cookies in my future.
Molly12, I agree there was nothing remotely cute about Shoka eating 3 baked breads.
Instead of using this as a teaching moment, Kate chooses to write not one but two silly, unfunny Shoka Diaries.
How about teaching readers what to never feed a dog and what could cause sickness or worse. You know, chocolate, raisins, grapes, onions etc.
Aeris said... 48
....... With TLC gone, she's creating episodes for herself on her blog/Twitter, trying to re-capture the over-the-top adventures her family experienced.
Like NLAN said, Khate would be posting galleries of photos showing off her baking/cooking/decorating if she was truly doing it......
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Aeris, I totally agree with your entire post (just didn't want to re-post it all). Khate is creating a fantasy life on Twitter just like the fiction that TLC created for the show.
As for her blog, it's so pathetic. I've seen a lot of great mom type blogs, foodie blogs, entertaining blogs, etc. Khate's posts are random and haphazard. There seems to be no real plan for posts and as to what she is attempting to accomplish with that blog. She clearly has NO advice at all with it because it's a mess and definitely not working in any way to build a brand.
Her blog had no real advice, tips, or recipes for Halloween, Thanksgiving, or Christmas. One small example - one of the food blogs I read posted tons of recipes for each of those holidays the last few months, but also included posts with really cute cupcakes decorated for Halloween and Christmas. That's the type of thing her blog could have. Instead, it's just a bunch of random junk all about ME, ME, ME.
Speaking of that, even though all of my gifts are wrapped by now, I just wrapped some gift cards for my teen nieces and nephews. So, I pulled out my little shopping bag of scrap pieces of gift wrap to find the perfect small pieces to wrap gift cards. I've been saving the scraps for years and years, mostly for small gifts and stocking stuffers. I know, I'm a genius, right?!!! I should have a blog!!!!!!!
I'm just lookin at Twitter for the first time today and I see that my prediction last night was probably correct!
Last night, I posted:
Nobody Likes a Narcissist (NLAN) said... 181
JasonHueman Jason Backe
I think @TLC should do a hybrid show where the hoarders get learn #WNTW
December 20th, 9:32 PM
Kateplusmy8 Kate Gosselin
@JasonHueman youre on a roll @JasonHueman & I miss you. Up for a stemless glass again? Oh that disturbed me! :)
December 20th, 11:06 PM
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His tweet wasn't even to her, but she replied. WHY? Because that's her way of teasing that she will be in NYC city for another straw bleaching.
She's been home a whole two weeks since Las Vegas, so she must be itching to get out and away from the kids. With Christmas Eve and Christmas Day this weekend, she might be heading there this Thursday or Friday. Hmm, time to start a calendar for how often she's in NYC for her hair? It seems like once a month. What a ridiculous waste of time and money.
I know she's going down the toilet, soon to be gone forever (finally), but we really should start a calendar. I think there are definite patterns with her.
December 20, 2011 11:55 PM
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And, from this morning, just as I predicted:
JasonHueman Jason Backe
@Kateplusmy8 I would LOVE!!! will I see you before Christmas?
December 21st, 7:43 AM
I figured she did that tweet to him last night because she was hinting to the sheeple (and paps?) that she'll be there soon. But, his reply is strange since he's asking her if she will be there before Christmas. If she has an appointment, he would know that. She hasn't replied to his tweet yet.
Speaking of that, even though all of my gifts are wrapped by now, I just wrapped some gift cards for my teen nieces and nephews. So, I pulled out my little shopping bag of scrap pieces of gift wrap to find the perfect small pieces to wrap gift cards. I've been saving the scraps for years and years, mostly for small gifts and stocking stuffers. I know, I'm a genius, right?!!! I should have a blog!!!!!!!
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Funny you should mention that. I was wrapping last night, and needed paper to wrap a small jewelry box. I went through my "scrap" box, pulled out the perfect size and wrapped it. That scrap was a left-over from last year. I had to laugh to myself, thinking of Kate, and how totally crazy she is when she believes that she's come up with something incredibly genius all on her own.
NLAN said...60
And, from this morning, just as I predicted:
JasonHueman Jason Backe
@Kateplusmy8 I would LOVE!!! will I see you before Christmas?
December 21st, 7:43 AM
I figured she did that tweet to him last night because she was hinting to the sheeple (and paps?) that she'll be there soon. But, his reply is strange since he's asking her if she will be there before Christmas. If she has an appointment, he would know that. She hasn't replied to his tweet yet.
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
The time when he's not going to be willing to comp Kate's hair is rapidly approaching. What do you want to bet that she's in negotiations with him over the cost?
If he thinks he'll have a loyal client once Kate has to pay, he's probably in for a huge surprise.
Kate herself is probably in for a huge surprise if she goes looking for another NYC hairdresser who is willing to scorch those straw locks for free.
The end of the road is coming at her awfully fast.
Well that's interesting. I didn't know Mark Burnett is married to Roma Downey. Kart is sucking up to them hoping to be cast on one of his shows. She already blew her chance with the Palin Alaska fiasco. She doesn't miss a beat with her grifting.
Kate's blog has no new ideas or advice for readers.She has such a distorted view of herself, thanks to fans and tweeties, that she knows she can write useless drivel and they will drool over it.She's pathetic and these fans should look around them for a person who really deserves all this love and attention.
I suggest that these young teens look at their own Moms, the ones who really love them. Kate would step on their faces in her hurry to grift the richer, tv/movie star type who might be next in line to them.
She says herself she doesn't notice people when she's out in public- that means her fans, too.Wake- up, you're wasting precious time on this has-been.Kate loves money, not people.
I think Kate was so insistent on getting the 8 kids to live with her, that she never thought the end was near,or was ever coming.She thought this life she had on tv would last til the tups were 18 yrs.old.How many tv shows last that long, never mind reality shows?
She has to keep escaping to NYC to get away from the kids, since she never really had much to do with their care when the show was still on, the helpers and Jon did it all.She's freaking out now trying to get her easy life back, and I think Jon might becoming the one the kids live with.
Kate has no idea how to mother them and is seeing them now as money-takers, not makers.I bet in 6 months, they will be living with Jon. Kate is dumber than a bag of hammers.....
Sorry, didn't mean to give a sermon.We are going to my grandson's Christmas concert at school and will be videotaping and taking pictures of him and for other parents who want videos.I just started thinking of the 8 G's and wondered if their G'parents ever got the honor we have to-night. The thought of anyone denying me this time with my grandson would have a big fight on their hands.Kate,one day your kids will know what a loser you are.Hope you have a really good excuse ready for them, you witch.
If she has an appointment, he would know that. She hasn't replied to his tweet yet.
I think she is hinting for a comped appointment....
Hey Jude said...
I suggest that these young teens look at their own Moms, the ones who really love them.
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Unfortunately, not much is known about the relationship between these teens and their mothers. From reading some of the tweets, it's evident that they may come from very dysfunctional families.
First Kate says cream cheese bread which was yesterday and the new post she says pound cake. So...which one is it? I'm always lost when the story is changed day after day. Can't she even keep straight with what bread she makes?
I read an article today at the MailOnline about the media savy Beckham family. It appears that the Beckhams sent a Christmas card, containing a picture of their four children, to "a select band of journalists, magazine and newspaper editors worldwide". When the card featuring the children was "leaked online", the Beckhams "have been left furious".
I realize this is off-topic but is along the lines of I what suggested yesterday about Kate denying rumors which I believe she might have started herself in order to generate publicity.
The Beckhams appear to me to be very media savy, I mean they have been at it long enough. But to send a Christmas card containing a picture of their children, which they now say was meant as "private", to media people worldwide and now be furious that it was "leaked online".....?? I mean come on....
They are getting considerable extra coverage though and I guess that's what it's all about.
bm
The Kardashians also "released" their Christmas card and it is so over the top. They take themselves wayyyyyyy too seriously.
I don't believe any of that crap about the dog and the bread. Guess the trash men will not be back until after Christmas - too bad - no treats this year. She couldn't have just quickly ran back in grabbed more from her hoard?
Unbelievable that the only reason Kate is shilling those DVDs is because of the Mark Burnett connection. lol
Yes, Julie May Carson is grasping at straws for her.
The next story will be more about the plastic wrap, I'm just certain of it. Kate's fans will hear all about how the plastic wrap not only stayed in the yard in a windstorm, but the wind
twisted and twirled it into the perfect shape of a bow! Kate is using it to decorate her patio door now. It twinkles in the lights from the tree, don't you know.
Oops...I meant Julie Carson May.
I agree- the whole Shoka story was fabricated. If she saw the missing goods ( which yes, did change into pound cake etc as Marie said) wouldn't she have noticed the plastic on her way back to the house? I don't think much on her blog is true except maybe the pathetic bits of humor or advice she offers...
The next story will be more about the plastic wrap, I'm just certain of it. Kate's fans will hear all about how the plastic wrap not only stayed in the yard in a windstorm...
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She had to dry it first. It's been raining for a few days. Is Kate really too stupid to realize that there are those who live in the area and know exactly what the weather conditions are like? When she crafts her lies, doesn't she sit down and think..."this wouldn't make sense because it was windy," or "would I really be outside in the pouring rain looking for plastic wrap?"
She'd make a lousy detective.
I wonder why Kate hasn't made a Christmas card with a photo of the 8?
Tucker's Mom said... 55
So, Kate made 121 loaves of bread and the trash collectors are SOL because Shoka ate the loaves left out for them?
She truly is full of it.
Sorry guys, you get bubkis.
Kate sure is backtracking her lies.
December 21, 2011 2:10 PM
She most likley just gave that bread to somebody else. Screw the "trash men". They are bottom on the list anyway. She had to concoct a story in case the "trash men" were expecting their gift.
She probably gave the "trash man's" bread to her nail lady.
121 mini loaves, does she know 121 people who she can "tip" with a muffin?
Automatic tennis ball thrower for the dog?
Encouraging teenage strangers to send her gifts.
Not a word about anything she or her children might have done for others this season.
Glad to be living MY life in the warmth of friends and family.
http://www.godoggoinc.com/
$134.99
18 throwing arms in that household, guess unemployment is an ok gig this year.
Am sharing this just for a good chuckle ---
WHO comes up with the names of these blogs??? Earsucker?????
Anyhoo, here is the location:
http://earsucker.com/2011/kate-gosselin-jealous-of-jon-gosselins-new-girlfriend-ellen-ross/
Anyone's guess as to who the source is or if they are reliable, BUT I can easily believe kart is furious when the kids come home and talk about their dad and Ellen.
I have no doubt she tells them 'we don't mention her name in this house under penalty of severeness'........
I'm hoping that Jon and Ellen sneak away to Vegas and get a quiet, private wedding without anyone knowing. He' deserves to have someone love him and kart deserves to know her kids are having a good time with dad and stepmom.
Just had to share the story when I saw the site name! LOL
So, what's up for Katie in the New Year? Aside from her conjectured "marathon" career? Anyone?
I agree with those who have noted the connection with Mark Burnett (via Roma Downey and her bible DVDs) and speculate she is tweeting in what has so far been a pretty feeble effort to suck up. But the question is, what on earth would this reality TV maven do with her?
Her web site, such as it is, has been an amateurish effort from the get-go and remains so. This was her "golden" opportunity to prove she had some unshakable support out there in the un-Nielsened world. But did that result in her actually spending some of her savings to make it look even remotely professional? Incredibly, NO. Although her "hit counter" shows +/-2mm since inception on September 12 of this year, her credibility--or, more importantly, the LACK thereof--is so low that no one buys into that number. It is most certainly NOT borne out by the number of her twitter followers, +/-68K (which, as we have also conjectured, has also probably been padded with purchased accounts). The site's content has been juvenile on the best of days, her writing style is sophomoric, and the lack of sophistication in any/all of her "supermom" tips has been clear to even the most mediocre of us who pay attention. WHAT, then, does she have to offer to a wider audience? Especially one in the coveted sweet spot of marketing demographics?
I respectfully submit: NOTHING.
So, what's a lying famewhore to do next? Well, she's attacking the "boyfriend" rumors (no doubt launched by her own PR), but this is hardly believable. If she wants to attack rumors, why not talk about STEVE? Why not talk about BOOBS? The only rumors she plans to attack are the ones she plants, NOT the ones people really want to know about. And, truthfully, if she did attempt to answer real questions from fans, would anyone trust her answers? Again: NO.
I think she is about to be marginalized in a way she couldn't possibly have seen coming. I feel sorry for her children, since they will bear the brunt of her comeuppance, but I have no sympathy whatsoever for her. I am certain she's still got plenty socked away, but will spout her tales of woe to the undiscerning sheeple and no doubt keep those gift cards coming in for a decent weekly haul.
You talked about "working your fingers to the bone" to support your family, Katie? Shut up and do it.
miloandjack
@RealZiggyFlo @Kateplusmy8 I know....but that won't happen...I WILL ALWAYS support Kate! She is like a far away friend 4me!
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I wonder if Milo, Paige, and the true-blue sheeple would change their opinion if they met her...if they lived near her, if she'd be a neighbor, or a school parent. Would they defend her no matter what, even if she was nasty to them and if they experienced her rudeness first hand? Would she still be a friend if they were on the receiving end of her snippiness? I wonder if they ever read Walt Mueller's blog (2009) about life in the old neighborhood.
For those who may have missed it:
http://learningmylines.blogspot.com/2009/06/jon-kate-too-late.html
It's a very dangerous proposition to always and forever blindly support someone, anyone, even your own child.
Where do you draw the line? If they commit crimes that hurt people, if they kill someone, if they steal people's money, if they abuse their kids? When does your undying support end?
This is why I take so much issue with Kate saying things like all mommies need to stand together and mommies have each other's back. Nope, no I will not stand with all mommies. For instance, not ones that abuse and exploit their kids, they're over there with the mommies I do NOT stand with.
$134.99
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134.99 for a dog you don't even give two sh&*ts about??? This woman is nuts! And blowing the children's money like no one's business.
My dog is getting a Martha Stewart toy (I am a sucker for them they are SOO adorable) and a new sweater. We're really slumming it this year apparently.
Gift of grab said... 81
So, what's up for Katie in the New Year? Aside from her conjectured "marathon" career? Anyone?
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I've always believed that Kate will save revealing her relationship with Steve for her "Hail Mary" pass. When nothing else is getting her any attention, she and Steve will call up that sycophantic bitch, Kate Coyne, at People magazine and offer her an exculsive (because no one else would care). Next thing you know, we will see them on the cover, holding hands and smiling. The article inside will describe how they "fell in love unexpectedly" (well after the divorce from Jon) and maybe will treat us to some pics of the duo gazing lovingly at each other.
They might even throw in something about how Steve and Gina were going through a separation, and he turned to his friendship with Kate to help him through it. They were taken completely by surprise when they realized that they had feelings for each other. The kids, of course, will be "thrilled" by this new relationship since they have been begging Kate for a new daddy.
I will bet anything that we will see something like this in 2012.
This fake boyfriend rumor reminds me of the laughable playboy rumor. Remember when Kate's people leaked to the media that Kate was offered $400k (ha!) to pose for playboy? And that she read the letter (?), scoffed and threw it in the trash? ( really? Playboy writes letters to celebs? Dear scrotum belly, will you pose nekkid for us?) Well stupid old Kate was on the view or some such show soon thereafter and wasn't even asked about the playboy rumor but just had to bring it up. She said she was never asked in the first place, that it was a ridiculous rumor. OK, dum dum, so why'd your people say what they did? She's too stupid to keep up with all the lies. She's reduced to addressing rumors now, only no one's talking about her much anymore. And whatever she does address is usually lied about: only a tummy tuck, Botox in a jar, poly cystic ovaries etc.
Aaghhh! Found this sh*t at Preesi's. Props to cwgirlup1975 for pooper-scooping it up.
Dear Humans,
What? Did you think I didn’t know what a wrapper was? Do you really think I’d eat them? NO WAY! Just because I chew the legs off my chickens, doesn’t mean I eat them either! I know the difference between food and plastic!
Oh, silly humans – watching me with that “are you okay” look, wondering if I’d need a $2000 surgery like Nala did??! No, I’m too dog gone smart for that! And by the way “mom” – your pound cake, banana bread, zucchini bread and pumpkin breads BARK….. I mean, ROCK!
Yeah, I have one “ruff” life, don’t I?
Poor trash guys… One of my non furry brothers just told me those delicious little loaves were meant for them… Oops, sorry guys! Maybe next time…..well, maybe!
Ruff!Shoka
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Oh... boy...
Kate is nuttier than a fruitcake.
I predict a straitjacket fitting in her future.
I know the difference between food and plastic!
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No they don't always. If dogs always knew the difference between food and plastic, no dog would ever be at the vets for emergency surgery.
What a nutjob. Yes, get the straightjacket ready.
WHAT, then, does she have to offer to a wider audience? Especially one in the coveted sweet spot of marketing demographics?
I respectfully submit: NOTHING.
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You're right about that. It would have been much better for her, and for her credibility (whatever she has left) to NOT have done the website. All it has succeeded in doing is showing the public that she really has nothing to offer. Of course, many knew that, but the website only served to confirm it. It was one of the dumbest things she could have done (along with setting up the Twitter account).
Oh... boy...
Kate is nuttier than a fruitcake.
I predict a straitjacket fitting in her future.
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I'm sewing as fast as I can.
I know the difference between food and plastic!
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I guess Kate forgot that Nala ate a toy and had to go to the vet. Apparently a dog doesn't always know the difference between food and plastic.
How does she know that Shoka ate the bread and it wasn't a raccoon or possum? Did she see him do it? I don't go to her blog...
Nobody Likes a Narcissist (NLAN) said... 45,
You really summed it up so succinctly. You ladies always say it so much better than I could.
kHate has to prove to everyone/anyone/herself how fantastically awesome she is.
Those tomatoes she froze? People rag was there to take pics of her doing it, so of course she tweeted pics too. She was also supposed to freeze peppers too (IIRC) but said they would have to wait b/c she was so tired. Never saw a pic of the peppers, did we? Of course not, b/c People rag was done with their photo shoot.
Kate is so amazing!!!!!! She treats Shoka like an icky burden yet even he praises her cooking/baking!!!!!!!! Just like the kids!!!!!!!! Hey, maybe one of the kids ate the coveted mini-muffins for the trash men!!!!!!!! Maybe since the dog ate their Christmas present, she could give them money or a gift card instead!!!!!! You know, Gosselins give back!!!!
What I really like about the Shoka post? Kate even has the freaking dog compliment her. How transparent she is in her constant need for affirmation and accolades.
Pretty pathetic that Kate's only friend is her hairdresser. I would bet most of his clients are just clients but Kate seems to chase after him with private little insider jokes on twitter. I suspect Kate trusts NO ONE because of her belief people only want to rub elbows with her because she is a celebrity. It would be nice if she could just hang with the other parents from the kids' school. How come she's not twatting with Kelly Rippa or Barbara Walters? Oh Barbara. You were so wrong about Kate being a star one day. Don't you feel like a complete idiot uttering that inane comment for the world to hear? I don't think anyone in Hollywood has ever done that....looked in the camera and told the world that you just knew someone was going to be a big star one day and then they flopped. If I'm wrong, please let me know.
Anonymous No. 71 said... 90
Oh... boy...
Kate is nuttier than a fruitcake.
I predict a straitjacket fitting in her future.
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I'm sewing as fast as I can.
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Thanks for the chuckles... Too funny.
In the Neighborhood said... 92
How does she know that Shoka ate the bread and it wasn't a raccoon or possum? Did she see him do it? I don't go to her blog...
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Right. Raccoons have opposable thumbs and can do amazing things with their hands. They can unwrap whatever they want off their food. My friend and I used to sit on her back patio and watch the racoons and possums eating - up close, maybe 20 feet away. With my binoculars I could watch the racoons' little fingers going to town.
The funniest thing was when we gave the racoons ice cream cones on a hot summer's night. Being raccoons, they washed their ice cream. Bad move. The next night they knew not to do that again and sat in a circle and ate their cones.
It looked like a kindergarten class with one teacher and 4 little students. Too cute.
Kart had to mention the $2,000 vet bill for Nala's surgery. Whatever happened to Shoka's sister after that vet bill? Mommy bannished both her and daddy from the house. Neither one is allowed back on the property.
Westcoaster said... 79
http://www.godoggoinc.com/
$134.99
18 throwing arms in that household, guess unemployment is an ok gig this year.
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Yes, that's what my Google search brought up last night. My dogs are spoiled as can be, and very well taken care of - Hey Khate, earlier this year our older dog's medical issues and surgery cost us over $4,000. I bet you would never pay that for Shoka, you would just have him put to sleep and then just tell the kids that he was sick and died.
Anyway, we gladly spent that to get him well again, but no way would I waste money on something like a ball thrower. No machine, necessary. Our dogs like to do that with us and the kids in the yard or the park.
Why do I just envision that automatic tennis ball thrower becoming something the kids mostly play with in the yard? I can just see some of them launching balls at each other.... and I can hear the fighting now.
So the kids don' believe in Santa Clause but Kate fancies herself as Ms. Claus? Uh-huh, I wonder what it's like being married to an imaginary figment?
Cream cheese bread = pound cake
No Santa for kids = being Ms. Clause for Kate
Leftovers the day before a holiday = saving $$$
Crying broke = living extravagantly
Kate's logic and math and the way she comes about trying to pull something off to be cute just does not make any sense. But I guess you have to live in your own little world to function and understand it.
If you were a "trash man", would you eat bread that was left out for you next to garbage cans?
I'm sure they would prefer a card with some cash in it.
I guess I'm just too cautious with what I eat and where it came from.
I call my "trash man" Roger, because that is his name. I would not consider leaving him a gift on top of the garbage container. Respect.
My dogs don't write blog letters to me, but I am confident they live happy canine lives. Devotion.
Kate just plain annoys me!
Pam said... 102
If you were a "trash man", would you eat bread that was left out for you next to garbage cans?
I'm sure they would prefer a card with some cash in it.
I guess I'm just too cautious with what I eat and where it came from.
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Oh Kate, for God's sakes, break open the wallet and tip all of the people that provide services or work for you. We all know you can afford it, and your homemade bread SOLO is not okay.
What a mess she is: Blogs that make no sense and are stupid, her insane twittering, the lies she can not keep straight, preschool videos for 7 and 11 year olds, mystery boyfriend/no boyfriend, accepting gifts from fans, the lack of attention she pays the kids and poor dog, the bodyguard she MUST have, nannies, helpers she still must have because she doesn't want to do the work, the constant exhaustion when she does as little as possible...
She is no longer circling the drain, she is a short stop from the sewer. Hope the kids are okay, because she really is coming unglued, defensive, and desperate for attention through whatever means necessary. Please get the straight jacket ready asp.
Kate seems to be an "all or nothing" kind of person. She decides what interests her and she jumps into it full throttle. TV show, making herself available for attention, tweeting, and now running. She seems to be able to focus on only one thing at a time - tunnel vision. I don't see her as a multi-tasker at all. I'm not sure she could bake and do laundry the same afternoon even if the laundry room was right off the kitchen.
Her attempts at writing in the 'voice' of the family dog are inane and sophmoric at best, but I am stunned she had the audacity to mention Nala's $2000.00 vet bill. Who does that? A cold, callous and crazy person. Still waiting for karma to come around.
Rhymes with Witch said... 65
If she has an appointment, he would know that. She hasn't replied to his tweet yet.
I think she is hinting for a comped appointment....
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Kate expects people to take care of her. A comped appointment is not out of the realm of possibilities. Especially since it was rumored that she does not tip (probably whining about how many expenses she has, even after accepting free Christmas tree lights from him, which she was too lazy to locate herself.
In Kate's world, everyone was put on the face of this earth to take care of her every need. After all, she has it really hard with 8 kids, you know, so it is up to everyone to "take care of her." This woman is tighter with a buck than anyone I have ever seen and should be ashamed of herself for all the grifting she has done and will continue to do, as long as people buy her selfish BS. TLC paid for every lavish thing Kate wanted, and created a monster. She is in for a rude awakening. It is not up to everyone to satisfy every selfish greedy need you have Kate or to pay for your every want. News Flash- Gravy train over. She really is disgusting.
Fidosmommy-aww, sounds so darn cute, those little bandits all in a circle, holding and eating little ice-cream cones! I hope you got a picture or 2, would have loved to have seen that!
Maybe someone should write a romance novel about kate and steve, you know, how she cheated on her awesome hubby, then tore apart another marraige, which has 2 sons, you know, the icky things, sons. She is a freak.
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/12/21/payroll-tax-cut-standoffs-impact-what-40-a-paycheck-means-to-you/?hpt=hp_t2
This is a fantastic article that I think represents what so many Americans are really going through right now. Even a $40 tax increase each paycheck means for some people, the difference between shoes or not.
Kate should read it, though I'm sure she doesn't do news.
I don't believe for one minute the dog ate the food. I just now saw a Pic. of a dog with it's head in a gift box like it was eating something.
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A Pink Straight Jacket For Kate said... 87
Aaghhh! Found this sh*t at Preesi's. Props to cwgirlup1975 for pooper-scooping it up.
Dear Humans,
What? Did you think I didn’t know what a wrapper was? Do you really think I’d eat them? NO WAY! Just because I chew the legs off my chickens, doesn’t mean I eat them either!
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What the hell does "he" mean by "chew the legs off my chickens"?
And does she really not know that its Mrs./Ms. CLAUS(no E)?
"What the hell does "he" mean by "chew the legs off my chickens"?"
And does she really not know that its Mrs./Ms. CLAUS(no E)?
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The dog has rubber toy chickens. He chews them up.
She probably doesn't know how to spell Claus. She's been reading too many contracts or watching The Santa Clause far too often. I think, though, someone else had tweeted her with that spelling, and she just followed through.
Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 83
It's a very dangerous proposition to always and forever blindly support someone, anyone, even your own child.
Where do you draw the line? If they commit crimes that hurt people, if they kill someone, if they steal people's money, if they abuse their kids? When does your undying support end?
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Bingo. To wit: Cindy and Casey Anthony.
Laugh of the day:
In the Philadelphia Inquirer, TV columnist David Hiltbrand wrote an article about the people/characters who departed TV in 2011. He mentioned Oprah, Larry King, Regis and Mary Hart. Then he said this:
"Certainly we can all celebrate the fact that a pair of ruthless despots were deposed in 2011: Moammar Gadhafi and Kate Gosselin."
I think her celebrity days are definitely numbered. Karma is making its move.
If she's so damn organized, then why is she freaking out about Xmas? I don't believe it for one minute. She has help, and I believe her "help" wrapped the gifts. She weaves so many lies, it's almost laughable.
I predict a straitjacket fitting in her future
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No Kate running around in circles in a padded room while strapped in a str8 jacket that is funny. I would pay to see that.
We are being duped every time Kate opens her mouth or puts the pen to paper. I don't believe anything she says or does. Negative? You bet. She is grifting constantly. Look at me, me, me. Feel sorry for me, me, me. She wanted 8 kids to show off. Now, she has them. It's not our problem. It's hers, and Jon's when she lets him have access to them. It's not about the kids, never has been. It's all about her. Remember, she is the "stah."
Signing off again. Need a break. Merry Christmas to all! Brother not doing well at all. Quite sad right now.
LaLaLand - I am so sorry to hear your brother isn't doing well. I wish you peace.
Back in September Kate was putting on the "poor pitiful me" routine on talk shows and People magazine saying how frightened she was about the future for her and the kids now that the show was cancelled.
Fast forward and it has only been 4 months and in that time she has had a free trip to Australia when someone had to be paid to watch the kids. Who knows who is paying for Steve?
She got another free trip just to run a marathon. Again someone paid to watch the kids.
She still finds it necessary to make trips to NY to get her hair done.
She bought a new big van to transport the kids.
She is now bragging about all the Christmas gifts she got the kids and has the money to even buy a machine to throw balls for the dog.
Apparently, she got over her fear of the future in no time.
How does she have time and the money to travel and every where or any where for days and days.? But doesn't have the cash to take the kids to a fun park or outside of Philly for the summer or Holiday's.?
I thought that Shoka post was a joke until I went to look at the website. What in the world is she talking about? The $2000.00 surgery? Eating chicken legs. She is a real nut, and I think has lost it.
120 chefsummer-
Priorities, priorites.
A little song for Kate. Levity, of course, but one of my favorites.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=bnVXIUyshngmy favorites.
amyf 111: What the hell does "he" mean by "chew the legs off my chickens"?
Kate buys Shoka these rubber chicken chew toys which apparently he chews the legs off of. That's what she's referring to, not the real chickens.
Nor did she have the funds for oh so expensive gymnastics classes.
K8 is the type of person who is stressed because she makes herself stressed. Her children do not need a mountain of toys, but K8 needs the gratification so commences the stess of over shopping, wrapping, etc. Her choice. And there is the stress of the mountain of lies and half-truths she invents for her blog and twits. Baking - a stressful joke. Go to Starbucks and buy a mountain of way more appropriate 'tips' for those people who you need to thank. And honey you really do have a mountain of people to thank.
'tis a sad, sad life for this pseudo-celeb, and all by choice. Karma.
So wishing everyone else a warm and happy holiday.
One of the Kate fan sites is using one of these pictures, they never got permission!
Could it be that Steve was contracted by TLC and remains under contract until Feb. 2012? So, although Kate got bounced earlier than planned, Steve is working through to his contract conclusion. Both of them crossing their fingers that something in the media will appear, allowing a seamless seque into a new contract. AND whatever happened to the interest E was to have had in Kate when her contract expired? Maybe E is waiting for Steve's contract with TLC to end in Feb.'12 and
both the "stah" and her road manager will be called on board. Hence, this mindless spending spree on Kate's part is with the full knowledge that the new year will provide.
Kate wrote that Shoka said he talked to his non-furry frinds and found out the baked treats were for the garbage men. Are the kids 'dog whisperers' now?
Hurry up sewing that straight jacket; might need it soon if she doesn't get a holiday away from the kids soon.
'tis very quiet in PA today; perhaps she did squeeze another comped hairdo out of JasonH and is in NYC thumbing her nose at the stress of it all. Mrs. Clause indeed.
I am sure those trash men would have been tickled pink with the one ? $.44 muffin/loaf she was giving them,near or on top of the trash cans. How would she know how many there were, or did she just leave one?
Call me overly cautious, but unless the
ingredients were listed on the pkg., I wouldn't eat it.Kate doesn't have a rep. for being overly friendly to the help and putting a gift by the trash is just tacky and insulting.
The story for her blog would have been hilarious if the loaf was found on the deck,with the wrapper pulled back and one bite gone.An attatched note could have read-"Sorry, you missed the trash pick-up and I couldn't help myself, Shoka. Kate has no sense of ha ha at all.
The cost of all Kate's free hair cuts I wonder how all that money could buy kids toys or coats or a nice. Christmas dinner or even pay off hard working parents lay-way bills.
Admin.,
I forget if you do a Christmas post or not.I would like to see one on "Best Christmas Ever" stories or "Christmas Wishes." Just an idea, would love to hear other peoples' stories on either subject.Have a blessed Christmas!!!!(Kate suggested the idea to me, te he he......)
This tweet from Nov. has stuck in my head. Is Either she playing with the minds of those who don't like her or there a possibility of it happening.
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@Kateplusmy8 Hey kate, one question do you have another television show coming out on tv?
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@Rosha45 I'm sure it's a major possibility :)
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Anon.@110,
I don't understand why you don't think Shoka ate the gift loaf from Kate. Call me crazy, could you elaborate a little for me.Do you think another animal did it?
Fidosmommy,
cute story, although at first I thought you were pulling my leg.How did the racoons wash off the first cones; I didn't know they did that? Did you get a picture?
La la Land no more,
Sorry to hear that your brother is not doing well, so sad dealing with illness while everyone else is brimming with joy in this Christmas season.
Wishing you and your family peace and healing ,with continued prayers for you all at this time.
Regarding tipping the garbage collectors with baked goods:
We have had automated garbage trucks for years - the kind that pick up the cans with a big arm and dump the garbage in the truck - so our garbage collectors never get out of the trucks. Therefore, tipping them is really out of the question and logistically almost impossible.
It seems a little odd to leave food outside near the trash cans, but I don't think it is all that rare. I found this from a blog called "The Money Blog" about "how to tip the trash collector."
Suz Says:
December 20th, 2010 at 6:40 am
Over the summer I began leaving left overs from BBQs – mostly sweets. Suddently my trash lids were always back on top of my trash cans after the collector came. I continued to leave left overs from parties, such as bottled water or baked goods when I had them. Not every week, but every so often. 5 weeks ago I broke my foot and twice during the time since I either couldn’t bring the trash out or forgot. On both occasions, I woke up to an empty trash can by the side of the road. The trash guy had gone out of his way to check my 3 cans and pull out the ones that had trash in it. I left him cupcakes this morning with a note of thanks and explained that I had a broken foot so it was extra helpful. After he read the note, he took my empty trash cans and ran them to the side of my house where I store them. Then he waved to me on his way by. So, to all those who think they’d never go out of their way, remember, they are people and most people get a kick out of helping others. So give it a shot. Leave them baked goods or a tip. I plan on keeping this up year round.
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So....I don't think there is necessarily anything wrong with what Kate is doing, or what she says she is doing. Like someone else mentioned, she says in Multiple Blessings that they have been leaving "guilt" presents for the trash collectors since the sextuplets were babies, because of the amount of garbage they were generating. Would cash tips, gift cards, alcohol, or the like be more appreciated? Probably. But leaving cash by the side of the road just invites theft, and one should assume that the trash collector drinks. So a safely wrapped baked good, placed near but not right by the trash cans, is fine, imo. There are probably some who don't eat them out of worry that they are not safe, but the same goes for teachers, bus drivers, and friends and family who also receive baked goods during the holidays.
I get the idea that Kate was giving one of each type of bread to each person she was gifting the breads to. So there were more like 30 people she made the breads for, not 120. That seems entirely reasonable if she was including teachers and other people in her kids' lives, as well as service workers.
lol - one SHOULDN'T assume that the trash collector drinks.
Why Do Racoons Wash Their Food?
Maybe I am beginning to think that the longer people talk about how bizzare Kate has gotten, the thing's she states about various things to her that as long as there are people talking about herthat's all that matters. Good or bad.
And that as long as people let her get away with her "stories" of Shoka ate or didn't eat paper, her kid crawled under the car with or without her permission and just various other things the more free range Kate feels she has to continue stating whatever frivolous thing comes to mind. It's like she's fishing and tossing her line out to see what will bite and whatever she catches will do.
If people didn't respond to her originally with letters for her TV show do you think she would have gone on all those year? Probably, but maybe not. If people hadn't talk about her and given her that pedestal on talk shows you think she would have gone through with so many? Maybe knowing her. But if people didn't or quit responding to her on Twitter in BULK all the sudden and ignored her you think she'd still have a reason to do it? I don't think so.
The thing I think is she keeps putting herself out there for the attention. If people stopped even for one whole day...you think she might get a hint that people are tiered of her fishing?
I think she's been waaaay too comfortable....spending and otherwise. I'm betting she's got something lined up.
Drbutchiewong said: AND whatever happened to the interest E was to have had in Kate when her contract expired? Maybe E is waiting for Steve's contract with TLC to end in Feb.'12 and
both the "stah" and her road manager will be called on board.
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I never heard E was interested in her working for them. Why do you say this? Have others on this blog heard this?
Devil - we aren't technolically advanced enough to have automated garbage trucks. If food is left by the garbage cans, 9 times out of ten an animal is going to get it.
"Would cash tips, gift cards, alcohol, or the like be more appreciated? Probably. But leaving cash by the side of the road just invites theft, and one should assume that the trash collector drinks."
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They would most definitely appreciate tips. The drivers come around at the same time on trash day, almost to the minute. She could have been downstairs, keeping an ear out for the trash truck, and ran outside with gifts such as this, OR, you call and find out the names of your regular drivers and you take the gift card or whatever to the trash office or mail them. I've done this. If they knew it was Kate, I'm sure they would have helped her to make sure that the thank-yous got to the right place.
She's just too lazy.
Make that technologically. Too many Christmas "spirits," I guess! :)
APB for Teresa, Dwindle, Bluenoser and Hippie Chick.Hope you are well and want to wish you a Merry Christmas. Anyone heard from them?
"People seem to forget that gift-giving is a voluntary, extra thing that SOME choose to do during the holidays. Nobody, including Kate, is obligated to give cash tips."
Depends on your position in society. The wealthy are often socially obligated to tip the "little people." Their parents did it and so did their grandparents. They would be considered selfish if they did not tip. Most of them inherited their money. They need (are socially obligated) to show gratitude about their position in life. One way to show gratitude is to tip.
Most of us ( I am including you Devils Advocate) are not socially obligated. We are in the same class as the sanitation workers, mail carriers, exc. We all work hard to earn money. We understand that most people wont be able to afford to give us gifts.
Raccoons don't always wash their food, but if an appropriate water source is available, they do.
The raccoon story is real. (You should have seen them with kiddie lollipops!) We had set out a shallow galvanized pan for water for them so we could watch them wash their food. There is a running creek they normally would use, but we wanted the fun. One baby raccoon went to the pan, dropped its ice cream cone in it, pawed at it and watched it fade into a mushy white cloud. Deciding that was clearly not a good plan, it
shared one with (snatched one from) a sibling so they all got some. By the next hot night, they knew the routine. And they sat in a circle. They did with the lollipops, too. We stayed a good distance back, but thoroughly enjoyed them.
What site is using Shawn's photos? He said he didn't give permission to anyone else.
How about let's quit it with the sniping about social class and gift giving? The thing I find repugnant about Kate's presents for the trash men is that she bragged about it. Who does that? And then makes up a juvenile story/lie about how her neglected (probably hungry) dog ate the damn bread after carefully unwrapping it? She is really really stupid and needs to stop blogging under the influence
Annie2 said... 145
"People seem to forget that gift-giving is a voluntary, extra thing that SOME choose to do during the holidays. Nobody, including Kate, is obligated to give cash tips."
Depends on your position in society.
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My position in society>>> What the F. We have positions? Where is the Witches position? Not long ago this homely noone was hugely pregnant and totally unknown with no positon whatsoever.
Today, I, who live on $1100. per month, gave my "mail carrier man" a box of cookies and $15.00. A lovely note expressing my gratitude for going over my cement steps covered with ice here in NH. Oh, a lousy $15.00 bucks. But guess what, he knows I am over 65, he knows I am pleasant and thankful. He knows I am grateful.
Oh yeah, my Position in life. I forgot about that. Arrrhhggg.
Katie Cry-duh said...
How about let's quit it with the sniping about social class and gift giving? The thing I find repugnant about Kate's presents for the trash men is that she bragged about it. Who does that? And then makes up a juvenile story/lie about how her neglected (probably hungry) dog ate the damn bread after carefully unwrapping it?
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I agree. The issue isn't whether or not Kate should give anything to anyone. Who cares? It's pretty obvious that a grifter like Kate isn't going around the world giving, giving, giving. The whole point of her existence is that others should give to her.
The issue is the way she USES everything she makes up, tweets about, lies about, or rambles on about in obvious attempts to manipulate the public version of herself. The endless tales of the agonizing hours of baking, the slaving for Mr. Trash People, the hours and hours she claims to spend doing for others, including her precious ATMs, are over the top absurd and unbelievable.
It doesn't matter who else tips or doesn't, and it doesn't matter how many stories somebody can dredge up of people doing exactly what Kate does in order to prove that Kate is a good, honest, giving, nice person. She isn't, and she's tweeting all the evidence anybody needs every day. Or nearly every day, depending on whether or not she needs to get away from the kids.
When Kate brags in these ridiculous ways, she's just asking for trouble, and this isn't the only place she's going to get it. She's putting this stuff out for public consumption. If she doesn't like the backlash, she can stop. Or at least stop lying.
fidosmommy said... 147
Raccoons don't always wash their food, but if an appropriate water source is available, they do.
Oh the memories, when I was in highschool, almost fifty years age I fed a Mother and Father Racoon and thier triplet babies for one full spring and summer. Every night I sat on the picnic table and fed them Apple Turnovers from my Mom's bakery. Skunks too, they moved in after the Racoons. Even skunks like to wash thier food. Almost the same "thumbs"
Admin, Sageway has the pics on blog.
Yeah, BM has a pic, too. But she steals from EVERYONE. Far too lazy to bother with permissions.
Administrator Baby Mama has one of the pictures on her site
Well then, I am also too lazy - because I have never tipped or given a gift to the garbage collector, postal carrier, or newspaper delivery person
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I didn't say that Kate was too lazy to give gifts. What I said was that, if she IS going to give a gift (cash, gift card or whatever), she is too lazy to watch for the guys to come by and personally hand it to them, or call the office to find out where she could send cash or a gift card. It requires much less effort for her to just dump the stuff at the end of her driveway next to the garbage.
If I am not mistaken the fact that raccoons "wash" their food is actually a misnomer, when in fact they more or less wet their food to aid as they may not have salivary glands. I think it also adds a texture and makes the food more savory (as Top Chef would say). I don't know this for sure but it is in my head somewhere.
But on the issue of the tipping and so forth and in particular the infamous "garbage man" caper. This would in fact be a non-issue had KT not blogged about it and tweeted about it and then alas it did not come to pass. Almost in a the dog ate my homework fashion.
I for one don't feel that a person is obligated to leave anything for anyone as the obligation takes away the gift. A true gift comes from the heart as an act of gratitude with the expectation of nothing in return and is most often done quietly without fanfare.
I think this strange preoccupation with the garbage men came about initially because PA has a limit on garbage and as pages were devoted to this in at least one book we learned that they were always over limit and had to be resourceful to find ways around it and/or get by with it.
As my sister would say "God bless her good intentions, I think."
I find it rather peculiar that Kate is the same woman who shouted at her kids to stop eating strawberries and blueberries but gladly exclaims to have let them eat spoonfuls of chocolate before bed. Gee, I hope it was organic chocolate.
And come on, bruises from tripping over gifts in a closet? Not saying it couldn't happen to some people (much like myself who is uncoordinated) but this is Kate. The lady who is broke one day and then can turn around come Christmas to fill a whole closet of gifts.
Wonder if she will remember to post a picture of all the wrapping paper that will no doubt take up her entryway?
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APB for Teresa, Dwindle, Bluenoser and Hippie Chick.Hope you are well and want to wish you a Merry Christmas. Anyone heard from them?
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Present! All well. I will go ahead and speak for HC too as I am in touch with her on a regular basis now and all seems well with her and her little boy! Been a day or 2 since I touched base with Teresa... Jude, you know where we are if you need us!
Getting busy here; I decided that my Christmas Day will be an open house rather than setting a dinner time. I am going to put everything in assorted crock pots and call it a buffet. Steam trays will be used as ice trays instead and I have borrowed crock pots from just about everyone I can think of! Wish me luck!
You know, after being away from Her Majesty's nonsense for a couple of days, it becomes apparent that she really does think she is all that plus a cup of tea. Of course it's very sad that someone so ill was gifted 8 children, and that Katie has to destroy everyone around her - and she's working on those kids. Her lifestyle of onging lies, which I suppose she feels very entitled to since the rules of humanity dont apply to her, will all catch up with her at some point. I hope none of us care anymore to notice when it happens.
Merry Christmas to all here who celebrate it. See you in a few days! LOVE TO ALL!
oh, fudge. Should be "I hope most of us DONT care..." Sigh.
I see that some people took what I said as a personal insult. I am sorry, that was never my intent. I think that we all need to step back and take a deep breath. Its hard to convoy tone of what you are saying on a message board. I probably should have said economic status instead of class.
I think that its wonderful that many people here are compassionate. If more people were compassionate then the world would be a better place.
Northwestern,Pa here!!
My son in law is a "trash man"....we tape money underneath the lid for them with cash...Uhhhh yes we do!!
Do I tip the trash collector? No. We've had the truck with the "arms" that come out to pick up and empty the trash can for years. It's not like when I was growing up and the trash collectors emptied the cans into the truck. If it was like that then yes I would probably tip. Do I tip the mailman? No. He's a federal employee and shouldn't be accepting tips (money) to begin with - this goes agains our annual ethics training (no I'm not a mailman but I do work for the federal government). Again, it's not like when I was growing up and you knew your mailman as he walked door-to-door. Our mailboxes are at the curb and the mailman drives up in his truck, deposits the mail and moves on to the next house - I rarely have any personal contact and we don't have the same person all the time. I do give an extra tip to my hairdresser, the doggy day care "counselors" and the wait staff in restaurants that my husband and I frequent.
Anonymous 162 - You're back (oh, yes you are!) and with yet another job although this time it's your SIL.
For Maggie 140
As with most things Gosselin, E being interested in Kate was a rumor. Somewhere in 2010 a post written by the "aunt" of a "nephew"
who worked for E insisted the executives at the network were salivating at bringing Kate into their corral. It was rumored that Kate needed
tutoring and training as she was so green with regard to her talents. Kate is now on a hiatus
of several months. Could she possibly be privately in touch with E to take instruction?
Green with regard to her talents? I hope that's just a nice way of saying she doesn't HAVE any talents.
So she's saying on twitter that today is the kids' party. The day before Christmas Eve? So then how is Christmas Eve going to be special? Or Christmas Day for that matter (aren't they with Jon Christmas Day this year?).
She's TRULY trying to be a "Disney parent" to outdo Jon. Too bad she'll never be able to top him in true affection and warmth. A snake would be warmer and more loving.
Mel said... 139
I think she's been waaaay too comfortable....spending and otherwise. I'm betting she's got something lined up.
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I hope not let's all hope her 15 are seconds now and she slowly but surly.
Laurie said... 163
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You're right, the mail person can not accept cash or anything that's redeemable for cash. He or she may accept of gift of value up to $20, which is what we give Renee. He's a sweety and we've known him since we moved to our current house. I didn't expect such personal interaction and it's a breath of fresh air. He works hard... it's not an easy job, being out there in the elements (well, open mail truck). I remember a couple summers ago, we had a terrible heat wave and Renee put our mail in the mailbox and then got out of his truck and stood in our lawn sprinklers for a minute!
So, Kate's throwing a party for the kids today? Maybe they get to have friends over. Hope so.
Sounds an awful lot like when TLC was in the picture though, doesn't it?
It's two days before Christmas and she is throwing a party for the kids and THEIR friends? Sounds atypical for Kate to do anything for the kids. Must be Steve and his boys ir something like that. There's always something in it for her
Yeah, I'm betting party includes Steve and his sons.
so the kids went to bed about midnight last night, she'll have them up late for the 'party' tonight and then Christmas Eve will have to run real late because they have 9000 packages to open. Fits perfectly with her plan to send eight (yeah, count 'em, 8) tired and more crabby than usual kids to Jon's for Christmas Day. But ya know what...they'll still have a wonderful day with someone who actually loves them AND shows it!!!!!! !!
Dwindle,
Blogger has not been letting me get on to that site for the last week or two.Will try again this afternoon, just in case he's had a change of heart! Sorry for OT, Admin.
Devil's Advocate, you always seem to miss the point. Is the obtuseness intentional? Kate always has to be over the top, like she's got something to prove. The Disney parent in a divorced parent situation is the one who tries to overcompensate with material items or excessive events--parties, trips, etc, all in an effort to outdo the other parent. We've seen first hand her hostility to Jon, and we've seen by her own words she bought them so many gifts it's taking her a WEEK to wrap them all and now a party two days before the big day?
Yeah. Desperate Disney parent. It's not even about the kids, but one-upping Jon.
You seem to really like Kate. You know there is a blog or two where you can openly support her, right?
And according to her latest tweet, the party's hosts are only the six younger kids. The two older girls have probably been pressed into kitchen duty, then massaging their mom's back later (ew). Poor M&C.
I also vote that it's Steve's kids. OR completely fictional. As we know with Kate, that's entirely possible. What school friends wouldn't be busy with family and travel today?
Btw, her latest Shoka blog....I can remember as a very young child thinking that using "ruff" as a play on words in canine humor was not funny. I'm talking 5-6 yrs old. It's the kind of joke you'll smile about if a little kid tells it to you but not funny or clever at all. So for this middle aged lying hag to use the joke in an attempt to be humorous (?) and to cover up lies about that neglected dog is just pathetic. She is so stunted, simple minded and wholly unoriginal
Yes, it does sound as though it's a party 'hosted' by the tups. I don't know why she hasn't mentioned it or her exhaustion concerning its planning etc before.Remember what a big deal their b-day party was and how she was racing around planning, going to the caterer for PBJ etc? I agree, it's just for showing what a wonderful mom she is- maybe over-the-top plans for M & C will surface later....I hope this is true and not another fantasy for twitterland. I also hope the kids don't ruin the dreams of any little guests who are excited for Santa Clause, I mean Claus....
I wonder why Kate hasn't invited Jamie and her kids to their Winter Wonderland...hehe.
Mel said... 139
I think she's been waaaay too comfortable....spending and otherwise. I'm betting she's got something lined up.
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I think that Kate is comfortable spending money on herself becasue she deserves it dontchaknow because she's got 8, count thm 8 kids - and she'll be a better mommy to them if she pampers herself. I think that the mountains of gifts are part of her twitter fantasy (Easter baskets and Thanksgiving dinner come to mind). I'm sure that the kids are getting gifts just not the amount that she claims - unless of course she wraps each sock individually!
..... It was rumored that Kate neededtutoring and training as she was so green with regard to her talents....
I kind of wondered if she hadn't had some kind of media training. Her last two interviews, while still pretty bad, weren't as God-awful as they usually are.
She seemed to catch herself on the um's and honestly's.
Did anybody else catch this one from a few days ago?
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@Kateplusmy8 how has xmas changed as the kids get older!?
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Kate Gosselin
@Italiana_MB so so so much more fun! Louder shrieks of joy &more thank u's and patience w me opening everything. Older kids=more enjoyable!
Is she saying that SHE opens every gift for her kids? I remember so much of the fun of Xmas morning was everyone excitedly ripping the wrappings off. Of course, this sounds like her--it would just be "too messy and chaotic" to allow her kids to do this for themselves. No wonder it take so many hours.
So she wraps for days and then she opens it all? What an idiot.
RE: unwrapping
I think Kate is talking about getting those
annoying plastic pacs open in order to get the toys out. I don't think she means the bright
shiny paper. Somebody needs to either get her one of those tools that opens packaging, or invent
a new packaging system.
It's funny how many way we interpret her tweets. I thought she was referring to opening her packages. My husband takes forever to open his gifts and we're always urging him on. When my kids were young it really drove them nuts.
Access Hollywood @ noon did year in review and highlights of their time in NY in August. Guess who WASN'T mentioned? Kate who?
Audible Click, I interpreted her tweet the same way.
I wonder how many of those presents for the kids are from fans. I hope Khate isn't taking credit for those! If her sheeple don't receive thank-you notes within the next month or two, I hope they'd have gained enough sense to never send her or the kids anything again. Not that it would be the kids' fault, but who knows what Khate is doing with these well-meant presents. I don't think a two-second Twitter thank-you is appropriate.
Re: opening packages. HOW many gifts will require batteries or opening of those horrible plastic tombs? You would thing maybe a couple per child, Aren't they getting other things like dolls, trucks, tween stuff like clothing, cosmetics, stuffed toys ( I know she hates those) jewelry, craft sets? Kate could have chosen less 'hiney-hurting' items for each gender/age group.
We'll all have to wait for the Christmas Roundup
blog that will tell us just how the morning went.
How many HOURS that took, what a PILE that made,
how LOUD the screams were, how many THANKU's she
got...
I dont think I have ever ever engaged in a squabble on this board before, but Devil's Advocate why do you take and make things so personal? I am not even sure you know that you do it, dear. It's one thing to say "That opinion of the situation isnt the way *I* see. I intrepret Kate's actions this way:". I can tell you start off trying to convey that, but quick as a wink you say something personal about the original poster. Are you even aware that you do that? I know you will now point out several posts that say something negative about YOU specifically, but do try to stop engaging other posters on a personal level? I am interested in your intrepretation of behaviors and events that this site follows, if only you could stop referring so much to 'you' and 'I'.
Admin, I apologize to you for this rule breaking post. I am ready for your reprimand and the deletion of my post if needed, with no grudge on my part.
Hasn't Devil's Advocate broken enough rules? It's jarring to read his/her posts that are so different in tone from almost all others. They stand out as far more argumentative, and less civil, than the high standard set by most posters here. There are better ways to make points, and, like Dwindle, I'd like to see them.
Personally I now scroll past Devils Advocate. Don't comment because that is exactly what she's gunning for. Some kind of confrontation. Some people like that kind of stuff. Me, not so much. Ignore.
Katie Cry-duh said... 189
Personally I now scroll past Devils Advocate. Don't comment because that is exactly what she's gunning for. Some kind of confrontation. Some people like that kind of stuff. Me, not so much. Ignore.
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That is exactly what I was just going to say!
I wonder if Little Angels will be shown at the party...she likes kids to watch movies. Then she can tweet about how the crowd LOVED the video...while she entertains "her friends" aka the schoolmates' parents ....and another couple of thoughts keep coming to me....why does she even have the kids hang stockings if they don't believe in Santa, and second, why wrap the gifts?? Stockings are supposed to have Santa's loot, not wrapped in perhaps the same paper as the gifts from parents...???
Katie Cry-duh said... 189
Personally I now scroll past Devils Advocate. Don't comment because that is exactly what she's gunning for. Some kind of confrontation. Some people like that kind of stuff. Me, not so much. Ignore.
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You're right. I've kept reading, trying to give him/her the benefit of the doubt.
Good advice. I'll be scrolling past now, too. It's enough already. Respect, not confrontation, is a hallmark of this site, and ignoring those spoiling for a fight is a good way to keep it like that.
Apparently, I must be inept at Christmas because I am done. The only thing I have left is the actual dinner on Sunday. I would love to see a blog about anything but KT. At this point, I would be more interested to learn some of the favorite recipes and traditions of my fellow bloggers. I am just about burnt out KT's Kardashian Christmas. My teen and his friend were ecstatic when I simply took them to Game Stop and turned them loose. Done!
Good advice. I'll be scrolling past now, too. It's enough already. Respect, not confrontation, is a hallmark of this site, and ignoring those spoiling for a fight is a good way to keep it like that.
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I agree with this and I think that's all I need to stay right now. Hope everyone's having a great holiday. We're on the East Coast, the south, and absolutely loving the mild humid weather here. Rolls are in the oven, bacon cooking for soup, it smells so good!
I just looked at her tweets from last night (and a couple this morning). Of course, she blabbed on and on again about wrapping presents. She also had a few tweets about making desserts and treats, and whenever sheeple mentioned certain things, she always came back with her anorexic type comments (i.e., she has to keep her spoon out of the chocolate; anything with Oreos is "dangerous"; she's addicted to Fig Newmans, but the fat free ones, of course).
Tweets about her (alleged) "kid party" today:
Kateplusmy8 Kate Gosselin
Quick errands 2day?Think not! Just finished dipping pretzels in melted choc 4 r party tom! Kids ate spoons of choc when done!Yum!
December 22nd, 7:47 PM
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JeanneKaye Jeanne K
@Kateplusmy8 Anymore baking on your list before the big day?
December 22nd, 10:42 PM
Kateplusmy8 Kate Gosselin
@JeanneKaye today we made peanut butter blossoms and dipped pretzel Rods in chocolate. All done now. More than I usually do!
December 22nd, 10:49 PM
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MiloandJack Fired Up 4 Kate
@Kateplusmy8 So what kind of party U have goin on 2morrow? Family...friends....Shoka's buddies?
December 22nd,
Kateplusmy8 Kate Gosselin
@MiloandJack kids friends and their parents (my friends)
December 22nd, 10:51 PM
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Kateplusmy8 Kate Gosselin
GN all- Sent my chocolate kids2bed now I'm going2dreamland2! Chat tomorrow!
December 22nd, 11:00 PM
Kateplusmy8 Kate Gosselin
GM! Another day closer to the big day! It's our (the kids) party here today! Lots to do still...have a good one!
December 23rd, 7:43 AM
Kateplusmy8 Kate Gosselin
Breakfast discussion w 7 yr olds: How2host a party (ie: greeting, help with coat, help carrying stuff, 'help yourself') 6 jobs..for 6 hosts!
December 23rd, 9:24 AM
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It's interesting how this comes up now, as I remember that I just made some comments the other day about how TLC set up that whole Halloween haunted house in their basement last year, but it was oddly just for them. They had no friends over when that would have been the perfect time for the kids to have friends over for a party.
Does anyone remember the episode from last spring's birthday party for the sextuplets? From what I read and saw, the kids and parents were pretty much kept out of the Queen's house. She was NOT friendly to the friends' parents at all, and they just awkwardly stood around. So, isn't this funny how she's suddenly having a party for the kids' friends and their parents, who she specifies are her "friends" too? Yeah, okay.
If I was a garbage man...there's no effing damn way I'm eatin' any food wrapped up in paper on the side of the road. Don't make me throw up ....has this woman lost what's left of her mind. That's too disgusting to even think about...sorry..that my two cents..
From the self-proclaimed great speller (lol) - she keeps spelling (Santa) "Claus" wrong:
HspncElvis HspncElvis
@Kateplusmy8 MSD having a few drinks in your honor tonight. :O)
December 22nd, 8:19 PM
Kateplusmy8 Kate Gosselin
@HspncElvis cool thanks. Ms clause is too busy to party
December 22nd, 8:31 PM
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For the millionth time, she simply can NOT spell "gorgeous" correctly, even after non-fans have tweeted corrections to her so many times. She spells it this way every single time:
Kateplusmy8 Kate Gosselin
@taylorswift13 Georgous wrap job Taylor! Wanna come to my house and wrap for my 8? :)
December 22nd, 10:33 PM
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I guess she tweeted last night about a new blog post she did about being stuck in traffic. I haven't read it yet, but this exchange came after that:
sarahjoyce1992 Sarah Joyce
@Kateplusmy8 do people ever notice you as you're driving by them and start frantically waving? I so would! :)
December 22nd, 8:31 PM
Kateplusmy8 Kate Gosselin
@sarahjoyce1992 yes and take pics at red lights. I've handed a signed pic over to next car at red light a X or 2 too lol
December 22nd, 8:32 PM
sarahjoyce1992 Sarah Joyce
@Kateplusmy8 that's so funny! :) You never know I might see you driving around Dublin some day!
December 22nd, 8:34 PM
Kateplusmy8 Kate Gosselin
@sarahjoyce1992 ...you just never know....;)
December 22nd, 10:34 PM
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Ha ha!! Yeah, Khate is SO famous, that she drives around with 8x10 professional glossies of herself in the car so when she gets recognized at red lights, she can sign a photo and hand it over. OMG, I'm laughing so hard, it hurts! Also, she claims people snap pics of her at red lights. Okay, whatever.
Plus, don't you just love how she does her stupid teasing thing again, telling the girl in Dublin that "you just never know", she might just be there some day.
Why oh why do they keep feeding this beast. People waving to her in cars now? Can't they just let this monster go away quietly. Those stupid fans of hers talk to her like she's their God. they're so in awe of her .....it's just plain funny.
This kids party she's having...I wonder if the little friends are expected to bring gifts for the sextuplets? I'm not sure what the accepted protocol is for a kids' Christmas Party at one's home.
Are people waiving at her while in traffic and/or stopped at red lights or flipping her the bird? I think that I'd be doing the latter.
Well, Kate instructed the tups how to help with coats and 'stuff'- I took 'stuff' to be gifts or goodies etc....I remember at the b-day bash, she had to introduce herself to most parents except one IIRC. The kids had to come inside at that event due to rain. ... I didn't see any mention of treats baked for the parents/ adult 'friends' for the party today...
I agree, a Halloween party would have been so much fun on their property with the barn and haunted basement and woods...but it may have included pumpkin carving and I will never forget Kate rolling up the paper in the old driveway when the kids were toddlers and Jon was not finished helping them with the project...
As for the picture-signing as she drives around, it's dangerous, and two, I gather she's not too popular locally....
I've often wondered if she treats the other parents with the same disdain and arrogance that slips through on film and Twitter. We do know that sometimes she's at the bus stop but is she friendly?
Audible Click said... 199
I've often wondered if she treats the other parents with the same disdain and arrogance that slips through on film and Twitter.
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Yes, she does. No, she is not friendly. Sheeple would be in for a very rude awakening if they were her neighbors or another parent.
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