Saturday, February 4, 2012

'Home Improvement' child star arrested on DUI charges, 'Harry Potter' had a drinking problem, and Aaron and Nick Carter's sister overdosed at 25

It's been a sad week for former child stars, and reminds us of some of the serious problems fame brought to all three of the following kids. Here is the round-up.

Taran Noah Smith arrested. The youngest Home Improvement kid was arrested after police found pot in his car. In 2001, he sued his parents over the money he made as a minor, alleging they were squandering his trust fund, including a house and a boat. "My mother always used to tell me to look out for the sharks, people who were going to take my money," Smith said. "Turns out she was talking about herself." 


Daniel Radcliff was an alcoholic. The Harry Potter star admits he had a drinking problem. "I went into work still drunk, but I never drank at work … I can point to many scenes where I’m just gone. Dead behind the eyes.” Radcliff points to the pressures of all his obligations to the public as to why he turned to alcohol. "I was living in constant fear of who I’d meet, what I might have said to them, what I might have done with them, so I’d stay in my apartment for days and drink alone. I was a recluse at 20.” Radcliff also reveals how he was bullied in school for being a child star, and how hard it is to go out in public and be recognized all the time. 


Leslie Carter overdoses. The sister of pop stars Aaron and Nick Carter was featured on the reality show "House of Carters" with her siblings. She overdosed earlier this week. 


The Carter children have had a long-standing feud with their ex-manager--their mother. In 2007, 20/20 interviewed the family (for the second time). Reporter Chris Connely asked Nick and Aaron, "You know a lot of people out there are saying, guys, she sacrificed her life for these boys' careers, she gave them every opportunity. These ungrateful boys." To which Aaron replied, "But at the same time, we gave her a job for 12 years."


Aaron expressed frustration with his mother's mismanagement of his money. He believes his mother did not pay him what he earned. "She's lied so much that she has to cover a lie with a lie," he said. 


When Jane Carter asked what the price of fame was, she said, "The loss of my family." Four out of five of Jane's children were estranged from her, as well as her ex-husband. At the time of the interview, Aaron lived with his father. Ironically, Leslie Carter was the only child not to be estranged from her. Jane was her manager. "It's going to be fun this time," Jane said. 


"Leslie, my advice to you would be, don't let mom manage you," Aaron said in 2007.




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readerlady said...

Anon-e-Mouse Today 184 -- I live one state over from Kate (in Ohio), on about the same latitude. Sunrise here is around 7:30 AM (A few minutes after this morning), so it would still be dark when the kids get on the bus, if they get on at 7 AM. However, sunset is approaching 6 PM (it will be at 6 PM by the end of this week), so unless they aren't getting home until after 6, it's still daylight. More of Kate's exaggeration and woe is me act.

Anonymous said...

You know, about those crafts kate got from Target- shouldn't the children be making fun stuff for the holiday, and not kate? I know that's what I did for my kid for the holidays. Call me crazy. I think they would have more fun making valentine's (for whoever- each other, mom, dad, grandma) than have kate making one for them.

Once a Viewer said...

Butterfly: Exactly! Why would an adult stay up all night making foam crafts?? The kids would have fun doing that.

I think that's the epi where she got the camera...but when was it she got a purse she had wanted plus a jewelry travel box and Jon just got a coffee card??

Allison J. said...

Auntie Ann -- raising mental giants like herself. -- ROFLMAO!!!!!

It seems like I remember them going to the house in VA being shown very briefly at the beginning of the trip to Outer Banks. They pulled their big old van In there after driving down a long road and showed them walking thru the house and out onto that beautiful porch.

Ingrid said...

Amy2 said... 189
I did the poll at the bottom of the link. Kate is no. 1! She is lead by 1300 votes hahahahahaha
Results:
Kate Gosselin 50.2% (1,906 votes)
NaOnka Mixon 16% (609 votes)
Courtney Robertson 10.2% (386 votes)
Jonathan Baker and Victoria Fuller
6.3% (239 votes)
Gretchen Jones 5.7% (218 votes)
Other 5% (188 votes)
Vicky Vilcan 4.1% (157 votes)
Marcel Vigneron 2.5% (94 votes)

http://theclicker.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/06/10334595-move-over-conda-make-way-for-the-worst-reality-tv-players

Rhymes with Witch said...

She is a celebutard!
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Hey Jude, thanks for the laugh.

May I also add that her trough is bottomless in addition to overflowing. :)

FLmama said...

On TMZ there's a story about how Kris Humphries wants to put reality TV on trial:

Sources tell us ... Kris and his lawyer, Lee Hutton, want to "expose the M.O. of reality TV" by proving Kim had no intention of staying married to him, but just wanted big ratings for her reality show.

http://www.tmz.com/2012/02/07/kim-kardashian-divorce-kris-humphries-reality-tv-welcome/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmaing6%7Cdl2%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D133482#.TzGp064pebE

Sorry, I don't know how to make it clickable

A Pink Straight Jacket For Kate said...

butterfly said... 200

You know, about those crafts kate got from Target- shouldn't the children be making fun stuff for the holiday, and not kate? I know that's what I did for my kid for the holidays. Call me crazy. I think they would have more fun making valentine's (for whoever- each other, mom, dad, grandma) than have kate making one for them.

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A normal person would think like that.

Kate is abnormal.

Besides, it's not about her 8 little commodities (I mean, kids). It's all about poor, self-sacrificing, Cromagnon Katie Irene, and how she is going to slave the night away doing Arts n' Crafts.

Not to worry, though- it will all be worth the lack of sleep, when her 8 little dividends thank her profusely the next day.

Fun, fun, fun!

Anon-e-Mouse Today said...

Anon-e-Mouse Today 184 -- I live one state over from Kate (in Ohio), on about the same latitude. Sunrise here is around 7:30 AM (A few minutes after this morning),

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I'm about five miles from Kate, and it is light at 7 a.m...official sunrise, 7:06 a.m. I'm up at that time every day, unfortunately! Sunset is at 5:30 p.m. They are home before that. The kids are not on the bus in the pitch black of night. I wonder where that came from.

Tamara said...

The grab all the free stuff you can moemnt I remember is when they went to see the show about the bible and got free stuffed animals afterwards. Kate was going on about how she hates stuffed animals but since they were free... how nice I thought, cap a lesson in Christianity with a lesson in greed.

Marie said...

I wonder, if Kate were ever able to step outside of herself or so to say, would she from another person's point of view encourage. like or be disgusted by her own behavior?

Now, since I've semi-watched this train wreck, something wrong with that first episode just got to me, I would be completely embarrassed.

Is she even aware of how much people just don't like her because of her attitude? I mean I know she says she's developed a "tough skin, that it doesn't bother her," but come on! I don't buy it. She has to know that people find her attitude the problem. She's whinny, she's ungrateful, she's demanding, she's rude and spends too much time pretending to be (might be genuine) clueless on how to pronounce words.

That's what I think turns people off about her. But somehow I don't even know if she, as she is herself would be aware of it.

Ingrid said...

Making Valentine's day crafts with the kids would be much more memorable to them. Thinking about it, I remembered the time my girl scout troup made some VDay centerpieces and we delivered them to a nursing home to put on their dining room tables. The residents loved them and we were so proud of our work! Of course Kate would never do this because there would be no film crews there to save the memories ...um...film an episode.

anger issues kate said...

Ingrid: Don't forget it would also come out of Kates money pocket, and she would neva(as she says)use her own money to make something to give to anyone outside her home, unless someone else pays for it(like TLC did).

Marie said...

Her thing with "making memories," is such crap. I'm sorry but I think it is. You make memories by spure of the moment, it's those random things that happen to you as kids, scrapping a knee going too fast down that massive hill in the neighborhood, playing ball until it's too dark to see, catching fireflies, going fishing, baking cookies but spilling all the flour on the floor.

Memories just happen, memories aren't something you can have and say, "Here, look what we did then!" A memory is something special and individual. What Kate did was make them seem artificial.

She's made memories, but that necessarily doesn't mean that is how the kids will remember things. Like when your parent swears up and down you did something but you have no memory of it, or you do but it's entirely different even if you've seen the home video or picture.

I truly wonder what her kids will remember about "memories." Says a lot to me when they said they have the "episode," with Kate mocking them as it were.

Jumping In said...

My how the world has changed. As a child, all I cared
about before Valentine's Day rolled around was running
down to Kresges to get a box of cards to give to the
kids and my teacher at school. My mom would give
us each a bag of red, cinnamon hearts, we knew
she loved us, so this was just a little extra treat.

Did my mother feel the need to call her friends to
share her gift of cinnamon hearts to her children
with her friends? I think not. These are ordinary
childhood experiences, (for those fortunate to have
caring parents), not extraordinary ones.

In this age of multi-faceted media anything can be,
and often is, thought of as 'news'. I think Kate
believes the world is indeed hanging on her
every action, right down to her all-night card
making session. And, she has her website
and Twitter to keep her 15 minutes going.
Kind of makes you want to go back to the
50's, doesn't it?

Ex Nurse said...

Looked at Kate's website last night:

1) Super Bowl recipes--What happened to organic. After years of yammering on an on about organic this and organic that, absolutely no mention of organic ingredients. The Fruit Dip is full of chemicals and additives
Fruit dip
1 container of whipped topping
8 ounces of cream cheese, softened
3-4 ounces of orange gelatin powder
1 packet of fruit dip powder, optional
Mix it up.. It’s yummy!

What is fruit dip powder?

2) News and Events page
--November 2011......Steve Irwin Day
--December 2012...Marathon
--August 2012....Cruise

That is a lot of time off...Nothing else in the works?

Kate doesn't rate said...

When I was little I made valentines out of red construction paper and white paper doilies.

That would probably create too much of a mess for Kate to handle.

AuntieAnn said...

Marie said... 13

I truly wonder what her kids will remember about "memories." Says a lot to me when they said they have the "episode," with Kate mocking them as it were.
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Those episodes are going to come in pretty handy when the kids get older. Except inside the courtroom they're called 'exhibits'.

Virginia Pen Mom said...

Tucker's Mom said... 169

I think what we know and have seen is but the tip of the iceberg. The shows were on for years... can you imagine how much free stuff and gifts they've ALL been given?
I remember on J&K+8 when they were seriously (or not) looking or another home farther south. They were looking in VA and the realtors who were to show them the home were so excited!! that they made a huge gift basket for the kids. I think each one got custom embroidered towels or something.
This is the VIP treatment they got everywhere they went. It makes you understand why the kids expect to have life-long servants (ugh).


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Allison J. said... 2

It seems like I remember them going to the house in VA being shown very briefly at the beginning of the trip to Outer Banks. They pulled their big old van In there after driving down a long road and showed them walking thru the house and out onto that beautiful porch.

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The house they looked at in Virginia is very close to my home in a very quiet area. Little did I realize at the time what a near miss we had here with the Gosselin sideshow.

I was oblivious to Jon & Kate + 8 then, but I do recall an article in our little local paper about how excited the two realtors were, how they had bought gifts for the kids, etc. The quotes from the realtors were fairly brimming over.

I believe the realtors were certainly duped. (Hopefully, TLC paid them something, and they did receive the local publicity. If I remember right, the story might have been a headline. SMALL town.)

I found this J&K episode much later and watched it; it was clear they had no intention of buying the house. It was just another storyline in this realest of reality shows and CONVENIENTLY located right off I-95, so they could film and hit the road for NC.

Weirdly, a few minutes down the road from the Gosselin house, BIO filmed an episode of "My Ghost Story." And we say nothing ever happens here... Ghosts and Ghosselins, what more could we ask for? LOL.

Marie said...

So true AuntieAnn! It would be hard for Kate to cry foul since she's said all along that that is their real lives, the kids were just playing. We never did more than one take because it was our lives! Oh bull. The Philadelphia episode spoke a lot to me that it is so scripted.

Kate's yammering on about organic, I think was just to make her look special. Now I will admit I use organic beef, I get it from a guy who is a friend of my grandmother, half price. It tastes great and I think it does taste better but that's my opinion not that I would promote myself as organic freak and yammer on about it.

Now, I hate to think I'm the only one who thinks mixing cream cheese and whipped cream together...that just sounds odd to me. Why would you add gelatin to it anyway? And I have never heard of fruit dip mix.

All these years I thought fruit dip was melted caramel, yogurt or chocolate. I didn't know it was a separate thing. Maybe it's a PA thing I wouldn't know then. Sorry if I sound really uneducated about fruit dip!

Out And About In Berks County PA said...

Now, I hate to think I'm the only one who thinks mixing cream cheese and whipped cream together...that just sounds odd to me. Why would you add gelatin to it anyway? And I have never heard of fruit dip mix.

All these years I thought fruit dip was melted caramel, yogurt or chocolate. I didn't know it was a separate thing. Maybe it's a PA thing I wouldn't know then. Sorry if I sound really uneducated about fruit dip!

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I'm not sure about it being just a PA thing, but we do use dip here with fruit. You can buy it in any grocery store, already made. It comes in quite a few flavors. Many of them are made with softened cream cheese and marshmallow creme. Great with strawberries and grapes, although my preference would be a ruby red grapefruit, just as it is. Do an internet search for fruit dip -- I'm sure there are plenty from which to choose!

After weeks of 40 and 50 degree weather (and a February day of 67), snow is in the forecast, with temps then going back up into the 50s. Get ready for Kate to complain about shoveling, although if she waits a day or so, it will melt.

Virginia Pen Mom said...

Also, Kate's so-called fame in our Virginia town would have been completely overshadowed by our local boy--with huge record sales (tops in the country and around the world.

This star's mom is in my Sunday School class, and he once popped in to unannounced to sing and play at our Christmas service. (It had to be a surprise or the church would have been mobbed.) My next door neighbor owns a music store and taught him guitar... So this sweet young man GAVE one of his gold records to my neighbor to hang in this tiny shop.

Kate Gosselin? Not so much. Kate could take a few lessons in humility and generosity from this young man--a real star. But I do find it funny to imagine if she'd moved in here and found out she wasn't the biggest game in town!

Call Me Crazy said...

Those episodes are going to come in pretty handy when the kids get older. Except inside the courtroom they're called 'exhibits'.
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AuntieAnn, you are the best!

Out And About In Berks County PA said...

The house they looked at in Virginia is very close to my home in a very quiet area. Little did I realize at the time what a near miss we had here with the Gosselin sideshow.

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You escaped it. We got it instead!

Kirkland said...

I just watched this video again. It's when Ellen DeGeneres interviewed Kate in 2009, during the height of the Jon and Kate media frenzy.

It's more interesting to watch now than when it was originally aired.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdMlUwVT8MQ

It's especially funny when she tries to throw Jon under the bus, and Ellen has no clue what's she's talking about.

Also, is it just me, or does anyone else feel the producers of the show threw a sweater on Kate and pinned her blouse shut! :)

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

"Depression, anxiety, and a decrease in self-esteem are just some of the documented problems that can result when we take the focus off our own lives and instead focus all our energy on the life of a celebrity.

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I'm thinking this is like anyone who starts overly investing in anything. Even people that start stalking an ex-boyfriend/girlfriend or spouse, or people that won't back off a one-sided friendship or anyone else they find themselves enamored with. Or even THINGS, like getting obsessed with a sports team etc.

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

It was nice to see that Ellen interview in hindsight.

Hahaha when she tried to throw Jon under the bus, Ellen is like whhhat are you talking about, wtf? That's great.

Also what a hypocrite she turned out to be, some of us speak a lot others of us prefer to keep our mouth shut. My how the tables turned on that one.

Kate is suuuch a martyr. She is so innocent, she never wanted this. Oh please. She wanted every stinking minute of it. We can't go back--yes you CAN Kate, look at Jon. It was a good experience??? In what way? It ended too soon?? Five years was TOO SOON?

I love how Ellen is like I have no clue i don't follow this saga. She really didn't even pretend to know. It's CODE, haha, ouch. Um um ummmm.

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

I think Kate and Jon were flirting with moving closer to the Figure 8 production company and were also shopping around for better child labor laws. Just think they could have been Bill Blankinship's neighbors.

But I think once they realized TLC was really going to have their backs with the child labor law issues and that PA even with the new laws was still going to be one of the more lenient states to be in (plus all the "good will" they had built there so to speak) that they bailed on that idea. It no longer became necessary.

a coincidence is not the same as an accident said...

AAAAACKKKK!!! I HONESTLY couldn't take more than 5 minutes of her voice in that clip!!!! I remember that's the interview where she says that the children will have to get jobs if they want cars when they're older, or something like that. What a bitch!
HELLLLLOOOOO! Katie, hon, those children have been working since the day they were born. They each deserve a car, on a "golden platter," on their 16th birthdays.

Also just want to say that I am clueless as to who the other reality losers are in the MSNBC poll. However, I am fairly certain that none of them has been referred to as the world's worst mother for several years now.

a coincidence is not the same as an accident said...

oops - make that 5 SECONDS, not minutes!

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

I didn't really know those other reality star people either but I did notice that not a single one had anything to do with exploiting children.

It's one thing to be a stupid villain on a stupid show like Survivor or the Bachelor. It's just a game. It's not real LIVES on any level that the Gosselins show was about real lives, and destroying those lives.

You can go on Survivor and play really dirty and go back to your life and be normal again. The Gosselin kids can never just go back to their lives after what Kate has done. The life they would have had without the show is gone forever.

Tamara said...

I always wondered why they didn't move out of PA. Kate wanted to get away from cold weather and the blogs were certain they would be headed to North or South Carolina instead of the current Konpound. What are the child labor laws in NC and SC? Were houses more expensive there? Did Jon decide he wanted to stay closer to home?

Teresa said...

Hahahaha...still lying about being on bedrest for 30 weeks. I wish that idiot Dr Drew would take a look at the gumbear episode and if he still wants to hold her hand when she turns on the fake tears, just go back Drew and take a look of real tears of Collin.

Tweet-le De Tweet-le DUMB said...

Kirkland said...Also, is it just me, or does anyone else feel the producers of the show threw a sweater on Kate and pinned her blouse shut! :)
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Yep, I said that at the time. It looked like the back of the blouse was backless, maybe some kind of halter thing, but I'm positive they scrounged up a sweater to cover that boobage.

HollyMo said...

If y'all want a really easy and very tasty fruit dip just mix one thing of cool whip with an 8 ounce container of flavoured yogurt(any flavour, although black cherry is my fave). So good!

Auntie Ann, you are on fire today!!

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

Wow that interview is one for the ages.

I love how she says essentially that because she was on bed rest for two and a half years or however long she says it is now, that proves she would never do anything that wasn't good for her children. Huh? What mother WOULDN'T go on bed rest? What mother would say nah I'll just keep training for the Olympics and disregard my doctor's orders and kill my babies instead.

Kate wants a medal for doing things that anyone with any ounce of responsibility to their unborn children would do. It doesn't make you a better mother. It makes you a human being who isn't EVIL.

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

Tamara, merely speculating, but I also think Kate realized if she was going to move anywhere, it would be to New York or LA.

Someone informed her about the strict child labor laws there, and by the time she ever got around to seriously making it happen, they were divorced (which makes moving a heck of a lot harder of course) and the show was over and her master evil plan had come to fruition--get all the trips and freebies and perks without having to bother with the pesky kids.

Kate still gets to spend lots of time in NY and LA, so all the perks of NY and LA without having to bother with the hassle of a move and dealing with bringing the kids there. I also think if she moved the kids out to NY or LA she would miss her grand week-long trips to NY and LA!

PatK said...

Kate tweeted she's mending one of Cara's socks. How terrible that her kids only have one pair of socks. I guess she really is poor now.

Tamara said...

She could never afford to move to NYC or LA, especially with the kids, and live within the style she is now accustomed. Just a house approximately the same size and school tuition for 8 would be nearly double what she pays now. And if she wanted the land her house is on as well, plus taxes, etc, she'd blow through whatever cash she has in less than a year.

From what I remember about when they were looking at moving Kate hadn't yet made the "fake a marriage for the cameras" deal yet. I think she would have wanted to move down to NC/SC then travel as often as possible. Too bad she only got the travel part of it. There were more than a few months before they moved to the Konpound where she was off leaving Jon and the kids at home for 3 weeks a month.

Moose Mania said...

kateplusmy8
And alas, the sock sewing momma is done and she's going to sleep.. Lots of variables here so haven't been getting sleep....& I am going now!

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She's been going to be before 10 p.m. every night. If she's not sleeping, what is she doing in bed?

Never mind...

Dallas Lady said...

Darning socks? Who even does that anymore? Socks are so cheap. (That's a bigger problem, we can buy things so cheaply, we just throw things out. I'm actually in favor of trying to use things longer and repairing them.)

I don't believe for two hot seconds that Kate Gosselin sits there darning socks.

I think she hit the wine box early tonight. Again.

She's got no use for her twatters unless they're signing up to pay her on the cruise. Period.

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

Yes I'm sure that was a large part of it, once she actually seriously looked at moving she realized there was no way she could get a property like she has for NY and LA.

Kate strikes me as someone more concerned about the mansion itself rather than where it is. She would like to have both, but if she had to pick, she would pick a swankier house over a swankier neighborhood.

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

Who mends socks anymore? Just go to Walmart and pick up a new package of Hanes.

I'm all about being frugal but why is it the kids are the only ones she is frugal on? I am embarrassed for her.

Marie said...

I mean I can be frugal, I use old socks that I've washed as dust rags or small cleaning jobs) around my place. Mending socks? That's something a 19th century woman would do who lived in a rural area maybe back then when goods weren't as cheap. Today? Heck, go to Target where she always goes and buy a package of socks for what, $2.95? So about $3 a pack of socks of say 6 for maybe around $30 I guess.

That could be the same $30 she spends on getting her weekly pedicures and manicures, oh my gosh, an actual sacrifice? Skip, oh, I don't know skip filling your car with gas for a week and take public transportation if you absolutely had to (since you know, Kate's so broke and all) to be able to afford her poor 8, count 'em 8 kids each a new pair of socks.

Beats sitting there like a moron mending socks with holes any day in my book. Maybe my math is off because I haven't really looked at the price of socks lately...

I hope the kids have learned to tie their shoes by now. With Kate not working I mean sure there is time to teach kids to tie their shoes. Despite her claim that to teach 6 kids at once it would be too hard. Ask a preschool teacher how she manages with 20 some kids a day to teach them things. What's so hard about it?

Tamara said...

I wonder if those are the same single pair of socks Joel had to re-use to wear over his eczema covered hands at night?

AuntieAnn said...

Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 42

Who mends socks anymore? Just go to Walmart and pick up a new package of Hanes.

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Admin, I swear to god she tweeted that to get a reaction out of her 'haterz' lol. I'm not buying it. NO ONE darns socks anymore, not even sweet little ol' grannies.
And I agree with you about the tables being turned on her remark about keeping her mouth shut. Wouldn't you just like to put that in a cream pie and throw it in her face.

bearswife & 'call me crazy' - only because her stupidity, lies and just-in-general entitlement issues are really pissing me off today.

Pity Party said...

Why is she saying that press days are like sleep in days for her. That doesn't make sense. You would think it would be the opposite. She has something going on this week, she is not tweeting all day, which usually means she is with PB and they are "working."

AuntieAnn said...

Wait a minute. Did we just overlook the obvious - she's grifting for socks isn't she?

NJGal51 said...

David Chou was on Howard Stern today. David is a famous artist who has been flying under the radar until the NY Times did a front page story on him. He wasn't pleased with the story and, per the NY Times would not comment when they contacted him. I won't go into his full story as you can google him.

When talking about why he wasn't happy about the Times story he said that no matter how much money you have you can never buy back your privacy.

Kate you sold your kids' privacy all because you crave fame. Your time is up Kate please let your kids lead a normal life and fly under the radar.

a coincidence is not the same as an accident said...

I'm surprised there isn't a picture of the sock which she so lovingly mended. Hmmmm, is it possible kate is lying? Gasp!

Also, where is the, Cara-thanked-me-so-so-so-so-much-and-i'm-the-best-est-ish-mom-in-the-world, tweet?

In the Neighborhood said...

NO ONE darns socks anymore, not even sweet little ol' grannies.

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My Amish neighbors do. Last time I was visiting, there was an open sewing basket on the kitchen table, with a wooden darning egg in it. I remembered that my grandmother had a similar one.

I asked her why she just doesn't buy new socks at Goods Store (a favorite shop for the Plain People). She said that the sock still has life left in it. That's why they have money.

Kate couldn't darn a sock if Steve's life depended on it, unless she learned it from her grandmother.

Someone commented that a ghost story was filmed in their neighborhood. Not only do we have Lady Gaga visiting her quite often, but last week the TAPS Ghost Hunters team from Rhode Island (SciFi channel) was in the neighborhood, only a few minutes away. They filmed an episode at Bube's Brewery in Mount Joy...should be fun to watch.

AuntieAnn said...

Moose Mania said... 39
She's been going to be before 10 p.m. every night. If she's not sleeping, what is she doing in bed?

Never mind...
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hehehe. I thought so too.

You know she could be darning one short sock under those covers...if that's what they're calling it these days.

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

We don't live like the Amish anymore. What's next, Kate churns butter?

AuntieAnn said...

In the Neighborhood said... 50

NO ONE darns socks anymore, not even sweet little ol' grannies.

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My Amish neighbors do. Last time I was visiting, there was an open sewing basket on the kitchen table, with a wooden darning egg in it. I remembered that my grandmother had a similar one.
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Thanks Neighborhood, I stand corrected. I admire the Amish.

I'll watch for that Ghost Hunters epi, thanks for the heads up. Sounds like you have an interseting community there.

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

If socks in the 19th century cost what they do today you can bet our ancestors would have bought them too. You can get a pack for what, five bucks? That's like ten cents in the 19th century. They would have bought them if that's how much they cost. Things were different back then because like most things they weren't mass produced.

I just find it so irritating that she is the most frugal, CHEAP person ever with her kids. But with herself, it's VIP baby all the way. What good does darning a sock do if you jet off to LA and eat at some trendy restaurant and go buy some trendy piece of foil dress and hooker heels?

Ex Nurse said...

Jumping In said... 14
I think Kate believes the world is indeed hanging on her every action, right down to her all-night card making session

For all of the sophistication that Kate works so hard on projecting, she really is very provincial*. I'm not criticizing her (or anyone else) for this--she was, after all raised in rural Pennsylvania and I am guessing she had a pretty sheltered life that probably revolved around her family, school community and church where there was little in the way of exposure to other cultures.  

 I grew up in crowded neighborhoods in Chicago, with huge schools composed of many different races, religions and cultures.  I really love  hearing the descriptions of everyday small-town life on this blog--it is one of the reasons I started reading here. 

Many of the posters here have described similar backgrounds and clarified some of the language, customs and food of her background. Unlike Kate, however, NONE seem to have the limited interests and lack of curiosity that Kate demonstrates. So, as NE Psychologist would say, I am hereby ruling out her background as a major contributor to her ignorance and cluelessness.

Kate doesn't seem to have gained the awareness that happens when people move through the self-oriented childhood and teenage world into the adult perspective. Like a child, she projects her internal world onto the external world (there was a great entry related to this, recently). Kate's mind is a very small place. She  doesn't take the time to broaden her knowledge or worldview--she just seizes on what she thinks will make her appear what ever image she is trying to project--exotic, sophisticated, sex kitten, super mom, victim, and now "the mom next door".  

So, when she discovers something new--like a label maker, or Nobu or making  homemade valentine--in her world, it IS front page news. It is very childish and naive, but If you consider the sheeple ( many of which seem to exist solely as mirrors, put on this earth to reflect her glory) , anti/pro blogs, magazine articles/ covers and paparazzi--really, it's not that surprising that she thinks the world revolves around her. 

Thanks for your post Jumping In!


* Definition of provincial that I am referencing: 
-Webster Online
"a person of local or restricted outlook", "a person lacking urban polish and refinement"

AuntieAnn said...

We don't live like the Amish anymore. What's next, Kate churns butter?
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LOL!!
Ah nuts now I have to wipe down my monitor.

tate said...

So, why in the world is she talking about "press days"? She isn't getting any press. You would think she is in high demand. She has to sound oh so important. Kate, I think your "press days" are over.

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

Ex Nurse, I think you hit the nail on the head. Some areas of middle America are more isolating than others. This is not meant to be insulting, some people like it that way. I grew up in a place like that and I found most of PA to be like that. There are things I very much liked about that kind of life. Would I raise kids there? Certainly have thought about it.

The difference being that those who grow up like that who aren't like Kate, have a natural curiosity to discover a world beyond that eventually. They get out of that, maybe travel (and I don't mean just the Four Seasons kind of travel), maybe go to college and meet lots of different people and expose themselves to that, maybe work in the big bad city for awhile, then come back to their hometowns. Kate has none of that kind of drive to see what else is out there, unless it's in a resort.

She does come across as very sheltered, ignorant, and new money. That is her fault, not her community's.

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

Here's one thing I like about growing up in middle America. I grew up in an area where the only Asians I knew were adopted by white people. Now, the neighborhood I live in is predominately Asian.

I have a curiosity about their culture, customs, especially their food that maybe I wouldn't have had had I just lived around this kind of diversity my whole life. I'm always encouraging family and friends to try this or that restaurant here. I'm excited about living here. Living the "small town" life has made me a more curious person, in my opinion, not one who takes other cultures for granted.

Marie said...

Is this the reason she buys the kids matching clothes? The reason their clothes don't seem to fit on certain occasion? Is this her being frugal? Instead of buying 8 individual pairs of whatever she will buy them identically? Not sure what the purpose would be to save a few bucks you're still buying three at the same price.

I think finally when her money runs out from her blogging job and whatever or she is let go from that job what will be her source of income? Aside from child support? Money is not water. She has to hit the bottom of the well at some point.

In the Neighborhood said...

AuntieAnn said... 56

We don't live like the Amish anymore. What's next, Kate churns butter?

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She has the chicken coop. Maybe slopping the pigs is next. Oh, wait, she already has her snout in the trough and her eye on Farmer Henry's cow. Next up - the sheep to shawl contest at next year's Pennsylvania Farm Show. I'm sure that the sheeple would be willing to donate the wool. She just needs the spinning wheel.

Mel said...

You've got it backwards.....

It's not "two hot seconds that Kate Gosselin is darning socks"

It's "two seconds that that hot Kate Gosselin is darning socks"

:-)

Mel said...

Maybe it shoud be "that that smokin' hot Kate Gosselin"

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

There have been many times the kids, Jamie, tweeties and various other people have been obviously making fun of her and she doesn't seem to have a clue. This is part of narcissism, humor is hard for them.

Tamara said...

Kate seems to think it's cute and funny to be stupid. More than that though, she just has no curiosity about the world or the people in it, a trait that often comes with low intelligence. Mix in her narcasistic belief that she is the centre of the universe, and you see what we get.

Audible Click said...

I actually have a wooden darning egg that belonged to my mom. She taught me how to darn socks when I was a child. She was a young widow with two small children and worked her tail off at a time when it was unusual for a woman to work outside the home. I never had to darn a sock but when I happen to see the darning egg I remember my lovely mother teaching me how to use it and how patient she was with my clumsy attempt. That's how you make memories, Kate, it's a joy you'll never know.

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

Regarding making memories, we've discussed this a lot and Marie touched on it again today and now you Audible click.

The fact of the matter is, just try your best with your kids and spend lots of time with them and foster lots of laughter and happiness, and the memories will take care of themselves.

In a way, it's kind of like falling in love. If you set out to fall in love, it ends up forced and likely might not work out. Love just happens. Just like memories.

Anonymous said...

Admin, I love this blog but could we get a new entry when it hits 500? Just askin!

Anonymous said...

I live in NW Pa...The Amish are pretty much in my back yard and I find it HIGHLY offensive that people make such remarks about them.

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

What do you want a post on?

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

What offensive remarks? There is not a single offensive remark here about the Amish that I can see. People said they ADMIRED them.

My grandpa lives down the street from the Amish and they even bring him vegetables. I put this fact in one of my recaps once. I wouldn't allow offensive remarks about them.

Anonymous said...

In the Neighborhood said... 61

AuntieAnn said... 56

We don't live like the Amish anymore. What's next, Kate churns butter?

++++++++++++++++++

She has the chicken coop. Maybe slopping the pigs is next. Oh, wait, she already has her snout in the trough and her eye on Farmer Henry's cow. Next up - the sheep to shawl contest at next year's Pennsylvania Farm Show. I'm sure that the sheeple would be willing to donate the wool. She just needs the spinning wheel.
February 7, 2012 8:36 PM



Real nice. Until you have lived by the Amish and seen how they live their lives, you have No right to say these things. They are wonderful people with very high standards. This place makes me sick anymore.

Anonymous said...

How's that for example? Are you blind, Admin?

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

Anonymous, we are making fun of KATE. This blog is about making fun of Kate, not the lovely Amish. I mean this nicely, but lighten up.

Speaking for my comment, the Amish don't OWN churning butter. I churned butter once on my uncle's farm. It was good by the way. It's just a joke.

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

Anonymous, my eye sight is fine. You are reading into things that are not there.

If I say I'm writing with a black pen do you think I'm racist?

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

Real nice. Until you have lived by the Amish and seen how they live their lives,

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I have, actually. Whether one is intimately aquatinted with a culture or not has nothing to do with anything frankly.

Marie said...

Maybe post on Kate's lonely retirement home life. The kids will all be grown and gone in different directions. I am sure to ditch the 8 or the 6-like feeling and matching clothes as fast as possible. What will she do then? Beg them for money? It would be interesting.

My grandmother still has her butter churner, it's old and you can tell it had use but she grew up in the 40s and I've never seen her use it but it sits there next to the old stove and the old milk jug holder.

In the Neighborhood said...

Real nice. Until you have lived by the Amish and seen how they live their lives, you have No right to say these things. They are wonderful people with very high standards. This place makes me sick anymore.

Real nice. Until you have lived by the Amish and seen how they live their lives, you have No right to say these things. They are wonderful people with very high standards. This place makes me sick anymore.

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What in the heck are you talking about? I made the comment about my Amish neighbor darning her socks. I know exactly what nice people they are. I live among them in the heart of the PA Dutch Country where Kate grew up. My grandparents were of the Plain Sect. There was nothing said that was derogatory about the Amish in any way.

In fact, I've commented before that Kate should live with an Amish family for a year and see exactly how the Gentle People live. She might be in for a very rude awakening as to how a family cares for ten children with no electricity, no indoor plumbing, no nannies, no washers or dryers, no computers and no Steve.

Is it full moon?

Anonymous said...

Speaking for my comment, the Amish don't OWN churning butter. I churned butter once on my uncle's farm. It was good by the way. It's just a joke.

Seriously, never seen ANYONE do so much in such a short life....

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

Anonymous you obviously haven't been reading her enough to know how much people here hold PA in affection. I haven't seen any PA bashing here and I can only assume you are highly sensitive to that and reading into things. I kind of find assuming that butter churning and darning socks must be something only the Amish do offensive in itself. According to Google analytics, the top three states visitors to this blog come from are 1. PA 2. CA and 3. NY. PA is number one, so I don't think the PA people here share your sediments (sic!).

Your problem is obviously with me. Not sure what you're talking about, but I have only ever had two careers in my entire life. I don't really consider the other hobbies I've dabbled in, plus a little babysitting, part of a career or job. Even so, I wouldn't fault anyone in this economy from switching career paths, not sure why this is a problem for you.

Not sure what your issue is, maybe threatened by a woman working for a living maybe, but my email is available for you to discuss it.

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

Anonymous lol you are entertaining at this point. Short life? How do you know how old I am, stalker.

Doing a lot....um, I don't know, my parents thought that kids should do a lot? Maybe I have a wide variety of interests and like to try anything, am up for anything? I was a girl scout, you dabble in a lot. Heh. I'm sorry you're so sheltered!

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

In the Neighborhood it's just shit stirring. But it's actually a bit funny this time around.

No one said one darn thing offensive about the Amish. Anonymous just has a personal problem.

Remember, most of the other blogs have shut down or died off.

And by the way I don't know anyone who lived in rural middle America who hasn't somewhere along the way had an opportunity to churn butter. I think we even did it in school too. It's a science lesson. Heck maybe even kids in the big bad city did it too!

Anonymous said...

You are so wrong! I have read here forever and it seems no matter what someone does...YOU have done it and done it better! Maybe that is why you and Kate Gosselin have a close relationship. I work...I am a Nurse? Ohhh yes! Some of the stuff you spew here is just tooooo much!! You spout off about Pa ALL THE TIME!!!

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

Anonymous, go somewhere else. I have had absolutely nothing but wonderful things to say about PA throughout the history of this blog. No one is insulting your home. I have seriously considered moving back if we could find a job there. Why would I trash a place that I ADORED? We were even just talking last month about how PA has one of the highest rates of people NEVER leaving the state. And we were saying there was a reason for that--it's a great place.

It's really not hard to do things better than Kate. If you have a mouth, nose and one good working arm, chances are even you can do most things better than Kate. Cut hearts, ehh my cutting skills leave something to be desired.

Mel said...

So often when there's someone posting something critical...guess who it's signed by? Good old anonymous!

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

Maybe anonymous is upset because we have trashed PA's child labor laws. In that sense she/he is right, we have. I don't think even locals say they are adequate. They're NOT.

Loving a state doesn't mean you can't ever have a problem with their ridiculous laws. I love the PA man who is trying to change them, good ole Murt. I have faith PA will do the right thing someday. I don't consider every corrupt politician representative of the whole state, nor do I consider one child molester representative, and on and on. Every state has bad eggs.

Anonymous said...

Remember, most of the other blogs have shut down or died off.

But...of course not THE Attorney/nannyforhugestar/workintheofficeofABC/etc. blah blah blah

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

Anonymous, your reading comprehension skills are terrible.

I have had two careers in my life. Two. Maybe you are confusing me with that person who keeps posting as a flight attendance/nurse, army wife, etc. That's not me.

Why are you ragging on people with multiple careers? I find THIS offensive. This economy is tough. Some people DO have to change careers and they are not bad people for it. Some people work two and three jobs. Jon works two. Some people switch because they get laid off because of a bad economy. Some people go back to school once they save up the money. Some people need to switch careers to better support their family. You are being offensive with your personal problem against people who have multiple careers/jobs. Have a little sensitivity for how hard it is out there now.

Anonymous said...

Jon works two.

Seriously? LMFAO!!

Anonymous said...

And you know he works two because? Who told you??

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

Anonymous? JON TOLD US.

He tweeted it.

Maybe someone could be so kind.

In the Neighborhood said...

Anonymous, go somewhere else. I have had absolutely nothing but wonderful things to say about PA throughout the history of this blog. No one is insulting your home. I have seriously considered moving back if we could find a job there. Why would I trash a place that I ADORED? We were even just talking last month about how PA has one of the highest rates of people NEVER leaving the state. And we were saying there was a reason for that--it's a great place.


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Yes, indeed. I remember those discussions and I recall that admin said that she'd raise kids here in a heartbeat. She has said it several times. We talked about PA's lack of child labor laws, and yes, they were inadequate, and I think there is still a long way to go. We'll get there, though...hopefully before another family in this state signs up to make it big in the reality entertainment industry.


"YOU have done it and done it better! Maybe that is why you and Kate Gosselin have a close relationship"

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Admin - are you keeping a big secret from us? You've been on the dark side all along? You and Kate have a close relationship? How close? ;) Who would have thought it?

I guess when the playground closes, you've got to find whatever one is available. Where's the Playground, Susie?

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

LOL in the neighborhood. Sigh.

Among everything else we've talked about here, remember our discussion about what a great central location PA is? Just a quick ride to NYC, Washington, Baltimore, Niagara falls. You could give your kid a great hands on education for cheap living there. Geez I feel like all I've done is talk about how much I love PA. Oh and the FALL omg. I remember talking about how of the places I lived fall in PA was the absolute best. Makes me homesick.

And yes I'm very close to Kate. Very, very close. This is why she has no boyfriend, she can't get over me.

And you know what, PA never really had a big problem with FILMING before, that's why their child labor laws suck. I would expect a place like CA and NY to have good child labor laws. I wouldn't expect PA to because they don't really deal with this much! PBS and that director that always films there, that's pretty much it. It's suddenly becoming an issue and they're dealing.

They are JUST having to deal with this now thanks to Kate. It kind of fell in their laps. They're trying. There are people sincerely interested in reform. IT's not like they've had kids exploited for 100 years and just finally got around to dealing with it. In the land of the law, they started dealing with this problem immediately, so to speak. A few years is really quick really.

It's like you never had a problem with ice-cream before and then all of a sudden people start putting glass in the ice cream. You might be a little taken off guard by this!

Anonymous said...

Yes, indeed. I remember those discussions and I recall that admin said that she'd raise kids here in a heartbeat. She has said it several times. We talked about PA's lack of child labor laws, and yes, they were inadequate, and I think there is still a long way to go. We'll get there, though...hopefully before another family in this state signs up to make it big in the reality entertainment industry.


Yes, indeed!! Admin needs to keep her mouth shut about the state of Pa just because ONE asshole lives here!! Quit laying it on the state of PA because Kate lives here!! She was the first AND only one!!!!!!

JoyinVirginia said...

VA pen mom,I am right down the road from you, and youngest daughter takes flute lessons at Ricks music store you mentioned. We have never met Jason in person, but the folks there just love him and hear from him on a regular basis.
I lurk and read on occasion here because admin and other posters are so funny! What in the world it's that anon person talking about? Nobody was making fun of Amish. Hey, growing up and living in rural Virginia, working in urban Virginia, it's not unusual to find folks who have grown their own vegetables, cut down their own trees after hurricanes and such, milked cows, made quilts, play bunco, got a graduate degree, teach, run up and down the highway carrying matching band instruments that won't fit on the bus, paddle a kayak on the river for fun, ride bikes, go to church, make cookies for school, work full time... It is called life and trying different things.I still have to make a quilt and learn the banjo before I die. There is so much fun stuff to do, why waste any time watching tlc?
Ms Kreider is just plain boring. This blog is fun to read however!

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

Anonymous isn't doing her state any favors acting like a person has done EVERYTHING when all they've done is babysit a few times and churned butter and cooked some sweet potatoes once. Maybe it really IS quite sheltered in PA!

I'm sorry I can't help myself. New post!

url said...

Darning socks should be an added to the exciting list of Kart's cruise activities. She could also use her holey socks to make sock puppets with her cruising buddies.

Sleepless in Seattle said...

"In the Neighborhood it's just shit stirring."

$$$$$$$$$$$$

Or perpetual PMS'ing!


"Yes, indeed!! Admin needs to keep her mouth shut about the state of Pa just because ONE asshole lives here!! Quit laying it on the state of PA because Kate lives here!! She was the first AND only one!!!!!!"

$$$$$$$$$$

Nah, I can think of another one, but I'm not naming any names!

Jumping In said...

The irony of what Ex-Nurse has expressed so well, is that
the world was once a smaller place, before the explosion
of technology. Today, you can download a book to your
computer in an instant, read a newspaper online, and
'Google' any subject that interests you. One can connect
through a blog, Facebook, Twitter, and countless ways
that did not exist a few years ago. There is no end
to the opportunities to learn in entirely new ways.

Interestingly, Kate feels she is the teacher. She shares
her thoughts and ideas on recipes, running, (I am sure
there are other subjects, but I am struggling here) as if
they are completely original and fresh. She offers up
her thoughts through a very narrow prism, believing
that by having 8 children she is qualified, no further
research required.

There are fuzzy photos of dreadful-looking food
on her amateur website, mindless blather on Twitter,
and technology wasted. Kate had a small window
after her show was cancelled to keep the momentum
going, and she has lost it now. Rather than accept
her television days are over, she would rather
spend her days wasting a medium that could
have generated an income. Instead, she
throws out her bits of of vapid nothing's while
waiting for the next television gig. More
irony, if she does get that call, her website,
her Twitter account will be over. All of this
is nothing but a stop-gab measure until
Kate is back where she feels she really
belongs, educating us from her comfy
couch with the tv camera pointed
right at her.

Even with all the opportunities, the trips, the fame, Kate's
world is small. Her achievement of having 8 children was
it, and the world should keep coming to Kate.

Pity Party said...

Maybe that was one of the hand-knitted socks that the kind lady was going to make for the kids.

Just another bizarre example of KT working her fingers to the bone for the kids. After all I have done for you...

Anonymous said...

Ahhhh, 700 comments! It takes too long to read this blog. Kate has 74,000+ followers on twitter and I don't think she has ever had even close to 700 responses to anything she tweets about. Maybe it's time for your 15 minutes Admin? A third job in Reality TV, you could give up this mediocre life you know!

GG

TLC stinks said...

I guess the troll is bored with her blog. Please block her, Admin.

Oh wait, it's probably Kate.

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

GG I'm not following your logic. Someone's 15 minutes are up when their blog is getting 700 comments? They should end it when their blog is doing well?

I get it, the more comments you get, the worse your blog is and you should just end it.

Silly me I thought when a blog ISN'T getting comments that means it's over. It's almost cute your little trolly comments!

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

It takes too long to read this blog.

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This is still cracking me up. GG how much can you handle reading and in the future I'll make sure there's nothing more to read here than what your brain can take.

fidosmommy said...

My mom darned socks. She knitted my dad's socks, and when one finally got a small hole in it, she'd darn it closed.

The problem with darning is that if you don't do it just right, there is a knot of wool that is quite uncomfortable to walk with. It can certainly cause blisters and callouses.

For Cara's sake, I hope Kate knows what she is doing.

Anonymous said...

I was trying to give you a compliment admin. Your blog. is so popular that you should get a show, not kate. How many blogs get 700 comnents? Not manu unless they are véry famous. It was meant that there is so much on heré that i cant keep up. Psssh. I was a new reader and really enjoying this blog. Way to chase me away. GG

New Kid said...

I got the joke, GG. I think the problem is that you were preceded by a different "anonymous" who was stirring up trouble.

Realitytvkids.com ~ Administrator said...

Gg I am so sorry your comment came after about 30 troll comments and was anonymous. I apologize for thinking it was another troll!

Lynn W. said...

Joy in VA - I'm in So. CA and I'm a quilter. We can meet halfway and I'll be happy to teach you. While you cut and sew I'll read the blog posts to you. Deal?

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