Kate Plus 8
Florida Fun6:00 PM on TLC, 1 hr 3 min 2015 TV-PG
The gang is still in Florida, where some of the kids go deep-sea fishing, but their adventure is cut short by seasickness. Later, Mady and Cara look up recipes to cook the family dinner; and the kids have fun on their first trip to a water park.
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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 400 of 674 Newer› Newest»Do you think Kate give a crap about the ratings? She's already received her paycheck. As far as the upshots go, it's not necessarily what you can see, but what did the cameramen/editors see and have access to?
Localuocul said... 198
Wait a minute. Remember they were spotted tab at Dutch Wonderland and locals said it wasn't just for kids anymore and they now have water slides? Could this have been filmed there?
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They were not spotted at Dutch Wonderland. Someone took a selfie with Kate at the "birthday party" hotel, then HE went to Dutch Wonderland. So there was speculation that SHE went to Dutch Wonderland as well, but as far as I can recall, there is no evidence that that happened.
(Lwaliw)
P.J. I agree with you on this "I think Kate was cancelled the first time because of her behaviour". But I also think they cancelled because of the two kids getting expelled from school for extremely bad behavior. That must of scared the daylights out of TLC. TLC was there the whole time filming these kids lives and yet TWO got kicked out of kindergarten (or first grade) .
Also, I noticed when they ran the day long marathon of Kate Plus 8 old episodes before her first show last week, they showed the first episode of the RV trip but PURPOSEFULLY did not show the second episode. That P.J. goes back to what you said. Her behavior was out of control. That RV trip sunk her. Dang, her babysitter of many years and her best friend turned on her very badly. And CNN picked it up with Anderson mocking her behavior. That must have mortified TLC. I think they knew they needed to take a very long break from her and they called it a cancellation.
Michele Giarratano @sunshinepawleys 2h2 hours ago
@Kateplusmy8
where did you get this t shirt and who makes it? thanks ☺️
LOL This woman has been tweeting for MONTHS about this doggone shirt. For the love of all that's holy, Kate, tell her where you got it, how much you paid for it, and if it's available in her size! Perhaps Milo could find out for her. She is obsessed with this shirt. These people are nuts.
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Ha! Once wasn't enough tonight. She tweeted it twice. Wouldn't you think she'd give up? Speaking of which, did the Nicole author finally abandon her dreams of having Kate give a recommendation for the book? She removed the picture of herself with Kate on her Twitter profile page. It was in October of 2013 that Kate tweeted:
"It my next read. #topofmybookstack."
Guess she's a really slow reader or Shoka chewed it up...
(Leslie)
High Sodium, yes I think Kate cares very much about her ratings. Even though she has her paycheck for these 8 episodes, her ratings determine her future filming.
And what could the editors see? Again, all of their short were tight so there is nothing to see. If they wanted to, I guess the editors could slow the film down to take a gander in the editing room, but again they ain't gonna see anything of interest.
There was one with 874,000, one with 681,000, one with 938,000, and with 907,000.
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Which episode was with 681,000?
Midnight Madness said... 197
Good grief, AuntieAnn. You live next to that and you manage to sleep at night?
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I keep a pair of pruning shears under my pillow.
Leslie (5)
Agreed,she cares because she plans to spend the rest of her life filming. If she can't bring in ratings, she won't get to film. Otherwise, she couldn't care less if the ratings stink and TLC loses money. It's all about what she wants.
Yep, I remember when she said she wanted a second chance to "hit it out of the ball park". Well, she got that chance. She didn't hit it out of the park. But--let's say the show is cancelled again. What does she do? She can't really go on all the talk shows and beg for yet another show, can she? Her ratings failures, bad attitude and huge demands guarantee she won't get another show. How stupid would it be for any network to take on a two-time failure? She won't go back to a normal job. Let's hope she has saved a lot of money, because she has many more years to go to raise the kids, and college is not cheap.
I keep a pair of pruning shears under my pillow.
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Like TFM did for Kate I have me scooter and makeup team ready when you get tired.
Auntie Ann,
The one that only got 681,00 was the Philadelphia one where they ran up the Rocky steps. That's the only original episode of the show--ever--that got lower ratings than last night's show. But…I don't think it will be the lowest rated original episode for long!
(Leslie)
I agree with this: "She wasn't away at speaking engagements only on weekends. During that time she was flitting to and fro and leaving her kids with a plethora of sitters".
That was my whole point. Kate was spent an enormous amount of time away from EIGHT very small kids for the four out of five of their formative years first five years. And even spent a great deal of time away from her kids after the formative years too. Every year brought different reasons as to why she spent so much time away from her children but we can say it boiled down to two reasons: FAME and MONEY. So that is why her kids are behaving, spoiled children to this day. And I blame Kate for the great majority of it. And I think her kids when they are in their 20's will begin to piece this all together for themselves.
(Leslie)
#11 - Should had read that her kids are misbehaving, spoiled children to this day. And yes some kids are much more well behaved than others but I think they all are basically in the same boat of being terribly spoiled and ill behaved.
From the episode part "Kate grills"
@ 0.22 She begins with. "I don't know why exactly, but the idea of making Korean bbq came to me this trip. I HONESTLY didn't know the first thing about grilling,cause I never did it. never even turned on the grill. 0.47 she says I really don't enjoy grilling. The only reason she does it is who will if she doesn't. 0.53 ya can't have a summer without it. I don't mind it, I'm just afraid of it. I don't like to play with fire but that's one of the things I inherited when I became a single mom. It's that or we don't grill. 1.18 mines a little tamer at home." Quite the spilling confessions of lies from one who started the conversation with, "I HONESTLY didn't know the first thing about grilling,cause I never did it. never even turned on the grill."
admin said (199): "I would be so embarrassed if I were Kate. This big comeback was an absolute flop. No one is interested.
And no, I don't think the debates played much of a role. I can't picture a sheeple being interested in civics."
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The big comeback was a flop just like the cookbook. She might as well hang it up and the sheep should just admit that there aren't enough teat-hangers right now to justify new episodes. She should be udderly embarrassed.
I would think that the fans would say, "Debate? What debate?" Most of the bubble-gum smacking teeny boppers who live for the show and want to be just like Kate wouldn't watch debates if their lives depended on it, and the adult sheeple really don't appear to be the kind interested in what's happening in the world. They were excited just to get a "that's a follow" from her. Big aspirations. For them, Kate trumps the debates but it wasn't enough for her to soar in the ratings.
Let's hope she has saved a lot of money, because she has many more years to go to raise the kids, and college is not cheap.
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I can't wait until the kids realize that THEY earned the money and they sue her butt off. House and all.
Admin (#147), in nautical parlance, I think those numbers scream "B**ch overboard!"
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Ha!
I keep a pair of pruning shears under my pillow.
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You'd need a machete for those eyebrows! Look at it this way...anything is better than having Gladys for a neighbor. At least you don't need to get the heck out of Dodge in the middle of the night!
Big hit probably from the debates. Or, from what I've read from the feedback, people have tired of the whole farcical endeavor.
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I'm betting a lot of the loss is due to "okay, saw the kids and what they look like now, I'm good."
I don't want to watch someone else's teenagers play golf and all this other stuff.
It was a different story when they were cute toddlers. Toddlers you could watch for a bit longer. It is what it is.
And this is where being smart about update specials comes into play. The Little People do it well I think. You don't want to give people too much or people get bored. If people know there are eight episodes of this, they know they can tune in any time in the next eight weeks at their leisure. But if they pitched it as just ONE night of an update special and that's it, the ratings might have been much better.
Quite the spilling confessions of lies from one who started the conversation with, "I HONESTLY didn't know the first thing about grilling,cause I never did it. never even turned on the grill."
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Didn't she make her sammonnella chicken on the grill?
But I also think they cancelled because of the two kids getting expelled from school for extremely bad behavior.
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The show was cancelled in August of 2011. The kids were expelled in early fall of 2010. I'm not sure if their misbehavior in school had anything to do with the show being cancelled. If it did, TLC waited a long period of time to give the show the ax.
How can they cancel a show that already has been cancelled? Was it ever announced by TLC that the show has been renewed after being cancelled?
(Leslie)
Sheepless said,
The show was cancelled in August of 2011. The kids were expelled in early fall of 2010. I'm not sure if their misbehavior in school had anything to do with the show being cancelled. If it did, TLC waited a long period of time to give the show the ax."
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I think it took that long to cancel because Kate was probably under contract. And TLC was not going to fight her over that. It would have brought tons of shame and unwanted attention on TLC to cancel at that time because the kids got kicked out. And I think it was way more than what you called "misbehavior" that got two of the kids kicked out of a school. Those double expulsions screamed those two kid had deep rooted problems. So how could TLC not have been extremely concerned about this.
I watched the Survivor finale tonight and it was terrific! It's been fifteen years, thirty one seasons of a bunch of people put on an island and then competing in various challenges and a social game. That's the premise, but it's NEVER boring! This season, made up of previous losing players who were voted on by the fans to have a second chance at the game, was great and had several firsts, Lots of drama, and one dramatic exit for a family emergency.
Early on a player's, Terry Dietz, family contacted production, his teenage son was seriously ill, and he left and went home. His previously healthy teenager needed a heart transplant!
Every season survivor auctions off memorabilia and process are donated to a charity that is meaningful to the show or a particular player. This season proceeds go to support a fund named in the players sons honor to help support research on cardiomyopathy and other heart ailments in children and adolescents.
Jeff Probst spent time talking about organ donation, and encouraging viewers to talk with their families about organ donation, tonight.
There was an article about Terry in the October 30 People magazine. He talked about how wonderful the production team on survivor was to him, getting him home quickly, checking on him and his family later.
Survivor.it's the same old game, but always something new, and never boring!
Contrast: tfmjg and the kids, who are just kids. No special talents or skills or interests even. Nothing wrong with that. But I have young relatives who dance, or do cheering, or play baseball, or swim, or go to Scouts, or who like to cook or paint or, just so many things.
IMO, the cameraman upskirted the girls playing mini-golf. It was inappropriate and as someone posted, no telling what was filmed and not shown. It was filmed in FL and video voyeurism is against the law.
Yes, she did cook the chicken that looked like it raw. She used the GAS GRILL! Remember the rotisserie chicken on the spit?
Why would she stand there and say she never turned on a grill, never. And she has before. She is mentally messed up and another poster said she is getting older and more psycho. There is definitely
some misfiring's going on in her head!
I still think it's telling that I haven't seen word one about TFW's new season on People.com. She was one of their it girls for years and years, but no ink for her triumphant return?
redbird (#25), it's her hair dye. It's soaking into her cranium and bleaching her brain cells. It's not her fault she can't remember anything.
And I think it was way more than what you called "misbehavior" that got two of the kids kicked out of a school.
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Leslie, you called it bad behavior (3). I called it misbehavior. It's six of one, half dozen of the other. If TLC were still making big bucks off that show and the ratings were up there, I seriously doubt that the kids' behavior in Kindergarten a year earlier would have been on their radar. It was all about the Benjamins. In fact, if anything, I would think that the kids being expelled by the school would have been a plus factor for TLC continuing the show -- the old train wreck, rubber-necking scenario. See Kate's kids behaving badly.
Did anyone catch her asking for yellow dye for the shirts and Alexis is trying to hand it to her? "Here. Here" as she'said showing her it's right there. That bitch doesn't even acknowledge her, she reaches right over another kid to get a different bottle. It was like Alexis wasn't even there
And not one of them wearing a life jacket
She has about a dozen rolls of skin on her neck as she's reeling in the fish.
And Poor muffin, she didn't get to catch the big one. Awww, how mean of those kids to puke their guts out.
"I don't like water parks and for that reason we have never gone"
But she drags those kids deep sea fishing because SHE loves it. Something kid appropriate never makes the list because SHE DOESN'T LIKE IT. Selfish to the core.
"The kids were genuinely excited and for this I'm GLAD I DID THIS"
Bitch please. YOU did this? And yet again, see? I'm such a great mom, see what I do for you??
Jesus, get your flat ass out of the tube and PULL YOUR KIDS OUT, NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND! She's freaking at the boys to swim!! Don't let go of me!! While princess keeps her lazy as in the tube. Oh and you're such a tease girl (winkwink)hinting that your bikini had a malfunction like. Naughtyou naughty.
The last shot of her walking away after the lazy river drama!! ( only she could go on and on about a freaking LAZY RIVER ) which one of the boys does she have her talons around the back of their neck?
Those stupid faces she makes along with her moaning and groaning. Ugh
"Life would be a beach" yeah and you're still a bitch
FlimsyFlamsy, I subscribe to People and TV Guide. In prior years there would be articles and Big ads with photos for a new season. You are right, no mention at all, the new episodes are almost being slipped in under the radar. Meanwhile, the Dull-gar daughters, spouses, and babies have had multiple covers and articles. They have adorable infants, and TLC is determined to have them on camera somehow!
I think she cares about the ratings when she comes down off her Narc high. That's when the little fingers of doubt start their crawl up the back of her neck and worm their way under her skin. I've seen people like her. They fret. It's not pretty. They can't maintain the facade indefinitely. They eventually crash. Unfortunately for the kids, she has no one else in her life she can use for comfort other than them. Way too much for a child to have to cope with.
Vanessa @34 said:
...only she could go on and on about a freaking LAZY RIVER
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This made me lol. Sooo true.
Admin (18) said...
And this is where being smart about update specials comes into play. The Little People do it well I think. You don't want to give people too much or people get bored. If people know there are eight episodes of this, they know they can tune in any time in the next eight weeks at their leisure. But if they pitched it as just ONE night of an update special and that's it, the ratings might have been much better
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The problem is, other specials are centered around an event. A wedding, a new baby, a divorce, etc. There are just a few episodes, the event is covered, and people watch because there is something to see. Just like with the sextuplets turning 10. It was an event, and people watched. But a new season? What is there to show that hasn't been done before when the kdis were little and cute?
I see that next week's episode will have Kate and Mady shopping for antiques (boring!), and the family goes to see little horses--which might be cute if the kids were 3, but they're not. And then the kids cook. Why so much oooking? Kate making Korean barbecue, the twins cooking, and now all the kids cook. Are they pushing for a cooking show, or is it just filler to stretch it out to 8 episodes? Either way, it gets really old, really fast. I guess TLC hasn't figured that out yet.
Yep, I remember when she said she wanted a second chance to "hit it out of the ball park". Well, she got that chance. She didn't hit it out of the park.
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Kate is one-note and unfortunately, so are her kids.
I could go on and on and on about our nieces and nephews. They are all unique and talented, with developed interests that their parents have supported and nurtured.
They are all light years beyond Kate's kids in every way.
That said, I'd be bored to tears watching kids that I know, let alone do not know, on tv playing on the beach, making sand castles and mini golfing.
Not for nothing, Mady is, unfortunately, Daisy Buchanan's little fool.
High Sodium Content said... 1
Do you think Kate give a crap about the ratings? She's already received her paycheck. As far as the upshots go, it's not necessarily what you can see, but what did the cameramen/editors see and have access to?
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Raises hand! Yes, I do think Kate cares about ratings, even though she's been paid handsomely for exploiting her children.
I think it means everything to her that she remains relevant.
It's become who she is, down to her core.
To wit: the Vanity Fair quote when Kate quipped about being the big story "at the moment".
"At the moment???????????????"
How dare anyone think she's going to be out of their living rooms and grocery check out aisles as long as she draws breath.
They were excited just to get a "that's a follow" from her. Big aspirations. For them, Kate trumps the debates but it wasn't enough for her to soar in the ratings.
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I think most are teens and young women, but yes, so sad that they pee themselves because Kate gave them a meaningless "follow".
Quoting from the show.
Jump, Kate? How high????? If she told them to run around nekkid, they'd proudly oblige.
Fools, all.
Well, let me make a finer point- low-information fools, all.
I don't want to watch someone else's teenagers play golf and all this other stuff.
It was a different story when they were cute toddlers. Toddlers you could watch for a bit longer. It is what it is.
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Impertinent teens and spoiled, immature tweens. No thanks.
Those double expulsions screamed those two kid had deep rooted problems. So how could TLC not have been extremely concerned about this.
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TLC doesn't give a sh*t about the kids. They sent Kate out to do damage control to save the brand.
No life jackets AGAIN? Isn't that the law for minors in most places? She's just so stupid.
Contrast: tfmjg and the kids, who are just kids. No special talents or skills or interests even. Nothing wrong with that. But I have young relatives who dance, or do cheering, or play baseball, or swim, or go to Scouts, or who like to cook or paint or, just so many things.
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Jinx, again! The G kids are like dry toast. It's not their fault that the only thing Kate's every fostered is Legos.
Nothing. No Scouts or soccer or basketball.
Sure, maybe they do intramural sports at school, but I don't know any parent who doesn't have their kids developing skills and talents in their free time.
None.
Oh, that's right. That would interfere with filming.
Vanessa said... 32
"I don't like water parks and for that reason we have never gone"
But she drags those kids deep sea fishing because SHE loves it. Something kid appropriate never makes the list because SHE DOESN'T LIKE IT. Selfish to the core.
December 17, 2015 at 12:33 AM
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Bitch. There's no other way to say it politely.
I can't even begin to enumerate the things my parents did for me that either bored them or that they seriously did not enjoy.
There's no "I" in PARENT.
Kate Gosselin @Kateplusmy8 Dec 15
Thanks for joining us, everyone! It was fun having you along: chatting, laughing, freaking out & uh..Getting sick! See you next Tues! @TLC
OMG!!!! You guys!! Getting sick so so much fun!!!
Let's all puke!!!!
Are they pushing for a cooking show, or is it just filler to stretch it out to 8 episodes? Either way, it gets really old, really fast. I guess TLC hasn't figured that out yet.
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Yes, Kate is pushing for a cooking show or appearance for the twins.
The kids on Chopped and other shows are really talented because they know food.
Her kids don't really know food. In fact. food is not joy. It's the enemy. A source of waste. Something that makes you fat.
It's served prison style.
I'm in NYC and walked over to NBC studios at Rockefeller Center. Stood outside the window where Today was interviewing James Patterson. So sorry I missed Kate's interview. Not really, but what fun it would have been snapping photos of her and Steve.
See you next Tues! @TLC
Lol
IMO, the cameraman upskirted the girls playing mini-golf. It was inappropriate and as someone posted, no telling what was filmed and not shown. It was filmed in FL and video voyeurism is against the law
Whoa...I don't see what you see at all. Looks like the camera is on the ball. Saw nothing inappropriate. You are reaching for something disgusting and nothing is.
Sara
Tucker's Mom (#48), if TFW thinks "everyone" was along, she must have been bummed about the ratings!
As usual, she fosters the illusion of a friendship and/or relationship with her fans. But it is absolutely one sided. Silly me -- I like to chat and laugh with my real friends about things of mutual interest to us both. If I had a friend who expected me to ooh and aah about their kids and vacations and didn't ask jack about my life, we wouldn't be friends for long.
A few comments that I have:
1. Calling your kids "mutts" when they ask about their ethnicity/heritage is very insulting. My kids are like hers - they are a mixture of different ethnicities, but I do not tell them that they are mutts. I call it out - 1/2 Japanese, 1/4 Ukranian, 1/12 each of English, Irish, French. The kids want to know, and we talk about it. We never brush it under the rug and just generalize and say they are "mutts".
2. Each of her 8 kids have their own talents, and it is very, very sad that she hasn't nurtured their individual talents. I have 3 kids and they are each their own individual - they have different ways of expressing themselves, they have completely different interests. As a parent, I see this and I support them by taking them to their activities (whether it be academic, sports, arts, music). Yes, sometimes I run myself ragged because I am a mom-taxi. But my kids are happy in their element, doing their thing that they love, and that makes me happy. Kate has the money/means to let these kids find what they enjoy doing (outside of the house). It is very sad that they are stifled.
The dating angle must have been in the works since last year so it's a big deal that Jeff Millionaire bailed. By the time TLC airs the blind date episode, more viewers will have moved on because no one cares. The blind date was obviously a bust or the tabs would be notified to snap photos of her dating the dude.
She got her paycheck for 2015 from TLC, but if the ratings keep plummeting, I cannot imagine they would pony up for more shows in 2016 considering her expensive demands. Reality TV is supposed to be cheap on production costs, but not in her case.
She's never shown any interest in horses unless it was the KY Derby. They have a horse barn but no horses like the previous owner. Sounds like the miniature horse visit is filler. Again, another attempt to rewrite history that she is such an animal lover. Riiiiiight.
I'm not into dinosaurs but my ds was. We must have gone to the museum of natural history 4 times in two years when she was little
I always thought the kitchen remodel was done because she was pitching a cooking show even years ago. She wanted to be another Martha Stewart.
The twins don't have the personality or talent to be on any cooking show. I've watched kids on those shows and they are awesome chefs and outgoing. They meet the challenges without eye rolls and complaining.
Sara said... 52
IMO, the cameraman upskirted the girls playing mini-golf. It was inappropriate and as someone posted, no telling what was filmed and not shown. It was filmed in FL and video voyeurism is against the law
Whoa...I don't see what you see at all. Looks like the camera is on the ball. Saw nothing inappropriate. You are reaching for something disgusting and nothing is.
Sara
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I agree. It's not upskirting to film from below. The crew were trying their best to make watching 3 average teens mini-golf somewhat interesting.
I mean, they failed, but you can only do so much with such boring subject matter.
My question is, is Marley mute? If she utters a word on camera, does she need to get paid? Does she get her own IMDB page?
The twins don't have the personality or talent to be on any cooking show. I've watched kids on those shows and they are awesome chefs and outgoing. They meet the challenges without eye rolls and complaining.
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Mady is conceited, like her mother. You need talent and humility to be likable and watchable.
With such braggadocio, you are covering up deep-seated insecurity.
TLC Stinks (#58), that's a good guess about the kitchen. Funny that the Food Network is handing out cooking shows like candy, and TFW can't score one.
As we've seen, food in the Gosselin house involves
rewards and punishment. A, you can't have your birthday cupcake because you didn't finish your dinner. But H, you can have yours because you were helped to finish yours. Mom spends all her time in the kitchen because it keeps you all away from her. And don't you dare go in there a minute before the predetermined time of entry. Family meals are just for special filmed occasions. Otherwise you eat one thing at the table, and Mom eats another thing standing up. Gosh, who wouldn't want to channel all that warm fuzziness into a cooking show?
Sketchy Gosselin said... 54
A few comments that I have:
1. Calling your kids "mutts" when they ask about their ethnicity/heritage is very insulting. My kids are like hers - they are a mixture of different ethnicities, but I do not tell them that they are mutts. I call it out - 1/2 Japanese, 1/4 Ukranian, 1/12 each of English, Irish, French. The kids want to know, and we talk about it. We never brush it under the rug and just generalize and say they are "mutts".
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It's mind-boggling that 11-year olds don't have a clear understanding of their heritage.
I can only guess it's because Kate has totally cut them off from their extended family.
Such a shame to deprive them of their family.
The twins don't have the personality or talent to be on any cooking show. I've watched kids on those shows and they are awesome chefs and outgoing. They meet the challenges without eye rolls and complaining.
December 17, 2015 at 8:03 AM
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When Cara has to do those couch interviews, she looks like she wants the earth to open and swallow her up.
Someone asked if Kate tweeted out the KBBQ recipe and she did 2 days ago. The recipe is on epicurious.
It calls for 2 and 1/2 lbs. of thinly sliced ribeye. I figured up for 9, because we 9 are fine, is only 4.4 oz. of meat for each one. When you add Steve, that is 4.0 oz. each.
For growing kids, especially boys.
She is such a skinflint.
Thought it was funny that it is epicurious.
Epi for episode. Epic because everything she does is an epic fail. Curious. Andy Griffith says, Just gets curious-er and curious-er.
That is Kate's mental state. Curious-er and curious-er.
Tuckers Mom, yes jinx!
And did tfmjg REALLY tweet "See you next Tuesday"? Really? Really!?!
Does no one give her advice about social media?
I can't even begin to enumerate the things my parents did for me that either bored them or that they seriously did not enjoy.
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She doesn't get what parenting is all about.
It's not about the fact that if you had no kids you probably wouldn't spend a lot of time going to water parks, pumpkin patches and bouncy play zones.
It's about enjoying these things because your KIDS are enjoying it. That's the greatest fulfillment of all, seeing someone you love happy and enjoying the activity their parents arranged for them. About enjoying watching your kids have life experiences and a good time.
I like the one review that kept referring to their friend as "Mystery Marley"
Has anyone watched Chrisley Knows Best? That's what my teens and preteens like watching. They know it's scripted reality but it's actually funny. That show has teenagers and a smaller child. They never fight or scream or argue and it manages to entertain.
In one episode they went to their dad's reunion and found out all he did that he claimed he never did. But they also went to the closed factory where their Grandma worked for 39 years and they hugged and thanked her for working so hard for their futures.
TLC Stinks, Enjoy NYC! Sorry about the weather, though. Up until today it's been gorgeous. If you have time, the new 9/11 Museum is worth a visit.
She wants something along the lines of "Chopped Gosselin Style" where all the contestants are her kids. The only problem is that she's never shown any creativity in the kitchen and I've never seen a basket challenge that was "open the cans and dump everything in one pot and show no creativity at all." The kids that appear on these shows are super creative and know their food and spices.
JoyinVirginia said... 65
Tuckers Mom, yes jinx!
And did tfmjg REALLY tweet "See you next Tuesday"? Really? Really!?!
Does no one give her advice about social media?
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CUN Tuesday. Apropos.
Maybe a wink and a nod from TLC?
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Ooh, I wonder if J will be allowed to participate in the cooking activity. I think one of TFW's all-time worst moments was when he was shooed away from the Fourth of July cake making. One of the girls said, "J wants to help." And TFW -- obviously short-tempered because she was suffering through an all-expenses paid luxury vacation with a paycheck at the end -- barked, "Well, he can't!" And the camera followed poor little J as he slinked off. She is a horrible mother.
If you are looking at a definition of toxic mother, TFW ticks all the boxes.
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FlimsyFlamsy said... 53
Tucker's Mom (#48), if TFW thinks "everyone" was along, she must have been bummed about the ratings!
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I picture Kate on the phone with TLC this week blaming THEM for the ratings by putting her on in December.
Localyocul said... 51
See you next Tues! @TLC
Lol
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I wonder if TLC put her on Tuesdays for that very reason.
Another thing she doesn't get. What a maroon.
Layla said... 10
Auntie Ann,
The one that only got 681,00 was the Philadelphia one where they ran up the Rocky steps.
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Thanks Layla. I think I had quit watching the show by that time but I remember an article that said she ran up the steps while talking on her cellphone. WTH?
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That RV trip sunk her. Dang, her babysitter of many years and her best friend turned on her very badly.
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I never quite understood why TLC dragged her in front of the camera to explain herself. But I did like that Ashley and Jamie threw her under the bus although ever so gently.
Oh and there was even a special appearance by the flying monkey. 'You either love Kite or you hite her'.
P.J. said... 75
I wonder if TLC put her on Tuesdays for that very reason.
Another thing she doesn't get. What a maroon.
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And she'll be losing that slot first thing in January, when Little Couple comes back. I wonder if they'll try to put her after them. Unfortunately, that'll be too late for a lot of her teen/tween fans.
Jon posted a photo of a beautiful Christmas tree on Instagram with LOTS of lights and with thanks to the kids Colleen and Jordan.
Jane (#79), uh oh -- it's time for TFW to break out her strings of white lights. You know she'll have to compete! Perhaps Gladys will helpfully inform her of Jon's tweet, and then ask to see a picture
of the extraordinary Norman Rockwell holiday TFW
is undoubtedly creating for her 8 children. #PerfectMom#FamilyLove#DoingXmasAlone#JonIsAWimp
Unfortunately, that'll be too late for a lot of her teen/tween fans.
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Many teens stay up until all hours, and if their beloved Kate's show is on the air, they will be sure to extend their bedtimes, if they have any! I doubt that they have a LOM telling them that they need to be in bed at a certain time, sharp! I never did understand why he imposes a curfew. It's just weird.
The one that only got 681,00 was the Philadelphia one where they ran up the Rocky steps.
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I didn't see that show, but I remember the "Oh, yes, she did" poster (GWOP, the one who had multiple IDs and jobs all over the East Coast) commenting that she was there for that filming and she heard Kate's entire conversation in the limo, even though she was across the street at the time. "Oh, yes" was quite amusing as the wife of a pap, a flight attendant, a daycare worker, a social worker, etc. I wonder whatever happened to her.
redbird said... 64
Someone asked if Kate tweeted out the KBBQ recipe and she did 2 days ago. The recipe is on epicurious.
It calls for 2 and 1/2 lbs. of thinly sliced ribeye. I figured up for 9, because we 9 are fine, is only 4.4 oz. of meat for each one. When you add Steve, that is 4.0 oz. each.
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If you look at the video on the TLC site, it looks like she made plenty of food. Maybe she doubled or tripled the recipe.
If you look at the video on the TLC site, it looks like she made plenty of food. Maybe she doubled or tripled the recipe.
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Most Asian cuisines are not meat-centric. There was plenty of beef that Kate was cross contaminating!
Joel (I think) stood there with a pan, wanting so badly to help his mother, and she just gave him a verbal slap down.
Come on, put a few pieces of beef in his dish and let him feel proud he helped.
So cold.
If you look at the video on the TLC site, it looks like she made plenty of food. Maybe she doubled or tripled the recipe.
I don't think that *she* made any food. She maybe cooked food that someone else purchased and prepped, and cleaned up.
Of course there was plenty of beef. TLC paid for it!
With such braggadocio, you are covering up deep-seated insecurity.
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I'm going to disagree with that one Tucker. I believe all malignant narcs suffer from NO insecurities. And if it creeps up at any time, they squash that feeling right down. They are delusional in their talents and I see it in M. She brags, yet takes it away, but then brags again. She KNOWS it's socially wrong, so she tries to catch herself, but then it squeaks back out. just like her mother
I think she cares about the ratings when she comes down off her Narc high. That's when the little fingers of doubt start their crawl up the back of her neck and worm their way under her skin. I've seen people like her. They fret. It's not pretty. They can't maintain the facade indefinitely. They eventually crash. Unfortunately for the kids, she has no one else in her life she can use for comfort other than them. Way too much for a child to have to cope with.
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Oh most definitely PJ. There will be hell to pay. She'll directly or indirectly take it out on one (who do you think?) or more of the kids. The narc rage is simmering and bubbling right under the surface.
If someone can collaborate, but did she not ask in one of her emails in the book to edit her yelling at Joel in the cake helping episode?
Tucker's Mom (#84), I'm so sorry to hear that TFW dismissed J again. Funny, she welcomed his presence in the kitchen when she smeared food on his face for the cookbook photo.
Susan1956 (#86), oh yeah, if it was on TLC's dime, I bet TFW had the production assistants clear the shelves at the store. Remember, this is a woman who was offered a free tummy tuck and tried to grab herself a free breast job in the process.
Math Girl said...
If you look at the video on the TLC site, it looks like she made plenty of food. Maybe she doubled or tripled the recipe.
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Now, if she could just find a way to freeze it and take it home with her.
OT...please tell me that the Duggars aren't adopting another kid??...I don't even know where to begin to express why I think these people are mentally ill...she doesn't even take care of the kids she has....poor Jana...
New story line?? Sick bastards...sometimes I think she can't stand her daughters taking the lime light away from her...they can make baby's and she can't
They are delusional in their talents and I see it in M. She brags, yet takes it away, but then brags again.
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Good point. My jaw drops when I hear her speak.
Vanessa (#89), I didn't know she asked for that to be redacted. Knowing that, I'm surprised she didn't look at the camera and say, "I'm going to rewrite history," and then let J cook the entire meal himself.
Anyone who lets Jim Boob and Michelle adopt needs to have their license revoked.
Not one more child should be entrusted to them.
Anyone who lets Jim Boob and Michelle adopt needs to have their license revoked.
Not one more child should be entrusted to them. 96
Tucker, you summarized my thoughts on the matter as well.
FlimsyFlamsy said... 95
Vanessa (#89), I didn't know she asked for that to be redacted. Knowing that, I'm surprised she didn't look at the camera and say, "I'm going to rewrite history," and then let J cook the entire meal himself
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I believe it was in an email. I'm going to go look for it
Tucker's Mom said... 84
Joel (I think) stood there with a pan, wanting so badly to help his mother, and she just gave him a verbal slap down.
Come on, put a few pieces of beef in his dish and let him feel proud he helped.
So cold.
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She told him to stay back a few feet or something like. "Safety first", she says. I'm pretty sure he wasn't going to lean on the hot grill and chat with her, but she just has to keep giving orders. And what's with this latest safety first mantra she's been repeating. She wasn't too concerned for their safety when she was smacking them around and tossing them into their baby crates or leaving them all in a room alone for hours when they were toddlers.
She'd leave town and let nannies watch them for weeks at a time and their safety didn't seem to bother her then.
I've never seen anyone drop so many stinking piles of steaming bs and keep a straight face while she's doing it.
If safety comes first, then those kids should have worn life jackets on the boat.
Totally OT, but everyone here is so good at helpful household hints. Yes, I did Google until I could Google no more!
How do you remove ball point pen ink from the net overlay on a dressy dress? Little one seems to have gotten a nice long blue mark on her Christmas pageant dress. I have tried lemon juice, baking soda, polish remover, alcohol, hair spray, baking soda, vinegar...
What else is left?
I've never seen anyone drop so many stinking piles of steaming bs and keep a straight face while she's doing it.
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She is very good at that. It could be her one big talent in life...that, and lying through her teeth. Such accomplishments and what a legacy for her kids. I hope that they didn't inherit her steaming bs gene.
I doubt that they have a LOM telling them that they need to be in bed at a certain time, sharp! I never did understand why he imposes a curfew. It's just weird.
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Did The Gladys ever offer an explanation as to why he demands the lights be out at 11 p.m.? I wonder if he still brings manila (lol) ice cream to her!
I've never seen anyone drop so many stinking piles of steaming bs and keep a straight face while she's doing it.
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I don't know if I've ever seen someone so delusional. And so roundly reviled.
For the pen ink, I'd try a soak in an Oxy Clean product.
For the ink I have had luck with making a paste of cream of tartar and water and gently scrubbing with an old toothbrush. If not, call a local cleaner and maybe they can help.
Kate's cook book is now $2.37 and free shipping with Prime....still can get them in time for Christmas. If you wait until January, Amazon may pay you to take one of their hands.
Whoa...I don't see what you see at all. Looks like the camera is on the ball. Saw nothing inappropriate. You are reaching for something disgusting and nothing is.
Sara
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What I think happened is a camera man trying to be creative mounted a camera in the golf hole. I don't for a second believe he was trying to film anything inappropriate. As a result, for a brief moment, the camera caught a girl walking past the hole and it was filmed from an angle that looked upward up her legs. The shot was unfortunate, but I give them a pass on that. I think when they were editing it they likely were thinking cool shot of the golf ball going in! And not at all about what was going on in the background.
But then that's what happens when you allow a crew to film you, they might film some stuff that maybe shouldn't have been filmed, even unintentionally.
Fired Up 4 Kate
@MiloandJack
Is it not so sad at this supposed "tis the season" of love, open hearts & giving that an obsessed man continues 2promote #HATE @Kateplusmy8 "You know,what is the fans excuse as to why Kate is not putting this whole thing to rest and suing Hoffman for slander?They claim to have all this proof hes lying and yet they refuse to put this thing to rest and sue.SMH
Serendipity....back in the day when we still used hairspray, we would use it to remove ink from fabric. Never tried it on a fancy dress but know it works on office attire!
Thanks foxy and Tuckers. I did try the Oxy and that didn't budge the stain. I'll try the Tartar next, but I'm thinking this is a lost cause. I asked the dry cleaner when I went to pick up some clothing and he suggested alcohol. That did nothing, although I might pour a Scotch and soda for myself tonight!
I do wonder why Kate has such a penchant for telling tall tales, well, okay downright lying. Does she even realize that she's doing it? That nonsense about her never turning on the grill is so perplexing, especially when her grilling chicken is on video. Why did she lie about the boob job? Who cares if she got one and what if she did? But to sit there and downright deny it when the before and after photos are so glaringly obvious is mind-boggling. Does she HONESTLY think that people are so stupid that they can't see right through her lies? The sheeple must see it, but her outright lies don't seen to faze them in the least. Why is that?
Have to watch out for nail polish remover. I did it on some sort of slippery material once and it ate holes in it. Just like it was melted.
How do you remove ball point pen ink from the net overlay on a dressy dress?
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I googled it now too and one site says shaving cream might be worth a try. Ya never know.
http://spotremoval.coit.com/ink-stain-removal
From the episode part "Kate grills"
@ 0.22 She begins with. "I don't know why exactly, but the idea of making Korean bbq came to me this trip. I HONESTLY didn't know the first thing about grilling,cause I never did it. never even turned on the grill. 0.47 she says I really don't enjoy grilling. The only reason she does it is who will if she doesn't. 0.53 ya can't have a summer without it. I don't mind it, I'm just afraid of it. I don't like to play with fire but that's one of the things I inherited when I became a single mom. It's that or we don't grill. 1.18 mines a little tamer at home." Quite the spilling confessions of lies from one who started the conversation with, "I HONESTLY didn't know the first thing about grilling,cause I never did it. never even turned on the grill."
Ooops! Caught in yet another lie.
@SockieWhodunit: @A1ouette @TwitTartwif @finndango @Kateplusmy8 pics don't lie http://twitter.com/SockieWhodunit/status/677635186830532609/photo/1
Is the dress white? If all else fails cover the mark with whiteout and enjoy the show.
Does she HONESTLY think that people are so stupid that they can't see right through her lies? The sheeple must see it, but her outright lies don't seen to faze them in the least. Why is that?
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No one goes after her because she uses 8 little shields to deflect.
I've just about come to believe that the Momster will always be on a TV screen one way or another. For example, I get up pretty early to get ready for work and I put A & E's Parking Wars on in the background. It's a good mix of 'drama' and humor and the parking patrol personnel do a good job explaining the in's and outs of parking ordinances. But if I don't switch the TV off by 7 a.m. and get out the door, I'm treated to Dog The Bounty Hunter. Now 'The Dog' had a pretty good thing going for an older man with long bleached blond hair who likes to wear leather, a buxom wife, and lots of kids to work with him in the family business until he was recorded using racial slurs about a girl one of his sons was seeing (not sure about the actual relationship). And boom, the glory days of his TV show were over. I never watched his show as he and his wife always rubbed me the wrong way for some reason. I don't know if the Dog The Bounty Hunter episodes running so early in the morning are new or reruns, but the point is he must still have enough of a fan base to be early morning filler. Momster is already filler, now if they would only take her off prime time and send the Duggardashians with her.
I took it that Kate was saying that she never grilled before the divorce, but in order to save the world, I mean, in order for her kids to have grilled food, she had to do it.
Because Jon is dead.
Kate say's that she doesn't know about grilling?
But doesn't this lying bitch boasted about grilling every summer and she post a photo of herself grilling?
Didn't she grill during the last season of J&KP8? Didn't she grill during and epi of KP8?
NJGal51 said... 114
Is the dress white? If all else fails cover the mark with whiteout and enjoy the show.
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It's pink with a glitz and sparkle net overlay. If it were white, that would work. Been there, done that with stains! As a last resort, I'll try the shaving cream. Maybe I'll try pink magic marker and try to do a blend-in! If the mark would be in the back near the hem it wouldn't matter so much, but this is dead-center in the front at the waist! You can't miss it.
Reader -- I tried the hairspray first and it did nothing. I have had success in removing ink stains from men's white dress shirts. I don't know why this one is so stubborn!
Ooops! Caught in yet another lie.
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Yes, someone here pointed out yesterday that she was filmed grilling her famous chicken salmonella. How can she go back and forth like that...she grills, she doesn't grill, she doesn't like to grill, she never turned on the grill? Does she listen to herself?
I used to watch Dog, but the whole lot of them are just too weird. Between his mullet and Beth's boobs, I just couldn't relate. All the praying seemed really contrived.
Haha Sue
http://twitter.com/SockieWhodunit/status/677635186830532609/photo/1
And here we are again, dissecting if she lied or not. Anyone else here have an issue with people believing you
I looked at the mini golf video and I agree with admin that it was the camera person trying for a creative shot, but if you stop it at :43, it really could be seen as somewhat suggestive. Deliberate, no. Just unfortunate and perhaps could have been edited out, and no, not a pearl clutcher here.
Stain Stick works fairly well on ink type stains. If you can, put a cloth or paper towel under the net so the ink won't bleed onto the underlying fabric when you apply the stain stick. Put a generous amount on, then rub with a cloth.
Momster is already filler, now if they would only take her off prime time and send the Duggardashians with her. (Susan, 116).
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lol!! You are talking about Kate. At first I thought you meant the Roseanne show, Momsters: When Moms Go Bad.
Tucker's Mom said... 117
I took it that Kate was saying that she never grilled before the divorce, but in order to save the world, I mean, in order for her kids to have grilled food, she had to do it.
Because Jon is dead.
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Yep. If she'd just prefaced that narrative by saying "Jon used to do all the grilling..." etc she might not have had to go through that whole lying song and dance. But she can't bring herself to speak of the dead. Not even his Korean bbq recipe lives anymore.
May he and his barbecued beef rest in peace.
Can you cover up the ink spot with a bow? Or some other decorative item? Add a wide ribbon belt, put a bow on top of that? Buy compatible netting and add a netting layer over it, secured by a sparkly pin? Add a netting bow with something sparkly in the middle of it?
Can you see if one of TFW's girls did that? The uproar that would ensue? I'd be able to hear her yelling all the way over here!
Sheeple are odd. Really peculiar. I guess that's why they identify so well with Kate.
Chuck @1stJohnFour18
Wow @Kateplusmy8 I'm crying as u got released in the last 2 seconds of that #EscapeZone challenge #soEmotional #Congrats
Mel said... 127
Can you see if one of TFW's girls did that? The uproar that would ensue? I'd be able to hear her yelling all the way over here!
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She'd tweet @BICGroup with a #help!#stainSOS! and then grift a lifetime supply of Bic pens X8 from them.
I haven't watched it, but the spread-eagle previews were nasty. I started my new job last week, and between the nearly 80 hour work week- I'd rather read the feedback here.
This is great. I might just Uber from L.A. to OC tomorrow to catch up! Traffic is a bitch, and apparently so is Katie.
Kristine101
Mel said... 127
Can you cover up the ink spot with a bow? Or some other decorative item? Add a wide ribbon belt, put a bow on top of that? Buy compatible netting and add a netting layer over it, secured by a sparkly pin? Add a netting bow with something sparkly in the middle of it?
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I was thinking along the same lines. Is this a single layer of netting that conforms to the shape of the underskirt? Is it multiple layers? Are the layer/layers gathered to be much fuller than the underlying skirt? If it's really full, I'd think about removing it, cutting out the offending part, and re-installing the top layers just a bit smaller than before. Of course, that depends on whether stain is vertical or horizontal. Or can you remove netting layers and sew them on with the stain in the back?
Mel also has some excellent ideas about camouflage. How about a stick-on appliqué?
My husband melted couple of holes in a brand new down jacket. I was able to fix it by removing the baffles and putting a patch inside the holes, then hand-sewing it to the edge of the holes. It was down-tight, but looked like hell (think Frankenstein's monster, only worse. I cut patches out of sticky mending material and put them over the top, and it looks quite acceptable. People know that it is hiding a patch (who puts decorative appliqués on the wrist of their down jackets?), but at least it looks neat.
Tucker's Mom said... 121
I used to watch Dog, but the whole lot of them are just too weird. Between his mullet and Beth's boobs, I just couldn't relate. All the praying seemed really contrived.
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You put it very well Tucker's Mom. The little I did see of the show seemed kind of smarmy.
There is no way that Jim and Michelle Duggar would adopt. Their religion frowns on adoption. Something to the likes of... You don't know what you'd be getting, sin's of the parents.
They don't need any more kids. I couldn't see an agency giving them one thank god.
Jessa has talk about adopting. That could be a good thing. It show's that maybe, she's finding her own comfort zone with her religion.
I looked through her twitter pics and saw a "summer grill" pic, a rotisserie chicken that may have been done on her grill, and a grilled pizza.
LIAR! unless she always has the nanny, bodyguard, house guests, housekeeper, or cook do it for her and she claimed to have made it.
OT...
Oh, my gosh. This is just too close to home. Where there is one, there are more...
"Feds: Armed Harrisburg man aided ISIL, called for attacks on US military and White House
According to a complaint unsealed Thursday, Aziz has used at least 57 different Twitter accounts to advocate for violence against the U.S., encourage financial support for jihad and facilitate travel for others who want to fight for ISIL. Officials said he embraces "violent jihadist beliefs" and said a tactical backpack containing high-capacity magazines and ammunition recovered from his home indicated he may have been planning to participate in an attack in the U.S., the complaint states."
At least they got this one, but his buddies are still out there.
May he and his barbecued beef rest in peace.
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It's so sad when anything barbecued bites the dust.
As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world (or beef) without end. Amen.
Tucker's Mom said... 117
I took it that Kate was saying that she never grilled before the divorce, but in order to save the world, I mean, in order for her kids to have grilled food, she had to do it.
Because Jon is dead.
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I also think that's what she's trying to say, but she is so rambling and inarticulate that she couldn't get it out. Hard to be accurate when you're avoiding the d-word (divorce or died, whatever it was that made her a "single mom").
Foxy glad you mentioned one of her books. I came across a copy of I Just Want You Know that I got at Dollar Tree. While looking through it I came upon a part where she mentions that they were down in the basement after putting the Tups to bed and were going through mail and packages. The twins came and told them one of the babies were crying. Kate asked them to go back and see what was wrong. After 10 minutes (couldn't leave the freebees) they went up and found the twins soothing Leah and said that something is wet on her face and it was blood so (while Kate got the paper towels to clean) Jon noticed a big gash in Leah's head. Kate (mother and nurse of the year) lets the child go back to sleep and calls a neighbor over to see if she thought stiches were needed. The put steri stips. She goes on to say how they never figured out what happened. What a sorry excuse of a mother. She pops out 6 healthy babies who by the grace of God managed to survive at the hands of an abusive, self centered, uncaring mother. As soon as the weather decides it's winter here in New Orleans, her book will be ashes.
I read Kate's grilling blabbering. It's possible that she mean pre-divorce she never grilled, didn't turn on the grill (although apparently she did turn Steve on). Why in the world didn't she just say that Jon did all the grilling if that is what she meant? She's an idiot.
I hope the beef was cooked because if she grill chicken like she grilled that beef..those kids are going to have tapeworms.
(Leslie)
Joy in VA. mentioned how she receives People and Jill and Jessa got numerous covers and stories. As we know, the girls got paid big bucks for those. And we know that Jill and Jessa must have gotten a very large cut from TLC or Jim Bob when they covered their courtships, marriages on tv. Yes, it was officially the Duggar show but Daddy Duggar I think would have given Jill and Jessa a large chunk of the money when the marriage and birth episode was 100% about them. Then we have Jill and Jessa: Counting On show with three episodes. All those funds go straight to them.
My point is why oh why is Jill literally asking for money for her family to go study Spanish aboard as a missionary. Mark my words Jill has as least #$100,000 cash sitting in her bank account. And I think a heck of a lot more than that. That is really, really wrong. The people who have funded their MANY trips to Mexico and back to US (for weddings and such stupidity) I doubt have that kind of income and cash. Shame on Jill. And why doesn't Jessa's husband work. He graduated from college many months ago. Oh silly me, he doesn't NEED to work because again they are drawing salaries from entertainment cover stories (People being only one of them) but having their own tv show. The most ironic thing is I bet anything the Duggars do NOT even let People magazine in their home. I bet the Duggars cut out the articles and covers about them only and throw the rest of the magazine in the trash.
(Leslie)
Tucker's Mom said: I could go on and on and on about our nieces and nephews. They are all unique and talented, with developed interests that their parents have supported and nurtured.
They are all light years beyond Kate's kids in every way.
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That was my point yesterday. These kids are boring kids. They bring nothing special to the table of entertaining. Yes, a few years back it was fun to see how the adorable toddlers and children grew up but now that we have seen that there is no need to film except the one in the blue moon special. Yes, the family may be more interesting as they start to date, get married, etc. but right now it ain't happening. And the only thing interesting (and I use that word very lightly) is Mady being bitchy. Cara has been a teen for awhile and she is very boring. I am not criticizing these kids. They are average, decent, and smart kids BUT as far as entertainment value there is none. And the only interesting thing about Kate is her bitchiness and the outlandish, stupid things she says.
I still say the reason she landed a season of 8 episodes is because when TLC signed her up Kate was dating Jeff. And I think TLC agrees with the above and told Kate the only thing that the public has any interest in is in you dating. IF you will date on air, we will give you a season. So she signed up, Jeff dropped out, TLC arranged a fake date. And I think that this date was boring and that is why there is only one date filmed. I mean if Kate was interesting on a date would not TLC had her go on other dates if this one did not work out? Would not another date episode been more interesting than antiquing or cooking another meal at home?
http://www.intouchweekly.com/posts/jim-bob-michelle-duggar-baby-adoption-80955
Look at that hair...hers, not his.
"The source adds they’re open to anything, explaining, “Michelle says she doesn’t care if they adopt a boy or a girl, or what ethnicity the child is. She says she just wants to help a child’s life.”
She couldn't help her oldest son's life, nor protect her daughters from his molestation, but she wants another one in the hope of getting it right this time? She is seriously mentally ill. What do they plan to do? Adopt until she's in her 70s?
Starz (133)..."They don't need any more kids. I couldn't see an agency giving them one thank god."
I can see an agency doing exactly that. Where there is a will, there's a way, and if that is what God wants for them, they will find someone out there to do it. Never say never.
"Their religion frowns on adoption. Something to the likes of... You don't know what you'd be getting, sin's of the parents."
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Yes, it frowns on it, but it isn't stated in print that it's forbidden. The religion suggests that if any couple is considering adoption they must first consult the ATI staff, whatever the heck that is. If the Duggars want to adopt, they will find a way and they will justify doing so.
(Leslie)
Susan when A&E cancel Dog and his wife another network started another show with them. I think it is about bounty hunting but a different concept.
Lanc Native said... 136
It's so sad when anything barbecued bites the dust.
As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world (or beef) without end. Amen.
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We should hold a wake for Jon and his bulgogi and follow it with a pot-luck reception on the veranda.
>sigh<
I think he would have liked that.
(Leslie)
I know that hairspray removes ink but I don't know about the material you are dealing with. I use to work in a bank and daily would get ink on my suit jackets. It worked like a charm and then I took the jacket to the cleaners.
Lanc (139): "Why in the world didn't she just say that Jon did all the grilling if that is what she meant?"
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Maybe she is afraid that just the mention of his name might call him back from the dead. She's such a witch that conjuring up a spirit isn't out of the realm of possibility.
(Leslie)
Sorry for the comment about hairspray, I should not read from the bottom up!
So you ladies saw Steve again in his blue shirt. Always a blue shirt. Is he the most boring man on earth? Maybe. I think he watched Stuck on You too many times and believed it. When the Greg Kinnear character gets a tv role, they dress Matt Damon all in blue because it won't show up on screen. He probably thinks he's invisible!
No adult, let alone a child, should be eating 4 or more ounces of meat at a meal. It's not good for you. I love meat but you should stick to 3 ounces or less for your regular meals. (Eating out can be a treat but if you eat out a lot you need to watch it.) Add a vegetable and/or fruit. Add some rice or potato or beans.
We should hold a wake for Jon and his bulgogi and follow it with a pot-luck reception on the veranda.
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Did he still have his bulgogi when he passed? I thought Kate removed them prior to the divorce and kept them in a jar somewhere.
The only thing I know for sure to remove ball point ink is hair spray.
OT: Big Bang Theory: The Opening Night Excitation episode was one of the best BBT episodes ever! It had everything! Star Wars! Wil Wheaton! Bob Newhart as Professor Proton! It's a Christmas present for the fans!
Synopsis of the next 2 episodes, from TLC's website:
12/22 What's Old Is New
Mady is growing up and developing her own interests, so Kate takes her antiquing to find some vintage deals. The whole family takes a trip to Land of Little Horses to watch an animal show. The kids compete in a culinary cook off with Kate as judge.
12/29 - Green Thumb Gosselins
Summer projects are in full force and the Gosselin's take on landscaping. Despite complaints, Gator Rides and hard work ensue, then the family takes time for lemonade, yoga and unexpected burial.
More riveting, can't miss, TV. I'm assuming the "unexpected burial" refers to one of their fish.
Serendipity said... 101
Totally OT, but everyone here is so good at helpful household hints. Yes, I did Google until I could Google no more!
How do you remove ball point pen ink from the net overlay on a dressy dress? Little one seems to have gotten a nice long blue mark on her Christmas pageant dress. I have tried lemon juice, baking soda, polish remover, alcohol, hair spray, baking soda, vinegar...
What else is left?
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baby oil, it can't hurt,oil removes oil
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Editing, I assumed a crew member asked her something like, "Do you do a lot of grilling?" Or, "Do you like to grill?" At which Kate replied past tense. Lol. She wasn't lying, she wasn't trying to lie. I can't stand the woman, but when I see wild criticism of every little thing, innocent moments spun to look wicked or deceitful, I take a step back and think this is no better than the 5 pearl clutching fans on Twitter who bash Jon.
The miniature golf, totally a crew member being creative within the confines of a low budget reality tv show, Having to do the grilling, a simple conversation. Nothing to see here. (although I do agree, her inability to mention divorce or Jon's name is obvious) But lies, not in this moment.
The woman makes enough poor choices, not sure why the minutiae of so many innocent moments are examined and magnified in order to make a point.
Serendipity said... 101
Totally OT, but everyone here is so good at helpful household hints. Yes, I did Google until I could Google no more!
How do you remove ball point pen ink from the net overlay on a dressy dress? Little one seems to have gotten a nice long blue mark on her Christmas pageant dress. I have tried lemon juice, baking soda, polish remover, alcohol, hair spray, baking soda, vinegar...
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Seriously, my go-to is nail polish remover or paint thinnner. The way I look at it, the item is ruined anyway, what have you got to lose? I keep paint thinner by my washing machine. Seems my husband has a hard time finding his mouth and the stuff takes our grease stains in two seconds. Put the stained fabric over the opening and splash a little on to the stain. Launder as usual. Or call your laundry person to do it.
Kristine101 (#130), good luck with the new job!
Yikes, LA to the OC is quite a schlep. I would recommend Uber-ing to work to enjoy reading the
blog! And Grandee4 (#138), so nice to see you
posting - hope you're well!
KIAT (#154), gotta love the upcoming episode description: "!2/29 -- summer projects are in full force." Poor schmoopie couldn't score a fall air date, and just makes it under the wire before 2016. Like I said, she's TLC's side piece.
reader said... 156
Editing, I assumed a crew member asked her something like, "Do you do a lot of grilling?" Or, "Do you like to grill?" At which Kate replied past tense. Lol. She wasn't lying, she wasn't trying to lie. I can't stand the woman, but when I see wild criticism of every little thing, innocent moments spun to look wicked or deceitful, I take a step back and think this is no better than the 5 pearl clutching fans on Twitter who bash Jon.
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Sorry, I disagree. The woman tries to rewrite history all the time. That's gaslighting. This is another glaring example of it.
I also think that's what she's trying to say, but she is so rambling and inarticulate that she couldn't get it out. Hard to be accurate when you're avoiding the d-word (divorce or died, whatever it was that made her a "single mom").
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I think it's Kate once again, trying to let everyone know how much she sacrifices for her kids, as if grilling is like giving them a kidney.
It's like she's been so sheltered and taken care of because she's just a widdle girl who can't pump gas, or grill, or freaking take the trash out to the curb, that at the ripe age of 30+ something, it's a major accomplishment to her.
The rest of the world goes, "yeah, and your point is?".
Next.
chefsummer #Leh said... 140
I hope the beef was cooked because if she grill chicken like she grilled that beef..those kids are going to have tapeworms.
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Ha! The beef was cooked, but she would use the same tongs to put raw beef on the grill, and take cooked beef off the grill!
Safety first!!!!!!!!!!
Step away from the hot grill, kids. Now eat your cross-contaminated beef.
My point is why oh why is Jill literally asking for money for her family to go study Spanish aboard as a missionary.
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Because they are feckless grifters.
I'd love to ask TFW this question: whatever happened to the Gosselin family voting system?
If you know your kids love water parks, and there's 8 of them and only one of you, how come you haven't taken them sooner? Clearly your one vote to go deep
sea fishing, despite many of your children getting deathly ill on the waves previously, overrode theirs. You claim no one had to go if they didn't want to, and yet L said on camera that she didn't like it the last time she went, and liked it less this time.
But of course, I know the answer: "I'm in charge, and that's never gonna change." Until 17 months from now, when you have 8 teenagers under your roof. Tick tock...
She couldn't help her oldest son's life, nor protect her daughters from his molestation, but she wants another one in the hope of getting it right this time? She is seriously mentally ill. What do they plan to do? Adopt until she's in her 70s?
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What agency or bio mom would hand a child over to Bob and Michelle when they are NOT going to be the ones raising the child.
These are the same parents who knew that their son was molesting their daughters, and let him back into the home where he continued molesting, even down to his 5-year old sister.
All you need to do is look at their interview with Megan Kelly to see that they just don't get it.
The real victims and the parents blow it off like it was nothing, while the father who allowed the fox into the hen house acts like HE is the victim!
I'm betting that if their show wasn't canceled, they wouldn't even be putting out these feelers to see if people will bite.
No way, now how is Boob the type of father who would love a child not from his loins. A different race. Unknown provenance.
He's a xenophobic, homophobic misogynist.
We should hold a wake for Jon and his bulgogi and follow it with a pot-luck reception on the veranda.
>sigh<
I think he would have liked that.
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Me too.
*sniff*
*eye dab*
I'll bring the spring onions, whites and green separated, of course.
Maybe she is afraid that just the mention of his name might call him back from the dead. She's such a witch that conjuring up a spirit isn't out of the realm of possibility.
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Yup, it's like Beetlejuice, or Voldemort.
You don't want to conjure Jon up! Nooooooooooooo!
Jeanne said... 149
So you ladies saw Steve again in his blue shirt. Always a blue shirt. Is he the most boring man on earth? Maybe. I think he watched Stuck on You too many times and believed it. When the Greg Kinnear character gets a tv role, they dress Matt Damon all in blue because it won't show up on screen. He probably thinks he's invisible!
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It's interesting that TLC is back to hiding Steve.
Remember the good old days, when they just put him out there?
Steve doesn't eat salad! Don't touch Steve's pizza!!!!!!
Get your tiny balls in this RV right now, Steve!!!
Hold this chum bucket for my kids to puke in, Steve!!!!
I miss the little guy...
Kate is a twit said... 154
Synopsis of the next 2 episodes, from TLC's website:
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It all sounds contrived, boring and derivative.
Again, sounds like more babyish stuff.
Can we not do Jon's memorial now. I don't want to ruin the holidays.
But I'm game for the pot-luck and lots of booze.
Steve has disappeared to help the "I do it all alone" narrative. The watch-adorable-toddlers hook? Over. The watch-J&K-bicker angle? Jon's dead, so that's off the table. They're running out of ways to get people to watch. At least if they try to reinvent the illusion that TFW has no full-time help, it might elicit some sympathy from people who don't know the real story. And to pretend that TFW has no man in her life at all, while we know that she can barely navigate a trip
to the john without her blue-shirted babysitter right behind her.
Tucker's Mom (#168), gosh, you think "whole family takes a trip to Land of Little Horses to watch an animal show" sounds babyish? C'mon, that's every
11-year-old boy's dream! And 15-year-old girls, like, totally love it even more!
Kind of meta to have this group watch an animal show. Maybe the horses have their own TLC channel with a listing, "The Little Horses are paid a visit by the Gosselin Family animal show. Chaos ensues when the G's mother's screeching and hand-flapping spooks the horses."
"whole family takes a trip to Land of Little Horses to watch an animal show"
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Haha. Too late. Lisa Vanderpump had miniature horses on the RHOBH last week. She was thinking of buying one for her husband's birthday.
Imagine the shrieking. sKate, being love-ish of animals, will scream that she wants one. I'm sure the boys and Alexis will be made to do something that involves poop.
Pick your battles, not everything that annoys us is worth criticizing. If you provide criticism, even constructive criticism about every little thing, your words will fall on deaf ears. Begins sounding more like hate and gossip. Really lessens the weight of the broader argument.
reader said... 156
Editing, I assumed a crew member asked her something like, "Do you do a lot of grilling?" Or, "Do you like to grill?" At which Kate replied past tense. Lol. She wasn't lying, she wasn't trying to lie.
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When I saw the clip I was like wait what? This isn't the first time. But then I realized she was speaking in the past tense. I think she was talking about that first time she was grilling the chicken and saying now she grills all the time. I think the first part of the conversation was edited out.
Kind of meta to have this group watch an animal show.
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Totally meta ;-)
You could cut that irony with a knife.
I think the first part of the conversation was edited out.
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Yup, it's a rarified day, but no, Kate wasn't lying. She was making a mountain out of a molehill, but what else is new?
The producers have to push the storyline about Kate doing it all. Alone. Alone, alone, alone.
Jon is dead.
RIP
reader said... 173
Pick your battles, not everything that annoys us is worth criticizing. If you provide criticism, even constructive criticism about every little thing, your words will fall on deaf ears. Begins sounding more like hate and gossip. Really lessens the weight of the broader argument.
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Hear, hear! So true. I, for one, think that definitely needed to be said.
I don't know if I'd try this on that dress....but supposedly cocoanut or vegetable oil might get the ink stain out.
You dab the oil on, the ink comes out, then you wash the oil out.
I don't know...I don't think I'd try that one. The oil would probably stain the dress and never come out.
12/29 - Green Thumb Gosselins
Summer projects are in full force and the Gosselin's take on landscaping. Despite complaints, Gator Rides and hard work ensue, then the family takes time for lemonade, yoga and unexpected burial.
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Jon's memorial?
But the real question to me is: what the heck does grilling have to do with being divorced? Of course, she just had to throw Jon under the bus explaining that now she has to take over grilling duties. Women watching that exchange are thinking WTH. Grilling is fun, easy, you are not in a hot kitchen and best of all, the food tastes better. I can guarantee you she did not shop for the meat, prepare it and someone else started the grill. She simply had to stand there and turn the meat. She may not have even researched the recipe. That's what production assistants are for. I mean, why was she not shown preparing the recipe with the kids helping? That would have made more sense.
Jim Bob Duggar is one greedy monster.
He knows that the mags will pay for interviews and pictures and the headline, we want to adopt will sell magazines.
The Duggar parents are delusional. They are going through a horrible family crisis right now and they want to bring in an innocent child at this time? They covered up for their son's molesting his sisters and a babysitter. They designed the house to keep Josh at bay from going into his sisters rooms at night. Josh supposedly had his own room where he spent a lot of time watching p***. Then he was caught on Ashley Madison and confessed being with prostitutes and was violent with one twice.
What galls me so bad is when Jim Bob and Michelle were at the conference for people who were trying to adopt and had tried IVF and had been trying for years to get a baby, they stood there at the podium with all of their children and said that THEY were going to adopt. I thought that was CRUEL to stand there with 19 kids in front of people who don't have a child and say, we are going to ADOPT. Some people were so hurt they got up and left.
I read on Pickles FB that the Duggars went to South America for a CANDY trip. They made a trip to SA to GIVE OUT CANDY. Can you believe this? A Canada group went down and BUILT HOUSES for the poor.
Which group did the most good? Duggars-candy, OR
Canada-Built homes for the poor?
Thank you Canada. Oh, Canada!
The Duggar parents are delusional. They are going through a horrible family crisis right now and they want to bring in an innocent child at this time?
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This is probably the best point to make about bringing a child into your home and family. The Duggars are on the heels of 2 enormous scandals; covering up the fact that their son molested 5 young girls, and the same son cheating on his wife with prostitutes. Not to mention allegations that these peccadillos turned rather physical.
Jim Boob and Michelle are burying their head in the sand and not doing to work that real healing takes.
It's preposterous to even utter the word "adoption" at this point in time.
Years ago, I caught a part of a Duggar episode when Boob and some kids went to South America, and he was useless. Didn't speak basic Spanish, couldn't communicate, made light of it.
I just couldn't figure out what was going on. Why were they even there?
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My DB was at work the other day, was on his lunch break, it is an hour break and ran into someone who he works with (his off day) they talked and he said that his dad and sister were going to pick him up and my DB asked him if he was hungry. He said, yes, and my DB told him to go up to the counter and get him a sub sandwich. My brother was so moved because the guy asked that she cut the foot long into 3 pieces. He was giving his dad and his sister a part of his sandwich. He paid for it and the girl that was next in line was hugely pregnant and she just wanted a couple of cookies. My DB bought them for her and said, here is a baby shower gift!
He then left and went to Kmart looking for a certain jacket that he has wanted for several years. He found the jacket and went to pay. The tag said 49.99 and it rang up 19.99 and my DB said, hey, check this and make sure it is the correct price. She did it again and it was right because they had marked down the coats 50% or more because of the warm weather. He paid 19.99 for a 49.99 coat.
Ironically at the same time, I was on Kmart's website looking at the AMAZING coat and jacket deals and was getting links and sending them to my church in response to an email that we received from church about a young single mother needed help for her 3 children for Christmas.
He told me he went back to Kmart and bought the same jacket in different sizes and put them in his car trunk to have to give to people who need a coat. He said he bought 150 dollars worth of coats for 60. This so awesome.
Dramamine @dramamine 2m2 minutes ago
@Kateplusmy8 Oh, no. Hope we were able to help the kiddos and make your trip drama-free!
Now, this is interesting ;-)
Dramamine @dramamine 2m2 minutes ago
@Kateplusmy8 Oh, no. Hope we were able to help the kiddos and make your trip drama-free!
Now, this is interesting ;-)
Of course.
Those TLC interns must work their fingers to the bone grifting stuff for the show.
That explains why they went deep sea fishing again. Had to have a story line to go with whatever product they'd grifted.
OMG hahaha
Kate Gosselin @Kateplusmy8 Dec 15
I had given them Dramamine and they were wearing seabands too @TLC #KatePlus8
Dramamine @dramamine 26m26 minutes ago
@Kateplusmy8 Oh, no. Hope we were able to help the kiddos and make your trip drama-free!
Fired Up 4 Kate @MiloandJack 2m2 minutes ago
@dramamine @Kateplusmy8 Maybe the tabs didn't get into their system quick enough? They seemed 2recover fast tho! I've used this! #Worked4Me
Drama free LOL
Lynne In RI said... 147
Maybe she is afraid that just the mention of his name might call him back from the dead. She's such a witch that conjuring up a spirit isn't out of the realm of possibility.
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Yeah, but it will only work if she repeats his name three times fast, like it worked for Beetlejuice.
OT Recommending a 2014/2015 British comedy that's sweet, beautifully filmed, and has a cast that makes you smile! "Detectorists" - here's the imdb info which doesn't do it justice. "The lives of two eccentric metal detectorists, who spend their days plodding along ploughed tracks and open fields, hoping to disturb the tedium by unearthing the fortune of a lifetime." Looks like it's one quite a few awards and has 4+ stars on Netflix. I've been watching season 1 on Netflix, not sure it's on Acorn as I haven't subscribed yet. If anyone should watch this and find a place to watch season 2, please share!
Yes, sKate, you've been marked down.
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Walmart Rollback?
Thanks for all of the suggestions for the stain removal. I really appreciate it. That's what I love about this blog...back and forth between ink and ISIS!
The embellishment/bows ideas would be great if not for the stain's location. I thought about that, too, but since the ink mark starts at belly button location and extends south for about four inches, anything placed there would just call attention to that area and scream a cover-up! I checked the way the netting is sewn in and it would take a professional to remove it, cut away the mark and replace it. It would be no easy job. I have a problem sewing on buttons and just barely got a passing grade in sewing/home economics!
The net overlay is so delicate and so fragile that anything harsh just might do damage to it. The top of the dress is velvet and the net over the taffeta has tiny rhinestone bling embellishments scattered throughout.
Sigh. Still have a few more things to try, like milk and vinegar. Ugh. If it doesn't come out, I'll shop for another dress, but this is her favorite one and it was not inexpensive. She is very attached to it because it is princess-ish!
"Sorry, I disagree. The woman tries to rewrite history all the time. That's gaslighting. This is another glaring example of it."
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But here's the thing, PJ. It could be something was missed in the interpretation of this whole "no grilling" speech. She bantered on and on about not grilling, and if she meant she never grilled BEFORE the divorce because Jon was the grill master, then she should have explained it that way. She didn't, and as a result, her comment about never grilling and turning on the grill was taken as a lie. I think that even though she is a moron, it should be remembered that she really cannot articulate and therefore things that she says are often taken out of context and misinterpreted. I know she does the "Kate speak" thing and many times does it very well so that she isn't called out in a lie.
That said, she has been known to throw out some very big lies and she's been caught. I know it would be scary trying to get inside her head to figure out what she's trying to say, but since her brain doesn't always connect to what's coming out of her mouth, it doesn't mean that she is doing the Pinocchio thing every time she talks (or tweets).
That said, what she has done and is doing to those kids is despicable. No child should have to support a parent. She is a nasty, greedy person who just is not going to stop using her kids to get what she wants.
http://m.nwfdailynews.com/article/20151210/NEWS/151219884
Chester Kroeger’s mission in life is to make people smile. The founder of Fudpucker’s nearly met his match with TLC’s “Kate Plus 8” reality star Kate Gosselin.
The famous mother of eight (a set of twins and sextuplets) was focused on ensuring a smooth filming schedule. Kroeger said her smile was finally captured on film after a few minutes of joking around, likely about Fudpucker’s often mispronounced name.
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I've been to Fudpucker's in Destin. It's fun. Sounds like Kate didn't have her happy face on when she arrived, LOL.
Am i the only one that notices Milo is getting more antsy about the haters nowadays then back then?Usually she would ignore the haters but nowadays she talks about them more.I guess she's piss about Robert Hoffman being around.
"Unexpected burial"? Fish or bird? Are we to be subjected to every backyard burial?
Gator Rides and hard work ensue, then the family takes time for lemonade, yoga and unexpected burial.
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Jon's memorial?
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No, Jon's graveside service was several years ago.
Serendipity,
What about cutting the net off and sewing it onto a separate waistband to make a separate overskirt? That way you wouldn't have to take the dress apart. Do you have any friends who sew? I could probably do something for you, but think we are nowhere near each other. If you can't make any headway with the stain, and the dress is ruined anyway, it might be worth trying a sewing solution. At least you could have a dress with a velvet bodice and taffeta skirt, if the netting turns out to be a write-off. Or the netting could be put on a band and used as a costume or dress-up item.
Am i the only one that notices Milo is getting more antsy about the haters nowadays then back then?
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I don't think any more than usual. It's obvious she doesn't take Kate's advice to "block the haters and enjoy the party." I'm surprised she doesn't do as Kate says, but then again, she's on full damage control duty, so I guess as PR person she has to read everything that's tweeted about her sweetie.
He told me he went back to Kmart and bought the same jacket in different sizes and put them in his car trunk to have to give to people who need a coat. He said he bought 150 dollars worth of coats for 60. This so awesome.
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Awesome! If you do a little homework, you can score some major deals.
Coats are so needed-I heard men's and children's in particular.
No, Jon's graveside service was several years ago.
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Yep. It's been eight years since his passing and she STILL struggles with the barbecue. She really is a hopeless case.
Fired Up 4 Kate @MiloandJack 2m2 minutes ago
@dramamine @Kateplusmy8 Maybe the tabs didn't get into their system quick enough? They seemed 2recover fast tho! I've used this! #Worked4Me
And thar she blows -- inserting herself in a tweet between a company and Kate. She just HAS to do this, doesn't she? Gladys is a piece of work.
Jane said... 189
OT Recommending a 2014/2015 British comedy that's sweet, beautifully filmed, and has a cast that makes you smile!
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That one is next on my list. Started to watch but thought I'd wait until I could watch it with DH.
Finished S2 of Fargo. Highly recommend. It seemed more violent, but the acting and cinematography (and song track) are superb.
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