Kate's latest feud is with her former dance stomping-around partner
Tony Dovolani, Patron Saint of Dance Teachers
On Friday when CNN's Anderson Cooper asked if he was still traumatized by watching Kate Gosselin dance, Tony Dovolani replied: "Anderson, did you just call it dance? We didn't dance!" When asked if he needed a vacation after that, Tony said: "There was a lot of therapy involved."
Today, Kate posted an oh-so-serious response on Coupon Cabin. Said Kate: "I think it is a shame that Tony has been left only with a negative impression of our time together, especially after we spent SO many hours, days, nights and weeks working hard together doing our best in the competition. To Anderson Cooper I’d like to say this: I’d love the opportunity to be a front row spectator for your first dance as a competitor on the next season of Dancing With The Stars. C’mon , you know you’re hoping for a spot! I can only imagine how your view of the subject may change 180 degrees, not 360 degrees, if you are given the opportunity to cha cha cha! Hey, Anderson, if it does happen for you, what do you say I give you some dancing pointers over pizza sometime?"
Uh, I don't think Kate's history with pizza bodes well for that meeting.
I haven't read all the comments, but want to weigh in on the blackout idea. I don't like the idea of trying to coordinate with other non-fans, tweeters or blogs. I think that each group needs to asses that with their own community and commenters that participate in more than one will have to decide for themselves.
I do have an opinion about the haterz that dwell on twitter, but, we don't really know what will happen if they stop. For instance, more fans may crawl out in support of her because it may feel safer to them--took me 2 years to begin posting here. There is a very delicate dynamic at work--I believe that we should commission a long-term study on the possible effects of disturbing it ;D !
We have had non-Kate related posts, but, let's face it, we are unified around Kate's exploitation of her children. It doesn't really make sense for us, as a group, to start watching another reality show, just to comment about it--seems backwards to me.
As far as the AC exchange, I wouldn't mind if he had her on to redeem herself, as long as there was a no-holds barred interview to go with it.
Meatloaf--I am confused--should I start with a zig, or a zag? chef summer or Em Tanner--how about coming out with a line of meatloaf stencils?
Dallas Lady, 190...Please don't say goodbye to us. Pop in and share your stories and your humor. You can leave the word Kate out of any post. We would miss you. Really.
My Spring day -- I walked (3 miles round trip) to a neighbor's home to buy 3 dozen eggs laid by her free-range chickens. Those golden yolks and thick shells.... I forgot to put the $7.50 in my pocket to pay for the eggs. The second trip, I drove.
Ex Nurse said... 3 Meatloaf--I am confused--should I start with a zig, or a zag? chef summer or Em Tanner--how about coming out with a line of meatloaf stencils? ...............................................
lmao NICE she just makes it so darn easy doesn't she and I think that is the point:)
In my opinion there is no doubt that blogs like this are keeping Kate in the news.
Since the show ended all the negativity towards her has now turned into a plus for her and she knows it. She may not be too smart but she has someone like Steve to show her the advantages of what is going on.
When I think about it if I had not read this blog I would not have known about anything she has done lately because it wasn't in the news. Who needs a PR person when the blogs report on her every move?
Also, look at how certain people are benefiting from it. We are talking about the clothes she wears and the designer gets their name on the blogs. No disrespect to EM Tanner but since she has spoken negatively about Kate she is bringing in more business. A photographer takes pictures and before you know it they are in the spotlight.
This is nothing personal against this blog. I am guilty of reading the blogs and contributing to this mess. As far as blogs go this is a great one. I just don't know what the answer is but I know we aren't helping things.
I should have mentioned that I am well-nown for some killer deviled eggs. My invention secret -- add some horseradish to the yolk mixture. Gives them an extra boost of flavor.
I think we should make a list of Kate's rude comments and then vote on the most top ten. It will keep this blog until the world ends. Or at least until she ends, which ever comes first. lol
If you all want a black-out,I will join you. I was in 'blackout' lol while I tried to open a Google account and before when my PC was broken! It's not easy when you want to make a comment, but possible, as people said, with spring here and new projects for us all. other discussions can be fine.
But if not, that's fine with me too. We will see if anything happens- I just fear Kate would see it as a victory as 'shutting us up' and that her behavior is not commented on ( like the kids' meager meals, not having Easter for them, whatever it is) I think she does do damage control based on comments here but that might benefit the kids if it's real...idk!
I agree with Auntie Ann, a blackout is a win for Kate in her twisted mind. " See, I shut up the haters, so I won" This site remains a great place for insightful thinking on many topics, especially on subject of the mind of a narcissist. Frankly, a blackout would go right over her head, she is simply too self-involved to notice, and if she did, she'd take credit! Remember, there is NO winning with this woman!
I haven't read all the posts yet so sorry if already said. What ever happened to the on and off/channel up/down on tv's? Do 3D's not have them? Why the need for a remote? Maybe Kate needs to put on her tin foil dress, point at the tv, squeeze her butt cheeks and wiggle her nose.
GWOP, which once was the go-to site for all things Gosselin, a blog that had how many hits/comments per day, so much so that the monthly threads were expanded into two threads, is now virtually dark, with very few posters and comments. Their imminent demise has not had any effect in contributing to her disappearance.
The thing is that she needs her Twitter haters because without them, there would be nothing to refute, nothing to set the record straight. If it was only adoration she wanted, she could get that in private e-mails from her sheeple. Nope. She needs the haters on Twitter, which is why she hasn't taken down the page. I do think that if it were just the sheeple left there, her disappearance would come much sooner. It's the fight she loves -- she needs sheeple to stand up for her. She needs to be the victim, crying poor me when attacked.
I don't think that what's done on this blog affects her one way or the other and a black-out isn't the answer. Twitter is the key.
Hi, Dmasy. I love devilled eggs and so does my son-in-law. Since we're spending Easter with them this weekend, I'd love a new recipe. What else do you put in your devilled eggs? Thanks!
This can be really boring - at times - or absolutely exciting. Most of the time you'll see wildebeest(s?), these antelope things (not sure exactly what they are), and these big blue-ish birds with topknots, but at times I've seen monkeys, zebras, monitor lizards, jackals, warthogs, ostriches (I think), and a couple of days ago I saw giraffes for the first time! Still hoping for elephants.
What about this idea. Twitter people: come up with a hashtag to use what talking to each other. This way you can avoid the @Kateplus8 search function and her twitter feed will die (metaphorically) for a while. She'll have to rely on her 'fans' which I've noticed have tweeted less and less to her. You can do this for a week or two. This way, you don't lose contact with each other and still chat amongst yourselves. I know when I do a chat on twitter per my blogging site we always have a #hastagphrase that is used so we put that in the search and just update it to go back and forth with our comments. April 3, 2012 9:57 AM
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That has already been tried on Twitter. I didn't tweet Khate when she first joined Twitter, but I finally got in on it last year a couple of months after she started. The only reason I began to tweet her back then was to eventually try to get the other non-fans to stop tweeting her, because I saw how much she loved the attention. I made a couple of attempts and got nowhere. I will admit that I then became a full fledged "hater" and tweeted crap to Khate in total frustration and disgust over the bullcrap phony Twitter persona and life that she fabricated for the sycophantic sheeple, as well as in reaction to some of her outright nasty stunts like publicly disparaging the father of her kids and lying about so many things. I had my moments, and tweeted in spurts, sometimes not at all, or sometimes more or less just "chatting" with other non-fans.
A few months ago, we tried exactly what you suggested, Berks. Instead of a hash tag, one of the non-fans set up a new account (something like "NoSheeple4U", I can't remember if that's the exact name). So, most of the non-fans began to tweet just to that account so we could continue to "chat" and keep track of the conversation, but leave Khate and her sheeple out of it. There were two or three holdouts, though, who remained on Khate's Twitter page to attack the sheeple tweets and call Khate out on her tweets. I do understand why they did that, and I did not feel it was my place to tell anyone what they should and should not do. It was merely a suggestion at that time, and most non-fans agreed to try it.
It really was funny for about a week because her feed was so boring. The older sheeple were tweeting to each other about their various ailments and surgeries. I'm sure Khate was hating what her feed had become. The other funny thing is that the sheeple MISSED the haters. They read our tweets on the nosheep page, tweets that had nothing to do with them, and they tweeted to us. We had finally given them what they claimed they wanted by leaving Khate and them alone, but they sought us out. Even when I was on Khate's Twitter, I was one of the non-fans who mostly just tweeted other non-fans or directly at Khate's tweets, rarely tweeting to her sheeple because I saw that they loved to cry "bully" and act like victims. Time and time again, the sheeple deliberately begin it and antagonize the non-fans. When they finally get a reaction they cry about being "bullied" and they delete their own nasty, vicious tweets. They also tweet to Khate that they are taking hits on her behalf. So, I always tried to stay out of that mess and not allow myself to be baited by them. If anything, when I was on Khate's page, I would see something stupid that a sheeple said, and I would just make a comment about it to another non-fan, but not include the sheeple's name in my tweet. Many times, the sheeple would repeatedly tweet me, trying to get me to engage. It drives them crazy when we refuse to engage with them.
So, I don't think there are any easy answers here. On one hand, I probably would like to see all of it end, all the blogs and Twitter so that Khate would be become totally irrelevant. Her handful of most devoted sheeple love having the non-fans around on blogs and Twitter because they really believe that it's their duty to monitor it all and defend her as often and as vigorously as they can. They wouldn't have much to say without the non-fans there. But, in Khate's narcissistic mind, she will NOT even comprehend what we are doing. She would declare victory over all her "haters" and be happy they're finally gone. Without people calling Khate out, she would just continue to tweet bullcrap lies about her life, her kids, and her ex. Her sheeple would suck it all up and tweet their adoration back to her. Worst of all, she will continue to exploit her kids by tweeting and blogging about details of their lives that should remain private, and posting photos on her Twitter and blog. She knows she needs the kids as bait to draw people, just as she used the twins for the cruise.
I really don't think she will let up at all until the KIDS are the ones to make it stop. The twins are getting older and they will become more and more aware of what she is putting out there about them. At some point, they will insist she stop taking any photos of them because they will know she is just doing it to tweet or blog about it. She's going to have some mighty battles on her hands soon. As for the other six, I think they are more afraid of her and they won't fight back for several more years. Khate will continue to use them and her "mom of eight" angle to stay the tiniest bit relevant but when she has a houseful of teens, that won't be possible anymore. Yes, I do think she might continue this farce just that long, another four or five years. None of this will pay the bills, at least not in the way she wants. She won't be on TV, won't be a "stah", and 99.99% of the population has already forgotten about her if they even knew who she was to begin with (and many never heard of her). By her own doing, she is extremely miserable with her life at the moment and it will only continue to get worse for her with each year. The only satisfaction for her detractors is knowing that this evil, narcissistic, child-exploiter will never, ever find happiness in life.
I love deviled eggs. My mom makes really good ones; and a friend of a friend does as well. Her secret is an east coast (or midwest, can't remember) barbeque sauce she throws in.
CC must have been feeling the heat because there is a new blog entry by Kate on hoe to save for Easter. I guarantee you they were on the horn with her bright and early this morning telling her to get something, anything up on the site regarding Easter and savings.
Please don't blackout this blog! This is the only place it's appropriate for us to gather and gossip. This is "our" house and it's a place we gather to chat about a common topic. I'd love to see a twitter blackout but it won't happen. The twitter haters are a sick group who attack Kate and her fans mercilously on their own terrain. They show no class and I don't wish to be associated with them.
We COULD zero in on a discussion about narcissism. It is interesting and relevant not exclusively to Kate. There was an article about Zsa Zsa awhile ago written by an ex-secretary who had once worked for her. He said she made Joan Crawford look like a barbie doll. Some snippets:
Her ex-husband George Sanders may have said being with Zsa Zsa was like permanently swimming in vintage bubbly, but the truth is she is more cyanide than champagne.
An overriding narcissistic ego, an outrageous temper and a vindictive love of making defenceless people suffer, combined with foul-mouthed racism and a scant regard for the truth, make her easily the most unpleasant person it has ever been my misfortune to meet. Monstrous employers come with the territory in LA, but in the space of a few short months the woman supposedly loved by her audience for her chirpy bons mots brought me close to the edge of a nervous breakdown. I was told Zsa Zsa was looking for much more than a secretary — she was hoping I would be her confidant, public relations adviser and, more importantly than I could ever have realised, her buffer against life’s little inconveniences.
Steve, are you reading this?
Zsa Zsa went through domestic staff — housekeepers, cooks, maids — like most people go through tissues.
Ashley can you relate?
Within only a few days, reality kicked in. My new employer exhibited what many see as a clear sign of madness: a relentless desire to move paintings and furniture around on an almost daily basis. And there was an internal madness at work, too, in the way she lashed out with a stream of invective at people who couldn’t fight back.
Sounds familiar doesn't it. For anyone interested, the entire article is here:
Deviled eggs -- they never taste the same way twice! Sometimes I just clean out the salad dressing bottles in the frig. Ranch Dressing or French give the yolk mixture a different flavor. I have used wasabi instead of horseradish -- however, caution is advised. A thinly sliced green olive on the top adds a tangy flavor. A bit of dill pickle juice added to the mix is another flavor boost. Now, I will try bbq sauce -- good idea. My biggest mistake is to add too much of anything else to the yolks and get something too runny to make a pretty egg.
Well, I looked at the CC Easter blog- no really good tips. Her kids seem to expect gifts every holiday and one mom said she has become ' a better mom' b/c now she has a basket for every holiday, like St P Day, with toys, candy and misc, just like Kate.Oh brother. She spent a lot of money- I just gave my kids a few sweets and had a little chocolate egg hunt and they were happy. After all, it's a holiday not about receiving. Kate advocates giving candy, SOCKS!!!, batteries, money, toys and more...will they go to church?
Also nothing about Passover.
Like Judy, the first comment on the blog, it's the last time I will visit that site.Just wanted to see the damage control by CC but they just tacked this new BS up and left the Anderson/Tony article.
Time and time again, the sheeple deliberately begin it and antagonize the non-fans. When they finally get a reaction they cry about being "bullied" and they delete their own nasty, vicious tweets. They also tweet to Khate that they are taking hits on her behalf. So, I always tried to stay out of that mess and not allow myself to be baited by them.
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They are a pathetic flock, aren't they? They thrive on what goes on there...it's their life, and without it, they don't know what to do with themselves. It's quite sad when you think about it. How did they get through their days before Kate appeared on the scene?
I would miss Milo, though. She's such an enigma and so stupid. It's amusing to see what she comes up with -- what makes her tick and how she can turn everything around to make Kate a saint.
teeny_tiny @Kateplusmy8 ignore stupid peeps who say mean thgs bc they wish they were as hpy as u! If they knew u, they would know u Always use coupons!
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These are the fans that make Twitter so entertaining. They see Kate as a happy, perfect mom, with eight perfect children in a perfect house, all living in a perfect world. I guess that in their mind's eye, she's everything they want to be and because reality clouds their vision, they just can't open their eyes to the face that she's one miserable narcissist who is never going to be happy because as she said, you can never have enough money.
Dwindle 113 Anyone remember that scene from the original Cheaper by the Dozen movie, where Clifton Webb has the childrens' tosillectomies done at home so he can have them filmed?
Sherry Baby 191 Frank Gilbreth was a pioneer in motion study and time management. I directed the school play and did background research on him. He was quite a character. ****************
I have read both books about this family (written by one of the chidlren when they were all adults) "Cheaper by the Dozen" and "Bells on Their Toes" and recommend them both as entertaining and enlightening. The movie with Clifton Webb was pretty close to the book. "Bells on their Toes" gives a bit of insight into the roaring twenties form someone who lived it.
dmasy7 I should have mentioned that I am well-known for some killer deviled eggs. My invention secret -- add some horseradish to the yolk mixture. Gives them an extra boost of flavor.
Well alrighty then, patent your horseradish recipe. I am sticking with the hot sauce I invented. :)
I don't think that this blog is a big source for Kate's narcissistic supply. Twitter is providing the majority of it, when she can't get it elsewhere. And she ditches Twitter as soon as something better comes along.
I also think she, or someone close to her, is manipulating twitter as far as her whereabouts. The last 2-3 times that someone said that they, or their friend, saw Kate and her body guard somewhere turned out to be false. I think they were plants to generate buzz.
I've only looked at Twitter recently....and am appalled at what goes on there. I want *nothing* to do with those nut jobs...any of them. It seems like they're *all* crazy. It's beyond me now anyone can have that much time to tweet (looking at you, Kate). To have all that free time, they must be inmates someplace, besides being foul-mouthed, vulgar, and crass.
Yep. Just who a celebrity should hang out with. Especially a Mom. Just the type of person you want your kids to associate with. Tell me her twins aren't reading twitter on the other kids' phones, and seeing all that trash. Yuck.
I think the best policy is to ignore sitings by any unknown because I totally agree this info is planted to create buzz. Kate, herself, thanked us for the buzz. I will always read here but she is a boring topic, IMO. She is a has-been. She and Steve are nasty people.
To have all that free time, they must be inmates someplace, besides being foul-mouthed, vulgar, and crass.
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I agree with that, and what really is horrifying is when you think that these "adults" are parents. Is that the kind of language these kids hear at home? Is that what is being taught to these kids -- that this vulgar talk, this bullying is okay? Do they condone this type of behavior? They obviously must. I can't imagine that they act this way on Twitter and then turn around and at home are role models for their kids.
They are a pathetic flock, aren't they? They thrive on what goes on there...it's their life, and without it, they don't know what to do with themselves. It's quite sad when you think about it. How did they get through their days before Kate appeared on the scene? ********************************************** The haters thrive just as much, if not more. You could ask the same question of Underwalt, etc. How did they get through their lives before occupying themselves by sending vile Tweets 24/7?
I agree with Auntie Ann, a blackout is a win for Kate in her twisted mind. " See, I shut up the haters, so I won" This site remains a great place for insightful thinking on many topics, especially on subject of the mind of a narcissist. Frankly, a blackout would go right over her head, she is simply too self-involved to notice, and if she did, she'd take credit! Remember, there is NO winning with this woman!
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I agree.
Anyway, I think that we have all (at one time or another) practiced our own type of "Kate blackout" by either not commenting, reading, or watching anything involving that wackadoodle.
A "Kate blackout" should be up to each individual.
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Somebody's Freudian slip is showing! Wonder if Katie Irene will DM her and ask her to go on the cruise.
I work hard at my mediocre writing job. I get out and enjoy the nice weather. I try to exercise every day. I don't drink. I don't smoke. I don't do drugs. I don't abuse my husband or children. My one guilty pleasure is reading this blog daily and occasionally adding a comment or observation.
I enjoy the people who comment here. I find most of them to be intelligent, articulate, respectful of each other, witty and insanely funny.
While I can understand why some people feel the need to take a break from Kate and her nonsense (I have felt that way myself at times), I do not support an organized blackout. I think there is little to gain.
Outside of our world here where we are obsessed with wanting Kate to get her just desserts (and yes, I will freely admit that I am obsessed with wanting to see her get her comeuppance), Kate is a virtual nobody. So if this blog closed up shop for a couple of weeks, it wouldn't make any difference. Kate will still be the same miserable person she was when we return to discussing her.
Yes, it is infuriating to us that she is such a liar and hypocrite and terrible mother. But I take heart in knowing that most of the world couldn't care less about her. Sure, her nasty mug will show up every once in a while on TV or online, or she will appear somewhere wearing a wildly inappropriate dress, but so what? The context of her appearances is always negative or makes her look mean or foolish. That's a win for us in my book.
I know she will never change, but I will continue to visit here because those moments when she gets taken down a notch or embarrasses herself are really quite satisfying. Seeing EM Tanner take her to task was wonderful. And it will be happening more and more.
I think that anyone who feels it is important to step away from the Kate circus should absolutely do so. But I think that is a decision people need to make individually. I will continue to follow the same policy I adopted long ago. I visit this blog and read Sue Buddy's articles, but never click on any links or visit any websites where hits can be construed as a statement that she is relevant. This works for me. Everyone needs to decide what works for them.
Once a Viewer said... 28 Well, I looked at the CC Easter blog- no really good tips. Her kids seem to expect gifts every holiday and one mom said she has become ' a better mom' b/c now she has a basket for every holiday, like St P Day, with toys, candy and misc, just like Kate.Oh brother. She spent a lot of money- I just gave my kids a few sweets and had a little chocolate egg hunt and they were happy. After all, it's a holiday not about receiving. Kate advocates giving candy, SOCKS!!!, batteries, money, toys and more...will they go to church?
Also nothing about Passover.
Like Judy, the first comment on the blog, it's the last time I will visit that site.Just wanted to see the damage control by CC but they just tacked this new BS up and left the Anderson/Tony article.
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In other words, Kate offered a whole load of nothing again.
Tamara said... 180 Mscatie, I think that with a twitter blackout a few things would happen. Most of the remaining sheeple would dwindle (pardon the term Dwindle) away **********************
It's AMAZING how some people can steal something from someone and that someone not make any money off the something or someother something and then someone has someone else all confused about something and ME ME ME WHERE IS MINE MINE MINE ALL MINE MONEY~!!!!!!!!!!
Cut me a check Tamara, a big one, and we'll call is AMAZINGLY AMAZINGISH even!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The movie with Clifton Webb was pretty close to the book.
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Clifton Webb was a fabulous actor. He did a wonderful Sousa, too. My great-uncle knew Sousa very well, and he said that Webb's portrayal of him was dead-on.
Have you read Frank Jr's "Time Out For Happiness"?
I just read that Octo-mom is accepting welfare payments now from the State of CA. Remember, she swore she would never do that. It's only a matter of time before we see this happening in PA. That is, unless Jon is right and Kate does in fact have tons of money stashed and is duping all of us! In a logical world, no job would indicate a change in spending/lifestyle. Haven't really seen that with Kate yet, have we? Writing a blog at a coupon site couldn't be paying all of her expenses. Can't believe a thing the woman says. She'll travel to wherever she wants to get noticed in show business. Delusional/talentless woman. Sad for the kids.
I love deviled eggs. Sorry to whomever said they invented using horseradish with the yolk mixture, though, LOL. That recipe has been around for donkey's years. My grandmother made deviled eggs using horseradish. My mother didn't like horseradish, but she always added pickle juice (sweet pickle juice, though, not dill) or a little sweet pickle relish. I'm more of a purist. I use a bit of mayonnaise, lots of yellow mustard, and a bit of salt and pepper. If I want to change things up a bit, I'll substitute stoneground mustard or grey poupon instead of the yellow. After stuffing the whites with the yolk mixture, I sprinkle them with paprika. Once I accidentally grabbed the cinnamon instead of paprika. I don't recommend it, LOL.
I agree with NLAN. I don't think a blackout will do anything. KK's bound and determined to put herself out there, and nothing we do is going to make a difference. If she doesn't get "buzz" from her tweeties or the "haterz", she'll do something else outrageous to get attention.
Mel 36- Kate is nuts, twitter is nuts, perfect storm. Never mind her blog is CRAP, as well as her CC crap which has nothing to do with saving money. Rather she attacks Ton and AC on a Coupon Blog! And CC publishes it.
Kate is one desperate person who will try to get attention through whatever means possible. Shame on Coupon Cabin, her lame twitter (I am the best or I will block you) and the people that support her narcisstic behavior day in and out.
I just read Kate's Easter blog on CC. Not many of us have $300 worth of gift cards just lyng around. Because we don't beg and grift for them like she does.
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Somebody's Freudian slip is showing! Wonder if Katie Irene will DM her and ask her to go on the cruise.
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LOL! Great minds... As soon as I saw this tweet on Kate's page, I thought, "Well, that's Freudian!"
"I love new twenties 'n new fifties 'n new hundreds!" hahahahaha
As for me, I'm mixed on the blackout. I love how we don't let Kate get away with anything, but can see the point of not giving her attention. Mostly, I love reading what you folks have to say!
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I have a little soft spot for nadya. I firmly believe she did this to get a reality show like the Gosselins. But by then, the Gosselin scams were becomming well known and the public had had enough and saw through Nadya's plan. She was also less savy about hiding her mental illness than Katie Irene was at first.
There are still so many out there who believe in Kreider's system of obligating the public to support her children; I have always been kind of befuddled about why those SAME folks dont feel the same way about supporting Nadya and HER children. Nadya and Kate are the same, Kate is just more vicious.
Well, I looked at the CC Easter blog- no really good tips. Her kids seem to expect gifts every holiday and one mom said she has become ' a better mom' b/c now she has a basket for every holiday, like St P Day, with toys, candy and misc, just like Kate.Oh brother. She spent a lot of money- I just gave my kids a few sweets and had a little chocolate egg hunt and they were happy.
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I agree with you, Once.
She is SUCH a rotten parent. "Bad mom, Kate! Bad mom!" (Wasn't that what she said she hated to be called?) Getting your kids to expect that every freaking holiday revolves around them and their "haul" would turn them into... into... well, Kate.
Haha....Passover. Kate would have absolutely no idea what anybody would even want to buy for a Passover seder, much less how to save money on it. She wouldn't have a clue about Passover. ----------------------
OK...this is completely off-topic but wanted some advice since so many here seem to love animals and have pets. Long story short, I had a cat but my husband became badly allergic to it so my son and his fiance took it. They also have a younger cat they adopted too....but mine had been de-clawed (and then the previous owner had tossed her out with no claws) and their cat has its claws. But my cat is significantly bigger and older than theirs.
Apparently, after 2 months, they say they have to keep them in separate rooms because they hiss, etc...at each other when they try to put them together. I am going over there to babysit later this month for a week while they go away on vacation and am wondering if anyone has any suggestions on what I can do to remedy this.
Because I have known tons of people who had several cats....all gotten at different times...and they somehow all got along. Heck, we adopted 4 cats when I was a kid and they all got along and even got along with the dog....and every single one of them were adopted at different times (when we would find them homeless and wandering). My mom loved animals. She wasn't too keen on her own kids but with animals, it was a different story....and we were able to keep almost every kind of homeless animal and bird we found. But shoot....I cannot for the life of me remember anything specific she did in terms of having them get along. I mean, I remember being a kid and remember finding the cats and bringing them home but how they got to the point of all getting along....I just have no recollection of that.
And I feel really bad that they were kind enough to take my cat in and are now still having to deal with keeping them separated. Apparently it is their little cat doing most of the hissing at the new interloper. Any suggestions?
Ex Nurse Lamb Vindaloo 1-Pick which car from your fleet is best suited 2- Drive to Trader Joe's 3-Go to freezer section 4- Select freshest box of Trader Joes brand Lamb Vindaloo 5- Take to one of those people in a Hawaiin shirt, standing next to those jangly things with all the thingies 6- Pay for--really pay, not pretend, your item (Note: One of those mediocre employees might look at you, or, may even try to engage you in conversation--something like--How is your day going?, Or some comment about the weather) Do not respond or look them in the eye--IT IS A TRAP!!! You might want to pretend that you are talking to one of your make believe friends, or writing the next chapter of your memoirs--that's not important, just do not engage! 7-Make a run to the car, zigging and zagging to avoid all of the lovers, haterz and paps 8- Drive home--don't worry about how fast--speed limits are for jells people, not stars. 9- Open the box (I like to peel off the top, but you might have a special way) and use a fork to poke holes in that clear glassy looking stuff on top of trays. you can poke the holes in a figure 8, or, however you want. 10- If you have labeled all of those shiny machines in your kitchen, relax, you are almost done! if you haven't, stop here and add to your to-do list--it is a real timesaver! not to mention, it is hard to clean lamb Vindaloo out of the little holes in the dryer! Trust me on that... 11- Once you have correctly identified your microwave, cook the tray for 6 minutes 12-While it is cooking, you can check and see if you are trending, or or twitter, or write another Pulitzer Prize winning CC blog entry, write hate letters to all working reality stars, put in one of you episodes to relive the good old days, or, maybe try to get a brush thru your weave--anyway, whatever you want! 13-Let sit for a minute, slop on a paper plate, take a picture for your twenties, and you are done! enjoy--You have earned a few days of me time!
I find it ironic that for all the worry about octomom and exploitation Kate has been a million times worse. And Kate even criticized her like oh octomom how beneath me! Remember that?
Does anyone think that AC might challenge Katie Irene, instead of dancing on a reality show, to get a job as an investigative journalist, run a journalism show, and also run a talk show? Challenge her to participate in 1/10th of the quiet charity work he does? To do the research, the learning, the publishing, the leg work he does? Do you think he might challenge her to hard work constest? An IQ contest? A line up of life long friends and devoted family contest? How about submitting competing articles on a topic of politics, world affairs, the ecology or even a matter of religion, and let scholars and grammarians evaluate the contents?
Perhaps AC could challenge Katie, without an earpiece, to name some important societal events that dont have anything to do with reality TV?
Why should Kate have a clue about Passover? Many Christians Dont including me! I know the biblical reference but not much about the traditions. I give her a pass on this one!
So more gifts make you a better Mommy? Socks and batteries in the Easter basket, I am sure that's a winner. Maybe in the true spirit of the season, pehaps you and the kids could make a few baskets for those less fortunate, might be a better memory maker than weeding.
I just love how she invites new tweeties to block the hate and join 'our fun'. What fun might that be, except for making me laugh. Again CC has done too little, too late. Most moms are not waiting until this week for cost cutting ideas for a holiday; they have been shopping sales for weeks.
And I doubt K8 is clueless about Passover, her world view is that narrow.
Dee, I always feed them treats, from my hand, at the same time. A piece of bologna or whatever, one for BigCat, one for Kitty, one for BigCat, one for Kitty; so that they can see YOU are dividing the food between them and they must tolerate each other for a few minutes in order to get the next bite of treat from your hand. Do this once a day at least.
That is all I have, I have always done this from the first hour of bringing a new pet into the house. Hopefully this might help along with the other tips you will get here.
Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 64 Why should Kate have a clue about Passover? Many Christians Dont including me! I know the biblical reference but not much about the traditions. I give her a pass on this one!
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She's supposedly writing a money saving blog and should realize her audience (if she had one) encompasses those celebrating Passover. If CC had any business savvy, they'd be including coupons for Passover - there are plenty out there. And the food blogs and Mom blogs I read all mention Passover as well as Easter. I find it insulting that CC didn't do so. But I'm also not at all surprised!
Yahoo has the CC DWTS story and the comments are negative towards Kate. One I found particulary funny is:
"A nuclear armagedon will fry all humanity, obliterate it completely, only roaches will survive...along with Kate Gosselin, cuz apparently, you can never quite get rid of either of them!"
admin: I'm sure the kids could educate Kate on Passover from school, where all faiths are learned about and celebrations discussed. I would have thought someone would suggest she look it up for her blog if she really didn't know about Passover, but I guess she just doesn't see people of other faiths...CC stinks.
dee3: maybe engage them in play together with yarn or cat toys, and give both affection. But the one with claws could seriously hurt the other maybe in self-defense, so it may be difficult! good luck.
ex-nurse: LMAO! Will have to try your Vindaloo 'real soon.'
It's so sad that nearly everything she does with her kids revolves around spending money. She could be raising incredibly materialistic kids. -----
We've been saying this all along.
Remember, these kids have learned that they deserve life on golden platters.
When they were being taken care of on TLC's dime, TCL spent quite a few dimes on those kids...besides the VIP treatment at pretty much every venue they ever went to, they also had perks at home. They had Halloween decorations to die for, a new pool slide, Crazy houses - or whatever those weird things were called...the list goes on and on.
Last Easter, if you recall, they had 700 eggs to hunt for. 700 EGGS!!!! WHO does that?!
What a big difference this year has been for them, ever since the cameras stopped.
Of course, they may still have 700 eggs this year. From the chicken coop. That the boys will have to go and find Easter morning, so Kate can make egg salad, deviled eggs, egg omelets and egg cupcakes for Easter supper.
Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 68 A few Passover coupons would be nice but that's CC's job not Kate's.
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I agree, it's CC's job to review, suggest coupons and edit the blog. There's no way Kate knows how to make a hyperlink - CC's doing that - and there's no way Kate's coming up with specific coupons to use. I haven't seen her most recent blog post, but in the past there have been specific coupons mentioned.
Also, there's no excuse in this day of Google to be ignorant of an important holiday, one that affects millions.
If she weren't as dumb as a stick, she'd include a Passover recipe (she could say "While I don't celebrate Passover, I did come across this delicious recipe for brisket. Anyone else want to share their brisket recipes?") as well as one for Easter. It's basic marketing smarts.
I consider myself a strong Christian and unlike Kate actually try to have my walk match my talk. My little guy is 2 1/2 and I've been spending the last few weeks talking about Easter. You know what I haven't mentioned once? Gifts, easter baskets, eggs, etc. On Easter I'm sure we'll give him a little Easter basket with a couple puzzles or other random things we have stored to give him on special occasions but nothing big.
I don't say all that to pat myself on the back but to say spending $300 on 8 kids averaged out to almost $38 per kid. Call me crazy but that seems like a lot of money to spend on a little Easter basket for her kids and I wonder how on earth that is providing saving tips.
Here's my tip, go to a FREE egg hunt (our area had tons last Saturday) and on Easter have a nice breakfast and go to church. I just wish her advice was more focused on how to spend LESS and focus on how little kids actually need to be happy.
We're all so smart and sensible here lol- a bunch of mediocre folks who know a few things or how how to figure out what we don't...why did Kate miss the boat??
My devilled eggs recipe was handed down from great grandma to grandma to mom. It's mayo, yellow mustard, salt, pepper, and a little white vinegar added to the yolks. After stuffing the egg whites, sprinkle with paprika. I've also added less mayo and some ranch dressing, which I really like. I've tried adding chopped dill pickles or celery, etc., that others have made. Although I really enjoyed them, my family is just used to grandma's recipe and doesn't care for anything chopped in them. However, I am definitely going to try the dijon mustard or horseradish; it sounds wonderful.
As for Easter traditions, I get small baskets for the hubby, daughter, and son-in-law. Of course, I go a little bigger for the grandsons, but it's mostly from Dollar Tree, and not a lot of candy. I try to teach my grandsons why we celebrate the holiday. We do hunt Easter eggs, but unlike Kate, it's averages out to 6-8 eggs per child, not the outrageous amount she claims to color/hide.
Anyway, I love spending Easter, and all holidays, with my family, especially my grandsons. To see the sparkle in their eyes when they see their baskets, or to have them crawl into my lap and ask me to read them the new book they just received - it's priceless.
I'm so sorry for the long post. I pray for the safety of the people in TX experiencing the tornadoes now. Stay safe and God bless.
Kate would just be faking an interest in Passover and that's not good either. Still not sure why she needs to blog about things she doesn't celebrate. I would never expect a Jewish blogger to blog about Christmas traditions no more than a Christian, and I use that term loosely when it comes to Kate, to blog about Jewish traditions they don't hold. I think people shoul be themselves when they blog. Kate has certainly done that. She's a mean spirited, vindictive sorry woman and it's all there to see.
Regarding a blackout, I agree the hag doesn't deserve attention, but she is just so easy to make fun of. She's like other reality show trash like the Kardashians and Jersey Shore. It's funny she thinks she's better than them.
XXXXXX @Kateplusmy8 One day your children will grow up and see you through their adult eyes. How do you think they will perceive you?
Kate Gosselin @Kateplusmy8 @XXXXXX great question! I'm conscious of it daily--it's why I am killing myself2give them best life/teaching/tools poss!:) thx4reminder
What she's "killing herself" at is BRAINWASHING. She put herself squarely in the position that EVERYTHING nasty she's done since their birth is accessible to them forever.
I, too, have more compassion for Nadya S. than I have ever had for Kate G. (None). Nadya has admitted her mistakes and it was sad to hear. Wish her the best in rearing her 14 kids and hope that someday she will find a job that suits her education. She really did not want to go on welfare and fought it as long as possible. Nadya needs help. According to Jon G., Kate has plenty of cash stashed away.
Actually, I think someone here had it right when she said that kate's making a big deal out of the Tony thing so people quit talking about her and Steve and the comedy show.
I don't expect Kate to take an interest in Passover, but I also think she has no idea that there is one, or that there are people who have different backgrounds and tradtions. Frankly, Kate making an off handed remark about Passover would be insulting to me.
Its sad the way people treated Nadya S People could have helped her like they did Kate and her kids. Nadya's a better MOM then Kate will ever be and her kids are just as cute as Kate's kids.
I have some free time tonight so I'll probably be on here more than usual. She is "killing" herself to give her kids the "best life/teaching/tools poss". HOW?! She leaves them at the drop of a hat if something better comes along that she'd rather do. She spends so much time on Twitter when they're home. Plus, she has proven time and again that she spares no expense when it comes to herself. Exactly what is she "killin" herself to teach those children?
I only had one child, but I had a full time job. Like most moms, I'd get up really early to enjoy a private moment and cup of coffee with my hubby (usually aroung 4:30). Then I'd get to shower first, and then get breakfast ready while he was in the shower. Hubs was usually gone early because he was a local truck driver so it was me helping my daughter get ready after she ate, taking her to school, going to work for 8-9 hours, picking her up at the sitter's afterward, home to dinner, homework, bathtime, bedtime, kitchen cleanup, etc. It see:med like I didn't have a moment to myself until 8:30 or 9:00. And I only had one child, so how does she have all this time to tweet with 8 children? She doesn't "kill" herself doing anything for these kids. I hate to be so judgemental, but she infuriates me.
Kate is probably giving the kids the gift cards she has grifted from her fans: Starbucks, Target, McDonalds, Keurig,Coffee-mate. To ensure a twitter response from Kate the fans just offer to send her something or a free trip to their hometown; London, Sidney, Dublin, you get the idea. She has no shame in taking gifts from young girls in the UK that spend a fortune on postage to send this millionaire gifts. Then to top it off, these girls have to beg Kate for a "did you get my gift yet" several times and not just once - this happened several times over the Christmas Holidays and still continues with her birthday gifts they've sent. She can't even be bothered with a personal thank you - she gives a twitter shout out as a TY. She has absolutely no manners. I cannot image the daughter of a preacher does not know better. I feel sorry for these kids - they are being raised as selfish monsters who will never know how to show gratitude or graciousness for anything they will have in the future. She probably has a bushel of socks they sent her too ever since she had to mention "darning" one of the twin's socks. She'll mend a sock to save a dollar but take a limo and an overnight stay or two at the Essex Hotel in NYC w/ the body guard all for a bad dye job of her straw and her favorite or only restaurant she knows of in all of NY - Fig and Olive. She is just so low class.
great question! I'm conscious of it daily--it's why I am killing myself2give them best life/teaching/tools poss!:) thx4reminder 19 minutes ago -------- WTF is she talking about. what an a**hole.
Hope Dallas Lady is okay! I am an hour east of Dallas, we didn't get the bad weather. So far, 12 tornadoes reported in the Dallas/Forney/Lancaster areas... no serious injuries! God Bless Texas
Before anyone else, including KG, announces this evening's meal, I will admit that I found a recipe on the internet, which I will now call - Sue's Savory Chicken Noodle Casserole. So there!
Admin, I agree, Kate is despicable with that "killing myself" garbage! That woman will say anything to garner sympathy for herself. It's beyond annoying, such self-pity as she expresses.
Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 78 Kate would just be faking an interest in Passover and that's not good either. Still not sure why she needs to blog about things she doesn't celebrate. I would never expect a Jewish blogger to blog about Christmas traditions no more than a Christian, and I use that term loosely when it comes to Kate, to blog about Jewish traditions they don't hold. I think people shoul be themselves when they blog. Kate has certainly done that. She's a mean spirited, vindictive sorry woman and it's all there to see.
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Coupon Cabin is not a Christian site. Their job is to reach their target demographic. As someone else said, Kate can reference other traditions/holidays without claiming them as her own. Why wouldn't that demographic include folks who are Jewish? And yes, if a Jewish person blogged for Coupon Cabin, I sure as heck would expect them to mention Christmas when blogging around Dec. 25th knowing that many are shopping for Christmas gifts at that time. It's Marketing 101.
I had to respond to Dee3 about the cat situation - I feel your pain! I had one neurotic male cat, and a few years ago I rescued a 10 month old female cat. I have had pets all of my life, and the ensuing fireworks were unexpected. The new female is very dominant, and goes after the older guy. Here is what has worked for me:
1) separate them, and make sure each room (separation area) has water and litterbox.
2) switch them out every day - day 1, kitty 1 gets the bedroom and kitty 2 gets the living room; day 2, it is reversed. This way, they get used to living with each other's scent without having any physical interaction. They also will not feel so much that they "own" a particular area in your home.
3) as suggested by others, when you decide to have some SUPERVISED interaction, let them share "good times" - petting, food, play.
4) If one cat is clearly beating the other up (especially if someone does not have claws), get out the squirt gun.
This has worked pretty well for me. We have setbacks - every time the old guy goes to the vet, he comes home scared to death of the other cat again, and she recognizes his insecurity and goes for him. Therefore, I have to do a few days of separate/monitor/squirt gun every once in a while, but they do go back to being civil to each other. This last episode (vet visit), I caught dominant kitty guarding the litter box, and the old guy peed on the rug since he couldn't get his turn in the crapper. A second litter box, although vile, solves a lot of problems.
You can get lots of tips on the internet (Google "cats getting along" - it's a popular search :) ). Also, try to catch "My Cat from Hell" on tv - I've learned a lot about cat behavior from Jackson Galaxy.
Dmsay, do you know why those eggs you bought have thick shells? Because they are so fresh. As eggs age, the shells get thinner. I never knew that until I had my own chickens and started wondering why the eggs were so hard to crack! Now that I've had chickens for a few years, I am spoiled and quite snobby about having "farm"-fresh eggs.
Also, in case you haven't noticed/tried this, truly fresh eggs are a dream for poaching. Just half-fill a large saute pan with water, bring to the simmer, and crack in as many eggs as will fit. Old eggs will not stay together, but fresh ones will form into nice little ovals all by themselves as they cook.
Eggs Benedict, anyone? And by the way, I did invent it, but I didn't get my name on it in time before that Benedict guy stole the idea.
Lets not give Coupon Cabin any more hits. here is the article that tells us all what we have likely been doing for years!
Kates blog on Coupon Cabin...
Anyone wondering about our “EGGSTRA” special upcoming Easter and my tips on saving money on all Easter related things? Let me fill you in…
Speaking of filling, filling eight Easter baskets is never an easy task, but it can be done, and it can be done on a budget, too.
The kids love their baskets, and I always make them special, but I try to keep the spending low and the savings high!
This year, I decided to be extra creative in order to save. I dug out various gift cards, merchandise credit cards and coupons to use on stuff to fill our baskets and eggs. I ended up with a total of $300 in purchases and I actually only spent $98. I gave myself a pat on the back. For eight kids that is amazing!
Now, on Easter morning, when my kids come to the table their baskets will be beaming with toys, candy and surprises. I’ll beam too because I saved so much. I can’t say I’m looking forward to all the candy eating, or the stomachaches that are bound to follow! But, oh well, it’s a holiday and it will be fun!
Here are a few tips you may want to use to save money on Easter:
* Head to a dollar store to pick up plastic eggs and other decorating items, along with squirt guns, yo-yos and other small toys to wrap up. Most of the time, kids just like opening something and don’t care as much about what’s inside.
* Instead of filling up all your plastic eggs with candy, put pennies or nickels in them and encourage your kids to start saving early. Put a dollar bill in a few of them to get them really excited. (You can pick up a piggy bank at a dollar store, too!)
* Homemade treats are more delicious, more cost-effective and more thoughtful than store-bought candy. If you’re a baker, make some sugar cookies with pastel icing for a quick, cheap and yummy treat.
* You could add some practical things to the Easter baskets as well so you aren’t wasting money on things they don’t need while maximizing the filled look! Think toothbrushes, socks and batteries for their toys.
* Buy candy when it’s on sale year round and put it in the freezer. Don’t waste money on Easter-themed candy.
* Save the eggs, Easter grass and decorations each year and reuse them. This is a must! I even save the kids baskets and we use the same ones every year, much like their Christmas stockings!
* If you’re having a large group over for Easter, you could buy side dishes and other Easter brunch fixings at warehouse stores. This could work for all you “non-cookers” out there. Buying in bulk will save you too!
* Instead of buying an entirely new outfit for each kid for Easter, buy one item that is pastel colored, like a polo shirt or skirt. Make sure it’s something they can wear year round as well.
* Shop the day after Easter each year to pick up items for next year. At 50% or more off regular prices, it’s worth the trip!
Make sure to check out CouponCabin’s Easter coupons section to save even more money!
Kate, you must really not enjoy life if you are "killing" yourself just for raising your kids. I mean come on, if it was a job that was as difficult as you make it nobody would have kids.
First it's her kids are perfect, her kids are easy, the know how she works but then she turns around and says, oh-woe is me I have to work harder than you'll ever know to give my kids XYZ.
So...which is it? Are your kids awesome and wonderful or are they hard and stressful? I am not saying that sometimes maybe having kids is a little big of both, but it's just the way she talks it's either one extreme or the other here.
Believe it or not, I think the problem with Nadya is that she has a CONSCIENCE, something that has never been visible in Katie Irene.
I honestly don't recall the circumstances of her impregnation with 8 (wasn't there some discussion that she wasn't 100% clear on how many embryos the doctor implanted?), but I do recall thinking at the time that she was consciously styling herself as the next Kate and what does this mean for humanity? However, the backlash she experienced was a huge reality check. She realized (quite a bit too late, obviously) that she was never going to get the freebies/good will/positive exposure that Kate was able to achieve; and instead she went out and, I think, actually tried her best to figure out a way to make it work. I think she deserves some credit for that. After all, the state has been ready to step in and take her kids on numerous occasions, but so far, for whatever reason, they have not done so.
I don't know enough about her to comment on her mothering skills, but I will say, I don't think anyone knows her kids' names or what they look like. She has had to put herself out there (and I don't think she minds the attention), but she has NOT pimped her kids. In my view, the doctor that colluded with her in this scheme deserves never to practice again, he had NO business implanting so many embryos and he KNOWS it. I don't know if they concocted this scheme together, but if so, it is clear he is the one who bears more responsibility. A medical professional should know better than anyone that you don't cater to crazy.
Kate's Easter CC blog--where are the savings? She bought $300 worth of crap for the kids but only spent $98 because she used "gift cards and merchandise credits" that were probably sent to her by fans? What?
For all you deviled egg lovers: Here's a trick. Put all the ingredients for your deviled egg 'innards' inside a ziploc gallon freezer bag. Have your kidlets squeeze and mash it all together. When you are ready to fill the eggs just snip off a corner of the bag and squeeze out the goodness! This works great, especially if you have to bring your egg'y goodness to another house and don't want to prepare them ahead of time.
An Easter basket with a toothbrush, socks and batteries (complete with previously frozen, non-themed candy) sounds like a fun time for her kids. After they settle down from THAT thrill, she can kick them down to the basement to do more school work.
This woman gets paid by Coupon Cabin for this? I'll admit, I would never have thought of putting these things in to an Easter basket, so she gets points for originality, the fun-sucking kind.
As for blackouts: Yes/No/Not here but SURELY on Twitter & everywhere else/etc.
I have given up on changing anything in Kate's life, if in fact I ever thought that fans or non-fans had that ability. I just enjoy the conversation of people who "get it."
I don't think Kate is ACTUALLY relevant out in the real world, anyway. I wouldn't know a thing about her if I didn't read about it here or on Twitter, or lately on the cheap gossip websites. My husband, for example, is extremely well-read and well-versed in current affairs, and I can assure you that he is NOT up on the latest exploits of any Gosselin. So I don't really worry much about Kate's relevance--she is a niche person who attracts the attention of a few devoted fans and a few of us who marvel at the phenomenon. Other that that, nobody cares.
haha, "baskets will be beaming?" Does she mean 'brimming?' "Non-cookers"- does that mean non-bakers? I also I think it's pointless to wrap all these items- again wasting paper...and kids by this age DO care what's inside...ironic about the socks, geez, what a dumb blog. And isn't it a given you save the baskets for years to follow?
Oh, and the occasional mention of Kate in mainstream media (like Anderson Cooper) is solely because she is a cheap easy joke. She has become the Kleenex of talentless reality "stars" in the Exploiting Your Own Children division.
She seems to be happy with her version of fame, attained by virtue of giving birth to unusual numbers of infants and maintained by a very unpleasant personality, and may I say, "Well done, Kate!"
It will please her for as long as she can milk the attention, but in the end, she will be alone, lonely, and bitter. I would like to say that I feel some sympathy for her, but alas, I do not.
I think it's hilarious that she is including grifted gift cards and merchandise cards as part of money-saving tips on offer to CC readers. I'm scratching my head wondering how this will save me money since I don't have several hundred $ worth of these lying around the house.
Just read her Easter savings blog.(thanks to the above poster for bringing it over here). WTF.
She is one tight-fisted penny pincher...when it comes to the kids. They get old candy left over from Halloween and Christmas, old baskets, green grass, toothbrushes and batteries..maybe a shirt for each of them.. She gets a 5 day trip to Las Vegas, 6 new dresses and her hair done in NYC..
I guess her Christianity brand was thrown out when she got rid of the husband.
And the gift card stuff? Gee, Kate, those were sent to you, you stupid b****.
As far as killing herself regarding her parenting, I think to her, she is. The woman is marginally intelligent. What most moms can do without giving it much thought or effort, for Kate to accomplishment the same task take a herculean effort on her part.
New Kid, thanks for the info. The shells are so hard that it takes a firm hit or two to crack one. I will definitely try a poached egg. They always look so elegant in a restaurant.
Berks Neighbor, that is a great idea! I am sorry that I already made my eggs or I would try that technique tonight.
OK, I will shut up in a minute, but really, I couldn't stand a blackout, because if there was a blackout I couldn't have just read ExNurse post #61 and laughed myself silly until possibly a bit of pee might have escaped, only it didn't because I am Not That Kind Of Girl.
And yes, I made my previous comments in haste, before reading all the ones before me, and now I'm catching up. So I'm probably going to shut up now, but I might see something else that requires me to say something. And I will if I want to. So there.
Exactly, not many of us have $38 to spend on each basket for our kids.. I find the $10 a bit high, but try my best!
and, buying the sides from a warehouse store, or where ever, tends to be quite pricey!! I guess if typically you were use to Craft services, warehouse side dishes would be a cheaper alternative....
Kate suggestions are aimed at how rich people can reduce the amount of money they spend...not for us mediocre folk...
Now, on Easter morning, when my kids come to the table their baskets will be beaming with toys, candy and surprises. I’ll beam too because I saved so much. --------- Khate, the word is BRIMMING. I remember my Easters as a kid. Yes, there were jelly beans, same exact basket with the fake green grass every year, some candy, small rabbit/chick theme toy. But the main memories were family, dressing up, the eggroll when I was in the Washington area, and trying to figure out the point of Easter bonnets. Still haven't made sense of that last one....
And, as Khate claims to be such an avid Christian, shouldn't Easter be about Christ? And asking for forgivness? Palm Sunday, Good Friday?
She's delusional. Is this like the three cars thing? If you saved money on buying eighty crappy chocolate easter bunnies, you would save a lot more if you only bought eight, coupon or not.
I think it's hilarious that she is including grifted gift cards and merchandise cards as part of money-saving tips on offer to CC readers. I'm scratching my head wondering how this will save me money since I don't have several hundred $ worth of these lying around the house.
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Did you check your couch cushions? Target gift cards sometimes pop up there.
Adding to the good advice already given re: cats. I have five cats, three of whom were integrated into the household as older kittens or adults. It takes some patience and effort, but 9 times out of 10 kitties will learn to get along.
1) In addition to having them switch rooms, rub one cat with a towel and then the other, as that helps them get used to each other's scents. You also can try rubbing some vanilla extract on each, as that neutralizes their scents and they start to smell like each other.
2) Get some Feliway spray or a Feliway diffuser, as the pheromones released calm cats. (Feliway is not cheap.)
3) It may seem scary since one cat is declawed, but unless someone's getting hurt, keep an eye on them and let them work it out. If they continue to be separated, that can't happen. Hissing is normal behavior and not something to worry about in and of itself.
Sympathetic attitudes toward Octomom really baffle me. She's a chronic liar, had six kids before her 8, several with special needs that weren't being met, and HAD been on public assistance BEFORE she had the 8.
I can't believe that anyone familiar with her whole story, the real story, not the one she's spouting at any given moment, could feel ANY sympathy for her.
She has a pattern of irresponsibility that goes way back to her teens, and her treatment of her parents is criminal. Yes, they are co-dependents, but she has never done anything for her kids that she could get someone else to do.
Her children destroyed the house a friend of their father provided to her (and he kept it from being foreclosed on at least once). Her children destroyed it, punching holes in the walls, eating exposed building materials, and so on.
Much of this is on film.
Octomom has also spent a bundle on plastic surgery, which she usually, but not always, denies, while her children stayed home and pummeled each other. (Does that sound familiar?)
She has one autistic child (not one of the 8), others with learning disabilities, and a variety of disabilities in the 8.
When LA County started to act on complaints about neglect of the kids, she moved just outside the county line to Riverside to avoid CPS oversight. LA had the spotlight and the budget to do something about those kids, but Riverside doesn't.
Yes, she's mentally ill, but so is Kate.
Octomom never got a show because her original six were so violent and unkempt that there was no way to make the family look appealing, even if you disregard the welfare issues, and the lack of a present (or even willing) father.
Oh, and the father said she used his sperm for the 8 without his permission.
Nadya's kids are in far worse trouble than Kate's are, and they have only one, massively irresponsible parent. No comparison, really.
Although it amazes me to point this out, Nadya's narcissism is even worse than Kate's. Ditto for her self-delusion, and her willingness to lie about any and everything.
I don't have an ounce of sympathy for either of these horrible women. But those poor children, yes, indeed. It's disgusting what their mothers are putting them through.
So Kate has been reading here. I mentioned Dollar store a few times. Nothing Kate wrote there was anything new. It's not a good idea to put any candy in freezer for next Easter, old candy will make you sick, and what is wrong with themed candy, that the whole point, Easter is Easter, not Halloween, xmas. ICK! Candy does not freeze well, and why would you, when candy is really not that expensive. Walgreen and Target put it on sale. The pic of the basket is some sort of sock pic, the stuff in it is expensive candy. That basket sells for about $12-$16. Dollar store does not sell anything like that. That is old news, we have always recyled the baskets, decorations. But didn't I tell yeah, she is starting the Easter rant. Next will be Easter dinner on her blog. Everyone knows you save certain things like decorations, baskets, and just buy the candy and a toy and some nick-nacky things. Another useless blog, stuff people already know.
One more comment on something Truly Important, deviled eggs:
I've just started making my deviled egg filling differently, after studying my Julia Child recipes and then seeing another famous chef mention this. I like my filling quite plain, usually just some mayonnaise, salt, and pepper, but now I'm substituting about 1/3 of the mayonnaise with softened butter. It's a subtle difference, but really good. Sometimes, if I'm in the mood, I stir in a little sweet pickle relish, or some fresh herbs. But mainly I'm a Plain person. My husband mentioned using dried mustard in the filling, as I guess that's what his mother did. NOOOOOOOOO!!! Well, not for me, anyway. You may do as you wish, as long as you give me 100% credit for the butter idea.
Maybe it's my personal experience with narcissists (and their fans) but a blackout will not have the intended effect that normal people think it will have because a narcissist does not process things the way normal people do.
And, I think the Tweets to her are far more influential than this blog.
I did give it a lot of thought, but my call is, as of now, no blackout here. But anyone is welcome to impose personal blackouts.
I think it's hilarious that she is including grifted gift cards and merchandise cards as part of money-saving tips on offer to CC readers.
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Also not to mention, isn't it sort of a no brainer that on the rare occasion that normal people find themselves with a gift card, you should, I don't know, USE IT???
Gee thanks Kate for reminding me I should SPEND the few gift cards I've been given. Nooooo, really? It just makes her sound like a tool. Oh my forgot about that 500 buck gift card to Target from my British fan, score!
Hey Cat Lover, Yeah, I forgot to add the step where you go from separation to togetherness - I started by only having them together when I could monitor, such as in the mornings and evenings. I continued to keep them separated during the night for a few months initially, and I also do that for a few days after vet visits. Dom kitty knows that I am asleep, and will take the opportunity to bully the old guy.
Initially, I tried to let them work it out themselves, but a volunteer at the rescue organization told me that if one is going after the other one (more than just hissing), that you should intervene by using a squirt gun against the instigator. The cats (hopefully) think that the squirt gun may happen when you are not around, and this gives the underdog (er...undercat?) more confidence.
It does take time, but my reward is two kitties sleeping near each other on the sofa - not besties, but good enough.
Does anyone here watch the show "Intervention" on A&E?.
I'm just watching it now (yes, a day late...thank God for Tivo.....and I'm watching it so late because I have a JOB....and KIDS to take care of.....YA HERE THAT GRIFTY???)
Anyway, the mother of the woman in the story is very similar to our spunky lil' Grifty.....she is in her late 60s (the daughter is 44..so just guessed) and she dresses WAY to inappropriately for being a mature adult....low cut tops, doorknob earrings, etc...and the kicker is.....she always tells (and told her kids growing up) that its what is on the outside that counts....appearance is everything. When the daughter was a teenager the mom wanted her to wear a gurdle to help her look slimmer.
Grifty, I would love to have a front seat to the conversation between you and the kids 10, 20, even 30 years from now....when they ask about stuff like showing their poop to a national tv audiance, showing bath time, dressings, fights between you and Jon, you yourself dressing like a $10 hooker who couldn't get a job at the Moonlite Bunny Ranch (even THEY have standards), and so, so, so many more examples. You have ruined your kids psyche. For life. Not to mention that they will be penniless because YOU had to have a nice house, cars, clothes, trips, etc....
Grifty, you are a horrible mother, and a homewrecker....just grow up and admit it already.
I saw the sweet thoughts about people in Dallas and just wanted to say thank you. Sorry for the off-topic, admin.
12 tornadoes touched down in a five hour time period all over Dallas and Ft. Worth, a record. A big one hit just to the east of me and one just to the west, almost in the same hour. We were in a closet listening to the tornado sirens and hoping for the best. We were lucky, no damage, everyone is fine.
Hundreds of people lost everything they own, thousands are without power, there are curfews in different places, and the Red Cross and Salvation Army are setting up shelters. One woman kept her 18 month old grandson from being lifted away by holding on to his feet so tightly they're bruised, but he's alive. I cried when I saw that on the news--I still remember the woman in Missouri whose newborn was sucked right out of her arms and never found again, it haunts me.
Injuries (one tornado hit a nursing home), but no fatalities, which is quite a miracle if you ask me.
The sky still looks like an angry bruise, we're expecting more drama from Mother Nature in the next few days (unfortunately), but the Rangers are playing an exhibition game at the Ballpark, the Stars are playing hockey in Dallas, and life goes on.
And since I saw all the talk about deviled eggs, I'm making some. With horseradish. Life is funny. Good thoughts to all of you and thank you for yours. <3
Mmm Blah that could be good. How about couch cushion apple crisp crumble?
Kate is so out of touch. She conveniently doesn't mention how she got these gift cards. FANS. How does everyone else get such things? Also I find gift cards a little impersonal, I'd rather someone put thought into the gift.
Why would Kate, who hid over 700 eggs last year, advise people to go to the dollar store and buy eggs and reuse them. Didn't SHE save hers? For anyone remotely interested or curious, I really hope you get to attend a Seder dinner at least once. I did it a few years ago at my friend's church and it was a beautiful experience. And finally, did CJ get banned or something? I know she's in tornado alley, but she hasn't posted on either of Kate's coupon blogs nor Kate's feed for days. Weird.
I am glad the official ruling is no blackout. I really enjoy this blog. Reading here is woven into the routine of my day. I enjoy the outrageous humor, tips, kindness, and assorted off topic wanderings.
I am hoping Dallas Lady will pop in to tell us that she (and her family) are safe.
Thanks, Administrator for the creation and up keeping of this site.
Gift of Gab I agree with you, I think Naydia has a conscience. I actually don't think she is a narcissist. I think she has certainly made her share of mistakes and is kind of pathetic and needy, yes. But in the few clips of interviews I've seen with her when people are trying to break through to her she seems to really be processing it and taking it to heart.
You try to pull something like that with Kate and the difference is STRIKING. She clamps up and gets defensive or angry. She isn't open to help, other thoughts, other's takes on things, etc., AT ALL.
re: my "handle"....this is the only known tweet swiffered by Khate. I think this was the same night as the Em Tanner skirmish. Her faithful fan M%$#andJ&*% informed her that she was up next on "E! True Hollywood - Biggest Scandals", sandwiched between Arnold's cheating and Charlie Sheen's....well, Charlie Sheen. Khate's response was "blah blah blah why's that news?". I'm guessing she was deep into the wine box by that time, exhausted from bashing Em Tanner, and decided the following morning that the tweet did not represent her well. I'm still trying to figure out why she deleted this tweet, when there are so many other candidates.
That's interesting I didn't realize she deleted any tweets. I'm not aware of any others she swiffered. Even Jon swiffers his tweets on occasion.
Actually the fact that she never or almost never swiffers herself speaks to her narcissism and lack of self reflection. She never regrets anything she says, she's never sorry, she never sees how others might take it the wrong way, and on and on.
blah blah blah. why's that news? said... 126 Hey Cat Lover, Yeah, I forgot to add the step where you go from separation to togetherness - I started by only having them together when I could monitor, such as in the mornings and evenings. I continued to keep them separated during the night for a few months initially, and I also do that for a few days after vet visits. Dom kitty knows that I am asleep, and will take the opportunity to bully the old guy.
Initially, I tried to let them work it out themselves, but a volunteer at the rescue organization told me that if one is going after the other one (more than just hissing), that you should intervene by using a squirt gun against the instigator. The cats (hopefully) think that the squirt gun may happen when you are not around, and this gives the underdog (er...undercat?) more confidence.
It does take time, but my reward is two kitties sleeping near each other on the sofa - not besties, but good enough.
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Hope you didn't think I was criticizing your advice. I'm definitely not anti-squirt bottle! The only thing I wanted to stress is that hissing in and of itself is not a problem. It's when hissing turns to physical aggression that the human needs to intervene.
I brought a kitten I found on the street home to my crazy (literally) 13 year-old cat, who had been an only cat for 13 years because I was truly afraid she would hurt another animal. The first time that I left them home alone together briefly, after lots of heavily supervised time together, I was terrified! I came home to two cats sitting together on a chair, not cuddling, but no drama. Agreed that it is so rewarding when they get along!
Mayo with yellow mustard finely chopped parsley, salt & pepper well chopped ham (I use magic bullet~3 secs) blend together...sprinkle paprika on top of finished product..add a small sprig of parsley on top ....yummy
Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 134 Also does anyone else think that question to Kate about killing herself for her kids was facetious? lol stupid Kate. **** Bingo. This is exactly how the sweaty puffy local anchor sounded when he asked her the same thing a few months ago when Kate was doing a press "tour" for CC (remember, dead eyes, foot shaking, shoulder shrugging). I read it as "hey, do you think your kids will hate you when they grow up?" But wow, that's what it must be like to live in Opposite World. Dallas Lady, thank you for checking in. I'm so glad you're OK. When life gives you tornados, make deviled eggs. If my neighborhood dodged a tornado, I'd be making chicken soup, chocolate chip cookies and life-affirming resolutions.
admin: I agree the tweet question was maybe scolding in tone or sarcastic, not sure,,,,but K took it seriously. Her answer was strange. Like most mothers, I LOVED the years when I was doing things with and for my kids. I miss those days now that they are older- at least mt photographs are in order !
Dallas Lady: Thanks for the report- so glad all is well with you.
Exactly, Admin: you only buy just enough candy for your kids. Like, each get an individual jelly beans bag(little small ones), a couple of plastic candy filled eggs(the plastic eggs come in 3 sizes now), a wind-up bunny or chicken, toys from the Dollar store and Targets dollar bargin bin. Walgreens with coupn or on sale, chocolate bunnys, candy, maybe one special gift in the basket. $38 to fill a basket that is way too much money to spend on one child. You can buy ready made baskets starting a $4.99.
Here is a tip for summer fun, for you guys who have school age and grandkids. This is a buy it now for summer. I saw this at Target dollar/bargan section and Michaels dollar section: it's a plastic bug jar. It comes with a strap to carry and a lid that is vented and being plastic, if dropped wont' break. Great for catching lighting bugs, butterflys. I know we use to use jars, but that is glass and can break if kids fall. and it's a $1.
I am amazed by the deviled egg variations. I am taking notes. Just in time for egg hunt leftovers.
When Easter is at my sister's home, we have a different tradition. Weather permitting, we are out in the woods mushroom hunting. This has the potential of being a record breaking year.
Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 142 That's interesting I didn't realize she deleted any tweets. I'm not aware of any others she swiffered. Even Jon swiffers his tweets on occasion. ***************************************** I only know because I was watching her feed that night - it was non-stop entertainment. I looked the following morning and it was gone.
I agree that her narcissism prevents her from actually understanding what makes her look bad to others. I think her response about "killing herself to give them the best..." is also telling. I think that as a narcissist, she is actually incapable of figuring out what her children will see through their adult eyes - this would require empathy. Notice she never actually answers the question("One day your children will grow up and see you through their adult eyes. How do you think they will perceive you?"). I don't think she really knows what is meant by the "best life/teaching/tools poss" - she read it somewhere and it sound better than what she is actually thinking (crickets).
I don't understand the twitter crowd. The kids? Yeah, it makes sense. But supposed adults who stalk Kate's twitter and contact both her and her fans on a regular basis? They must be as miserable as the Sheeple. It distressed me to discover that Haters I used to admire are involved in this. Can't you guys find something healthier to do? We gather here as friends with a common grievance. The twitter bullies are beneath even the lowest standards of reasonable behavior. Love THIS site! I say post here and let the Sheeple get bored on twitter.
Cat Lover, Did not take as criticism! Thanks for being so thoughtful as to point that out :)
I spent hours scouring the internet for tips on how to deal with the situation, and most of the advisors seem to get good results with just some basic steps - it wasn't enough to quell the dominance in my household. I combined lots of great advice to come up with a plan that works for my schedule, my living situation, and of course, the cats' personalities. I think the more options available, the better a person can figure out what will work for them. I'm glad your kitties ended up getting along!
My easter tip comes from my childhood. Always count the eggs after the hunt. Make sure you have the same number you started with. One year, my dad hid a hard boiled egg in-between the car and its bumper. It managed to drop down a little so it was not visible to the naked eye. We could not figure out where the smell came from until my dad found it during an oil change.
Count me in that 38 bucks a kid for Easter is flat out outrageous. It's a holiday about the Resurrection with a few candy bunnies and eggs thrown in for the kids and maybe a cute bright Easter outfit for church and that's it.
Not to mention her sheeple can't afford that, will she get a clue??
FYI I didn't "invent" those 'chick' eggs (as much as I would like to be that creative!). I got the link elsewhere but just love them! I know Kate would take the credit for them but I just can't.
Just saw Dance Moms is an hour and a half tonight (why exploit kids for just one hour when you can exploit away for 90 minutes!) followed by Dance Moms Miami addition.
CJWhodunit has been tweeting all day, just not on Kate's timeline. She even tweeted during storms when kids were home - said her daughter went out in the hail to catch some. She's one scary woman. Interesting that she hasn't been on Kate's feed. Wonder if someone told her to cool it.
Dallas Lady - I've been watching videos of the destruction in your area while thinking about you. It must have been so frightening. Happy to hear you are safe and no damage done. Thank you for your report. Prayers and best wishes to the all the injured and those who suffered damage.
Kate seems to think the measure of a good parent is how hard you are working, if you've worked your fingers to the bone.
She fails to realize that some people actually LIKE being with kids, like parenting kids, and don't feel like being around your children constitutes slave labor. A good parent is also one who, even if they just picked up fast food for dinner and didn't slave away making something from scratch, nonetheless puts down their iPhone after dinner, forgets their Twitter account and cuddles up with their kid to talk about their day. Cuddling and talking is not exactly hard work, but a mom who does that is world's apart from Kate.
Thank you, Jane. She seemed to fancy herself the self-appointed moderator over at CouponCabin, so it's odd she hasn't posted on either of Kate's inane blogs this week.
My easter tip comes from my childhood. Always count the eggs after the hunt. Make sure you have the same number you started with. One year, my dad hid a hard boiled egg in-between the car and its bumper. It managed to drop down a little so it was not visible to the naked eye. We could not figure out where the smell came from until my dad found it during an oil change.
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That's so funny! It reminds me of the time when I hid two dozen eggs at our vacation home. The kids found all but two of them. I had no idea where I hid them and never did find them. We sold the home shortly after that Easter, and I often wonder if the new owners found them by using their noses!
Maybe Kate told her to cool it, or Cindy. I think a lot of people have been quietly telling Cindy that CJ is a problem. I think even her own sheeple recognize she could be scaring people away.
Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 167 Oh another important Easter tip....don't mix up your hard boiled eggs with the regular ones......not that I've ever done this..... ****** Hard boiled eggs will spin and spin on a table. Raw eggs will stop spinning quickly. Oh, and Tony D. certainly is not sitting at home watching DWTS. He did a beautiful dance with a woman to a Rascal Flats song. Looked great.
I think it's ridiculous how Easter (and Valentine's Day, St Patrick's day, etc) are becoming "mini Christmases" A girl I work with got miffed at me today because she was telling me that she got a Nook color for each of her two daughters for Easter. I told her that was crazy, that I would never spend that much for Easter. Those things are $169! She justified it by saying that the girls' birthdays are both in December so their birthday always gets overshadowed by Christmas. The girls are 16 and 17, mommy shouldn't have to be compensating for them at this point. And I've worked with this girl for 8 years and know her daughters aren't forgotten on their birthdays.
Sorry for the long-winded rant. When I was growing up my parents gave me and my three siblings a little candy, some hard boiled eggs that we all helped decorate, and maybe a small toy or stuffed animal. Anybody remember those hollowed out eggs with a little mini scene inside? I think they're called dioramas?? That was always my favorite. My parents never spent a lot of money, and I never knew the difference. We would get dressed in our Easter dresses and go to church, then to grandmas for dinner and an egg hunt with all the cousins. I don't understand why people think they have to spend a ton of money to make their kids happy. It's the simple things that really matter.
I stopped at the local grocery deli and bought their awesome deviled eggs. Thanks all!
As far as a blackout goes, we all make our own decicions and many of us leave for weeks at a time. I think some are obnoxiosly overzealous (BOTH sides) and maybe some people do need to take a step back every once-in-a-while.
Anaysing KG's every move IS overdone. Dance Moms and other new shows are still expoiting children and, as far as I know, no new protections have been enacted.
Kate didn't swiffer her twitter comments. I don't know if you can remove it and then put it back but it's still there. It was on March 19th. The other day I read some story on another site about her and Jon deleting comments about each other. Well, Jon had indeed deleted his tweet about Kate but Kate's tweet about Jon was still there.
Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 170 Tucker yes I know that....NOW.
******* Ooh, must be tired.. didn't pick up on the wink/snark. Another hint if I've missed it in the deviled egg discussion is that older eggs will peel a bit easier because the air pocket inside grows larger and acts to help separate that troublesome membrane from the egg. A newer egg will sink more and lay sideways in water and an older one will right itself due the the air pocket. That said, I suck at peeling eggs ;-(
I don't know if you can remove it and then put it back but it's still there. It was on March 19th. The other day I read some story on another site about her and Jon deleting comments about each other. Well, Jon had indeed deleted his tweet about Kate but Kate's tweet about Jon was still there.
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The difference between NORMAL HUMAN BEINGS WITH SOULS and the batshit crazy with NO SOULS. There you have it right there.
Lauren said... 171 *** That was my experience too. I got a similar Easter basket each year, which was a good thing since I looked forward to certain things, like the hollow chocolate egg filled with jelly beans and the coconut chocolate birds nests. I adored Easter egg hunts and I remember one year, Mom bought us almost matching Easter coats and I swear, we both looked like yellow canaries when we went to church.
We always had the same Easter baskets too - real wicker ones. I still have mine and I am 43. My mom loves Easter and always decorated the house. Tucker's Mom, your comment about the yellow jackets made me laugh. we always got a small doll or stuffed animal in out our basket and one year I got a yellow Baby Beans doll (please tell me I am not the only one who remembers those!!). My mom planned ahead and made me a yellow jacket that matched Baby Beans, it even had white pom-poms down the front. I was SO proud of that Easter coat. I couldn't wait to show my grandma after church.
Such good memories!
Lauren, your co-worker sounds like she's over-compensating for something and it isn't her daughter's Christmas birthdays. ;)
Admin, I agree with your thoughts on parenting with warmth and feeling. I always feel Kate finds the experience of mothering joyless and unfulfilling. As time passes, and her new reality becomes apparent, her resentment can only grow toward them.
She is so intent on running her little army with ultimate efficiently, there is no thought for affection. Having said that, I really don't think she has any innate instincts that come with being a mother. She covers the basics, other than that, the rest seems sadly superficial, lacking any honest emotion. Her detachment it palatable.
If I didn't know any better I would assume Kate was talking about plowing the fields the way she talks about parenting. Good grief. Talk about blood, sweat and tears just to be around eight adorable, sweet, funny, precious, bright little kiddos.
The Working Moms faction must just get really ticked at that. THEY work their fingers to the bone at work then come home and do everything Kate does and much more. And they have to listen to Kate who does nothing all day, doesn't even do what real stay at home moms do because she has so much help, complain about how hard she works!
Dance Moms was the Season Finale. I hope that some of the drama was hyped. Moms yell at an audition. One of the kids forgets her dance and breaks down. Abby has more than one crying session. Maybe some of this was scripted and the kids are "warned" that it is acting. The girls admit that they are embarrassed by their mom's behavior during the ballet try outs. The show was a mess and ended with a real feeling of failure.
"Now, on Easter morning, when my kids come to the table their baskets will be beaming with toys, candy and surprises. I’ll beam too because I saved so much."
Two great quotes from an article about Dance Moms and Toddlers and Tiaras. They really encapsulate what we've been saying about "K8," (who so objectifies her children she likes to think all eight are not only part of her, but part of her NAME.)
"The Exploitation of Children Attention, parents: If you are approached to have your child appear in a reality show, say no! Always say no. No matter how talented or precocious a child is, early exposure to fame — even crappy TLC-level fame — is rarely recipe for long-term emotional and financial stability."
and this also applies to Katie Irene:
"The lessons the girls on Dance Moms learn is a different one, a more acutely sad one: That their moms won't protect them. There's a difference between parents who push their children, ones that hold them to high standards, and ones that are complicit in their child's misery."
Well, I looked at the CC Easter blog- no really good tips. Her kids seem to expect gifts every holiday and one mom said she has become ' a better mom' b/c now she has a basket for every holiday, like St P Day, with toys, candy and misc, just like Kate.
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See, this is what scares me about Kate and her influence on stupid people. They actually think 'stuff' is a substitute for love. Hell in a handbasket, literally.
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Dallas Lady - relieved to hear you & family are ok. Hang in there girl.
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Re: Devilled eggs. Great topic and I've enjoyed reading all your recipes... Thanks, you guys.
Suck it up Kate. Tomorrow we'll discuss the nasty farts they cause and it will still be more intersting than you.
Thanks for the good wishes about the twins that will be born this Good Friday, am so excited to meet them! Once a Viewer-I live in Saskatchewan, right beside you. And yes, my daughter always loves being a mom to her growing brood,no matter how tired she gets. When her first baby was born, she never let him see anything but a smile on her face, with the second one,too, number 3 got some frowns, as I am sure the twins will also see. But they know they are loved. My daughter was there when I was sick, because my husband turned away from me.My daughter was also there, when her little sister was fighting cancer, and once again, my husband had turned away.This girl deserves all of the good that comes to her. I will be gone tomorrow, to be there with my grandkids, so want to wish you all a Happy Easter. I consider the posters here as my friends. Stay safe in Texas, Dallas, as well as those of you who are also travelling for Easter. I am so thankful that none of us on here, are anything at all like kate. I wonder what kind of grandma that she will make someday.
AuntieAnn #192 said See, this is what scares me about Kate and her influence on stupid people.They actually think 'stuff' is a substitute for love. Hell in a handbasket, literally.
This is what scares me about Kate and her influence on young impressionable girls who don't seem to have a parental influence in their lives: Paige C @Paige_Kate8fan @Kateplusmy8 Kate I lost 9lbs! yay! I don't weigh myself often and my teacher said I looked so fit today and i weighed myself&what do ya kno Kate Gosselin Kate Gosselin @Kateplusmy8
@Paige_Kate8fan wow! See what running can do??! :) Hide conversation I looked at the pictures on Paige's twitter page. That girl does not need to lose weight and Kate has no business encouraging her.
A little deviled egg trick I learned while stationed in San Francisco is to add curry powder (to taste) along with the mayo and top with a bit of chive and a dusting of paprika The curry also tastes great in egg salad.
Lauren I saw Kate's tweet about running helping you lose weight but I had no idea she said that to a teenager. What is WRONG with her???? She has no right to take to a teen about their weight and if that were my kid there would be hell to pay. She is an abomination.
Lauren said... 198 @Paige_Kate8fan wow! See what running can do??! :) I looked at the pictures on Paige's twitter page. That girl does not need to lose weight and Kate has no business encouraging her. ==== Exactly. She couldn't say - 'it's not about losing pounds it's about toning your body and feeling energized' - because the world isn't about Paige it's all about Kate. If that girl was bulimic or anorexic Kate would not care she'd say sorry to hear that, but worse things have happened to ME. She's poison.
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«Oldest ‹Older 401 – 600 of 1079 Newer› Newest»I haven't read all the comments, but want to weigh in on the blackout idea. I don't like the idea of trying to coordinate with other non-fans, tweeters or blogs. I think that each group needs to asses that with their own community and commenters that participate in more than one will have to decide for themselves.
I do have an opinion about the haterz that dwell on twitter, but, we don't really know what will happen if they stop. For instance, more fans may crawl out in support of her because it may feel safer to them--took me 2 years to begin posting here. There is a very delicate dynamic at work--I believe that we should commission a long-term study on the possible effects of disturbing it ;D !
We have had non-Kate related posts, but, let's face it, we are unified around Kate's exploitation of her children. It doesn't really make sense for us, as a group, to start watching another reality show, just to comment about it--seems backwards to me.
As far as the AC exchange, I wouldn't mind if he had her on to redeem herself, as long as there was a no-holds barred interview to go with it.
Meatloaf--I am confused--should I start with a zig, or a zag? chef summer or Em Tanner--how about coming out with a line of meatloaf stencils?
Dallas Lady, 190...Please don't say goodbye to us. Pop in and share your stories and your humor. You can leave the word Kate out of any post. We would miss you. Really.
My Spring day -- I walked (3 miles round trip) to a neighbor's home to buy 3 dozen eggs laid by her free-range chickens. Those golden yolks and thick shells.... I forgot to put the $7.50 in my pocket to pay for the eggs. The second trip, I drove.
So, tonight I am going to invent deviled eggs!
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Meatloaf--I am confused--should I start with a zig, or a zag? chef summer or Em Tanner--how about coming out with a line of meatloaf stencils?
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lmao NICE she just makes it so darn easy doesn't she and I think that is the point:)
In my opinion there is no doubt that blogs like this are keeping Kate in the news.
Since the show ended all the negativity towards her has now turned into a plus for her and she knows it. She may not be too smart but she has someone like Steve to show her the advantages of what is going on.
When I think about it if I had not read this blog I would not have known about anything she has done lately because it wasn't in the news.
Who needs a PR person when the blogs report on her every move?
Also, look at how certain people are benefiting from it. We are talking about the clothes she wears and the designer gets their name on the blogs. No disrespect to EM Tanner but since she has spoken negatively about Kate she is bringing in more business. A photographer takes pictures and before you know it they are in the spotlight.
This is nothing personal against this blog. I am guilty of reading the blogs and contributing to this mess. As far as blogs go this is a great one. I just don't know what the answer is but I know we aren't helping things.
I should have mentioned that I am well-nown for some killer deviled eggs. My invention secret -- add some horseradish to the yolk mixture. Gives them an extra boost of flavor.
I think we should make a list of Kate's rude comments and then vote on the most top ten. It will keep this blog until the world ends. Or at least until she ends, which ever comes first. lol
If you all want a black-out,I will join you. I was in 'blackout' lol while I tried to open a Google account and before when my PC was broken! It's not easy when you want to make a comment, but possible, as people said, with spring here and new projects for us all. other discussions can be fine.
But if not, that's fine with me too. We will see if anything happens- I just fear Kate would see it as a victory as 'shutting us up' and that her behavior is not commented on ( like the kids' meager meals, not having Easter for them, whatever it is) I think she does do damage control based on comments here but that might benefit the kids if it's real...idk!
Doesn't publishing Kate's cc blog put them in danger of a lawsuit?
I agree with Auntie Ann, a blackout is a win for Kate in her twisted mind. " See, I shut up the haters, so I won" This site remains a great place for insightful thinking on many topics, especially on subject of the mind of a narcissist. Frankly, a blackout would go right over her head, she is simply too self-involved to notice, and if she did, she'd take credit! Remember, there is NO winning with this woman!
I haven't read all the posts yet so sorry if already said. What ever happened to the on and off/channel up/down on tv's? Do 3D's not have them? Why the need for a remote? Maybe Kate needs to put on her tin foil dress, point at the tv, squeeze her butt cheeks and wiggle her nose.
GWOP, which once was the go-to site for all things Gosselin, a blog that had how many hits/comments per day, so much so that the monthly threads were expanded into two threads, is now virtually dark, with very few posters and comments. Their imminent demise has not had any effect in contributing to her disappearance.
The thing is that she needs her Twitter haters because without them, there would be nothing to refute, nothing to set the record straight. If it was only adoration she wanted, she could get that in private e-mails from her sheeple. Nope. She needs the haters on Twitter, which is why she hasn't taken down the page. I do think that if it were just the sheeple left there, her disappearance would come much sooner. It's the fight she loves -- she needs sheeple to stand up for her. She needs to be the victim, crying poor me when attacked.
I don't think that what's done on this blog affects her one way or the other and a black-out isn't the answer. Twitter is the key.
Hi, Dmasy. I love devilled eggs and so does my son-in-law. Since we're spending Easter with them this weekend, I'd love a new recipe. What else do you put in your devilled eggs? Thanks!
Something new (OT), if anyone's interested:
http://www.wildearth.tv/petes-pond-mashatu-botswana-africa-waterhole-wildlive-webcam-live
This can be really boring - at times - or absolutely exciting. Most of the time you'll see wildebeest(s?), these antelope things (not sure exactly what they are), and these big blue-ish birds with topknots, but at times I've seen monkeys, zebras, monitor lizards, jackals, warthogs, ostriches (I think), and a couple of days ago I saw giraffes for the first time! Still hoping for elephants.
Berks Neighbor said... 179
What about this idea.
Twitter people: come up with a hashtag to use what talking to each other. This way you can avoid the @Kateplus8 search function and her twitter feed will die (metaphorically) for a while.
She'll have to rely on her 'fans' which I've noticed have tweeted less and less to her.
You can do this for a week or two.
This way, you don't lose contact with each other and still chat amongst yourselves.
I know when I do a chat on twitter per my blogging site we always have a #hastagphrase that is used so we put that in the search and just update it to go back and forth with our comments.
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That has already been tried on Twitter. I didn't tweet Khate when she first joined Twitter, but I finally got in on it last year a couple of months after she started. The only reason I began to tweet her back then was to eventually try to get the other non-fans to stop tweeting her, because I saw how much she loved the attention. I made a couple of attempts and got nowhere. I will admit that I then became a full fledged "hater" and tweeted crap to Khate in total frustration and disgust over the bullcrap phony Twitter persona and life that she fabricated for the sycophantic sheeple, as well as in reaction to some of her outright nasty stunts like publicly disparaging the father of her kids and lying about so many things. I had my moments, and tweeted in spurts, sometimes not at all, or sometimes more or less just "chatting" with other non-fans.
A few months ago, we tried exactly what you suggested, Berks. Instead of a hash tag, one of the non-fans set up a new account (something like "NoSheeple4U", I can't remember if that's the exact name). So, most of the non-fans began to tweet just to that account so we could continue to "chat" and keep track of the conversation, but leave Khate and her sheeple out of it. There were two or three holdouts, though, who remained on Khate's Twitter page to attack the sheeple tweets and call Khate out on her tweets. I do understand why they did that, and I did not feel it was my place to tell anyone what they should and should not do. It was merely a suggestion at that time, and most non-fans agreed to try it.
It really was funny for about a week because her feed was so boring. The older sheeple were tweeting to each other about their various ailments and surgeries. I'm sure Khate was hating what her feed had become. The other funny thing is that the sheeple MISSED the haters. They read our tweets on the nosheep page, tweets that had nothing to do with them, and they tweeted to us. We had finally given them what they claimed they wanted by leaving Khate and them alone, but they sought us out. Even when I was on Khate's Twitter, I was one of the non-fans who mostly just tweeted other non-fans or directly at Khate's tweets, rarely tweeting to her sheeple because I saw that they loved to cry "bully" and act like victims. Time and time again, the sheeple deliberately begin it and antagonize the non-fans. When they finally get a reaction they cry about being "bullied" and they delete their own nasty, vicious tweets. They also tweet to Khate that they are taking hits on her behalf. So, I always tried to stay out of that mess and not allow myself to be baited by them. If anything, when I was on Khate's page, I would see something stupid that a sheeple said, and I would just make a comment about it to another non-fan, but not include the sheeple's name in my tweet. Many times, the sheeple would repeatedly tweet me, trying to get me to engage. It drives them crazy when we refuse to engage with them.
So, I don't think there are any easy answers here. On one hand, I probably would like to see all of it end, all the blogs and Twitter so that Khate would be become totally irrelevant. Her handful of most devoted sheeple love having the non-fans around on blogs and Twitter because they really believe that it's their duty to monitor it all and defend her as often and as vigorously as they can. They wouldn't have much to say without the non-fans there. But, in Khate's narcissistic mind, she will NOT even comprehend what we are doing. She would declare victory over all her "haters" and be happy they're finally gone. Without people calling Khate out, she would just continue to tweet bullcrap lies about her life, her kids, and her ex. Her sheeple would suck it all up and tweet their adoration back to her. Worst of all, she will continue to exploit her kids by tweeting and blogging about details of their lives that should remain private, and posting photos on her Twitter and blog. She knows she needs the kids as bait to draw people, just as she used the twins for the cruise.
I really don't think she will let up at all until the KIDS are the ones to make it stop. The twins are getting older and they will become more and more aware of what she is putting out there about them. At some point, they will insist she stop taking any photos of them because they will know she is just doing it to tweet or blog about it. She's going to have some mighty battles on her hands soon. As for the other six, I think they are more afraid of her and they won't fight back for several more years. Khate will continue to use them and her "mom of eight" angle to stay the tiniest bit relevant but when she has a houseful of teens, that won't be possible anymore. Yes, I do think she might continue this farce just that long, another four or five years. None of this will pay the bills, at least not in the way she wants. She won't be on TV, won't be a "stah", and 99.99% of the population has already forgotten about her if they even knew who she was to begin with (and many never heard of her). By her own doing, she is extremely miserable with her life at the moment and it will only continue to get worse for her with each year. The only satisfaction for her detractors is knowing that this evil, narcissistic, child-exploiter will never, ever find happiness in life.
Yeah!! I want deviled egg recipes!
I love deviled eggs. My mom makes really good ones; and a friend of a friend does as well. Her secret is an east coast (or midwest, can't remember) barbeque sauce she throws in.
There are HORRID tornadoes going on in the Dallas area...hope Dallas Lady and any other posters in that area are okay.
PS--Forget cows...there's video of tractor trailers flying through the air.
CC must have been feeling the heat because there is a new blog entry by Kate on hoe to save for Easter. I guarantee you they were on the horn with her bright and early this morning telling her to get something, anything up on the site regarding Easter and savings.
Here is an off topic idea for easter eggs. You get old ugly or moth eaten 100% silk ties and shirts from the thrift store and dye your eggs with them.
http://www.skiptomylou.org/2011/04/06/silk-tie-dyed-eggs-tutorial/
JudyK- yes indeed. Just saw a video and report on the tornadoes.
amyf: thanks ! would love to check that out...and I hope for ellies too!
dmasy: Yum! I will try adding horseradish to my
Devilled Eggs: I just use eggs, mayo, dijon, salt & pepper, dash of hot sauce.
Please don't blackout this blog! This is the only place it's appropriate for us to gather and gossip. This is "our" house and it's a place we gather to chat about a common topic.
I'd love to see a twitter blackout but it won't happen. The twitter haters are a sick group who attack Kate and her fans mercilously on their own terrain. They show no class and I don't wish to be associated with them.
I just flipped on Fox News and saw these tornado reports. Dallas Lady (and others) be safe!
We COULD zero in on a discussion about narcissism. It is interesting and relevant not exclusively to Kate. There was an article about Zsa Zsa awhile ago written by an ex-secretary who had once worked for her. He said she made Joan Crawford look like a barbie doll.
Some snippets:
Her ex-husband George Sanders may have said being with Zsa Zsa was like permanently swimming in vintage bubbly, but the truth is she is more cyanide than champagne.
An overriding narcissistic ego, an outrageous temper and a vindictive love of making defenceless people suffer, combined with foul-mouthed racism and a scant regard for the truth, make her easily the most unpleasant person it has ever been my misfortune to meet.
Monstrous employers come with the territory in LA, but in the space of a few short months the woman supposedly loved by her audience for her chirpy bons mots brought me close to the edge of a nervous breakdown.
I was told Zsa Zsa was looking for much more than a secretary — she was hoping I would be her confidant, public relations adviser and, more importantly than I could ever have realised, her buffer against life’s little inconveniences.
Steve, are you reading this?
Zsa Zsa went through domestic staff — housekeepers, cooks, maids — like most people go through tissues.
Ashley can you relate?
Within only a few days, reality kicked in. My new employer exhibited what many see as a clear sign of madness: a relentless desire to move paintings and furniture around on an almost daily basis. And there was an internal madness at work, too, in the way she lashed out with a stream of invective at people who couldn’t fight back.
Sounds familiar doesn't it. For anyone interested, the entire article is here:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1345158/Bizarre-Zsa-Gabor-The-ailing-stars-Man-Friday-reveals-eccentric-Hollywoods-biggest-ego.html#ixzz1r0dZbhMx
Deviled eggs -- they never taste the same way twice! Sometimes I just clean out the salad dressing bottles in the frig. Ranch Dressing or French give the yolk mixture a different flavor. I have used wasabi instead of horseradish -- however, caution is advised. A thinly sliced green olive on the top adds a tangy flavor. A bit of dill pickle juice added to the mix is another flavor boost. Now, I will try bbq sauce -- good idea. My biggest mistake is to add too much of anything else to the yolks and get something too runny to make a pretty egg.
Well, I looked at the CC Easter blog- no really good tips. Her kids seem to expect gifts every holiday and one mom said she has become ' a better mom' b/c now she has a basket for every holiday, like St P Day, with toys, candy and misc, just like Kate.Oh brother. She spent a lot of money- I just gave my kids a few sweets and had a little chocolate egg hunt and they were happy. After all, it's a holiday not about receiving. Kate advocates giving candy, SOCKS!!!, batteries, money, toys and more...will they go to church?
Also nothing about Passover.
Like Judy, the first comment on the blog, it's the last time I will visit that site.Just wanted to see the damage control by CC but they just tacked this new BS up and left the Anderson/Tony article.
Time and time again, the sheeple deliberately begin it and antagonize the non-fans. When they finally get a reaction they cry about being "bullied" and they delete their own nasty, vicious tweets. They also tweet to Khate that they are taking hits on her behalf. So, I always tried to stay out of that mess and not allow myself to be baited by them.
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They are a pathetic flock, aren't they? They thrive on what goes on there...it's their life, and without it, they don't know what to do with themselves. It's quite sad when you think about it. How did they get through their days before Kate appeared on the scene?
I would miss Milo, though. She's such an enigma and so stupid. It's amusing to see what she comes up with -- what makes her tick and how she can turn everything around to make Kate a saint.
GOD BLESS TEXAS.......
Dallas, Arlington, Lancaster getting slammed...
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@Kateplusmy8 ignore stupid peeps who say mean thgs bc they wish they were as hpy as u! If they knew u, they would know u Always use coupons!
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These are the fans that make Twitter so entertaining. They see Kate as a happy, perfect mom, with eight perfect children in a perfect house, all living in a perfect world. I guess that in their mind's eye, she's everything they want to be and because reality clouds their vision, they just can't open their eyes to the face that she's one miserable narcissist who is never going to be happy because as she said, you can never have enough money.
She wouldn't mention Passover that's usually a Jewish holiday. More gifts make you a better mommy, got it.
OMG ... watching CNN. It's frightening. Thoughts and prayers are with you people of Texas!
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Anyone remember that scene from the original Cheaper by the Dozen movie, where Clifton Webb has the childrens' tosillectomies done at home so he can have them filmed?
Sherry Baby 191 Frank Gilbreth was a pioneer in motion study and time management. I directed the school play and did background research on him. He was quite a character.
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I have read both books about this family (written by one of the chidlren when they were all adults) "Cheaper by the Dozen" and "Bells on Their Toes" and recommend them both as entertaining and enlightening.
The movie with Clifton Webb was pretty close to the book. "Bells on their Toes" gives a bit of insight into the roaring twenties form someone who lived it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Bunker_Gilbreth,_Sr.
dmasy7
I should have mentioned that I am well-known for some killer deviled eggs. My invention secret -- add some horseradish to the yolk mixture. Gives them an extra boost of flavor.
Well alrighty then, patent your horseradish recipe. I am sticking with the hot sauce I invented. :)
I don't think that this blog is a big source for Kate's narcissistic supply. Twitter is providing the majority of it, when she can't get it elsewhere. And she ditches Twitter as soon as something better comes along.
I also think she, or someone close to her, is manipulating twitter as far as her whereabouts. The last 2-3 times that someone said that they, or their friend, saw Kate and her body guard somewhere turned out to be false. I think they were plants to generate buzz.
I've only looked at Twitter recently....and am appalled at what goes on there. I want *nothing* to do with those nut jobs...any of them. It seems like they're *all* crazy. It's beyond me now anyone can have that much time to tweet (looking at you, Kate). To have all that free time, they must be inmates someplace, besides being foul-mouthed, vulgar, and crass.
Yep. Just who a celebrity should hang out with. Especially a Mom. Just the type of person you want your kids to associate with. Tell me her twins aren't reading twitter on the other kids' phones, and seeing all that trash. Yuck.
I think the best policy is to ignore sitings by any unknown because I totally agree this info is planted to create buzz. Kate, herself, thanked us for the buzz. I will always read here but she is a boring topic, IMO. She is a has-been. She and Steve are nasty people.
To have all that free time, they must be inmates someplace, besides being foul-mouthed, vulgar, and crass.
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I agree with that, and what really is horrifying is when you think that these "adults" are parents. Is that the kind of language these kids hear at home? Is that what is being taught to these kids -- that this vulgar talk, this bullying is okay? Do they condone this type of behavior? They obviously must. I can't imagine that they act this way on Twitter and then turn around and at home are role models for their kids.
Sherry Baby said... 29
They are a pathetic flock, aren't they? They thrive on what goes on there...it's their life, and without it, they don't know what to do with themselves. It's quite sad when you think about it. How did they get through their days before Kate appeared on the scene?
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The haters thrive just as much, if not more. You could ask the same question of Underwalt, etc. How did they get through their lives before occupying themselves by sending vile Tweets 24/7?
Jumping In said... 11
I agree with Auntie Ann, a blackout is a win for Kate in her twisted mind. " See, I shut up the haters, so I won" This site remains a great place for insightful thinking on many topics, especially on subject of the mind of a narcissist. Frankly, a blackout would go right over her head, she is simply too self-involved to notice, and if she did, she'd take credit! Remember, there is NO winning with this woman!
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I agree.
Anyway, I think that we have all (at one time or another) practiced our own type of "Kate blackout" by either not commenting, reading, or watching anything involving that wackadoodle.
A "Kate blackout" should be up to each individual.
Laugh of the Day:
@PamPammaj I love new twenties and first tweets! Thanks!!! Ignore the hate (literally block them!) and join our fun! :) welcome! 12 minutes ago
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Somebody's Freudian slip is showing! Wonder if Katie Irene will DM her and ask her to go on the cruise.
I work hard at my mediocre writing job. I get out and enjoy the nice weather. I try to exercise every day. I don't drink. I don't smoke. I don't do drugs. I don't abuse my husband or children. My one guilty pleasure is reading this blog daily and occasionally adding a comment or observation.
I enjoy the people who comment here. I find most of them to be intelligent, articulate, respectful of each other, witty and insanely funny.
While I can understand why some people feel the need to take a break from Kate and her nonsense (I have felt that way myself at times), I do not support an organized blackout. I think there is little to gain.
Outside of our world here where we are obsessed with wanting Kate to get her just desserts (and yes, I will freely admit that I am obsessed with wanting to see her get her comeuppance), Kate is a virtual nobody. So if this blog closed up shop for a couple of weeks, it wouldn't make any difference. Kate will still be the same miserable person she was when we return to discussing her.
Yes, it is infuriating to us that she is such a liar and hypocrite and terrible mother. But I take heart in knowing that most of the world couldn't care less about her. Sure, her nasty mug will show up every once in a while on TV or online, or she will appear somewhere wearing a wildly inappropriate dress, but so what? The context of her appearances is always negative or makes her look mean or foolish. That's a win for us in my book.
I know she will never change, but I will continue to visit here because those moments when she gets taken down a notch or embarrasses herself are really quite satisfying. Seeing EM Tanner take her to task was wonderful. And it will be happening more and more.
I think that anyone who feels it is important to step away from the Kate circus should absolutely do so. But I think that is a decision people need to make individually. I will continue to follow the same policy I adopted long ago. I visit this blog and read Sue Buddy's articles, but never click on any links or visit any websites where hits can be construed as a statement that she is relevant. This works for me. Everyone needs to decide what works for them.
Sherry Baby, everyone says that Milo and CJ are the worst of the sheeple, but msgoody2shoes21 will ALWAYS be the worst.
Once a Viewer said... 28
Well, I looked at the CC Easter blog- no really good tips. Her kids seem to expect gifts every holiday and one mom said she has become ' a better mom' b/c now she has a basket for every holiday, like St P Day, with toys, candy and misc, just like Kate.Oh brother. She spent a lot of money- I just gave my kids a few sweets and had a little chocolate egg hunt and they were happy. After all, it's a holiday not about receiving. Kate advocates giving candy, SOCKS!!!, batteries, money, toys and more...will they go to church?
Also nothing about Passover.
Like Judy, the first comment on the blog, it's the last time I will visit that site.Just wanted to see the damage control by CC but they just tacked this new BS up and left the Anderson/Tony article.
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In other words, Kate offered a whole load of nothing again.
Once a Viewer #28: Wink. BS is exactly what it is...damage control for Kate this week, and it's pathetically transparent.
Tamara said... 180
Mscatie, I think that with a twitter blackout a few things would happen. Most of the remaining sheeple would dwindle (pardon the term Dwindle) away
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It's AMAZING how some people can steal something from someone and that someone not make any money off the something or someother something and then someone has someone else all confused about something and ME ME ME WHERE IS MINE MINE MINE ALL MINE MONEY~!!!!!!!!!!
Cut me a check Tamara, a big one, and we'll call is AMAZINGLY AMAZINGISH even!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Just kidding, hehe!)
The movie with Clifton Webb was pretty close to the book.
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Clifton Webb was a fabulous actor. He did a wonderful Sousa, too. My great-uncle knew Sousa very well, and he said that Webb's portrayal of him was dead-on.
Have you read Frank Jr's "Time Out For Happiness"?
I just read that Octo-mom is accepting welfare payments now from the State of CA. Remember, she swore she would never do that. It's only a matter of time before we see this happening in PA. That is, unless Jon is right and Kate does in fact have tons of money stashed and is duping all of us! In a logical world, no job would indicate a change in spending/lifestyle. Haven't really seen that with Kate yet, have we? Writing a blog at a coupon site couldn't be paying all of her expenses. Can't believe a thing the woman says. She'll travel to wherever she wants to get noticed in show business. Delusional/talentless woman. Sad for the kids.
I love deviled eggs. Sorry to whomever said they invented using horseradish with the yolk mixture, though, LOL. That recipe has been around for donkey's years. My grandmother made deviled eggs using horseradish. My mother didn't like horseradish, but she always added pickle juice (sweet pickle juice, though, not dill) or a little sweet pickle relish. I'm more of a purist. I use a bit of mayonnaise, lots of yellow mustard, and a bit of salt and pepper. If I want to change things up a bit, I'll substitute stoneground mustard or grey poupon instead of the yellow. After stuffing the whites with the yolk mixture, I sprinkle them with paprika. Once I accidentally grabbed the cinnamon instead of paprika. I don't recommend it, LOL.
I agree with NLAN. I don't think a blackout will do anything. KK's bound and determined to put herself out there, and nothing we do is going to make a difference. If she doesn't get "buzz" from her tweeties or the "haterz", she'll do something else outrageous to get attention.
Sherry Baby 46 No I haven't read it but it's going on my list. Thanks!
For my deviled eggs I use softened cream cheese instead of mayo and Dijon mustard instead of regular yellow mustard. Yummy.
Mel 36- Kate is nuts, twitter is nuts, perfect storm. Never mind her blog is CRAP, as well as her CC crap which has nothing to do with saving money. Rather she attacks Ton and AC on a Coupon Blog! And CC publishes it.
Kate is one desperate person who will try to get attention through whatever means possible. Shame on Coupon Cabin, her lame twitter (I am the best or I will block you) and the people that support her narcisstic behavior day in and out.
Prayers going out to people living in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Be safe & well.
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I just read Kate's Easter blog on CC. Not many of us have $300 worth of gift cards just lyng around. Because we don't beg and grift for them like she does.
Susantoyota said... 40
Laugh of the Day:
@PamPammaj I love new twenties and first tweets! Thanks!!! Ignore the hate (literally block them!) and join our fun! :) welcome! 12 minutes ago
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Somebody's Freudian slip is showing! Wonder if Katie Irene will DM her and ask her to go on the cruise.
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LOL! Great minds... As soon as I saw this tweet on Kate's page, I thought, "Well, that's Freudian!"
"I love new twenties 'n new fifties 'n new hundreds!" hahahahaha
As for me, I'm mixed on the blackout. I love how we don't let Kate get away with anything, but can see the point of not giving her attention. Mostly, I love reading what you folks have to say!
LaLaLandNoMore said... 47
I just read that Octo-mom is accepting welfare payments now from the State of CA. Remember, she swore she would never do that. It's only a matter of time before we see this happening in PA.
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I have a little soft spot for nadya. I firmly believe she did this to get a reality show like the Gosselins. But by then, the Gosselin scams were becomming well known and the public had had enough and saw through Nadya's plan. She was also less savy about hiding her mental illness than Katie Irene was at first.
There are still so many out there who believe in Kreider's system of obligating the public to support her children; I have always been kind of befuddled about why those SAME folks dont feel the same way about supporting Nadya and HER children. Nadya and Kate are the same, Kate is just more vicious.
Once a Viewer said... 28
Well, I looked at the CC Easter blog- no really good tips. Her kids seem to expect gifts every holiday and one mom said she has become ' a better mom' b/c now she has a basket for every holiday, like St P Day, with toys, candy and misc, just like Kate.Oh brother. She spent a lot of money- I just gave my kids a few sweets and had a little chocolate egg hunt and they were happy.
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I agree with you, Once.
She is SUCH a rotten parent. "Bad mom, Kate! Bad mom!" (Wasn't that what she said she hated to be called?) Getting your kids to expect that every freaking holiday revolves around them and their "haul" would turn them into... into... well, Kate.
Call Me Crazy, 41...I call you the reason why I read here. Well said.
Readerlady, 48....I am crushed. I guess I will have to invent something else. Thanks for keeping me humble. Loved the cinnamon story!
Octomom will be on the Today show Thursday. I'm sure Kate is jealous.
Wasn't Sarah Palin a co host this morning?
Haha....Passover. Kate would have absolutely no idea what anybody would even want to buy for a Passover seder, much less how to save money on it. She wouldn't have a clue about Passover.
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OK...this is completely off-topic but wanted some advice since so many here seem to love animals and have pets. Long story short, I had a cat but my husband became badly allergic to it so my son and his fiance took it. They also have a younger cat they adopted too....but mine had been de-clawed (and then the previous owner had tossed her out with no claws) and their cat has its claws. But my cat is significantly bigger and older than theirs.
Apparently, after 2 months, they say they have to keep them in separate rooms because they hiss, etc...at each other when they try to put them together. I am going over there to babysit later this month for a week while they go away on vacation and am wondering if anyone has any suggestions on what I can do to remedy this.
Because I have known tons of people who had several cats....all gotten at different times...and they somehow all got along. Heck, we adopted 4 cats when I was a kid and they all got along and even got along with the dog....and every single one of them were adopted at different times (when we would find them homeless and wandering). My mom loved animals. She wasn't too keen on her own kids but with animals, it was a different story....and we were able to keep almost every kind of homeless animal and bird we found.
But shoot....I cannot for the life of me remember anything specific she did in terms of having them get along. I mean, I remember being a kid and remember finding the cats and bringing them home but how they got to the point of all getting along....I just have no recollection of that.
And I feel really bad that they were kind enough to take my cat in and are now still having to deal with keeping them separated. Apparently it is their little cat doing most of the hissing at the new interloper. Any suggestions?
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3-Go to freezer section
4- Select freshest box of Trader Joes brand Lamb Vindaloo
5- Take to one of those people in a Hawaiin shirt, standing next to those jangly things with all the thingies
6- Pay for--really pay, not pretend, your item (Note: One of those mediocre employees might look at you, or, may even try to engage you in conversation--something like--How is your day going?, Or some comment about the weather) Do not respond or look them in the eye--IT IS A TRAP!!! You might want to pretend that you are talking to one of your make believe friends, or writing the next chapter of your memoirs--that's not important, just do not engage!
7-Make a run to the car, zigging and zagging to avoid all of the lovers, haterz and paps
8- Drive home--don't worry about how fast--speed limits are for jells people, not stars.
9- Open the box (I like to peel off the top, but you might have a special way) and use a fork to poke holes in that clear glassy looking stuff on top of trays. you can poke the holes in a figure 8, or, however you want.
10- If you have labeled all of those shiny machines in your kitchen, relax, you are almost done! if you haven't, stop here and add to your to-do list--it is a real timesaver! not to mention, it is hard to clean lamb Vindaloo out of the little holes in the dryer! Trust me on that...
11- Once you have correctly identified your microwave, cook the tray for 6 minutes
12-While it is cooking, you can check and see if you are trending, or or twitter, or write another Pulitzer Prize winning CC blog entry, write hate letters to all working reality stars, put in one of you episodes to relive the good old days, or, maybe try to get a brush thru your weave--anyway, whatever you want!
13-Let sit for a minute, slop on a paper plate, take a picture for your twenties, and you are done! enjoy--You have earned a few days of me time!
I find it ironic that for all the worry about octomom and exploitation Kate has been a million times worse. And Kate even criticized her like oh octomom how beneath me! Remember that?
Does anyone think that AC might challenge Katie Irene, instead of dancing on a reality show, to get a job as an investigative journalist, run a journalism show, and also run a talk show? Challenge her to participate in 1/10th of the quiet charity work he does? To do the research, the learning, the publishing, the leg work he does? Do you think he might challenge her to hard work constest? An IQ contest? A line up of life long friends and devoted family contest? How about submitting competing articles on a topic of politics, world affairs, the ecology or even a matter of religion, and let scholars and grammarians evaluate the contents?
Perhaps AC could challenge Katie, without an earpiece, to name some important societal events that dont have anything to do with reality TV?
Why should Kate have a clue about Passover? Many Christians Dont including me! I know the biblical reference but not much about the traditions. I give her a pass on this one!
So more gifts make you a better Mommy? Socks and batteries in the Easter basket, I am sure that's a winner. Maybe in the true spirit of the season, pehaps you and the kids could make a few baskets for those less fortunate, might be a better memory maker than weeding.
I just love how she invites new tweeties to block the hate and join 'our fun'. What fun might that be, except for making me laugh. Again CC has done too little, too late. Most moms are not waiting until this week for cost cutting ideas for a holiday; they have been shopping sales for weeks.
And I doubt K8 is clueless about Passover, her world view is that narrow.
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Dee, I always feed them treats, from my hand, at the same time. A piece of bologna or whatever, one for BigCat, one for Kitty, one for BigCat, one for Kitty; so that they can see YOU are dividing the food between them and they must tolerate each other for a few minutes in order to get the next bite of treat from your hand. Do this once a day at least.
That is all I have, I have always done this from the first hour of bringing a new pet into the house. Hopefully this might help along with the other tips you will get here.
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Why should Kate have a clue about Passover? Many Christians Dont including me! I know the biblical reference but not much about the traditions. I give her a pass on this one!
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She's supposedly writing a money saving blog and should realize her audience (if she had one) encompasses those celebrating Passover. If CC had any business savvy, they'd be including coupons for Passover - there are plenty out there. And the food blogs and Mom blogs I read all mention Passover as well as Easter. I find it insulting that CC didn't do so. But I'm also not at all surprised!
A few Passover coupons would be nice but that's CC's job not Kate's.
It's so sad that nearly everything she does with her kids revolves around spending money. She could be raising incredibly materialistic kids.
If a Khate tweets in the woods of Pennsylvania and no one chats about or responds to it, did It really tweet at all?
Yahoo has the CC DWTS story and the comments are negative towards Kate. One I found particulary funny is:
"A nuclear armagedon will fry all humanity, obliterate it completely, only roaches will survive...along with Kate Gosselin, cuz apparently, you can never quite get rid of either of them!"
The link to the Yahoo article is:
http://omg.yahoo.com/blogs/now/kate-gosselin-responds-slam-dwts-pro-partner-232946875.html
admin: I'm sure the kids could educate Kate on Passover from school, where all faiths are learned about and celebrations discussed. I would have thought someone would suggest she look it up for her blog if she really didn't know about Passover, but I guess she just doesn't see people of other faiths...CC stinks.
dee3: maybe engage them in play together with yarn or cat toys, and give both affection. But the one with claws could seriously hurt the other maybe in self-defense, so it may be difficult! good luck.
ex-nurse: LMAO! Will have to try your Vindaloo 'real soon.'
Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 68
It's so sad that nearly everything she does with her kids revolves around spending money. She could be raising incredibly materialistic kids.
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We've been saying this all along.
Remember, these kids have learned that they deserve life on golden platters.
When they were being taken care of on TLC's dime, TCL spent quite a few dimes on those kids...besides the VIP treatment at pretty much every venue they ever went to, they also had perks at home. They had Halloween decorations to die for, a new pool slide, Crazy houses - or whatever those weird things were called...the list goes on and on.
Last Easter, if you recall, they had 700 eggs to hunt for. 700 EGGS!!!! WHO does that?!
What a big difference this year has been for them, ever since the cameras stopped.
Of course, they may still have 700 eggs this year. From the chicken coop. That the boys will have to go and find Easter morning, so Kate can make egg salad, deviled eggs, egg omelets and egg cupcakes for Easter supper.
Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 68
A few Passover coupons would be nice but that's CC's job not Kate's.
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I agree, it's CC's job to review, suggest coupons and edit the blog. There's no way Kate knows how to make a hyperlink - CC's doing that - and there's no way Kate's coming up with specific coupons to use. I haven't seen her most recent blog post, but in the past there have been specific coupons mentioned.
Also, there's no excuse in this day of Google to be ignorant of an important holiday, one that affects millions.
If she weren't as dumb as a stick, she'd include a Passover recipe (she could say "While I don't celebrate Passover, I did come across this delicious recipe for brisket. Anyone else want to share their brisket recipes?") as well as one for Easter. It's basic marketing smarts.
I consider myself a strong Christian and unlike Kate actually try to have my walk match my talk. My little guy is 2 1/2 and I've been spending the last few weeks talking about Easter. You know what I haven't mentioned once? Gifts, easter baskets, eggs, etc. On Easter I'm sure we'll give him a little Easter basket with a couple puzzles or other random things we have stored to give him on special occasions but nothing big.
I don't say all that to pat myself on the back but to say spending $300 on 8 kids averaged out to almost $38 per kid. Call me crazy but that seems like a lot of money to spend on a little Easter basket for her kids and I wonder how on earth that is providing saving tips.
Here's my tip, go to a FREE egg hunt (our area had tons last Saturday) and on Easter have a nice breakfast and go to church. I just wish her advice was more focused on how to spend LESS and focus on how little kids actually need to be happy.
Dallas Lady - Hope all is well with you and yours.
We're all so smart and sensible here lol- a bunch of mediocre folks who know a few things or how how to figure out what we don't...why did Kate miss the boat??
My devilled eggs recipe was handed down from great grandma to grandma to mom. It's mayo, yellow mustard, salt, pepper, and a little white vinegar added to the yolks. After stuffing the egg whites, sprinkle with paprika. I've also added less mayo and some ranch dressing, which I really like. I've tried adding chopped dill pickles or celery, etc., that others have made. Although I really enjoyed them, my family is just used to grandma's recipe and doesn't care for anything chopped in them. However, I am definitely going to try the dijon mustard or horseradish; it sounds wonderful.
As for Easter traditions, I get small baskets for the hubby, daughter, and son-in-law. Of course, I go a little bigger for the grandsons, but it's mostly from Dollar Tree, and not a lot of candy. I try to teach my grandsons why we celebrate the holiday. We do hunt Easter eggs, but unlike Kate, it's averages out to 6-8 eggs per child, not the outrageous amount she claims to color/hide.
Anyway, I love spending Easter, and all holidays, with my family, especially my grandsons. To see the sparkle in their eyes when they see their baskets, or to have them crawl into my lap and ask me to read them the new book they just received - it's priceless.
I'm so sorry for the long post. I pray for the safety of the people in TX experiencing the tornadoes now. Stay safe and God bless.
Kate would just be faking an interest in Passover and that's not good either. Still not sure why she needs to blog about things she doesn't celebrate. I would never expect a Jewish blogger to blog about Christmas traditions no more than a Christian, and I use that term loosely when it comes to Kate, to blog about Jewish traditions they don't hold. I think people shoul be themselves when they blog. Kate has certainly done that. She's a mean spirited, vindictive sorry woman and it's all there to see.
Regarding a blackout, I agree the hag doesn't deserve attention, but she is just so easy to make fun of. She's like other reality show trash like the Kardashians and Jersey Shore. It's funny she thinks she's better than them.
Wow, what a non-answer to a serious question:
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@Kateplusmy8 One day your children will grow up and see you through their adult eyes. How do you think they will perceive you?
Kate Gosselin @Kateplusmy8
@XXXXXX great question! I'm conscious of it daily--it's why I am killing myself2give them best life/teaching/tools poss!:) thx4reminder
What she's "killing herself" at is BRAINWASHING. She put herself squarely in the position that EVERYTHING nasty she's done since their birth is accessible to them forever.
Live with that, bitch.
I, too, have more compassion for Nadya S. than I have ever had for Kate G. (None). Nadya has admitted her mistakes and it was sad to hear. Wish her the best in rearing her 14 kids and hope that someday she will find a job that suits her education. She really did not want to go on welfare and fought it as long as possible. Nadya needs help. According to Jon G., Kate has plenty of cash stashed away.
Oh yeah Kate was really killing herself in Vegas there. She's despicable.
Radar's now got a blurb on Kate's CC blog.
Actually, I think someone here had it right when she said that kate's making a big deal out of the Tony thing so people quit talking about her and Steve and the comedy show.
I don't expect Kate to take an interest in Passover, but I also think she has no idea that there is one, or that there are people who have different backgrounds and tradtions. Frankly, Kate making an off handed remark about Passover would be insulting to me.
Its sad the way people treated Nadya S People could have helped her like they did Kate and her kids. Nadya's a better MOM then Kate will ever be and her kids are just as cute as Kate's kids.
I have some free time tonight so I'll probably be on here more than usual. She is "killing" herself to give her kids the "best life/teaching/tools poss". HOW?! She leaves them at the drop of a hat if something better comes along that she'd rather do. She spends so much time on Twitter when they're home. Plus, she has proven time and again that she spares no expense when it comes to herself. Exactly what is she "killin" herself to teach those children?
I only had one child, but I had a full time job. Like most moms, I'd get up really early to enjoy a private moment and cup of coffee with my hubby (usually aroung 4:30). Then I'd get to shower first, and then get breakfast ready while he was in the shower. Hubs was usually gone early because he was a local truck driver so it was me helping my daughter get ready after she ate, taking her to school, going to work for 8-9 hours, picking her up at the sitter's afterward, home to dinner, homework, bathtime, bedtime, kitchen cleanup, etc. It see:med like I didn't have a moment to myself until 8:30 or 9:00. And I only had one child, so how does she have all this time to tweet with 8 children? She doesn't "kill" herself doing anything for these kids. I hate to be so judgemental, but she infuriates me.
Kate is probably giving the kids the gift cards she has grifted from her fans: Starbucks, Target, McDonalds, Keurig,Coffee-mate. To ensure a twitter response from Kate the fans just offer to send her something or a free trip to their hometown; London, Sidney, Dublin, you get the idea. She has no shame in taking gifts from young girls in the UK that spend a fortune on postage to send this millionaire gifts. Then to top it off, these girls have to beg Kate for a "did you get my gift yet" several times and not just once - this happened several times over the Christmas Holidays and still continues with her birthday gifts they've sent. She can't even be bothered with a personal thank you - she gives a twitter shout out as a TY. She has absolutely no manners. I cannot image the daughter of a preacher does not know better. I feel sorry for these kids - they are being raised as selfish monsters who will never know how to show gratitude or graciousness for anything they will have in the future. She probably has a bushel of socks they sent her too ever since she had to mention "darning" one of the twin's socks. She'll mend a sock to save a dollar but take a limo and an overnight stay or two at the Essex Hotel in NYC w/ the body guard all for a bad dye job of her straw and her favorite or only restaurant she knows of in all of NY - Fig and Olive. She is just so low class.
great question! I'm conscious of it daily--it's why I am killing myself2give them best life/teaching/tools poss!:) thx4reminder 19 minutes ago
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WTF is she talking about. what an a**hole.
Hope Dallas Lady is okay! I am an hour east of Dallas, we didn't get the bad weather. So far, 12 tornadoes reported in the Dallas/Forney/Lancaster areas...
no serious injuries!
God Bless Texas
Rule of thumb. If you're killing yourself to be a good mom, get therapy. Good childhoods should not be difficult to provide.
Before anyone else, including KG, announces this evening's meal, I will admit that I found a recipe on the internet, which I will now call - Sue's Savory Chicken Noodle Casserole. So there!
Admin, I agree, Kate is despicable with that "killing myself" garbage! That woman will say anything to garner sympathy for herself. It's beyond annoying, such self-pity as she expresses.
Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 78
Kate would just be faking an interest in Passover and that's not good either. Still not sure why she needs to blog about things she doesn't celebrate. I would never expect a Jewish blogger to blog about Christmas traditions no more than a Christian, and I use that term loosely when it comes to Kate, to blog about Jewish traditions they don't hold. I think people shoul be themselves when they blog. Kate has certainly done that. She's a mean spirited, vindictive sorry woman and it's all there to see.
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Coupon Cabin is not a Christian site. Their job is to reach their target demographic. As someone else said, Kate can reference other traditions/holidays without claiming them as her own. Why wouldn't that demographic include folks who are Jewish? And yes, if a Jewish person blogged for Coupon Cabin, I sure as heck would expect them to mention Christmas when blogging around Dec. 25th knowing that many are shopping for Christmas gifts at that time. It's Marketing 101.
Loooongtime lurker, firt time posting (ever).
I had to respond to Dee3 about the cat situation - I feel your pain! I had one neurotic male cat, and a few years ago I rescued a 10 month old female cat. I have had pets all of my life, and the ensuing fireworks were unexpected. The new female is very dominant, and goes after the older guy. Here is what has worked for me:
1) separate them, and make sure each room (separation area) has water and litterbox.
2) switch them out every day - day 1, kitty 1 gets the bedroom and kitty 2 gets the living room; day 2, it is reversed. This way, they get used to living with each other's scent without having any physical interaction. They also will not feel so much that they "own" a particular area in your home.
3) as suggested by others, when you decide to have some SUPERVISED interaction, let them share "good times" - petting, food, play.
4) If one cat is clearly beating the other up (especially if someone does not have claws), get out the squirt gun.
This has worked pretty well for me. We have setbacks - every time the old guy goes to the vet, he comes home scared to death of the other cat again, and she recognizes his insecurity and goes for him. Therefore, I have to do a few days of separate/monitor/squirt gun every once in a while, but they do go back to being civil to each other. This last episode (vet visit), I caught dominant kitty guarding the litter box, and the old guy peed on the rug since he couldn't get his turn in the crapper. A second litter box, although vile, solves a lot of problems.
You can get lots of tips on the internet (Google "cats getting along" - it's a popular search :) ). Also, try to catch "My Cat from Hell" on tv - I've learned a lot about cat behavior from Jackson Galaxy.
Good luck!!
....and hoping all Texans are safe today!
Dmsay, do you know why those eggs you bought have thick shells? Because they are so fresh. As eggs age, the shells get thinner. I never knew that until I had my own chickens and started wondering why the eggs were so hard to crack! Now that I've had chickens for a few years, I am spoiled and quite snobby about having "farm"-fresh eggs.
Also, in case you haven't noticed/tried this, truly fresh eggs are a dream for poaching. Just half-fill a large saute pan with water, bring to the simmer, and crack in as many eggs as will fit. Old eggs will not stay together, but fresh ones will form into nice little ovals all by themselves as they cook.
Eggs Benedict, anyone? And by the way, I did invent it, but I didn't get my name on it in time before that Benedict guy stole the idea.
Lets not give Coupon Cabin any more hits. here is the article that tells us all what we have likely been doing for years!
Kates blog on Coupon Cabin...
Anyone wondering about our “EGGSTRA” special upcoming Easter and my tips on saving money on all Easter related things? Let me fill you in…
Speaking of filling, filling eight Easter baskets is never an easy task, but it can be done, and it can be done on a budget, too.
The kids love their baskets, and I always make them special, but I try to keep the spending low and the savings high!
This year, I decided to be extra creative in order to save. I dug out various gift cards, merchandise credit cards and coupons to use on stuff to fill our baskets and eggs. I ended up with a total of $300 in purchases and I actually only spent $98. I gave myself a pat on the back. For eight kids that is amazing!
Now, on Easter morning, when my kids come to the table their baskets will be beaming with toys, candy and surprises. I’ll beam too because I saved so much. I can’t say I’m looking forward to all the candy eating, or the stomachaches that are bound to follow! But, oh well, it’s a holiday and it will be fun!
Here are a few tips you may want to use to save money on Easter:
* Head to a dollar store to pick up plastic eggs and other decorating items, along with squirt guns, yo-yos and other small toys to wrap up. Most of the time, kids just like opening something and don’t care as much about what’s inside.
* Instead of filling up all your plastic eggs with candy, put pennies or nickels in them and encourage your kids to start saving early. Put a dollar bill in a few of them to get them really excited. (You can pick up a piggy bank at a dollar store, too!)
* Homemade treats are more delicious, more cost-effective and more thoughtful than store-bought candy. If you’re a baker, make some sugar cookies with pastel icing for a quick, cheap and yummy treat.
* You could add some practical things to the Easter baskets as well so you aren’t wasting money on things they don’t need while maximizing the filled look! Think toothbrushes, socks and batteries for their toys.
* Buy candy when it’s on sale year round and put it in the freezer. Don’t waste money on Easter-themed candy.
* Save the eggs, Easter grass and decorations each year and reuse them. This is a must! I even save the kids baskets and we use the same ones every year, much like their Christmas stockings!
* If you’re having a large group over for Easter, you could buy side dishes and other Easter brunch fixings at warehouse stores. This could work for all you “non-cookers” out there. Buying in bulk will save you too!
* Instead of buying an entirely new outfit for each kid for Easter, buy one item that is pastel colored, like a polo shirt or skirt. Make sure it’s something they can wear year round as well.
* Shop the day after Easter each year to pick up items for next year. At 50% or more off regular prices, it’s worth the trip!
Make sure to check out CouponCabin’s Easter coupons section to save even more money!
- K8
Kate, you must really not enjoy life if you are "killing" yourself just for raising your kids. I mean come on, if it was a job that was as difficult as you make it nobody would have kids.
First it's her kids are perfect, her kids are easy, the know how she works but then she turns around and says, oh-woe is me I have to work harder than you'll ever know to give my kids XYZ.
So...which is it? Are your kids awesome and wonderful or are they hard and stressful? I am not saying that sometimes maybe having kids is a little big of both, but it's just the way she talks it's either one extreme or the other here.
Believe it or not, I think the problem with Nadya is that she has a CONSCIENCE, something that has never been visible in Katie Irene.
I honestly don't recall the circumstances of her impregnation with 8 (wasn't there some discussion that she wasn't 100% clear on how many embryos the doctor implanted?), but I do recall thinking at the time that she was consciously styling herself as the next Kate and what does this mean for humanity? However, the backlash she experienced was a huge reality check. She realized (quite a bit too late, obviously) that she was never going to get the freebies/good will/positive exposure that Kate was able to achieve; and instead she went out and, I think, actually tried her best to figure out a way to make it work. I think she deserves some credit for that. After all, the state has been ready to step in and take her kids on numerous occasions, but so far, for whatever reason, they have not done so.
I don't know enough about her to comment on her mothering skills, but I will say, I don't think anyone knows her kids' names or what they look like. She has had to put herself out there (and I don't think she minds the attention), but she has NOT pimped her kids. In my view, the doctor that colluded with her in this scheme deserves never to practice again, he had NO business implanting so many embryos and he KNOWS it. I don't know if they concocted this scheme together, but if so, it is clear he is the one who bears more responsibility. A medical professional should know better than anyone that you don't cater to crazy.
Kate's Easter CC blog--where are the savings? She bought $300 worth of crap for the kids but only spent $98 because she used "gift cards and merchandise credits" that were probably sent to her by fans? What?
For all you deviled egg lovers:
Here's a trick.
Put all the ingredients for your deviled egg 'innards' inside a ziploc gallon freezer bag. Have your kidlets squeeze and mash it all together.
When you are ready to fill the eggs just snip off a corner of the bag and squeeze out the goodness!
This works great, especially if you have to bring your egg'y goodness to another house and don't want to prepare them ahead of time.
An Easter basket with a toothbrush, socks and batteries (complete with previously frozen, non-themed candy) sounds like a fun time for her kids. After they settle down from THAT thrill, she can kick them down to the basement to do more school work.
This woman gets paid by Coupon Cabin for this? I'll admit, I would never have thought of putting these things in to an Easter basket, so she gets points for originality, the fun-sucking kind.
What are merchandise credits - coupons?
As for blackouts: Yes/No/Not here but SURELY on Twitter & everywhere else/etc.
I have given up on changing anything in Kate's life, if in fact I ever thought that fans or non-fans had that ability. I just enjoy the conversation of people who "get it."
I don't think Kate is ACTUALLY relevant out in the real world, anyway. I wouldn't know a thing about her if I didn't read about it here or on Twitter, or lately on the cheap gossip websites. My husband, for example, is extremely well-read and well-versed in current affairs, and I can assure you that he is NOT up on the latest exploits of any Gosselin. So I don't really worry much about Kate's relevance--she is a niche person who attracts the attention of a few devoted fans and a few of us who marvel at the phenomenon. Other that that, nobody cares.
haha, "baskets will be beaming?" Does she mean 'brimming?' "Non-cookers"- does that mean non-bakers? I also I think it's pointless to wrap all these items- again wasting paper...and kids by this age DO care what's inside...ironic about the socks, geez, what a dumb blog. And isn't it a given you save the baskets for years to follow?
$38 each- TOO much. I'd day $10 tops.
Oh, and the occasional mention of Kate in mainstream media (like Anderson Cooper) is solely because she is a cheap easy joke. She has become the Kleenex of talentless reality "stars" in the Exploiting Your Own Children division.
She seems to be happy with her version of fame, attained by virtue of giving birth to unusual numbers of infants and maintained by a very unpleasant personality, and may I say, "Well done, Kate!"
It will please her for as long as she can milk the attention, but in the end, she will be alone, lonely, and bitter. I would like to say that I feel some sympathy for her, but alas, I do not.
I think it's hilarious that she is including grifted gift cards and merchandise cards as part of money-saving tips on offer to CC readers. I'm scratching my head wondering how this will save me money since I don't have several hundred $ worth of these lying around the house.
Just read her Easter savings blog.(thanks to the above poster for bringing it over here).
WTF.
She is one tight-fisted penny pincher...when it comes to the kids. They get old candy left over from Halloween and Christmas, old baskets, green grass, toothbrushes and batteries..maybe a shirt for each of them..
She gets a 5 day trip to Las Vegas, 6 new dresses and her hair done in NYC..
I guess her Christianity brand was thrown out when she got rid of the husband.
And the gift card stuff? Gee, Kate, those were sent to you, you stupid b****.
As far as killing herself regarding her parenting, I think to her, she is. The woman is marginally intelligent. What most moms can do without giving it much thought or effort, for Kate to accomplishment the same task take a herculean effort on her part.
New Kid, thanks for the info. The shells are so hard that it takes a firm hit or two to crack one. I will definitely try a poached egg. They always look so elegant in a restaurant.
Berks Neighbor, that is a great idea! I am sorry that I already made my eggs or I would try that technique tonight.
You guys are the best....just wonderful!
OK, I will shut up in a minute, but really, I couldn't stand a blackout, because if there was a blackout I couldn't have just read ExNurse post #61 and laughed myself silly until possibly a bit of pee might have escaped, only it didn't because I am Not That Kind Of Girl.
And yes, I made my previous comments in haste, before reading all the ones before me, and now I'm catching up. So I'm probably going to shut up now, but I might see something else that requires me to say something. And I will if I want to. So there.
Sending my thoughts to Dallas Lady and all of the Texans here that may be affected by the vicious weather this evening. Keep safe.
Exactly, not many of us have $38 to spend on each basket for our kids.. I find the $10 a bit high, but try my best!
and, buying the sides from a warehouse store, or where ever, tends to be quite pricey!! I guess if typically you were use to Craft services, warehouse side dishes would be a cheaper alternative....
Kate suggestions are aimed at how rich people can reduce the amount of money they spend...not for us mediocre folk...
Now, on Easter morning, when my kids come to the table their baskets will be beaming with toys, candy and surprises. I’ll beam too because I saved so much.
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Khate, the word is BRIMMING. I remember my Easters as a kid. Yes, there were jelly beans, same exact basket with the fake green grass every year, some candy, small rabbit/chick theme toy. But the main memories were family, dressing up, the eggroll when I was in the Washington area, and trying to figure out the point of Easter bonnets. Still haven't made sense of that last one....
And, as Khate claims to be such an avid Christian, shouldn't Easter be about Christ? And asking for forgivness? Palm Sunday, Good Friday?
She's such a C....#109..
That avatar. dang. lol. OMG
All my Dallas area family accounted for. Some property damage, but that is what insurance is for.
I’ll beam too because I saved so much.
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She's delusional. Is this like the three cars thing? If you saved money on buying eighty crappy chocolate easter bunnies, you would save a lot more if you only bought eight, coupon or not.
An Easter basket with a toothbrush, socks and batteries (complete with previously frozen, non-themed candy) sounds like a fun time for her kids.
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Would those be the socks that the Miami Heat lady sent her from Under Armour?
I think it's hilarious that she is including grifted gift cards and merchandise cards as part of money-saving tips on offer to CC readers. I'm scratching my head wondering how this will save me money since I don't have several hundred $ worth of these lying around the house.
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Did you check your couch cushions? Target gift cards sometimes pop up there.
Adding to the good advice already given re: cats. I have five cats, three of whom were integrated into the household as older kittens or adults. It takes some patience and effort, but 9 times out of 10 kitties will learn to get along.
1) In addition to having them switch rooms, rub one cat with a towel and then the other, as that helps them get used to each other's scents. You also can try rubbing some vanilla extract on each, as that neutralizes their scents and they start to smell like each other.
2) Get some Feliway spray or a Feliway diffuser, as the pheromones released calm cats. (Feliway is not cheap.)
3) It may seem scary since one cat is declawed, but unless someone's getting hurt, keep an eye on them and let them work it out. If they continue to be separated, that can't happen. Hissing is normal behavior and not something to worry about in and of itself.
Sympathetic attitudes toward Octomom really baffle me. She's a chronic liar, had six kids before her 8, several with special needs that weren't being met, and HAD been on public assistance BEFORE she had the 8.
I can't believe that anyone familiar with her whole story, the real story, not the one she's spouting at any given moment, could feel ANY sympathy for her.
She has a pattern of irresponsibility that goes way back to her teens, and her treatment of her parents is criminal. Yes, they are co-dependents, but she has never done anything for her kids that she could get someone else to do.
Her children destroyed the house a friend of their father provided to her (and he kept it from being foreclosed on at least once). Her children destroyed it, punching holes in the walls, eating exposed building materials, and so on.
Much of this is on film.
Octomom has also spent a bundle on plastic surgery, which she usually, but not always, denies, while her children stayed home and pummeled each other. (Does that sound familiar?)
She has one autistic child (not one of the 8), others with learning disabilities, and a variety of disabilities in the 8.
When LA County started to act on complaints about neglect of the kids, she moved just outside the county line to Riverside to avoid CPS oversight. LA had the spotlight and the budget to do something about those kids, but Riverside doesn't.
Yes, she's mentally ill, but so is Kate.
Octomom never got a show because her original six were so violent and unkempt that there was no way to make the family look appealing, even if you disregard the welfare issues, and the lack of a present (or even willing) father.
Oh, and the father said she used his sperm for the 8 without his permission.
Nadya's kids are in far worse trouble than Kate's are, and they have only one, massively irresponsible parent. No comparison, really.
Although it amazes me to point this out, Nadya's narcissism is even worse than Kate's. Ditto for her self-delusion, and her willingness to lie about any and everything.
I don't have an ounce of sympathy for either of these horrible women. But those poor children, yes, indeed. It's disgusting what their mothers are putting them through.
So Kate has been reading here. I mentioned Dollar store a few times. Nothing Kate wrote there was anything new. It's not a good idea to put any candy in freezer for next Easter, old candy will make you sick, and what is wrong with themed candy, that the whole point, Easter is Easter, not Halloween, xmas. ICK! Candy does not freeze well, and why would you, when candy is really not that expensive. Walgreen and Target put it on sale. The pic of the basket is some sort of sock pic, the stuff in it is expensive candy. That basket sells for about $12-$16. Dollar store does not sell anything like that. That is old news, we have always recyled the baskets, decorations.
But didn't I tell yeah, she is starting the Easter rant. Next will be Easter dinner on her blog. Everyone knows you save certain things like decorations, baskets, and just buy the candy and a toy and some nick-nacky things.
Another useless blog, stuff people already know.
I don't know anything about Octomom's kids let alone what they look like, which is more than I can say about Kate.
Riverside CPS is perfectly capable of going out there and detaining the kids.
I've also noticed candy in the freezer takes on a chalky color and can easily pick up freezer odors. Not appetizing, yucky.
If you're buying so much candy you can't eat it up win a few days, you're buying TOO MUCH!
One more comment on something Truly Important, deviled eggs:
I've just started making my deviled egg filling differently, after studying my Julia Child recipes and then seeing another famous chef mention this. I like my filling quite plain, usually just some mayonnaise, salt, and pepper, but now I'm substituting about 1/3 of the mayonnaise with softened butter. It's a subtle difference, but really good. Sometimes, if I'm in the mood, I stir in a little sweet pickle relish, or some fresh herbs. But mainly I'm a Plain person. My husband mentioned using dried mustard in the filling, as I guess that's what his mother did. NOOOOOOOOO!!! Well, not for me, anyway. You may do as you wish, as long as you give me 100% credit for the butter idea.
Maybe it's my personal experience with narcissists (and their fans) but a blackout will not have the intended effect that normal people think it will have because a narcissist does not process things the way normal people do.
And, I think the Tweets to her are far more influential than this blog.
I did give it a lot of thought, but my call is, as of now, no blackout here. But anyone is welcome to impose personal blackouts.
I think it's hilarious that she is including grifted gift cards and merchandise cards as part of money-saving tips on offer to CC readers.
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Also not to mention, isn't it sort of a no brainer that on the rare occasion that normal people find themselves with a gift card, you should, I don't know, USE IT???
Gee thanks Kate for reminding me I should SPEND the few gift cards I've been given. Nooooo, really? It just makes her sound like a tool. Oh my forgot about that 500 buck gift card to Target from my British fan, score!
Tool.
Hey Cat Lover,
Yeah, I forgot to add the step where you go from separation to togetherness - I started by only having them together when I could monitor, such as in the mornings and evenings. I continued to keep them separated during the night for a few months initially, and I also do that for a few days after vet visits. Dom kitty knows that I am asleep, and will take the opportunity to bully the old guy.
Initially, I tried to let them work it out themselves, but a volunteer at the rescue organization told me that if one is going after the other one (more than just hissing), that you should intervene by using a squirt gun against the instigator. The cats (hopefully) think that the squirt gun may happen when you are not around, and this gives the underdog (er...undercat?) more confidence.
It does take time, but my reward is two kitties sleeping near each other on the sofa - not besties, but good enough.
Welcome Blah Blah, funny name!
Admin,
I checked my sofa cushions - only found crumbs. I may come up with recipe to make something delicious and low cost out of this - stay tuned.
Does anyone here watch the show "Intervention" on A&E?.
I'm just watching it now (yes, a day late...thank God for Tivo.....and I'm watching it so late because I have a JOB....and KIDS to take care of.....YA HERE THAT GRIFTY???)
Anyway, the mother of the woman in the story is very similar to our spunky lil' Grifty.....she is in her late 60s (the daughter is 44..so just guessed) and she dresses WAY to inappropriately for being a mature adult....low cut tops, doorknob earrings, etc...and the kicker is.....she always tells (and told her kids growing up) that its what is on the outside that counts....appearance is everything. When the daughter was a teenager the mom wanted her to wear a gurdle to help her look slimmer.
Grifty, I would love to have a front seat to the conversation between you and the kids 10, 20, even 30 years from now....when they ask about stuff like showing their poop to a national tv audiance, showing bath time, dressings, fights between you and Jon, you yourself dressing like a $10 hooker who couldn't get a job at the Moonlite Bunny Ranch (even THEY have standards), and so, so, so many more examples. You have ruined your kids psyche. For life. Not to mention that they will be penniless because YOU had to have a nice house, cars, clothes, trips, etc....
Grifty, you are a horrible mother, and a homewrecker....just grow up and admit it already.
I saw the sweet thoughts about people in Dallas and just wanted to say thank you. Sorry for the off-topic, admin.
12 tornadoes touched down in a five hour time period all over Dallas and Ft. Worth, a record. A big one hit just to the east of me and one just to the west, almost in the same hour. We were in a closet listening to the tornado sirens and hoping for the best. We were lucky, no damage, everyone is fine.
Hundreds of people lost everything they own, thousands are without power, there are curfews in different places, and the Red Cross and Salvation Army are setting up shelters. One woman kept her 18 month old grandson from being lifted away by holding on to his feet so tightly they're bruised, but he's alive. I cried when I saw that on the news--I still remember the woman in Missouri whose newborn was sucked right out of her arms and never found again, it haunts me.
Injuries (one tornado hit a nursing home), but no fatalities, which is quite a miracle if you ask me.
The sky still looks like an angry bruise, we're expecting more drama from Mother Nature in the next few days (unfortunately), but the Rangers are playing an exhibition game at the Ballpark, the Stars are playing hockey in Dallas, and life goes on.
And since I saw all the talk about deviled eggs, I'm making some. With horseradish. Life is funny. Good thoughts to all of you and thank you for yours. <3
Had to share this for the deviled eggs lovers who may want to make them for Easter. (sorry, can't make it linkable-maybe someone else can and repost)
http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/558196_326162694111733_150249518369719_907520_252834827_n.jpg
Mmm Blah that could be good. How about couch cushion apple crisp crumble?
Kate is so out of touch. She conveniently doesn't mention how she got these gift cards. FANS. How does everyone else get such things? Also I find gift cards a little impersonal, I'd rather someone put thought into the gift.
Will her sheeple be tweeting asking her where exactly in their homes they can find the giftcards?
Go Irish! Beat Baylor!
Also does anyone else think that question to Kate about killing herself for her kids was facetious? lol stupid Kate.
Why would Kate, who hid over 700 eggs last year, advise people to go to the dollar store and buy eggs and reuse them. Didn't SHE save hers?
For anyone remotely interested or curious, I really hope you get to attend a Seder dinner at least once. I did it a few years ago at my friend's church and it was a beautiful experience.
And finally, did CJ get banned or something? I know she's in tornado alley, but she hasn't posted on either of Kate's coupon blogs nor Kate's feed for days. Weird.
I am glad the official ruling is no blackout. I really enjoy this blog. Reading here is woven into the routine of my day. I enjoy the outrageous humor, tips, kindness, and assorted off topic wanderings.
I am hoping Dallas Lady will pop in to tell us that she (and her family) are safe.
Thanks, Administrator for the creation and up keeping of this site.
Gift of Gab I agree with you, I think Naydia has a conscience. I actually don't think she is a narcissist. I think she has certainly made her share of mistakes and is kind of pathetic and needy, yes. But in the few clips of interviews I've seen with her when people are trying to break through to her she seems to really be processing it and taking it to heart.
You try to pull something like that with Kate and the difference is STRIKING. She clamps up and gets defensive or angry. She isn't open to help, other thoughts, other's takes on things, etc., AT ALL.
re: my "handle"....this is the only known tweet swiffered by Khate. I think this was the same night as the Em Tanner skirmish. Her faithful fan M%$#andJ&*% informed her that she was up next on "E! True Hollywood - Biggest Scandals", sandwiched between Arnold's cheating and Charlie Sheen's....well, Charlie Sheen. Khate's response was "blah blah blah why's that news?". I'm guessing she was deep into the wine box by that time, exhausted from bashing Em Tanner, and decided the following morning that the tweet did not represent her well. I'm still trying to figure out why she deleted this tweet, when there are so many other candidates.
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and since I know she reads here, I like to remind her that I saw it :)
Dallas Lady: glad to hear your OK. Hope the weather gets better and no more twisters. I feel for those people who got hit. Stay safe.
Glad that you're ok Dallas Lady. :-)
That's interesting I didn't realize she deleted any tweets. I'm not aware of any others she swiffered. Even Jon swiffers his tweets on occasion.
Actually the fact that she never or almost never swiffers herself speaks to her narcissism and lack of self reflection. She never regrets anything she says, she's never sorry, she never sees how others might take it the wrong way, and on and on.
Dallas Lady. We must have been typing at the same time. Thanks for reporting your safety. You had prayers and thoughts coming your way.
Dallas Lady - so glad you are ok. Thoughts and prayers to all those affected.
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Hey Cat Lover,
Yeah, I forgot to add the step where you go from separation to togetherness - I started by only having them together when I could monitor, such as in the mornings and evenings. I continued to keep them separated during the night for a few months initially, and I also do that for a few days after vet visits. Dom kitty knows that I am asleep, and will take the opportunity to bully the old guy.
Initially, I tried to let them work it out themselves, but a volunteer at the rescue organization told me that if one is going after the other one (more than just hissing), that you should intervene by using a squirt gun against the instigator. The cats (hopefully) think that the squirt gun may happen when you are not around, and this gives the underdog (er...undercat?) more confidence.
It does take time, but my reward is two kitties sleeping near each other on the sofa - not besties, but good enough.
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Hope you didn't think I was criticizing your advice. I'm definitely not anti-squirt bottle! The only thing I wanted to stress is that hissing in and of itself is not a problem. It's when hissing turns to physical aggression that the human needs to intervene.
I brought a kitten I found on the street home to my crazy (literally) 13 year-old cat, who had been an only cat for 13 years because I was truly afraid she would hurt another animal. The first time that I left them home alone together briefly, after lots of heavily supervised time together, I was terrified! I came home to two cats sitting together on a chair, not cuddling, but no drama. Agreed that it is so rewarding when they get along!
Dallas Lady, happy to know you are ok and no lives lost in Texas.
Re:Deviled Eggs,
Yolk Mix
Mayo with yellow mustard
finely chopped parsley, salt & pepper
well chopped ham (I use magic bullet~3 secs)
blend together...sprinkle paprika on top of
finished product..add a small sprig of parsley on top ....yummy
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Also does anyone else think that question to Kate about killing herself for her kids was facetious? lol stupid Kate.
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Bingo. This is exactly how the sweaty puffy local anchor sounded when he asked her the same thing a few months ago when Kate was doing a press "tour" for CC (remember, dead eyes, foot shaking, shoulder shrugging).
I read it as "hey, do you think your kids will hate you when they grow up?"
But wow, that's what it must be like to live in Opposite World.
Dallas Lady, thank you for checking in. I'm so glad you're OK.
When life gives you tornados, make deviled eggs. If my neighborhood dodged a tornado, I'd be making chicken soup, chocolate chip cookies and life-affirming resolutions.
admin: I agree the tweet question was maybe scolding in tone or sarcastic, not sure,,,,but K took it seriously. Her answer was strange. Like most mothers, I LOVED the years when I was doing things with and for my kids. I miss those days now that they are older- at least mt photographs are in order !
Dallas Lady: Thanks for the report- so glad all is well with you.
Exactly, Admin: you only buy just enough candy for your kids. Like, each get an individual jelly beans bag(little small ones), a couple of plastic candy filled eggs(the plastic eggs come in 3 sizes now), a wind-up bunny or chicken, toys from the Dollar store and Targets dollar bargin bin. Walgreens with coupn or on sale, chocolate bunnys, candy, maybe one special gift in the basket. $38 to fill a basket that is way too much money to spend on one child. You can buy ready made baskets starting a $4.99.
Here is a tip for summer fun, for you guys who have school age and grandkids. This is a buy it now for summer. I saw this at Target dollar/bargan section and Michaels dollar section: it's a plastic bug jar. It comes with a strap to carry and a lid that is vented and being plastic, if dropped wont' break. Great for catching lighting bugs, butterflys. I know we use to use jars, but that is glass and can break if kids fall. and it's a $1.
I am amazed by the deviled egg variations. I am taking notes. Just in time for egg hunt leftovers.
When Easter is at my sister's home, we have a different tradition. Weather permitting, we are out in the woods mushroom hunting. This has the potential of being a record breaking year.
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That's interesting I didn't realize she deleted any tweets. I'm not aware of any others she swiffered. Even Jon swiffers his tweets on occasion.
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I only know because I was watching her feed that night - it was non-stop entertainment. I looked the following morning and it was gone.
I agree that her narcissism prevents her from actually understanding what makes her look bad to others. I think her response about "killing herself to give them the best..." is also telling. I think that as a narcissist, she is actually incapable of figuring out what her children will see through their adult eyes - this would require empathy. Notice she never actually answers the question("One day your children will grow up and see you through their adult eyes. How do you think they will perceive you?"). I don't think she really knows what is meant by the "best life/teaching/tools poss" - she read it somewhere and it sound better than what she is actually thinking (crickets).
DallasLady, glad you are ok!
I don't understand the twitter crowd. The kids? Yeah, it makes sense. But supposed adults who stalk Kate's twitter and contact both her and her fans on a regular basis? They must be as miserable as the Sheeple.
It distressed me to discover that Haters I used to admire are involved in this. Can't you guys find something healthier to do?
We gather here as friends with a common grievance. The twitter bullies are beneath even the lowest standards of reasonable behavior.
Love THIS site! I say post here and let the Sheeple get bored on twitter.
I didn't post as much as I thought I would be we had close friends stop by unexpectedly. It was a great evening.
I'm glad you are safe, Dallas Lady, and I will continue to pray for the people in TX.
Okay, forgive my "Kateism", but I'm exhausted, can't keep my eyes open, the bed is calling me, etc., etc., etc. Good night my 212 bloggies!!!!
Cat Lover,
Did not take as criticism! Thanks for being so thoughtful as to point that out :)
I spent hours scouring the internet for tips on how to deal with the situation, and most of the advisors seem to get good results with just some basic steps - it wasn't enough to quell the dominance in my household. I combined lots of great advice to come up with a plan that works for my schedule, my living situation, and of course, the cats' personalities. I think the more options available, the better a person can figure out what will work for them. I'm glad your kitties ended up getting along!
Kate said she spent $98 making 8 baskets or is it $38? Either way she's out of her mind. No wonder her kids will grow up expecting the best.
Just get the older kids one large bunny each and getting the six younger kids one small bunny each and call it good I guess.
Why do parents have to overdo Easter? Easter isn't supposed to be a miniature Christmas but the way it's become you'd just about think it is.
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I love your deviled egg chicks, what a cute idea!!
My easter tip comes from my childhood. Always count the eggs after the hunt. Make sure you have the same number you started with. One year, my dad hid a hard boiled egg in-between the car and its bumper. It managed to drop down a little so it was not visible to the naked eye. We could not figure out where the smell came from until my dad found it during an oil change.
Count me in that 38 bucks a kid for Easter is flat out outrageous. It's a holiday about the Resurrection with a few candy bunnies and eggs thrown in for the kids and maybe a cute bright Easter outfit for church and that's it.
Not to mention her sheeple can't afford that, will she get a clue??
just a mom and grandma .....
FYI I didn't "invent" those 'chick' eggs (as much as I would like to be that creative!). I got the link elsewhere but just love them! I know Kate would take the credit for them but I just can't.
Just saw Dance Moms is an hour and a half tonight (why exploit kids for just one hour when you can exploit away for 90 minutes!) followed by Dance Moms Miami addition.
I'll be keeping an eye on this one.
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CJWhodunit has been tweeting all day, just not on Kate's timeline. She even tweeted during storms when kids were home - said her daughter went out in the hail to catch some. She's one scary woman. Interesting that she hasn't been on Kate's feed. Wonder if someone told her to cool it.
Dallas Lady - I've been watching videos of the destruction in your area while thinking about you. It must have been so frightening. Happy to hear you are safe and no damage done. Thank you for your report. Prayers and best wishes to the all the injured and those who suffered damage.
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Kate seems to think the measure of a good parent is how hard you are working, if you've worked your fingers to the bone.
She fails to realize that some people actually LIKE being with kids, like parenting kids, and don't feel like being around your children constitutes slave labor. A good parent is also one who, even if they just picked up fast food for dinner and didn't slave away making something from scratch, nonetheless puts down their iPhone after dinner, forgets their Twitter account and cuddles up with their kid to talk about their day. Cuddling and talking is not exactly hard work, but a mom who does that is world's apart from Kate.
Thank you, Jane. She seemed to fancy herself the self-appointed moderator over at CouponCabin, so it's odd she hasn't posted on either of Kate's inane blogs this week.
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My easter tip comes from my childhood. Always count the eggs after the hunt. Make sure you have the same number you started with. One year, my dad hid a hard boiled egg in-between the car and its bumper. It managed to drop down a little so it was not visible to the naked eye. We could not figure out where the smell came from until my dad found it during an oil change.
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That's so funny! It reminds me of the time when I hid two dozen eggs at our vacation home. The kids found all but two of them. I had no idea where I hid them and never did find them. We sold the home shortly after that Easter, and I often wonder if the new owners found them by using their noses!
Oh another important Easter tip....don't mix up your hard boiled eggs with the regular ones......not that I've ever done this.....
Maybe Kate told her to cool it, or Cindy. I think a lot of people have been quietly telling Cindy that CJ is a problem. I think even her own sheeple recognize she could be scaring people away.
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Oh another important Easter tip....don't mix up your hard boiled eggs with the regular ones......not that I've ever done this.....
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Hard boiled eggs will spin and spin on a table. Raw eggs will stop spinning quickly.
Oh, and Tony D. certainly is not sitting at home watching DWTS. He did a beautiful dance with a woman to a Rascal Flats song. Looked great.
Tucker yes I know that....NOW.
I think it's ridiculous how Easter (and Valentine's Day, St Patrick's day, etc) are becoming "mini Christmases" A girl I work with got miffed at me today because she was telling me that she got a Nook color for each of her two daughters for Easter. I told her that was crazy, that I would never spend that much for Easter. Those things are $169! She justified it by saying that the girls' birthdays are both in December so their birthday always gets overshadowed by Christmas. The girls are 16 and 17, mommy shouldn't have to be compensating for them at this point. And I've worked with this girl for 8 years and know her daughters aren't forgotten on their birthdays.
Sorry for the long-winded rant. When I was growing up my parents gave me and my three siblings a little candy, some hard boiled eggs that we all helped decorate, and maybe a small toy or stuffed animal. Anybody remember those hollowed out eggs with a little mini scene inside? I think they're called dioramas?? That was always my favorite. My parents never spent a lot of money, and I never knew the difference. We would get dressed in our Easter dresses and go to church, then to grandmas for dinner and an egg hunt with all the cousins. I don't understand why people think they have to spend a ton of money to make their kids happy. It's the simple things that really matter.
I stopped at the local grocery deli and bought their awesome deviled eggs. Thanks all!
As far as a blackout goes, we all make our own decicions and many of us leave for weeks at a time. I think some are obnoxiosly overzealous (BOTH sides) and maybe some people do need to take a step back every once-in-a-while.
Anaysing KG's every move IS overdone. Dance Moms and other new shows are still expoiting children and, as far as I know, no new protections have been enacted.
Kate didn't swiffer her twitter comments. I don't know if you can remove it and then put it back but it's still there. It was on March 19th. The other day I read some story on another site about her and Jon deleting comments about each other. Well, Jon had indeed deleted his tweet about Kate but Kate's tweet about Jon was still there.
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Tucker yes I know that....NOW.
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Ooh, must be tired.. didn't pick up on the wink/snark.
Another hint if I've missed it in the deviled egg discussion is that older eggs will peel a bit easier because the air pocket inside grows larger and acts to help separate that troublesome membrane from the egg.
A newer egg will sink more and lay sideways in water and an older one will right itself due the the air pocket.
That said, I suck at peeling eggs ;-(
I don't know if you can remove it and then put it back but it's still there. It was on March 19th. The other day I read some story on another site about her and Jon deleting comments about each other. Well, Jon had indeed deleted his tweet about Kate but Kate's tweet about Jon was still there.
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The difference between NORMAL HUMAN BEINGS WITH SOULS and the batshit crazy with NO SOULS. There you have it right there.
I find that iced cold eggs peel better too. After cooking and cooling stick them in the fridge for a few hours.
By the way I have a massive craving for deviled eggs now thanks to you!
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That was my experience too. I got a similar Easter basket each year, which was a good thing since I looked forward to certain things, like the hollow chocolate egg filled with jelly beans and the coconut chocolate birds nests.
I adored Easter egg hunts and I remember one year, Mom bought us almost matching Easter coats and I swear, we both looked like yellow canaries when we went to church.
My neighbor would give me candy but I had to have mom hold it until Passover was done.
We always had the same Easter baskets too - real wicker ones. I still have mine and I am 43. My mom loves Easter and always decorated the house.
Tucker's Mom, your comment about the yellow jackets made me laugh. we always got a small doll or stuffed animal in out our basket and one year I got a yellow Baby Beans doll (please tell me I am not the only one who remembers those!!). My mom planned ahead and made me a yellow jacket that matched Baby Beans, it even had white pom-poms down the front. I was SO proud of that Easter coat. I couldn't wait to show my grandma after church.
Such good memories!
Lauren, your co-worker sounds like she's over-compensating for something and it isn't her daughter's Christmas birthdays. ;)
Admin, I agree with your thoughts on parenting with warmth and feeling. I always feel Kate finds the experience of mothering joyless and unfulfilling. As time passes, and her new reality becomes apparent, her resentment can only grow toward them.
She is so intent on running her little army with ultimate efficiently, there is no thought for affection. Having said that, I really don't think she has any innate instincts that come with being a mother. She covers the basics, other than that, the rest seems sadly superficial, lacking any honest emotion. Her detachment it palatable.
Please don't catch bugs and butterflies and put them in a jar. That's cruel.
Sorry for the typos.
Here is a link for Baby Beans:
http://www.dollinfo.com/images/70misc/mbnsyelfl.jpg
If I didn't know any better I would assume Kate was talking about plowing the fields the way she talks about parenting. Good grief. Talk about blood, sweat and tears just to be around eight adorable, sweet, funny, precious, bright little kiddos.
Kate's killing herself?...
Someone should ask her how so.
Is it possible that Kate is doing construction work on the side?
Maybe she works with road crews laying down asphalt highways?
Or has joined "Merry Maids", and cleans a bunch of houses per day?
Or she's a waitresson her feet for hours every day?
I'm intrigued. What the hell does she do?
By the way I have a massive craving for deviled eggs now thanks to you!
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lol! Ditto! I called my aunt tonight (who makes the best deviled eggs in the world) and asked her if she could make some extra ones for me!
The Working Moms faction must just get really ticked at that. THEY work their fingers to the bone at work then come home and do everything Kate does and much more. And they have to listen to Kate who does nothing all day, doesn't even do what real stay at home moms do because she has so much help, complain about how hard she works!
Seriously, the gall of that woman.
Dance Moms was the Season Finale. I hope that some of the drama was hyped. Moms yell at an audition. One of the kids forgets her dance and breaks down. Abby has more than one crying session. Maybe some of this was scripted and the kids are "warned" that it is acting. The girls admit that they are embarrassed by their mom's behavior during the ballet try outs. The show was a mess and ended with a real feeling of failure.
"Now, on Easter morning, when my kids come to the table their baskets will be beaming with toys, candy and surprises. I’ll beam too because I saved so much."
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BEAM her up, Scotty.
I BEG OF YOU.
Hey she might have meant beaming, maybe her baskets look like this:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3NXkwog_x-8/TmLjsPFlpLI/AAAAAAAARJw/Z6Huz28aYyE/s400/All%2BSmiles%2BGift%2BBasket.jpg
Two great quotes from an article about Dance Moms and Toddlers and Tiaras. They really encapsulate what we've been saying about "K8," (who so objectifies her children she likes to think all eight are not only part of her, but part of her NAME.)
"The Exploitation of Children
Attention, parents: If you are approached to have your child appear in a reality show, say no! Always say no. No matter how talented or precocious a child is, early exposure to fame — even crappy TLC-level fame — is rarely recipe for long-term emotional and financial stability."
and this also applies to Katie Irene:
"The lessons the girls on Dance Moms learn is a different one, a more acutely sad one: That their moms won't protect them. There's a difference between parents who push their children, ones that hold them to high standards, and ones that are complicit in their child's misery."
http://www.vulture.com/2012/04/dance-moms-toddlers-tiaras-worst.html
For all egg lovers who hate peeling them, check out Eggies. They commercial for them looks good at least.
Once a Viewer said... 29
Well, I looked at the CC Easter blog- no really good tips. Her kids seem to expect gifts every holiday and one mom said she has become ' a better mom' b/c now she has a basket for every holiday, like St P Day, with toys, candy and misc, just like Kate.
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See, this is what scares me about Kate and her influence on stupid people. They actually think 'stuff' is a substitute for love. Hell in a handbasket, literally.
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Dallas Lady - relieved to hear you & family are ok. Hang in there girl.
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Re: Devilled eggs. Great topic and I've enjoyed reading all your recipes... Thanks, you guys.
Suck it up Kate. Tomorrow we'll discuss the nasty farts they cause and it will still be more intersting than you.
A Pink Straight Jacket For Kate said... 184
Kate's killing herself?...
Someone should ask her how so.
Is it possible that Kate is doing construction work on the side?
Maybe she works with road crews laying down asphalt highways?
Or has joined "Merry Maids", and cleans a bunch of houses per day?
Or she's a waitresson her feet for hours every day?
I'm intrigued. What the hell does she do?
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I don't think waiting table allows hooker heels
I don't think road crews allow hooker heels either.
And I really doubt the Kate Gosselin will clean anyone's home.
LOL
I think we need to start looking at Edens world. I saw the first episode on Netflix streaming. Its not looking good.
Thanks for the egg-peeling tips. I'm terrible at it.
http://blogs.babble.com/famecrawler/2012/04/03/best-of-the-best-hollywood-moms-who-can-do-it-all-photos/
Since when is Kate a "Hollywood Mom"?
Thanks for the good wishes about the twins that will be born this Good Friday, am so excited to meet them! Once a Viewer-I live in Saskatchewan, right beside you. And yes, my daughter always loves being a mom to her growing brood,no matter how tired she gets. When her first baby was born, she never let him see anything but a smile on her face, with the second one,too, number 3 got some frowns, as I am sure the twins will also see. But they know they are loved. My daughter was there when I was sick, because my husband turned away from me.My daughter was also there, when her little sister was fighting cancer, and once again, my husband had turned away.This girl deserves all of the good that comes to her. I will be gone tomorrow, to be there with my grandkids, so want to wish you all a Happy Easter. I consider the posters here as my friends. Stay safe in Texas, Dallas, as well as those of you who are also travelling for Easter. I am so thankful that none of us on here, are anything at all like kate. I wonder what kind of grandma that she will make someday.
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See, this is what scares me about Kate and her influence on stupid people.They actually think 'stuff' is a substitute for love. Hell in a handbasket, literally.
This is what scares me about Kate and her influence on young impressionable girls who don't seem to have a parental influence in their lives:
Paige C @Paige_Kate8fan
@Kateplusmy8 Kate I lost 9lbs! yay! I don't weigh myself often and my teacher said I looked so fit today and i weighed myself&what do ya kno
Kate Gosselin Kate Gosselin @Kateplusmy8
@Paige_Kate8fan wow! See what running can do??! :)
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I looked at the pictures on Paige's twitter page. That girl does not need to lose weight and Kate has no business encouraging her.
A little deviled egg trick I learned while stationed in San Francisco is to add curry powder (to taste) along with the mayo and top with a bit of chive and a dusting of paprika The curry also tastes great in egg salad.
Lauren I saw Kate's tweet about running helping you lose weight but I had no idea she said that to a teenager. What is WRONG with her???? She has no right to take to a teen about their weight and if that were my kid there would be hell to pay. She is an abomination.
Lauren said... 198
@Paige_Kate8fan wow! See what running can do??! :)
I looked at the pictures on Paige's twitter page. That girl does not need to lose weight and Kate has no business encouraging her.
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Exactly. She couldn't say - 'it's not about losing pounds it's about toning your body and feeling energized' - because the world isn't about Paige it's all about Kate. If that girl was bulimic or anorexic Kate would not care she'd say sorry to hear that, but worse things have happened to ME. She's poison.
Please keep Kate away from anything to do with Passover. She'd find a good deal on ham.
LOL!! Judy.
And she'd throw in a bread recipe using quick-rise yeast.
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