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«Oldest ‹Older 401 – 451 of 451 Newer› Newest»Litchfield is in Connecticut. I don't know how long it will take to drive there to run 1 mile.
Also, there is no mention of Kate on their webpage - at least I didn't find it.
If she's dragging these kids to Connecticut this weekend and forcing them to run, she should at least let them have their beach vacation. It's only about an hour and a half from the marathon to Ocean Beach Park. The kids would love it.
So, is this Kate feeble attempt at taking the kids somewhere for vacation? A kids run in Conn.? Oh, Kate you clever girl. Rod dixion has these kids marathon during the year, and more to come. Dixion is know in the runners world, I don't think Kate will do a local marathon, it has to be one that is known(like Rock-n-roll, dixion kids run)nothing local cause it's unknown and the people in PA could careless about Kate. They do have lots of local marathons in PA.
As someone here said, Kate will turn it around to be about her. Expect a lot of pics of the kids to show up, on the net and in the rags. Kate is exploiting the kids again, cause Kate knows if the kids go to anything the paps will show up,especially if she announces it. And that is what Kate is counting on. Kate could have said nothing of where the kids were going, and just went to the marathon, but Kate is counting on the paps/media being there. Cause, we all know Kate is nothing without those kids.
Re: Gosselin Kids in weekend race. Think "Mommie Dearest" pool scene.
"AH, but nobody ever said life was fair... (INSERT NAME HERE). I'm bigger and I'm faster. I will always beat you."
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I have never mentioned this on any Blog. My father's maternal Grandmother (and extended family) were very close neighbors to Joan Crawford, here in Los Angeles. Dad grew up with Christina... and is the same age as the twins, Joan later adopted. Interesting stories he has told me over the years about the Crawford Mansion.
I drive to Providence, Rhode Island on Sat. Usually it takes me 5 hrs from the area beyond Wernersville. So the witch will be there tomorrow, with traffic, after 5 to 7 hrs unless she is flying in by private jet or a stretch Limo. Someone wants her there. Should be interesting to see who supplies the "ride" for her and all 8? I guess Kate will be her usual screaming maniac self. Everyone will be looking as the Queen of Mean disciplines those kids. Not like she knows any of the other mothers. Sad if any of her kids fall behind and have to be published at home. Yeah it will be interesting to see if coupon cabin hired nannies cause Kate has no friends, remember?
This woman and her spawn have now offically become a carnival act.
I never paid the 50 cents to see the bearded lady when I was a kid - I've decided I'm not going to spend my valuable time reading about her circus act here or anywhere else.
I've read various sites forever but only recently started posting. I do love you all and please carry on doing what you feel is best but ... I agree with that other site. Enough already with any attention given to Khart and her mediocre children.
Despite our efforts, it's obvious that none of us can really do anything much regarding the eight, since both parents are still looking for the easy way out (seriously, my nephew with zero children just graduated from college as an EE with a very high paying job, yet Jon's job is "maybe" just above entry level and he is now in his mid 30s,) and the State of Penn really doesn't care about how the eight are used as little money makers. So, perhaps if a few of us at a time find a cause involving children where we can be truly hands on, we can do a little bit to make the world a better place. For my part, I've decided to volunteer at our local CP Center where I've been taking warm water swimming classes for arthritic old ladies - for years. I'm a former middle school teacher and I've seen first hand that they have clients in that difficult age group who truly need a friend who understands them not as a young teen in a wheel chair, but simply as a young teen who needs a bit of love and help dealing with growing into adulthood.
This so selfish and unfair of Kate to swoop in with her brood and steal the limelight from all those kids who have trained for weeks for their moment of glory. She's exploiting her kids yet again and also teaching them that they, like their mom, don't have to work to garner all the attention. Kate's kids should have been enrolled in this program and earned the right to be there, just like all the other kids.
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"Litchfield is in Connecticut. I don't know how long it will take to drive there to run 1 mile."
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A friend of mine lives near Torrington, not far from Litchfield, and it's about a four-and-a-half hour drive for me, so she should be able to make it in a little over four hours. On the weekend, though, traffic can be brutal.
SOL! = SOLUTION (I'm fluent in KHate-speak)
I was wondering how this is going to work. Did Kate ask the kids if they want to run? What if they get there and they have no desire to do so? What if they are running, and one or more can't make it to the finish? Will Steve and the nannies or helpers (there must be more than one) be running along with them to take care of the kids who drop out?
About the "so!" could she actually have meant the shut off [valve}? I really hate to give her credit for knowing about it but it is possible she's picked up a little homeowner lingo during her time on the farm.
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I think it was SOL! Source Of Leak comes to mind.
Sherri Shepherd (aka SHEEP-herd) is a real 'Mental Giant'. I stole that term from this Blog... as well as the Karma jimmying open the door & sitting down for tea quote.
FACTS:
- Thinks world's flat?... Has to find time to go check the Li'berry, once lil' Jeffery is potty trained.
- Threatened to BLOW up Jon Gosselin's car/property on The View. Yes, on national TV.
Twitter.com is their Karma.
Why is it when Kate travels somewhere it's usually a big secret, but when the kids are involved she just has to put it out there? She was on twitter silence all day, and then her one and only tweet is to let everyone know that not only is she doing a run with the kids, but where it is.
She's taking the kids on a 230 mi trip-4-5 hours on the road(if driving) to run for one mile. I sure hope she plans on doing something else for and with the kids.
Who knows-maybe this will be her next twittersode.
She just gets more unbelievable everyday.
Dear She's Outta Luck,
I have no made up history. I have a real history. I wouldn't want a made up one, and I sure enjoy the things I've done. I have a little brother who is a mini australian shepherd. He does everything at quadruple speed, so he misses the finer points of life. We BC's are extemely fast moving but are thinkers as well.
I hope she is not planning on the kids running a mile when they have not been part of the program. That's just dandy, no training, no effort, just show up and run and get the prizes without the effort everybody else made. How horrible. Don't you just hate people like that? Not the kids fault, but the mom's?
Wait, am I understanding this correctly?
THIS weekend, she's taking all eight to Connecticut to run a mile around a track at a school?
CONNECTICUT? To run a mile?
What kind of weirdness is this? Why? I bet the kids were a bit confused at first. I sure as hell know I am.
What exactly is she accomplishing with this? It already seems super silly for HER to travel a long way just to run, but to transport eight kids that far just to run around a track seems downright crazy.
I don't get it. What's the draw? Does she think that'll get them back on TV? Look, look! They can RUN!
I'm seriously shaking my head here. How odd!
I feel bad for the kids completing the running program - these newbies who have NOT done the time are coming to do what? Run? Congratulate the runners?
And I feel bad for the 8 - no way all 8 "like" to run. To be paraded out in front of a large group of people you don't know for no apparent reason - ugh!
Wonder how Mady, who hates sports, feels about this "run". KK's a beast for forcing her kids to do this and for swooping in and stealing the real participants' thunder.
She is really getting carried away with this running shit. Most people have it as a hobby but she thinks its a profession. Somebody should really step in...her desperation is so obvious lately. Whats going on in that sick, twisted mind of hers? WOW...I don't know what to say....just disturbing...
It's my thought too that it is highly unlikelyish that all 8 would want to run. Cara for sure, Mady not so muchish and the only running we've seen from the tups is the 3 year old toddlerish running around SCREAMING. She is so starved for attention she will dig a ten foot deep hole so she can stoop even lower. Nevah (and I DO mean nevah) have I been so disgusted by anyone else in my whole life. If I were her, you would nevah see my face in public as I would be too embarrassed to show it. But NO, she's out there flaunting it. And what's so bad about the kids traveling that distance to run a mile, she's traveling to Chicago to run 3.1 miles (AND expecting people to travel distances and PAY to run with her).
If this race with the kids is something the other kids have been training for and is something that finishes up prior races, what would make her feel she can just show up at the finish line? Oh, wait a minute, this is just kiddie deja vu, think Las Vegas where SHE did just that, showed up at the finish line.
Which word fits her better, ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww or iccccccccccccck?
If pics are shown, we'll find out if Kate made up with Jamie and Ashley!
She really is grasping, isn't she? Entering the kids in a running competition in which they haven't done all the preliminaries?
Poor kids.
I truly believe Kate needs some mental help. REALLY.
I feel bad for the kids. She really needs to stop treating them like they are a unit. Especially sad since they have no idea what is involved.
I highly doubt Steve ever left for home after San Diego. They will probably have to spend some time at a hotel, so she'll just have to have a nanny there too.
I really should not be surprised that she is using the kids in this PR blitz. Must be attempting to prove that she is worth a TV show. This summer is really her last shot.
Oh Lord, there's a kids' marathon in New Zealand in October.
I don't understand what exactly she and the kids will be doing. This is a 26 mile marathon and the kids who are participating have been in training since April. Surely those kids are not being made to run in that event?
I haven't read through all the comments yet so not sure if this was said yet but it's downright CLASSIC narcissistic behavior to try to convince yourself that your children just LOVE the same activities that you love. Even if those activities really are more geared toward adults. For instance TV viewing in a narcissists home with their children might include mature adult themed shows kids likely wouldn't choose on their own. Mommy will never cuddle up on the couch and watch Nickelodeon with them. That way the narcissist never has to do anything that doesn't amuse them in order to "spend time" with the kids, and also make it look to others like they are interested in their children. When really all they did was herd their children toward THEIR interests.
Children of narcissists either go along with this to please, or rebel.
looked on their site, the price is $45 to register for all participants for the mini, so Kate is not making any money, not off registration anyway.
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Not necessarily at all. Bet CouponCabin is paying her to do this event. Just because the registration fees are not higher doesn't mean Kate isn't getting paid. If you have a guest speaker at an event but the ticket prices stay the same as other years, doesn't mean the guest speaker isn't getting their big fee.
I agree with others who say she is doing this to keep the kids current in the public eye. i guess she has settled on running as her 'dream.' She hinted that they take family runs, but again, I agree the kids won't be ready nor would all want to run a mile. A few of them seem particularly nonathletic. Why not just take the ones who do enjoy running? A mile is pretty far for kids- or hopefully they will be able to go at their own pace...walk/jog, whatever, and not have a penalty of severeness.
Will she grift for running attire for the 8?? I bet some sheeple will offer.
The last time the kids were at a real big public event was the Tennessee food bank. It was downright heartbreaking to watch their reaction to all the creepy staring fans. One who even had an Alexis tattoo.
They were uncomfortable at best, shy, withdrawn, and Hannah, the golden child, hung back sat on the floor against the wall and didn't participate at all.
Kate doesn't get it. Public events and being ogled at them SCARE the kids. It makes them UNCOMFORTABLE. They have every right to feel this way. And yet she keeps on doing it to them.
Well, good luck to Jon. He job-hops a lot,but I guess that's what happens sometimes these days.
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I am suspicious of Jon just like the rest of you but I never understood the girlfriend hopping, job hopping labels. This is his second job since leaving reality TV years ago, just like he is on his second girlfriend in years. So I guess he hopped once. And switched relationships once. I wouldn't call it job hopping or girlfriend hopping.
I can just imagine Kate's 8 wanting to be first in line, first in receiving awards etc...
Babyitter Skeeve had better be on his toes. He's going to have his hands full, while Kate preens, and prances for her audience.
Anyway, I thought that this run was only meant for the children that attend certain schools in Connecticut. Since the G-kids do not attend those schools, and obviously have not been a part of the weeks of training, will they be attending as "invitees" or as an "attraction"?
I wonder if the Gosselins have a booth for signing & selling autographs & books?
Poor Connecticut. What did they do to deserve this?
TLC Stinks, this weekend's event in CT is only a MILE run around a track. This program is 8 weeks for the local kids who participated, they run a total of 25 or 26 miles at various events over that period, and this is their last hurrah. Cheering and T-shirts, probably medals, and Rod Dixon at the finish. The idea that Kate will drive 230 miles (each way) for her kids to do this, when they haven't put in the time these other children have, is ludicrous.
Admin (6), if CC is paying any part of her marathon expenses, what a waste for them. The part of The Insider interview that made it to TV was very short on CC info. She didn't even wear a CC T-shirt in the marathon. What are they paying for? Her notoriety? 'Cause that's all it is these days. Even the tabs aren't pulling their punches anymore on Steve and her surgery-enhanced body.
I think the job-hopping also refers to the past, when he was with Kate. Of course I think some of it was at her nudging-like quitting/being fired? and the Bob Carson job etc. I agree that the gf stuff is irrelevant as long as the kids are not affected.
I'm officially back in the USA! Off topic but I wanted to share this with you guys. On my trip I flew into London Gatwick airport. We saw a small camera crew there with a group of security and their dog, and I actually at first thought it was some kind of infrared tool or something. But we kept seeing them following around the security and we were asking people and they said they were filming some reality show following airport security.
We all had some discussion about how that made us all uncomfortable and shouldn't security be focused on security on not reality show. Well, hours later when we went to catch our flight, we saw them again. This time the camera crew was following two security guys with guns walking a long hallway "patrolling". After a minute of this the camera crew said "okay that's it! Thanks guys!"
The guys stopped walking, turned around and walked the other way!
Not that this was a big shock, but it was the first time I had actually seen in person a reality show filming and shamelessly filming a set up shot. "Reality" my ass.
I haven't had much success on google finding this show, I assume it's probably airing in England. If anyone wants to try to find it be my guest.
I really think the job hopper here is Kate. She wants to do other people's job on Twist of Kate, then she's a public speaker, then she wants to dance, then she dabbles in charity with the Red Cross and dabbles right back out, then she's a cruising queen, then she wants to blog, then she wants to twitter, now she wants to be a running mama. How many jobs is that in about 12 months? Although through it all she's been pretty loyal to her main job of grifting.
Job hopping is the only way to increase salary. Employers are no longer giving raises.
And it speaks to the fact that he is employable and has skills that are valuable in this today's workforce. Many people can't even get a job interview these days, let alone a job offer.
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If there are pictures, we'll also get to see if Kate runs WITH her kids, or goes zipping out ahead of them like she always does, beating them no matter what. A normal parent would trot along at their pace and let them win and ooh and aah about it. She beats them at whack a mole and races on the beach and gloats about it. Jenny Masche and her husband and two boys with the same last name (probably his sons) ran the same event Kate did last weekend. She and one boy finished in 2.5 hours and he and the other boy finished in 3.5 hours. Because they ran WITH the kids at their pace, didn't make it about them, but about the kids.
Brings to mind my cousin. I have dozens of cousins, but this one was really intuitive and tender. We had no electronics back then, just a portable record player, but if someone forgot to bring that thing to put in the middle of the 45s to make them spin, it was worthless. So we played outside a lot. Chris was the gatherer. He would always let us 'tag' him so he could be 'it' and would take his time tagging someone. During a race, he would look like twinkletoes, running at a snail's pace so we could win. Each and every time, he would say, "I can't believe you beat me!" "I can't believe I'm 'it' again!" We adored him. Looking back, I realize how special he was. Unfortunately, his parents abused him until he killed himself at 16. Thinking about him now makes me realize what the world missed by not having him around. He puts people like Kate to shame.
Wait, so, the other kids did their time and put in 25 miles ahead of time. But the Gosselin kids get to just step in without doing any of that work and run the last mile with them? That's bullshit, if I were a parent of a kid who worked hard I'd be furious.
She continues to teach these kids that you can just step in and get whatever you want without putting in the hard work. That it will just be handed to you. That front of the line will always be available for you no questions asked. It's not doing these kids any favors.
PJ a hundred bucks it will probably look like the famous swimming pool scene in Mommy Dearest where Joan Crawford smokes Christina in the pool and gloats about it.
And Christina's famous and very sane line: That's not fair! You're bigger than me!
Kate all ways has some ulterior motive I.E taking the kids out of town for the run.
Taking the kids to Chicago if she's still going to she will all ways find a way to use the kids.
This just proves she can't do anything w/o the kids not even run how pathetic.
Job hopping is the only way to increase salary. Employers are no longer giving raises.
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Exactly. It's really not what it used to be. Loyalty is great but not realistic anymore. A close friend of mine chose to be "loyal" to her firm of five years even though there were many other opportunities out there she could have gone after and made more money. I Just got a text from her that the firm has gone bankrupt and she lost her job. Her loyalty got her unemployed and she's kicking herself now for not job switching. It's no longer a sign of instability or someone who can't decide what they want to do, but rather of someone seizing opportunity.
Thanks for the clarification. I agree, Admin, with your comments. It's not fair to the kids who have worked since April to cross that finish line just to see some interlopers show up at the last minute to get publicity. Shame on Rod Dixon for allowing this. Shame on Jon for letting her use the kids. I am so tired of her schemes.
PJ's, thanks for posting Jenny's time, I was wondering where she finished up. From the first time she was seen on TV, she was athletic, so I believe this part of her image.
BTW, is it posted anywhere where Kate placed in her age group? Been curious about that as well.
Shame on Jon for letting her use the kids.
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We don't know if Jon is okay with this at all. Jon wasn't okay with the cruise either but a judge overruled him.
To her, it's just another VIP tour like at Disneyland where her children got to step to the head of the line. On Saturday she is pushing them to the head of the running line. If I were one of the CT parents, I would really be upset about this. Any attention should be given to the children completing this 26 mile program, not this Zl-lister dragging her untrained kids along for her publicity. It's not even local for them. If she was 'packing' on Thursday, guess she's grifting a whole weekend too. In her mind this a summer vacay for the kids.
Well, let's hope some of the kids are able to appeal to Jon to let them stay with him if they do not want to run. Maybe Jon is picking his battles, but I thought she needs Jon's permission to take them out of state. Now that I saw there is a kids' marathon in New Zealand, I swear I would not put it past her to make those kids run just so she can take an extended vacay back to New Zealand and visit Sreve's parents again. That visit was just plain weird, but very telling.
The only reason she isn't a job hopper is she has nothing marketable to offer an employer. The only reason she isn't a guy hopper is, basically same as why she isn't a job hopper, nothing marketable to offer a guy. Add to both of these the fact that she can't dance and we can probably be correct in thinking she just can't hop either. She ain't got much go in the coordinationish departrment, along with a few other departments, if ya know what I mean.
new post btw
Wait, is this a kids run or an adult & kids run? I thought it is a kids run, so how can Kate run with the kids?
The only reason Kate is mentioning the kids(as I posted earlier) is to get the media & paps out there. Kate is doing this for herself. If Kate wanted to take the kids somewhere, take them and don't mention before hand. Then everyone would know Kate is doing this for the kids, mentioning it before hand and not after, Kate is doing this for publicity. Kate found out just how popular she is at the last run. No media fensy! Kate knows, she is NOTHING without those kids, using them for her own self gain and to shut everyone up on that she takes them no where for summer vacation.
And yes I agree, she is teaching her kids you can walk right in, do none of the work and walk away a winner. If I were the other parents I would be PO. And potest, that Kates kids get nothing, cause they did not work for it, like the other 300 did. Sorry, I know it's not the kids fault, but, 300 other kids earned it. It's not fair to them. Just cause their name is Gosselin and they were on TV, they get the glory. Cause that is what Kate is teaching them.
As, for Jon being a job hopper, he is a contract IT person/computer etc. This job might be permanment, or last a couple of years or months. Jon's last couple of jobs were contract. My brother does contract work and teaches full time. I think that is what Jon does.
Maybe, why Kate was on twitter silence is maybe Kate was meeting with a lawyer, and Jon about the kids being in the race and taking them out of state. Perhaps they made some kind of agreement, for what the kids are doing all summer.
It's not fair to the kids who have worked since April to cross that finish line just to see some interlopers show up at the last minute to get publicity.
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It looks like this program was available at all schools, not just local ones. Do we know that the kids weren't part of this program and "trained" the same as other kids? Any school could participate. Didn't Kate say awhile back that she and the kids had been planning something?
Chefsummer said, Taking the kids to Chicago if she's still going to she will all ways find a way to use the kids.
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Did she announce that she's taking the kids to Chicago?
Wow - another plantar fascitis sufferer here. My right started hurting 1-1/2 ago, left about 6 months ago. Two cortisone shots in the right, one in the left, PT on both and still not 100%.
I'm doing foot reflexology right now and wearing my Eccos or Brooks Sneakers. For special occasions I pull out the Naots which are little dressier, wedge sandals. I also wear the night splint when it's being particularly bothersome however can't wear two of the hard plastic splints at the same time so I alternate.
"it's circulating" What, because you've re-tweeted and someone in your camp (ahem,YOU!) tweeted to ROL it's "circulating"???
Make sure Stevo is guarding YOUR body Kate, because along with the sheeple and paps, I'm sure you've garnered some interest from the pedos. Wonder if it's your "passion" to maybe meet some of them? Would you even fricken know??!! That's the point you lousy exploiting excuse of a "mother"!
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