This is a time of year that is about love, family, friends and most of all giving. Discuss holiday plans, recipes, gifts (the tangible and intangible) and more here.
Meanwhile, just in time for the season, Netflix and Amazon.com have released for streaming a raw and intense documentary about giving, Craigslist Joe.
In December 2011, 29-year-old Joe Garner decided to see if he could live solely off the generosity of others all month long. He empties his wallet and takes to Craigslist. The dozens and dozens of heartwarming (and often funny!) encounters Joe has with people from Craigslist moves him, and viewers, to tears. In particular, he is once invited to stay with an Iraqi family in Seattle. They tell him about their experiences, good and bad, as immigrants in the U.S. And in New York, he meets an eccentric woman named Fran with cancer. Joe quickly realizes Fran has a severe hoarding problem. Without judgement, he spends a few hours at her place clearing one small area for her to sit, bringing joy and peace to Fran. Will Joe find a place to rest his head and food to eat every day? The answer may surprise you.
Craigslist Joe is the ultimate 31-day grifting plan--and yet this grifting had a greater purpose. To see if most people really are generous, open, and good at heart. Perhaps the most moving moment of all is when Joe's mother talks about the experience. She says she wasn't going to worry about her son out there. She was confident her boy would find plenty of good people to help him. We were rooting throughout the film for Joe to prove his mom right. Thank you, Joe and Zach.
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Thanks for pointing me to smittenkitchen.com Jane!
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You're welcome :)
I never bought into the whole Milo is Iwana but then saw this tweeted and went well, maybe ...
iwanainspireu
@MiloandJack @realDonaldTrump @Kateplusmy8 Not stayin at a Trump hotel,but Kim said she'd be HONORED to stay at a Trump property+meet DONALD
iwanainspireu
@MiloandJack @realDonaldTrump @Kateplusmy8 Stayin at Paris, but a trip to a Trump Resort is on top of Kims "bucket-list". + dinner w/theDon!
Ad at the top of my page....
'3 people unfriended you, find out why'
Uh....I don't have facebook.
lol
I guess one of the three could be Stephanie, I haven't seen her in ages. I guess I didn't know how to help her)
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readerlady said... 199
Stuffed shells, Brussels sprouts and homemade bread? THAT's her idea of a "company" dinner? Bleah! I like stuffed shells and I like Brussels sprouts, but not together
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I often will pair greens with a pasta like shells or ravioli or canneloni because I feel like I need greens in every meal, especially with a pasta indulgence. However.... I would not serve something like sprouts (which DH and I LOVE) WITH pasta for company.
If I was doing Italian for company, I'd serve the pasta/rice as the Primo, then a protein (meat,fish) and a vegetable controno as the Secondo.
Buy hey, maybe they're really close friend and the dinner was very informal. I just can't believe this multi millionaire cons people into repairing her mansion for free.
Donate your services to a single mom who really can not afford a plumber or electrician etc. Kate does not need it.
capecodmama said... 163
I always liked the tollhouse cookie recipe until I made Giada de Laurentis' chocolate chip cookies with roasted hazelnuts and chopped up toffee bars. Unbelievably good. Now it's the only chocolate chip cookie recipe I use.
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Definitely going to make these!
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada-de-laurentiis/hazelnut-chocolate-chip-cookies-recipe2/index.html
I had a coupon for 2 Hershey baking products and got 2 bags of Heath bar bits and think I'll use one for these cookies. I'm also going to try to make caramel popcorn with almonds, Heath bits and chocolate. Fingers crossed!
Kate Gosselin@Kateplusmy8
Coughing kids,2leaky kitchen faucets &bills2pay tomorrow...wish I could say 'we're leaving 4 a sunny beach tomorrow' instead! #realitycheck
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This tweet kinda says it all. She'll never change.
I bake these every holiday because they are simple and fun to decorate.
Butter Cookies
1 cup butter (2 sticks)
¾ white sugar
1 egg
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla
2 ½ cups flour
Cream butter and sugar. Add egg and vanilla, blending well. Blend in flour. Chill dough for 45 minutes. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.Roll dough to ¼ in thickness and use cookie cutters to make cookies. Bake on ungreased cookie sheets for 5 to 7 minutes.
For royal icing I beat 1 egg white to soft peaks, then add 2 cups confectioner sugar and a few drops fresh lemon juice. Put is a piping bag/zip top and decorate away.
One suggestion is to use organic butter for the TASTE. It does not compare with conventional butter, the flavor is about a billion times better. Target has organic butter for about $4.39 lb. It is well worth it, especially if you are giving these as gifts.
heather
Goin to work today. Payin the plumber in cash. #notagrifter
Kate Gosselin@Kateplusmy8
Coughing kids,2leaky kitchen faucets &bills2pay tomorrow...wish I could say 'we're leaving 4 a sunny beach tomorrow' instead! #realitycheck
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Kate has TWO kitchen faucets? where's the second one?
Aww, Poor Kate has to deal with 'reality'. As my kids like to say, 'sucks to suck'.
And her #realitycheck ??
.....maybe she omitted some words...maybe she meant
..#ineedaREALITYtvshowsotheycanpaytheCHECKformyleakyfaucets
Now I am off to attack the day! I am going to rebuild the transmission in my one of three cars,do 88 loads of laundry in my 8 washer/dryer sets, grout and seal the tile in my luxurious home, and throw my ex under the bus.
Have a gr8t day!!
xo
:)
If anyone wants a gingerbread cookie recipe that is no fail and beyond amazing, try this:
http://www.marthastewart.com/315628/gingerbread-snowflakes
The recipe is a bit long, so I won't repost it here, but please check it out.
I normally do not like Martha Stewart recipes because they are so fussy, but this one is sooooo goooood. It makes a ton of cookies so would be perfect if you are gift giving them (I seriously do not know how she claims it makes 17 cookies, no WAY, more like 6 dozen). I use the Grandma's molasses because it is thick, the store bought molasses is usually thin like maple syrup so I avoid it.
It will convert the "I hate gingerbread" people. It really is that good. I look forward to them all year.
heather
OK, two more recipes ... can you tell I spend a lot of time in the kitchen, lol????
One I have posted here before and is super easy to make.
Salted Chocolate Toffee Pretzel Bark
http://www.melskitchencafe.com/2012/07/salted-chocolate-toffee-pretzel-bark.html
I tried this one a few weeks ago and loved it. It was a nice change, different flavor combination. Would be good with coffee for a breakfast treat because it really isn't that sweet. I made the two loves, but you can make one bundt cake, yummy.
Chocolate Chip Gingerbread Cake
http://www.melskitchencafe.com/2009/12/sugar-rush-9-chocolate-chip-gingerbread-cake.html
OK, I'll stop now.
heather
Leavin for a sunny beach vacation tomorrow, without coughin kids. Faucets still leakin. Bills unpaid. #goodmom
Coughing kids,2leaky kitchen faucets &bills2pay tomorrow...wish I could say 'we're leaving 4 a sunny beach tomorrow' instead!
#notverysubtleareyou
#milohasnoygivenmeherfreebeachhousethisyear
#whyhasntthedonaldgivenmeafreevacation
#wenevergoanywhereasafamilyifihavetopayforitmyself
#thisisalljonsfault
Mel said... 12
Leavin for a sunny beach vacation tomorrow, without coughin kids. Faucets still leakin. Bills unpaid. #goodmom
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LOL, that's funny!
Heather,
Thanks for the pretzel bark recipe..that sounds yummy!
Poor kids...coughing, not allowed.
Off topic, does anyone know what ever happened to that poster Hippie Chick?? I used to love her posts , so insightful and funny. Same with Dallas Lady.
I hope they know they are very missed.
So she got her sink fixed, unbelievable gall.
Tucker's Mom...I tried the recipe with the chopped Heath bits once and although the cookies are still good, you don't get the gooey spread of the toffee in the cookie like you do when you chop up a Heath or Skor bar. It's a pain but worth it.
I don't understand how coughing kids have caused her not to sleep well. Her bedroom is on the main floor, the kids are all upstairs. Bad news for any kid that wakes her up in the middle of the night!
I believe she not only has the main sink but also an island sink, so two faucets. I find her having someone over for dinner to fix something quite odd. If I had to maintain that big house, I would surely have a go-to handyman on my speed dial. I truly don't know what to believe any longer as to what she tweets. She just doesn't live in a common sense world.
fidosmommy your shortbread sounds like what my mom used to make so I'm going to give it a shot. I'm not a baker so have to ask...salted or unsalted butter?
Isn't the toothbrushing sink in the kitchen? She has that sink and then the main one. But first she said she had 2 leaky faucets, and then she says she got the sink fixed.
Also, the day before she said she had bills to pay "tomorrow", then she said that she was busy with "year end paperwork". I guess the bills were here paperwork.
With Katespeak, you never know WTH she's talking about, because she changes her story all the time.
fidosmommy said... 193
Stuffed shells and Brussels sprouts? I've never heard of that combination before. I think of Italian when I think of stuffed shells.
Maybe it was some kind of seafood pasta dish.
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Kate doesn't have a clue about food accompaniments.
I can't imagine her standing at the counter stuffing pasta shells either. Maybe Katherine sent them over and told her to serve them with something green. You would think she'd want to show off one of her 'famous' salads she yammers on about all the time.
Hey Kate, instead of writing a frikkin' cookbook, try reading one first.
How sad--and telling--that hate-related tweets are the hallmark of her Twitter feed. LOL, even Kate's response to "haters" comes across as hateful.
Kate Gosselin @Kateplusmy8
RT @XXXXX Those fans who KNOW abt the #mentallyillhaters wont b chased off by their hate. #TeamKate YAY!HATE WON'T WIN!:)
@XXXX It never does. Haters hate because that's the kindof heart they were raised with.
@Kateplusmy8 thanks and BINGO:)
Our local Sam's Club prepares entrees that are ready to take home and cook. Jumbo stuffed shells is one of the choices. They use a good combination of cheeses and a tangy tomato sauce. The dish is good. Sometimes, hubby adds meat because he is not a vegetarian.
I agree with Auntie. I can't see her standing and stuffing all the shells for her family and guests. Katherine or Sams...either way, she will claim the credit.
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Off topic, does anyone know what ever happened to that poster Hippie Chick?? I used to love her posts , so insightful and funny. Same with Dallas Lady.
I hope they know they are very missed.
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Trolls posting anonymously ran them off.
Safeway sells pre-stuffed, frozen shells as well as other stuffed pastas. They also have a new product which is a steam in the bag brussel sprout, lightly sauces with bacon mix. I suppose one could steam then add some cheese and panko on top and bake. NOT AS A SIDE FOR PASTA! If anything the brussel sprouts should be slightly pickled and served on an antipasto platter with your meats, cheeses, olives, etc.
As for my seeming obsession with frozen delights...I Work, go to the gym after work (unless I can find a good excuse to skip the gym LOL) and I volunteer so my days are full. Sometimes it's just easier to pull something out of the freezer. Maybe I should haul out the crock pot (yes, I said it Dwindle) and start using it again. It just seems to make so much for just me and hubby.
Kate has TWO kitchen faucets? where's the second one?
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I think she has a wet bar somewhere. Poor thing!
Kate Gosselin @Kateplusmy8
RT @XXXXX Those fans who KNOW abt the #mentallyillhaters wont b chased off by their hate. #TeamKate YAY!HATE WON'T WIN!:)
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Mentally ill? Pot meet kettle. Multiple sources reported you're bipolar Kate and aren't taking your meds. It's nothing to be ashamed of, but it's pretty bizarre to use mental illness as a put down when you're mentally ill yourself.
I would do Joy's happy dance if Dallas Lady and HippieChick popped back up here. I miss them, too.
The kind of nonsense she's tweeting and retweeting just goes to show why she will never be on TV again. What sort of real media-saavy celebrity acts like that? #noclass #unprofessional
So now the sheeple, who are hopelessly infatuated with a 37-year-old woman who they have never met in their lives and who couldn't give two shits about them, are calling the haters 'mentally ill.'
Personally, I don't agree with the nonfans who harass Kate on twitter and say hateful things; that just gives the sheeple something to whine about and makes them as bad as vile Kate.
BUT for them to call the haters mentally ill?! I'll tell you what's mentally ill: being so over-the moon, head-over-heels in love with yourself and so unfathomably narcissistic that you accuse every person who has a problem with you of being jealous of you, refusing to acknowledge that there are far richer, more famous, kinder, prettier, younger, more gracious real celebrities who actually have a talent to offer, who these people would be "jealous" of before they would be jealous of you or anything about your life. That's what I call mentally ill.
Ad at the top of my page....
'3 people unfriended you, find out why'
Uh....I don't have facebook.
lol
I guess one of the three could be Stephanie, I haven't seen her in ages. I guess I didn't know how to help her)
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lol! I got the same one yesterday, and had to laugh. I actually said (out loud)...well, okay, go ahead and unfriend me. I didn't know in the first place that you WERE my friends, so I really don't care. With friends like that, who needs enemies." Stephanie is gone, the only person I keep seeing on this page is that Christian Mingle bald single guy.
I don't have FB either! :)
@IwanaInspireU: @MiloandJack @realDonaldTrump @Kateplusmy8 Stayin at Paris, but a trip to a Trump Resort is on top of Kims "bucket-list". + dinner w/theDon!
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iwana or Milo, the question is shoul I be afraid that this sheep will sniff me out? Hubby and I are headed to LV and will be staying at the Paris! Dropping the bully off with son on Sunday and then we'll be on our way (driving). Send the winning vibes my way!
Would not be friends with, nor maintain family relations to anyone who attempted that on me. Disrespect? No thanks.
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People who are respectful about pranks would never prank someone who did not want it or who felt it was disrespectful. Though truly some people like to be pranked it becomes sort of a fun competition who can be the most creative. I don't mind being pranked myself, benign ones. I TOTALLY understand it's not for everyone. I would never prank an audience if I don't know how everyone feels about it. I remember a sheeple blog once posted an April Fools joke that they had seen the light about Kate and were shutting down. It was stupid and not funny. I would NEVER do such a thing on this blog knowing there are too many people here who aren't into that kind of humor. And also knowing that's simply not funny.
refusing to acknowledge that there are far richer, more famous, kinder, prettier, younger, more gracious real celebrities who actually have a talent to offer, who these people would be "jealous" of before they would be jealous of you or anything about your life.
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They have never been able to explain this. This is the missing link in their just jealous argument that makes it fail every time.
Why am I not, say, jealous of Jennifer Garner? She has sweet kids, is rich, a great husband, in the paps, very famous, pretty, talented. I don't sit around wringing my hands saying I hate that bitch! Yeah cause she has never done anything remotely close to what Kate has done to her kids systematically for 7 years.
I want to also add to my previous statement, and what company would want her to endorse their products on her hateful twitter feed?
NJGal -- I am sending you luck vibes. Hubby and I will be staying at Paris in mid January. I will imagine you walking on the brown "cobblestone" path through the ding-ding-ding machines.
Paris is our favorite. It is not too BIG and has a charming atmosphere. I want to live in the cottage that sits in the center of the buffet.
Have a great time.
Mel said... 8
Goin to work today. Payin the plumber in cash. #notagrifter
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AMEN. Especially around the holidays people need and deserve CASH for their work.
#Iwritecheckstopeoplewhodoshitformenotstuffthemwithstuffedshells
Thanks Dmasy. The Paris is our favorite also. We normally go around this time every year because it's less crowded (and we get the rooms for $40!). We're close enough to make it an easy drive.
Admin...Little big head? Ha!Ha! I have to agree. I rarely watch her present show Giada at Home because she has definitely gotten full of herself.
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Yes, though I think the Food Network snarkers started that nickname cause she literally does have a big head! It's huge. It makes her look like a bobble doll.
Working Woman here, so sorry my phone won't let me use my name so I gotta post as Anon :( Happy Friday everyone!
Admin 35, exactly, they just can't comprehend it. If you think about it, their accusations of us being jealous are rather contradictory. They act like Kate has such a busy busy beyond busy schedule and how does she do it and she has it so rough bc she works so hard and gets so much flack and has a deadbeat ex husband who does nothing for her or the 8 kids... Okay, we'll then who would be jealous of that, sheeple? LOL, makes no sense.
For the record, I think Jon is far from a deadbeat, but actually a great dad despite his past poor judgement - I just know the sheeple don't like him and put on a 'poor poor Kate' song and dance, while speaking on the other side of their mouths by saying we are jealous of Kate's unbelievably amazing life.
I was a Psyc major in college and nothing I learned about, no mental disorder, no case study, nothing perplexed me as much as Sheeple Logic. I would NEVER pass such a course, if it existed.
Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend!
Working Woman
So why is it, do you think, that we don't see paps at the bus stop any more? UPS or Target...or jogging photos, for that matter...
She's disappearing from the public eye, a little bit at a time. But faster and faster, as time goes by. That's not her intent, but hey, that's reality. The realest reality, and I don't imagine it's going down easy.
Brussels sprouts and stuffed pasta shells are just another K8 weirdo combo. Plus brussel sprouts are hardly a kid friendy veggie X8. Sauteed greens beans, steamed broccoli with an evoo/lemon sauce maybe. Yep, no wonder she is not a best selling cookbook author.
Coughing kids, leaky faucets, poor poor Kate. And no winter beach vacay in sight. Poor poir Kate.
Brussels sprouts have a very earth, strong flavor with an aftertaste and if you overcook them as she probably did throwing them in the oven, it's even stronger. I wouldn't pair them with pasta because pasta's taste is light and delicate and smooth and should correspond with some kind of vegetable that will complement that, not compete with it. I love Brussels sprouts in the winter but usually match them up with chicken.
A nice big mixed green salad or romaine Caesar would have been better. We had baked ravioli last night with Caesar salad and it tasted like anything you could get in the restaurant. Mmmmmm.
"So now the sheeple, who are hopelessly infatuated with a 37-year-old woman who they have never met in their lives and who couldn't give two shits about them, are calling the haters 'mentally ill.'
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...and Milo is sane, in total touch with reality. Yeah, okay, whatever!
You're right, though, about a few of the haters. It's not all of the non-fans, just a handful of the regulars.
It's despicable. The tweets they send to Kate are over-the-wall, crude, rude, and so nasty that I can't imagine any parent, educated adult, or decent person tweeting such things to another person. They don't seem to be able to grasp the idea that with this constant barrage of tweets all they are doing is making Kate look more and more like the poor victim of bullying and harassment. They are helping her "cause," and throwing all credibility of the non-fans out the window. They do make the non-fans look unstable, the one bad apple spoiling the bunch.
I just don't get it that THEY don't get it.
NO offence to plumbers at all- but wouldn't Kate consider one too 'mediocre?" to be a friend of hers, despite the training and experience it takes? I thought she was going to learn home repairs when she was Kan-do Kate? Didn't she check her own manual??
You're only too mediocre if you're trying to just be a good dad and person and just want to be paid in cash like everyone else. You're not mediocre when you're willing to do shit for free.
I'm kind of befuddled as to why or how 2 (count 'em 2!) sinks in her what, 3 year old $100,000 remodeled (allegedly)kitchen are simultaneously leaking already. Makes no sense whatsoever.
Stuffed shells, salad, bread (of some type). Period. She's so gross.
kateplusmy8
@jeannine1222 Ive never before had a snack that, with a cup of coffee, made me feel nourished, healthy, warm and cozy! Amazing! #mybellabar
kateplusmy8
Such a yummy healthy addiction I have! I ran out of Pumpkin Spice Athena bars in ONE week! Time to reorder! http://t.co/or7jYA51(preview)
And of course the sheeple are placing their orders. What is Kate getting out of this, or hoping to get out of it? She's certainly not hawking this product out of the goodness of her heart or because she believes, as a consumer, that this product is worthy of recognition.
Thanks to those who posted the shortbread recipes! On my extensive "to-do" list this weekend!
From Hoffman's book:
This quote is from someone who has known Kate for most of her life, who chooses to remain anonymous. “If you don’t look like her, Kate considers you a second-class citizen.”
If Kate had to spend any amount of time in a room talking face to face with her tweeties, she would go snakey. Little do they know how much she truly detests them. She only stoops to speak with them if there is something in it for HER.
Step up...step UP! @ 0:30
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53b99I0S4ek
You know I have to say one thing I really appreciate about the people here is that I know I'm getting something authentic when it comes to products you love. No one is trying to be a used car salesman. No one is trying to sell me something so they get something out of the deal. If I recommend a TV show, movie, or product, like 1940s House, Farmer's Wife or Craigslist Joe, it's because I truly felt it was fantastic. Same when you share with me what floats your boat. I'm a million times more likely to ask the people here what works for them that go searching out celebrity recommendations knowing there's probably some hidden deal in there. The level of credibility here is unsurpassed.
Bearswife, be careful where you keep the doggie cookies on the counter. One Christmas friends dropped by. Had several cookies and goodies sitting out. The doggie cookies were in a sealed container. Talking, visiting, catching up. Then we heard the words spoken with a full mouth, "Wow, these are GREAT. Why are they shaped like bones?" He has never lived that down.
And, this, from the twitter fingers of one of the Milo Juniors:
ljohnson2006
@Kateplusmy8 your fans will ban together and prove the haters wrong. They know nothing about your life that wasn't on TV or in magazines.
I'm sure that this person knows so much about Kate's life because she has personally been there, lived with Kate, has been welcomed into the family. Kate Plus My 9.
I wonder if she and Milo and the other wannabes stay in Kate's garage apartment, or if they crash on her sofas...
ljohnson2006
@Kateplusmy8 your fans will ban together and prove the haters wrong. They know nothing about your life that wasn't on TV or in magazines.
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Um, we all know everything they know. We're all privy to the same information. It's their bizarre interpretation of this information that has resulted in them being sheeple.
There is absolutely NO way a Bellabar makes you feel nourished, warm, healthy and cozy. Well maybe if your coffee is fortified. What a crock.
If Kate had to spend any amount of time in a room talking face to face with her tweeties, she would go snakey. Little do they know how much she truly detests them. She only stoops to speak with them if there is something in it for HER.
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And sometimes not even then. Remember that interview at The Grove. Kate didn't want to talk to, or have her picture taken with the fans even for a minute because "that wasn't part of it."
miloandjack
Milo tweeted,
@Kateplusmy8 LOL...same problem here! Some days...its one mid morning...& then I got my hand N the box again 4 another N the afternoon! :)
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Oh, for the love of whatever, Milo. Will you ever stop crawling up Kate's rear end? Just get a room, for gosh sakes. If Kate said she found a way to recycle dog poop and make it into granola bars, Milo would say she was addicted to them.
As far as bars go Bella seems pretty good, natural ingredients on the ingredient list, and I see no problem putting one in your bag if you're in a pinch, but there are far cheaper ways to nourish yourself even with the same ingredients. Instead of a bella bar whose first ingredient is nuts, buy nuts in the bulk aisle and take those along.
And I hope no one is using these as meal replacements. The implication is wards off cravings and keeps you full and whatnot seems to me implying this might be something to help you skip a meal. Not good. They're only 210 calories. I don't know, there's a certain amount of responsibility as a celeb when you are recommending nutritional products. And I think she needs to know her audience.
http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2012/12/13/lowering-expectations-for-christmas/
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I liked this post about not going overboard about Christmas. It has some good points.
Joined At The Hip said... 57
miloandjack
Milo tweeted,
@Kateplusmy8 LOL...same problem here! Some days...its one mid morning...& then I got my hand N the box again 4 another N the afternoon! :)
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Oh, for the love of whatever, Milo. Will you ever stop crawling up Kate's rear end? Just get a room, for gosh sakes. If Kate said she found a way to recycle dog poop and make it into granola bars, Milo would say she was addicted to them.
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Oh, my gosh!! POST of THE DAY!!
Good thing I just finished my Diet Pepsi!!
ljohnson2006
@Kateplusmy8 your fans will ban together and prove the haters wrong. They know nothing about your life that wasn't on TV or in magazines.
"Um, we all know everything they know. We're all privy to the same information. It's their bizarre interpretation of this information that has resulted in them being sheeple."
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Do these sheeple realize that there are locals who have seen and experienced Kate's work first hand, and some who may know her who don't say anything because she's such old news? Sheeple, in their fantasy world, would never believe the truth anyway. They crucified Robert, who is a local.
Locals may know things about her life that hasn't been on television or in the magazines. Do sheeple think that Kate lives in a vacuum and only interacts with the media?
If Kate agrees with her sheeple that her haters are mentally ill, why the hell hasn't she, say, made we Twittwr account private? That way, the mentally ill wouldn't be able to post vile messages and they wouldn't have access to the exploitive information she puts out there.
Sheeple, of Kate is so well balanced and mentally healthy, why doesn't she
1. Make her twitter private
2. Stop harboring such resentment toward Jon, who has had at least 2 healthy relationships since they split up
3. Stop passively-aggressively offending everyone she disagrees with (Liz, every other pit bull owner in the world, Tony, everyone with mediocre jobs, etc)
4. Knock it off with promoting her unhealthy eating behaviors and placing such emphasis on her appearance, especially since she has 5 young girls
Seriously, why doesn't your glorious, perfect, wonderful, all-knowing, mentally healthy idol named Kate do those things, sheeple?
Anybody home?
Working Woman
Kokomo, Cocktails and Dreams said... 49
kateplusmy8
@jeannine1222 Ive never before had a snack that, with a cup of coffee, made me feel nourished, healthy, warm and cozy! Amazing! #mybellabar
kateplusmy8
Such a yummy healthy addiction I have! I ran out of Pumpkin Spice Athena bars in ONE week! Time to reorder! http://t.co/or7jYA51(preview)
And of course the sheeple are placing their orders. What is Kate getting out of this, or hoping to get out of it? She's certainly not hawking this product out of the goodness of her heart or because she believes, as a consumer, that this product is worthy of recognition.
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She can't even come up with anything original to say.
This was posted on Bellabar's facebook:
" Mmmmm nothing like a cup of coffee and a Athena Pumpkin Spice Latte...."
No wonder Zondervan dropped her and CC fired her. Plagiarists are bad for business.
AuntieAnn said... 63
She can't even come up with anything original to say.
This was posted on Bellabar's facebook:
" Mmmmm nothing like a cup of coffee and a Athena Pumpkin Spice Latte...."
No wonder Zondervan dropped her and CC fired her. Plagiarists are bad for business.
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There's nothing original about Kate.
Or genuine. I'll bet she makes a frowny face everytime she looks at a bellabar.
Oh, for the love of whatever, Milo. Will you ever stop crawling up Kate's rear end?
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It must be getting rather crowded in there with the new Milos-in-Training crawling in there with her. She'll soon have to hang a "no vacancy" sign at the entrance, or in keeping with the season, "no room at the inn."
If only Kate would spend half as much time as she does yapping about herself, her "busy" schedule and whatnot and if her fans spent half as much time away from Twitter as they do on it...oh *gasp* look at that...you'd might have remense of job pursuits, actual lives.
Kate's example in life isn't setting her kids any favors when it comes to realities much less much of a work ethic, no Kate, I said worth ethnic, not "workout," your idiodic supposed "enjoyable" family runs are indeed quite laughable really. I almost feel sorry for you.
Any of you as parents or older I mean, I as a child didn't want to spend even half my time with my parents, I can imagine the same is said for parents on some level that they don't want to spend ALL their time with their kids. Not to be mean but don't couples go out, date night whatever, girls night out at least once in a while to get away from their kids? Again, I don't mean to come off as parents just up and ditch their kids constantly (ahem, Kate? I'll wait while you take out your pad and paper to take notes on that).
All I've seen Kate do is bemoan the cost of Christmas, babble on and on about her stupid granola bars and coffee. You know what, it's true after all, Kate does have OCD (Obsessive Coffee Disorder). My guess is she's replaces her meals with coffee, bars and her stupid Kate salads. I may not have the best health track myself when it comes to food for personal reasons but nobody can or should live on just coffee you uneducated mockery of a nutritionist nit wit, yes, you Kate.
Kate is wasting valuable time in earning herself with a paying job nobody said you had to have your life handed to you on reality show. She took the easy way out. Her mistake was quiting her job to begin with because I do believe she said TLC the show paid better. Well, what about now? I don't see TLC forking over for your bills now.
Sooner or later her piggy bank will be empty and she won't have the skills, education or even the enthusiasm to fall back on a real, regular job like you know, most people have.
I'd hate to be in her shoes when all her kids are asking for high price things in a couple years she won't be able to afford and they stand there and scoff at her, "But you can afford your hobby, why can't we?" (Gymnastics, anyone?) Rule is: if you can afford one, you probably can afford the other. But she probably can't even add the cost of how much coffee she sucks down against how much organic milk she could afford.
Has anyone here tried a Bella Bar? Are they all that and a slice of heaven, too?
Moose Mania said... 68
Has anyone here tried a Bella Bar? Are they all that and a slice of heaven, too?
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Not I. I stick to a close budget. I can find less expensive snacks.
Kate Gosselin@Kateplusmy8
RT @dowd24 @Kateplusmy8 Haters only talk abt ur past cuz thats where u left them..they r not in ur present&wont make it2ur future💜 PROFOUND
Kate finds this statement profound? I'm giggling as I type.
This and the statement by the Milo wannabe stating that the haters know nothing about her life that wasn't on TV or magazines is sheer delusion.
She puts her and her kid's life out there on twitter. In HER OWN words. Even if Robert never wrote his book, we know many more things about Kate from twitter, her website and her CC blog, than from TV and tabloids. She is the one putting the info out there--and it ain't pretty.
I had to laugh when one of her enablers used #Smart Chicks Click to describe the fans who have pledged their undying support. I think the word she meant to use was "Clique".
The tweeter who suggested that Rick Astley's song "Never Gonna Give You Up" is the new sheeple/enabler anthem, was spot on.
♫ ♫ Never gonna give you up,
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry,
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you ♫ ♫
Auntie 65, you are right on the money. I don't feel she is genuine in the least.
That's what is so heartbreaking to me. Despite all of her overly happy, peppy, puppies and rainbows and butterflies isn't-life-glorious tweets, I think that she is a deeply lonely, unhappy person.
I feel that she has serious issues forming healthy relationships. I think she has issues that go beyond anything snark-worthy. I think that is why she exploits the fact that she has 8 kids so much... She doesn't feel like she has anything else.
I am sure she has at least one special talent, everybody does, but she hasn't found it in anything she's tried (dancing, blogging); she is divorced and hasn't had a special relationship with a man in several years; she doesn't associate much with her parents or her brother: most people in the public cant stand her; most of her "friends" are out-of-state.
So I am truly, honest to goodness not jealous of her. Rather, regardless of how much I can't stand what she does to those kids and how she has treated people in general, I am beyond heartbroken for her (even though I know that much of problems have been caused by her own behavior). I just hate seeing anyone as unhappy as I think she is deep down.
Btw I do notice that I started almost every sentence with "I".. Sheeple, I am not a narcissist, only speaking in terms of I because none of this was fact, but my humble opinion
Working Woman
British singer Morrissey believes Kate was hospitalized for "no reason" and has expressed "no shame" about the woman's death, and it's Kate's fault that the woman committed suicide.
It's Kate's fault? You've got to be kidding me. Are these people for real?
"I had to laugh when one of her enablers used #Smart Chicks Click to describe the fans who have pledged their undying support. I think the word she meant to use was "Clique"."
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LOL!! Then they aren't so smart, are they?
When I read that Kate was serving brussel sprouts to her dinner guests, all I could think of was the possible gassy side effects for her guests after dinner. Wouldn't want to go there.
As for her snack of a bella bar how about a piece of fruit and some almonds. My girlfriend and I were standing in a checkout line a couple of weeks ago when she asked me if I'd ever had a Five Hour Energy drink. I looked at her like she was on crack and said no. I don't drink soda why would I drink that. She replied that it might pick her up in the afternoon. She doesn't eat well or exercise so she's constantly tired. Plus she is on thyroid medication which should help but it doesn't seem to be helping her. Anyway, I said have a piece of fruit and some almonds, that's my pick me up in the afternoon. She's not into fruit so I doubt she'll try it.
Omg 18 kids dead. Prayers for newton.
Fox News is now reporting that 18 kids and eight teachers are dead in the Connecticut elementary school shooting.
What is happening in this country? News conference coming shortly.
Devil's advocate, but maybe 'click' rather than 'clique' refers to them clicking away on their keyboards? Nah. I might think so if someone hadn't vowed to 'ban' together to support her with other fans. BAND together, nimrods! If they ban together, they are bannning or banishing her, which is completely opposite!
Thoughts and prayers going up for the victims, families and friends involved in the school shooting in Connecticut. Such a horrible tragedy.
OMG, Connecticut, OMG, what is happening???
Over a dozen elementary school students and teachers are now dead in Newton CT. I feel sick to my stomach.
How unbelievably tragic. Thoughts and prayers to all affected.
Oh, horrible. I did not have TV on. How tragic for those CT families. Prayers are all I have.
The numbers keep changing on the shooting but whatever the final number is, this is a huge tragedy. This part of Connecticut is so bucolic, so normal and so beautiful - rural and peaceful. I've traveled through it on my way back and forth to New England and it's very hard to wrap my head around this. Healing thoughts to all.
I might think so if someone hadn't vowed to 'ban' together to support her with other fans. BAND together, nimrods! If they ban together, they are bannning or banishing her, which is completely opposite!
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What can you expect from a group who still hasn't figured out that "you're" is a contraction for "you are", it's not "me and my daughter are big fans," nor does one say, "I seen you on television and love you."
Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 75
I first heard of this story while at a doctor's appointment this morning. At that time, they said one person(the gunman) was dead, and only one person injured. At that time they also said that there were 2 shooters, and one was dead.
Now to read and hear about what actually happened breaks my heart. Prayers for all those affected by the Newtown shootings.
OMG up to 27 now. This is horrifying.
Live press conference soon. Can be seen here:
http://live.reuters.com/Event/Newtown_School_Shooting
Oh, horrible. I did not have TV on. How tragic for those CT families. Prayers are all I have.
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And tears. I feel like picking up my kids early today, but I don't want to disrupt their schedule.
Opening fire on anyone is insane, but these are kids...kindergarten children! There are no words or explanation.
This is a quiet, beautiful area and I am familiar with it. If it can happen there, it can happen anywhere.
Nothing official yet on the gunman.
CNN has photos of the kids running to safety and screaming. I wish they wouldn't publish those. Poor precious kids!
Auntie Ann.....165 (previous page):
Bahahahaha!! You got us all!! The eggs YOU lay yourself!! LOL!!
Thanks for the giggle. : )
Admin-I agree. I know it's a big news story, but I wish they would protect the privacy of those kids. Those kids have enough trauma to deal with--why don't they realize that plastering their photos is not in their best interests. How devasting for those families, but the news outlets don't seem to care.
An entire kindergarten class is unaccounted for. They believe that the gunman went into that class and opened fire.
I'm turning off the television. I can't listen to it anymore.
Lol "profound"? Nothing about her present is any different than her past. If anything she's worse. Putting together this year's top 10 worst moments has brought that home for me. She's deteriorating.
Kindergartners??? Who kills kindergartners????
One source says there may be 2 shooters and 1 is dead and the father of a student, only about 20 years old. So a teen dad at the time, but why do this? Get back at an ex or something? It is just unfathomable.
Maybe because my granddaughter is in kindergarten, this story is really hitting me hard. I'm crying as I type this. I feel so sorry for their parents. How do they cope with something like this?
Prayers and thoughts going out to all.
Winter Wonderland said... 128
miloandjack
@Kateplusmy8 #RealityChk Now U've had a yummy meal, gr8 company & a skilled handyman 2fix those leaks. I'd say ur day was pretty good! :)
Unless Gladys is peering through Kate's windows, how in the world would she know that dinner is over? Did Kate tweet her and tell her when the meal would be served, or did Gladys advise her the perfect time for an evening meal with friends? Or is this Milo's sneaky way of saying that Kate DMed her because she's special?
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Depending on the time Milo sent the tweet, she may have 'assumed' dinner was over (8-9pm, I'd think they'd have eaten). Just like many of Milo's 'all knowing' tweets to Kate, I think most are common sense and easy assumptions and because they're all supportive, Kate never corrects Milo.
capecodmama said... 18
Tucker's Mom...I tried the recipe with the chopped Heath bits once and although the cookies are still good, you don't get the gooey spread of the toffee in the cookie like you do when you chop up a Heath or Skor bar. It's a pain but worth it.
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Thank you. I had a feeling the bits would get lost in translation. I think I'll just use them for the caramel corn.
I've mentioned these Carmelitas before: Kelsey Nixon's Carmelitas-
http://www.cookingchanneltv.com/recipes/kelsey-nixon/carmelitas-recipe/index.html
LOVE these. Folks will ask for them again. Two things: Don't let the caramel go to dark amber. Go to medium amber and stop heat. Second, change up the nuts if you want. I've found salted cashews to be a hit.
Agree with everyone, why do the TV networks have to broadcast non stop about this tragedy? The police need time to investigate and the school and community need Time to deal with the crisis now. They don't need to navigate cameras and microphones stuck in their faces. This is so very sad.
Just got home at am seeing the full carnage of this school shooting in CT. Am in tears. I'll catch up with the posts as I'm sure you've been discussing it.
My heart is so heavy.
What is it with the holidays and people going Postal?
Agree with everyone, why do the TV networks have to broadcast non stop about this tragedy? The police need time to investigate and the school and community need Time to deal with the crisis now. They don't need to navigate cameras and microphones stuck in their faces. This is so very sad.
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Since 9/11, the media relies on fear to drive the news. fear guns, fear your neighbor, fear that cloud in the sky, fear that toy, it could kill you!!!!!!! They are fear mongerers (sp).
If it's on the MSM, it's because it's on the agenda of fear. Sigh. So terrible.
heather
I have no problem with 24/7 coverage it just happened, but don't show the kids faces. There is no way they could have possibly asked all their parents for permission.
Not only that, but if parents or far-away loved ones are still wondering where their kids are, those pictures are not going to help the ones whose kids didn't make it. They are going to freak people out.
Thanks admin. Pls delete my response.
heather
Choleric Kreider said... 48
I'm kind of befuddled as to why or how 2 (count 'em 2!) sinks in her what, 3 year old $100,000 remodeled (allegedly)kitchen are simultaneously leaking already. Makes no sense whatsoever.
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Exactly what I was thinking? We replaced our kitchen and bathroom faucets over 10 years ago and have not had a single drip! (Well, other than the homeowner, but that's another story.) I dont understand why she is so quick to hire out for everything else in life, yet she has to grift home repairs? And didnt she once post that she saves money by having a handyman on her speed dial or some such thing?
Only since 9/11? You must be very young, Heather. :) I remember many disasters that the media has covered non-stop before 9/11. Since we've had 24/7 news channels in fact. I remember TWA flight 800 for example and CNN showing a dead body and someone in the background saying "It's a floater." That means dead. It was quickly removed from the footage they were showing but it was ghastly to see.
This is a huge news story. People obviously want to hear about it. Why wouldn't they cover it 24/7?
Kokomo, Cocktails and Dreams said... 72
British singer Morrissey believes Kate was hospitalized for "no reason" and has expressed "no shame" about the woman's death, and it's Kate's fault that the woman committed suicide.
It's Kate's fault? You've got to be kidding me. Are these people for real?
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We're talking about the Duchess of Cambridge, right? Before sheeple jump in here and accuse of make Kreider responsible for something...
So this singer feels that if Catherine had just vomited herself into a miscarriage, renal failure, and a heart attack, that nurse would still be alive? How dare HRH seek medical care for a life threatening illness.
By the way, I am LOVING the baking recipes and links, everyone! thank you so much for sharing. thanks too, to admin for allowing the discussion.
No, I was around for TWA 800. My parents' best friend witnessed it, actually, he was at a backyard BBQ that night. Was interviewed by the FBI. I remember watching the clean up crews in the ocean from the beach
They ultimately declared it an accident, so no fear there.
heather
Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 106
This is a huge news story. People obviously want to hear about it. Why wouldn't they cover it 24/7?
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Yes. I can't imagine them NOT covering it. If it is too much for some to watch, and I can understand it if it is, there is always the option of turning it off.
Shooter's name is Ryan Lanza. His mom was a teacher in the school. https://www.facebook.com/rlanza?ref=ts&fref=ts
So tragic.
Working Woman said,
Rather, regardless of how much I can't stand what she does to those kids and how she has treated people in general, I am beyond heartbroken for her (even though I know that much of problems have been caused by her own behavior). I just hate seeing anyone as unhappy as I think she is deep down.
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I appreciate your compassion for her, but for me I just cannot bring myself to feel sorry for a person who has endowed herself with such an extreme sense of entitlement and doesn't think twice about who she hurts just as long as she gets what she wants.
I agree with you, too. I'm sure she is unhappy. Abusers usually are very miserable on the inside.
I just heard about the Sandy Hook school shooting. WTH?? and OMG all those babies. Who does that to a Kindergarten class?? My class assignment two weeks ago was a paper on school shootings- if they were increasing, why they happened, what public policy could be implemented. Very uncomfortable to think about. So sad, so very sad. I have no words. Babies.
I had to chuckle at Tweet-le De Tweet-le DUMB's comment to Heather- yes, she must young- I too remember 24/7 news coverage from all the back in my childhood and that would be the 70's. :D
Ahhhh to be young again.
I made some cream cheese spritz cookies last night- no good. That recipe not recommended. FYI.
Lbelle said... 89
Auntie Ann.....165 (previous page):
Bahahahaha!! You got us all!! The eggs YOU lay yourself!! LOL!!
Thanks for the giggle. : )
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Hi five, Lbelle. Auntie Wins! She lays her own eggs; none of us can even come close. Especially since she does it while reroofing the house: I guess those fresh eggs just roll down the gutters into a waiting handwoven basket, filled with $200 face cream.
I am still working on trying to grow my own toilet paper. I am so awesomeish, though, coz I actually wipe myself, unlike Kate who has a team of hired wiper helpers.
No parent should have to send their child to school, the week before Christmas break, and say "I hope I see you later, honey." Kindergartners. Barely able to dress themselves. Can christmas ever be the same again for these families? Can life?!?
No, I was around for TWA 800. My parents' best friend witnessed it, actually, he was at a backyard BBQ that night. Was interviewed by the FBI. I remember watching the clean up crews in the ocean from the beach
They ultimately declared it an accident, so no fear there.
heather
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I must be misunderstanding your comments.
No fear? There are still people "out there" who believe that TWA 800 had a terrorist bomb on board or was shot down by a missile attack and that the investigation was a cover-up.
There's a lot of fear among the conspiracy theorists.
Oh my gosh. The teachers in other classrooms kept students calm by telling them it was just hammering going on. God bless them. Heros.
Sadly there has been a Connecticut school shooting.
And according to the news their are many victims.
I think we all should pray for a victims
It's at a grammar school I pray for the victims parents.
So sad.
No fear? There are still people "out there" who believe that TWA 800 had a terrorist bomb on board or was shot down by a missile attack and that the investigation was a cover-up.
There's a lot of fear among the conspiracy theorists.
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All I will say is that my parents friend witnessed what happened that night in the sky as far as what went up/came down. His story -- as does all the others at the backyard BBQ that night -- does not match the official version in any way. All of them --every single one of them --were discounted as witnesses for various reasons by the authorities as being unreliable. Make of that what you will. I have.
heather
I don't understand all this violence that is going on today.
All those little children and adults are gone and for what?
The shooter, Ryan Lanza, killed his mother in CT and his father in NJ (Hoboken) before he went to the school. He was never coming home. This was a suicide mission.
I can't fathom the sickness.
No parent should have to send their child to school, the week before Christmas break, and say "I hope I see you later, honey." Kindergartners. Barely able to dress themselves. Can christmas ever be the same again for these families? Can life?!?
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It is now confirmed that there are 20 children dead, six teachers, and the gunman. Parents of 20 kids are not going to see their kids open their presents on Christmas morning.
Reports are that he also killed his mother and father.
Can you imagine the terror that parents must have gone through, trying to get to their children and not knowing where they were or if they were alive? I totally lose it if I go to pick my kids up at the end of the day and they're in the bathroom or another classroom and I can't find them.
At least Kate addressed it, but she says she just left her kid's school?
kateplusmy8
Just left my kids school... I had to hug them.....my heart is hurting for all affected by this latest senseless tradegy!
And then of course, Milo chimes in:
miloandjack
@Kateplusmy8 How touching2know U made the effort2do that! Cannot imagine the gut wrenching emptiness&pain parents/families of victims feel!
This whole situation is not about Kate--yet her enablers will make it all about her.
If she went to her kid's school after this news broke to give them hugs, then kudos to her. But why do I not believe that?
Heather, have you ever heard of the Ayurvedic way of eating?
Crying tears of heartbreak for the beautiful young lives that were lost in Connecticut. Sending my warmest thoughts, prayers and love to their families and loved ones.
Also sending my love out to the compassionate people of this blog, who are clearly impacted by this horrific event.
Working Woman
Oh my gosh. The teachers in other classrooms kept students calm by telling them it was just hammering going on. God bless them. Heros.
I feel so bad for the parents of the children.
And the spouses and families of the teachers.
I picked up my kids at school. The youngest spilled cheerios on the back seat. Ordinarily, the mess would have bothered me, we would have cleaned it up together and I would have told her to be more careful.
Today I said nothing. It didn't matter. This shooting really puts things in perspective.
We need to wake up to the issues of our society. There is a stigma associated with mental illness, and so often it's dismissed and nothing is done until something like this happens. What were the warning signs, and could something have been done to prevent it?
Guys, I just have to vent about this because I am horrified.
A guy I went on a date with a couple of weeks ago posted the following on Facebook:
"Brace yourselves all: here come the obligatory statuses that say 'what a tragedy' and 'how could this have happened' and yada yada yada. Save your Facebook breath - we get it and we agree. Move on."
I am heartbroken and appalled that somebody could be so callous. I was so furious I was about to comment on it, but he deleted the post shorty after. I then defriended him and will end up a spinster before going on one more date with him ever again.
Can you freakin believe that???!
First of all, the compassionate posts people are writing are not "obligatory" -- people really care! The worst events do bring out the good in people. I am just at a loss.
Working Woman
Working Woman - At least you found out now. He would have been deleted from my date book in less than a minute.
She interrupted school to hug them? Really? Teachers are okay with parents coming in to do that?
Fleecing The Sheeple said... 129 We need to wake up to the issues of our society. There is a stigma associated with mental illness, and so often it's dismissed and nothing is done until something like this happens. What were the warning signs, and could something have been done to prevent it?
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Bravo. As a society we have a long way to go before understanding and dealing with mental illness.
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Lbelle said... 89
Auntie Ann.....165 (previous page):
Bahahahaha!! You got us all!! The eggs YOU lay yourself!! LOL!!
Thanks for the giggle. : )
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Hi five, Lbelle. Auntie Wins! She lays her own eggs; none of us can even come close. Especially since she does it while reroofing the house: I guess those fresh eggs just roll down the gutters into a waiting handwoven basket, filled with $200 face cream.
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Not only that, they're golden.
Beat that with a wooden spoon, Kate.
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Kate is a twit said... 124
At least Kate addressed it, but she says she just left her kid's school?
kateplusmy8
Just left my kids school... I had to hug them.....my heart is hurting for all affected by this latest senseless tradegy!
And then of course, Milo chimes in:
miloandjack
@Kateplusmy8 How touching2know U made the effort2do that! Cannot imagine the gut wrenching emptiness&pain parents/families of victims feel!
This whole situation is not about Kate--yet her enablers will make it all about her.
If she went to her kid's school after this news broke to give them hugs, then kudos to her. But why do I not believe that?
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I sincerely hope Kate didn't tweet that while she was driving.
Gosh, Milo. Parents everywhere will be hugging their children extra tight tonight. Some will not be able to. The sorrow these families are feeling right now is unfathomable.
Wouldn't it scare kids though a bunch of parents suddenly coming in to class to hug their kids? As much as any parent would want to. That would scare me as a kid. I would think the parent themselves were gonna die or I wasn't safe.
Leave it to Milo to find some way to give Kate a medal out of this tragedy.
Kate is truly hysterical if she went to school to hug her kids. My God, it's all about her. I get that you'll hug your kids harder than ever when they come home today, but why scare them?
I just KNOW she was upset and crying. Why do this to them? Let them come home. Hug, squeeze and gently tell them in AGE APPROPRIATE terms, what transpired and what they might hear about in school so they have a framework with which to understand this VERY ADULT issue.
She makes me ill.
From the kids having to massage her, make her breakfasts, be her BFFs, comfort her hysterical, apoplectic ass at the bottom of the Sky Fall in NZ to having to support the family with filming.
She is the adult and should have restrained herself and put her needs after the kids' need for normalcy in light of this tragedy.
Milo, this horrific tragedy has NOTHING to do with Kate. Get help. NOW.
I wasn't trying to be snarky.
A very good friend of mine swears by it and she is far from trendy and she lives on less than $1000 a month. She tries to get me into it and I've read a lot about it but I love my cheeburgers and dietCoke. And Candy. And Pizza.
And .....
Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 132
She interrupted school to hug them? Really? Teachers are okay with parents coming in to do that?
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Sadly with Kate I think this was a way to make a horrific tragedy all about her.
It's like she said.
"I know something horrible just happened"
"But look at me and look what I did I went to MY kids school to hug them.
I see through her BS.
Tucker thanks I thought I was crazy. All distrupting school does is scare kids. Even someone here said gosh I'm tempted to go get my kids, but I won't. I picture her fluttering into classrooms in tears arms flailing gathering the littles to her breast. I highly doubt most schools would allow such a spectacle. Not only that but that would mortify a kid no matter how terrible the tragedy.
Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 135
Wouldn't it scare kids though a bunch of parents suddenly coming in to class to hug their kids? As much as any parent would want to. That would scare me as a kid. I would think the parent themselves were gonna die or I wasn't safe.
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It would absolutely traumatize kids to have parents flood in, hysterical, crying, scared and confused.
The parents should be adults here and not scare the crap out of their kids because they can't contain their own anxiety.
Kate looks at this behavior as evidence of how good a mom she is, we know this. It's part of her really involved mental illness.
kateplusmy8
Just left my kids school... I had to hug them.....my heart is hurting for all affected by this latest senseless tradegy!
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I bet she lying.
I bet she sitting on the sofa watching the news.
Tucker exactly she thinks this proves she is a good mom because she cares enough to swing by the school. And after that spectacle she just left them there to continue on with math? Geez! When the reality is good parents put aside every need in their body to squeeze their babies and just let the kids have a normal day despite your grief, fear and needs. Plenty of time to hug and talk about it if they need to at home.
It was probably the end of the school day and Jon may have the kids this weekend. Either way...it's all about her and what a terrific mom she is that she actually WENT to the school and hugged each and every one of her Eight count'em EIGHT children, while the rest of the mediocre world just talked about wanting to hug their children.
I'm so amazed that she can hop in her car and drive all the way to the school just to hug her kids. What a sacrificial mother she is.
BTW Kate...Let Leah take gymnastics you cheap lazy (woman). She's been begging for it, and I've been told Leah is only allowed to go to gymnastics if Jon will take her. You can't be bothered. (admin I can verify this if you want)
Chef I bet she's lying and sitting on the sofa but I bet she's watching Real Housewives not the boring news.
Admin,
You know she only responded about the tragedy after MILO said something on twitter.
What about all the moms who can't leave work every time the news is scary which it often seems to be? Bad moms Milo?
Fleecing The Sheeple said... 129
I picked up my kids at school. The youngest spilled cheerios on the back seat. Ordinarily, the mess would have bothered me, we would have cleaned it up together and I would have told her to be more careful.
Today I said nothing. It didn't matter. This shooting really puts things in perspective.
We need to wake up to the issues of our society. There is a stigma associated with mental illness, and so often it's dismissed and nothing is done until something like this happens. What were the warning signs, and could something have been done to prevent it?
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THANK YOU!!!
Of course everyone (ok, not everyone- but so many) jump to the debate of gun control and 2 amendment rights every time a school shooting occurs. As I wrote in my earlier post, two weeks ago my assignment was to write a paper on school shootings and public policy and we addressed that- public reactions, gun control, etc. and my conclusions were that it wasn't a matter of school safety or lack there of, or a matter 2 amendment rights- it is about mental illness. A person is having a problem and chooses to act on it by shooting in a school. What were the signs? That is the question. Did anyone see them? Were they dismissed? Could they have been addressed and this tragedy averted? Sane people don't just go and shoot up a school. They just dont. That is the issue. Something was bothering this young man. Or he was a sociopath.
BTW Kate...Let Leah take gymnastics you cheap lazy (woman). She's been begging for it, and I've been told Leah is only allowed to go to gymnastics if Jon will take her. You can't be bothered. (admin I can verify this if you want)
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But, but, but.... Kate drove all the way to the school to hug her kids! Which costs no money and actually promotes Kate's brand/image.
Paying for Leah to take gymnastics PRIVATELY? Nah.
Poor kid. I hope Jon can sign her up and take her. I loved gymnastics at the YMCA (swimming too!). Great memories and I can still see my mom standing in the doorway, watching me get my turn taking my lesson.
Ah, talk about wanting to hug someone today....
Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 146
Is it sad that I know that Kate was going to make this sadness all about her.
That's how predictable she is.
And I think she watching old epi of Kate+8.
Butterfly I also think so many miss the real issue of mental illness. Wholeheartedly agree. What about mental illness control? This is so rarely mentioned!
It was just reported that it was the Kindergarten class of the shooter's mother, and that the brother might have been involved. He's in custody. Not clear though if the mother was shot in school or in her home.
Butterfly,
You know there was a man in China who went to an elementary school and attacked 22 kids today. With a KNIFE. It's about the crazy people, not about the weapon. People will do what they want to do if they are not in their right minds.
I think you are right that something was wrong with this man. They say he killed his dad at the house, his mom and kids (et al) at the school and his girlfriend is missing. His facebook page has been taken down too.
Completely agree that Ms Kreider cares mostly about making herself look like a good mother, even during a tragedy.
But, and i say this with utmost respect, maybe just for today, we can focus on what's really important and not focus on Kate? What stupid Kate says or lies about doesn't change the fact that over two dozen sets of parents will never see their children again.
I know she puts it out there and no harm is meant by it... It's just a thought.
Also if Kate comes in to hug them but little Jenny's mother can't because she works for a living instead of exploiting Jenny, how does that make Jenny feel? If I were her I'd be petrified, I would wonder if my mom was okay, if wonder why she didn't come if maybe the shooter got her too or she just doesn't care enough to come? When really Jenny's mom is doing the right thing by letting her finish the day without scaring her. Awesome job Kate.
I ran to my daughter's daycare as fast as I could to hug her on 9/11. But I took her home. And I hugged her tight but made sure not to show my upset so as not to scare her. She was 4, though and not 8 or 12. Do you think she interrupted the twins' class to hug them? They must have loved that.
When really Jenny's mom is doing the right thing by letting her finish the day without scaring her.
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That's exactly why I didn't pick my kids up early. I didn't want to disrupt their day and frighten them by wondering why I was there.
I believe, though, Kate waited until the end of the day. She tweeted that after she picked them up, probably in the car. She didn't say that she just got home, but rather that she just picked them up.
I believe, though, Kate waited until the end of the day. She tweeted that after she picked them up, probably in the car. She didn't say that she just got home, but rather that she just picked them up.
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Kate tweeted that she just left the kids' school and that she had to hug them. Nothing about picking them up and taking them home.
The scar if this day will be felt in that community each year as a new classroom is not filled. First grade through Senior class will be diminished by 20 children. Just missing forever.
I am trying to imagine the pain.
But, but, but.... Kate drove all the way to the school to hug her kids! Which costs no money and actually promotes Kate's brand/image.
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We don't know if she drove to school specifically just to pick them up. She could have been in the area, shopping at the outlets, there for a conference, for a holiday program, getting them to drop them off at Jon's, taking them to a friend's, or whatever.
The G8's school must have some kind of policy in place where a parent can't just walk into class like that. Someone would stop her, especially after the horror of today, you can bet ALL schools were on high alert.
Either she just picked them up or she's lying. Guess which one "I" think it is.
Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 156
Also if Kate comes in to hug them but little Jenny's mother can't because she works for a living instead of exploiting Jenny, how does that make Jenny feel? If I were her I'd be petrified, I would wonder if my mom was okay, if wonder why she didn't come if maybe the shooter got her too or she just doesn't care enough to come? When really Jenny's mom is doing the right thing by letting her finish the day without scaring her. Awesome job Kate.
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Yes, but even little 8 year old Jenny knows by now that Collin and Hannah's mom is an attention seeking whackadoo. At this age they are probably afraid of her and feel sorry for the sextuplets. Now at 12 years old, the other kids are laughing at Kate, and ridiculing her and the twins have all those conflicting emotions of embarrassment and anger and wanting to crawl under the linoleum, but still loving their mom.
IF she went up there, it was for attention, nothing else.
Kate tweeted that she just left the kids' school and that she had to hug them. Nothing about picking them up and taking them home.
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What am I missing? She wouldn't have gone to school to hug them and then left without them, making them ride the bus an hour to their home.
For once Kate is moved to emotion and is feeling something beyond her own self, enough to act on it. I give Kate credit for finally joining the human race, even if just for a moment.
Guys I like you all and I love this blog, truly, but I have to say, I'm disappointed.
Honestly, who cares if Kate drove to school or when she did? How will that change what happened? Why is it even important?
I know this blog is a blog to talk about Kate among other things, and Im not saying we have to pretend Kate doesn't exist and totally ignore the way she makes everything about her and her 8 kids. BUT I worry that this is the kind of stuff that causes sheeple to label us as "bullies." Why do we need to dwell on Kate today? Yes, she lies and makes everything about her and rubs her motherhood in our faces -- that holds true every day and we talk about it every day. I think today there are more important things going on.
I am in no way trying to offend anyone, and I am deepy sorry if this does. You have a right to discuss what you wish, it's just a bit disheartening. And I do think you are fantastic people who care, I just don't see what Kate has to do with any of this.
So horrific, the situation unfolding in CT, I feel so hollow inside, and wish that I could help.
Each of us is dealing with this differently, and rightly so, But sometimes there's a healing that comes of doing things together, With that in mind, and in all humbleness and respect, I invite you to join me in lighting a virtual candle against the dark.
http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng
Localyocul said... 157
I ran to my daughter's daycare as fast as I could to hug her on 9/11. But I took her home. And I hugged her tight but made sure not to show my upset so as not to scare her. She was 4, though and not 8 or 12.
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local, at 4 years old, I probably would have done the same thing. Mine were older, my son was in high school. And I was realizing that this was a history making moment and I wanted him to share it with his peers. I also trusted the teachers at his school to guide the raw emotions as the day developed. But for your 4 year old? Yep, I would have wanted my child in my arms. Absolutely.
My heart is so incredibly heavy for all involved in all this. I was tearful while making my apple pie and I think I messed up my french crumb topping. Oh well. I was actually hanging on ok till I saw Prez Obama, greyfaced with dark circles under his eyes, tearing and choking up on national tv.
Admin,
If a parent came to school, I think the the front office and the teachers wouldn't let the class be interrupted anyway, they typically call the kids out of class and have them meet their visitors in the office or the hallway. My mom never came in, and I never went in the class. I don't recall seeing anyone come in, either. Maybe others here have had different experiences, but that's mine.
Berks Neighbor said... 145
It was probably the end of the school day and Jon may have the kids this weekend. Either way...it's all about her and what a terrific mom she is that she actually WENT to the school and hugged each and every one of her Eight count'em EIGHT children, while the rest of the mediocre world just talked about wanting to hug their children.
I'm so amazed that she can hop in her car and drive all the way to the school just to hug her kids. What a sacrificial mother she is.
BTW Kate...Let Leah take gymnastics you cheap lazy (woman). She's been begging for it, and I've been told Leah is only allowed to go to gymnastics if Jon will take her. You can't be bothered. (admin I can verify this if you want)
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Showing respect for the children's privacy again I see. Leave the neighbhorhood gossip in the neighborhood.
Anonymous, I actually agree. I don't fault her for hugging her kids or even tweeting about that..lots of people are. Sometimes it does seem like she's damned if she does and damned if she doesn't
Milo is absolutely grotesque. She grosses me out, big time. Her passive aggressive tweets are, as another indicated earlier, dry heave-worthy. Does anyone else get the feeling she doesn't think Kate is too smart or the mother she professes to be? Now she's warning her to be gentle with the kids/news and limit their exposure to media coverage. She makes me sick.
Hey all...
I am in shock! Newtown is 10 minutes from where I live. I never thought this would happen hear. A kindergarten class...5 year olds...it breaks my heart. So very very sad around here.
I'm not going ever make Kate out to be a saint...even with her tweet that she had to go to the school to hug her kids. Seriously? Who does that? I follow a number of real stars on twitter and not one person made it about them. I'm glad Kate did mention the tragedy as it's great that she's aware of what is going on, however, she had to use it to make herself look better.
BTW...anonymous, this isn't gossip. Came directly from me - a first person in the know. There was another mom with me as well (she doesn't post here btw) Kate needs to be called out on her horrible attitude regarding her kids and their activities. She uses Jon as an excuse not to do what she could do to make her children happy.
I have no sympathy for her. Sorry. I tried, but I just can't. I have great sympathy for those children though.
Ally our hearts go out to your community! As a local let us know if you hear of any good ways to help. And stay safe, are you in lockdown too?
From one of the kindest, wisest men I ever knew:
"When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, 'Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.' To this day, especially in times of 'disaster,' I remember my mother's words and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers – so many caring people in this world." ~ Fred Rogers
She did make it about her, other celebs did not do that, but it's true that's just Kate and its probably best to just ignore whatever self serving thing she wants to tweet.
Berks Neighbor said... 174
I'm not going ever make Kate out to be a saint...even with her tweet that she had to go to the school to hug her kids. Seriously? Who does that? I follow a number of real stars on twitter and not one person made it about them. I'm glad Kate did mention the tragedy as it's great that she's aware of what is going on, however, she had to use it to make herself look better.
BTW...anonymous, this isn't gossip. Came directly from me - a first person in the know. There was another mom with me as well (she doesn't post here btw) Kate needs to be called out on her horrible attitude regarding her kids and their activities. She uses Jon as an excuse not to do what she could do to make her children happy.
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No, it's gossip. You prefaced the statement with "I've been told..." How does that make you a "first person in the know?"
All that really is moot though. The point is that you are violating the child's privacy in your quest to make Kate look bad. As is often the case around here, hate for Kate overrides what is in the best interest of the children.
The schools in some surrounding towns are or were in lockdown. Newtown is like a post card small town. beautiful, quaint town. One of my doctors lives around the corner and his kids are of that age. The way it worked out his kids go to the other elementary school, lucky!! He was devastated. He knows some of them. Too, too close to home. I still can't comprehend 5 year olds. Kindergardeners. So innocent. Some kids from this school have been patients of mine. The pediatric practice I worked in has lots of Newtown residents. I was affiliated with Danbury hospital where the victims were taken. I feel numb. So very sad.
Localyocul said... 157
I ran to my daughter's daycare as fast as I could to hug her on 9/11. But I took her home. And I hugged her tight but made sure not to show my upset so as not to scare her. She was 4, though and not 8 or 12.
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Totally understandable. Everything stopped that day. It was a terrorist attack on our nation- an act of WAR. There were reports of planes still in the sky, and no one knew where they were headed.
Very different than today's tragedy.
I just saw a child psychologist on tv say that parents really need to reign in their emotions, do not show fear about kids being in their own shcool, and do not allow the kids to watch on tv-- especially grade school children.
Right now, most parents want the media to leave them alone. As you have seen, they are not exactly listening. Sad.
Anonymous said... 166
Kate made is sad situation about her.
She could have just tweeted
"I'm sorry for what happened and I am praying for the families.
Ally,
So very sorry for your town. I think the fact that it is kindergartners is going to make this a very difficult situation for the nation to come to terms with. Just too senseless. Any child is senseless, but the youngest in the school, there are no words.
I hope there are crisis counselors on the way the Newton.
Ally said... 179
The schools in some surrounding towns are or were in lockdown. Newtown is like a post card small town. beautiful, quaint town. One of my doctors lives around the corner and his kids are of that age. The way it worked out his kids go to the other elementary school, lucky!!
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There will be much survivor guilt. How does the parent with a surviving child relate to one who has theirs? It is truly unfathomable.
There will be much survivor guilt. How does the parent with a surviving child relate to one who has theirs? It is truly unfathomable.
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Meant to say "who has lost theirs?"
My heart is aching for everyone affected by this horrific tragedy in CT. The senseless violence and killing of innocent children. There are no easy answers, but please let this most recent tragedy finally spur us on as a nation to seek real, viable answers to identifying those citizens among us who need mental help; and make it harder for people to have access to guns. I don't want to be political - I am just so upset right now and feel strongly that something must be done to prevent such tragedies. Those poor little ones, my heart is breaking for their parents as I sit here crying at my computer.
Anonymous said... 178
All that really is moot though. The point is that you are violating the child's privacy in your quest to make Kate look bad. As is often the case around here, hate for Kate overrides what is in the best interest of the children.
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1. Kate makes herself look bad.
2. We wouldn't know what the kids were doing.
I mean their of TV out of the mag/
So how do we know what the kids are doing/up to?
Um... Kate tweets it and puts it on her website.
Think "tradegy"was a typo, or does she really think it's spelled that way?
My sister has raised 3 sons. I have raised 4 children too. We just talked about sending them off to kindergarten, how some of them, especially boys, cant even do a good job of wiping themselves yet. As moms we worried at first about how they would manage all their bottons and zippers, their tights or jumpers, in the bathroom at school. They are still such babies at that age. Just babies.
All the police and fire who went in there, rescue workers, having to see those babies like that with their teachers.
Just... Just...
localyocul said... 171
Anonymous, I actually agree. I don't fault her for hugging her kids or even tweeting about that..lots of people are. Sometimes it does seem like she's damned if she does and damned if she doesn't
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I think the question is, did Kate actually drive to school, disrupt classes to hug her kids? If so, it's absolutely instructional to any parent to not upset your child! This is ridiculous and I'll tell you why I believe Kate would give in to her immature impulses-- because she did it with Jon when he had custody.
Kate tried to storm the gates to her house (changing the key pad entry number at the gate works both ways) when Jon had custody. She was wrong, wrong, wrong and terrible quixotic and disruptive. Police had to be called! What a scene she caused.
Whoopie had her number though.
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Anonymous said... 178
All that really is moot though. The point is that you are violating the child's privacy in your quest to make Kate look bad. As is often the case around here, hate for Kate overrides what is in the best interest of the children.
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The children's privacy is a fine line and perhaps the child should have been referred to as "one of the girl tups". OK.
But, one day, and those of you who grew up with moms like Kate can attest, some day, these kids will be relieved to know that not everyone believed the fairy tale that Kate spins on an ongoing basis on her blog, on Twitter and in every interview.
Some of these kids will be very glad to know that someone believes the real story and not the pablum Kate peddles for her fans, and I believe the story about gymnastics. The kids will know that people out there (probably particularly locals) felt for them, for their being filmed, for working long hours, for being the victims of her parental alientation, for being victims of severe corporal punishment (that I'm damn sure hasn't stopped).
I think it's just the tip of the iceberg.
If you say something nice about Kate the sheeple never cry privacy. They ask the most intrusive questions of all! Only if you say something bad do they adopt a sudden interest in the kids' privacy rights. Lol.
butterfly said... 183
Ally,
So very sorry for your town. I think the fact that it is kindergartners is going to make this a very difficult situation for the nation to come to terms with. Just too senseless. Any child is senseless, but the youngest in the school, there are no words.
I hope there are crisis counselors on the way the Newton.
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They are. 2 of my friends/former coworkers were dispatched this afternoon and a group hit the road about 2 hours ago. I can verify this to admin, if she would like.
I know as a photog you just want to capture that moment but these pics are getting very raw and intrusive. I really hope they are asking people if they can use the photos. It's awful enough let alone having CNN splash your moment of agony all over.
Re:the mental health issue -
Our local hospital's signage opposite the elevator says: Floors 9 and 10, ACUTE MENTAL HEALTH.
I don't know anyone suffering from ACUTE HEALTH of any kind, do you?
Even in a hospital, the stigma is so great that they don't even say that the psychiatric wards are for people with mental ILLNESS.
Until Mental illness is seen to be as valid a disease as diabetes or cancer, no progress will be made in stopping these tragedies, IMO.
Admin, the photo of the woman who is in total grief and panic on the phone keeps getting shown everywhere. I think this is crossing the line. She is obviously grieving and the last thing she needs is a camera lens in her face. I'm with you there.
If we resolved the issue of bullying, we could resolve most of these mass shootings.
Kindergartners bullied this 24 year old? His mom bullied him? I doubt that.
Berks I briefly saw that one, awful.
Oh whoa, it's the brother Adam Lanza (20), not Ryan that was the shooter. Adam may have had Ryan's ID.
The father is alive, now reported.
Keep throwing those red-herrings Anonymous. Maybe someone will end up catching one.
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