A&E's season premiere of Duck Dynasty last week garnered 11.8 million viewers. The big ratings beat out the previous record holder for reality T.V., Jon and Kate Plus 8, whose episode announcing the couple's split that aired in June 2009 hit 10.8 viewers. That goose is cooked. The successful show about a family who makes duck callers and other equipment for duck hunters has also earned its stars a raise, at more than $200,000 an episode for the family according to most reports.
A&E tonight will repeat the Duck episode that now reigns supreme, as well as a new episode. Check local listings. The episode can also be seen online for free on A&E's web site.
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Was it really necessary for her to mention how there's nothing worse than colorful food revisiting the carpet (especially lasagna or chili she continues) under the section entitled 'Sick Kid Diet'? It seems so inappropriate for a cookbook...particularly when chili was one of the recipes included.
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Moreover, it is way, way, way outside of the scope of a cookbook to offer suggestions of what to feed a sick child.
She's taken dangerous, potentially harmful liberties here and that little disclaimer at the beginning of her book will doubtfully cover her ass if something untoward happens.
She's delusional.
Auntie Ann -- so good to see you. I hope all is well with you and your family.
I know nothing about the book publishing world, so I have what may be a dumb question. Are her books already all printed, say about 1000 of them? Or is she still able to change the dumb things in it, after reading the many hints people have posted on this site, and at other blogs? Thanks.
OK, teachers out there.... raise your hands if you want moms giving their kids gum to chew in your class?
WTH??
I hope at least she tells them to chew with their mouths shut and not like a cow like her.
Waving to Auntie Anne!
In the acknowledgments she thanks Lori for fixing the kid's hair which freed her up to do her own. Really, someone readying eight kid's hair for photos while Kate likely uses all that time on herself rather than lending a hand. Typical. I flashed back to the RV episode when Ashley corrected the record admitting she and Jamie watched the kids for hours while Kate took a shower and put on her makeup.
Love seeing your name pop up Auntie Ann.
"In addition to cold foods, I pack healthy crunchy foods such as granola bars, pretzels, nuts, and always gum. My kids are always happy when they are chewing gum - and so is their mom!"
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How do kids can hooked on gum? None of mine ever chewed gum, ever asked for gum, or showed any interest in it. I guess that's because they've never seen their parents with gum, chewing like a cow on its cud (ala Kate chomping away).
I see a photo in the book of TFW wearing a pair of green rabbit ears. Did those serve as the inspiration for the book cover?
Hi Auntie!! Hope all is well!
I just think it's funny she thinks she has something better to offer than the traditional BRAT diet recommended by pediatricians.
I just think it's funny she thinks she has something better to offer than the traditional BRAT diet recommended by pediatricians.
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Oh sure,who wouldn't pay $13.87 for expert advice like that in a cookbook? Back to Milo, who is very busy this week counting People covers. Oh, it's Friday. Buh-bye Kate.
Just so I have this straight:
A happily married CA couple discovers that the husband has been accused of cheating on CheaterVille, specifically, with men. They contact CheaterVille to have this false accusation removed and they are told by CV that they can add a rebuttal under the post. When they protest, CV says they can pay $200 to have it removed.
BV claims to fight bullying, yet he is providing a repository for innocent people to be bullied and libeled. HE bullies the victim again by demanding to be paid to have the libel removed from his site. This is absolutely reprehensible. I don't know how ANYONE could defend this or think it's ok. It's sick to hide behind DOMA and say you are not responsible for 3rd party content, but you'll certainly stick your hand out and take $200 from people who are libeled by the content. He obviously found an obscure loophole in the law. Hopefully, the law changes soon.
Hi Dmasy, Tucker (waving back), handinhand and all! Thank you. We are doing well. DH is gradually recovering through a rigid routine of physio, etc. I can see I won't be using "Love is in the Mix" as a guideline for his nutritional therapy. If I made any of Kate's recipes I'm afraid Love would be in the Garburator.
She packs gum in their school lunches? I bet the teachers love that.
Her crediting 'Uncle Steve, the pizza guru' hit a little too close to the RV episode as well.
So let me get this straight. Cheaterville is a site where you can post a lie that someone cheated, post their name, etc., and there is no way to determine if what's being said is a lie. If you're angry with someone you can just go over to Cheaterville and say that person is gay and soliciting for gay lovers or is cheating on their spouse, whatever nasty thing you want?
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I think you got that right, Tweet.
RealZiggyFlo @RealZiggyFlo 52m
@Kateplusmy8 Yep, couple suing the >posters< of the content with FEDERAL charges. Thanks BV for helping this couple.
How did BV help this couple...by charging them to have the contents removed, or by providing a forum in which anyone who has a vendetta against another person can just go and post vicious libel there?
Admin or any attorneys who are around, Could you explain to those of us with little knowledge of the legal system, just what's going on with this lawsuit against McGibney and cheaterville.com? Are commentors on the site being sued for posting false information or are the site's owners being sued, or both? Will there be repercussions for BV? Someone needs to give him a kick in the ass along with a nice hefty legal bill.
I don't get why the powers that be decided to reveal so much of this cookbook online. Is it to entice us with pictures that don't look one little bit like her sausage cacciatore or mystery slime sauce meat twitter pictures? If so, there is that pork chop / steak picture with some opaque liquid oozing out of it in the book. It is not appealing to look at, at least not for me.
Is it to show us there is so much more than just 108 recipes filling those 304 pages?
While interesting anecdotes about where recipes came from or how you shopped for them at an Amish farmer's market are certainly proper for a cookbook, the operative word is "interesting".
Pictures are also appropriate, but I would think there would be a lot more pictures of that
Amish farmer's market or fresh basil growing in the herb garden than of children posing on countertops with apples. It makes no sense to me at all.
Someone just said it. The kids are only props to her, this time to sell a cookbook. How utterly sad.
Chewing gum is now used as an OT tactic for children w/ sensory issues...
I think you got that right, Tweet.
RealZiggyFlo @RealZiggyFlo 52m
@Kateplusmy8 Yep, couple suing the >posters< of the content with FEDERAL charges. Thanks BV for helping this couple.
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I don't know the nicknames of these fans. Is this the one they call The Zipper?
Didn't the power go out in Kate's area a few days or few weeks after she canned tomatoes?
I just think she picked that picture to emphasize the amount of food she has to 'prepack' for school lunches. Meh.
She doesn't even pack them...the kids do!
RealZiggyFlo @RealZiggyFlo 52m
@Kateplusmy8 Yep, couple suing the >posters< of the content with FEDERAL charges. Thanks BV for helping this couple.
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Exactly how does it help this couple to charge them $200 to have the humiliating comments removed? They didn't ask for this, they didn't do anything wrong, but they were made to pay James McGibney to make the libel go away. I wish them success with their suit(s).
AuntieAnn - So happy to hear your voice! I'm glad your DH is recovering. I hope you can check in more often.
I love the following two tips under "How to Feed a (Large) Family on a Budget"
-Use coupons whenever possible.
-Don’t make a habit of using coupons for items you wouldn't normally buy.
WTF?! If it's something that I don't normally buy but I get a coupon for it I'm damn sure going to use that coupon to buy it. Maybe she wanted to say "don't buy something you wouldn't normally buy just because you have a coupon". (Kate - If you read here and change the wording in your cookbook before publication you'd better give me editorial credit and pay me for my time.)
I also love this tip on packing lunches: "Pack Dinner Leftovers When Appropriate. Some schools have microwaves available for students to heat items." Yeah, maybe the pricey private school that you send your kids to has this option but I doubt that it's available in your run of the mill public high school. Can you imagine what might be placed in the microwaves and how they'd be misused?!
Hey Auntie Ann! Good to see you and wishing your husband a speedy and full recovery.
So, went to see the cookbook, not impressed. Infact, they had so much in the preview, why bother buying the book. I would say they have about what little more than half the book there, no need to buy the book, and listing all the recipes, you can just look them up on the net for free.
What was that nonsense about left overs and lists? What were the little list notes on the easter baskets? Most of the stuff she had in the book is what she already had put on the net(either in a blog or on her web-site. Wast of money. Just for pics. And some of those food pics, look like stock pics, too perfect.
Vanessa said...
Admin posted up thread that she moderates to keep the haters posts "unposted". ie-the C word discussion
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I guess I thought that was one of the fanz. But, will ament my statement to be that the only postings from haterz are the civil, respectful ones that survive moderation.
Hi Auntie Ann!
Somewhere beyond, Mellisa NV, thanks for the summary. It does seem like the CV business model McGiblets has sounds like extortion. Using a legal loophole to escape prosecution doesn't make anything morally correct. It makes mcgiblets seem more slimy. There is a big fat humongous karma train headed that way sometime in the future. whether or not we ever hear about it.
Will someone please explain to the sheeple that there are no federal charges in the Cheaterville suit? The couple is suing John Doe, there are no prosecutors involved.
Thanking BV for his help?! Seriously?! Do they not understand the concept behind cheaterville?
Did BV go to court to get the peoples real names he's posting? I know he was able to get the ips from the blog owner but wondered how he was able to get the posters real names?
Who are the friends that make Thanksgiving dinner a feast for 20?? Wasn't it paper cups and plates last year?
And some of those food pics, look like stock pics, too perfect.
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The book is copyrighted. I seriously doubt that they would have lifted stock photos to be used, without giving credit or obtaining permission. Those aren't Kate's pictures -- she had a photographer do a shoot.
Well, I have read all I need of the cookbook.
The only thing worse than her recipes, are is the advice that she is dishing out, which falls under these categories:
1) get the kids out of the way
2) ignore their preferences
3) let no dissent be heard
4) any deviations from the norm are to remain under tight control
5) keep those kids hungry, lest they grow out of their cuteness
And, yuk!!!on serving used play dough as a snack. Ditto, on licking dried, day-old pudding off of paintings. Either she is just plain lying, because she is trying to show how laid-back she is, or...well, come on now, she is probably just lying! Because, those 2 activities are absolutely disgusting.
I imagine her telling the kids, "If you want the goodies to keep rolling in, and stay in this fancy house and go to your private school, I will need you to put on a show. Smear food on your face and pose for some pictures."
Sillimom--if you are going to continue this cooking experiment, take proper precautions. Wearing a hazmat suit is recommended.
Hi Auntie Ann,
Good thoughts for you and your husband...
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I don't get why the powers that be decided to reveal so much of this cookbook online. Is it to entice us with pictures that don't look one little bit like her sausage cacciatore or mystery slime sauce meat twitter pictures? If so, there is that pork chop / steak picture with some opaque liquid oozing out of it in the book. It is not appealing to look at, at least not for me.
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The cooking pork chops in the pan is taken with the stove light-- harsh, unnatural and amateur. The stir fry close up is a complete mess with pieces and parts all over the place, the swiss steak sauce is bouncing light (diffusers are your friend) and Cara's sausage casserole has grease pooled all over the top.
My kids are always happy when they are chewing gum - and so is their mom!"
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Why would she be happy when the kids chew gum?
I think my favorite, well, so far, the richest line in the book preview is "Juice boxes can get expensive fast".
Bend over, grab your ankles and take that one up the arse, Juicy Juice.
getofftwitter said....And some of those food pics, look like stock pics, too perfect.
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Not long ago someone posted pictures of Amy B's
pastries (ABC Bakery in Scottsdale AZ - the one Mr. Ramsey walked out on) and it showed there were other bakeries using the exact same pictures. Hmmmmm. The pastries Amy swore were baked by her. So, point being, photo swiping has been done before, could be done for Kate's book. I don't know.
More likely, however, is that a real food stylist took the food elements, assembled the dish, made it pretty and the photographer took the pictures, choosing the best one. There is no way Kate takes the time to place pieces of
meat just so inside a tortilla or arranges a stir fry wok to be a pretty thing.
I forgot to add to my microwave in schools to heat your own lunch comment...wouldn't the school be liable if the kids heated the food too much and burned themselves or someone else?
Sure enough, Kate's got a sample lunch photo and yup, there's the Juicy Juice. Still free, I'm sure.
I refuse to even go look at Kate's crookbook. meh.
As for this Cheaterville thing, are you kidding me CV's attorney said the site is not responsible, yet everyone was screaming sites WERE responsible during the height of the BV/Kate fiasco?
I'm confused. (Yeah, Kate and her "friends" will do that to you, I guess.)
http://omg.yahoo.com/news/paula-deen-discrimination-lawsuit-dropped-look-forward-getting-223000423-us-weekly.html
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Charges dropped against Paula Deen.
Now I have to wonder how long it will take her to sue because she lost her endorsements and her show? She's not just going to walk away, is she?
If anybody clicks on the BV documents (tweeted by fan) or goes to one of the fan sites highlighting the documents, their IP will be captured and you will probably then be on BV's radar as a hater.
Just a warning. He outed many people just for posting at RWA. Hopefully, he's busy with other things now but I still wouldn't want anybody else to get caught in his skeezy net.
I found it both telling and just plain sad when looking at the GOSSELINS names all spelled out in Scrabble tiles. What does TFW say to any one of her 8 kids when asked, "what about daddy's name?" Why would she put such a thoughtless picture in her cookbook? I suppose it could have been worse, she could have spelled out JON and put his name over to the side of the table, not linked to the rest of them. Imagine looking at this picture as one of her kids, and wondering why daddy has been left out of the family linking of their names together.
Auntie Ann, so good to see you pop up again, you have been missed. Best wishes to you and your family.
I too did the Look Inside of the cookbook. Good grief. Who puts a picture of themself in a bikini in a cookbook!! (I just had to do the !!).
I buy cookbooks but only from actual cooks. You know the kind of people that cook their own food instead of using craft services, food delivered to the home or a in-house cook (other than Kate). Kate is not getting my money.
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Will someone please explain to the sheeple that there are no federal charges in the Cheaterville suit? The couple is suing John Doe, there are no prosecutors involved.
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It clearly says in the beginning of the clip that the couple is filing a federal lawsuit. The reporter even emphasizes the word "federal."
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I forgot to add to my microwave in schools to heat your own lunch comment...wouldn't the school be liable if the kids heated the food too much and burned themselves or someone else?
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Oh come on, Jersey Gal! Don't you know that Kate Gosselin's children have been told to walk up to the very busy Mrs. Lunchroom Lady and tell her that it's time to nuke their lunch. The school office has strict instructions for the children to NOT nuke their own because it might be too much to handle and they might slop some of that leftover chili right on their clean white shirts before it dropped right onto their clean white shoes. What a mess for Mom on Laundry Day! They don't have a Mrs. Laundry Room Lady there at the school, do they? I didn't think so. I bet TFW has suggested it.
Besides, that Golden Platter TFW believes they deserve doesn't do the least bit well in the microwave.
snark and more snark
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Sure enough, Kate's got a sample lunch photo and yup, there's the Juicy Juice. Still free, I'm sure.
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Other than the juice, an apple and some chips, it's really hard to identify from the picture what she puts in the lunch boxes.
Also, with the high amount of sodium in so many of her dishes the kids probably suck down that juice by the vat full.
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I too did the Look Inside of the cookbook. Good grief. Who puts a picture of themself in a bikini in a cookbook!! (I just had to do the !!).
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I think the picture is listed in the index under melons.
In an attempt to check out Kate's coupons site, put in Toms, based on Kate tweets about the twins loving the coupon. By the way, how do they know about Toms since the internet and google isn't allowed in the house?
This is the first result I got.
Search for 'toms' returned 17 results
First coupon is for Berbers. I never heard of that store. Followed by Boston Store, Herbergers, Bon-Ton, Younkers, Caron's, Tahoe Mountain Sports, VitaMix, Elder Beerman. On to page two of coupons, and finally a Toms coupon. never in my life have I had to look through multiple pages of a coupon site to find a coupon for a store I specifically looked for. I put a $40 shoe in the cart. Tried several coupons: tomsgetsfa13, tomsfalls, tomssummers. I also tried the all caps version of each code, just in case. Not a one worked. This was the message received after each try. "You entered an unrecognized promotional code." I've done a ton of on line shopping, and never had such bad luck using a coupon. Just glad I wasn't trying to place an actual order.
"She makes a point to sit around the table all together. They each take turns speaking in an organized manner..."
"And then, typically, when I get the feeling the're finally letting their guard down a little, that's typicaly the moment I choose to start my third degree interrogation on misdemeanors, non compliance to work charts and other infractions on their part. I typically get very good results finding a victim, especially since I do reward delation between brothers and sisters, the sisters accusing the brothers, of course. Boys are icky. And equators peelers. It's a well known fact."
Kate's cart, I didn't mention yesterday I had the same trouble searching for the Toms coupons. I first looked in apparel and it came up with over 2,000 results so after not seeing it on the first page nor seeing any way to sort the 2,000 results, for instance alphabetically, I went to the search and typed in Toms. A bunch of things came up but nothing looked like Toms. I don't know why, but I went back to it a few minutes later and tried to search for Toms one more time. I guess I was trying to be really fair in this experiment before reporting back it was a bust. Silimom was my inspiration. When I searched the second time, suddenly three Toms coupons came up, two if you spent 45 bucks and one if you spent 100 bucks.
A good web site shouldn't be returning inconsistent results like that. The search should return the same results every time, certainly within a few minutes of each other.
News flash! According to multiple news reports including entertainment news sites TMZ and Extra - where I heard it first this evening - the lawsuit against Paula Deen enterprises and Bubba Hiers ” has been dismissed and all signs point to a settlement. The terms appear to be confidential.”
Some news sites on google news seem to be cutting and pasting only the first party of the announcement saying the lawsuit has been dismissed but not mentioning a settlement.
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I was enjoying the preview of Love is in the Mix on Amazon. I'm going to make the Creamy "Herbie" Chicken for dinner Saturday.
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LOL!! That's the one with the soft sauce! What does that mean? Mushy?
"I forgot to add to my microwave in schools to heat your own lunch comment...wouldn't the school be liable if the kids heated the food too much and burned themselves or someone else? "
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Quite a few public elementary schools, as well as pre-schools here have microwaves for the kids. There is always someone there helping them, supervising, to make sure no accidents occur.
Her crediting 'Uncle Steve, the pizza guru' hit a little too close to the RV episode as well.
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I think it's creepy to refer to Steve as Uncle Steve. He is a TLC employee or perhaps a TLC independent contractor. He is not their "uncle". He was there to do a job, security--not father or uncle the children. And the second TFW was done, he moved on to something better like the little couple. I have always, always though TFW feels far more closer to him than he does to her. I think he appeased her and collected his paycheck.
Oh and I also think she knows exactly what she's doing when she mentions Uncle Steve the pizza guru.
It's just another one of her juvenile, immature F-U's to us.
Seriously, she should have submitted this project for the school PTA fundraiser.
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And that's exactly it. It's a lovely little project for the PTA fundraiser. But it has no business next to real cookbooks like PW's. She is amateur hour.
This all goes back to self awareness and knowing your own limitations and knowing where your strengths lie and your weaknesses. If she isn't capable of putting together something professional, she needs to recognize that and pay the people to do it for her. Otherwise, get out of the game, or go where this thing is appropriate, like a PTA fundraiser. It's embarrassing.
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Will someone please explain to the sheeple that there are no federal charges in the Cheaterville suit? The couple is suing John Doe, there are no prosecutors involved.
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I'll try this again since when I posted it earlier it never showed up.
In the beginning of the GMA clip posted here it is stated the the lawsuit is a federal lawsuit, the interviewer even stresses the word "federal."
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/california-couple-files-lawsuit-cheaterville-post-20045483
In the beginning of the GMA clip posted here it is stated the the lawsuit is a federal lawsuit, the interviewer even stresses the word "federal."
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But I think they are saying it's federal charges. That's not what this is. Federal charges are brought by federal prosecutors.
Likely, the ONLY reason that they would file a federal lawsuit is because there are parties in multiple states.
If you're in CA, but the person who made the posting is in New York, your best bet is to sue in federal court because CA generally doesn't have any authority to tell NY what to do with New Yorkers.
This couple is in CA, CV is in Las Vegas, and who knows where the poster lives. It does not make the suit more important because it's federal. It's just what they have to do in order to go after people in Nevada and other states. All that tells me is their lawyer knows exactly what they're doing.
The bottom line is there is a difference between charges being brought federally (by the "feds"), and a private person bringing a suit in federal court because there are jurisdictional problems in state court. Two different things.
Really gum in school. I can still remember how many times I got detention in high school for gum chewing. Sucked, because then I had to walk home. You'd think gum and hard candies would be thought of as a choking hazard these days. Everyone is so over the top these days with alergies, etc.
Charges dropped against Paula Deen.
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This is very bizarre. No settlement, no payout, nothing? We all saw her deposition. There were some VERY concerning things said and surely she could have gotten a settlement out of it.
Now the whole thing is just dropped? What is going on here???
I think the photographer took the photos. Judging by this photographer's web site, she knows enough and has the right equipment to shoot nice food photos. She has a Canon Mark III pretty much the best professional camera out there. Set the aperture to a nice low number, use natural lighting, and as long as you're shooting down and in most people with even just a little experience could shoot something nice with the Mark III. It's a $3800 camera, it better turn out something nice.
A settlement makes sense.
But the article I read said NO SETTLEMENT NO PAYOUT.
So weird!
Gumgate? Silly of her to mention gum when she assumes all readers watched the show and that episode is rather notorious! She wasn't very 'happy' the kids had gun THAT day!
Has anyone else here been "outed". I've notified local police of being stalked, so I have a record of it. I had a few different accounts a few years ago playing Farmville on facebook so I could extra gifts etc. Guess that makes me a person w/ a bunch of "sock" accounts. Let's go to court, I'll be my own attorney, my first question to Kate is why the fake vow renewal and what is that good bra. My other question is to all the churches they got "love offerings" from, did church officials count the money and provide a receipt for the IRS. She'd lie even under oath. I don't think her hands are clean w/ the IRS and during the divorce, as in hiding money. Wish Jon could have afforded a decent attorney and forensic accountants.
Thanks BV for helping this couple.
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Reading comprehension. They're not helping them. They have defended their site and say this whole thing is bogus. They are complying with legal requests and subpoenas because if you don't you could end up in jail. They're not doing it out of the goodness of their heart.
THEY created this forum that caused this whole nightmare for this couple in the first place. You don't get a trophy for "helping" when things go to crap. That's like pushing someone into a pool and then wanting a medal for saving them from drowning! LOL!
Oh, and I never heard, not once, an "I'm so sorry that this happened to this nice couple this of course is far beyond the scope of the purpose of this site" from these people. They don't care one bit. Just like they don't care about TFW's fans either.
Oh sure,who wouldn't pay $13.87 for expert advice like that in a cookbook?
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Our doctor's copay is $10. Cheaper!
I think she should have thanked Jon. You know for donating the sperm for these kids who have been so lucrative.
In seriousness though, I think for the sake of her children she should have thanked him FOR THEM, even if her heart isn't in it. This is what co-parenting is, getting along and being nice even when you don't want to, because it's just better for your children's mental health and stability.
Admin, Extra this evening and TMZ both said the lawsuit had been dismissed by the judge because the parties had reached a settlement out of court. TMZ said all signs point to a confidential settlement.
After reading the deposition and the original complaint, they had plenty more info that would have resulted in more bad pr. Paula s new legal representatives must have recognized that and been working toward this.
When the racial discrimination charges were dismissed, that was resulting from filings done by the prior law firm.
there will be more info on this in the Atlanta and savannah newspapers probably. If I find some stories tomorrow I will post links.
I see Joy. From what I've read, strategically, Paula's only choice is settlement. The only choice. If she wants any hope of recovery and getting people to forget and move on.
If she pushed to go to trial she would be an even bigger narcissist than I thought.
I assume the first article I read must be mistaken or maybe didn't have a good source yet on the settlement.
Another thing to keep in mind as far as the photo quality is this shot was all done in one day. I assume that's probably because of budget constraints. This isn't PW, no one is going to pay, not even TFW herself, for a week long photo shoot.
To do ALL these photos in one day is absurd. Those poor kids, they must have been exhausted. Each set up would take forever, hours sometimes. Lighting, blocking, the food. It's nuts. I'm guessing realistically, they were there at 5:30 a.m. and probably not out of there until midnight. No wonder she says her kids sleep in. Tired working kids.
But they saved TFW a buck by not stretching this out.
He is not their "uncle". He was there to do a job, security--not father or uncle the children. And the second TFW was done, he moved on to something better like the little couple.
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Has he been "de-uncled"...if so, I hope it didn't hurt too much.
We missed you, Auntie Ann, and your supreme wit! Best wishes to you and your hubby for a speedy healing.
Re Paula Deen. Check out savannahnow.com/news for local coverage. That is where I read the original complaint filed in U.S. District court, southern district of Georgia, savannah division. According to the story, attorney Harvey Weitz filled the proposed agreement to ” dismiss the case with prejudice”. the judge had not yet signed off on the agreement, apparently it was only filed Friday afternoon.
Well, our little Katie has been busy after all. It seems she has been taking an online class with> lifecoach2women.
There is a post by>Be the Billboard and it says via all top>making lightening strike in your business and life like Kate gosselin. and has a link to the article.
This is on Kates TL twitter feed, the one you can read all tweets, I would post the address but there is a character I can't read.
In the article, they mention that Kate is going to be product making?
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I know nothing about the book publishing world, so I have what may be a dumb question. Are her books already all printed, say about 1000 of them? Or is she still able to change the dumb things in it, after reading the many hints people have posted on this site, and at other blogs? Thanks.
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Not a dumb question at all, Prairie. I'd guess the book is in the set-up phase, meaning it's too late to change anything and is in the printer's hands for their set up. HCI can give what looks like a printed page on Amazon, but it's just digital--yet. It would cost Kate to make changes now, if they allow changes at all.
I'm guessing realistically, they were there at 5:30 a.m. and probably not out of there until midnight. No wonder she says her kids sleep in. Tired working kids.
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It was filmed in PA. Does this fall under the regulations for the state's child labor laws? Did they need working permits?
Good grief, the cookbook preview was ridiculous! On the pictures with the kids at the counter, they have flour, lemon wedges, and eggs all around them, flour on their hands and arms, but the two mixing bowls on the counter are completely empty. Why do they have flour all over the counter, but none in their bowls?
In the picture of one of the girls at the stove, apparently stir-frying something in a wok, TFW has her hand on the edge of the wok. If the child is stir-frying, then wouldn't TFW burn her hand? And if there's no heat, why is the child stirring something with a spoon or spatula on the stove but not cooking it?
There is a definite theme to many of the pictures. TFW with one hand on the child pictured, and one hand on the edge of the bowl or wok. Maybe she's going for a Martha Stewart pose--MS often poses with one hand on the object pictured--but with TFW it just looks fake and staged.
In the pictures of Mady and Cara holding their Christmas presents, they are wearing shorts and tank tops. In December?
This cookbook is an amateurish mess!
In other news, I went grocery shopping this morning, and there were copies of People magazine with TFW and the kids on the cover. As I was waiting to check out, an employee came by and filled the rack with the new issue, with William, Kate, and baby George on the cover. I said, "Oh, did you just get these in?" The lady said, "No, we have to restock already. Everyone wants the one with the baby." I mentioned the ones with TFW still being there. She said they didn't sell, and they're waiting a bit, hoping to still get rid of some of them. I talked my son (Costco worker) and he said they got stuck with a bunch of TFW's issue. They don't get to send them back, so they rip off the covers and throw them away. They took a loss of TFW's issue, but had to restock the new issue with the royal family already today.
Fired Up 4 Kate @MiloandJack 5m
@OhhEmmGeeVP @Kateplusmy8 Well said re: Kate & her parenting 8 kids! When they R this successful U have 2look 2Kate as the reason WHY! :)
Milo has used this word before...successful. How are the kids successful? I didn't realize that, at ages 9 and 12, they are attorneys, physicians, Wall Street brokers...
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This is the link to this article, on what Kate has been doing for the past couple of months. I hope it works.
With prejudice? Interesting. That means this woman can NEVER try to bring this suit again.
It may be different in Georgia, usually in CA it's legally impossible to dismiss a civil suit "with prejudice" without first going through a trial. It's a requirement to hear all the evidence in order to dismiss with prejudice--in a settlement or outright dismissal, you don't hear the evidence and therefore, are legally bared from making a finding that it was dismissed "with prejudice." (Without prejudice is fine.)
A judge may sometimes say the words, but it's not legal and wouldn't hold water. Like saying the sky is polka dots. It's not polka dots, but I guess you can say it. Therefore it does no good to ask for it even if your client really wants it.
It could be allowed in Georgia I guess? Curiouser and curiouser, Paula!
Not ANOTHER scam! Come on! Is TFW really involved with this or are they just borrowing her story? When something starts out with such and such quit their job and is now making 10 times that! red flags should go off.
"Kate has found a way to profit from her passion with several projects."
TFW has found ingenious ways to profit from her children, I'll give her that.
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I too did the Look Inside of the cookbook. Good grief. Who puts a picture of themself in a bikini in a cookbook!! (I just had to do the !!).
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I think the picture is listed in the index under melons.
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Oh sorry, snorting wine is so tacky.
How does she know the kids are "successful" anyhow? Because TFW says so?
Many a celeb has successfully hidden massive problems with their children. As well they should, as it's really not the public's business if the private teen child of a celebrity is a drug addict or fathered a child or has been kicked out of school or the many other things celebs have hidden.
It was filmed in PA. Does this fall under the regulations for the state's child labor laws? Did they need working permits?
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I don't recall anything that covers photoshoots, sadly. In fact I don't think I've seen that in any child labor laws. Maybe someone else can find something that would cover this situation.
This is one of the criticisms of child labor laws especially for kids really really famous. It's not just the time on set. It's the interviews, the meet and greets, the photoshoots, the travel, the phone calls. You may spend four hours on set but another six doing all the other stuff.
I don't believe any of that counts as time if you are doing it off set. It should. If you are a director who cares, you would insist that is all done on set so it will count as their time.
I'm not even sure you need a permit to make your child do a photoshoot with you as many a celeb has done--even if it lasts all day, interrupts school, is hot, cold or uncomfortable. Publicity is just not something that seems to be covered.
Has he been "de-uncled"...if so, I hope it didn't hurt too much.
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Buh-bum ching!
Do the little couple call him their uncle? Or is he just what he is, "Steve Neild, our security"?
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This woman is clueless about Kate. She's just extrapolating from existing material to support her own business and website. Nothing new. Same, same, same.
Yes I don't see that they've "hired" TFW, they just are using her case study as an example. Exactly what are they thinking with that? All she does is exploit children. How is that an option for the vast majority of people even if they wanted to?
Lightening? It's lightning - making 'LIGHTNING' strike again! Lightening is something you do to your hair or walls or load. Good grief!
Did you all see on the preview under the kitchen chapter that she says she can't create masterpieces when there's distracting clutter around (paraphrasing). I would hope she meant it tongue in cheek - masterpieces??? BWAHAHAHA!
Admin> it seems that Katie has been taking online classes from lifecoach2women. The above post has the People mag pic, and an article about how Kate is making lighting strike again , by the People mag article, her lifestyle web-site, her coupon web-site and how she is or will be creating product?. And 4 points on what we can learn from Kate. After reading that I got a headache.
That is the only way to get to that article(in post above) I got this off her twitter TL, the one you can read all tweets, under a post/tweet>Be the Billboard.
Where does it say she took their class? Did I miss it?
TFW pay for a class? Waste of her time since she knows everything and is the master of all. Why, she could teach that class.
Admin> I did go to the site and they have a bunch of info stuff/class you can do at home, then they have a conference. You know it could be possible that is exactly what Kate did. It would explain, why the sudden coupon site, cookbook, her new> I've changed thing. A lot of the info there talks of how to be successful and get what you want.
But I do see what you mean, about they could be just using her article for their own site. But if you look it up, I could not find the article, unless I did not look in the right place.
I am thinking that if not with this one maybe Kate's PR was giving her lessons. Someone did.
Y'all are so funny with the cookbook comments. Are you supposed to laugh when you're reading a cookbook? She trots out the dead grandparents and talks about feeding the children while traveling. When do they travel?
3. Be willing to share your greatness with the world.
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Just the advice a narcissist should follow. I think she does that one really well.
I didn't see anything in that article to suggest that she's taking an online coaching course. Did she say it in a tweet? I thought the purpose of the LIGHTENING blog article was to show Kate as an example...all women should aspire to be just like that.
I think they're just using her story. I bet TFW wants her cut of THAT.
Somewhere beyond the realm, your great post earlier today summing up the CV scandal was exactly right IMO.
The hypocrisy here is in rare form. This has to be one of the most hypocritical things I've ever seen. If they had ANY credibility left in terms of being serious about "helping" TFW or anyone being bullied, they've lost it.
Cheating is hurtful, and it's got to be even worse when it's a false accusation. How can anyone sleep at night knowing they are holding such false accusations hostage with a bounty of 200 bucks? And against a nice, private, innocent couple who never put themselves out there to boot? It's WRONG. If someone contacts you and says listen what you've allowed posted is false and is hurtful to me and my private family, why wouldn't ANYONE with even 1/10th of a heart immediately take it down? Instead you put a bounty on it and essentially force them to spend tens of thousands of dollars dragging it to court to get anything accomplished? It's just nuts. Something is not right upstairs there, something is not computing here.
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Is this the article?
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It's just nuts. Something is not right upstairs there, something is not computing here.
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You only have to read the tweets that person puts out to know that something is very off.
The only thing worse than her recipes, are is the advice that she is dishing out, which falls under these categories:
1) get the kids out of the way
2) ignore their preferences
3) let no dissent be heard
4) any deviations from the norm are to remain under tight control
5) keep those kids hungry, lest they grow out of their cuteness
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So sad. Did you notice there was no room anywhere for the child to assert his preferences and develop his own unique tastes? The most she allows them do is assemble ingredients she has pre-selected.
They are 9 and almost 13. They are too old to be this regimented. They are plenty old enough to develop their own tastes and preferences and even be really into food that might not interest their parents. Let them go. You need not turn yourself into a line cook with kids calling out orders, but allowing them a little freedom to decide what they like and dislike and what they want more or less of, within reason, is definitely warranted.
We've been slowly making our way through Sienfeld this summer so it's on my mind (I know this is blasphemy, but I have never seen anything more than bits and pieces of this genius show until now!), but he has another little skit that is funny, but very true. He basically says wait a minute why do we require kids to eat so regimented when we don't require if of OURSELVES as adults? If I want a cookie, I'll have a cookie, and no one can stop me. If my appetite gets spoiled, so what there's another one coming round the bend!
It was funny, yet kind of sad in the way that some people are very concerned with controlling children's food. To what end? And what will you do when they are teens and adults and will eat what they please no matter how much you might try to control it? It's like anything she does, there's nothing wrong with providing children a little guidance in good food habits at this age, but she takes it to such an extreme degree I'm claustrophobic just reading about it.
And yet the guy on T.V. was calm, articulate, intelligent, well kempt, with a nice home behind him. He seems normal, not a swear word or nasty tone to his voice anywhere. He looked like the guy I sat next to in college Spanish II. I mean he's a normal guy.
I really cannot picture that guy being the person behind the nasty tweets and the person who went after me threatening "tick tock" if I didn't do what he wants? THAT was the guy saying "tick tock?" I'd rather duel, personally. Pass me my sword. He's intelligent, he can express himself, he has ideas up there, why not use them for good instead of providing a forum for people to hurt others people in their lives and then pretend you're "helping" them when YOU caused the problem in the first place?
Re Paula Deen, one more source. Bloomberg.com had story by Ann Woolner. It quotes an email from Lisa Jackson s lead attorney Wesley Woolf who said ” the matter has been amicably resolved.”
If the plaintiffs attorney uses the word amicably, that means to me at least six figures following a dollar sign. Who knows, maybe seven. Plus Deen released a statement referring to reviewing all the human resource policies at her businesses.
There is a post by>Be the Billboard and it says via all top>making lightening strike in your business and life like Kate gosselin
Could someone translate??
They don't get to send them back, so they rip off the covers and throw them away. They took a loss of TFW's issue
So out of everything that Costco sells, your son is sure they 'took a loss of (Kate's People) issue? I'm impressed with your son's stockboy knowledge!
I really cannot picture that guy being the person behind the nasty tweets and the person who went after me threatening "tick tock" if I didn't do what he wants? THAT was the guy saying "tick tock?" I'd rather duel, personally.
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Well, you know you can put on a good front and if you're really good at it, assume the personality of anyone you want to be. It's kind of like Catfishing. Twitter is a funny place -- a dual personality could come out, and on there you can hide behind the mask you've created for yourself.
It was funny, yet kind of sad in the way that some people are very concerned with controlling children's food. To what end? And what will you do when they are teens and adults and will eat what they please no matter how much you might try to control it?
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I am, sadly, a living, breathing example of how right you are. I'm 60 and I've still got food issues big time. I've finally conquered bulimia
because I've decided I am allowed to eat what I want to eat without having to punish myself for it. I was watched every time I went into the kitchen (my father used to come in whenever he heard me in there to see if I was getting a cookie) and would quiz me on why I was in there.
My mother plated my food for me and I had to eat every bite and there were never seconds on anything. Control, control, control.
I was an active kid, spending 3 hours 6 days a week at swimming practice. I rode my bike, walked my dog, helped around the house. I was not a lump. But my parents were food control
militia, ready to roll into action at any little
sound.
I still have the feeling somebody is watching me through the window if I get something to eat
at night. It is so sad. No, I don't need therapy. I thank God (no blasphemy there) for a friend I have who has been helping me learn that it's OK to have a cookie, it's OK to get an eggroll AND rice at the Asian buffet, it's OK to choose what I want as long as I am getting some nutrition and/or joy out of it.
It has been transformational for me.
I read the "Lightening" article. The author is a life coach who sounds like Stuart Smalley from Saturday Night Live. He was always saying, "I'm Good Enough, I'm Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like Me!to his mirror. I can see Kate doing that.
I still have the feeling somebody is watching me through the window if I get something to eat
at night. It is so sad. No, I don't need therapy
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Oh but you do! It'll help so much, too. I mean this sincerely.
So out of everything that Costco sells, your son is sure they 'took a loss of (Kate's People) issue? I'm impressed with your son's stockboy knowledge!
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I'm not impressed that posters can't follow posting rule 3, no snotty comments, but rather continue to do so in that holier-than-thou attitude. For some reason, they seem to land here.
A song comes to mind -- Where's The Playground Susie?
The end has come and found us here
With our toys scattered all around us here
The puzzle that we never found an answer for
Still asks us, darlin', just what all the games were for
And here we stand in a box of sand
(73)..." Well, our little Katie has been busy after all. It seems she has been taking an online class with> lifecoach2women.
There is a post by>Be the Billboard and it says via all top>making lightening strike in your business and life like Kate gosselin. and has a link to the article."
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I notice one or two posters using this right arrow sign. Is this something new on boards? I am so "not with it" when it comes to typing lingo on blogs! Does it mean something? :)
There is a post by>Be the Billboard and it says via all top>making lightening strike in your business and life like Kate gosselin
I asked earlier for a translation but no one could crack the code! LOL
My new People came today. The Peters and comments were about stories from the issue two weeks ago. I am curious to see what comments about TFMJG are actually published in next weeks issue.
The local grocery store had Kate and will on the cover with the baby. You know, Kate the super nice wife of the future king and mother of the next king after that. No sign of TFMJG issue.
There is a post by>Be the Billboard and it says via all top>making lightening strike in your business and life like Kate gosselin
I asked earlier for a translation but no one could crack the code! LOL
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It's a bot. It sends out tweets with links to articles. The link in that tweet goes to the article:
Make Lightening Strike in Your Business and life like Kate Gosselin
Actually it's not a bot, just acts like one tweeting links to articles all the time. LOL He's a real person who has a website.
DARREN IS A DYNAMIC PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATOR WITH A PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF SUCCESS AS A TELEVISION HOST, KEYNOTE SPEAKER AND LEGAL ANALYST.
Darren is the creator and host of the television show Deadly Sins, which airs on Investigation Discovery. He's been named one of the "Top 100 Trial Lawyers in California" each year since 2007. He regularly appears as an analyst on dozens of nationally syndicated shows including CNN, the Today Show and Entertainment Tonight.
He says he's a keynote speaker and makes TV and radio appearances. I see these things and think huckster. Maybe I'm too much of a cynic.
dhwh and giggity - Why are you changing your name? Pick one and stick to it. Twitter land must be slow tonight.
So out of everything that Costco sells, your son is sure they 'took a loss of (Kate's People) issue? I'm impressed with your son's stockboy knowledge
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Since Layla' s son was aware of Layla' s interest in that particular edition of People, it makes perfect sense he would keep his eye on the speed they were/were not flying off the rack, ask about unsold ones, etc.
Oh my goodness...STOP THE PRESSES....Martha Stewart you have been outdone by TFW!!!! Even pininterest is never going to make it back from the ...
fantastic.....!!!!!
out of this world.....!!!!
captivating crafts for kids!!!!
I can not believe the creativity and uniqueness of her craft idea for kids!!!
here it is...wait for it.....
Yes, you guessed it, ITS!!!!!
pasta on a string
pffftttt..... get into the 21st Century TFW. Your crookbook will be great for those who went into their underground nuclear shelters in the 60's and are just now coming up to peak if their is any life left on earth....
Move on people, nothing to see here....
"To give the kids more control over how they eat, I sometimes place ingredients on their plates and let them assemble their own sandwiches - or eat the meat, cheese and bread separately."
At 9 and almost 13 years of age, she's still not giving the kids the autonomy to make their own sandwiches.
She controls everything from what and how they eat, to how they line up to take their plate from the counter to the table, to the conversation while at the table. I can't imagine growing up in that environment. SMH
Control, control, control.
I love the movie NIGHT picture with the sun shining in the window, while the kids are lined up in pajamas.
From the directions for the first recipe in the cookbook preview:
"Cover the slow cooker and cook on high for 1 hour and then on low for 4 hours."
Why would anybody cover up a slow cooker? Shame?
Also, wouldn't covering up a slow cooker set one up for the possibility of house fire?
TFW did use the "lightning strike" phrase in the People article...
Kate says she is living “very carefully these days,” by “piecing and patching together” an income from various projects. “To not have a reliable income is scary,” she concedes. Attempts to revive her on-camera career have not yet taken off. “Which will beg the question, ‘Why don’t you go back to nursing?” But if I did that, I’d be spending everything I made on the babysitter I’D have to hire. So it needs to be something else. I have to make lightning strike”. What about porn?
The kids miss being on TV. “I liked the trips,” says Hannah, recalling the family’s outings to Hawaii and Australia. Hawaii, by the way, is where Kate made Jon renew their vows for a free trip only to divorce shortly after. The Australia trip was arranged so Kate could meet her bodyguard boyfriend’s family. They didn’t seemed all that interested in meeting her, especially since he was married already.
BTW...I pulled that piece of the People magazine from a snark columnist....but she did quote TFW's words that she needed "lightning to strike" so maybe TFW is taking classes to learn how to rebrand herself....I think she is wasting her time!!
I didn't necessarily think the Uncle Steve pizza guy in the cookbook was Steve the bodygaurd.
So, next month, she has a couple of PR appearances..probably totaling 15-20 minutes in all? Then a book signing, which most likely will be a bust. Then what? Does she really think these things will magically open up a talk show host job for her?
Re: the People issue, I stopped by CVS to get something. I noticed all three shelves of People mags at all of the cash registers were full. There were about 20 in each one. No one pulled one to read or buy. 50 unsold mags there easy. That was on Wed. I saw the ball photo. Another pointless photo just like the cookbook photos anyone can see that the children were smiling hesitantly or not caring about it AND Kate is the only one really laughing. It's the photos inside that were uncomfortable and so unnecessary, just leave the kids out!
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You have to put the lid on the slow cooker to cook something anyway. So why say cover it to cook? She's a little ditzy with the directions lol!
Also why is she including toddler crafts & tips in the cookbook? The children are 9 & 12, make it more current that would actually apply to TODAY, not 7 years ago.
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How odd that a TLC employee, Steve Neild, was christened with the honorary title of "uncle". She has, after all, driven away all blood family, but in Kate's world, she has made him into a family member in name even though I would bet she had wanted more. I wonder if this was one of the things that bothered Jon about Steve? Well, I think she is obsessed with the guy and he plays along. He never appeared to embrace the kids like an "uncle". I think the title was strictly Kate's attempt to tie him to the family.
Uncle Steve the bodyguard any one else find that a bit creepy besides me?
I don't see a problem with adding toddler crafts and tips, necessarily, although it is a cookbook, not a child rearing book. She's no doubt trying to appeal to moms with babies and toddlers. To me, "edible" play dough that has been rolled and pounded and smashed on the table with sweaty little hands and probably dropped on the floor, etc., isn't something I'd ever consider to be a snack. LOL When they were finished with it, I'd throw it out.
I also think her leftover dinners sound pretty labor intensive, creating lists (one for each child) of what foods will be available, saying how much one can have and then having kids fill them out and sign them so Kate can serve it all up. Yep, controlling and a huge waste of time. If she lines them up at the counter anyway and doesn't allow them to approach the counter until the one in front is seated, why not just do it buffet style, yelling out the orders, gestapo style, as they goose step through the maneuver?
Oh dear, I just saw the bunny ear photo. LOL The photos do change. So besides filling 8000 plastic eggs she also creates Ms Bunny's Candy Shoppe complete with construction paper coins she traces and cuts out--15 for each kid?
I know that somewhere out there a fan who buys that cookbook is going to read her pasta necklace and play dough snack and Ms Bunny ideas and salt laden recipes and say "This woman is nuts." I just know there will be one somewhere.
I don't know why TFW thinks her 'traditions' are noteworthy. Most moms 'typically' prepare kids hot chocolate after their playing in the snow; most mothers give their children Valentine goodies and treats; most of us had them string pasta necklaces; most of us 'feed' meals. Wow, a picnic, how novel! Packing school lunches, done that too. Gee, a birthday cake! Celebrating holidays! The ones TFW dreamed up are just weird, like the Ms Bunny thing as I mentioned before or the menu choice of leftovers.Even the popcorn with a surprise on Movie Afternoon gets old.
I wouldn't think adding these things to book would make it palatable, pun intended, unless they are sheeple readers.
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The stockers (like my son) are the ones who have to prepare the unsold merchandise for disposal. There was a very large number of that particular magazine to be discarded. Those were magazines that the store had to pay for and then throw away, so yes, they lost money on them. I did not say that the entire store took an overall loss because of it. They took a loss on the large number of unsold magazines that had to be thrown out instead of returned to the publisher.
I don't know why TFW thinks her 'traditions' are noteworthy. Most moms 'typically' prepare kids hot chocolate after their playing in the snow; most mothers give their children Valentine goodies and treats; most of us had them string pasta necklaces; most of us 'feed' meals. Wow, a picnic, how novel! Packing school lunches, done that too. Gee, a birthday cake! Celebrating holidays! The ones TFW dreamed up are just weird, like the Ms Bunny thing as I mentioned before or the menu choice of leftovers.Even the popcorn with a surprise on Movie Afternoon gets old.
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It goes back to TFW wants a medal for doing what everyone else does.
By the way we got a bit behind with the comments yesterday, and of all days on one of those days you guys were very chatty! :). I was publishing a few that had sat there for hours. If you didn't see yours right away sorry about that!
I didn't necessarily think the Uncle Steve pizza guy in the cookbook was Steve the bodygaurd.
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I don't know who else it would be, unless they order take-out pizza on a regular basis that they've become close friends with the person (Steve) who delivers it! But that couldn't be because all of her pizzas are homemade.
She's referred to Steve the BG as Uncle Steve in the past.
Does any remember a very long time ago, there were some pap photos of Steve and I think one of the girls was like clutching his leg like she would to daddy? I remember so many of us were outraged. Not because we were suggesting he was doing something deviant, but because he was overstepping his bounds as a bodyguard letting the kids do that. What exactly did he do to make the children comfortable with such an intimate gesture? And then their mother encouraging the Uncle Steve comments?
I also think he sort of played to whatever TFW wanted . His job is really to make a client happy no matter what they want, and if she was seeking an "uncle" he was going to play that up. The thing is, I don't really see or hear much evidence she sees him much anymore and we know for a fact he is very busy . This uncle she cultivated is after his next paycheck. I don't believe for one second he cares nearly as much about her and her family as he does about his next job, himself, and his own family. In other words he'll drop her in a heartbeat. It's almost pathetic to watch such a one sided relationship.
Hi Layla, us regulars understood what you meant. that other person didn't. I am sure the People magazines with the royal Kate on the cover will go like ! My neighbor gets my people mags when I am finished with them, and she specifically had no interest in the one with TFMJG on the covert. She doesn't know about my participation here, she doesn't like reality TV in general and we don't often talk about it. But she and get dh really like those Duck Dynasty guys! If they were on the cover she would want my copy of people before I read it!
Silimom promised to follow the directions exactly so I kind of picture her draping her crockpot with a blanket when she "covers to cook."
That was on Wed. I saw the ball photo. Another pointless photo just like the cookbook photos anyone can see that the children were smiling hesitantly or not caring about it AND Kate is the only one really laughing.
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I can't get over how metaphorically perfect that ball photo was. LOL Coyne, you idiot. TFW tossing the ball in the air with herself, having all the fun to herself. The prop children sitting down, not playing, off to the side and to the back, watching the fun but not being allowed to have their own fun.
I never thought he was very maternal/paternal toward the children myself. He always seemed rather cold when he engaged with them. The snowball fight out west he seemed more interested in really pummeling them with snow, very competitive. The pizza thing, I will always think it's disgusting the way he didn't stand up for Mady and say Kate, Kate time out it's OKAY Mady can have my darn slice of pizza, ENOUGH!
Also when the kids ran the race and I believe Alexis was crying and didn't want to run, he didn't stop with her, get down to her level, put his arm around her and listen to what was upsetting her like a Daddy does. Rather he prodded her along like cattle.
ut she did quote TFW's words that she needed "lightning to strike"
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From a life philosophy perspective, I doubt most life coaches would support such a thing. You don't wait around twiddling your thumbs for lightning to strike. The odds are too low. As they say in Titanic, a real man makes his own luck. All the time you spent watching the skies you could have done something really productive, like saved a lot of lives in a hospital all this time and had a steady paycheck with benefits and maybe even been due for a raise by now.
I love the movie NIGHT picture with the sun shining in the window, while the kids are lined up in pajamas.
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Haha. Maybe that is "night" for them cause the kids have to get up at the crack of dawn to start that long bus ride to keep up appearances at their private school.
Could Uncle Steve be Mr. Smith, who visited, fixed the tractor, and then made pizza? She never mentioned his first name. Ratclaws makes more sense to me, though. She thinks she's being cute and funny, reminding people of her RV meltdown, but she's just obnoxious.
Has anyone here seen even a single tweet from someone who has actually used a coupon from TFW's coupon site? They talk about looking at the site, "navigating" it, but no mention of actually using it, at least that I have seen. Even TFW hasn't mentioned it. Her day spent shopping away on her site--she didn't mention what she bought or how much she saved. If she saved money using her own site, don't you think she would have shared that information with her fans? The twins' favorite coupon, the one for Toms, apparently doesn't even work. Which means that they never used it. This coupon site is a lot like her website. Slapped together, announced in a hurry, and a complete mess. It's going to take some hard work, and probably some start-up cash, to get this thing working. And then, who knows if it will ever be successful?
At 9 and almost 13 years of age, she's still not giving the kids the autonomy to make their own sandwiches.
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It's so frustrating and sad. At 9 and 13 years old they are PLENTY old enough to go open the fridge and figure out lunch.
Why can't lunch be a free for all? I understand dinner would get crazy if you took short orders, but I see nothing wrong with providing a variety of lunch choices in the fridge--sandwich meats, yogurts, leftovers, pasta salads, tuna, egg salad, salad greens, bread, fruit, cheese, pita--and letting the children decide and make it and if they need your help you're there.
Again, this is how ADULTS do it most of the time. We eat what we want to for lunch whatever is in the fridge. We rarely eat the same thing. Why must a child be so darn regimented? That's not the real world, and isn't that what we're supposed to be teaching them, how the real world works?
I think it's the other way around, Mr. Smith is Uncle Steve.
I am virtually certain I've heard that the kids call him Uncle Steve before either on the show or referenced somewhere on twitter. I have heard this creepy term of endearment before.
Maybe Kate one time cooked something in the crockpot without the lid! LOL. Why else would you say to cover? Or maybe she just needed to fill up pages with needless directions. She writes like a high schooler anyway in a vain attempt to sound intelligent and take up space on a page. She's no author. The big boy publishers in NYC won't touch her. That's why she is self-publishing.
It also struck me as a bit odd that she still needed to control the dinner table conversation so everyone was getting a turn. At 9 and 13 years old they STILL are incapable of carrying on a civilized group conversation where everyone is getting a chance to contribute?
It would not be uncommon at all for a 13 year old and perhaps even a 9 year old to be hanging out with a big group of friends, 6, 7 or 8 of them. The same size as their family. Do they wildly interrupt everyone and sulk when it's not their turn to talk and otherwise have no idea how to carry on a group conversation in a large group?
She makes them sound socially inept and stunted.
Didn't she tweet once that family friends were over and some guy was making pizza? Don't know if that was Uncle Steve, Steve the bodyguard or whoever. The way she plays fast and loose with relative's titles...the cameramen are the daddies, Uncle Steve, Nana Janet.. I'm expecting the Fed-Ex guy that drops off all her sheeple grifts is Grampa.
I think she and Steve are definitely in communication. Remember at Easter we noticed the picture taken that included the men's sneakers were the same ones Steve was photographed wearing? I absolutely believe he was the guy making pizza in her kitchen, too. I also believe he is the "friend" she called to question what to do when her car broke down. Sounds like something a wife would do, except I have AAA and would never bother my husband. But Kate has to have a man do her bidding and just "be there" when she acts so helpless.if I was divorced and living on that property, I would not be calling a married male "friend" to come over and fix things. Why doesn't she have a handyman she can call? (Or maybe Steve is a HANDY MAN) in another way!
If she wanted to give parenting tips and revisit the past, wouldn't it be better if they were in a separate book? A cookbook isn't really the first thing parents would look for craft projects. Maybe she should have done it as a children's cookbook. Like rachael ray. But whatever.
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I remember seeing the Dilleys prepare school lunches at an early age. Becki gave a choice of a couple of sandwich fillings and had a cart for snacks and drinks which the kids picked from. This was done quickly in the AM. The kids had chores but rotated them, and things were done calmly, no drill sergeant there
Re: Steve's leg. I think Kate encouraged the kids to become buddies with all the people around. Once they were practically swarming a crew member and pulling his hair, very out of control.I think they lacked physical contact & attention from adults. Also the kids chummed up with women such as Sara Snow and the ladies on the fall photo shoot set.
I agree. Crafts and tips don't fit in with a crookbook. I would have maybe changed the description to explain it's a home book or household management book: cooking, crafts, tips for kids, grocery shopping, saving money and more!
Something along those lines, a bit more polished of course.
Usually people expect straight recipes with a little commentary in their cookbook. These long tangents that are neither here nor there weigh it down and distract from the purpose IMO.
I think her problem is she thinks she has so much to offer in all areas she just couldn't help herself, she just HAD to say this or that about other things that are part of running a household. Even if it didn't really "fit" with the crookbook.
As others have said, it's quite possibly one or more people have told her all this, she just didn't care and did what she wanted anyway.
OMG, Amazon has now linked Kate's cookbook with PW! Coincidence? I think not. Just how much has PW been discussed here? Plenty. Do you think there is some program Amazon uses that recognizes clicks on Kate and then clicks to PW, thus linking them?
TLCstinks said... 143
The big boy publishers in NYC won't touch her. That's why she is self-publishing.
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Now those are denial letters I'd love to read about in People.
A children's cookbook would have made more sense, except Kate can't help but interject herself into everything, plus the kids are not allowed to experiment in the kitchen. Once again, an opportunity blown.
I love Becki Dilley's parenting style.
When one of the boys wanted to learn dance with his sisters, he was allowed to learn dance with his sisters. No fuss, no snide comments about it. And he was actually really good!
And I loved her lunch cart idea. She still got to control what she put on the cart, but the children were made to feel like they had a lot of input and choices into what went into their lunches. Genius. You could see how well it worked, with the kids diving in there getting what they liked without drama. It goes so far to make children feel a part of the choices being made for them. They feel calm because they feel their fate, if even a small part of it, is up to them. That is a cool feeling to a young child.
I always thought the way they both spoke to the children was very kind, respectful and low key. They were treated like the bright young people they were, like they were expected to behave their age and if possible, older. And they responded to that, and did.
Seriously, she takes orders on leftovers, dictates who can eat what? Allows them to make a sandwich from fixings that SHE places on their plate? And controls dinner conversations in an 'orderly' manner. Oh dear god, what nightmares meal times are at the Gosselin manor. Leftovers night at our house involved warming it all up and serving; it was understood that sharing was involved. I seriously doubt she makes enough for leftovers, and the dibs and dabs left require her to make a big deal out of nothing. She is creating life long horrible food habits, a real shame.
Her word usage is also odd, as someone said above. She uses words that she thinks are sophisticated, like a middle schooler trying to pad an essay. And I have read enough of those to know.
TLC stinks said... 143
Maybe Kate one time cooked something in the crockpot without the lid! LOL. Why else would you say to cover? Or maybe she just needed to fill up pages with needless directions. She writes like a high schooler anyway in a vain attempt to sound intelligent and take up space on a page. She's no author. The big boy publishers in NYC won't touch her. That's why she is self-publishing.
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I have seen better writing from Middle School students. In keeping with Kate's style of writing, I think your post should have been "written" as ...
"Maybe" Kate "one-time" "cooked" something in the crockpot "without" the lid! LOL. Why else would you "say" to "cover"? Or "maybe" she just "needed" to "fill-up" pages with "needless" directions. She "writes" like a "high-schooler" anyway in a "vain" attempt to "sound" intelligent and take up "space" on a page. She's no "author". The "big-boy" publishers in NYC won't "touch" her. That's why she is "self-publishing". ....
As much as I "want" to "post" more on Kate's "cookbook", I don't have "enough" time to "post" all the "glaring" errors, "inconsistencies", and "problems" with what I "read" on the B&N "site".
She makes them sound socially inept and stunted.
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In so many ways, not least of which is making one of the boys smear food all over his face like he needs a fricking bib to eat. That's going to be humiliating socially, if not already.
On the one hand, Kate assumes her potential pool of book buyers have seen their show. On the other hand, she expects them to suspend belief and forget gumgate, pumpkingate, sugar granulegate, ice creamgate and on and on and on.
She's revising history and once again farting rainbows and unicorns, all the while, insulting readers' intelligence by selling them swamp land.
The facts are there, all caught on film, the realest reality show there ever was.
This coupon site is a lot like her website. Slapped together, announced in a hurry, and a complete mess. It's going to take some hard work, and probably some start-up cash, to get this thing working. And then, who knows if it will ever be successful?
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Kate's all about the short game-- not a follow through, get your hands dirty kind of gal.
Her job is to mastermind masterpieces.
I'm pretty sure gift-o-gab TFW thinks 'typical' and 'require and 'rare' are sophisticated words.
TLC stinks said... 143
Maybe Kate one time cooked something in the crockpot without the lid! LOL. Why else would you say to cover? Or maybe she just needed to fill up pages with needless directions.
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It's the dichotomy between what she thinks is important to include in her recipe directions and what she doesn't. Saying to cover the crockpot is unnecessary. Telling readers to add the sauteed onions and garlic back into the dish is necessary, especially since you gave them overly involved instructions on how to get them caramelized in the first place.
OrangeCrusher1 said... 154
Seriously, she takes orders on leftovers, dictates who can eat what? Allows them to make a sandwich from fixings that SHE places on their plate? And controls dinner conversations in an 'orderly' manner.
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This is sad that she feels the need to control everything that the kids say and do.
And if the kids disagree or talk about the're penalized in some fashion.
What kind of childhood is that when you're afraid. To express yourself in anyway it just sad.
I thought Uncle Steve was a married local guy, from Kate's cryptic remarks about him.
Maybe it is Steve, but really, if they're not romantically involved, she's just not his problem anymore, nor should she be as a married guy.
Admin, I agree. And she could use non-human materials to replace using the children as props. Even child models would work because she would be marketing HERSELF instead of the kids. Who probably didn't have a choice in this. I bet they didn't ask for it but she is desperate!
Also I think she didn't really use any or most of the tips because she had TLC catering to her. Think she actually had the pudding drawings happen? No I don't think so. It was an idea fed to her, maybe to fill up space. It's almost a spinoff of what TLC had the children play in pudding ONE TIME. It was an idea for an espiode, nothing more. I think she is trying to prove that she does really has that mother instinct, but we all saw very little of that on the show. Remorse or guilt, maybe? Telling herself and the public that yes, I do mother these kids!
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Re: Steve's leg. I think Kate encouraged the kids to become buddies with all the people around. Once they were practically swarming a crew member and pulling his hair, very out of control.I think they lacked physical contact & attention from adults. Also the kids chummed up with women such as Sara Snow and the ladies on the fall photo shoot set.
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The backyard camping episode-- the kids were climbing all over the crew. The kids definitely gravitated towards any adult physicality.
Kate said in the cookbook that she made the Ms. Bunny Shoppe sign, but it looks like Mady's writing. What a shame the kids don't wake up to candy on Easter morning. She doesn't even know what kind of candy her kids like, so she doesn't prepare the baskets. Sheer laziness and controlling Easter.
Her word usage is also odd, as someone said above. She uses words that she thinks are sophisticated, like a middle schooler trying to pad an essay. And I have read enough of those to know.
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Literary crutches. Under one arm are alliterative phrases and under the other are purple prose.
Leftovers night at our house involved warming it all up and serving; it was understood that sharing was involved. I seriously doubt she makes enough for leftovers, and the dibs and dabs left require her to make a big deal out of nothing. She is creating life long horrible food habits, a real shame.
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I remember one time, several years ago, I was interviewing Janet Lennon (Lennon Sisters) about her life in a large family. She said that some of her best memories involved leftovers. I thought this was rather strange, but she said they actually looked forward to the end of the week when their mother would make what they called "Stuff." It was basically a casserole with all leftovers thrown in there and baked. She said they enjoyed passing the big bowl around and digging in!
From Kate's book, I got the impression that the tups may get to eat cafeteria style, but mostly get served.
I'd teach my dogs to serve themselves if I could, so why infantalize 9-year olds?
At least sometimes, serve your family family-style meals! Teach manners and proper group eating etiquette.
"LOL", Luke's Mom.
Kate needs to take a writing class.
I also want to comment about how the kids have to take turns speaking at the dinner table. Manners are one thing, but silence until you are called on by Herr Mother is ridiculous.
As much as I "want" to "post" more on Kate's "cookbook", I don't have "enough" time to "post" all the "glaring" errors, "inconsistencies", and "problems" with what I "read" on the B&N "site".
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You read it on the B&N site, or you want to post it on the B&N site? :)
Regarding Kate's writing, I didn't read Multiple Blessings. Was the writing bad in that book...grammar, punctuation and language structure errors?
they called "Stuff." It was basically a casserole with all leftovers thrown in there and baked. She said they enjoyed passing the big bowl around and digging in!
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My mom used to say, "catch as catch can".
(wow, haven't thought about that in years!)
Could have been sandwiches, leftovers, or Chef Boyardee from the can.
TFW also states she doesn't care how the kids eat the food as long as they eat, with regard to a sandwich which she 'feeds' with the bread, meat etc separate on a plate. What happened to the order of eating lunch the kids recited and committed to memory? And what is her obsession with 'crunchies' in their lunch?
(Can you tell I am reading the lunch section? Nothing yet has made me swoon with envy!)
Wait a second TFW said once on J&K that they didn't do leftovers.
Kate just cooks for the kids mainly. The thing I found odd about her recipes, is that most of them are more suited to an adult's palate. The vegetables..like asparagus, and cauliflower, are not something most kids are willing to eat on a regular basis. The same with the spices she uses. How many mothers cook pork chops with expensive pears, for a week night supper for the kids?
Did you notice all the fawning over Mady in the cookbook? Pretty obvious who the favorite is.
I don't believe you have to exhaustingly work to make lightning strike twice or reinvent yourself if you are truly a caring, giving, gentle soul who treats people well and respectful. Nearly impossible when your abhorrent personality and treatment of people, you supposedly loved, is on film and clips of rudeness and mistreatment are on the worldwide web. Westbrooke
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From a life philosophy perspective, I doubt most life coaches would support such a thing. You don't wait around twiddling your thumbs for lightning to strike.
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I think that TFW meant to say that she needs lightning to strike AGAIN. As the saying goes, lightning never strikes twice in the same place. Of course, that is for the regular folk, not TFMJG--the laws of physics don't apply to her. 99% of the comments on that article show how obvious her entitlement and delusion is to normal, thinking adults.
Whoever wrote the Emmys role for her must have had a crystal ball--her delusion is that obvious.
Re Paula Deen. Story filed on savannahnow.com on 8/23 @ 11 pm, writer Jan Skutch. That's website of savannah morning news paper.
” Lawyers purpose dismissal of Paula Deen suit”.
It quotes a statement from Paula where she states she and her team will be looking at all the ” workplace environment issues” that were raised in the lawsuit and will ” retool all my businesses' operations”.
In the lawsuit Lisa Jackson said she worked on a corporate policy manual that was then never adopted. Also a management consultant was brought in and apparently made recommendations that were ignored. That's why Ms Jackson kept working there so long, she thought things would improve.
Lisa Jackson also made a nice statement about Paula Deen, and said that she thought all the complaints were going to Paula Deen ” but I learned during this matter that this was not the case”.
I'm interested in reading TMZ take on this after the legal docs are reviewed. My speculation: Paula Deen new legal team said we are going to settle this and get policies in place so you will not be open to more discrimination litigation and by the way fire your brother or get him a baby sitter.
As far as dinner table conversation, I can understand having some guidelines. The twins , I'm sure, are capable of conversing, but 6 9 year olds would be challenging. The only way to make sure everyone gets to contribute is set some guidelines--otherwise, the quieter ones would never speak up.
What is insane is the crowd control measures in serving the food. If she wasn't so intent on personally ladling out the portions, she could just set up a buffet style, and the kids would just line up and go through the line, then go to there seat. The article said that she does this to prevent them crashing into each other. Everything is such a production and exercise in micromanagement.
Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 144
It also struck me as a bit odd that she still needed to control the dinner table conversation so everyone was getting a turn. At 9 and 13 years old they STILL are incapable of carrying on a civilized group conversation where everyone is getting a chance to contribute?
It would not be uncommon at all for a 13 year old and perhaps even a 9 year old to be hanging out with a big group of friends, 6, 7 or 8 of them. The same size as their family. Do they wildly interrupt everyone and sulk when it's not their turn to talk and otherwise have no idea how to carry on a group conversation in a large group?
She makes them sound socially inept and stunted.
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I agree. Sitting down to eat in my house is a fun time listening to all my kids' free flowing conversations about their day, etc... Many meals also include their friends too. I would never control when someone talks or the topic. Kate can not stop herself from even taking CONTROL of when her kids talk and what they talk about. SAD.
OMG, Amazon has now linked Kate's cookbook with PW! Coincidence? I think not. Just how much has PW been discussed here? Plenty. Do you think there is some program Amazon uses that recognizes clicks on Kate and then clicks to PW, thus linking them?
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Possibly. Or it could be that since PW, known blogger who is a television personality, and Kate, former known blogger and former television personality, each has a cookbook coming out in the near future. They probably just look at who has a cookbook coming out, and since both share a similar background in the entertainment industry, figure out that if an interested buyer is a fan of one of them, both books might be of interest. Thus, they link them.
Melissa NV said... 169
As much as I "want" to "post" more on Kate's "cookbook", I don't have "enough" time to "post" all the "glaring" errors, "inconsistencies", and "problems" with what I "read" on the B&N "site".
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You read it on the B&N site, or you want to post it on the B&N site? :)
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Sorry, I meant the Amazon site where I read parts of the cookbook.
Though, I would love to post a comment on the Amazon site too.
Melissa NV said... 169
As much as I "want" to "post" more on Kate's "cookbook", I don't have "enough" time to "post" all the "glaring" errors, "inconsistencies", and "problems" with what I "read" on the B&N "site".
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You read it on the B&N site, or you want to post it on the B&N site? :)
Regarding Kate's writing, I didn't read Multiple Blessings. Was the writing bad in that book...grammar, punctuation and language structure errors?
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Not that I read the book either but.
Remember in Multiple Blessings KK had help from Beth and Jon.
Even Jon made a remark on KK eating her rabbit food.-(Salad)
And an episode or two later of J&K she say how she was being.
Generous in giving the kids extra food for dinner and yet she was eating a bowl of salad.
Just another comment on Kate controlling meal time conversations. Kids are in school all day being told when to talk and what topic. I know my kids like being able to enjoy having lively conversations without rules and controls when they come home. And even my most quiet ones often surprise me with being the most vocal at home where they feel the unconditional love and acceptance no matter what they say.
Tucker's Mom - We still call it "catch as catch can" (or 3 C night). When my son was little he'd look at what was available and pick what he wanted. I would reheat for him as necessary. As he got older and could fend for himself he just had to remember the other 3 C's. Choose, cook AND clean up.
That's not how the real world works though. No one helps you if you're being left out of a conversation. Kids have to learn how to jump in and out and converse in groups. Certainly they do it in school all the time and with friends right? If one child is being blatantly rude or dominant to the extent it wouldn't be socially acceptable that's one thing, but to control every aspect of it is completely unnecessary.
Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 186
You know what ironic about her wanting to control the conversation and not wanting the kids to interrupt each other?
She interrupted Jon all the time she would answer question for him and the kids.
During interviews when no one was talking to her.
"her leftover dinners sound pretty labor intensive, creating lists (one for each child) of what foods will be available, saying how much one can have and then having kids fill them out and sign them so Kate can serve it all up."
I'm sorry, but this I can't believe is true. It's too dumb. Sign a questionnaire before being served leftovers? Really? Even for TFW. It's just another one of her weird little stories she elaborates in her head (Probably while traveling... when she's not dreaming up new recipes for slop.) to show us how much more organized she is compared to us, poor souls who get by just "playing it by ear" as my dear mother use to say. Leftovers don't need to be "masterminded". The're LEFTOVERS.
Anyone else think that left over lasagna tastes better than the first time around?
Dmasy said... 187
Anyone else think that left over lasagna tastes better than the first time around?
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Sure! Lots of things do. Just about anything braised, in fact, some braises-- you should make the day ahead, like brisket.
My tuna casserole was even tastier today ;-)
I agree With Dmasy. Lasagna is just one of those meals that gets better the second time around.
There is a world of difference between having a few guidelines and controlling every aspect. Social groups have guidelines. And, social groups, when left to their own devices develop pecking orders and ostracize. How many times have people said as much whenever people claimed that these things never happen in their private school. In any case, she missed the boat on manners and respect by the lack of intervention in early fights and disruptive behavior. It was always ignore, then isolate. Never have I heard her say one thing about talking it over and helping them learn healthy ways to communicate and negotiate with each other. It was always punishment, then return to the situation.
If their home is going to be a safe and accepting place, than there has to be equal opportunities to share their day and contribute thoughts and opinions. School age children are developing those skills--they don't just come naturally. And I do think that having 8 children will require some extra effort. It's just that it isn't ever just a little effort, or basic guidelines--it is always extreme control.
how about her traditional birthday cake with the chocolate-peanut butter frosting? 2 of the 5 shown aren't even chocolate frosting! Why not just say 'The tradition is a home-baked cake in our home' Why be so specific?
I acutally make their favorite cake for their birthday and it changes over the years.
Oh vey the cookbook. Kate says one thing then in the picture, it's totally opposite. Lunches-"I usually buy juice boxes but if I can't find them I use leak free containers and fill with diluted juice. Guess what's in the lunch picture, a small bottle of juicy juice. By the way, do physicians recommend giving kids any amount of juice these days, especially after the toddler stage. Most say low fat milk or water.
I question if any of the food pics are actually prepared by Kate in Kate's kitchen. She has never before or since the book, used colorful, fun plates. She usually uses boring grey plates, when she's not using the cheap paper plates. I love PW's use of colorful Fiesta Ware.
One of the little girls stir frying, the burner isn't even lite, the food in the wok is uncooked. (I can see for safety reasons, but if your kid if really learning to cook with you, why fake it?)
She is leading the kids to high blood pressure, no matter that they are under weight at this stage in their lives. She is leading them on the path grave salt. Salty cheese in lots of her recipes, even lunch has cheese, salty snacks. If they got a hearty sandwich, they wouldn't require all the extra fillers, chips, yogurts, puddings, fruit. Most schools have pretty short lunch periods, I can't believe they have time to gobble all that down. Even alternate the treats or make Fridays the special lunch days.
Her sick kids diet is what every young mother learns, BRAT diet, bananas, rice, applesauce and toast. Can't see a sick child even wanting chicken, it's not needed. Most important thing is clear fluids. We always and still rely on gingerale-soothing on the stomach.
I'm sure I'll have more, this is just the first few pages.
Ex Nurse said... 192
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I agree.
Perhaps the biggest "seriously? really?" moment that I had is Kate doling out instructions on how to raise kids when 2 of her what? 6-year olds at the time, got kicked out of school.
Hand to God, I'd never heard of that happening before (except for these ridiculous Pop Tart gun type incidences) for a child so young.
What in the world can a kid that small and that young be doing to get kicked out of school?
This was smeared all over the headlines-- even gave Kate another media blitz, so people should look to Kate as some kind of maternal oracle, why?
kate's Cart said...I question if any of the food pics are actually prepared by Kate in Kate's kitchen. She has never before or since the book, used colorful, fun plates.
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I would think that the photographer told Kate what dishes she needed to use to make her pics more appealing. Also, I'd bet that the food shots took place over a few days and when they photograph food, they do all sorts of things to make it more appealing. The food isn't really edible after they are done with it.
Oh and my 2cents on Uncle Steve...maybe Deanna's bf?
If they got a hearty sandwich, they wouldn't require all the extra fillers, chips, yogurts, puddings, fruit. Most schools have pretty short lunch periods
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Amen!
I got a sandwich most of the time and after eating that, I'd have a treat and fruit and could barely get through that while gabbing with my friends.
A sandwich and a snack will suffice. Why 6 different categories?
It's laughable, really.
Hey, over under on Kate using or mentioning the deli slicer or yogurt maker for her money saving tips?
The vegetables..like asparagus, and cauliflower, are not something most kids are willing to eat on a regular basis.
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Most kids don't, but ours are very strange...they'd rather eat broccoli and cauliflower than anything else (three helpings last night), love salads, and go nuts over asparagus. They've been that way from the beginning...never had any problems with them eating vegetables. In fact, the four-year-old picks tomatoes from the garden and eats them like they were apples. As much as I like tomatoes in salads, even I can't do that.
Seems like she's done with flash back Friday's and memory Monday's.
TFW creates "masterpieces?" Who says that! Oy!
As for Mady taking the pictures, she admitted Mady uses her phone- I doubt that would be advised with a book's photographs.
Yikes, someone at HCI actually edited Kate's book? With all those run-on sentences, missed and misplaced commas, verb tense issues, and awkward sentence structures? I saw four conjunctions, four commas, and a set of em dashes in ONE sentence. ("You might have a run-on sentence if...")
I feel for this woman because Kate has given her name in the acknowledgements. Poof! There goes her editing reputation.
Imagine how bad Kate's writing was before being edited? Kate, the New York Best Selling author and blogger extraordinaire...
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