In an interview with E!'s Alicia Quarles Tuesday and Wednesday, Jon says he wants full custody of all eight children until Kate submits to a psychiatric evaluation. He says Kate controls the children and "instills fear" in them. Jon also seems to be implying that he thinks last month's People interview with the twins, in which the girls spoke negatively about his dating history, was actually Kate's statements "edited" to make it look like the twins said them. Check local listings.
http://www.eonline.com/news/507021/jon-gosselin-wants-temporary-primary-custody-of-kids-kate-needs-a-psychiatric-evaluation
603 sediments (sic) from readers:
«Oldest ‹Older 401 – 600 of 603 Newer› Newest»Boy o boy ! Jon on E news tonight was unleashed.
I hate to say this but Kate looked kind of cute on her selfie photo she didn't look right to me on the people cover.
RE vitamin D:
There are two forms, D2 and D3. Vitamin D2 is also known as "ergocalciferol," and vitamin D3 is also known as "cholecalciferol."
If you're taking vitamin D, you should take D3. Not a problem for Canadians - all vitamin D sold in Canada is D3, but I believe both are available in the US.
Here's a reference to an article about D2 and D3:
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/589256_4
I read an excellent article in the Globe and Mail a year or so ago from a vitamin D expert. According to them, it's hard to actually overdose on D unless you're chugging a whole bottle or taking a massive number of pills every day.
The official recommendation in Canada is 1000 iu a day during the fall, winter, and early spring. My doctor said that's not enough and told me to take 2000 iu daily. Mind you, we are quite far north. The sun, if it consents to shine at all, barely clears the trees these days.
One interesting thing about D is that it accumulates in the body (or not). So taking 1000 iu daily or taking 7000 iu once a week are equivalent. In seniors home, they give the liquid form once a week. So if you're taking pills and miss a day or two, just scoop up all the missed pills and take them together.
Carole said... 196
Did Kate get paid for this too? Wouldn't her "free" dental from Jon's dad's old business be enough?
Perfect Smiles @OrthodontistNY
Take a look at Jan.’s cover of @PeopleMag, @KatePlusMy8 twins, Mady & Cara, are featured with their beautiful braces: http://bit.ly/1a8wzif
I don't think TFW has anything to do with this orthodontist. I think it's random that she or someone on her staff saw the twins had braces and she thought it might catch some attention to mention a 'celeb'. She's tweeted about Faith Hill and others in magazines and I don't think it means anything other than she's promoting braces and the 'perfect smile'.
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Couple of things:
@OrthodontistNY I could be wrong but is this orthodontist in NY and not in PA, hence, not their dentist?
If she's not getting paid, will she be pissed that someone is using her kids/her name with permission? Will she sue?
PJ
Oh, crap.
Late posting. TfW, aka WOS...
Oye. ..who knows where the marbles will roll. ..
OT. .new snart-stupid phone. ..hope it's better m
JUST SO SAD FOR EVERYONE.
franky
Yi! Nice ti see dwindle. ..franky
Sorry. Should read "without permission".
PJ
I know I have heard this before, (and I do believe that Kate having control of that trust $ is a huge source of her motivation in alienating Jon from the kids), but I did not know that the documents were made available. Any idea where I can view them?
If you google PA DOL and the Gosselin's 2010 you'll find a lot of articles referring to a 5 page letter sent to Discovery about the case. IDK if the actual letter was ever available online or not but perhaps someone else has better info than I.
I googled: 2010 PA Department of Labor Gosselin children trust
The first link was pretty comprehensive but didn't have the actual DOL letter.
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/legal-action-jon-kate-8-producers-filming-gosselin-kids-permit-article-1.163200
Please know that it is one thing to have a dairy farmer come over and check on livestock such as cows and horses, but I would be mortified if I asked a farmer to come over to check on chickens when it is so easy to just put out a lot of feed and water for a few days and they will be just fine.
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That's you. This is Kate we're talking about.
Another great interview. Here are some quick highlights that I remember (no DVR) please forgive me in advance for it's shabbiness- all this shoveling fatigue just hit me all at once and my brain is fried.
Not much Kate bashing (if any?), on the contrary he praised her quite a bit. He said she was a hard worker (his context implied he meant ambition), good with $, and pretty blonde.
He said he was in love with her when they got married. He was very young and she was an older pretty blonde with drive.
They made a reference to her change in appearance over the years and asked him if he thought she was attractive now. He said no and that it doesn't matter what she looks like on the outside anyway, because he knows what's on the inside ( and it isn't good).
They brought up woman he has dated in the past and asked why they don't like him (referenced Kate Major), after the relationships were over. He said after his divorce he made mistakes and had poor judgement, but he has learned and grown a lot since the and thinks they should let bygones be bygones and move on. He also joked (and implied that he was used by these woman for fame) and said I was newly divorced with 8 kids, why would they want to date me?
When asked about leasing the 5k/per month NYC apt. He responded that after the divorce he regressed in maturity and began acting like he was still 22 again (emotionally) and made bad financial mistakes (and other decisions) on impulse.
When confronted about the hypocrisy of complaining about Kate's latest media rounds, while also being interviewed and in the media - Jon said Kate's Today Show with kids brought it on and he needed to respond (that enough was enough), she brought the kids into it and it must be stopped, and lastly that (unlike Kate begging for one) he is actually on a TV show and is required to promote it.
Like like yesterday, the reporters discussed the interview with each other and they agreed that both parents need to work this out for the kids sake and keep it out of the media and private. Then they all emphatically declared that they're not taking any sides while simultaneously gushing how honest, warm, open, and funny he was.
Bird owners: is it common for birds to be out of their cages and sitting on someone's shoulder or hand for long periods of time or is TFW exaggerating about the bird always being somewhere other than his cage?
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It depends on the bird. Some of mine like the security of their cages and really don't like to be out for any extended period of time. It also depends on the type of facility you have. If you have a "bird room" with multiple cages, it's not uncommon for the birds to be out all day and only in their cages at night. You do have to be there with them because sometimes bird fights ensue. Not all birds get along like one big happy family.
I had a Greenwing who had his own elaborate out-of-cage perch and exercise gym, and he loved being out for the afternoon. but when he was ready for bed, he'd let us know that he wanted back in his cage. He'd say, "TIME FOR BED." The birds, however, should never be left unattended, and I would certainly hope that Kate doesn't let the bird outside of the cage alone.
Kate still doesn't understand that birds should not sit on shoulders or heads. Or, maybe she is aware of it and just doesn't care and posting photos of the birds riding on shoulders is giving the finger to those who have cautioned her against it. I just don't have good feelings about this bird.
Thought I should mention that you can find a LOT of great info about the PA Dept of Labor and the hearings and rulings right here at realitytvkids.com. Start reading @ April 12-13-14/2010.
Re the orthodontist's tweet:
@MelodyeShore
@OrthodontistNY @Kateplusmy8 With all due respect, please don't use unconsenting, uncompensated children to help promote your services.
Thanks Sleepless. I appreciate your experienced info about birds, their habits and good owner responsibilities. ;-)
Then they all emphatically declared that they're not taking any sides while simultaneously gushing how honest, warm, open, and funny he was.
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Has anyone ever said that about Kate? I mean, everyone who meets her loves her!
Carole said... 13
Re the orthodontist's tweet:
@MelodyeShore
@OrthodontistNY @Kateplusmy8 With all due respect, please don't use unconsenting, uncompensated children to help promote your services.
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Well dang this is like the red-cross all over again.And wit till Milo bashed the doctor.
Good grief, the non-fans are attacking the orthodontist for her tweet. They should at least give her the benefit of the doubt! No way is Kate hauling the kids to NY for their care, no way! I'm sure she's innocent of the things you're accusing her of and you're making yourselves look like fools. ugh
@Kateplusmy8
Dinner?Cara's special request: @deannatweeting secret family recipe 4 Italian Wedding Soup=AMAZING! #Thx! #A10 #YUM pic.twitter.com/UKqxH7Z0UA
What in the name of all that's holy is that? No wonder it
is a secret. Who would want it? This is the person who published a cookbook? Good grief.
Of course, now the requests for the recipe will come flooding in. Sheeple are so predictable.
This is the recipe I use, and it's really good. I may have to make it tomorrow. Everyone asked for soup!
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/italian-wedding-soup-i/
T said... 10
Another great interview. Here are some quick highlights that I remember (no DVR) please forgive me in advance for it's shabbiness- all this shoveling fatigue just hit me all at once and my brain is fried.
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Did he mention the picking the kids up at the gate?
The wedding soup looks fine; chicken broth/stock, little meatballs, spinach (or other leafy green) and pasta (acini de pepe in this case).
In comparison to other dishes of Kate's that really look sloppy, this soup is definitely passable.
Somewhere In Time said... 18
What in the name of all that's holy is that?
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Looks like some kind of meatballs??? cooked??? and some sort of peas or beans-(IDK) and some green leaf veggie??
And Kate wrote a cookbook?
This looks exactly like KK soups-(if you can call it that)- this is how it should look.
http://cdn.iowagirleats.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/IMG_5474_thumb.jpg
snowbird said..."Good grief, the non-fans are attacking the orthodontist for her tweet. They should at least give her the benefit of the doubt! No way is Kate hauling the kids to NY for their care, no way! I'm sure she's innocent of the things you're accusing her of and you're making yourselves look like fools. ugh"
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Oh I agree. They many times carry it way too far, and I don't understand that THEY don't understand that what they are doing when they attack like this is to make Kate look like a victim. In their zeal to denounce Kate for everything she does, they are actually throwing sympathy her way. It totally defeats whatever they are trying to accomplish. They come across as being far too obsessed in their dislike for her, living on her TL, ready to pounce on anyone who innocently tweets that they are fans.
Milo's latest tweet:
Ha....what a wonderful APP!! Download now!! > > pic.twitter.com/Oi54mWVCIt
The picture shows a phone with text on it that says:
Putting your phone away & paying attention to those talking to you?
There's and app for that, it's called "RESPECT".
OMG, just OMG. By that token, does KK respects her kids? Milo hers? Just who needs to put down the phone?
Carole said... 14
Thanks Sleepless. I appreciate your experienced info about birds, their habits and good owner responsibilities. ;-)
You're welcome, Carole. I know I didn't really answer your question because I don't know what Kate does with her bird. I do know that all birds need rest and quiet time and too much attention can cause stress and aggression.
I have scars from abused and neglected birds who were fearful and wouldn't trust people. Working with them is not easy. It does look, however, from her pictures, that her bird is not a plucker (so far) and that he has adjusted to their household. My fear is over-stimulation and letting the bird outside the cage unattended. I don't think Kate knows the needs of parrots, nor is she willing to take advice from anyone.
The show girl is still upset:
Patricia Chow @PatriciaChow1 9h
@Kateplusmy8 WHAT HAPPEN TO THE ACT OF kINDNESS CONTEST ?
dee lola @loladeed 2h
@PatriciaChow1 @Kateplusmy8 She does not care. Get it?! It was a ploy, now she's done. So nice how she ignores u all. What u think now?
Patricia Chow @PatriciaChow1 13m
@loladeed @Kateplusmy8 disappointed !!
I agree withTucker's Mom and think the soup looks fine. It looks similar to mine except I use orzo because I like it. If I were going to take a picture of mint though I'd probably break up the pasta so it is evenly distributed rather than clumped together and I'd make sure that all the meatballs had the browned side up like he top two.
Tucker said...The wedding soup looks fine; chicken broth/stock, little meatballs, spinach (or other leafy green) and pasta (acini de pepe in this case).
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Maybe there are different versions of wedding soup? That doesn't look like the Italian Wedding Soup that I've eaten.
Ronald T 21 @RonaldT21 7m
@Kateplusmy8 Kate you are skinny in the waist and pretty in the face plain gorgeous. I love you with longer hair. pic.twitter.com/ySBRwkGBLa
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Kate has a waist? When did this happen?
Good read. I haven't had time to listen to the pod-cast yet.
http://parade.condenast.com/259668/nancyberk/showbiz-analysis-with-the-donna-reed-shows-paul-petersen/
PJ
I agree I think the soup looks good! I love Wedding Soup I first had it at my friend's wedding. She married a Philly Italian. Some people call it Holiday Soup.
Ronald T 21 @RonaldT21 2h
@Kateplusmy8 Kate I could be your handsome bodyguard and boyfriend if you are in the mood for a nice handsome man
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Look out Milo someone is trying to take ur queen away.
Maybe there are different versions of wedding soup? That doesn't look like the Italian Wedding Soup that I've eaten.
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There are different versions. I think it's like meatballs, meatloaf, sauce/gravy; each family has their own little twist, but this 'super secret family recipe" of Deanna's looks like a nice version.
That being said, this whole "secret family recipe" is bullshit. Wedding Soup is nothing new or unique and I highly doubt Deanna's recipe would have anything unusual or surprising in it.
Kate's teasing about the soup being a secret, that of course, she IS privy to, is just so juvenile, but par for the course for her arrested development.
localyocul said... 32
I agree I think the soup looks good! I love Wedding Soup I first had it at my friend's wedding. She married a Philly Italian. Some people call it Holiday Soup.
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It's even more popular in Pittsburgh.
I also know it as Holiday soup, as it was served at Christmas. Although it is ubiquitously served at NE U.S. wedding receptions, the name wedding soup actually comes from how well the ingredients wed together.
I dont like wedding soup. But as far as it goes that one doesnt look like a bad picture. She has kind of changed her MO. Usually, she takes it while its in the pot.
@XXXXXXXX
@OrthodontistNY @Kateplusmy8 With all due respect, please don't use unconsenting, uncompensated children to help promote your services.
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@XXXXXXXX
@XXXXXX @OrthodontistNY My only concern is that the kids not be exploited for personal/financial gain.
Local: No. I don't think picking them up at the gate was mentioned and I think there may be a couple of other things from the previews missing too. Then again, I am a bit off tonight and may have just missed it. Hopefully, other posters can fill in what I missed (lots) until it's posted online.
Carole: thanks for the info and the links. Great find!
The soup: The Italian Nonna's (grandmothers) I know would roll over in their graves if they saw that - and they're not even dead yet. Yup, no doubt there may even be several on the way to the cemetery now in mere protest! Two meatballs! That's it? Seriously? And don't even get me started on the escarole or the fat scum floating on top that wasn't skimmed. She should either take a cooking class or learn how to photoshop. Preferably both!
Speaking of Italian- I live in an area where talking with your hands is as necessary as oxygen, and you can render somebody mute by simply tying their hands together. So my level of tolerance for this trait of Kate's is pretty high, but the way she hyper extends and flexes her wrists and hands puzzles me. She even does it when she isn't speaking, and she also flexes her elbows and hangs her hands in front of her (just below her chest) like a T-Rex dinosaur. I've never seen another human do this, but it's common to see her do some variation of these postures. Any idea why? Could it be part of her mental illness or a tic of some kind unique to her?
Coincidence? Metaphor? Both? Hmmm... You decide
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Alicia Quarles@alicialquarles·4 mins
@ConcernedChick @SharnaPax @bobbby831 @ENews @Kateplusmy8 the int was over an hour long. Wish you could see the entire conversation. #candid
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I'd love to know the decision making process involved when they edited down an hour+ interview into those few minutes. More precisely, did Kate's "people" have a say in what NOT to air?
Although it is ubiquitously served at NE U.S. wedding receptions, the name wedding soup actually comes from how well the ingredients wed together.
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It looks like her spinach (or whatever it was) had already been divorced from the rest of the soup. It was all bunched together in the middle.
It looks like her spinach (or whatever it was) had already been divorced from the rest of the soup. It was all bunched together in the middle.
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Deanna's "secret" recipe probably calls for 2 cans of Progesso Italian-Style Wedding soup and one can opener. If Kate took the time today to make that I'll eat my oven mitts.
The soup is a "secret family recipe" and a sheeple tweets for the recipe. Duh.
Sometimes you have to love 'em, bless their hearts.
Flight of the Kiwi said... 166
Not an excuse AuntieAnn. Now get your butt busy and grift a bigger, better popcorn maker.
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I don't know how. I'm a virgin grifter AND a virgin twitterer.
#whatadilemma!
I hope this E! interview shows up in its entirety somewhere on the internet. I keep missing it.
Deanna's "secret" recipe probably calls for 2 cans of Progesso Italian-Style Wedding soup and one can opener. If Kate took the time today to make that I'll eat my oven mitts.
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I hear an oven mitt is an excellent Rumspringa chaser.
It looks like E! edited out the questions about child support:
Alicia Quarles @alicialquarles 2h
@bobbby831 @ENews also asked about @Kateplusmy8 doing what she has 2 do 2 provide 4 8 kids. He broke down the child support set-up. #2sides
(Leslie)
I think it was a great interview overall. And I do think he needed to come public because Kate has been so public. Especially since Kate dragged his kids on tv for the sole purpose of bashing him on Today.
But with that said, I agree with the interviewer and Bill Ranic's (co-host)
comments. Both need to stop going to the media with all of this family stuff. I can understand why Jon did this interview but I hope he does no more interviews. The kids are being pulled in all directions and will be so confused and embarrassed when they see all these interviews.
Jon will be pushing his good luck if he continues on this path of talking to the media. The media now seems to like him much better now, so stop while you are ahead Jon.
(Leslie
)Has anybody seen the letters published to People regards to the Gosselins latest cover/interview? Don't they usually appear in the following week or so? I know some of you have a subscription and I would like to know what letters were published about the twins and their Mother's interview.
Did you see the tweet conversations with the interviewer?
@alicialquarles: @bobbby831 @ENews also asked about @Kateplusmy8 doing what she has 2 do 2 provide 4 8 kids. He broke down the child support set-up. #2sides
@ConcernedChick: .@SharnaPax @alicialquarles @bobbby831 @ENews @Kateplusmy8 Seems to me she's saying Jon explained the child support issue and it made sense.
@alicialquarles: @ConcernedChick @SharnaPax @bobbby831 @ENews @Kateplusmy8 exactly what I am saying. Went over the child support questions in detail w/Jon
Someone on this blog posted that their DH has no respect for Kate and why, and for the record my BF has no respect for her either for the exact same reasons. In fact I was giggling ... it was almost as if the DH and my BF were the same person.
Anyway ... before Christmas I had to tell my BF that one of the chickens that he likes to see running around here has been missing for about a month and perhaps might have been killed by a predator, but then 2 days after the holiday I see her sitting in a pile of leaves and then I knew why she had been AWOL (she had a nest somewhere and has been sitting on eggs for 21 days or so).
When I started to feed the flock she got up immediately so I called my BF and said, "hey the black hen showed up today and she outdid Kate Gosselin by one!!!!"
"Are you telling me she showed up with 7 baby chicks??"
"Yep."
I think the orthodontist was trying to say Look at People mag for pics of girls with braces. You too can look pretty with braces. I think she had no idea of the mess she was stepping into. I think the kids are still getting their braces in Berks.
I don't think Colin is as concerned about the chickens as he might be about Shoka. He knows Kate won't treat Shoka well. I don't know how often she gets new chicks and ships the others off to be killed. I don't know what would happen to the chicks without the kids. Kate has them so she can save on taxes by being a farm property (don't know the legal term). If she wants the tax savings but doesn't have kids then what? I don't know if the savings are enough to offset hiring someone.
It seems that sheep is REALLY upset Kate isn't getting around to the not-a-contest. I find it kind of ironic that of all the nasty things Malificent has done, it's a stupid little contest for a book that's already in the 99 cent bins that sets a sheeple off. Then I thought, I think the only way some of them "get it" is if Kate personally hurts them. They don't get it when she hurts her children, or her children's father, or family, friends, or other fans. It only really hits home for them when she hurts them directly, that it all makes sense. If that's what it takes then so be it.
@alicialquarles
@bobbby831 @ENews also asked about @Kateplusmy8 doing what she has 2 do 2 provide 4 8 kids. He broke down the child support set-up. #2sides
@ConcernedChick
.@SharnaPax @alicialquarles @bobbby831 @ENews @Kateplusmy8 Seems to me she's saying Jon explained the child support issue and it made sense.
@alicialquarles
@ConcernedChick @SharnaPax @bobbby831 @ENews @Kateplusmy8 exactly what I am saying. Went over the child support questions in detail w/Jon
@alicialquarles
@ConcernedChick @SharnaPax @bobbby831 @ENews @Kateplusmy8 b/c of the contradictory statements he and Kate made against each-other about it
@alicialquarles
@ConcernedChick @SharnaPax @bobbby831 @ENews @Kateplusmy8 the int was over an hour long. Wish you could see the entire conversation. #candid
@alicialquarles
@Sassccha @ConcernedChick @SharnaPax @ENews @Kateplusmy8 maybe we can air more or put more on @eonline - I'll ask.
... did Kate's "people" have a say in what NOT to air?
I don't think TFW had anything at all to do with the editing of Jon's interview.
@PatriciaChow1
@Kateplusmy8 WHAT HAPPEN TO THE ACT OF kINDNESS CONTEST ?
@loladeed
@PatriciaChow1 @Kateplusmy8 She does not care. Get it?! It was a ploy, now she's done. So nice how she ignores u all. What u think now?
@PatriciaChow1
@loladeed @Kateplusmy8 disappointed !!
@kittyFitz50
As am I. I guess it was all a scam @PatriciaChow1 @loladeed @Kateplusmy8
@SharnaPax
@kittyFitz50 @ashymama2 @PatriciaChow1 @loladeed @Kateplusmy8 Kate is very good at scams.
@PatriciaChow1
@SharnaPax @kittyFitz50 @ashymama2 @loladeed @Kateplusmy8 what happen to her integrity ?
@SharnaPax
@PatriciaChow1 @kittyFitz50 @ashymama2 @loladeed @Kateplusmy8 I can't understand it, either, but I saw it happening a long time ago.
@SharnaPax
@PatriciaChow1 @kittyFitz50 @ashymama2 @loladeed @Kateplusmy8 I'm so sorry she's hurt you like this.
@PatriciaChow1
@SharnaPax @kittyFitz50 @ashymama2 @loladeed @Kateplusmy8 she hasn't hurt me,...perhaps herself !
So my level of tolerance for this trait of Kate's is pretty high, but the way she hyper extends and flexes her wrists and hands puzzles me. She even does it when she isn't speaking, and she also flexes her elbows and hangs her hands in front of her (just below her chest) like a T-Rex dinosaur.
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Ha ha! Yes! That was annoying to me from the very beginning of the show. It IS weird! And more pronounced now with her 90's talons.
Agree about all the Nonnas absolute disgust with that soup. Married a first generation Italian and they just call it "brodo" and it's traditionally served at Christmas and Easter orany other special occasions in their family. It takes all day to make the broth (have to use an "old" hen! not a chicken and not a "young" hen) and the meatballs take forever because they have to be very very tiny. Nonna still makes it with her severe arthritis and she's pays for days afterwards.
She can make whatever she wants, but to post it like it's a masterpiece is what she just does not get!
Maybe it's time to change the name of the contest from
#BeKindGetSigned to #BeKindNever Mind!
Hi Leslie, re People magazine letters: the January 27 issue lettets page had three comments:
all via email, attributed to female writers. One at top of page ” Kate is no saint but I give her credit for raising strong spirited girls.”
Second: ” i'm very disappointed in your article. To have two teens speak badly about their father and their six siblings and then write a cover story about it lacks boundaries and morals. No child should talk about their parents divorce to the public.”
Third: ” you may love or loathe Kate Gosselin, but I must say c&m have blossomed into beautiful young girls who are both bright and articulate. I hope all the fame and attention will not have a negative impact on their future.”
they also have letters on Demi Moore 2, kesha 2, James Avery 1 , Rita Moreno 1, and photo and follow up on 81 year old man who builds doll houses for under privileged children.
I'm getting together magazines to take to work, this issue was on top of the pile.
Maybe E will put the entire video on their website. Would like to see the whole interview.
Had E autotuned for the 6pm and 7pm repeat. They didn't say boo about Jon, so LHOTP took my attention and then I tried to get back to the interview, but The Waltons was on and I went back after they showed it. I missed part 2 all around.
For the Super Bowl party, the day before she could of went to Wendys and bought enough chili to feed everybody, put it in the refrigerator and could of put in her crockpot on low all day. Then have cheese, sour cream, onions, whatever you like to put on it.
Remember when TCFW either put or was attempting to put Steve's name on the kid's trust accounts? WTHeck? Her employee? Her bodyguard? Jon stopped it. Didn't he have to go to court to stop his name from being on it?
I know that a judge ordered TCFW NOT to lock the kids bedrooms at night because of fire hazards and NOT to send stale food in their lunchboxes to school to eat.
What did she do lock their doors and carry around the key? I hope she didn't.
Off topic (sort of)
I haven't caught up on all of the comments, so this may have been mentioned. I have a day off and was looking on Netflix for something ans saw they now have Mommie Dearest. I know it wasn't available before when I looked. So, if you have Netflix, it is there for the watching.
Also, something that may have been addresses already. People are commenting that Jon should get a list of all TFWs clips and statements where she bad mouths him. Hasn't Robert done that already on his blog, or website? It is there for the taking
I read that the View ladies opposed to putting kids on a reality tv show. Well didn't they just had the girls on their show? They were enabling Kate to just that by allowing the girls to be on tv. They're hypecrites if they say one thing but do the opposite of it. They should have declined the proposal to have them on their show if they didn't support using children for ratings in the first place.
Suzy
(Leslie)
Thanks JoyInVirginia for posting the People comments. All three had negative comments in them as I suspected they would.
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LukeBandit said: "I know that a judge ordered TCFW NOT to lock the kids bedrooms at night because of fire hazards and NOT to send stale food in their lunchboxes to school to eat."
Was there ever any proof that the judge ordered those 2 things. I thought it was just rumor and probably came out of a tabloid trash magazine.
Speaking of Italian- I live in an area where talking with your hands is as necessary as oxygen, and you can render somebody mute by simply tying their hands together. So my level of tolerance for this trait of Kate's is pretty high, but the way she hyper extends and flexes her wrists and hands puzzles me. She even does it when she isn't speaking, and she also flexes her elbows and hangs her hands in front of her (just below her chest) like a T-Rex dinosaur. I've never seen another human do this, but it's common to see her do some variation of these postures. Any idea why? Could it be part of her mental illness or a tic of some kind unique to her?
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Yes, I notice it a lot. She's always done it.
Prior to Barbie Kate, when Kate was Hausfrau Kate, she did the T-Rex arms all the time (ps... freaking great visual, spot on!).
Now, she gesticulates with those omnipresent French tips, flicking her fingers in a really gratuitous fashion, like "look at my nails!!!!".
Anyhoo, I've also thought the very odd, extreme angle that her forearm and wrist assume seemed Marfan-ish to me. The hyper-flexible joints are just one sign, so not diagnosing here.
I forgot....what was the prize for TFW's contest?
I thought it was something minimal, like a copy of her cookbook or something.
Isn't there a law about having to reveal the names of the winners upon request? Looks like that one twitter lady hath requested.
Maybe E will put the entire video on their website. Would like to see the whole interview.
Yep. Especially the parts about child support and visitation.
From the book:
I look at the web page he’s pulled up. “No.” There’s my mom’s famous shaggy bob, her red hair vibrant against a plain white back- ground. “Recipe for a Happy, Healthy Family.” I look up. “She wrote a cookbook?”
lukebandit said... 58
Remember when TCFW either put or was attempting to put Steve's name on the kid's trust accounts? WTHeck? Her employee? Her bodyguard? Jon stopped it. Didn't he have to go to court to stop his name from being on it?
I know that a judge ordered TCFW NOT to lock the kids bedrooms at night because of fire hazards and NOT to send stale food in their lunchboxes to school to eat.
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OMG....privacy with Steve? He was glad to serve her as long as the money was there. I am beginning to think the only person that really loved Kate was Jon, and she blew that with lies and abuse.
And what kind of women locks he kids in rooms, again IMO, that house is like Lord of the Flies.
From wiki:
The book portrays their descent into savagery; left to themselves in a paradisiacal country, far from modern civilisation, the well-educated children regress to a primitive state.
At an allegorical level, the central theme is the conflicting human impulses toward civilization—living by rules, peacefully and in harmony—and toward the will to power. Themes include the tension between groupthink and individuality, between rational and emotional reactions, and between morality and immorality.
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Kate can't be bothered to parent. How much quality time does she spend with each child individually?? Then she buys a bird that will take even more of her focus. Octomom the second, plastic surgery and all.
Poor bird, I wonder how many times he has flown into windows attempting to escape. And Shoka long forgotten.
Motive for buying the parrot: Stick it to the kids that went to Jon's and didn't elect to stay home with her.
Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 51
It seems that sheep is REALLY upset Kate isn't getting around to the not-a-contest. I find it kind of ironic that of all the nasty things Malificent has done, it's a stupid little contest for a book that's already in the 99 cent bins that sets a sheeple off.
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"Malificent" lol.
She's sure good at shooting herself in the foot. She should be more careful, she doesn't have that many fans left.
I think Kate was on a high phase when she started that contest. She had just baked all those sticky buns to give away. Someone probably told her it was a very nice/kind act and because she's a narcissist, it went straight to her bloated egotistical head. Then without any further thought she ran this random-acts-of-kindness competition.
When she comes down off her manic swings she probably regrets doing these things when she realizes it's too much work. Then she tries to ignore it hoping it will go away or she pretends it didn't happen in the first place. It's like she has two personalities competing with each other and she can't control either one of them.
Tucker's Mom said... 62
I've also thought the very odd, extreme angle that her forearm and wrist assume seemed Marfan-ish to me. The hyper-flexible joints are just one sign, so not diagnosing here.
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Yes, I always wondered if she has some kind of connective tissue disorder. It's not normal to be able to flex that way. I'm flexible and can't do it. Her hands seem to just flop that way too, not that she's even trying to flex them.
I heard the colder your blood the more flexible you are. Look at snakes.
Marfan patients are usually tall and then..but ' Asterixis (also called the flapping tremor, or liver flap) is a tremor of the hand when the wrist is extended. This motor disorder is characterized an inability to actively maintain a position, which is demonstrated by jerking movements of the outstretched hands when bent upward at the wrist'. Caused by drinking too much. Not diagnosing either, just sayin'
(Leslie)
Admin., I think along with many others here think it is so important for Jon to have a written transcript or clips from ALL the tv shows and People magazine articles that Kate has bashed Jon since their separation to show the judge.That is four years of research to go over.
Could you please, if you agree, to e-mail Jon and please tell him how important this is. It will take him some time to gather all of this. Perhaps if he needs help, some of us could help with this. But the judge must know about each and every interview Kate has given that shows her speaking badly about their father. Also, Jon needs to find the tweets about being gone one week and home the next week and that it works best for her family that way. Also how Jon broke the family and she put it back together.Those speaks volumes.
Also, he needs to gather all this together and keep it for his children when they grow older and question him. I think it is very important for the kids that when they are older he can simply show them a tape of all her tv clips, tweets, magazines articles where she speaks badly about him.
Was there ever any proof that the judge ordered those 2 things. I thought it was just rumor and probably came out of a tabloid trash magazine.
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I wondered about that, too. It came up once on Twitter and some just ran with it, but I never heard that it was confirmed. Moreover, it was never a "fact" that she sent sandwiches to school that were a week old.
If court docs are sealed and there is no access to what CPS ordered, then where did this come from? A few have stated this as fact. Maybe it happened...,,maybe it didn't, but why put it out there without knowing if it were true?
I thought it was like the "Kate grew up in a trailer park" rumor after the bio show flashed pictures of a trailer and never bothered to check its facts. That rumor took quite a long time to die down.
She finally gave an answer about the not-a-contest, which she now calls a contest.
Kate Gosselin @Kateplusmy8 · 4m
FYI: 2 answer email ?'s abt #BeKindGetSigned contest:
Still in progress. Pls accept my HUGE apologies as snow/kids home=slowing progress!
So she's blaming the kids being home due to the snow as the reason for why she's not done judging? It's Feb. 6, almost a month and a half since the Christmas deadline for entering. How many times were the kids home from school during that period?
She even tweeted a picture back on January 5 showing two of the girls reading entries . What has SHE being doing all this time, especially when the kids are in school?
She's just so full of it.
Milo tweeted this to the woman who interviewed Jon:
Fired Up 4 Kate @MiloandJack · 15m
@alicialquarles @ENews @Kateplusmy8 Of course, a savy interviewer knows that just stating something does NOT make it reality! #2Sides :)
I guess that only applies to Jon, because she believes everything Kate says.
I heard the colder your blood the more flexible you are. Look at snakes.
Teehee. You're turning into a regular Auntie Ann.
localyocul said... 69
Tucker's Mom said... 62
I've also thought the very odd, extreme angle that her forearm and wrist assume seemed Marfan-ish to me. The hyper-flexible joints are just one sign, so not diagnosing here.
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Yes, I always wondered if she has some kind of connective tissue disorder. It's not normal to be able to flex that way. I'm flexible and can't do it. Her hands seem to just flop that way too, not that she's even trying to flex them.
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Oh gosh, this is embarrassing, but I've tried to position my forearm and wrist that way, and actually can not, even with force, so there might be an underlying laxity issue.
Her hand just flops that way, passively.
I know it's neither here nor there, but at least that odd posturing seemed to be natural, vs. her affected "signing" with her tips.
What did she do lock their doors and carry around the key? I hope she didn't.
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I'm a bit slow this morning. There is no key to bedroom doors in new houses. They lock from the inside with a button. In order to lock someone in, you'd have to turn the lock around so you can push the button in from the outside, I can't imagine her doing this...it's too complicated. She'd have to hire someone to do this, and no contractor would be willing to do it because it's against code.
But if she were determined to have it done, I'm sure she could have found a handyman to do it. I've never seen any proof that a judge ordered her not to lock the kids in the room, or not to send old sandwiches to school. Was there anything in Robert's book about it? If not, then it really shouldn't be put out there as fact.
Anonymous said... 74
Kate just tweeted that the contest is still on. She is using the kids home from school as her excuse. Obviously she is reading our posts.
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I think she saw the tweets from the Showgirl.
Kate Gosselin @Kateplusmy8 · 4m
FYI: 2 answer email ?'s abt #BeKindGetSigned contest:
Still in progress. Pls accept my HUGE apologies as snow/kids home=slowing progress!
Oh. My. Goodness. Six weeks after the holidays and this is her excuse. If I could even think of a harsher word than tool, well, this is just too amusing.
Fired Up 4 Kate @MiloandJack 17m
@Kateplusmy8 I can imagine this turned out 2b a pretty big project...lots of letters 2read...evaluate...verify! U have all my patience! :)
Kate Gosselin @Kateplusmy8 · 4m
FYI: 2 answer email ?'s abt #BeKindGetSigned contest:
Still in progress. Pls accept my HUGE apologies as snow/kids home=slowing progress!
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I think they'd rather accept a free book. Why doesn't she just give everyone a copy and get this over with.
Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 70
I heard the colder your blood the more flexible you are. Look at snakes.
February 6, 2014 at 8:50 AM
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Hmmm....
Flexibility? Check.
Cold, dead stare? Check
Ability to unhinge jaw? Check
Oh noooooo, Mr. Bill!
If Kate can dawdle a few more weeks on this not-a-contest, she can use the kids' spring break as an excuse also!
I believe it was back on the day she announced this that I posted it would be March or April. Come on, Kate...don't make a liar out of me!
Also the kids were doing the work of reading the entries. Surely TFW would not bother...so don't use them and a few snow days as an excuse for disappointing your sheeple ! I wonder how many people were dumb enough to 'enter' the contest?
OT - re:copyright. If this has been addressed, I apologize. My DIL has a copy of "Multiple Blessings". Kate, Jon and Beth are listed as authors. While I have not read the book, my understanding is some of the content is based on Kate's Journal (i.e. edited to make it sound positive). How is it possible for only Kate to copyright "mommy's journal" and "Multiple Blessings" with the other two listed. I don't remember either of them giving up their rights.Perhaps they did. I guess what I am asking is if Jon or Beth gave permission to Robert to use portions of it, is that enough? Do all 3 have to give permission?
I threw my back out and am laid up and am bored. Muscle relaxers must be making my mind wander to stupid stuff. Can you tell?
That's lovely, blame the kids for your incompetence.
Geez wonder how many emails she got about it. Guess the sheeple were trying not to embarrass her publicly on twitter, which is more courtesy then she's ever given them.
Dumb twit didn't give a deadline for submissions so she could prolong this until doomsday. Which come to think of it, is just around the corner for her.
Better get at it, Kate.
I don't know if Kate reads here, but lots of the haterz/fanz do and our conversations wind up seeping over into places like Radar, and on Kate's twitter.
Anyway, I'm pretty sure our blogging about it here put it on Kate's radar.
If the end result is Kate coming through with her promise, albeit very, very tardy, that's great for the fans who cared enough to enter the not-a-contest.
Kate Gosselin @Kateplusmy8 · 4m
FYI: 2 answer email ?'s abt #BeKindGetSigned contest:
Still in progress. Pls accept my HUGE apologies as snow/kids home=slowing progress!
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Oopsie! She's just admitted that it is indeed a contest. I would think that because the kids are home this would not slow the progress but would make it move along more quickly because, well, they're home and not in school. It would give them more time to read the millions of entries that she got.
Kate is a twit said... 74
She finally gave an answer about the not-a-contest, which she now calls a contest.
Kate Gosselin @Kateplusmy8 · 4m
FYI: 2 answer email ?'s abt #BeKindGetSigned contest:
Still in progress. Pls accept my HUGE apologies as snow/kids home=slowing progress!
So she's blaming the kids being home due to the snow as the reason for why she's not done judging?
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Of course she blames the kids and the snow.It's never ever Kate fault it's all ways someone else fault.
(Leslie)
If I was one of her fans, that tweet would piss me off even more. The kids could not have had but a few snow days. And we know she has a p/t babysitter. I frankly think she was not going to announce the winners ever. She was hoping all would forget about the contest. I am sure she saw the fan's tweets about how disappointed she was in Kate about this. But to blame the kids for being home a few days from school when she had 7 weeks or so to judge this is ridiculous and insulting. Again, this would really make me angrier instead of soothing hurt feelings. She doesn't give a flip about her fans. She uses them to make herself feel warm and fuzzy and that is it. .
Milo tweeted this to the woman who interviewed Jon:
Fired Up 4 Kate @MiloandJack · 15m
@alicialquarles @ENews @Kateplusmy8 Of course, a savy interviewer knows that just stating something does NOT make it reality! #2Sides :)
Oh my Gosh Milo....If Kate would take a dump on Milo's shoes then still Milo would blame it on somebody else.
Crazy obsessed behavior!
Just watched part 2 of Jon's interview. Thought it was great. As for his mistakes in 2009 I thought he was honest. It was a stupid emotional decision and at the time he didn't have therapy or support, now let's move on. Fair enough.
I still think one of the photos of the twins was recent. Cara's so tall in it she passes Jon's shoulders. In any case they look very happy with both Liz and Jon. I like what Bill said about the kids being pawns.
Is Jon going to fashion week? She mentioned he was staying nearby. Lol Kate must be seething, NYC is her town!
Amanda, Iowa said... 93
There needs to be a ........ line between Milo's rant and my reaction which starts with "Oh my Gosh !
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I think it would've helped TFW's biggest fan, when publicly doubting the
ability of a professional journalist, to have spelled the word "savvy" correctly.
AuntieAnn said... 88
Dumb twit didn't give a deadline for submissions so she could prolong this until doomsday. Which come to think of it, is just around the corner for her.
Better get at it, Kate.
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Auntie Ann--Actually, she DID give a deadline for entering. This was her first tweet about the contest that isn't a contest but is now a contest again.
Kate Gosselin @Kateplusmy8 · Dec 21
BE KIND, GET SIGNED...copy of #LoveIsInTheMix!
Details in RED.Email: http://www.kateplusmy8.com/
#Ends12/25 #Top12win pic.twitter.com/4mMWLKWInZ
But you're correct, she is a dumb twit.
"OT - re:copyright. If this has been addressed, I apologize. My DIL has a copy of "Multiple Blessings". Kate, Jon and Beth are listed as authors. While I have not read the book, my understanding is some of the content is based on Kate's Journal (i.e. edited to make it sound positive). How is it possible for only Kate to copyright "mommy's journal" and "Multiple Blessings" with the other two listed. I don't remember either of them giving up their rights.Perhaps they did. I guess what I am asking is if Jon or Beth gave permission to Robert to use portions of it, is that enough? Do all 3 have to give permission?"
Who owns the copyright does not necessarily coincide with who is listed as author. If you look at the copyright page (you can view it on Amazon), Kate and Beth hold the copyright for the book. As far as using copyrighted material without permission, Google "fair use." But the book and journal are two separate entities.
I'm wondering about Milo's tweet about the contest. (see #81 on this page) Do you think Kate is really "verifying"? People had to send a name, address, and email to enter. Was it all turned over to BullyVille or a sheeple to investigate? The whole thing is ridiculous for a contest where the prize is a copy of a book. She probably has boxes of books and <10 entries. Just send all of them a book and call it a day.
Kate tweeted this back on Dec. 29:
Kate Gosselin @Kateplusmy8 · Dec 29
My kids&I will be reading your #bekindgetsigned (copy of Love Is In The Mix) submissions and picking top 12 over next few days! Stay tuned!
Then on Jan. 5 she tweeted a picture of two of the girls reading entries. The last time she made mention of it(before today) was on Jan.11 when she tweeted the following:
Kate Gosselin @Kateplusmy8 · Jan 11
Can you believe I am STILL reading the stack of #BeKindGetSigned (copy of #LoveIsInTheMix ) submissions? Your kindness is making us smile! 👍
I doubt she received many entries, and is just taking her time to make it appear that there was an overwhelming amount of entries. Then it's going to be that it's been so so hard to decided on the winners because they were all amazing!!
Or as others have said, she was hoping that people would have forgotten about it by now.
If she is going to be the one paying postage to send out the books, Miss Super Saver should have decided the winners before Jan. 26, when postal rates increased.
Her contest, not-a-contest, now-a contest, just shows that she doesn't give a damn about her tweetie friends. She can find time to tweet and take pictures for her tweeties when her kids are home, but she can't find time to read their entries, that they put in time and effort to send to her.
The tweetie, Patricia Chow,(who Kate follows) asked "What happened to her integrity?"
Perhaps she and others are realizing that Kate never had any integrity in the first place.
Jeanne said... 50
... I don't know how often she gets new chicks and ships the others off to be killed. Kate has them so she can save on taxes by being a farm property ... I don't know if the savings are enough to offset hiring someone.
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The only tax advantage I see in regards to chickens is when I buy their feed - for any livestock (cows, pigs, sheep, goats, turkeys, chickens, etc.) that is used for any kind of food purposes (egg, dairy or meat) I do not pay tax on their feed.
So if I buy 2 bales of hay - 1 bale for a cow & 1 bale for a horse - I only have to pay tax on the bale for the horse because I will not be eating it in the future.
Veterinary bills are a tax write off and it makes sense for the larger livestock, but would you pay a $50 vet bill on a $10 chicken?
Let's say Kate has 20 hens. During the summer she is probably getting 15 eggs/day (not all hens lay an egg a day). There are 9 people and if they gather 15 eggs every day the hens are producing what the family needs for their meals. I estimate chicken feed costs for 20 hens to be $60/month.
As for selling the birds for meat or eating them for dinner, I don't know that Kate is doing this as a hen can lay eggs for a few years. Why sell an egg producing hen and replace it with a baby chick who won't start laying for 6 months? Not cost effective if you have to buy eggs in a store while you are waiting for your new hens to start laying.
If Kate has a rooster on the property she has fertilized eggs (hens will lay eggs even if there is no rooster) and if Kate allows her hens to "go broody" (they sit on a nest of eggs for 21 days and then will not lay any eggs for at least a month after that) then she will be able to increase her flock number. However you have to assume that 50% of the chicks will grow up to be roosters and one needs only so many roosters (won't know the sex of the chicks for at least 4 months).
Granted Kate may eat the roosters but if she does not "process" her chickens at her home - if she is lucky to find someone who will "process" them at $3/chicken - but again she has to figure out if it is cost effective. I sell my roosters for $5 on craigslist - I don't care if they will be eaten or kept as a pet just as long as they are outta here.
BTW there is a difference in taste when it comes to eggs being fertilized or not, as well as a deeper yellow color. So the next time you are out in the country or at a farmers market, buy a dozen farm fresh eggs for $3.00 (ask if they are fertilized and free range) and taste the difference for yourself.
I have a friend who does not like all the hormones that go into the chickens you buy at the grocery store. There are chickens that are used exclusively for meat - they grow up fast in just a few months and their legs cannot support their weight - and because her entire family "processes" these chickens it is cost effective for them to raise their own meat. As for the chickens who do not fit in their freezer, they sell these organic chickens at a farmers market for $20 each and this is the money they use to buy replacement baby chicks at $3 each and cover the feed costs.
Anyway ... for it to be worthwhile for Kate to file tax Form F, she would have to show a profit at some point during her first 5 years. If she does not then it is declared to be a hobby by the IRS, and by the time she writes off her feed bills and claims income (if any) from the sale of eggs or chickens ... IMO the paperwork is just a hassle especially if you are talking chickens where it is hard to show a profit.
FYI when I had just one cow I bred every year and sold her calf from the previous year for $750. As you can see it was easy to show a profit for a tax write off with just one cow versus 20 chickens. Again it makes sense to me that Kate is only using her chickens for their eggs, and with so many mouths to feed I doubt she is selling any "extra" eggs.
PA Dutch Mom said... 78
I'm a bit slow this morning. There is no key to bedroom doors in new houses. They lock from the inside with a button. In order to lock someone in, you'd have to turn the lock around so you can push the button in from the outside, I can't imagine her doing this...it's too complicated.........
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Not complicated at all. I've done it before when I needed to find a room to hide Christmas gifts. (a part of our basement had a door). The kids were getting way too good at finding them!
chefsummer said... 91
Of course she blames the kids and the snow.It's never ever Kate fault it's all ways someone else fault.
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She has to watch herself right now I think or she would have said outright that the delay was JON'S fault!
So, is Kate going to reveal the names of the winners, or their Twitter names? Is Kate going to share what these 12 acts of kindness are/were?
If someone doesn't "win", will they wonder what act of kindness beat out theirs?
This is some mess she created, including now again, calling it a contest, because there are many implications she must be aware of and follow.
Alicia Quarles is getting many kudos for conducting a tough interview with Jon. She seems quite proud that she went toe to toe with Jon and pressed him for answers.
I think it's great, really, I do. I just wish Ms. Quarles would do the same with Kate. No misdirection, no non answers, no "code speak", and no backing down because Kate has a magical uterus.
Somebody on twitter made a good point.
Sascha @Sassccha · 10m
@Kateplusmy8 So confusing .. which is it? You announced kids doing judging, complete w/pics. But contest delayed because kids are home? WTH?
Kate tweeted several times that she and the kids were reading the submissions "as a family". So if the kids were reading the submissions too, how was their being home a hindrance to the progress of the contest?
Kate is a twit said... 98
Kate Gosselin @Kateplusmy8 · Dec 21
BE KIND, GET SIGNED...copy of #LoveIsInTheMix!
Details in RED.Email: http://www.kateplusmy8.com/
#Ends12/25 #Top12win pic.twitter.com/4mMWLKWInZ
But you're correct, she is a dumb twit.
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Oops. I stand corrected about the deadline. Thanks for pointing that out KIAT.
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Sorry Kate and fans-of-Kate. I was wrong.
But that means the contest was only open for four days. How many submissions could she possibly have received?
Kate really does think her fans are daft. She announced that not a contest on dec 21.
Kate's hidden agenda for the not a contest was to be picked up by the media. When that didnt happen, she no longer was interested. She put her kids onto reading thru some of the submissions, but hoped that she could get away with this like she has all of her other teasers. Just ignore it and it will go away. But sadly her own fans..wouldnt let it drop..
Kate was on top of her world when she put out that not a contest. She knew about the People mag, and likely the upcoming Today show and the View. She was setting up an episode with that not a contest and then when her world came crashing down on Jan 5, that not acontest was the last thing on her mind.
Legally, would she not need to disclose how many entries she actually received? She said the top 12 would be chosen. Is there a chance she didnt get 12?
I notice she didnt @ HCIbooks this time...wonder why?
I just can't imagine paying $20.00 for an organic chicken. Holy moly. But I guess it is healthier.
Marie
MickeyMcKean said... 102
KK is to lazy to do all you have listed. She can't even do her contest or not-a contest so I doubt she'll raise and breed chickens.
Not complicated at all. I've done it before when I needed to find a room to hide Christmas gifts. (a part of our basement had a door). The kids were getting way too good at finding them!
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We're talking about Kate here. You know, the person who asked if a generator can be used inside, and the one who didn't know that she has to clean out the dryer vent.
The only tax advantage I see in regards to chickens is when I buy their feed - for any livestock (cows, pigs, sheep, goats, turkeys, chickens, etc.) that is used for any kind of food purposes (egg, dairy or meat) I do not pay tax on their feed.
It's zoned as farmette, and in order to quality for a tax credit (real estate), then she would need to show that some type of "farming" or the raising of livestock is being done on the property.
She also recently tweeted that they were having another "lazy day" because of a snow day. I take that to mean they're just kicking around the house, watching netflix, making grilled cheese. If you're having yet another lazy day why can't you set aside a few hours, take care of business and get this contest done? How hard can it possibly be? It's amazing to me it takes this of all things for some of these fans to get it. She's lazy, she's selfish, she did NOT do this contest for her fans, she did it for herself. She does NOT care about them. Glad some of them finally got it.
If she is going to be the one paying postage to send out the books, Miss Super Saver should have decided the winners before Jan. 26, when postal rates increased.
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She can send them out media mail. Ten books, depending where the book is going, the most she is going to pay is 2.75 per book, media mail. I don't think that's going to break her.
It's zoned as farmette, and in order to quality for a tax credit (real estate), then she would need to show that some type of "farming" or the raising of livestock is being done on the property.
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Doesn't a local "mow" some of the fields for hay?
Amanda, Iowa said... 93
Milo tweeted this to the woman who interviewed Jon:
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Gladys just can't keep her nose out of anything, can she? Geez, what would it be like living with someone like that? No wonder that family pulled out in the middle of the night and left no phone number or address. When they drove away, they were probably all saying, "FREE AT LAST!"
Kate has a deadbolt on her own bedroom door. She could have installed them on all the doors.
When she comes down off her manic swings she probably regrets doing these things when she realizes it's too much work.
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I think most normal, everyday experiences are "too much work" for WOS. Whatever the underlying cause(s), she seems unable to handle even simple tasks without making a big production. She is really unsuited to having even one child, much less 8.
How hard would it be to take 15 minutes and read some basic guidelines and regulations regarding holding a contest? If you start reading the rules and decide you won't be able to follow all of them, then you don't have the contest. But WOS never thinks first and acts later. It's always the other way around. Because taking a little time to learn the proper way to do something is "too much work."
Fired Up 4 Kate @MiloandJack 17m
@Kateplusmy8 I can imagine this turned out 2b a pretty big project...lots of letters 2read...evaluate...verify! U have all my patience! :)
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Ha! If she got 10 entries, I'd be surprised. My goodness Milo - take it down a notch.
Cant remember if this was in my last post or if I deleted it. But on the day that Kate tweeted she had sick kids...she went on to make 38 more tweets that day.
So she had time to tweet, but not read those submissions...
Actually, I cant believe that with sick kids she had even time to tweet that many times.
Kate tweeted:
Kate Gosselin @Kateplusmy8 · 4m
FYI: 2 answer email ?'s abt #BeKindGetSigned contest:
Still in progress. Pls accept my HUGE apologies as snow/kids home=slowing progress!
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Huh? The kids haven't been off from school for 30 days. Even Kate could come up with an excuse that's better than that. Come on, Kate, at least get creative about it. I hope someone has kept these tweets in which she admits that it is a contest. I guess she thinks the internet rules of running a contest doesn't apply to her. If someone really wanted to get nasty about it, they could report it and she'd have to answer to the complaints.
Fired Up 4 Kate @MiloandJack 1h
@deannatweeting @Kateplusmy8 @steelergirl1014 See I don't know of any Italians around here. We do pizza/spaghetti/lasagna! LOL
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Dumb Milo. Dumb, dumb, dumb. She's still lamenting about the wedding soup. The recipe can be found on the internet. Such an airhead! She thinks she needs to know an Italian in order to try the wedding soup.
Just watched a short clip of the Jon interview. I think I'm getting the picture now. There seems to be a whole lot of behind the scenes fighting about the kids being allowed on TV. Jon is dead against it and has taken her to court for it and won. Kate IMO is now trying to get back on television with Mady and Cara by alienating them from Jon and probably having them choose to live with only her (and by choosing, I mean by Kate convincing them that they have a terrible father). Is this a possibility? If the girlsl chose to only live with Kate, would Jon have any more control over their being on TV?
Marie
The tweetie, Patricia Chow,(who Kate follows) asked "What happened to her integrity?"
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Hey Patricia...come on over to the dark side. Better late than never.
We're here for ya.
I was just reading our local news website (watching for the next snow storm) and I saw that they are promoting a Valentine's Day contest. Just for the heck of it, I clicked on the contest rules. This is the way any internet contest needs to be advertised. Did Kate ever check into any of this before she launched into this contest, then not-a-contest, now contest again?
http://www.wgal.com/ww-jewelry
(Bottom: Contest rules).
"Not complicated at all. I've done it before when I needed to find a room to hide Christmas gifts. (a part of our basement had a door). The kids were getting way too good at finding them!"
Wait a minute. I am really slow today. You turned the locks around and locked the gifts in the room? If you put the lock on the outside of the door (turned it around (that meant that you could get into the room but the gifts couldn't get out!! The locking mechanism (door knob) needs to be taken off the door and turned around. That's what I think Kate is most likely incapable of doing,,,at least by herself.
PA Dutch Mom said... 107
The only tax advantage I see in regards to chickens is when I buy their feed - for any livestock (cows, pigs, sheep, goats, turkeys, chickens, etc.) that is used for any kind of food purposes (egg, dairy or meat) I do not pay tax on their feed.
It's zoned as farmette, and in order to quality for a tax credit (real estate), then she would need to show that some type of "farming" or the raising of livestock is being done on the property.
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Correct. I just don't see Kate making a profit with just chickens.
Confession ~ I have no clue how much a carton of 18 eggs is at a grocery store these days because when I want eggs I just walk outside to the chicken coop. We have 20 hens, 4 roosters, and since there are just two of us living here, we have way too many eggs as it is so I allow my friends to bring their own egg cartons and fill it up since we can't possibly eat all the eggs.
For the record we have 20 chickens because we like the overall country feel it brings to the property, not because we like to eat eggs. Also I am thinking about buying more chickens which lay different colored eggs -- one breed lays eggs that are so dark brown they look like chocolate, and even though I have chickens that lay green eggs, I want some blue egg layers too, as well as white egg layers. IMO there is nothing like a carton of farm fresh eggs in a variety of colors LOL.
Anyway ... after my last post I started to think that Kate needs 18 eggs a day and if a carton of 18 is $2.50 it would cost her $75 for a 30 day egg supply at the grocery store.
I estimated that she is paying $60 for feed and if I am correct she is saving $15/month. Now saving $15 each month is nothing to sneeze at as long as the kids do all the work, right?
Now if I was Kate and wanted to make money with my property but I did not want to hassle with any livestock, what I would do is to lease out the land to a local farmer so he could grow his own feed for his livestock. The farmer would be responsible for all the labor involved which would include the cuttings, loading up and hauling the bales off the property, etc.
As the land owner Kate would be entitled to 20-25% of the crop, whatever percentage they agree on. Now since Kate has no livestock she could sell her percentage back to the farmer for whatever a bale goes for in PA (alfalfa in CA is $18-$20/bale).
I don't know about the growing season in PA but in CA one can usually get 3 or 4 cuttings of alfalfa every year especially if the land is irrigated. Now in PA they get rain year round and in CA we do not so irrigation is something that I look for when buying a property.
Without knowing how many acres Kate has to lease out, and I do know she has some land that has been determined to be organic, if a farmer could grow 100 bales two times each summer, at 25% Kate would be entitled to 50 bales x $20 = $1,000.
Not a bad income since someone else does all the work and uses his own equipment to harvest the crop and this would qualify her as making income off her farmette.
Could someone post a link to the 2nd half of Jon's interview. Now I can't find it.
Thanks!
I am reading comments at work and I happen to have my Woman's Day magazine open to start reading and the page it opened up tp has The Kindess Project, Your Kind Acts where people can email and send their kind acts. Think they wait a few months and just leave a blank page when they don't get to it? My mom always gives me her magazines and coupons, I guess that's one of her many good deeds.
Also, with leaving a bird out or not, if our bird did get out its cage, we starting looking fast. We had 8 kids, we were afraid he would get stepped on. He liked hiding low for some reason and he would climb the stairs and shred the carpet in the corner. We always thought he was trying to nest. We never walked around with him on our shoulder. We may take him out and put him our finger to talk to him but none of us walked around the house with a bird on their shoulder.
Marie said: If the girlsl chose to only live with Kate, would Jon have any more control over their being on TV?
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Becasue he's their father and they're still minors.
I don't get this interest in this not-a-contest thing. Why would you go to the trouble of not only doing a good deed, but taking the trouble of photo-ing it, and sending it to someone just to get a lousy cookbook in return?
Wouldn't it be easier just to order the book off Amazon?
Someone's really going after Kate on twitter about the federal laws concerning her contest. Sounds like shes being squealed on. Shes really getting crucified over there. Poor thing......Ha
BTW there is a difference in taste when it comes to eggs being fertilized or not, as well as a deeper yellow color. So the next time you are out in the country or at a farmers market, buy a dozen farm fresh eggs for $3.00 (ask if they are fertilized and free range) and taste the difference for yourself
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I know there is a tremendous difference between buying fresh eggs vs. store bought. Growing up, we always had a few chickens to provide fresh eggs for our family's needs. Family of 10 (parents, 8 kids), and we would start out with a dozen chicks every few years. They would mature, go out to the chicken coop, mature some more and then start laying eggs. Initially the care and maintenance was my older brother's job - because he started this as a business, with plans to sell the eggs to neighbors. Eventually, that petered out and all of us kids took turns feeding the chickens, collecting eggs, and (ewww!) cleaning out the coop. We did not have fertilized eggs, because we learned pretty quick that we didn't like roosters - they get too mean.
Today, my parents have finally given up chickens as they are in their 80's and don't want the extra work. But I still get fresh eggs once in awhile from my sister or SIL. I hate to "waste" them on baking and tend to use them for scrambled eggs or hardboiled eggs. In fact, I have 3 fresh eggs left so tomorrow night's dinner is breakfast: eggs, bacon, waffles, fresh cut strawberries.
It's zoned as farmette, and in order to quality for a tax credit (real estate), then she would need to show that some type of "farming" or the raising of livestock is being done on the property.
Doesn't a local "mow" some of the fields for hay?
The property gets it's tax credit from the hay that's grown there. Chickens weren't needed to claim the credit - it already existed when they bought the property and all J&K did was carry it forward.
PA Dutch Mom said... 112
Not complicated at all. I've done it before when I needed to find a room to hide Christmas gifts. (a part of our basement had a door). The kids were getting way too good at finding them!
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We're talking about Kate here. You know, the person who asked if a generator can be used inside, and the one who didn't know that she has to clean out the dryer vent.
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The one who didnt know how to pump her own gas. Or light a burner on her stove. The one who is too dumb to find her own labeled gate at the airport.
Let's face it, ladies, she got 3 count em three entries for her not a contest, so in her humiliation she cussed out her sheeple and shooed the whole thing out of her slow head. After all, there are a really limited amount of minibytes in that brain and 3 whole entries was taking up wayyyy too much.
Oh, and about the bird? A bird out of it's cage is POOPING out of it's cage so um, another lie there, Katie Irene. Some animal poo-ing hither thither and yon in YOURS ALL YOURS house? Nope. And if you start tweeting that your bird is 'cage trained', I will stick a pin in the toe of a voodoo doll.
Welcome back to the internet Bitchy Pants! <3
Doesn't a local "mow" some of the fields for hay?
The property gets it's tax credit from the hay that's grown there. Chickens weren't needed to claim the credit - it already existed when they bought the property and all J&K did was carry it forward.
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Right. If mowing hay qualifies as some type of farming, then they should get the property tax credit. They wouldn't need cows, goats, chickens, pigs or SHEEP to get the credit.
Milo doesn't know any Italians? No wonder she's so narrow minded. No diversity in her world I bet.
"I just can't imagine paying $20.00 for an organic chicken. Holy moly. But I guess it is healthier."
Not for the chicken.
the View ladies opposed to putting kids on a reality tv show. Well didn't they just had the girls on their show? They were enabling Kate to just that by allowing the girls to be on tv. They're hypecrites if they say one thing but do the opposite of it. They should have declined the proposal to have them on their show if they didn't support using children for ratings in the first place.
The panel on The View are employees (except for BW and IDK what power she still has), they're not producers who make the decisions @ who to invite and what the line of questioning should be. Depending on their relationship with the decision makers, I don't think they'd want to risk their jobs by refusing to participate in certain interviews or to go off-script with their questions.
It may look hypocritical for them to act cheerful and accepting of whatever BS TFW is trying to sell, but I think for the most part they're just doing their job. It was a win-win situation for them. They did their jobs with the interview but the next day let viewers know they were against kids on tv.
Someone's really going after Kate on twitter about the federal laws concerning her contest. Sounds like shes being squealed on. Shes really getting crucified over there. Poor thing......Ha
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Well, darn it, you just can't come up (on the spur of the moment) with a contest and run it the way you see fit, ignoring all contest rules. She should get called out on it. Everyone else has to follow contest rules...why shouldn't she?
Wouldn't it be easier just to order the book off Amazon?
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Ah, but this is different. This one was touched by Kate's own hands! Moreover, it is SIGNED by the author herself!
Today, my parents have finally given up chickens as they are in their 80's and don't want the extra work. But I still get fresh eggs once in awhile from my sister or SIL. I hate to "waste" them on baking and tend to use them for scrambled eggs or hardboiled eggs. In fact, I have 3 fresh eggs left so tomorrow night's dinner is breakfast: eggs, bacon, waffles, fresh cut strawberries.
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I do the same thing!
I guest my "good" eggs from farmers, but use store eggs for baking and major bulk stuff.
The fresh farm eggs are used for such things as scrambled, poached and over easy, as well as sauces like hollandaise.
Kate has a deadbolt on her own bedroom door. She could have installed them on all the doors.
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Kate installed her own deadbolt on the door? Wow. I am impressed! :-) I didn't think she had it "in her."
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@Kateplusmy8 So confusing .. which is it? You announced kids doing judging, complete w/pics. But contest delayed because kids are home? WTH?
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LOL!! So true. If she has kids home with her on a snow day. and they need activities to keep them busy, and she said that the kids are helping her judge the entries, couldn't they do it in a day? She is so stupid and doesn't realize what she's said in the past and what she's saying now. THINK, Kate. THEN tweet your excuse!
Fired Up 4 Kate @MiloandJack 1h
@deannatweeting @Kateplusmy8 @steelergirl1014 See I don't know of any Italians around here. We do pizza/spaghetti/lasagna! LOL
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I bet you pronounce it "eye"talians, don't you, Milo?
Oh, and about the bird? A bird out of it's cage is POOPING out of it's cage so um, another lie there, Katie Irene. Some animal poo-ing hither thither and yon in YOURS ALL YOURS house? Nope. And if you start tweeting that your bird is 'cage trained', I will stick a pin in the toe of a voodoo doll.
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OK, birder experts here.. how likely is it for dear Zorro to be cage trained for pooping ONLY there, trained to walk all over every family member without danger, trained to give face kisses but NEVER bite?
We know that Shoka was not trained with the family, which is utter neglect when you have 8 kids.
I remember reading about the kids locked in at nighttime too. If I recall, the school found out & reported it to CSP. Then CSP requested her to cease it. How the school found out was from one of the kids, I'm guessing.
You can buy keyed lock door knobs & it works on either side. I've done this before. You can put the keyed side on outside of the door. Hence the kids being locked in. Or she brought a side lock which you can put in one side without changing the knobs.
Suzy
I have no idea of what money TFW collects on eggs, although she clearly appeared to have some designated for home and others for Henry to sell. And to get a tax right-off on her land.
I am sure attorneys have advised her of maximum benefits with her land, and benefits to assist her with animals and she has taken full advantage of same for tax write offs.
Problem is that only TFW benefits from her kid's labor as she is and always will be the MIP. Not too much to be proud.
I finally saw that Cheerio ad. I cannot fathom what Mady would have seen that she would have related to enough to think that anything was her.
Tweet-le De Tweet-le DUMB said... 144
Fired Up 4 Kate @MiloandJack 1h
@deannatweeting @Kateplusmy8 @steelergirl1014 See I don't know of any Italians around here. We do pizza/spaghetti/lasagna! LOL
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I bet you pronounce it "eye"talians, don't you, Milo?
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Reminds me of what Sheldon Cooper describes as a real Eye-Talian treat: spaghetti with cut up hotdogs! Beverage of choice - Strawberry Quick.
I'm going to give the non-fans the benefit of the doubt and blame their idiocy on cabin fever. They're on a tangent again today, this time about a FB page and accusing TFW of running it because there is a watermark on some of the photos. SMH, silly non-fans. That means nothing since the photos are avail all over the internet, in print, published books, etc. ugh
From their 'about' info it says the page is run by amanda nor lyna. "either amanda nor lyna owns the pics all goes to tlc"
They also need to update their info since it states K+8 is in it's first season.
https://www.facebook.com/GosselinKids
https://www.facebook.com/GosselinKids
Mel said... 148
I finally saw that Cheerio ad. I cannot fathom what Mady would have seen that she would have related to enough to think that anything was her.
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Was this the bi-racial couple?
Maybe it has to do with being a bi-racial child.
Mel said... 148
I finally saw that Cheerio ad. I cannot fathom what Mady would have seen that she would have related to enough to think that anything was her.
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I've only seen the commercial once, but I assumed she was referring to the "then we're getting a dog" comment. You know--being demanding.
I just can't imagine paying $20.00 for an organic chicken. Holy moly. But I guess it is healthier. 110
Much less expensive at Trader. Joes.
Re: locking bedrooms. All it would take is a simple hook and eye.
Oh, and the gosselinkids FB page? It says it's fan page. Nothing unique about this, most celebs, tv shows, etc have fan run FB pages.
I think what is funny about Kate's apology is that after weeks of her fans asking about when she would announce the winners of her "not a contest" it took Patricia Chow to finally get a response out of her. Now I don't know if you all remember back when Kate walked in that fashion show in NYC but that's where she met Patricia because she also walked in the show. She is in the entertainment industry has worked in Vegas as a show girl. Just seems strange to me that after this Patricia tweeted her disappointment in kate and questioning her integrity Kate finally issues a response. Just goes to show that the only people that Kate cares about are people in the entertainment industry and what they think of her.
OK, birder experts here.. how likely is it for dear Zorro to be cage trained for pooping ONLY there, trained to walk all over every family member without danger, trained to give face kisses but NEVER bite?
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Parrot 101, briefly!
A parrot can be potty trained to go only in his cage. It's a long process that requires the know-how to do it. It's not like litter-training a kitten. Kate would never be able to do this, since she had no previous knowledge on the care and needs of birds. A parrot that size will likely poop every half hour or so. It sounds like the bird is out of his cage for extended periods of time, so unless the bird is cage-trained, he will go wherever he is at the moment. This means, kitchen counters, shoulders, heads, furniture, wherever. She didn't even know that birds should never be allowed to sit on shoulders. If this bird is potty trained, it would have been done in the pet shop, but I can't imagine that they would take the time to do this if the bird was there for sale. One other explanation would be that the bird had a previous home and was returned to the store for re-sale, and it had been trained by previous owners before she bought it. If it came from the breeder, he/she could have trained the bird, although this is rarely done.
Bottom line -- birds don't potty train themselves, and Kate would never have the experience and patience to do it. It requires consistency, and positive reinforcement, as well as voice commands.
As far as walking all over everyone...yes, it the bird was used to being handled in the pet shop. Kissing without biting -- nope. If something startles the bird in the act, or if the bird feel threatened in any way, he will bite, no matter how sweet and affectionate the bird normally is. Conure bites are nasty, and if that would happen, the person being bitten would immediately throw the bird off the shoulder and face, especially young children who would react in pain, not considering that they were going to injure the bird in the process.
I once fostered a gorgeous Moluccan cockatoo, Angel, who was the sweetest bird you'd ever want to meet. She was on my arm while I was putting some new toys on her perch. There was a thunderstorm going on, with the loudest crack of thunder I ever heard. I jerked because it scared me. She got spooked, and she nailed me. My first reaction was to throw her off my arm, but I didn't want to risk hurting the bird, so I waited until she was calm...blood dripping down my arm. I should have had stitches, but I just did a patch job myself! It was probably one of the nastiest bites I ever got. My fear is that something like this is going to happen to Zorro and he is going to be injured if flung off the child's shoulder.
If the fans or non-fans are interested in how this bird was trained, why don't they ask her? I'd be interested in knowing, but I don't have Twitter.
Jon said that Kate had a deadbolt installed on the bedroom door. I know I read this. I assumed to keep him from snooping in the bedroom. I agree she could have had locks installed on the kids' doors. I read that she locked them in at night. Xiang believe that she would do that considering how long she kept them in their cribs when they were babies.
I bet you pronounce it "eye"talians, don't you, Milo?
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lol! I was thinking the same thing! I guess there are no EYE talians in the south. They all live in New York City or Little EYE taly in Baltimore!
Could the local be that Henry guy who lives nearby? He was on the show.
Sleepless In Seattle said... 156
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Thank you for your tutorial!
I've done a little reading about birds on shoulders and heads, and some do feel it's ok, but most warn that it's too dicey because you can't see the bird and if anything happens, well, your face is right there to bite, hang on to, groom etc.
Also, a bit on the arm or finger is one thing, but if a bird scars the face, that can be another matter all together.
I hope Zorro never scars Kate's Hollywood-hopeful face. That would be curtains for the birdie.
Did Kate take down her Twitter? I get the page does not exist.
More mean tweets tonight!!!
Jimmy Kimmel Live @JimmyKimmelLive 57m
Unfortunately we have to include this tool in tonight's new edition of #MeanTweets… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whUmxlf9gbc&feature=youtu.be
Localyocul said... 65
From the book:
I look at the web page he’s pulled up. “No.” There’s my mom’s famous shaggy bob, her red hair vibrant against a plain white back- ground. “Recipe for a Happy, Healthy Family.” I look up. “She wrote a cookbook?”
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I stayed up way too late last night and finished the book. It really draws you in and makes you almost physically feel what it's like to have every moment of your life filmed. The complete violation of personal space and common decency is made palpable on every page.
I am convinced the author follows this blog and has read Robert's book. So many little tells were very cleverly woven into the story ;)
Is Twitter down?
Where did the story about the locks on the doors and the stale sandwiches initially come from? Was it in Robert's book, did it come from someone at the school, or was it just put out there by non-fans? It certainly didn't come from CPS.
https://twitter.com/search?q=kateplusmy8&f=realtime
It's there for me. I don't have Twitter. This is where I read it.
TLC stinks said... 164
Is Twitter down?
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Nope.
https://twitter.com/search?q=kateplusmy8&src=typd&f=realtime
Kate already said the bird is cage trained. It is either in her blog, or she tweeted it.
I've done a little reading about birds on shoulders and heads, and some do feel it's ok,
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If's iffy. IF you're experienced in parrot behavior, some do it. Why take the chance, though? These are kids we're talking about here, not adults who know their birds and how they may react to certain situations. Even then, parrots are unpredictable. They only had this bird for a day or so and she was allowing him to sit on shoulders and heads. I would never allow my child to have a bird on his shoulder or anywhere near the face or head. One bite in the eye, and the damage is done forever.
I read that she locked them in at night.
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TLC, where did you read this? That's what I am curious about.
Looks like the NY orthodontist pulled her tweet about M & C's braces. I suspect it brought attention to her business, but not quite in the same way that she expected. That's how it seems to go down for people who align themselves with TFW, whether in an official capacity or not.
The story about the sandwiches originally appeared in US magazine in November 2010. Hollywood Life also did a story about it. Both stories were based on info from a "source close to Kate".
http://www.usmagazine.com/momsbabies/news/source-kate-gosselin-makes-kids-eat-week-old-sandwiches-1970218
http://hollywoodlife.com/2010/11/10/kate-gosselin-kids-stale-food-school-expelled/
Admin also did a post about it here.
http://www.realitytvkids.com/2010/11/kids-serves-kids-old-sandwiches.html
TFW is likely focused on getting another talk show lined up to answer Jon's claim that she needs a psychological evaluation, rather than judging her ”not a contest" contest. This is where I pray that all those doors have been slammed shut on her after the TODAY show stunt. Jon has had his chance to tell his side (which he did well), especially after being thrown under the bus by TFW so many times over the years. So, we have listened to both sides now. Hopefully, the media will let this fight play out in private and respect the 8 children caught in the middle of this custody battle. I would love it if the tabloids put a moratorium on this story, at least until the family gets the help it needs.
The story I want to read is the one where Kate decides to put her kids first and begins communicating with Jon for the sake of those children. I really believe Jon wants stability coming from both sides. The difference being that he is actively working toward that, while TFW continues along with one goal in mind, getting some use out of her 8 former money-makers.
The TODAY show did provide the impetus for Jon to find his voice, and he has displayed a new strength and maturity. Now, it's time to let the courts do their work, and step away from the publicity to protect their children from having this being played out in the public eye.
Hey When was kate on Bethanny? Wasnt that during the Cook Book tour?
Kate said to bethanny, that it was her job ( kates ) to ensure that she helped to foster the relationship between her kids and their father. When they were older if they chose to not see him, it would be there decision. So did she say that knowing that her twins and Collin were not visiting their dad?
It my be my flu head, but was it JOn who said he had not seen Collin since the summer? Where did that come from? Just double chekcing sources/stories.
I am convinced the author follows this blog and has read Robert's book. So many little tells were very cleverly woven into the story ;)
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Me too. I'm about 100 pages in, and it's just way too uncanny for this author to write this story with so many similarities, having just watched a handful of the episodes, after happening upon that particular People cover with Kate and the kids.
#Intrigued
Sleepless In Seattle said... 165
Where did the story about the locks on the doors and the stale sandwiches initially come from? Was it in Robert's book, did it come from someone at the school, or was it just put out there by non-fans? It certainly didn't come from CPS.
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I don't recall ever reading about locks on the kids' door.
In fact, when Hannah had an epic poop while napping, followed by a full-on freak out by Kate, the other tups had awoken and come downstairs.
Hannah was left to continue napping by herself.
GosselinbookStTeam.. @AlfredoCocozza 31m
@Kateplusmy8 has collected names & addresses & photo's of underage minor children. Pls report her scam contest here: http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx
Question -- does anyone know who entered this not-a-contest? Have the minors spoken out that they entered and are indeed minors?
If not, how does anyone know that kids under 18 submitted this information?
TLC stinks said... 161
Did Kate take down her Twitter? I get the page does not exist.
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Nope.
JMO said... 147
I have no idea of what money TFW collects on eggs, although she clearly appeared to have some designated for home and others for Henry to sell. And to get a tax right-off on her land.
I am sure attorneys have advised her of maximum benefits with her land, and benefits to assist her with animals and she has taken full advantage of same for tax write offs.
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As for selling eggs ... maybe she is and maybe she is not ... if Kate is I doubt she has people coming to the house. No if she is selling I can see her having her not-a-nanny taking the eggs somewhere and bringing back the cash because Kate just can't deal with the general public since she is a big stah.
Who is Henry? Is he the guy who has a farmers market or is he the guy who delivered the chickens when they were building a chicken coop?
If Henry is the guy who has a farmers market because he has land to grow his vegetables, I'm sure he has his own chickens and does not need to buy Kate's eggs.
Now if Henry was the guy who brought chickens over to the McMansion in the episode where the chicken coop was being built, let me say that when I saw this episode I figured TLC or Kate searched craigslist looking for a local with full grown chickens to sell.
Last but not least, keep in mind that it was a reality show and not everything that might have been said on the show was the truth. Remember, if her lips are moving she must be lying.
Home for my zillionth snow day and did some you- tubing. I don't how to link, but I invite you to search "Kate plus 8 laundry" or " tensions run high" it was an extra from the RV trip. Enjoy.
I don't watch any of the entertainment/gossip shows, so I'm not really in the know about those who conduct interviews on them. Is this Alicia one who's done interviews on there before, or is she new? Just curious, since it sounds like her approach was so much more "journalistic" than the usual. I thought her response to someone's comment about the interview was refreshing:
Alicia Quarles @alicialquarles Feb 4
@xxxxx thank you. I wanted to be transparent in the fact that this int was not meant to attack her. She's had her platform. This was his.
Re: locking bedrooms. All it would take is a simple hook and eye.
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My friend thought that would be a good idea because she had a toddler who crawled out of his crib. She was afraid he would flee in the night so she wanted to put a hook and eye on her front and back doors. Turns out it didn't work because of the composition and depth of the molding around the door. She did eventually figure something out, but it involved doing some carpentry so the hook and eye could be attached.
OT for basketball fans, VCU is playing Rhode Island on CBS Sports Network now. Fun game!
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#shameless begging #LetsGoVCU
Mickey said...If Henry is the guy who has a farmers market because he has land to grow his vegetables, I'm sure he has his own chickens and does not need to buy Kate's eggs.
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Henry is the Amish farmer who lives down the road. I believe his property is adjacent or in close proximity to Kate's land, If he has a farmer's market, that doesn't necessarily mean that he has chickens. I know a few people who sell their produce at their stand at the market, and they don't have chickens.
Something has been puzzling me. How did Jon get a interview (not a sound bit type) on ET? Did he call them up and said I want you to interview? Or does Jon have a PR firm repping him? If someone is repping him, I wonder if he/she has a master plan for Jon's TV tour. Just curious.
The story I want to read is the one where Kate decides to put her kids first and begins communicating with Jon for the sake of those children.
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Amen.
At this point, I'd feel embarrassed to go on any show and admit that my ex and I do not co-parent because we don't speak to one another and just text.
I've felt that way for years, really.
That level of failing to parent your children is SHAMEFUL.
Minors cannot enter a contest without a parent's consent. Their signature is required, I believe. Also I've seen online contests presented in various ways. If someone is doing it via their log, often she will ask people to submit a comment on that particular post. Usually just an email address is all they ask for. So what was Kate going to do with these people's personal information? Also if she publishes someone's letter that includes the name of the receiver of kindness, wouldn't she have to get that person's consent also?
Suzy
Didn't TCFW tweet that Zorro bit Mady on the finger? Seems like I remember that.
Can you imagine TCFW in charge of potty training Zorro? She would start on a Monday and tell Z that he had 5, yes, count'em, 5 days to get potty trained.
Can you imagine if Zorro had an accident on the 6th day? She would pick Z up by the hair of his head, throw him into his cage and beat him into his cage with the big wooden spoon.
If she would do it to her babies, she would do it to anybody or any animal.
She should of turned that organic farm into a organic vegetable farm. Fresh vegetables, fresh herbs. My parents scraped for years and bought a 40 acre farm in mid 70's and I told my dad to plant black walnut trees because black walnuts are so expensive. He just let a farmer grow soybeans on it for 900 dollars a year. Those trees would of been going on 40 years old now.
2 years ago, a F-3 tornado which was 3/4 of a mile wide hit right across the road in front of the farm. It went from there toward the big highway. It hit my cousins yard took their trees down, went down some and picked up a house with the husband and wife and it threw it a couple hundred yards and slammed it down and they walked out of it.
My dad and my brother ran over there, it was 10 pm at night and they were walking from the destroyed house, being joyful, as in grateful they were alive. My dad said, I wish that would of been my house and the tornado would of taken both of them. I said, you didn't say that!
He did. Another tornado came through and got all of his trees in his yard and one fell on the roof of the house. Then he had to fight the insurance company to pay. Your words will find you.
Just like they will TCFW on this contest. I can't believe she is ignoring this! That lazy thing! What about the act of kindness of the Warrior Quilt? She thinks she is not going to get into trouble about this. There are rules and laws. You cannot thumb your nose at the law.
I thought TCFW was a contract honorer!
If the fans or non-fans are interested in how this bird was trained, why don't they ask her? I'd be interested in knowing, but I don't have Twitter.
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The fans, for the most part, are fearful of asking her a question she won't like and they'll get blocked --- #Horrors
Kate pretends she doesn't see the non-fans.
The story about the sandwiches originally appeared in US magazine in November 2010. Hollywood Life also did a story about it. Both stories were based on info from a "source close to Kate".
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I wouldn't believe a "source close to Kate" if ,my life depended on it, especially not after reading some of the gems that both the fans and non-fans come up with.
Mel said... 148
I finally saw that Cheerio ad. I cannot fathom what Mady would have seen that she would have related to enough to think that anything was her.
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Mel - I think Mady was relating to the fact that she, like the little girl, is quite the negotiator to get a good deal for herself. In the commercial, the dad tells his daughter, "Pretty soon you're going to have a baby brother." The little girl gets a "What you talkin' bout, Willis?" expression on her face for a split second. Then her expression changes to a look like, Oh yeah? Well if you want me to be OK with that, then you need to do something for me. That's when she slides an extra cheerio into the "family" and says "And a puppy."
I have a feeling Mady could definitely relate to the wheeling and dealing and negotiating to get something for herself out of a situation. It would be kind of like her saying to TFW, "OK, I won't go visit daddy, but you have to buy me that pair of $300 boots."
Yes, was the fake contest just a way to create a fan list??
What is next, a non-profit for donations??
I had accidently deleted RH's book from my kindle and was just able to re-load it. I was sure it was gone from my kindle forever.
As I understood it, Kate only locked Alexis in her room at night. She would try to break out and ontime broke a mirror and cut herself. Also, the other kids would let her out to go to the bathroom. That's how I remember the story. Also, if this story and the stale lunch story are false, why didn't Kate ("Can We Sue") deny it or take action against such blatent and specific lies?.
All the people that entered Kate's not-a-contest have grounds for a lawsuit. Just sayin'.
You know my usual reaction to the tweeter wars is that it's just silly to bombard an innocent orthodontist with tweets just because she made one remark about the twins and has nothing to do with this saga. I have no interest in tweeting her or otherwise calling her out. However I've been thinking about it and I don't know, maybe seemingly innocent, "little" things like this shouldn't happen. Why do Mady and Cara have to be subjected to some random doctor making a very public tweet about them? Why is that okay, no big deal, don't harass them? I have to say that at 13, when I too was in braces, if an orthodontist tweeted something about LOOK AT MY BEAUTIFUL BRACES, I would not be flattered or love it. I would be just plain mortified. The last thing you want is for people to notice your braces, as hard as that is. This kind of life these kids lead, including enduring random tweets from strangers, is NOT okay.
Admin at 180 ~Yes. My thoughts *exactly*.
I never buy books but I just purchased "Something Real" to support the young writer.
This blog sells products and makes great recommendations.
And ... we don't have to send in our name, address, pictures, and bra size.
I don't recall ever reading about locks on the kids' door.
In fact, when Hannah had an epic poop while napping, followed by a full-on freak out by Kate, the other tups had awoken and come downstairs.
Hannah was left to continue napping by herself.
The lock story was much much later, in the new house and after Jon moved out.
It wasn't Henry who brought the chickens; he runs the vegetable stand. It was another Amish farmer who let the kids wear his hat...iirc.
Anonymous names don't have to be revealed unless ASKED is my understanding of the law. Usually contests provide a way to contact them to ask for the names of the winner. No one had ever asked me for the names. If you're going to ask me to reveal the names now years later, I will have to look into the law on that since I think it's been too long now to expect a reasonable person to hang onto those records. It's also my understanding that the names aren't required for drawings, and most of my very few contests were just drawings. Just like PW does all the time. Kate's was not a drawing but a contest with judging for the BEST, a whole other bag of legal intricacies.
The reason for that rule is so that some douchebag like Kate doesn't get to get away with saying okay folks I picked the winners, bye now--and then secretly she never really picked anyone and kept the prizes for herself. It keeps people honest making sure contests actually did take place. Since I actually went through with my contest, when I said I would, and did exactly what I said I would, and provided the prizes I promised promptly to the winners, and there is no proof otherwise, that shouldn't be a concern for you.
Alicia Quarles @alicialquarles Feb 4
@xxxxx thank you. I wanted to be transparent in the fact that this int was not meant to attack her. She's had her platform. This was his.
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I like this woman's style; straightforward and professional.
This interview was Jon's platform and Kate has had more platforms that you can shake a stick at.
The lock story was much much later, in the new house and after Jon moved out.
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I'm lost. The younger kids were five when Jon moved out. She allegedly locked them in when they were five years old or older?
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