TLC posted the following press release on their site:
You watched Kate Gosselin plan the sextuplets' 10th birthday bash in June (and have an epic meltdown) and now you can follow your favorite oversized family on their summer vacation and into the new school year. "Kate Plus Eight" will return to TLC in December with all-new episodes! This time around, Kate and her eight growing kids will travel to Boston and explore different parts of New England on a family vacation.
You'll also see the kids rounding out the final days of summer with fun activities, while Kate preps the household for another school year. Teenagers Cara and Mady start 8th grade, and the sextuplets you know and love -- Alexis, Hannah, Aaden, Collin, Leah and Joel -- are beginning 4th grade. We can't wait to see the kids prepare for pencils, books and maybe even teachers' dirty looks, while balancing their time between friends and siblings. And you can be we'll see more classic Kate moments and funny banter from the outspoken kids.
-- Mara Betsch
1920 sediments (sic) from readers:
«Oldest ‹Older 401 – 600 of 1920 Newer› Newest»I called it guys, about the cookies. Wow, she even used a new pic! Heavens to Betsy ! Wow, Kate made the earth shake! First she complained about, new shoes, school prep, now the cookies, next school supplies & uniforms, and probably something about the kids BBB. Then something about the bird, then the dog. it's a routine with her. Then, wednesday or thursday, a pic of the kids dressed in uniforms for 1st day of school. Wait it's coming! Big whoop!
LOL. It's a "Gosselin Family Tradition" that she takes a photo of them on the front steps. I did it for kindergarten and First Grade then stopped. It would be a nice tradition if she didn't tweet it.
BTW, they have to buy their books at their school. That can't be cheap.
I think the reason she packages the cookies like that and tallies them is because she keeps count to make sure nobody is putting in their lunch more than their allotment of cookies. The kids pack their lunches themselves but I bet there up is an "Inspector Gadget" that watches and reports to the mom warden. I believe the kids pack their lunches the night prior?
Yes, TLC stinks, they showed a girl tup throwing things into the lunch boxes in the evening for the next day on CWS. The table setting shown was similarly sloppily done. The kids acted like robots doing the chores, not the #HappyTeam Kate tweets about. Really, only the boys seemed to enjoy their chore of chicken duty, done together and away from the house.
People and PETA didn't like how whales are treated at Sea World, and a whole movement was started, and Sea World and their sponsors (I think) were boycotted. Many, many people don't like how being on reality TV, and also being abused by their mother has ruined the Gosselin kids' lives, and nothing can be done. Guess in this country, it is sometimes better to be an animal.
Cookies in the freezer for months sound gross. It doesn't take that long to make cookies. She could easily make a batch while the kids were at school. There is no way she made all those cookies herself in one day. It's hard to get cookies made with your phone in one hand.
My mom didn't think we should have dessert in our lunches. We protested so she said we should make our own. (And my mom actually was busy during the day.) We made shoofly cupcakes. You use a shoofly cake recipe not a pie recipe. It tastes a little different but still good. We would freeze them and take one out in the morning. There were 3 of us so a batch didn't last long enough for freezer burn. We started doing that in junior high.
The twins are old enough to bake. The tups are old enough to do all but the oven. Sadly, there's no way she lets them learn since practice can mean mistakes and messes.
TLC stinks said... 10
BTW, they have to buy their books at their school. That can't be cheap.
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They do have to purchase books...they are not given out to use, but they don't have to buy them at school. Books may be bought anywhere, Amazon, eBay, rented from various sites, and as long as the ISBN number is the same, the book is acceptable. Used books are not expensive. I've learned where to get them. It takes time, though, and lots of fingerwork through the internet. I can't imagine Kate would take the time or have the patience to do this.
Who cares how many cookies Kate bakes? I agree, Admin, who wants to eat a cookie in November that was baked in August ? Those poor kids. Reminds me of the saying, "Poor little rich kids." This is nothing more than an attention getter for their mother. Look at me! I cook homemade, bake from scratch, organic, crumbly messes! Yuch!
Sorry, if this is a repeat, but I didn't think it went through.
I wonder if she got store bought cookies and froze them instead of going through the trouble of mixing and baking.
Hope Admin, Millicent and son and everyone who lives where the earthquake hit are ok! Thinking of you all. It was a 6.3 in CA and a 6.6 in Chile also.
Oh, dear. CA is getting hit with aftershocks.
They said there was a 6.0 an hour ago. Praying for Admin, Millicent and son and everyone! Stay safe! Hope you are ok!
the kids sounded happy to be filming again
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I don't recall that the kids were really asked how they felt about filming or if they were it wasn't aired in the special. And some of the kids seemed kind of solemn and beaten down to me at times. Especially Collin when Kate was going after him for that minor transgression.
They said there was a 6.0 an hour ago. Praying for Admin, Millicent and son and everyone! Stay safe! Hope you are ok!
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We haven't felt a thing down here. I'm not sure if anyone on the blog is up in Napa. Please check in if you are.
I found baked goods to be extremely prone to absorbing freezer odors no matter how tightly you wrap them. Cookies, waffles, tortillas all start to taste rank after just a couple months. Other things like frozen fruit for smoothies and frozen meats I don't have a problem with.
What does work for me is to make and then freeze cookie dough then pull it out as needed to bake fresh. You could do this every Sunday for the week. Easy peasy and you get that nice soft and fresh cookies never frozen every week.
Honestly, I believe that Kate Plus 8 will get 2-3 filmings per year. TLC has done updated episodes with several shows, including United Bates of America. (the Duggar friends).
No cause for panic, as I believe that TLC will film when it is good for them. Disturbing that she continues to film her kids, while making the show all about her, yes. Quite frankly, I think half of the kids are checked out with filming. With one rebelling. Does not make for good tv. The last special was after a 3 year hiatus.
Regardless, I think people will tire of her antics, and using her kids to "create college funds." Kate is a narcissist and the kids are not engaging any more, so this is not going to head in the direction TFW hopes. More subsidized trips, school supplies, uniforms etc.. financed by TLC is not going to make her very popular.
BTW- how are these purchased Twitter Bots helping her? Same thing over and over again, with none who show any interest in TFW but rather send random twitters to many people? What is she accomplishing with this? Shaking my head......
We have just recently moved to the Sacramento area from SoCal, but since we are at our old home for the weekend, we missed the Napa earthquake this morning. Apparently two of our three children in the area slept through it, and the third, used to this in her growing up in SoCal days, woke and went back to sleep. There is damage and injuries in Napa, but it could have been worse.
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If you don't want to be bothered having to drag out the mixer and all the ingredients to make cookies every couple of weeks, freezing the dough is the way to go. My daughter does this when she makes cookies for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
She'll make batches of dough and freeze them. Then when she's ready to bake then, she'll defrost a batch and then bake them so they are fresh.
Difference between her and Kate--The kids get to help with the baking. They're the ones who place the dough on the cookie sheets. They use the cookie cutters and decide on the shapes, etc. Sometimes they even help with the mixing and making of the dough. They get involved!
But Kate has to brag about how SHE does it all. Who in their right mind details how many cookies they make down to the exact number? Most people say "I made so many dozen(in Kate's latest post 40 dozen) cookies". Every time Kate tweets about baking cookies, she always states exactly how many she made.
Big deal! Most "normal" people would just state "I baked enough cookies today to cover school lunches until Thanksgiving".
But then we're talking about a person who needs validation on what a wonderful supermom she is. A person who thought she was so fantastic for baking cookies that she actually did a blog post at The Stir about her "cookie bake", not only specifying the number of cookies but the number of lunches SHE packed during a year.
It just screams "Look what a great Mom I am. Aren't I wonderful! Tell me how wonderful I am"!
I swear I saw one of the tups girls on the nordstrom website.
LOL no moe K-ade for me.
Napa is about 55 miles from San Francisco. Since it was a 6.0 earthquake I'm sure it was felt in the Bay Area. The 1989 Earthquake was centered in the Santa Cruz mountains 100+ miles from San Francisco and it hit hard. I think about 57 people died and hundreds injured. That earthquake was a 6.9.
We lived in San Jose at the time and it was really scarey.
Doesn't Millicent live somewhere in the San Francisco area??
The Roloffs are coming back for a special on Sept. 2. Matt said they are still separated but working together parenting the 4 kids. I noticed that the guest house where Matt is staying is clean and as neat as a pin. Amy on the hand is still the slob she always was. I would have freaked out if I worked hard and spent a fortune on that house and all the furnishings just to have the kids trash it.
I remember the 1989 earthquake. My oldest ds was in kindergarten and he wrote about it on the paper with the lines. He wrote about Buck, a man under the overpass that had fallen and they were trying to rescue. I remember the name Buck on it. I think about it every I hear about an earthquake in CA.
That's not a G kid on the Nordstrom site. Lol.
Besides don't you think K would be bragging about her kid modeling ?
I was awoken at 3:20 a.m. by the Napa/American Canyon earthquake. My bed was moving, the house was moving, in a rolling motion like I was on a train. By the time I figured out it was an earthquake, it was over. My family in Napa was much closer and felt it much more forcefully - it was very loud they said and very jolting. Fortunately, they only had superficial damage - broken picture frames, things falling off shelves and out of cupboards. Nothing irreplaceable. Some people were not so lucky, but the very lucky thing is that no one seems to have been killed. I did hear that one little boy was seriously hurt when the fireplace came apart and bricks fell down on him. I hope he will be okay. I felt no aftershocks. Some road closures and detours due to cracks in the asphalt, and some parts of town had extensive damage due not only to the earthquake, but broken water mains. Loss of power for many, but my parents had power back by noontime.
It was scary and momentous, but if we must have an earthquake, 3:20 a.m. is probably one of the better times. I shudder to think of the potential injuries if it had occurred during business hours, with people working in stores with bottles and cans flying off shelves, or driving down the road when it buckles up under you.
Right after it happened, of course I couldn't return to sleep so I got on FB, and found plenty of people talking about it. It was felt all over the Bay Area.
Jillygee said... 29
That's not a G kid on the Nordstrom site. Lol.
Besides don't you think K would be bragging about her kid modeling ?
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Of course she would lol.
I was just seeing things then.
Thank goodness there are no deaths. My granddaughter experienced her first earthquake when she was 5 years old and her parents had moved to Fullerton. Being so small she did not know how dangerous they are. All she thought was it was funny being under the table with her mom and all the dishes flying out of the cupboard and breaking. That earthquake was bad. Many people were killed and the devastation suffered by that entire area was horrendous.
They are very scary. You don't know how long it will last or how strong it will get. The best thing you can do in an earthquake is just stay exactly where you are. Don't move other than to duck and cover. This is a big reason why earthquakes that happen in the middle of the night have far less deaths and injuries, because people are half asleep and by the time they think to move (and get themselves hurt) it's over. Basic human instant says flee so people do dumb things like run outside. Stay safe everyone.
Sometimes she seem hell bent and reminding Kate what she doesn't have. What happened to all the "positivity"?
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Oh that's just Milo. She is always the type to call at you across the room, you have a booger in your nose! Hey you! Yes you. Booger, right there! No the other one! Nope, you still don't got it try again.
When you ask how the heck she saw it from way over there she holds up her binoculars.
AuntieAnn said... 164
Help me out here someone. What is eleventy billion minus 507? I stink at math.
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chefsummer #Leh said... 178
I suck at math to lol but if you ask KK it's ends in 8.
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Coming into the discussion late but I think there's probably a 666 somewhere in the middle.
I live about an hour from Napa & did not feel the quake. But lots of people in the next town over say they felt it. It was the largest quake to hit the Napa area in 25 years & not much is known about the faultline. This was a good reminder to those of us in earthquake country that we need to have an emergency plan.
Lukebandit @28 - we were stationed in San Francisco when the Loma Prieta earthquake hit. My son wrote about our experience and called it "The Great Coke Hunt". His teacher had a good laugh and he got an "A" because he brought some levity to the situation.
People used to love my cookies and they always went fast at bake sales. My secret recipe for homemade cookies for lunches or bake sales? Otis Spunkmeyer frozen cookie dough. Perfect cookies every time and I'd always put a little finish touch on each one.
We lived through the Seattle 7.1 earthquake in 2001. It is a weird experience. First, if you are awake, it sounds like a freight train headed straight for you. Then ground starts rolling. Well, it rolled more than shook here. I was at our food bank and we all stood there, frozen, until the director came and screamed at us to get out. We hooked a little old lady under the arms and her feet didn't touch the ground as we hustled her out. The parking lot was literally rolling in waves. My friend later said, "I was thinking one of those boxes would kill you if it fell!" I said, "You'd be killed too, you were right next to me!" Such unexpected trauma does render people rooted to the spot and unable to move, sometimes. Nobody was killed, which was a miracle. Thankfully, that seems to be the case in SF too.
Regarding where to be in quakes, we were told to get in doorways or under tables, but if you are in bed it's better to cover up with all the bedding and pillows. You are protected from glass and give yourself room to crawl out from boards, etc. Another thing is to be around a lot of paper and books with your head protected. Makes sense.
I think they nixed the doorway advice awhile back. Better to take cover where you are than dive for a doorway.
Coming into the discussion late but I think there's probably a 666 somewhere in the middle.
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I think KK had that mark already.
I live in earthquake country, too, and remember the "Stop, Drop, and Cover" drills from elementary school. Here's the recommended protocol now, for those who might be wondering:
The area near the exterior walls of a building is the most dangerous place to be. Windows, facades and architectural details are often the first parts of the building to collapse. To stay away from this danger zone, stay inside if you are inside and outside if you are outside.
Indoors: Drop, Cover, and Hold On Drop to the floor, take cover under a sturdy desk or table, and hold on to it firmly. Be prepared to move with it until the shaking stops. If you are not near a desk or table, drop to the floor against the interior wall and protect your head and neck with your arms. Avoid exterior walls, windows, hanging objects, mirrors, tall furniture, large appliances, and kitchen cabinets with heavy objects or glass. Do not go outside!
In bed: If you are in bed, hold on and stay there, protecting your head with a pillow. You are less likely to be injured staying where you are. Broken glass on the floor has caused injury to those who have rolled to the floor or tried to get to doorways.
In a high-rise: Drop, Cover, and Hold On. Avoid windows and other hazards. Do not use elevators. Do not be surprised if sprinkler systems or fire alarms activate.
Outdoors: Move to a clear area if you can safely do so; avoid power lines, trees, signs, buildings, vehicles, and other hazards.
Driving: Pull over to the side of the road, stop, and set the parking brake. Avoid overpasses, bridges, power lines, signs and other hazards. Stay inside the vehicle until the shaking is over. If a power line falls on the car, stay inside until a trained person removes the wire.
MORE AT THE LINK: http://earthquakecountry.org/step5/
Well, we can add to Kate I'm not being green bucket list, I use for convenience.
She already has:
1.paper plates,
2. paper cups,
3. paper bowls,
4. lots of paper towels,
now added to that list,
5. plastic bags. 507 sandwich bags to put each cookie in, plus the large gallon bag to put the individual bags in. Kate claimed at one time they wash the bags out and reuse. I will believe that when cows live in the ocean and grow gulls. She is not a green person or anywhere near one, she is wasteful. So next time she brags that she reuses, remind her of the plastic, & paper she wastes. Kate is full of BS.
To everyone in Earthquake zones, glad your all OK!
I think it was last year, Kate made the 2000 cookies, or so she claimed. As the days went after her amazing baking, she admitted that she had help from a couple of friends(Jamie, Deanna, hired help, the twins), so I don't hold my breath, that she did this by herself, and her last cookie bake took 2-3 days to complete.
Kate just doing her DRAMA QUEEN!
Getofftwitter (#42), my thoughts exactly about the plastic bags! The
only "green" this woman understands is money. And, no, I don't think
she's rinsing every one of these bags out and drying them and reusing
them. We've seen the plastic bags in her Target shopping cart, and
the individual water bottles. Environmental issues are not on her
radar. That doesn't make her bad - I'm not judging that particular
trait. But it's, once again, the disingenuousness that irritates me.
The Sara Snow episode about recycling, and then the free
installation of free solar panels -- which then in turn saved her
even more money -- were simply episodes. And the idea she
espoused during those episodes (go green!) was just for the
cameras. She does not walk the talk.
pjsmomma said.....
We lived through the Seattle 7.1 earthquake in 2001. It is a weird experience. First, if you are awake, it sounds like a freight train headed straight for you. Then ground starts rolling.
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I was in a Rodda paint store, that had a freight train that passes just outside the back door. When the quake started, all of the paint cans and shelf stuff starting vibrating. The staff all said not to worry, it was the train going by. Then stuff started flying off the shelves, and everyone ran outside. It felt like the ground was rolling in waves, and the street lights and stop lights were all swaying. One of the other customers had been in the big SF earthquake, and she was shrieking and sobbing the entire time. And then it just stopped. It was a very strange day.
On a happier note today.....it is "Kelly and Cooper". Nice way to start the day!
She also used disposable diapers and pull-ups. If you claim you're green you would NOT do that. She complained in MB iirc how much trash they had and Jon had to wheel a bin to Miss Beverley's house I think, as they were over the limit of allowed refuse.
TLC stinks said... 11
I think the reason she packages the cookies like that and tallies them is because she keeps count to make sure nobody is putting in their lunch more than their allotment of cookies.
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And I'll bet there's a note taped to the lids with a punishment of severity warning should any go unaccounted for. Freakin' cookie nazi.
I think these specials are part of her original contract since there was some sort of comment when the show was cancelled about update specials. I believe the reason that TLC waited so long to do any of the specials was because TFW was still making her diva demands and TLC decided to wait her out because they were in the driver's seat at this point. As soon as she realized that she was screwed and agreed to whatever TLC was offering (less money and no over the top vacations) the specials were made. I think that the reason we haven't seen her on anything until now is because she is still tied contractually to TLC and they own everything J&K+8 and K+8. I believe that she has had to accept far less money than she wanted but she had to weigh her options. Karma is at work here (just not the way we'd hoped) because TFW now seems to be just another worker in the company store. This may also be why Jon can't do anything. He may be able to stop a new contract but if this is part of the original contract his hands may be tied. Karma sometimes works slowly but we will continue to see karma at work. TFW wants to be known as the perfect mom with the perfect kids (seriously 507 cookes) but they'll all be shown as they really are. She'll be shown as the controlling bitch that she is and the kids will be shown in a less than perfect light (they are what she made them). TLC knows what the audience wants to see and if people want the Brady Bunch they'll turn on Nick at Night. I don't know if we've ever talked about it here but I think TFW suffers from body dysmorphic disorder and seeing herself on high def TV where every little wrinkle or flaw in your skin is intensified will send her back to the plastic surgeon for more work here and there. At the rate that she's going she'll be in to Joan Rivers/Joker territory within the next couple of years. IMO it's not a good time for the twins to be on TV because they're teens and every pimple that they get will look like a flashing neon sign to them. Hopefully TFW hasn't passed on the body dysmorphic disorder to them by pointing out every flaw that she sees in them. DISCLAIMER: This is just my opinion and I'm not trying to diagnose anything.
Shades of TFW here, and of our own mothers. Maybe glimpses of our own parenting styles, too, if we're honest.
If you attended school in the late 60s or 70s-- or if you're watching young mothers send their kids off to school this week and next--I think you'll get a big kick out of this!
http://widelawns.blogspot.com/2014/08/back-to-school-70s-vs-today-lot-has.html
Ex Nurse, we are in SE county, and we didn't lose so much as a box of mac-n-cheese! Nothing fell, nothing broke, it was a bit weird! Yes, you are right, it was a strange day!
The green thing has always bothered me. I can't remember the last time we used a paper plate here. Hubby brought me a piece of cake from a birthday party Saturday night, and I was so happy it was an uncoated paper plate that could go in the compost pile. It can take us a year to go through a roll of paper towels, and even those are composted, and the tube is recycled. We live in a very green area and you are penalized for not recycling, and now they want you to compost too. We create one small bag of garbage every two weeks, mostly cellophane packaging. Unfortunately, we do throw away a lot of dog poo - in compostable bags. When Kate bragged about buying hundreds of small plastic cups at a restaurant store, I cringed. Those things are too small to be recycled. That family adds a LOT of unnecessary garbage to the landfill. I know not all communities are as green as ours, but it bothers me for some reason.
My family moved from la crescenta to Utah a month before the big earthquake. I was in third grade and did not fully understand what happened. I was scared for my friends. They all survived. I experienced the large quakes before that one. As an adult, I don't feel earthquakes unless they are major. I did not feel the waves that came from Seattle to Portland Oregon in 2001. My classmates did. I did not understand why we evacuated the school until someone mentioned an earth quake. I do not feel the mild quakes we sometimes have in NM. I notice shaking light fixtures but thats it.
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Great job on being green.I do my best, too..you can flush doggy-do and reuse the washed bag like Kate must..jk.Actually we do flush it scooped from the yard. It really irks me when people don't recycle. Our town provided big wheelie recycling bins to every home, and I have a neighbor who does not use hers, and I cringe when I see her multiple trash bags bulging with cardboard or cans that could & should be recycled.
They really do look alike....
http://www.thesuperficial.com/tara-reid-cleavage-sharknado-2-premiere-08-2014
I know not all communities are as green as ours, but it bothers me for some reason.
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Watching Kate in the kitchen just makes me itch!
She says she loves to cook and everyone "squeals" with delight yet all she does is bitches.
I can't abide by Kate serving her children meals on paper plates. It's so uncivilized and is a testament to how little she values her own kids as human beings.
Those kids deserve to eat properly, not the way that leaves Kate the least amount of work.
I'll never forget the VA earthquake a few years ago.
I was really amazed at what it actually felt like!
Oops, didn't look at the rest of the website I just posted. Just look at the photos & not the comments.
First, if you are awake, it sounds like a freight train headed straight for you. Then ground starts rolling.
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About 14 years ago, my son and I experienced another earthquake in the Napa area. It also hit in the middle of the night and I remember being awoken not by shaking or the ground moving, but by this really loud rumbling. I seriously thought that an airplane was going to crash into the house. Very scary, and I was relieve to realize it was an earthquake! I think because I am a California native, earthquakes frighten me but don't terrify me. I am more afraid of tornadoes or hurricanes.
The Empress said:
In bed: If you are in bed, hold on and stay there, protecting your head with a pillow. You are less likely to be injured staying where you are. Broken glass on the floor has caused injury to those who have rolled to the floor or tried to get to doorways.
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One of the injured people in the Napa quake was a man who had a fish tank on a shelf above his bed. In the quake, it fell on him, of course broke, and he was cut on the glass. Hope he learned his lesson and wherever he puts his new fish tank, he'll brace it and decide maybe not to put it over his bed again.
I don't know if we've ever talked about it here but I think TFW suffers from body dysmorphic disorder 49
I've thought that for quite some time.
I called again, this time it's school prep & school supplies. Kate is like clockwork. Every year for the past couple: it's buy school supplies, 2-3 weeks before, she goes on vacation, then the cookie making, then more school supplies, school prep, next it will be more lunches, uniforms, etc. I can almost set my watch to her antics. These next special/new season/ whatever, will be boring, nothing anyone else who has kids are not doing, or already doing.
OT in response to.T: Roo isn't bothered by the solid fence across the back. She is fascinated by what is going on outside the chain link, even when it's apparently nothing. I know she wants to explore the neighborhood but I'm having difficulty walking and all the neighborhood kids are too small/young to hire to walk her.
Since I reinforced her crate with zip ties and moved her bed into it, she has been sleeping in it.
Roo is currently at doggie day care burning off some energy before her eye surgery tomorrow.
I can almost set my watch to her antics. 61
She certainly is predictable.
Do the twins have to wear uniforms for 8th grade? If not, I can imagine some battles in the early mornings!
NJgal51: I totally agree with you on her TLC contract.
AS for greening myself, we have a recycle garbage can and sometimes I am too lazy to wash out the cans and they get put it in the regular trash, I'm real good about paper goods(paper, newspaper, boxes etc), plastic stuff. I think why I don't like rinsing the cans, cause my drain get very slow, even though I have a strainer, to catch the food. I don't use paper plates, paper cups, paper bowls, I do use paper towels for my bird cages, and for soaking up the grease from cooking so it does not clog drain. But for drying hands, I use a cloth towel.
I don't understand why Kate uses paper plates/cups & bowls, when she has 9 people to do dishes or use the dish washer. I let my dishes pile up in sink for about 2-3 days then wash them(I rinse off or wipe off, the left over food). I use plastic bags for other things besides food. Cheaper than buying little boxes to store things. As for dog poopee, I use the recycle plastic bags from the pet stores or any plastic that says recycled.
as for compost, I don't, we have a rat problem, around my area. The 4 legget kind as well as the 2 legget kind. I don't care it they dumpster dive, but some throw the trash all over the alley. I saw a couple of weeks ago, a few rats by my neighbors garage. My dogs chase something in the yard.
Per Kate tweet: I wonder if she put those kids through a drill. She said this is the 1st school prep. I wonder if she times them. She mentioned several time over the last 2 years, on CWS, the time and what the kids should be doing at that time. To me she is doing morning run through and timing them. Sounds like Gosselin boot/drill camp. Kids at that age should know what to do, not be reminded every second of the day.
What I find funny (and VERY hypocritical) from her fans is how they will ONLY praise Kate for something & will degrade & belittle someone else for the same thing.
I got a new Kitchenaid mixer this summer & I've been making a batch of different cookies each week this summer. her core group of sheep have done nothing but belittle me & talk about unhealthy & bad for everyone making cookies each week is. They praise Kate for a full freezer, but when I say something (and it's NOT on Kate's TL, but just on my own) about having a freezer full of garden veggies, I'm called "selfish & greedy" for daring to keep what we worked hard to grow & cook.
I'll add that I have a hubby who can eat a ton of sweets & never gain an ounce of weight (grrrrr!) and usually a houseful of kiddo's friends, so cookies/cakes/brownies barely last a week. The last batch of chocolate chip cookies, I literally had 2 before they were all gone. So yes, I make some kind of sweets for my guys EVERY week.
And, I have 3 refrigerator freezers full of veggies & a deep freezer full of meat. That's not selfish or greedy, that's called being organized & actually concerned about saving money. For the record, I won't have to buy anything other than lettuce, onions & potatoes until next years garden. Because my freezers are full, EVERYTHING coming out of the garden now is being given away to friends, family & neighbors. Our neighbors on one side of us & their two little boys come over every other day & pick in the garden as much as they want. We've gotten our fill from it & unless I buy another freezer, I don't have anymore room for it.
i just find it amazing that when Kate does it, it's the best thing a mom could ever do. when anyone else does, it's unhealthy, greedy, selfish and the person is degraded for daring to do what LOTS of folks do. Kate isn't that special....she's very mediocre & typical. Like everyone else. And that's royally chaps the asses of her sheep. They HAVE to belittle others to build her up.
pjmomma said...We live in a very green area and you are penalized for not recycling, and now they want you to compost too.
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We do take it very seriously, don't we? People around here tend to go to extremes on recycling, and some, like my sister, has made it their personal mission to be the recycling cops!
Sounds like Gosselin boot/drill camp. 66
I'm willing to bet that's how she runs their lives.
I still can't get over no one in the kitchen until 6:03. How absurd.
I don't know if we've ever talked about it here but I think TFW suffers from body dysmorphic disorder and seeing herself on high def TV where every little wrinkle or flaw in your skin is intensified will send her back to the plastic surgeon for more work here and there.
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Another option would be to get her face the hell off tv. And she could quit staring into the mirror so often, too, but since she won't do either I guess she's forced to go to Mr. Plastic Surgeon man.
I know from looking at photos of her when she was younger she did have a front tooth in the middle which required braces. That may have triggered her need to continue to correct any other major or minor flaw in her appearance. Too bad she can't see her mental flaws as readily and get them fixed.
Rhymes With - What eye susrgery is Roo getting? My bulldog had eye surgery for an inverted lit and it went off without a hitch and he seemed happier when he wasn't constantly rubbing his eye along the couch because it was bothering him. We just found out that he needs to get the other one done but we've decided to wait until the weather is a little cooler. Good luck to you and Roo!
getofftwitter said... 61
I called again, this time it's school prep & school supplies. Kate is like clockwork. Every year for the past couple: it's buy school supplies, 2-3 weeks before, she goes on vacation, then the cookie making, then more school supplies, school prep, next it will be more lunches, uniforms, etc. I can almost set my watch to her antics
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She does what every other parent does before school starts but of course she has to do it X8 so she makes it into an epic production. No other mother on the planet could possibly know how very, very difficult that is.
Sounds like your pup.and Roo have the same issue. Both lower lids tomorrow. I am home for the rest of the week and bought her a new post surgery toy. Yes, I'm a sucker for my sweetheart.
GKD, don't let the nastiness of the sheeple get to you. Their hypocrisy is legendary.
I'd like to see Kreider put in the hours you do and share the crop with anyone. She'd grift extra freezers rather than give something away. Keep doing what you're doing. Your gardens look amazing.
They're not building her up, they're making her and themselves look worse.
PJ
Tucker's Mom said:
I can't abide by Kate serving her children meals on paper plates. It's so uncivilized and is a testament to how little she values her own kids as human beings.
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I agree - what is up with that? The only time we use paper plates is for our family reunion, or other large informal gathering. Otherwise, we use actual dishes. I've mentioned a million times that I grew up in a large family - and we always had regular dishes for our meals. When we were very young children, our plates were plastic, so if we knocked it off the table, it wouldn't break. After a certain age, we learned how to eat properly at the table.
I think TFW is just lazy and always has been. No real dishes, easier clean up.
Kate isn't that special....she's very mediocre & typical.
IMO, she's less than mediocre & typical.
She's incredibly inefficient. If there's a harder way to do whatever, she'll find it.
And certainly not cost-effective.
Nor green in any way, shape, or form, as she would have everyone believe.
I can't fathom anyone calling themselves green who uses paper plates or disposable silverware/cups on a daily basis. Once in a while, sure. (Once in a while being 4-5 times a year.) But every day??
I haven't watched in years. Do the six still use sippy cups?
I think TFW is just lazy and always has been. No real dishes, easier clean up.
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Exactly! And with 2 dishwashers and M and C doing all the work. I noticed she ran one once on an episode with very little in it. The kids piled their paper products into an overflowing bin and did not rinse a can they recycled.
IMO, she's less than mediocre & typical.76
You're right. She's pathetic.
Macey Wanty @maceywmp 33m
@Kateplusmy8 my dream is too meet you how we can meet up its has been my dream for ever ✌✌✌✌💕💕💕💕💕💕please respond thank u 💕💕
This is the fan who recently tweeted that Kate is her aunt and she's proud of it. Doesn't Kate have anything at all to do with any of her family, or is this person just fabricating the "aunt" story, wishin and hopin that it were true?
Formerly Duped: I think the whole school wears uniforms, K-12.
Rhymes with witch: On CWS the tups looked like they use something like a sippy cup. Again too old for such things. Just as they are too old for compartment tray plates, Kate still putting the food on their plates, they should have been passing the food plate around the table & take as much as they want or not. using paper plates, cups bowls, cause Kate is too lazy to wash dishes, geez, 9 people, 2 dish washers, and they use paper. Whats wrong with real plates & cups, bowls, Kate you don't trust the kids not to break them? My mom use plastic type dishes, till I was about 3 or 4, then we use the Blue Willow set. They are heavy plates, and breakable. I think by time I was 9, we had new dishes. I don't have a dish washer, never grew up with one, and only knew one person who had one. Even now I know maybe 2 people who have dish washers. Everyone, I know washes their dishes by hand. Good exercise, and when company over, good conversation. Kate is lazy!
NJGal51 said... 49
''I think these specials are part of her original contract since there was some sort of comment when the show was cancelled about update specials.''.......
''This may also be why Jon can't do anything. He may be able to stop a new contract but if this is part of the original contract his hands may be tied.''
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You may have the found answer as to why Jon hasn't been able to stop the continued exploitation of his children by WOS! If I remember correctly, the reason Jon couldn't stop the children from being taken to Australia was because the judge refused to break ''the contract'' that existed at the time. The update specials could very well be considered as a continuation of the contract, and explain why Jon 'hasn't done something'!
Alfie @AlfredoCocozza 5m
@Kateplusmy8 Is tomorrow a.m when all of PA will hear u yelling & screaming at Jons kids at the bus-stop? Then u drive home & go back 2bed.
If I hear her screaming tomorrow morning it's not going to be at the bus stop because school doesn't start tomorrow! If I hear her yelling it will because of something else!
Formerly Duped: I think the whole school wears uniforms, K-12.
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Uniforms are not required in upper grades.
Kate still putting the food on their plates, they should have been passing the food plate around the table & take as much as they want
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Some families serve from the stove, while others serve family style. I don't think that there is any right or wrong way. It's a matter of choice,and many times you do the same as you did when you were still a kid at home.
Some families serve from the stove, while others serve family style. I don't think that there is any right or wrong way. It's a matter of choice,and many times you do the same as you did when you were still a kid at home.
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Most ways are really fine except you do have to be careful when the adult is always deciding what portions the child will eat, whether they will get second helpings and how much, that the child eventually gets a chance to learn how to know themselves what and how much they will eat.
If someone is always controlling what you eat, it's hard to learn to develop your own sense of how much you can eat, listening to your body's cues, as well as control and restraint. I can see how a kid could also develop anxiety around eating when they never have any control of it or feel uncomfortable asking for more. Potentially, that can set up food issues later in life. Whether that will be true of the Gosselin kids only time will tell.
Tu Burrell just won an Emmy and in his acceptance speech he said thank you to my kids, they are cute but not "I can support my whole family" cute. Lol.
The thing with TFW serving from the stove is a red flag to me
because we've now seen the instructions for the nanny to give
the kids "small portions." I'm not sure a child who'd gotten a
small portion and is still hungry would feel comfortable asking
her for more. And this is not June Cleaver lovingly serving her
beloved children, and then sitting at the table and eating with them.
We've seen that she doesn't even eat what she serves them, so
already there seems to be something "off" about mealtime. And
this is a woman who made her kids recite in which order they
should eat their lunch when she's not there.
Portion control, order of eating, cookie counting...it's all about
TFW getting to flex her muscles as the queen of the castle.
She's said she's the boss, and that's never gonna change.
But in 3 short years, she's going to have 8 teenagers, so
she'd better enjoy her reign while it lasts.
(84)..."Uniforms are not required in upper grades"
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It's a Rite of Passage when the older students can finally donate those uniforms for resale to the younger kids!
" I'm not sure a child who'd gotten a
small portion and is still hungry would feel comfortable asking
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I've wondered this too. There's nothing wrong with starting with a small portion then you can get more if you want, but you have to be really, really careful the kid feels comfortable asking for more and does not feel like that's all you get. Especially if they hear parents constantly complaining about food and how expensive and what a hassle it is to make it for them. At this age, it's probably well time to allow them to dish up their own portions.
In addition, we have also seen proof on the show that if the kids ask for more food they have been denied. I remember a really old episode where one of the little girls had been asking for a bagel after breakfast and was told no. She was very upset. I thought well gosh she's probably HUNGRY. And actually, it was Jon who denied her more, but it felt like a family rule i.e. you eat the meal then that's it it's over no more complaining. It was concerning to say the least.
(89)..."There's nothing wrong with starting with a small portion then you can get more if you want, but you have to be really, really careful the kid feels comfortable asking for more and does not feel like that's all you get. Especially if they hear parents constantly complaining about food and how expensive and what a hassle it is to make it for them."
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True, but couldn't it also be that if one of those kids asks for more, it's a feather in Kate's cap (so to speak) because she would take it to mean that she's an amazing cook and the kids couldn't get enough of what she prepares? Wouldn't it serve to pump up that ego?
Millicent said... 75
Tucker's Mom said:
I can't abide by Kate serving her children meals on paper plates. It's so uncivilized and is a testament to how little she values her own kids as human beings.
I just have to weigh in on this. This is how I picture Kate rationalizing her use of paper plates EVERY day since those kids were born: "Ha. All of you a__holes out there who say I should not be using paper plates for 8 kids, I KNOW if you were in my situation, you would do the exact same thing. Just like I know if someone knocked on your door and offered you a reality show, you would take it in a NY minute. So piss off every one of you, I will continue to be wasteful because I don't give a shit what anyone else says. I will do what I want".
We have some really good recycling ads in BC. They focus on bad karma if you don't recycle. They are very clever ads. I have to say it has worked on me. Our province is really good about recycling and it's a way of life now for alot of us. I can't stand that Kate has that 'I don't give a shit' attitude about how much waste she is creating, hence my sign in name :)
True, but couldn't it also be that if one of those kids asks for more, it's a feather in Kate's cap (so to speak) because she would take it to mean that she's an amazing cook and the kids couldn't get enough of what she prepares? Wouldn't it serve to pump up that ego?
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Sure, could be true.
I think most people are basing their concerns on all the other things she has proven to control beyond reasonableness, including other aspects of food. It seems unlikely that portion control would be any different. And look at her own portion sizes for meals she would show that SHE ate. Why would she do "seconds" on a salad? You don't usually do seconds, you dish it up all at once and eat it all at once. Many times, what she showed was simply not enough food for an adult of her height and weight.
Bad karma if you don't recycle? Uh oh!
childabuseneverwins @bitemeaholesFU 5m
@AlfredoCocozza @Kateplusmy8 @SandieBellz wow what's even funnier is that spongebob isn't on anywhere tonight. Would b-stupid lie? Lol
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LOL! I don't know where this person is, but SpongeBob and the gang are on the cartoon network here tonight until midnight. Right now Sponge and Squigly are going after each other about something. It's not something I watch on a regular basis, however :-)
New episode idea....here we have TFW, with her sunny disposition, and a big smile, lovingly counting the cookies in her freezer. One by one.
Oh wait. That's not how it went down. There were two missing. OMG! Some rotten kid took more than one! Oh no! Who did it??!!! One of those icky boys! A rampage ensues, and knashing of teeth, and threats of penalty of severeness. In their haste to tattle on each other, there ended up being 5 culprits. Well, that isn't right. Only two cookies were missing. They take a vote a la lord of the flies and decide who is the guilty party. Alas, it's one of the icky boys. Banished to the chicken coop for 5 days. The camera misses his happy dance as he heads to the coop or the two other sextuplet boys joining him. No one even realizes the boys haven't been in the house for several days.
I almost hate to admit this, and while we always use our Fiestaware for evening meals, there are times in the morning, if the kids are eating a bagel or a muffin for breakfast, they'll use a small paper plate rather than getting a regular plate dirty...sometimes at lunch, too, if they're just having a sandwich.
What does Kate use if the kids are eating soup? Paper soup bowls?
LukeBandit, this is from the last post.
I am so sorry to hear that you have been so personally and hurtfully attacked by the idiot fans. Please just consider the source.
I've read here for a long time and never, ever intended to post. This is too important, though.
LukeBandit you are an inspiration with your positive outlook on life. Forget the nut bags that attacked you and stay on the porch. You can sit right beside me.
I won't talk much but I'll be here agreeing with most everything.
I'm very fond of you all...
I apologize. I just made my first post as Constant reader never poster and just remembered another poster of a similar name.
Mel, your new episode idea was meant in snark but sadly, sounds close to what I imagine those boys live. It must be a hell hole in that house
Hello Constant Reader/Wilson Found. I'm glad you posted. Welcome!
(Leslie)
I think these specials are part of her original contract since there was some sort of comment when the show was cancelled about update specials
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JMO, but this does not make sense to me in the least. I don't think TLC or any company would commit and put in an original contract that they would continue to do future specials many years in advance. Also, under this premise, TLC would have had to put an amount they would pay for these future specials .How much would they know to offer her when the specials would be years away. How or why would they do that when they had zero clues what the future holds for Kate or the kids. And also, I don't think Kate would have wanted to sign a contract years in advance for some "specials" when meanwhile another network could come along and make her a much better offer like a weekly series.
Of course TLC did mention when they cancelled her that they would check in with her in the future. That is common sense that they would want to check in with the family in coming years. But there was no committment with that statement at all.
" a fuckityhundred million bags of crunchy things"
STILL laughing
If you attended school in the late 60s or 70s-- or if you're watching young mothers send their kids off to school this week and next--I think you'll get a big kick out of this!
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Thanks so much for posting this! I started Jr. High in 1970 and graduated high school in 1976, so I could totally relate to them, especially the one about saving the grocery bags so we could make covers for our textbooks!
And of course back then we had lockers at the school to store our books and no one had backpacks.
Sandylove said... 102
If you attended school in the late 60s or 70s-- or if you're watching young mothers send their kids off to school this week and next--I think you'll get a big kick out of this!
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Thanks so much for posting this! I started Jr. High in 1970 and graduated high school in 1976, so I could totally relate to them, especially the one about saving the grocery bags so we could make covers for our textbooks!
And of course back then we had lockers at the school to store our books and no one had backpacks.
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The backpacks are fascinating to me. I went to high school in the 80s. We carried our books in our arms both to school and between classes. In college everyone used backpacks but we only used one strap...that was the cool way to wear them. Now kids start out with backpacks in Kindergarten and they wear them like that all through the school years and wear them between classes.
I opened my daughter's backpack (she's in HS) yesterday to get a form she said was in there and the front portion has pens, pencils, calculator, and a makeup brush.
Circling the drain said... 99
Mel, your new episode idea was meant in snark but sadly, sounds close to what I imagine those boys live.
You know what...I thought the same thing after I read it. Probably all too true. Poor little guys.
I remember paper grocery bags and contact paper to cover books.
My mom was pretty good at it!
Also with the portion control, Kate might make the kids feel gluttonous or fat for asking for more. You know she likes to have leftovers for her weird choose-a-left-over night.That was really an odd concept IMO. If you have left- overs, great. But not base a 'tradition' on them for a certain day each week and have menus for filling the prison trays with unpalatable bits and pieces from the week's meals.
Yes, to book covers made of grocery sacks, and sandwiches wrapped in waxed paper!
Glad you enjoyed the article. Here's the link again, for those of you who aren't yet caffeinated enough to scroll through yesterday's posts to find it: http://widelawns.blogspot.com/2014/08/back-to-school-70s-vs-today-lot-has.html
Tucker's Mom said... 106
I remember paper grocery bags and contact paper to cover books.
My mom was pretty good at it!
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With five kids my mom was an expert at the bag covers...I could never do it. In elementary school we walked 3/4 mile to school in rain or shine. Our neighborhood kids walked in a group starting in first grade..I don't think I ever got a ride.
Empress: Thanks for reposting that! Yes,it reminded me of my childhood- I tried to make paperbag book covers with my boy scout troop several years back to demonstrate being 'green' and I lost my knack, oh no!
Anyone remember Woolworth's? We had our chocolate shake and grilled cheeses there.Oh my, yes, the fuzzy hair ties, culottes, bruised apple, Sanka LOL. Good old days.( from French sans caffeine) So much has changed even with my kids. Sniff* I loved my childhood.
Formerly Duped said... 110
Empress: Thanks for reposting that!
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Adding my thanks, too Empress. Great article.
I remember ballpoint pens weren't permitted when I started junior high a fuckityhundred years ago (omg, thanks for that number Circling!) so our list of supplies included two fountain pens with five BLUE ink refills, not turquoise or black, extra nibs, ink blotter with blotter sheets, duo tangs, binders, a compass set and a bottle of India ink for art class.
I can still hear Dad warning us to take care of those pens because he wasn't made of money, lol. If the nibs got bent they made a horrible mess of your work and you had to start all over again. And yes, we became experts at covering books with brown paper grocery bags.
I have a fuckityhundred memories flooding my mind. Auntie, we had the same writing system. Remember the "dent" those pens made on your index finger. We had serious penmanship classes. All the nuns wrote with that flourishing and flowing handwriting and we were mandated to copy exactly on the specially line paper.
Cold cut sandwiches in brown paper bags. The bags were saved and re-used until the oil stains covered too much of the surface. Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches were made the night before and the jelly always seeped into the bread leaving a rim of grape color.
Catholic school. Girls not allowed to wear pants. Designated playgrounds for the boys and the girls. We brought our own bats, balls and marbles.
I think I can still catch a scent of the classroom.
Tucker's Mom said...(55)
"I can't abide by Kate serving her children meals on paper plates. It's so uncivilized and is a testament to how little she values her own kids as human beings.
Those kids deserve to eat properly, not the way that leaves Kate the least amount of work."
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Exactly, and with two dishwashers and 16 pairs of hands how much work would it really be for Kate to have each kid to rinse their dishes and put them in the dishwasher?
Also, it takes about ten minutes to empty a dishwasher, x2 is still less than half an hour. The paper plates are just a sign of her sheer laziness.
And the argument that she has 8, count 'em 8, kids is beyond old now. She wanted multiples, she manufactured multiples, she got multiples.
Did she think they were going to come out completely self-sufficient?
Oh wait, judging by some of her journal entries, yes she did.
The harder she tries to sell her SuperMom persona, the more ridiculous and absurdly desperate she makes herself look. 603 cookies? Really?
Remember the "dent" those pens made on your index finger. We had serious penmanship classes. All the nuns wrote with that flourishing and flowing handwriting and we were mandated to copy exactly on the specially line paper.
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Indeed I do remember the dents Dmasy and the stains left on your fingers when the cartridges leaked. What a pain, but writing was so important and to this day I still appreciate beautiful penmanship and prefer to give and receive an old-fashioned letter in the mailbox.
'fuckityhundred ' I think is now official "15 Minutes" lingo! Thanks, Circles!
From that link...substitute Twitter for Instagram...remind you of anyone? 10. The night before the first day of school prepare the bento boxes. Fill containers with organic, local strawberries intricately cut into the shapes of sea creatures. Include homemade, nut free granola made with certified gluten-free oats. Make a sandwich on vegan hemp bread out of tahini, kale and jicama. Form it into the shape of your child's favorite Disney character. Make flowers out of non-dairy cheese slices, olives and seaweed. Photograph the finished Bento Box and post it to Instagram.
Catholic school. Girls not allowed to wear pants. Designated playgrounds for the boys and the girls. We brought our own bats, balls and marbles.
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I didn't go to Catholic school be we weren't allowed to wear pants either. I forgot about that. I do remember separate entrances for boys and girls.
We had to walk against the wall in single file between classes, no talking and no stopping for a drink out of the water fountain either!
Oh yes, I remember fountain pens and practicing The McLean Method of handwriting. Ink blotters with advertising on them were always supplied by local businesses. It appears cursive script is becoming a thing of the past.
Anyone remember Woolworth's? We had our chocolate shake and grilled cheeses there.
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We proudly boast that the second Woolworth's was opened in Lancaster in 1879. The first one, in New York, failed miserably, I guess Lancaster people knew a good thing when they saw it...or just really liked chocolate shakes and grilled cheese sandwiches!
There's an exhibit center here, actually kind of a museum, that devotes one room to replicating the interior of the Woolworth store in the 1950s. It's very cool!
http://www.nationalchristmascenter.com/1950_s_Woolworth_s_5_10.html
Empress, that IS a great article! But no, I don't see Kate in it, except for the supposed ingredients. Her food pictures look like lunch went through the spin cycle on high speed. Icky!
That article also reinforces what I see in my own neighborhood recently. Kids are shipped out to tennis, yoga, gymnastics etc from the age of 2 on in the summer, all day long. It's overnight camp at age 8, June through August. While some activities are beneficial, kids need downtime and playing at home and in the neighborhood. There needs to be a balance between the G kids' lack of extracurricular activities, and the competitive get-your-kids to become tennis/ski pros by age four, then the conspicuous parenting on the weekends.I also think kids today complain a lot- we just accepted life as it was, and made do. Manners have gone downhill, too, along with penmanship!
AuntieAnn, that phrase of not being made of money is one I still use, leftover from my childhood! LOL
It was always a toss-up for who made the best milkshakes - Woolworth's or Kresege's? Sort of like the Coke or Pepsi challenge. I liked those chocolate shakes at Kresege's better. Dang they were good. I want a time machine.
AuntieAnn said... 117
I didn't go to Catholic school be we weren't allowed to wear pants either. I forgot about that. I do remember separate entrances for boys and girls.
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In the first year or two of elementary school, I remember that girls still had to wear skirts or dresses. I don't think boys could wear jeans. We did not have separate entrances for boys and girls, but when recess was over, we had to line up with our class, and then walk sedately back to our classrooms. I think by the 3rd grade (or 4th at the latest), girls were allowed to wear pants to school.
BTW, for anyone else who grew up Catholic back in the day, remember those little lace head coverings for the girls/ladies? They looked like round doilies. My father made us wear those long past when most other Catholics had stopped!
And yes, we became experts at covering books with brown paper grocery bags
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Oh my goodness, yes. Annual ritual, during that first week of school when books were handed out. It was actually fun for us, because we could decorate and color our book covers to our heart's content. When it got worn out - grab another paper grocery bag and start again!
localyokul said...
In elementary school we walked 3/4 mile to school in rain or shine.
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Was it uphill, both ways? ;)
PJ
Sanka! I haven't thought of that in a long time. It used to be the only decaf available and I once read that's why decaf pots in restaurants have the orange rim (Sanka came in orange cans/envelopes).
We probably ate peanut butter and jelly a fuckityhundred times for school lunches and I don't remember anyone ever dying from sitting in the same room with me and breathing my PB&J fumes. When did nut allergies become such a big thing?
Millicent, we started every morning at school with mass. Head covering mandatory! Do you remember the little felt beanie that you wore during Penticost? They were white with a tiny flicker of red felt at the top to represent the Holy Spirit.
Talk about getting teased on the public school bus!
Kresge's! I haven''t thought of that store for ages! I wasn't fussy on which counter we had our lunch at.We had sodas, too- in Canada that's ice cream, soda water, flavour.I do remember the smell of those stores. They say smell is the most evocative of the sense and can bring you back in time quickly.I also recall the first-day smell of new erasers- we actually called them rubbers!- new shoes, textbooks, the brown-paper smell, cafeteria and waxed paper odors...oh my, what a trip down memory lane! :)
BTW, for anyone else who grew up Catholic back in the day, remember those little lace head coverings for the girls/ladies? They looked like round doilies. My father made us wear those long past when most other Catholics had stopped!
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Did you have to wear them in school?
They were de rigueur for women to wear in church.
What was up with restricting the water fountain?!
PA Dutch Mom said... 119
We proudly boast that the second Woolworth's was opened in Lancaster in 1879.
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Sebastian Spering Kresge (not Kresege) , the founder of S.S. Kresge's, was born in Brodheadsville, Pennsylvania. (My apologies for misspelling the name earlier)
You Pennsylvanians are very enterprising.
LOL Empress - thanks for sharing that link. Yes, we usually had two choices for sandwiches - PB&J or baloney (maybe with a slice of American cheese, but then again maybe not!). We didn't have fancy gourmet cookies - we had Hydrox cookies. My mom only made lunch for us kids through the 6th grade. Once we started junior high, we were on our own (had to make our own breakfast and lunch, or take lunch money to school).
PJ's momma said... 120
Empress, that IS a great article! But no, I don't see Kate in it, except for the supposed ingredients. Her food pictures look like lunch went through the spin cycle on high speed. Icky!
Exactly, and that was my point. She's pushing onto her Twitter feed a fictional image of herself -- what she sees in her own mind's eye--but it's in no way a reflection of reality. It defies logic that anyone could actually reconcile what she says with what we see on TV and Twitter. #delusional
Re serving up plates of food to your children: This mom did that from early days, preparing a meal then dishing it up on the plate for my child. I think that's fine when they are quite young, but I should have stopped doing so much earlier than I did. I wasn't trying to limit the amount my child ate - it was more about not making a mess. I shake my head now - because my child thinks he should be waited on to this day!
That's why people say you make all your mistakes on the first kid, and then do better with the rest. That doesn't help when you only have the one kid though - lol.
In my public school in Westchester County I remember girls not being allowed to wear pants until I was in the 8th grade ( 1971) and I had this pair of LOUD plaid hip hugger bell bottoms that I wore the first day my mom allowed me to (which wasn't until the next year)
laura jean
(There was 4 of us kids and we were only allowed to have hot lunch one day a week cause it was 50 cents (too expensive), my mom would put the monthly cafeteria menu on the frig and we would each circle our day, mostly Friday cause that was pizza day, but everyday we would take 4 pennies out of the jar to cover the 4 cents it cost for a milk)
We had Digestive (plain) cookies or sometimes homemade chocolate chip.One apple. No crunchy things, or something from each food group. Sandwiches were PB, tuna-fish, egg salad, ham and cheese or bologna. We had a quarter for milk We could eat in any order, and often threw out most of the sandwich, especially if squished or hard from the waxed paper unfurling en route.. Sometimes we hoarded the quarters to spring for a 50 cent Joe & Louis- anyone remember those? Like round Twinkies but delish!
In my elementary catholic school days, we had mass every day after lunch and even though I went to an all girls school we weren't allowed to spin around on the jungle gym bars cause our panties would show, immodest and all that and barbies were verboten because they showed a females figure naked, even the Ice Capades was frowned upon because the costumes were too skanty. Its no wonder my parents pulled me out in the 4th grade, I was becoming neurotic.
laurajean
My sisters and I attended a 3-room school house. Sacred Heart. A gray building across the street from the gothic Catholic church. There were 8 students in my class. I was the only girl, which made the sexual segregation rather lonely.
I repented nightly. Closed my eyes and begged God to forgive me for my go-to-hell transgressions -- of which there were many.
I just never could accomplish the lenten vow of silence during recess. I always had some juicy bit of words I HAD to whisper to a friend. I had a "boyfriend" and I used my mother's red lipstick to kiss the bottom of a note to him. One time, I even ate a cookie after midnight and I was too embarrassed to not take communion with the rest of my pew row. I walked right up the center aisle and committed the sin of not fasting.
I had a sister who was getting the call to a vocation as a nun. I knew that wouldn't be me.
It is funny now. Maybe explains some of my "weirdness". So serious back in those days.
Millicent, I remember those head coverings! If there wasn't a 'mantilla' (where I grew up) available, our grandma would put a Kleenex on all the girls' heads!
If you ever get the chance to see Late Nite Catechism, do it! You will die laughing. But be sure to sit in the back, don't chew gum, don't raise your hand to answer any questions, and cover up your cleavage and legs! Otherwise, "Sister" will target you and make you part of the show in ways you may not appreciate!
Tucker's Mom said... 129
What was up with restricting the water fountain?!
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I know, right? Whoever made that rule must have been related to Kate. lol!
We had some pretty ridiculous rules at that school. We couldn't stop for a drink or a washroom break, if you can imagine that. We had to wait until lunch. Corporal punishment was handed out regularly for the smallest infractions. I learned to hate school there, nothing else. When we graduated to high school at another location, the teachers there said they could always tell which students came from that one. It was like we had all been horse-whipped into submission to their system. I guess it showed.
One time, I even ate a cookie after midnight and I was too embarrassed to not take communion with the rest of my pew row. I walked right up the center aisle and committed the sin of not fasting.
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I didn't recall there was a rule about fasting until my wedding to DH. The priest just had to remind/scold anyone who was preparing to walk up that aisle if they'd eaten since X hours was to refrain from receiving.
It is funny now. Maybe explains some of my "weirdness". So serious back in those days.
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I've had my share of stern words from nuns ;-)
One time, I even ate a cookie after midnight and I was too embarrassed to not take communion with the rest of my pew row.
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How do you live with yourself, Dmasy? lol.
AuntieAnn said... 139
Tucker's Mom said... 129
What was up with restricting the water fountain?!
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I know, right? Whoever made that rule must have been related to Kate. lol!
We had some pretty ridiculous rules at that school. We couldn't stop for a drink or a washroom break, if you can imagine that. We had to wait until lunch. Corporal punishment was handed out regularly for the smallest infractions. I learned to hate school there, nothing else. When we graduated to high school at another location, the teachers there said they could always tell which students came from that one.
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By high school, the nuns were trending nasty.
I was glad to find the freedom of secular college, and really blossomed in that environment.
Ah yes I remember, the Kleenex...nothing shows respect for God like a tissue on your head. (lol)
laurajean
Dmsay
I too had to confess the sins of my 6 year old life every nite before bed. I had lined up all those little plastic statues of the saints on my dresser and called it my "shrine" and every nite I had to pray for forgiveness on my knees, I couldn't sleep otherwise cause the devil was around every corner waiting to snatch the soul of my childhood. The guilt was all encompassing. Catholic school is to be commended for the great education they gave me with regard to the three "R's" but those nuns sure did a number on my head.
laurajean
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localyokul said...
In elementary school we walked 3/4 mile to school in rain or shine.
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Was it uphill, both ways? ;)
PJ
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Haha my brother in law says that...uphill both ways in the snow
Tucker's Mom said... 143
By high school, the nuns were trending nasty.
I was glad to find the freedom of secular college, and really blossomed in that environment.
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I embraced hippiedom. Getting out of school was like escaping Shawshank.
Was it uphill, both ways? ;)
PJ
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Haha my brother in law says that...uphill both ways in the snow
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Don't forget the volcanic eruption and ducking gerry machine guns.
We weren't allowed to eat lunch at school if you lived within 10 blocks distance, so we had to walk, or rather run our six blocks home, grab lunch and run right back in time for the bell...or else.
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Dmsay
I too had to confess the sins of my 6 year old life every nite before bed. I had lined up all those little plastic statues of the saints on my dresser and called it my "shrine" and every nite I had to pray for forgiveness on my knees, I couldn't sleep otherwise cause the devil was around every corner waiting to snatch the soul of my childhood.
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OMG, I want to laugh (with you, not at you), but that fear is overwhelming to a child.
It's too much for a child's brain to put into perspective.
What was up with restricting the water fountain?!
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I know, right? Whoever made that rule must have been related to Kate. lol!
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If you drank water, you had to pee. If you had to pee, you'd disrupt class or you wouldn't be allowed to go. If you weren't allowed to go, you'd wet your pants. If you wet your pants, you were in for shame and punishment, and your mother had to bring you clean underwear. The horrors of it all.
Millicent, I remember those head coverings! If there wasn't a 'mantilla' (where I grew up) available, our grandma would put a Kleenex on all the girls' heads!
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We used Kleenex in a different way. We stuffed.
(134)..."In my public school in Westchester County I remember girls not being allowed to wear pants until I was in the 8th grade ( 1971) and I had this pair of LOUD plaid hip hugger bell bottoms that I wore the first day my mom allowed me to (which wasn't until the next year)"
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In my public school in Lancaster County, we were never allowed to wear slacks or jeans, not even in high school, because there were so many Mennonite kids in the school and I guess the thought was that they would be offended to see their peers wearing such worldly provocative clothes. We had to keep our attire simple and modest.
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Don't forget the volcanic eruption and ducking gerry machine guns.
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Sister Lumina, my second grade teacher, used to make us duck under our desks every time a plane flew overhead. She'd insist it was a Nazi
air raid. It was the 60s. Can you imagine if a teacher did that now and said it was Al Quada? Oy vey!
localyokul, of course it was in the snow, in June. LOL
PJ
If you wet your pants, you were in for shame and punishment, and your mother had to bring you clean underwear. The horrors of it all.
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Midnight, did you and I go to the same school? ha.
Seriously, you learned to hold it, although I remember a couple of the students had accidents. It was horribly humiliating for them.
Suffice it to say the authorities of that school were not terribly fond of kids and parents didn't challenge the rules back then. Different times.
I grew up Lutheran in a Catholic neighborhood. I have never forgotten my little friends telling me that " Sister Agatha said I.was going to hell because I wasn't Catholic."
The local parochial school closed when we reached sixth grade and we all walked to public school.together. It was an excellent education, btw.
Well after reading your stories all I can say is thank God for being Episcopalian and going to public school! No nuns or confession for us. AND we were allowed to eat before communion. Confession? Only if we got caught doing something wrong and someone told our parents (my dad was an Episcopal priest).
Sister Lumina, my second grade teacher, used to make us duck under our desks every time a plane flew overhead. She'd insist it was a Nazi air raid. 153
For us it was the evil empire of the Soviet Union. Radio Free Europe anyone?
D'oh! al quaeda. Al Quada sounds like the guy who sells Watkins products door-to-door.
PJ
OT Roo update. I dropped her off at the vet this morning to her CRYING. Broke my heart. Just called as requested. Surgery was routine/fine and I can pick her up after 5. Now I'm crying.
I'll.be okay. :)
I said...In my public school in Lancaster County, we were never allowed to wear slacks or jeans, not even in high school,
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Oh, and yes, back then they were called "slacks" -- the handbook said so! I guess Milo is still living back in the day!
PJ (#152), I got a kick out of you using "oy vey" in the same
sentence as "Sister Lumina." Saints preserve us, and pass
the Manischewitz!
Laurajean, I enjoyed your reminiscences. Glad that despite the
challenges you had at school, you felt you got a great education.
Ha, ha. Had not thought about school in years. Still have nightmares . I can still smell the new crayons and the new books. Went to Catholic elementary school. Yep, wore the lacy cap things. Mass every Friday. And those brown paper bag book covers !!
(136)..."we weren't allowed to spin around on the jungle gym bars cause our panties would show, immodest and all that and barbies were verboten because they showed a females figure naked, even the Ice Capades was frowned upon because the costumes were too skanty."
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Are you sure you weren't Mennonite?
Sister Lumina, my second grade teacher, used to make us duck under our desks every time a plane flew overhead. She'd insist it was a Nazi air raid. It was the 60s.
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Celibacy affects the mind in all sorts of ways.
Sebastian Spering Kresge (not Kresege) , the founder of S.S. Kresge's, was born in Brodheadsville, Pennsylvania. (My apologies for misspelling the name earlier)
You Pennsylvanians are very enterprising.
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Yes, and we also had J.J. Newberry's, which was founded in Stroudsburg, PA. Those stores were bought by McCrory's. Remember those? So many of the five-and-ten-cents stores were started here. I guess we are a very frugal (okay, cheap) bunch here.
When I was in elementary school, wrap-a-round skirts were very popular. Well, in the second grade we were playing tag out on the playground, and I ran around the tree, but my skirt did not. Oh, the humiliation of standing there in my sweater, underwear and socks and shoes. LAST wrap-a-round skirt I ever wore. :)
FlimsyFlamsy said... 161
PJ (#152), I got a kick out of you using "oy vey" in the same
sentence as "Sister Lumina." Saints preserve us, and pass
the Manischewitz!
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I'm sure Sister Lumina was spinning in her grave when I wrote that. LOL
AuntieAnn said...
Celibacy affects the mind in all sorts of ways.
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She was a nun. Who said she was celibate? ;)
PJ
FlimsyFlamsy said... 161
PJ (#152), I got a kick out of you using "oy vey" in the same
sentence as "Sister Lumina." Saints preserve us, and pass
the Manischewitz!
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I'm the same way- where I grew up, it was mostly Catholic or Jewish. A few Protestants, Lutherans and Methodist in there too, but our neighborhoods were heavily punctuated by large Catholic schools/Parishes and Synagogues.
Shortly after my brother and I went through 12 years of Catholic school, many closed or downsized. Same for the Synagogues.
Re: dress code. We were allowed to wear 'slacks' finally around my Gr 6 time- only if the weather was sever. Otherwise we wore these things under our tunics called bloomers- they were forest green- one modern style, like thick high-rise undies, but the older style really bagged- true bloomers- in the 70s! I had a pair of groovy 'elephant' pants they were known as.(wide bell bottoms) They were plaid and looked like a Jan Brady outfit with the matching mustard turtle neck. Only for weekends or parties. But times sure changed by the time I hit Gr 8- hot pants were on trend and allowed!
D'oh! al quaeda. Al Quada sounds like the guy who sells Watkins products door-to-door.
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I thought that was the Fuller Brush Man.
It appears cursive script is becoming a thing of the past. (118)
When my son was about 8 or 9, I was scolding him because I felt he really wasn't putting the effort in good penmanship. He started sniffling... and then blurted out: "I know I write like a serial killer! But I'm only nine and you there, pushing me to write as if I'm in training to become a copist monk!"
I almost died laughing. I had so much fun with that weird little kid around...
(The copist monk reference came from his fascination for "In the name of the rose movie", but I didn't flash on that at first so it really caught me by surprise, like "Huh?!!! Who are you, exactly, and what are you doing in my child's body?!" The serial killer thing? Go figure where he got that... I'm still baffled.)
She was a nun. Who said she was celibate? ;)
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hahaha! Touché!
Although we were not Catholics, my piano teacher was a nun. She used to wrap my knuckles for hitting a wrong note with one of those metal-edged rulers- hard!. I never told my mother till I was an adult- why? my mom would have got me out of those lessons. Funny what kids don't tell their parents.
Dmasy said:
Do you remember the little felt beanie that you wore during Penticost? They were white with a tiny flicker of red felt at the top to represent the Holy Spirit.
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Dmasy - I do not remember those, and I’m sure I would. All I remember were white lacy headwear for spring/summer; and black for fall/winter. I also remember going to confession - and I look back now and think, “what did I have to repent for, at age 10?”
Tucker's Mom said... 129
Did you have to wear them in school?
They were de rigueur for women to wear in church.
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We went to public school, so no. But we attended church every Sunday - the 9:00 mass. And I think our family was probably one of the last ones who still wore the head coverings. This would have been in the late 60's, early 70's at that point. My father finally relented and allowed us to attend mass without the headwear. I felt wearing it made us look too pious.
Anonymous said ...134:
(There was 4 of us kids and we were only allowed to have hot lunch one day a week cause it was 50 cents (too expensive), my mom would put the monthly cafeteria menu on the frig and we would each circle our day, mostly Friday cause that was pizza day, but everyday we would take 4 pennies out of the jar to cover the 4 cents it cost for a milk)
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Today is reminiscent day! In grade school, Tuesdays were hot dog days. You could buy up to two hot dogs, at 10 cents each. Fridays were ice cream days, and we would line up early after lunch for our ice cream. I’ve never found anything that tasted so good as the Missle sherbert bars they sold back then. (I have to be seriously dating myself to admit that hot dogs were 10 cents each when I was in grade school!)
PJ's momma said... 138
Millicent, I remember those head coverings! If there wasn't a 'mantilla' (where I grew up) available, our grandma would put a Kleenex on all the girls' heads!
If you ever get the chance to see Late Nite Catechism, do it! You will die laughing.
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ROFL! I am guessing that the head covering was for modesty reasons, but they didn’t cover much so I still don’t get it. Is Late Nite Catechism a show or a movie? I’ll have to Google it :)
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When I was in elementary school, wrap-a-round skirts were very popular. Well, in the second grade we were playing tag out on the playground, and I ran around the tree, but my skirt did not. Oh, the humiliation of standing there in my sweater, underwear and socks and shoes. LAST wrap-a-round skirt I ever wore. :)
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Ugh, never again. Sarong-wrap skirts were popular a while back and I remember grasping my skirt to keep it together when walking in a stiff breeze.
We had to wear skirts and dress uniforms throughout school and I remember one particularly creepy boy in Elementary who loved to pull them up.
That kids would be cuffed, finger printed and be on a sex registry if that happened today!
Rhymes With - I'm glad that Roo came thrugh the surgery without a problem. Today is National Dog Day so give her an extra treat and hug when you get her home.
Catholic school memories do tend to last a lifetime. I was 12 when I went into high school. The boys and girls rotated 5 minutes apart so we would not see each other in the hallways, god forbid. One day, the hallway bells were out of whack and we found ourselves rotating with the boys. I had my gym jumper over one arm, while swinging my bloomers on the end of my finger, busily chatting to a girlfriend.
After school I was called in to the "Mother Superior's" office not knowing why. Sister Eudocia asked me about my bloomer swinging in the presence of the boys earlier that day. She said "it is a sin to arouse the boys like that", I tilted my head and asked her what "arouse" meant. She turned beat red and said to me "you are DISMISSED!"
Rhymes with Witch said... 159
Surgery was routine/fine and I can pick her up after 5. Now I'm crying.
I'll.be okay. :)
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Aw. Waiting to pick them up after surgery seems like an eternity even if it's only a few hours. I'm glad she came through well, and you will too as soon as she's home.
Millicent said...
I also remember going to confession - and I look back now and think, “what did I have to repent for, at age 10?”
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I could never figure that out either, so I used to make stuff up. My last sin to confess was that I lied. (shrugs)
PJ
Rhymes: Great news! Good luck tonight with Roo. Nice to have your baby home. (I miss Pink who always talked about fur babies on this blog...)
Jumping In, Sister Eudocia? That is classic. Lets see if I can recall...
Sister Lumina and her sister, Sister Regina, Sister Aloysius, Sister Clementine, Sister Ligouri and Sister Mary (fill in the blank)
I hated it when they all changed to their real names. Boring. And I can't tell you how shocked I was when they turned in their old habits for street clothes. I honestly thought all nuns were bald under there. Haha!
PJ
Today is reminiscent day! In grade school, Tuesdays were hot dog days. You could buy up to two hot dogs, at 10 cents each. Fridays were ice cream days, and we would line up early after lunch for our ice cream. I’ve never found anything that tasted so good as the Missle sherbert bars they sold back then. (I have to be seriously dating myself to admit that hot dogs were 10 cents each when I was in grade school!)
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We didn't have a cafeteria in grade school, so we had to go home for lunch. We also weren't allowed to pack lunches. I guess the staff was too afraid of messes, or just didn't want to clean up after lunch. We had 40 minutes to walk home, eat lunch, and walk back to school. We learned to eat very fast. Milk and chocolate milk could be bought in the milk machine (after recess treat). When we got to 7th grade, junior high, we thought we were really special because we actually had a cafeteria in the brand new school building. Lunches were fifty cents. Our parents complained when the next year they increased the cost to 65 cents. Every Monday was chicken corn chowder and peanut butter and marshmallow sandwiches; Tuesdays we were fed tomato soup and grilled cheese; Wednesdays we got a hot meal (a real treat), salisbury steak and mashed potatoes; Thursday it was back to sandwiches -- egg or tuna salad, and chicken noodle soup, and Fridays, FISH STICKS (because of the Catholic kids).There was no selection of food, no salad options, no "healthy" choices...you got one thing slapped on your plate and you ate it! Fun times!
Sometimes I can't remember what I did yesterday, so how can I remember the daily menu offered in 7th grade?
Sister Lumina and her sister, Sister Regina, Sister Aloysius, Sister Clementine, Sister Ligouri and Sister Mary (fill in the blank)
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Mary Clarence? Sister Act!
Sister Ina, Sister Edwinna, Sister Bernetta, Sister Eudecia, Sister Aloysius and then, out of nowhere, Sister Paulette. None of them were certified teachers. Many were nuns ready for retirement who were sent to the middle of corn country to teach unruly children. Maybe to prove they had earned heaven.
Radio Free America -- I remember. We were terrified of the Russians. We knew they would demand, at bayonette point, that we declare our belief in God and die or deny God and go to hell.
Heavy choice for a child to make. But, we were prepared to by martyrs.
No food other than milk offered for lunch in Elementary. You had to bring your own lunch unless you lived close by and could go home.
My mom packed good lunches, so that was just fine.
The only think I remember about the cafeteria lunches in high school were the french fries, which were labeled "Low Grade But Edible".
Only the best for us!
School lunches...to me tomato soup and grilled cheese still go together.
I have a tee shirt that I absolutely love. It's got a picture of a nun (in full habit) with a fan and says in small letters under her Sister Mary Menopause. People really have to look to see what it says but it does give them a chance to stare at my "perfect A's"....
The smell of pb and j's reminds me of kindergarten. Smells can be an instant memory. It was a church school and I remember the smell of the knotty pine walls. The kitchen was upstairs and the smell of real peanut butter and jelly was wonderful. No GMO food back then!
GKD, your neighbors and friends are blessed to have you as a generous friend. Those little boys will always have the memories of going to your garden and picking food. I remember picking strawberries at the strawberry farm and eating them was so fun.
I remember shucking corn at my family's farm to make and put up in the freezer. My mother made the best skillet fried corn.
Speaking about grade school lunches. We always took our lunches because "hot lunch" was too expenses. I think it was $0.50. When we did get a hot lunch it was a special occasion. Now that I'm a grown up (way past 50 years old), I bring my lunch to work. When I do go out to each, I still call it "hot lunch". Its funny how grade school things stick with you into adult hood.
Funny how the discussion is so much fun when we veer away from WOS! We have a lot in common in our childhood memories of schooldays whether farm or city kids, US or Canada, Catholic or Lutheran, etc! I recall last year we discussed how we spent our carefree childhood summers. ;)
The Kleenex on the head is too funny.
Mothers were so practical back then. Whatever you had to do, to make due, you did.
And you didn't complain about it.
Like my mom, God bless her.
She decided to name me a name that wasn't a saint. So, who, WHO was my "Patron Saint" that I would dress up as on All Saints Day and parade around the school yard?
This was a dilemma, but Mom had the practical solution and that was that my Patron Saint was St. Raymond, because it was about as close to my name as we were going to get.
OK, in theory, until I was made to dress up like an ancient, saintly man, in some perverse cross dressing experiment involving a 6-year old very embarrassed girl.
I looked like a Trappist Monk and that frock was itchy!
This thread is bringing back so many high school memories. I grew up in a very 'Wonder Years' environment. The suburbs..ya da ya da. In my Junior year in high school the school dress code relaxed and the girls could wear pants instead of skirts. This was 1972. I remember walking out of my bedroom wearing hip hugger bell bottoms, sandals, and a halter top. My hair was in braids and I was rockin' it! I thought my dad would have a heart attack and I remember him saying that now he KNEW the world was going to hell in a hand basket.
In grade school I walked home for lunch, quite a long walk. If I recall correctly (and I can't really imagine I do), every day we each had a sandwich made with 2 slices of wonder bread, 1 slice of bologna and 1 slice of processed cheese, a glass of milk, and campbell's chicken noodle soup. The soup was important because it made the lunch "hot" and therefore more nutritious.
My hair was in braids and I was rockin' it! I thought my dad would have a heart attack and I remember him saying that now he KNEW the world was going to hell in a hand basket.
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Rock and Roll was the work of the devil!
Crazy hippies and druggies with long hair!!
I remember shucking corn at my family's farm to make and put up in the freezer. My mother made the best skillet fried corn.
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Yes, and fried tomatoes, just brown enough to crisp the edges, and gravy made from milk and flour. I still make corn fritters every summer, and baked corn (from Cope's dried corn) in the winter.
I have to be seriously dating myself to admit that hot dogs were 10 cents each when I was in grade school!). 18
When I was really little and we lived in the City and the New York City was nickel. When it started going up, it went by leaps and bounds.
HS lunches were .50. Ice cream was .10. Dessert (e.g., cake) was .35.
I just put up a bunch of PA corn in the freezer this weekend.
I've made 2 batches of Cheddar Corn Chowder and must. stop!
I've eaten half my body weight in corn on the cob.
I need help!
These Catholic school memories are a hoot! Fortunately, our Catholic school folded after first grade. But I have vivid memories of Sister Mary Ida dragging my desk to the front and forcing me to empty all the 'scratch' paper out of it, with the whole class watching. I was fascinated by the scratch paper pile and would take a piece, doodle or practice letters, put it in the desk, and get another and another and another. I could shove that little desk (where the storage was under the seat) with probably three reams of paper. A guy I still know, at 50 years of age, STILL talks about that! She was mean, but not as mean as Sister John Edward. And WHY did these women take men's names, anyway? Sister Mary Ida was the only one with a lady's name, all the rest had men's names.
I still remember lining up to use the bathroom, and the gritty feel of the powdered soap that came out of the dispensers. We went to the toilet once a day. Period. We brought our lunch too, no cafeteria. I had a vinyl (over cardboard) lunchbox with It's a Small World on it. I shattered the thermos pretty early on, and the vinyl container was pretty smushed by the end of the year, but I sure loved it. I had a Trixie Belden metal box after that! And then a groovy, hippie type with swirly paint a la the 70s, and in the shape of an old barn, with the thermos on top! That was the best! Same style as my dad's lunchbox!
Millicent, Late Nite Catechism is a live show. It is a hoot. "Sister" speculates on what is on under the habit (bald or not??), and many other things. We saw it several times and once, a guy said, "Sister, is it true it's OK if you kiss a nun as long as you don't get in the habit?" She glared at him and smacked his hand with a ruler and made him sit in the corner on a tiny chair for the remainder of the show. You learn stuff too (as it truly is catechism). For instance, they talk about the immaculate conception. You know who the immaculate one was? No, it is not Mary! Jesus was the immaculate one! At the end, they take a collection for pagan babies. Remember those? Our class sponsored a pagan baby that we named. Funny to think there was a pagan baby named Janet or something....
I went to public school from second grade on, and since there were so many Catholics, the ones who didn't get bused to catechism got to do fun things while we all went to catechism once a week. Boy, it used to chap my hide to come back and find out they learned how to play music using water glasses or made their own kites! No fair!
Confession must be either a riot or a bane to those poor priests. My first confession, in preparation for first holy communion, was that I ate a tortilla without asking. Imagine the poor priest, listening to dozens of those in one day. Poor guy! My mom used to make us go to confession each week. She just KNEW we sinned! And to be sure it stuck, she made us go face-to-face, which was awful, because the priest was a family friend. Imagine trying to drum up some credible-sounding sins in front of the guy who ate at your house every Sunday night. Ugh. He used to love to drink the juice from the canned corn. That's what I really remember, almost as much as the mortification of face-to-face confession.
I remember that my sister had a Nehru blouse that she wore with her bell bottoms. Now that was one ugly outfit!
I love hearing all these "tales out of school." Did anyone besides me have to write "I will not disrupt the class." 100 times on the chalk board after school and/or in your Big Chief writing pad?
Or were you one of the Teacher's Pets who got to clap the erasers and collect the homework?
Millicent, she talks about the doily here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xc2aBh31eY
And this is the writer and lady who did the show for years in Seattle. She is an absolute HOOT - and a little scary too!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Jrh_uuPmd0
Empress (199)...I had to write, "When I am talking, I am not listening." 100 times.
Then my mother had to meet with Sister Bernetta and they outlined a way to help me curb my verbally outgoing personality.
I don't think it worked!
I want to thank everyone for sharing their school memories - I had a lot of chuckles reading through them all. Someone mentioned that their school cafeteria served fish sticks on Fridays, because of the Catholic students. I don't know if our cafeteria did that, but we sure did at home. My mom seemed to alternate between fish sticks and tuna pie on Fridays. It wasn't in the budget to have fresh salmon for everyone, but once in awhile halibut must have gone on sale, and we'd have that for dinner.
it's so fun to look back and remember those times. The funny thing is, neither my parents, nor the school, nor the church, were trying to create memories for us. You can't force that sort of thing. (Sorry to momentarily drag TFW back into this.) I wonder what childhood memories are going to stick out for my son.
Dmasy--Oh yes, that one, too! And I don't think that punishment did what it was supposed to do.
But! My tall finger was angry-red and dented, and my penmanship took a nosedive after writing so many sentences. A reminder to this day that I was an outspoken child who didn't much take to being shushed.
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Trixie Belden! I used to love that book series. And Donna Parker, Nancy Drew, Cherry Ames, Sue Barton, and English school series, horsey books...avid reader- 3 books would never had bothered me like the G kids. Sad.
(PJ's momma-197)
I had a Trixie Belden metal box after that!
I am so happy to hear of someone else knowing who Trixie Belden was. What a blast from the past! I had all the hardcover books that I loved so much and nobody outside of my own sister has ever heard of them. I saved them for years to give to my own daughter but the box they were stored in and must have gotten wet so they smelled so bad that I sadly had to throw them out.
Formerly Duped, don't forget all the Laura Ingalls Wilder books! And single books like Pippi Longstocking, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Charlotte's Web! We couldn't get ENOUGH books! Library day was great fun. Each student had a plastic marker to help them replace any books they pulled out but didn't check out. I still remember how it felt in my hand.
Millicent, we were certainly a fish-on-Friday family. Salmon patties -- made with cracker crumbs and very dry.
Worse though, I think smelt went on sale for a penny and pound or something. Mom would roll the whole little fish in flour and fry it. Dad loved them. Crispy tails and little eyes. I haven't eaten them since childhood and I think I know why.
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