Exactly FlimsyFlamsy! M & C even commented that it was a very old joke. No matter how close Kate claims they are - she is still their mother, not their best friend.
Math Girl (#1), imagine a path of stones with some of TFW's most memorable quotes (some may be off -- my apologies): "Who am I to say no?" "I don't want to hear you breathe!" "Man up!" "They didn't know how to help us." "Can you ever have enough money?" "Stop playing 'we're making a TV show' and help!" Any other suggestions, readers?
Then when they are cooking outside Kate made the remark about the grill being so far away. I think they purposely showed how far the grill was from the kitchen and how much of a pain it is to carry all the stuff needed as a prelude to next week's episode about the new deck.
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Poor baby! Living in a 1.3 million dollar house on twenty plus acres with a pool, and she has to walk so far to the grill. Imagine how many people would be thrilled just to have a patio and a grill and wouldn't think of complaining about the trek to get there! What a whining, spoiled woman she is.
But her girls mouth off and complain about EVERYTHING! Kate makes a statement or a suggestion and out comes sarcasm and complaints. OMGosh the complaining is ridiculous. But Kate just takes it. I think she wants us to feel sorry for her. I don't because SHE is the mother, SHE needs to lay down the law and if they don't, there should be consequences.
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The constant complaining is a learned behavior and you get two guesses who they learned it from, but you'll only need one.
Kate won't do anything about it because it's keeping her on tv and that's all that matters to her.
Flimsy (4) - We're gonna need a bigger rock:
"It's a dysfunctional life but it's R life and it made ME rich."
Maybe hard to believe but I've never had a cup of coffee.
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I haven't either. Can't stand the stuff. Don't like mocha anything or even Coffee Crisp. Someone totally ruined Guinness beer for me by telling me it had coffee in it.
Poor baby! Living in a 1.3 million dollar house on twenty plus acres with a pool, and she has to walk so far to the grill.
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Don't tell me that commercial range sitting her kitchen doesn't have a charbroiler and griddle???!!! It's a must-have for professional chefs and cookbook authors.
She'd better get busy and grift one. Winter will be over before she knows it.
But her girls mouth off and complain about EVERYTHING! Kate makes a statement or a suggestion and out comes sarcasm and complaints. OMGosh the complaining is ridiculous. But Kate just takes it. I think she wants us to feel sorry for her. I don't because SHE is the mother, SHE needs to lay down the law and if they don't, there should be consequences.
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The constant complaining is a learned behavior and you get two guesses who they learned it from, but you'll only need one.
Kate won't do anything about it because it's keeping her on tv and that's all that matters to her.
Flimsy (4) - We're gonna need a bigger rock:
"It's a dysfunctional life but it's R life and it made ME rich." ****** In their defense, I can't imagine being the twins' age and having my life scripted for tv like they do. Being forced to hang out with their younger siblings for long days of filming must be frustrating. I have one brother and we're the same age difference. We had pretty much NOTHING in common insofar as common interests at that age. We both had our own friends, interests, sports and activities and weren't made to hang around each other (besides the occasional vacation). So, when I saw Mady get upset last year when Kate made all the kids sit around her as she spewed on about the collective activities chart, I could feel her pain.
I had to laugh when I saw the synopsis for the back to school episode which airs on 1/12:
School Prep As summer comes to an end, the family prepares for the kids to go back to school. Kate takes the kids shopping and they all work together on one more summer project.
The filming for this episode was done on July 17, how is that "as summer comes to an end"? It was filmed before they even went on their summer vacation. Of all the episodes, it was probably the first one filmed.
Someone totally ruined Guinness beer for me by telling me it had coffee in it. ::::::
My brother used to make his own beer. Had to Google to see if Guinness beer actually has coffee in it, which made no sense to me. The flavor some think tastes like coffee is roasted barley from everything I've read.
Gives dinner? Don't most people say makes dinner or cooks dinner or serves it? That's such an odd way to say it. Similar to how Kate says it.
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lol!! I never really thought about it before, but now that you mention it, I'm guilty of it. If I am in a conversation with someone and we discuss "supper" (dinner is at noon), we say, "what are you giving your kids for supper?"
I have learned a few things here about the way we speak, the idioms, phrases, and such that other people think are really weird, but is normal for us!
Ach du lieber dunnerwetter.
Now, what am I giving them for supper? Probably left-over pork and sauerkraut!
The constant complaining is a learned behavior and you get two guesses who they learned it from, but you'll only need one.
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I'm recapping What's Old is New and it's very easy to see why this behavior is happening. Kate engages. Instead of telling them stop whining, cut it out, knock it off. She instead engages. She argues back, she whines and bickers back. The kids get rewarded for whining every time because Kate responds and in some cases capitulates.
I'm guessing if Kate vowed not to engage or give into them, and to start cutting them off when they start that behavior, this would all change within a matter of a week.
Kids are as bad as the reins allow them to be, and these reins are so long I can't even see the wagon.
lol!! I never really thought about it before, but now that you mention it, I'm guilty of it. If I am in a conversation with someone and we discuss "supper" (dinner is at noon), we say, "what are you giving your kids for supper?"
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Pa Dutch Mom, the man who said "gives dinner" in the article is CEO David Zaslav.
He is not from your neck of the woods. Not even close. He was born in Brooklyn and lives in New York and Maryland. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/david-zaslav-oprah-winfrey-own-discovery-communications-324830
It's not a PA speak this time. It's just an asshat being impersonal.
Always pick the house without furniture. They have already purchased it and the HGTV finds two other houses they can look at. I cannot believe how they always need stainless steel appliances, formica counter tops, an office, hardwood floors, en suite, big backyard with a patio, and three car garage for a starter home!
I'm recapping What's Old is New and it's very easy to see why this behavior is happening. Kate engages. Instead of telling them stop whining, cut it out, knock it off. She instead engages. She argues back, she whines and bickers back. The kids get rewarded for whining every time because Kate responds and in some cases capitulates.
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That's the result of her arrested development. This is a mom with 12-year-old mentality dealing with 15-year-olds who are going to pellet her with complaints and whining until she weakens and gives in. We watched her do it to Jon for the few years they were both on the show. She bitched and moaned about everything until she got her way.
I don't think she knows how to parent so her kids are pretty much going to walk all over her now that they're older. As the Irish said in Braveheart -- she's focked.
The filming for this episode was done on July 17, how is that "as summer comes to an end"? It was filmed before they even went on their summer vacation. Of all the episodes, it was probably the first one filmed. ****** Guaranteed we'll see Kate lamenting the end of summer, with her sad schmoopy face downturned and brows furrowed. All the while she's narrating something that happened well before the kids went back to school. Now, Kate's whining about having to get up early on Monday. I don't get sleeping in hours later when I don't have to get up. We sleep in a bit, or have coffee in bed, but I couldn't sleep in until 8 or 9.
Silver haired babe said... 17 Hi Dmasy! Waving back!
Always pick the house without furniture. They have already purchased it and the HGTV finds two other houses they can look at. I cannot believe how they always need stainless steel appliances, formica counter tops, an office, hardwood floors, en suite, big backyard with a patio, and three car garage for a starter home! --------------------------- Formica, bite your tongue. Nothing but granite will do for the special snowflakes. And god forbid the kitchen is a separate room (so you can eat without looking at the kitchen mess).
As for "giving the kids for dinner" as opposed to cooking or preparing or serving, it is actually a more all-purpose phrase. It can include McDonald's takeout, microwaving a dinner, heating up leftovers, and other situations where "cooking" doesn't really apply. What seems odd to me about it is that you are separating the kids from the rest of the family. I'd be much more likely to ask "what are you (plural you, meaning whole family) having for dinner." The kids would be separated out only under unusual circumstances, like the parents are invited out without them. Or does Mr TLC man think that women still feed their kids and put them to bed before "hubby" comes home, then cook a separate gourmet meal, to be served by candlelight wearing a sexy negligee? I have news for him, in many cases both parents come home from work more or less at the same time and dog-tired, with no idea of what is for dinner, and a (mutual) mad scramble ensues. But I guess these families are not TLCs target audience, because they would have little patience with Kate's sense of entitlement.
I don't get sleeping in hours later when I don't have to get up. We sleep in a bit, or have coffee in bed, but I couldn't sleep in until 8 or 9.
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It depends what time you go to bed. Is she a night owl? Is she nocturnal? Does she have insomnia? If I have been up until all hours during vacation time, I have no problem sleeping in later than 9, even when the trash collection truck with the very noisy screeching brakes stops along the road in front of our house!
I wonder if the older girls will be going to the winter dance at the Eden next Saturday. Will she film them purchasing new dresses, prepping for the event, will Deanna do their makeup and hair?
Maybe hard to believe but I've never had a cup of coffee.
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I haven't either. Can't stand the stuff. Don't like mocha anything or even Coffee Crisp. Someone totally ruined Guinness beer for me by telling me it had coffee in it.
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Another non-coffee drinker here! Tried a sip of it when I was a kid and that was enough to turn me off. Ick. lol
And therein lies the problem. We've been saying this for quite some time. She can't see ahead; she can't think ahead; she can't foresee consequences for her words and actions. She lives in the moment, and blurts out whatever she's thinking without ever actually, well, THINKING.
A good example is that silly act of kindness contest she ran. She just put it out there, giddy about it, without even researching what was involved in running an internet contest and the legality of it. She just did it on her own thinking the rules didn't apply to her. Aligning herself with her hero, BV, is another example. Did she check him out? Were there red flags about this guy? You are known by the company you keep and she just went in full speed ahead with this guy, never thinking about the consequences of her actions if she would become involved with him and his minions.
Someone who knows her very well told me during the child labor law hearings that she just doesn't have the ability to see what's happening, and when the entertainment industry has had enough of her, chews her up and spits her out, she will need the support of friends and family. However, she has burned so many bridges and alienated so many people in the quest for fame and fortune that she will end up a very lonely person. She never could figure it out and just couldn't look beyond what was in front of her at any given moment. Is this arrested development? Perhaps, but there's also a disconnect in her brain wiring, the absence of logical thinking, (not being able to "see" people) that is so tragic, and sadly, it may be what her children are learning from her. I hope it's not genetic.
People who are negative and constantly complain have a difficult time with relationships, i.e. Kate. Those twins need to change their attitudes now or they are in for a lot of heartbreak and loneliness. The complaining is ugly and people get tired of it, let alone the sassiness. Expect the same from the tup girls.
It's not a PA speak this time. It's just an asshat being impersonal.
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Sorry. My bad! I didn't say that it was PA speak. You asked who says that, and I replied that I do, as do many people in this area. You posted that it sounds similar to something Kate would say, and I agree. I don't know where it comes from, but we definitely say it here. Maybe the guy's parents or grandparents are from this area. Who knows?
I think Cara mentioned she sleeps to 2 pm on non-school days so she's like Mom...I know many teenagers do, but then Mady commented last year she 'sits in bed all day.' Sounds like an escape, JMO
I get needing to sleep in if you're up late for whatever reason, but I think Kate will sleep in late whenever she possibly can, which I don't get how any mother of 8 kids can do. Sleeping in all day for kids I don't get either. Until 2pm? As the norm? I did that when I had mono. I think when they're not filming, nothing is planned or goes on.
I can remember being a night owl as were my teens and sleeping in, but nobody was allowed to sleep past noon. I also know as a teen as I was depressed, as was my daughter, and it is escaping.
Huge tea drinker here. Never drink coffee. I used to drink Twinings English Breakfast until I had a conversation with an English woman in the tea aisle of my local Stop & Shop grocery store. She told me to drink PG tips tea. It's touted(sp?) as England's No 1 tea. Tried it and haven't gone back to the Twinings. It is a true strong, black tea. It can be expensive, however, depending on where you buy it. My local Stop & Shop sells an 80 count box for $12.99. However, my local Market Basket sells an 80 count box for only $5.99. So if you find it I would shop around for the best price.
Happy New Year to Admin and all the wonderful posters here. TCFW is still and asshat.
Tea really hits the spot in cold weather for me. I like my coffee, but tea with lemon and honey just fixes what ails me.
Sat. mornings we like to get to a farmers market rather early. Nice to maybe grab breakfast out, or enjoy a pastry. It's usually enjoy a sweet or savory pastry since we usually have the dogs with us. Love getting a jump on the day.
I can remember being a night owl as were my teens and sleeping in, but nobody was allowed to sleep past noon.
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I was the same way. I was very nocturnal and always opted for night shift when I worked at a factory during the summer, which meant I could sleep most of the day. However my mother had this nasty habit of vacuuming during the day and always seemed to be banging that damn vacuum nozzle against my bedroom door. I'm still mad at her for that. ;)
Coffee black with no sugar and two ice cubes for mr. I'm a gulper and have burned my mouth more times than I can count hence the addition of the ice cubes. The best desert is a good Irish coffee using Bushmills with real cream poured over the back of a spoon so it floats perfectly on top. An Irish friend told us to put a spoon of brown sugar in the glass before adding the Bushmills and coffee and stir before adding the cream. Don't stir the cream into the coffee because you'll get a little with every sip and the last gulp will be the cream (I've talked myself into making one). We went to an Ethopian restaurant for lunch today and the coffee was delicious. I also love the French iced coffee where the little coffee press is put on top of the glass and the coffee drips down on top of the condensed milk. Stir add ice and enjoy! If drinking tea I do enjoy Rooibos.
I remember thinking (during one of the first specials), how on earth does she sleep so late with all those babies? Surely one of them is an early riser. Of course now I know she just let them stay in their cribs, wet/poopy diaper and all - until she can roll her royal heiney out of bed. Mother of the Year. *eyeroll*
My grandfather made coffee in an enamel pot on the stove with the grounds right in it. Boiled the heck out of it and drank it black. My parents wouldn't let me drink it when I was a kid, but Grandpa would sneak some to us, pouring the coffee into the saucer to cool off and then putting it into a ceramic mug with cream so we wouldn't grow hair on our chests.
I gradually skipped the cream and now the only way I can drink coffee is strong and black, although I've never made it on the stove the way that he did!
Gosh...that would taste really good right now! I can still smell it boiling on the stove. Heaven!
I have news for him, in many cases both parents come home from work more or less at the same time and dog-tired, with no idea of what is for dinner, and a (mutual) mad scramble ensues.
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You got that right, and this is why someone invented crock pots! That person deserves sainthood.
Fleecing The Sheeple said... 6 Then when they are cooking outside Kate made the remark about the grill being so far away. I think they purposely showed how far the grill was from the kitchen and how much of a pain it is to carry all the stuff needed as a prelude to next week's episode about the new deck.
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Poor baby! Living in a 1.3 million dollar house on twenty plus acres with a pool, and she has to walk so far to the grill. Imagine how many people would be thrilled just to have a patio and a grill and wouldn't think of complaining about the trek to get there! What a whining, spoiled woman she is.
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Imagine how many people would just love to have the crumbs that fall off the rich woman's table?
On "The Middle," when Frankie (who is notorious for not cooking) brings home fast food in a bag, she yells to the kids, "I made dinner!" January 2, 2016 at 6:43 PM ****** What's funny is that Patricia Heaton has a cooking show! Food or Cooking Channel. She cooks like Frankie Heck.
Yes, I think of her too at the mention of crock-pots. Last I remember she had five of them I think lol! We miss you, Dwindle.
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Ditto. I was Christmas shopping for a friend who is obsessed with Crockpots, and I was looking at the various ones, multiples that attach to each other, the ones with timers, different sizes, and I thought of Dwindle and wanted her advice on the best one for the money!
Poor baby! Living in a 1.3 million dollar house on twenty plus acres with a pool, and she has to walk so far to the grill. Imagine how many people would be thrilled just to have a patio and a grill and wouldn't think of complaining about the trek to get there! What a whining, spoiled woman she is. ___________ And poor baby has 8, yes 8 set of hands to help her carry stuff down the stairs. Plus she has a kitchen downstairs too. Her life is so tough.
@MiloandJack: And it needs 2b said NO ONE in R house is looking 4ward 2returning 2our wash/laundry schedule! Piled up over the holidays! :( @Kateplusmy8 ======== WTF! I went on vacation and when I got home I did the laundry. I had company, visited with family, went to parties and still found time to get the laundry done. Why let it pile up?
However, she has burned so many bridges and alienated so many people in the quest for fame and fortune that she will end up a very lonely person. She never could figure it out and just couldn't look beyond what was in front of her at any given moment. Is this arrested development? Perhaps, but there's also a disconnect in her brain wiring, the absence of logical thinking, (not being able to "see" people) that is so tragic, and sadly, it may be what her children are learning from her. I hope it's not genetic.
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I was teaching a class in W.B. Yeats (Irish poet and philosopher) and his theory of the Great Wheel, sometimes referred to as the Lunar Wheel. It is not an easy concept to grasp and he may have been imbibing (or smoking something at the time), but Yeats claimed that there are 26 basic personality types and he diagrammed them on a lunar calendar or wheel and tied them into the phases of the moon.
Phase 1 is empty because it is a supernatural abstraction, and Phase 15 also doesn't exist because it represents perfection and there are no such creatures on earth.
I was thinking about Kate and her personality. According to Yeats, as a soul progresses from one incarnation to another it takes on different personalities until it finds its way back to the beginning phase. Therefore, all of us at one time have been politicians, bankers, farmers, teachers, actors, etc., with distinct personalities, as well as successes and failures, flaws and purity, strengths and weaknesses until we work our way around the wheel to start the process all over again.
The students were fascinated with this theory as they plotted their own personality types, wondering what would come next. I found myself hoping that somewhere on this wheel I wouldn't be a Kate Gosselin. I wouldn't want to walk in her shoes for love nor money. I wonder in what phase Kate currently finds herself and what comes next. She certainly seems to be a Phoenix Rising. Is Milo in the same phase as Kate, or following closely behind, within reach of Kate's rockin' bikini body? I am sure that Milo would consider Kate to be in the non-existent Phase 15.
Wise quote from Yeats:
"Think where man's glory most begins and ends And say my glory was I had such friends."
She may have had "glory" and fame in the past, but without friends, all of it means nothing.
NJGal51 said... 54 @MiloandJack: And it needs 2b said NO ONE in R house is looking 4ward 2returning 2our wash/laundry schedule! Piled up over the holidays! :( @Kateplusmy8 ======== WTF! I went on vacation and when I got home I did the laundry. I had company, visited with family, went to parties and still found time to get the laundry done. Why let it pile up? ------------------------ My husband and I were alone/together on Christmas Day, though we were invited out to dinner in late afternoon/early evening. After a nice breakfast, opening gifts, and talking to our distant family on the phone, we EACH DID A LOAD OF WASH before heading out for dinner. It had "piled up" into A LOAD EACH because of shopping and parties and other obligations. So we did it when we had a chance. The machines may even have been working WHILE WE WERE TALKING ON THE PHONE! You know, you actually don't have to watch them every second, or only do wash at pre-scheduled times. Use your time effectively. Be a rebel!
By the way, I forgot to ask. Does anyone, sheeple or non-fans, know Milo's true identity? I was reading Kate's Twitter, and the thought there among the "haters" is that Milo is a man, based on "her" clothing, odd tweets and such. The Ms Goody Sheep claims that Milo is a wife and has children. Does she know this for a fact, or is she just blowing smoke to refute the non-fans' claims?
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«Oldest ‹Older 401 – 456 of 456 Newer› Newest»Exactly FlimsyFlamsy! M & C even commented that it was a very old joke. No matter how close Kate claims they are - she is still their mother, not their best friend.
Love the Tiny House shows and buying Alaska.
Math Girl (#1), imagine a path of stones with some of TFW's most memorable quotes (some may be off -- my apologies): "Who am I to say no?" "I don't want to hear you breathe!" "Man up!" "They didn't know how to help us." "Can you ever have enough money?" "Stop playing 'we're making a TV show' and help!"
Any other suggestions, readers?
I'm surprised TFW didn't get just one stone for the boys to share, and write on it -- a la Gilligan's Island's first season credits -- "and the rest!"
Then when they are cooking outside Kate made the remark about the grill being so far away. I think they purposely showed how far the grill was from the kitchen and how much of a pain it is to carry all the stuff needed as a prelude to next week's episode about the new deck.
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Poor baby! Living in a 1.3 million dollar house on twenty plus acres with a pool, and she has to walk so far to the grill. Imagine how many people would be thrilled just to have a patio and a grill and wouldn't think of complaining about the trek to get there! What a whining, spoiled woman she is.
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But her girls mouth off and complain about EVERYTHING! Kate makes a statement or a suggestion and out comes sarcasm and complaints. OMGosh the complaining is ridiculous. But Kate just takes it. I think she wants us to feel sorry for her. I don't because SHE is the mother, SHE needs to lay down the law and if they don't, there should be consequences.
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The constant complaining is a learned behavior and you get two guesses who they learned it from, but you'll only need one.
Kate won't do anything about it because it's keeping her on tv and that's all that matters to her.
Flimsy (4) - We're gonna need a bigger rock:
"It's a dysfunctional life but it's R life and it made ME rich."
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Maybe hard to believe but I've never had a cup of coffee.
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I haven't either. Can't stand the stuff. Don't like mocha anything or even Coffee Crisp. Someone totally ruined Guinness beer for me by telling me it had coffee in it.
Poor baby! Living in a 1.3 million dollar house on twenty plus acres with a pool, and she has to walk so far to the grill.
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Don't tell me that commercial range sitting her kitchen doesn't have a charbroiler and griddle???!!! It's a must-have for professional chefs and cookbook authors.
She'd better get busy and grift one. Winter will be over before she knows it.
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kris said... 196
But her girls mouth off and complain about EVERYTHING! Kate makes a statement or a suggestion and out comes sarcasm and complaints. OMGosh the complaining is ridiculous. But Kate just takes it. I think she wants us to feel sorry for her. I don't because SHE is the mother, SHE needs to lay down the law and if they don't, there should be consequences.
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The constant complaining is a learned behavior and you get two guesses who they learned it from, but you'll only need one.
Kate won't do anything about it because it's keeping her on tv and that's all that matters to her.
Flimsy (4) - We're gonna need a bigger rock:
"It's a dysfunctional life but it's R life and it made ME rich."
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In their defense, I can't imagine being the twins' age and having my life scripted for tv like they do. Being forced to hang out with their younger siblings for long days of filming must be frustrating.
I have one brother and we're the same age difference. We had pretty much NOTHING in common insofar as common interests at that age. We both had our own friends, interests, sports and activities and weren't made to hang around each other (besides the occasional vacation).
So, when I saw Mady get upset last year when Kate made all the kids sit around her as she spewed on about the collective activities chart, I could feel her pain.
Flimsy (4) - We're gonna need a bigger rock:
"It's a dysfunctional life but it's R life and it made ME rich."
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"This is the rock upon which I built my grifted empire off the backs of my 8, count 'em, 8 children."
I had to laugh when I saw the synopsis for the back to school episode which airs on 1/12:
School Prep
As summer comes to an end, the family prepares for the kids to go back to school. Kate takes the kids shopping and they all work together on one more summer project.
The filming for this episode was done on July 17, how is that "as summer comes to an end"? It was filmed before they even went on their summer vacation. Of all the episodes, it was probably the first one filmed.
Someone totally ruined Guinness beer for me by telling me it had coffee in it.
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My brother used to make his own beer. Had to Google to see if Guinness beer actually has coffee in it, which made no sense to me. The flavor some think tastes like coffee is roasted barley from everything I've read.
Gives dinner? Don't most people say makes dinner or cooks dinner or serves it? That's such an odd way to say it. Similar to how Kate says it.
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lol!! I never really thought about it before, but now that you mention it, I'm guilty of it. If I am in a conversation with someone and we discuss "supper" (dinner is at noon), we say, "what are you giving your kids for supper?"
I have learned a few things here about the way we speak, the idioms, phrases, and such that other people think are really weird, but is normal for us!
Ach du lieber dunnerwetter.
Now, what am I giving them for supper? Probably left-over pork and sauerkraut!
The constant complaining is a learned behavior and you get two guesses who they learned it from, but you'll only need one.
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I'm recapping What's Old is New and it's very easy to see why this behavior is happening. Kate engages. Instead of telling them stop whining, cut it out, knock it off. She instead engages. She argues back, she whines and bickers back. The kids get rewarded for whining every time because Kate responds and in some cases capitulates.
I'm guessing if Kate vowed not to engage or give into them, and to start cutting them off when they start that behavior, this would all change within a matter of a week.
Kids are as bad as the reins allow them to be, and these reins are so long I can't even see the wagon.
lol!! I never really thought about it before, but now that you mention it, I'm guilty of it. If I am in a conversation with someone and we discuss "supper" (dinner is at noon), we say, "what are you giving your kids for supper?"
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Pa Dutch Mom, the man who said "gives dinner" in the article is CEO David Zaslav.
He is not from your neck of the woods. Not even close. He was born in Brooklyn and lives in New York and Maryland. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/david-zaslav-oprah-winfrey-own-discovery-communications-324830
It's not a PA speak this time. It's just an asshat being impersonal.
Hi Dmasy! Waving back!
Always pick the house without furniture. They have already purchased it and the HGTV finds two other houses they can look at.
I cannot believe how they always need stainless steel appliances, formica counter tops, an office, hardwood floors, en suite, big backyard with a patio, and three car garage for a starter home!
I'm recapping What's Old is New and it's very easy to see why this behavior is happening. Kate engages. Instead of telling them stop whining, cut it out, knock it off. She instead engages. She argues back, she whines and bickers back. The kids get rewarded for whining every time because Kate responds and in some cases capitulates.
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That's the result of her arrested development. This is a mom with 12-year-old mentality dealing with 15-year-olds who are going to pellet her with complaints and whining until she weakens and gives in. We watched her do it to Jon for the few years they were both on the show. She bitched and moaned about everything until she got her way.
I don't think she knows how to parent so her kids are pretty much going to walk all over her now that they're older. As the Irish said in Braveheart -- she's focked.
She should have seen it coming.
The filming for this episode was done on July 17, how is that "as summer comes to an end"? It was filmed before they even went on their summer vacation. Of all the episodes, it was probably the first one filmed.
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Guaranteed we'll see Kate lamenting the end of summer, with her sad schmoopy face downturned and brows furrowed.
All the while she's narrating something that happened well before the kids went back to school.
Now, Kate's whining about having to get up early on Monday.
I don't get sleeping in hours later when I don't have to get up. We sleep in a bit, or have coffee in bed, but I couldn't sleep in until 8 or 9.
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Flimsy (4) - We're gonna need a bigger rock:
"It's a dysfunctional life but it's R life and it made ME rich."
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"This is the rock upon which I built my grifted empire off the backs of my 8, count 'em, 8 children."
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lol! Okay, we'd better make it a boulder.
Silver haired babe said... 17
Hi Dmasy! Waving back!
Always pick the house without furniture. They have already purchased it and the HGTV finds two other houses they can look at.
I cannot believe how they always need stainless steel appliances, formica counter tops, an office, hardwood floors, en suite, big backyard with a patio, and three car garage for a starter home!
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Formica, bite your tongue. Nothing but granite will do for the special snowflakes. And god forbid the kitchen is a separate room (so you can eat without looking at the kitchen mess).
As for "giving the kids for dinner" as opposed to cooking or preparing or serving, it is actually a more all-purpose phrase. It can include McDonald's takeout, microwaving a dinner, heating up leftovers, and other situations where "cooking" doesn't really apply. What seems odd to me about it is that you are separating the kids from the rest of the family. I'd be much more likely to ask "what are you (plural you, meaning whole family) having for dinner." The kids would be separated out only under unusual circumstances, like the parents are invited out without them. Or does Mr TLC man think that women still feed their kids and put them to bed before "hubby" comes home, then cook a separate gourmet meal, to be served by candlelight wearing a sexy negligee? I have news for him, in many cases both parents come home from work more or less at the same time and dog-tired, with no idea of what is for dinner, and a (mutual) mad scramble ensues. But I guess these families are not TLCs target audience, because they would have little patience with Kate's sense of entitlement.
I don't get sleeping in hours later when I don't have to get up. We sleep in a bit, or have coffee in bed, but I couldn't sleep in until 8 or 9.
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It depends what time you go to bed. Is she a night owl? Is she nocturnal? Does she have insomnia? If I have been up until all hours during vacation time, I have no problem sleeping in later than 9, even when the trash collection truck with the very noisy screeching brakes stops along the road in front of our house!
I wonder if the older girls will be going to the winter dance at the Eden next Saturday. Will she film them purchasing new dresses, prepping for the event, will Deanna do their makeup and hair?
P.J. said... 8
Jane said...
Maybe hard to believe but I've never had a cup of coffee.
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I haven't either. Can't stand the stuff. Don't like mocha anything or even Coffee Crisp. Someone totally ruined Guinness beer for me by telling me it had coffee in it.
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Another non-coffee drinker here! Tried a sip of it when I was a kid and that was enough to turn me off. Ick. lol
She should have seen it coming.
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And therein lies the problem. We've been saying this for quite some time. She can't see ahead; she can't think ahead; she can't foresee consequences for her words and actions. She lives in the moment, and blurts out whatever she's thinking without ever actually, well, THINKING.
A good example is that silly act of kindness contest she ran. She just put it out there, giddy about it, without even researching what was involved in running an internet contest and the legality of it. She just did it on her own thinking the rules didn't apply to her. Aligning herself with her hero, BV, is another example. Did she check him out? Were there red flags about this guy? You are known by the company you keep and she just went in full speed ahead with this guy, never thinking about the consequences of her actions if she would become involved with him and his minions.
Someone who knows her very well told me during the child labor law hearings that she just doesn't have the ability to see what's happening, and when the entertainment industry has had enough of her, chews her up and spits her out, she will need the support of friends and family. However, she has burned so many bridges and alienated so many people in the quest for fame and fortune that she will end up a very lonely person. She never could figure it out and just couldn't look beyond what was in front of her at any given moment. Is this arrested development? Perhaps, but there's also a disconnect in her brain wiring, the absence of logical thinking, (not being able to "see" people) that is so tragic, and sadly, it may be what her children are learning from her. I hope it's not genetic.
People who are negative and constantly complain have a difficult time with relationships, i.e. Kate. Those twins need to change their attitudes now or they are in for a lot of heartbreak and loneliness. The complaining is ugly and people get tired of it, let alone the sassiness. Expect the same from the tup girls.
It's not a PA speak this time. It's just an asshat being impersonal.
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Sorry. My bad! I didn't say that it was PA speak. You asked who says that, and I replied that I do, as do many people in this area. You posted that it sounds similar to something Kate would say, and I agree. I don't know where it comes from, but we definitely say it here. Maybe the guy's parents or grandparents are from this area. Who knows?
Off now to give the family supper!
I think Cara mentioned she sleeps to 2 pm on non-school days so she's like Mom...I know many teenagers do, but then Mady commented last year she 'sits in bed all day.' Sounds like an escape, JMO
The flavor some think tastes like coffee is roasted barley from everything I've read.
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Well, twas an old Oirishman who told me dat sos I guess I'm focked.
I get needing to sleep in if you're up late for whatever reason, but I think Kate will sleep in late whenever she possibly can, which I don't get how any mother of 8 kids can do.
Sleeping in all day for kids I don't get either. Until 2pm? As the norm? I did that when I had mono.
I think when they're not filming, nothing is planned or goes on.
Well, twas an old Oirishman who told me dat sos I guess I'm focked.
January 2, 2016 at 3:33 PM
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He might have had a wee dram of Jamesons ;-)
I can remember being a night owl as were my teens and sleeping in, but nobody was allowed to sleep past noon. I also know as a teen as I was depressed, as was my daughter, and it is escaping.
Kirkland...146
Huge tea drinker here. Never drink coffee. I used to drink Twinings English Breakfast until I had a conversation with an English woman in the tea aisle of my local Stop & Shop grocery store. She told me to drink PG tips tea. It's touted(sp?) as England's No 1 tea. Tried it and haven't gone back to the Twinings. It is a true strong, black tea. It can be expensive, however, depending on where you buy it. My local Stop & Shop sells an 80 count box for $12.99. However, my local Market Basket sells an 80 count box for only $5.99. So if you find it I would shop around for the best price.
Happy New Year to Admin and all the wonderful posters here. TCFW is still and asshat.
Oops to Math Girl,
I meant Granite counter tops, not formica. I was looking at my formica counter tops when I typed it. And yes, we need an open floor plan.
Tea really hits the spot in cold weather for me. I like my coffee, but tea with lemon and honey just fixes what ails me.
Sat. mornings we like to get to a farmers market rather early. Nice to maybe grab breakfast out, or enjoy a pastry. It's usually enjoy a sweet or savory pastry since we usually have the dogs with us.
Love getting a jump on the day.
Happy New Year to Admin and all the wonderful posters here. TCFW is still and asshat.
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Right back atcha and yup.
Redbird, I'm with you. I'm glad Hallmark Channel is back to normal.
TLC stinks said... 31
I can remember being a night owl as were my teens and sleeping in, but nobody was allowed to sleep past noon.
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I was the same way. I was very nocturnal and always opted for night shift when I worked at a factory during the summer, which meant I could sleep most of the day. However my mother had this nasty habit of vacuuming during the day and always seemed to be banging that damn vacuum nozzle against my bedroom door. I'm still mad at her for that. ;)
Coffee black with no sugar and two ice cubes for mr. I'm a gulper and have burned my mouth more times than I can count hence the addition of the ice cubes. The best desert is a good Irish coffee using Bushmills with real cream poured over the back of a spoon so it floats perfectly on top. An Irish friend told us to put a spoon of brown sugar in the glass before adding the Bushmills and coffee and stir before adding the cream. Don't stir the cream into the coffee because you'll get a little with every sip and the last gulp will be the cream (I've talked myself into making one). We went to an Ethopian restaurant for lunch today and the coffee was delicious. I also love the French iced coffee where the little coffee press is put on top of the glass and the coffee drips down on top of the condensed milk. Stir add ice and enjoy! If drinking tea I do enjoy Rooibos.
I remember thinking (during one of the first specials), how on earth does she sleep so late with all those babies? Surely one of them is an early riser. Of course now I know she just let them stay in their cribs, wet/poopy diaper and all - until she can roll her royal heiney out of bed. Mother of the Year. *eyeroll*
My grandfather made coffee in an enamel pot on the stove with the grounds right in it. Boiled the heck out of it and drank it black. My parents wouldn't let me drink it when I was a kid, but Grandpa would sneak some to us, pouring the coffee into the saucer to cool off and then putting it into a ceramic mug with cream so we wouldn't grow hair on our chests.
I gradually skipped the cream and now the only way I can drink coffee is strong and black, although I've never made it on the stove the way that he did!
Gosh...that would taste really good right now! I can still smell it boiling on the stove. Heaven!
It's usually enjoy a sweet or savory pastry since we usually have the dogs with us.
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What is their preference in pastry? Bear claws?
I have news for him, in many cases both parents come home from work more or less at the same time and dog-tired, with no idea of what is for dinner, and a (mutual) mad scramble ensues.
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You got that right, and this is why someone invented crock pots! That person deserves sainthood.
Fleecing The Sheeple said... 6
Then when they are cooking outside Kate made the remark about the grill being so far away. I think they purposely showed how far the grill was from the kitchen and how much of a pain it is to carry all the stuff needed as a prelude to next week's episode about the new deck.
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Poor baby! Living in a 1.3 million dollar house on twenty plus acres with a pool, and she has to walk so far to the grill. Imagine how many people would be thrilled just to have a patio and a grill and wouldn't think of complaining about the trek to get there! What a whining, spoiled woman she is.
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Imagine how many people would just love to have the crumbs that fall off the rich woman's table?
PA Dutch Mom said... 41
It's usually enjoy a sweet or savory pastry since we usually have the dogs with us.
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What is their preference in pastry? Bear claws?
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Stolen morsels of ham and cheese croissant ;-)
PA Dutch Mom said... 42
You got that right, and this is why someone invented crock pots! That person deserves sainthood.
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I agree. I raise my glass to Irving Naxon.
http://www.beyondbubbie.com/my-dad-the-inventor-of-the-crock-pot/
AuntieAnn (#45), the mention of crock pots always
makes me think of our dear poster Dwindle!
On "The Middle," when Frankie (who is notorious
for not cooking) brings home fast food in a
bag, she yells to the kids, "I made dinner!"
On "The Middle," when Frankie (who is notorious
for not cooking) brings home fast food in a
bag, she yells to the kids, "I made dinner!"
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What's funny is that Patricia Heaton has a cooking show! Food or Cooking Channel.
She cooks like Frankie Heck.
FlimsyFlamsy said... 46
AuntieAnn (#45), the mention of crock pots always
makes me think of our dear poster Dwindle!
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Yes, I think of her too at the mention of crock-pots. Last I remember she had five of them I think lol! We miss you, Dwindle.
Yes, I think of her too at the mention of crock-pots. Last I remember she had five of them I think lol! We miss you, Dwindle.
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Ditto. I was Christmas shopping for a friend who is obsessed with Crockpots, and I was looking at the various ones, multiples that attach to each other, the ones with timers, different sizes, and I thought of Dwindle and wanted her advice on the best one for the money!
Imagine how many people would just love to have the crumbs that fall off the rich woman's table?
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As long as it isn't chicken sammonella, lemon juice hummus or greasy sausage bake.
Poor baby! Living in a 1.3 million dollar house on twenty plus acres with a pool, and she has to walk so far to the grill. Imagine how many people would be thrilled just to have a patio and a grill and wouldn't think of complaining about the trek to get there! What a whining, spoiled woman she is.
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And poor baby has 8, yes 8 set of hands to help her carry stuff down the stairs. Plus she has a kitchen downstairs too. Her life is so tough.
Someone's post here made twitter.
https://twitter.com/lovemedietcoke?lang=en
Sorry if I have posted earlier.
Sheepless In Seattle said... 50
Imagine how many people would just love to have the crumbs that fall off the rich woman's table?
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As long as it isn't chicken sammonella, lemon juice hummus or greasy sausage bake.
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Or not even one, ONE granule of sugar. You know, punishment of severity and all that...
@MiloandJack: And it needs 2b said NO ONE in R house is looking 4ward 2returning 2our wash/laundry schedule! Piled up over the holidays! :( @Kateplusmy8
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WTF! I went on vacation and when I got home I did the laundry. I had company, visited with family, went to parties and still found time to get the laundry done. Why let it pile up?
However, she has burned so many bridges and alienated so many people in the quest for fame and fortune that she will end up a very lonely person. She never could figure it out and just couldn't look beyond what was in front of her at any given moment. Is this arrested development? Perhaps, but there's also a disconnect in her brain wiring, the absence of logical thinking, (not being able to "see" people) that is so tragic, and sadly, it may be what her children are learning from her. I hope it's not genetic.
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I was teaching a class in W.B. Yeats (Irish poet and philosopher) and his theory of the Great Wheel, sometimes referred to as the Lunar Wheel. It is not an easy concept to grasp and he may have been imbibing (or smoking something at the time), but Yeats claimed that there are 26 basic personality types and he diagrammed them on a lunar calendar or wheel and tied them into the phases of the moon.
Phase 1 is empty because it is a supernatural abstraction, and Phase 15 also doesn't exist because it represents perfection and there are no such creatures on earth.
I was thinking about Kate and her personality. According to Yeats, as a soul progresses from one incarnation to another it takes on different personalities until it finds its way back to the beginning phase. Therefore, all of us at one time have been politicians, bankers, farmers, teachers, actors, etc., with distinct personalities, as well as successes and failures, flaws and purity, strengths and weaknesses until we work our way around the wheel to start the process all over again.
The students were fascinated with this theory as they plotted their own personality types, wondering what would come next. I found myself hoping that somewhere on this wheel I wouldn't be a Kate Gosselin. I wouldn't want to walk in her shoes for love nor money. I wonder in what phase Kate currently finds herself and what comes next. She certainly seems to be a Phoenix Rising. Is Milo in the same phase as Kate, or following closely behind, within reach of Kate's rockin' bikini body? I am sure that Milo would consider Kate to be in the non-existent Phase 15.
Wise quote from Yeats:
"Think where man's glory most begins and ends
And say my glory was I had such friends."
She may have had "glory" and fame in the past, but without friends, all of it means nothing.
NJGal51 said... 54
@MiloandJack: And it needs 2b said NO ONE in R house is looking 4ward 2returning 2our wash/laundry schedule! Piled up over the holidays! :( @Kateplusmy8
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WTF! I went on vacation and when I got home I did the laundry. I had company, visited with family, went to parties and still found time to get the laundry done. Why let it pile up?
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My husband and I were alone/together on Christmas Day, though we were invited out to dinner in late afternoon/early evening. After a nice breakfast, opening gifts, and talking to our distant family on the phone, we EACH DID A LOAD OF WASH before heading out for dinner. It had "piled up" into A LOAD EACH because of shopping and parties and other obligations. So we did it when we had a chance. The machines may even have been working WHILE WE WERE TALKING ON THE PHONE! You know, you actually don't have to watch them every second, or only do wash at pre-scheduled times. Use your time effectively. Be a rebel!
By the way, I forgot to ask. Does anyone, sheeple or non-fans, know Milo's true identity? I was reading Kate's Twitter, and the thought there among the "haters" is that Milo is a man, based on "her" clothing, odd tweets and such. The Ms Goody Sheep claims that Milo is a wife and has children. Does she know this for a fact, or is she just blowing smoke to refute the non-fans' claims?
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