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Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Friday, June 26, 2009 - 8:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
LOL, Sea! Not sure how the double post happened, but I'll bet you are right!

Stacey718995
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07-05-2007

Friday, June 26, 2009 - 8:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Stacey718995 a private message Print Post    
Leave it to me to break a lull, sorry TNT

Holy cow Naja I didn't think those bras worked I may have to investigate!

Brenda1966
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07-03-2002

Friday, June 26, 2009 - 8:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Brenda1966 a private message Print Post    
Do they have padding in them? I find padding so darn uncomfortable. Also, my belly is too flabby to go bikini -- I need tankini. With a skirt if possible. LOL.

I think it was US mag that pointed out her belly button is a bit high. They blamed the tummy tuck.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Friday, June 26, 2009 - 8:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I think anyone delivering 6 healthy infants and walking around with the aftermath and then getting a tummy tuck would hardly worry too much if her belly button ws a bit high.

Sabbatia
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08-15-2005

Friday, June 26, 2009 - 10:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sabbatia a private message Print Post    
OH MY GOODNESS....I had my hair in a ponytail today and my bangs were hanging down....and I realized I have KATE bangs!!

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Saturday, June 27, 2009 - 6:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
I can just about guarantee that aging and gravity will soon enough send the belly button a bit further south...it happens to the best of us.

Cricket
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08-05-2002

Saturday, June 27, 2009 - 8:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cricket a private message Print Post    
Ophiliasgrandma, Kate had a tummy tuck a couple of years ago, so her tummy has a few years or more before it will start to head south, lol. In the photo above, you can't even see the scars. In the photo in one of the gossip mags, where she wore the orange bikini, you could see small scars near her hips, I think.

That doctor did an excellent tummy tuck on her. It seems like she may have also gotten something for stretch marks. Also, those beautiful bikinis she wears are not cheap. To me, she's sending the wrong message right now. I can't explain it, but she just is. She def. should have had the tummy tuck, but it's like she's an actress the amount of money she spends for things on herself these days.

At this time, with them being in the news so much, she might have wanted to wear a light coverup outside, knowing the paparazzi would be hanging around. Do they have a pool?

If I had 8 kids and the money, I'd put a pool in first thing. That would keep them occupied and having fun on the hot summer days.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Saturday, June 27, 2009 - 8:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
I think Kate s/b able to do whatever she wants on her own property.

And I still think she should pull the plug on the show.

I also read something in USA Today about 2 days ago that said after the divorce, the courts may force the end of the show. SOmehow they get to decide certain things about the kids and that includes them deciding that the kids can't be on it. ANyone else read that??

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Saturday, June 27, 2009 - 8:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Here that article:

http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2009-06-24-jon-kate-legal_N.htm

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Saturday, June 27, 2009 - 8:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
This means the court could order that the children no longer can participate on TLC's Jon & Kate Plus 8, which returns with new episodes Aug. 3. The network suspended filming on its top-rated program Tuesday to allow the Gosselin family to "regroup."

(A quote from the above article...)

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Saturday, June 27, 2009 - 8:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
I'm not a big fan of some of the stuff Kate does but her spending some money on herself is a good thing, IMO. I think feeling good about yourself makes a person a better parent. Sometimes sacrifice is necessary (desperate financial circumstances, etc.) but in general I don't think that parents who feel they are sacrificing a lot for their children do as well.

Cricket
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08-05-2002

Saturday, June 27, 2009 - 8:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cricket a private message Print Post    
I'm not against Kate taking care of herself. Even before the show got to big, she would go with a girlfriend for a spa day. That was good for her mental health. I just feel that now that she's this sort of 'star' she overdoes it a bit. Just my opinion. Yes, she needs to look and feel good about herself, but if it's all surface, what's the point? It's what's underneath that counts as well. The more perfect she looks, the more 'cold' feeling I get from her. It didn't help keep her husband, because underneath she wasn't happy. While upkeep is necessary for a woman, perhaps counseling to be happy with herself will go a long way in parenting the children and learning to get along with her soon to be ex.

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Saturday, June 27, 2009 - 9:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
Cricket, I saw the 'tummy tuck' show. Most stretch marks are cut away when they pull the skin down to the hair line and trim it off. They have to reposition the navel, but like I said that too will seek a lower position thanks to gravity and the skin getting more elastic over the years.

Kellsma
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08-28-2002

Saturday, June 27, 2009 - 9:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kellsma a private message Print Post    
Yes Cricket there is a pool. Here is an overhead shot of the home. Below is a link to an overhead shot. I think they originally moved in in the fall or winter so that is probably why we have never seen them playing in the pool.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Fl86OCtZRYc/SWQy0k4g5II/AAAAAAAABGU/-BEdVzw97fg/s400/jonkatehouse1.jpg

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Saturday, June 27, 2009 - 10:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Some people with kids actually fill in the pools they have.. such a hazard they can be and here of course they can be used year round and are pretty common. Seemed like in at least one picture they may have been sitting next to a pool, though. And good that they started the kids on swimming lessons in the past. It amazes me how many adults here will go to the beach and get into the ocean but never have had a lesson or been a swimmer.. and people die every year because of that.

I think Kate gets to decide what she wants to wear and Jon's been sporting T shirts that cost $350, hoodies in that range, jeans, etc, $50,000 chopper, expensive car, is that sending the right message for a young (self proclaimed) dad?

Sabbatia
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08-15-2005

Saturday, June 27, 2009 - 1:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sabbatia a private message Print Post    
Sometimes when you are going through a breakup...of any kind, it helps to get a bit of a makeover. She's feeling badly about herself right now.....stuff like this helps.

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Saturday, June 27, 2009 - 4:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
I'm betting that when the tups were little and she had the twins to deal with too, Kate didn't do much more than throw some comfortable clothes on in the morning. Now that they're a little more self-sufficient, Kate can dress up without worrying about baby spit and puke. I don't begrudge her that. I think she looks great.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Saturday, June 27, 2009 - 7:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
What Hukd said.. and no, it isn't something she should have done to lure Jon back, but just to feel good herself.

(Also wondering if Jen from The Little Couple is coming dangerously close to having that much maligned hairdo? LOL)

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Saturday, June 27, 2009 - 7:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
When you have one baby, it's hard to get yourself together, let alone 6 at one time and 2 older ones. I was lucky if I could get dressed and get my hair brushed when I had a 3 year old and a baby.

Cricket
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08-05-2002

Saturday, June 27, 2009 - 9:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cricket a private message Print Post    
Ophiliasgrandma stated:
"Most stretch marks are cut away when they pull the skin down to the hair line and trim it off."

Ohh, I thought maybe there was some new cream or something out that got rid of them. Again, her doctor did a great job.

Thanks for the info about the pool, Kellsma. Yes, the children should all have swimming lessons and until they swim, the little ones could wear floaties. Since they have picnics on the lawn (maybe that's for filming) I was wondering if maybe they didn't have a pool, as they could also eat lunch outside by the pool. In the hot weather, it's a good way to keep them entertained and use up their excess energy.

When the show first started, Kate just dressed however. Ironically, after her tummy tuck and some weight loss, wasn't it Jon who took her shopping to get a new style? I'm sure the TLC producers brought in people eventually to help her. She always looks well put together.

If she was by the pool in her bikini..that's a different story. Maybe she just came out to welcome whomever was coming to visit. I guess you are all correct and she can do what she wants. I'm not explaining myself well. I was getting a different picture after first reading the article. Too bad they can't put something in front of their property to make it impossible for the paparazzi to get any pics.

Re Jon spending a lot of money on new things as well, I guess that's what I might be trying to hit on. Out of their mouths come the words, "Everything we do is for our children" but with this divorce it seems to be more about the two of them. Like many others, I hope they've put money away for the children's future, because let's face it..they were the stars of the show.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Saturday, June 27, 2009 - 10:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I would think she is simply less TIRED than back then.. she said in the first year she didn't even sit down except for a forced lunch time and sleeping, but now all the kids are big enough to walk on their own, pull their own little suitcases, etc. No diapers.. that helps you to have a little more time to consider how you look, I imagine.

Yep, they both said for the kids and I think at this point Jon is ahead in the "for me" race. His new car seems to seat no kids who require carseats, hers is a minivan (or something similar). Motorcycle, well I wouldn't want my little kid on one but we've already seen a 'tup riding in back of him (with helmet) though he specified a SINGLE seat and I'm sure he didn't take her far. Clothes.. well they both have to dress and I guess crave more trendy stuff, though his choices are more for a decade or so younger (just IMO.. and heck I'm much older but if I wanted to wear baggy jeans with tigers on the buttcheeks, I's just do it too!)

Trips.. most of hers were for the book or speaking tours, bringing in money, His was to go snowboarding, took one child one of the times and reportedly too the girlfriend the other time and partied the time he did take the child.. so I'd say perk-wise, he's way less for the kids in stuff we've seen.

But so far they haven't had to open up their financial records to us so we don't know what is set aside for the kids. And they aren't out spending into a hole like Michael Jackson did, so they are probably provided for.

Sorry, rambling here.. I'm way too tired for this early in the evening.

Lurkin
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02-15-2002

Saturday, June 27, 2009 - 10:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lurkin a private message Print Post    
Re: above overhead shot of their house

WOW ...exploiting yourself on tv pays well.
Didnt realize how large the house was

Wonder if they have saved some of this money for when the show goes off the air?

Kellsma
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08-28-2002

Saturday, June 27, 2009 - 11:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kellsma a private message Print Post    
Yes, very nice house. I think it cost 1.3 million and that does get you a lot of house and land in PA

Chewpito
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01-04-2004

Sunday, June 28, 2009 - 12:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chewpito a private message Print Post    
Jus saying.... Kate and Jon have not even begun to experiance the Work that goes into parenting...till those kids hit the Junior High yrs....when the kids hit the teen yrs.. the hardest part...when the kids are little, the parents make the rules...'end of story' when the kids get to a certain age..(teen yrs)..the kids learn to fight back, not because they are bad, but because they are growing up....and that is when the real "parenting work" begins...... many restless nights they have in store for them selves... they havent seen anything yet...especialy with 8....good looking kids...... They need to rest up!!

Oh, and its a myth that when they are grown you stop worrying.....You never stop worrying.... you are a parent till the day you die....the job of a lifetime.....

Lori32
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07-04-2008

Sunday, June 28, 2009 - 8:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lori32 a private message Print Post    
Oh,Chew.. My girls are 12 and 13. Most days I want to jump out the Window.Last Summer the 13 year old went thru the hormonal storm,this summer it's the 12 year olds turn. I refer to it as the Sequel. I cannot IMAGINE that times 2 at the same time and then times 6?!?!? May the Force be with them...