Jon and Kate Gosselin: Jon Caught With Other Woman....Again

Jon Minus Kate Plus 8???

Could this be the "nameless nanny"??



The new issue of Us Weekly has shocking, exclusive pictures of the Jon & Kate Plus 8 dad leaving a club at 2 a.m. -- with a mystery woman and without his wedding band.

Jon Gosselin arrived at the club at 11:20 p.m. and by 2 a.m. "could barely walk" as he exited the less-public back entrance of Legends Lounge -- near the family's $1.3-million home in Wernersville, Pennsylvania -- on April 18, a fellow partier tells Us Weekly.

The dad of 8 -- kids are twins Madelyn and Cara, 8, and 5-year-old sextuplets, Aaden, Joel, Collin, Hannah, Leah and Alexis -- was overheard yelling, "Hey, babe! Babe! Give me my jacket!" before climbing into his Nissan Nismo. (She complied.) As cameras began snapping, he panicked, urging his female friend to "get in the car!" before speeding off hastily -- without even turning on the headlights.

Where was his wife Kate -- known for her insults and who famously once berated him for breathing on the show?
Nearly 2,000 miles away, promoting her book Eight Little Faces in Bellevue, Washington.

While TLC had no comment on the story or the couple's marital status, Jon sent an emailed statement to Us.
"I went to Legends to speak to the owner. A friend of mine wanted to check out my car, so I let her drive it to her car," he says. "Yes, I have female friends -- but that is all she is. I'm not going to end my friendships just because I'm on TV."

In February, the 32-year-old was spotted flirting with -- and even attempting to kiss -- coeds at Juniata College, multiple students confirm to Us Weekly. (He denied any wrongdoing.) He told one coed "he was getting divorced." In the May Ladies Home Journal, he says, "I always thought I would be, like, 54 years old and marry a 19-year-old or something."

"Jon & Kate Plus 8's" Jon Gosselin tells "Extra" he "showed poor judgment" after he was photographed with a female friend.

Gosselin tells "Extra," "Like most people, I have male and female friends and I'm not going to end my friendships just because I'm on TV." The TLC star continues, "However, being out with them late at night showed poor judgment on my part. What makes me sick is that my careless behavior has put my family in this uncomfortable position."
Gosselin says, "My family is the most important thing in my life and it kills me that these allegations have hurt them."


Kate, here's a thought,--- stop exploiting your kids, keep yourself at home, (since you did proclaim in the beginning of the series that you are a "homebody"), and most of all, stop belittling and emasculating your husband.
Who is with the kids while Kate is off pushing her book that is exploiting her children and their lives and Jon is out acting like the 22 year old-- that I am sure haunts him every time Kate opens her mouth--that was about to become a father of 8 children. Man up Jon and act like the 32 year old father and husband you are. And while you are at it, reclaim your manhood from Kate.

Both of you grow up and be the parents to the children that you so desperately wanted. Stop giving them a fairy tale life of material things and give them love, compassion, and all of the things that your money can't buy.

Summer is Coming and So is "Big Brother 11"!!!

I can hear the music in my head...I am already thinking of what ice cream to stock up on in the freezer, and getting tingly all over from thinking about it. What is it? One of my favorite "guilty pleasures" of Summer nights (get your mind out of the gutter)LOL

It's Big Brother and Big Brother After Dark. I am addicted to the show. My daughter is addicted to the show--the tame, edited show on CBS. I, however, can not get enough from 3 hours a week on CBS... I kept my cable movie package just so I could have "Showtime Too" for the nightly, live, three hour, "Big Brother After Dark", or "BBAD" for BB addicts. I belong to BB groups, chats, and thankfully, now the Dish Chicks will be "tweeting" updates on Twitter.

Mommy needs a new Blackberry for Mother's Day (or a "Lotus" will do just fine) :)

If you haven't caught Big Brother fever, give it a whirl. YouTube has a plethora of videos--even ones from Season 1, when I became hooked!!

Then, of course, there are the "live feeds". A voyeur's dream come true. The "hamsters",(a term of endearment for the house guests,) on your computer 24/7. Oh what joy! Oh how normal life seems to stop for 90 days when Big Brother begins. And not just for the house guests. LOL

Yes, it is a guilty pleasure, full of cat fights, drinking, making out, and ahem, dancing in the sheets, all for those watching to see--under the night vision cameras set up to catch every movement and moment in the house and outside in the backyard.
For those not familiar, 11-14 people move into the BB house for 90 days. NO TV, radio, books, (except for the Bible), cell phones, phone calls, no contact at all with the outside world. During this time, the house guests bond, or not, compete for food, prizes and most and importantly, the Power of Veto, to keep their asses off the block, so that they can stay another week. It is outwit, out-lie, out-play and out-smart the other house guests to move on week after week. Think of it as human chess. Every week there are exciting competitions in which the winner becomes instantly immune from eviction and is deemed head of household or "HOH" but with that comes great responsibility. The HOH must pick two other house guests to "put on the block" for eviction. The remaining house guests, after seven days, then vote on who leaves the house.

The end prize for all this stress? $500K for first place and $50K for second place. Not bad if you can withstand ridicule and harassment, or if you can dish it out and take it as well.

Hurry summer, and come on Big Brother!!

Jon and Kate Plus 8: Season 5 To Air in May

photo courtesy: Gosselin family for TLC


So Jon & Kate Plus 8 is returning for a fifth season. Um....yay?



At TLC upfront, held April 2, the parents were on hand to offer generic platitudes about the upcoming season. Jon said to "expect the unexpected," and Kate added that "[the family will] be taking a very exciting trip in the near future. Not to give it away, but it'll take us back to our roots." Oh man, I hate "trip" episodes. Wonder if it is going to be "Korea", for baby Gosselin 9? Oh please, say it ain't so..... Maybe a trip to "Europe" to retrace Jon's footsteps after he dropped out of college to backpack across the country? Or maybe Kate is just going back to her original hair color, hence the "roots" reference. As of late, is is hard to tell exactly what color her hair actually is.


I'm not sure that I even want another season with the Gosselins, and not just because they often seem, oh ~ completely miserable. Also, because what I used to like about the show has diminished in recent seasons: I liked the documentary vibe back in the day, when the show felt like it was capturing an unusual family doing ordinary things. Now, so much of the show is about the show itself -- there's a meta element here that's just not my style.



Here is a family that has made profit by (after the first two specials), exploitation of their children. I ask, would you document for America your three year old's constipation. A private matter for most was made public by the show, not only the tot's constipation, but his father's "impaction retraction", right there in the back of the family van, in the parking lot of Ikea. All the while, Kate was choosing just the right "functional furniture" and toddler beds. She's the self proclaimed nurse, why did she not take on this motherly action? Being a nurse myself, I have had to help my daughters through a similar situation when they were younger, but all in the privacy of our own home. Keep in mind, the young Gosselin was complaining before the shopping trip. How humiliating this will be to him when he is older. Forever on film, and the internet. Once on the internet, always on the internet.

Also irritating, while the majority of American families are being hit, and some hit harder than others, during this time of economic distress, these families happen to be the specific demographic for viewers of this TLC show. The same show with two stay at home parents, traveling to beaches and resorts, not once but at times, twice or more a year. These days, it is difficult for at least one parent to find a job, much less, take a vacation. Oh, and let's not forget the new mini mansion, the children paid for and Jon and Kate moved into last fall. It also came complete with a new array of perfectly product placed appliances (Whirlpool/GE) and furniture (Lane). Don't believe me? Check the Lane website.

I know some of you are saying I am jealous. Actually, on the contrary. I love my home. I love my neighborhood. I don't feel the need to hide from the world. I love my neighbors, I do not covet them, nor Jon and Kate for that matter. I do, however, pray for the Gosselins. Kate wants her children to have "a normal childhood" What is normal about having tv cameras following them around. What normal child goes to Disney twice before the age of 8.~ A child not from the immediate Orlando area. What normal child goes on another vacation and witnesses their own mother have a major meltdown due to an in-air delay, and then end up at a beautiful winter lodge "mini mansion" at Park City, Utah. The lodge donated generously to the family. I actually felt sorry for the children on their first day, when filled with excitement to hit the slopes, Kate was "sick" and did not watch her brood ski the bunny slopes until the very last day of a five day stay. (However, Kate was able to keep her spa appointment the first day, when she was supposedly "sick".) Then there is San Diego, followed by Hawaii, and a wedding renewal, all before the smaller kids are five years old.



I take into consideration someone who is just as loving to their children, tuning in to watch,~ if they have been able to keep their cable on for the month, ~ seeing all the grandeur this family is provided by exploiting their children. God has blessed the Gosselins with healthy children, yes, but He is not providing the "show". TLC and Figure 8 are providing the show. I wonder, how do these struggling parents feel? How do their children feel seeing the Gosselin brood at home with mom and dad and traveling "hither, thither and yon", as Kate would say.



I am blessed to be a stay at home mom and am thankful for each day that I have with my children. My children are older, but I still relish each morning that I get to make breakfast for my daughters and drive them to school. I look forward to that time together with them, not having to rush around and knowing that I will be the one, to pick them up from school each afternoon and discuss their day with them. All the while, as some of you know, battling cancer and also a widow of 6 years. I am thankful for my family and would not trade one hour with Kate Gosselin.



And then there's Mady. Oh, what great therapist would not love to get their mits on this child. Mady is the perfect example of sitcom trauma. And what do Jon and Kate do? Berate and belittle Mady even more on the episodes by mocking her tirades and as punishment for her temper tantrums, they prevent Mady from joining her siblings in making cookies with the resort chefs and bakers, who have apparently went out of their way to accommodate the children with a fun activity. Mady was also prevented from going skiing with her father and got to hear all the praise that Cara received by being "just like Dad on the slopes".



Don't get me wrong. Mady has issues. I feel a lot of it is jealousy, and what child does not go through that phase, however, Mady's issues are deep seeded and she seems to be a ticking time bomb. There is not an episode in recent memory she has not had some type of tantrum. Even during the "Puppies!" episode, Mady proclaims she wants a puppy "that only loves me!". Neglect, no. Abuse, no. But in my own opinion, Mady does need someone to talk to. Keep in mind, she and Cara both were at their most vulnerable age, when mother-child bonding is at it's height when Kate was pregnant with the sextuplets. Cara was somehow able to deal with the changes and not having Kate around, but Mady somehow fell to the way side.



So get ready, come May, we get another full dose of Gosselin. We have all heard the rumors about Jon and I will not repeat them here, but how ironic that during their wedding renewal, they proclaimed that it was to show their children "publicly" that they will be together forever. Together in love and in God, or just "together"? Only God will know. I hope for the children Kate and Jon do prevail and make their marriage work.



This year would mark my 16th anniversary, I would give anything to be able to renew vows with my husband, who passed suddenly at the age of 45.



Are you all still into 8? Or have you had enough?

Real Housewives of Orange County: Tamra Claims: Gretchen Cheated on Dying Fiancee..

One of my favorite "guilty pleasures" has been the Bravo series, "Real Housewives of the OC". This series spun off "The Real Housewives of New York", and then, "The Real Housewives of Atlanta". I have to say, I watched every episode and the "must watch" reunions at the end of the seasons.

My favorite housewives have always been those of Orange County, California. There have been a few to come and go, and this past season it was nice to see them make an appearance and get caught up on what they are doing in their lives. However, one of the new housewives for this past new season, Gretchen Rossi, had a not so easy entrance into the "wives club". Gretchen was not welcomed with many open arms. Jeanna (Keough) seemed to be her closest allies at times. While facing the impending demise of her fiancee, who was stricken with terminal leukemia, Gretchen was at times the brunt of hurtful jokes by another housewife, Tamara Barney. All I can say for for Tamara, as the saying goes, "you can take the girl out of the trailer park, but you can't take the trailer park out of the girl". That's Tamara.


Tamra Barney:
"You can take the girl out of the trailer park, but.."

It is apparent it was a jealousy issue between the two blonds. Gretchen had a difficult time fitting in with the other housewives because of her looks, as you can see, she is gorgeous. The other women are already having injections and lifts, and Gretchen is a natural beauty. The end result cat fights that always happen when you have a room full of women, some who are naturally beautiful and those that are artificially beautiful. Tamara hosted a cocktail party in one episode where she tried her damn-est to embarrass and humiliate Gretchen, but the laugh was on Tamra. While Gretchen did become highly intoxicated, she held her own while Tamra accuses Gretchen of being nothing but a gold digger, and a "paid nurse" for Gretchen's ailing fiancee, Jeff.

We know these type shows are edited to how the producers want them to appear. I feel Gretchen is genuine. You could see the love she shared with her fiancee, Jeff, and his older children. Her fiancee loved her unconditionally, and knew she was beautiful. Yes, it may have been a relationship of convenience so to speak, Gretchen has a nursing background. Either way, you can see that the two loved each other. When I learned of his passing in September, before the series new season aired, it was very sad. Gretchen had to been devastated. She is also a beautiful, younger woman, and they did not have the opportunity to be officially married before Jeff's death.

Tamra Barney is married to Simon Barney, from what I can gather, a tequila importer, or more like "drinker". Whatever his unimpressive "title", seems "Miss Tamra" is quite herself the gold digger. As they say, takes one to know one. Simon had Tamra take an etiquette course, in which it seems she only learned some ancient story about a fork, and nothing about "etiquette". Last season, Tamra had a blow out 40th birthday party, but according to public records, she actually turned "44"... okay. Guess Tamra needed a "reason" for her to throw a highball party as the other housewives have been known to do, and to show off her diamond encrusted pink Rolex. She also wanted a "pink Harley" which during this season she did not receive. However, Gretchen's fiancee, Jeff, had one delivered to her at the "End of Summer Party" hosted by Jeanna every year. Talk about daggers shooting from eyes.

It is great entertainment just to watch the trailer park girl try to keep up with the women, who are very apparently out of her league, but Tamra just continues to make a fool of herself at every turn.

Gretchen, however, has shown style and grace while dealing with Jeff's illness. Yes, she did take time off to visit her parent's cabin, to which Tamra belittled her for it. Yet, this is the same Tamra who got Gretchen "naked drunk" at her social party, by giving Gretchen shots of tequila, which resulted in Tamra's 20 something son, from her first "marriage"?, hitting on Gretchen, who handled herself appropriately and told Tamra's son "She is engaged, and she could not cheat on Jeff." Well done, Gretchen. Watch your back, even though you can hold your own, it is apparent, it is also visible the green eyed monster is living along side Tamra's alter trailer park ego. Gretchen saw that spending that time with her family was important and Jeff did tell her to visit them. He understood. When asked for advice from Gretchen, Vickie and Tamra could only offer up to Gretchen to make sure that Jeff's will had been changed from his previous marriage. "They were just looking out for Gretchen".

I would have to say, along with Gretchen, my favorite housewife is Jeanna Keough. She is a multi-million dollar seller on the real estate scene, is a mom to three children and has recently become divorced and back on the dating scene, in her late 40's. She was also a Playboy Playmate in her heyday. Jeanna, like other mom's struggles with weight issues and "normal" life issues, despite all the money we viewers assume she brings in and/or has. I think she is smoking hot and would love to share a glass of wine or a latte with her any day.

This show has taught me that what I knew for sure is true. Money does not equal happiness. The family and the people who make up the family who make the happiness. Money may provide a security blanket, I know that. But I had rather my blanket be on the floor in front of the fireplace, or on the ground, outside watching fireworks, the stars, or just having a picnic, as long as my family was on the blanket.

Here is another one of Tamra's attempts at defaming Gretchen:
From People Magazine:

Gretchen Rossi, one of the stars of The Real Housewives of Orange County’s season 4, says she was loyal to her late fiancé Jeff Beitzel, who lost his battle with cancer following the show’s taping.
On Bravo’s recent reunion show, her Housewives costar Tamra Barney accused Gretchen of cheating on Beitzel with a man named Jay, who once threatened to “out” Gretchen.
Web reports have identified that man as Jay Photoglou.
Gretchen, 31, tells PEOPLE she did go on “a couple of dates” with Photoglou before she started seeing her late fiancé, “but it really wasn’t a romantic, serious relationship,” she says.While Rossi was engaged to Beitzel, [Photoglou] became a close friend and “confidante.” But when he wanted to take things further, she says, “I was not even going to consider that with him.”
After Beitzel died in September, Rossi and Photoglou continued hanging out, she says, often running into each other at parties because they share many of the same friends.
It was during that time, she believes he took her memory card out of her camera, which, she says, accounts for the photos of them that have popped up on the Web.
“I have not taken my ring off one day since Jeff passed away,” Rossi says. “[But Photoglou] claims the proof [that we were dating while I was engaged] is the fact that I’m wearing my engagement ring.”
Photoglou could not be reached for comment.
“Every single time he wanted to have something more and I would deny him, he would say, ‘I’m just going to call the press and tell them we have a relationship,’” Rossi says. “He has never been my boyfriend.”
Then why did Rossi call him her boyfriend during a 911 call published by Radaronline.com? “Because he was standing right in front of me,” she tells PEOPLE. “I was afraid that he was going to be upset that I was giving dispatch any information about him — whether it was his real name, whether or not he was my boyfriend.”
During the call, Photoglou claims Rossi had attempted suicide with sleeping pills. But Rossi is heard in the background saying, “I did not try to commit suicide at all.”
In fact, Rossi then got on the phone and told the dispatcher, “He tried to break into my house and I finally opened the door. He decided to call 911 … He’s been ringing the door bell for the last 25 minutes.”
Rossi has now taken action so that she won’t hear from Photoglou again, filing a temporary restraining order against him on Friday at the Newport Beach Court House.
“I look forward to the truth being played out in court,” Photoglou told RadarOnline.com. “It’s an obvious attempt by Gretchen to silence me, as I’ve only spoken the truth about our relationship.” – People Article: Elaine Aradillas for People Magazine
Photo of Gretchen Rossi (upper right): Vivian Zink/Bravo TV

Martha Stewart's Chow, Ghengis Khan, Dies in Kennel Propane Blast

photo at right shows Ghengis Khan at around 9 weeks old.

Martha Stewart's chow puppy was one of 17 dogs killed in an accidental propane explosion at an eastern Pennsylvania kennel.

The domestic maven wrote on her blog that she was "deeply saddened" by the death of her dog, Ghengis Khan, in Friday's blast at Pazzazz Pet Boarding, a kennel in the Pocono Mountains that breeds and trains show dogs.

Fifteen dogs were killed in the explosion, and two more died over the weekend. Some of the dogs were featured at last weeks Westminster Dog Show.

Watch Video Here: Video of Pazzazz Kennel Explosion courtesy WFMZ.

The kennel was getting a propane delivery when the tank ignited, setting the pens on fire and injuring the driver, Timothy Kleinhagen, of Summit Hill.

Though badly burned, Kleinhagen managed to toss a cairn terrier over the kennel fence to safety. He was listed in critical condition Monday at Lehigh Valley Hospital.

"That man is a hero," said the kennel's co-owner, Karen Tracy. "My heart goes out to his family."



Genghis Khan was a grandson of Stewart's previous chow, Paw Paw, which died last April at age 12.

Stewart announced on her blog in December that she was adopting Genghis Khan, then 7 weeks old, calling him "very cute and square." She said she expected him to be "conquering his new territory in my home soon, with great charm and prowess. I'm also confident that Sharkey and Francesca (Stewart's French bulldogs) will be enamored with him."

Stewart also sent condolences to Tracy. Many of the dead dogs belonged to Tracy and her mother.

"My heart goes out to Karen Tracy and I am hoping for a speedy recovery for those (both pets and humans) injured in this terrible event," Stewart wrote.

Officials have said a spark or static electricity may have started the blaze.

AmeriGas Propane Inc., which owned the truck that Kleinhagen was driving, has declined to comment.

Martha has devoted herself to her animals and her time to animal awareness and causes. Two of Martha's dogs, Francesca and Sharkey, have their own blog.

As an animal lover and Martha Stewart fan myself, I send my condolences to Ghengis Khan, Martha Stewart, the Tracy family and to the families of the other animals that were either injured or killed in this terrible accident.


photo courtesy: Martha Stewart Living