Jon and Kate plus 8

My husband says I missed my calling as a private detective. I agree, but unfortunately will have to stick to teaching as it pays the bills, well at least the health insurance. Well, not unfortunately, because I do like my job alot, but I still would like to be a private detective, and I would be good at it too! Anyway, along with my propensity for investigating the backgrounds of others (Listen, I have 3 daughters...all boys who come to my house will be investigated..I'm just putting it out there)I am also intensely interested in Reality Television. I have watched Jon and Kate plus 8 since they began airing the specials when the youngest children were babies. I have to admit Kate grates my nerves at times, and all of the screaming and shrieking on the show make me want to grab some Xanax at times, but overall I found the show mildy entertaining. It is on Season Pass on my DVR, and I watch it when I can't find anything else I can stomach. Makes folding clothes go by more quickly. Anyway, I went to google yesterday to find out why I hadn't seen Aunt Jodi on the show any longer. I had no idea the can of worms I had opened up. I have been reading for days now. The first blog I happened upon was http://gosselinswithoutpity.blogspot.com. This site discusses the financial situation of the couple and how it has changed drastically. I got to be totally real here: If they want to pay me 60,000 dollars an episode to film the drama of my blended family, bring it on. That will pay a whole lot of college bills. I do not fault this couple one little bit for capitalizing on their 15 minutes of fame. My issue is this: Her best frend Beth, and her sis in law Jodi have disappeared. Furthermore, you never see grandparents or much of anyone else who isn't paid for that matter. All of this leads me to believe, somebody (Jon or Kate or both) has some serious issues. You do not manage to ostracize both sides of your family AND your best friend unless you are seriously disturbed. I am totally Type A have little to no patience and my parents still speak to me, and so do my in-laws. My best friend has also seen me at my ugliest and most contemptous and she still will be seen with me in public. Seriously, Jon and Kate...you are doing your children no favors by ostracizing everyone in their family. Children need love from many people, and even if you don't always agree with those people, it is a good lesson in learning to accept others even with their faults. If the issue of the fall out was over money, why do Jon and Kate Gosselin have such an issue with their friends and family profiting a bit from the show. My thought would be: "Great, they won't need money from me then"! Aunt Jodi is a saint, I tell you. I thought it many times when I watched the show. She and Michelle Duggar have unususal patience gifted to only like 7 women in the whole world and they all have long, curly hair. I saw the episode when Jodi gave the kids gum and Kate freaked out. I was all kinds of uncomfortable inside by the way she was talking about Jodi after that. I thought, "if someone agrees to watch my kids for free, short of giving them illegal narcotics, feed them what you must". A little reflection on attitudes and family values may be in order for the Gosselin duo. I'm just saying.

Happy I have my Bestie!

During lunch today, I was feeling mighty stressed. Holidays, parties, children, gift buying, teaching, etc. and I was feeling a bit overwhelmed. I called my bestie and we just laughed and laughed. Thank God for her. I just got an account on a social networking site. She asked why I had added a particular person as a friend because she had no idea who it was and he asked her also. I told her I had no idea, and she said, I knew that, you just want to pump up your friends numbers, which is totally true. Then, we just spent the next 10 minutes laughing at people's comments (our particular favorite is when people have to let you know how "blessed" they are"). I am glad we are so cool!

Great Holiday Saving Tips

I was watching the Duggar Family last night (the ones with like 78 kids) and I was amazed at some of their money saving strategies. Although I cannot see myself ever making my own homeade laundry detergent, God bless them for doing it. I do like to save money however, and one of my favorite sites is www.slickdeals.net.

Here are some of the great money saving hints from the site today:

For the man in your life: Lowes has Black & Decker 109-Piece Drilling & Screwdriving Set for $10. Choose in-store pickup to save on shipping, otherwise it's $8 or free on $25+ orders. Here is the link:
http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=198995-79992-71-0109&lpage=none

Also, while you at Lowes completing your instore pick up, all Christmas decorations were marked down 50% today! Time to buy a pretty new mat for the front door.

For the teens and tweens in your life:
Amazons 1st deal starts right now (15 days, 15 deals). The promotion is 1 video game deal per day for 15 consecutive days.

1st Deal : Guitar Hero World Tour: Guitar Kit SALE price$59.98 LIST price $99.99

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