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Wasn't this the newspaper reporter that waged a long running campaign about Kate asking for more help with her kids? I can guarantee if that the guy he's no big fan of Kate's either.

I just saw that in a Boston renovation on This Old House too. I actually saw an article that said that. You knew it had to happen.

i don't mind either of them. I've seen all the 'Supersizers Go' so I'm used to the dark haired one. That said, I find the drop crouch jeans just ugly. Lets all wear Zumbas and harem pants!

I totally missed the American version. But since the thing I like about this is the real people and (until now) lack of edit monkey business. I might have to look around for it so I can see the caparison.

True, we may never know why they stopped talking to him. But as stubborn as Maddy is I can guarantee if she thought being friends with her dad would piss Kate off you know she would have moved in with him.

He signed consent in exchange for being relieved of all child support requirements and dismissal of his arrears. I say that with authority since the gossip sites actually posted the court ruling and niether Jon nor Kate's camp corrected it. I doubt that will happen now. Whatever went down he hasn't talked to them in over a year. They gave a print interview where they said they were tired of the constant stream of young women in his life.

Remember that Alexis wakes her sisters up all night. It isn't Kate excluding her it's Alexis choosing to act that way. She's 10 years old. If she can't let her sisters sleep then they will exclude her. If we were talking about babies that's one thing but at this point in her life waking her sisters is a deliberate act. I wonder what they do at home since it's only a 4 bedroom home. She may be sleeping in the family room.

Jon got into arrears on child support. Since this is a state law he had to pay or be punished. He signed to allow the children to film in exchange for being released from child support. So quite frankly he sold his right. Since they have joint custody ( not to be confused with physical custody) both parents permission was needed. Now he hasn't seen the twins in a year. He was seeing the tups every other weekend and once a week for dinner. Now that he's lost his home he probably just has day visits on the weekend. So not much time and zero dollars. What a prince.

Not at all. The program at Reading Hospital is a diploma program and you finish as an RN. If you go to a four year university you have a Bachelor of Science and are credentialed as an RN. So there are a couple paths to an RN. A lot of nurses will go to a diploma program so they can work as an RN and use the income to pay for a college degree. There are more fields and specialties open to a RN with a BS degree. And THEN you can get a Masters and get even farther up the ladder.

Oh I'm talking about during the divorce when the judge issued an injunction telling him that he was to stop hacking her voice mail and email. The info came from the babysitter he was bonking when he was still allowed on Kate's property. That predates his sleazy plan with the unemployed paparazzi. But obviously nothing is beneath him as far as betrayal goes so I figure he'd edit her journal without even losing sleep.

That's always been my hold up on buying any of it 100%. If I had a journal on a computer and someone was hacking my account - they could change a couple words, add an entry and suddenly very innocent remarks or thought become sinister. What we heard Kate say on the show is that she is very non-technical and Jon handle all the email. What came out in the court papers was that Jon had hacked her phone and email. So without forensic verification - I just figure it's Jon's journal. But even there - I don't know that to be true. I am a very skeptical person.

Refried beans are a breakfast staple in the Middle East. And actually I quite like it in the morning. I wonder if there is an Asia equivelent?

Oh I know about this because it's kinda part of what I do. Each state has benefits for caregivers. In order to get help the person getting care is evaluated and give a score (just to make this simple). So if my husband needs care and is a 70 then I can get help. But if he is 50 then I can't. One of the things that most states do and PA doesn't is if my husband is a 50 and my son is a 50 I as a caregiver am responsible for 100 care level and can get help. If you read her letter and listen to her testifying (she was invited like folks are to a senate hearing) she has 6 people that need care. The total score is twice what it takes to get help but no one child meets the threshold. So this was more about changing PA law for ALL caregivers that struggle with multiple people in their homes that need care. No doubt this would have benefited her but it would also have helped other people struggling with more than one family member needing care.

I've no problem with that. She's not doing anything different than about a hundred reality folks. It's not my money paying her so whatever. In fact, with 8 kids and no child support this series continuing is the best way to insure it's never my money paying her.

I don't know the first thing about what makes a number great. But this is what the experts are saying: https://tv.yahoo.com/news/kate-plus-8-return-big-fat-fabulous-life-172722396.html

Wow, those are some of the best numbers in years. If that keeps up we'll see more episodes.

Gunderda - well I'm here with ya. I can't believe that someone supporting 8 kids on their own manages to look that good.

One of the directors has been nominated for a DGA award. So that's nice. http://variety.com/2015/film/news/directors-guild-nominations-announced-for-tv-documentaries-1201404960/

Boy I've got to disagree on this point. I did watch all those shows and I never saw her say a word about weight of any of her kids. I know that folks on forums really thought Hannah was 'fat'. Plus I do not see her as being anorexic at all. I compare that to people like Victoria Beckham or Guiliano and Kate doesn't even come close. But that might be because I am around a lot of 40+ women that run. They look good and there just isn't any giggle.

She has mellowed. I still could do without the screeching. You can tell she still runs because that is someone that takes care of themselves. And the house! I grew up in a large family and I was shocked as they were on the floor packing their bags that the woodwork and walls were pristine. The montage at the beginning of the playhouse slowly going the way that all childhood playhouses go is like a calendar of time passing. I can't believe they are ten. Kate said at one point that the twins were 14 and a half. Yikes, it will be driving lessons soon. I know PA, Bucks County has some fairly restrictive teen driving rules. Anyone know the details? The most interesting part overall was how the kids work as a unit. They enjoy playing with each other. They certainly have figured out how to negotiate within their group. The who is sleeping where with the girls was pretty impressive. You could tell the painting was a emergency producer set up but they all went straight for it. The absolute best was the rope course. So I'm glad I caught it. I'll probably try to catch all 5 and that's about how many I would like to see as a yearly check in. I hope the screeching is producers getting their Real Housewives edit with just one person. That has got to stop.

So far everything I've read about Jeff Prescott says he is divorced and a millionaire. I hadn't seen anything yet that he was married.

So much of it has been disproved over time. This stuff all goes in the same pot as the Palin/Russia remark to me. She was on TLC yesterday doing publicity for CA and Kate+8. She said she is not dating that guy. She also looked fabulous. I like her hair straight. The TLC staff was pretty fanboy about her looks. So really if you don't like her you don't. Same with Palin. But just repeating a lie again and again doesn't make it true.

I myself never walk anymore. I never do anything. I only proceed to the store or proceed to call on the phone. I find it carries more weight.

The bio said they met in high school so she probably spoke normally then. Then she went to Manhattan and decided she was a Kardashian and started talking like a shallow, brainless twit. I really couldn't stand it. Funny thing was that I assumed someone that wasn't a teenager and had daughters of their own would have figured out how to talk. I wonder if seeing this on film freaked her out or if she really is that brainless. I thought it was a good finished product. The update to the space was a good bang for their buck. I'm glad she said no to the marble. I have a friend where the marble on 'just the island' was replaced after 3 years because of the wine stains.

I totally agree about Palin. This is what happens to things on the internet. Here is her exact quote: "They're our next-door neighbors, and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska, from an island in Alaska."