Kate Gosselin

My life's goal was to be a mom. So, I became a registered nurse in order to be able to provide for my future kids. Boy, oh, boy, and lots of girls -- were my prayers ever answered! By the age of 29, I was a mom to eight (count them!) healthy beautiful kids.

Since then life has gone in all sorts of crazy directions, including a hit reality show on TLC that ran for six seasons, three New York Times best-selling books, and single mom-hood!

Since having kids, my goal in life is to be the best mom I can possibly be ... and to simply and successfully survive each day!

Sipping on:

Coffee with fat free creamer ... and LOTS of it!

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Such Chickens! (PHOTO)

posted by Kate Gosselin Thursday at 4:33 PM in Home & Garden

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Weight Lifting: Loading the barn with chicken food

Our chickens are something that I am asked about often. All 40 to 50 of them (they don't stand still long enough to count so I'm not quite sure exactly how many we have). A few years ago I thought it would be fun to get a few “pet” chickens. I had chickens growing up as part of our “mini farm” -- which was made up of a few dairy cows, a couple of pigs, a handful of rabbits, a random goat or three, and the chickens.
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School, Sports & Social Event Mania -- Help!

posted by Kate Gosselin May 16 at 1:37 PM in Big Kid

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As I was sitting here, going over today's "TO DO" list, I found myself spending a good 30 minutes texting my tween girls (who were riding the school bus on the way to school) and then emailing with their friends' parents in order to RSVP to the many, many social events for them that, in recent years, seem to stack up at the end of the school year. Whew! Suddenly, I felt like their secretary or assistant!
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Happy 9th Birthday to My 6! (PHOTO)

posted by Kate Gosselin May 9 at 12:40 PM in Big Kid

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[Celebrating their 8th birthday last year]

As May 10, of yet another year, comes into focus, I can feel the excitement and curiosity surrounding me as I busily put the perfect finishing birthday touches on each and every detail, preparing for the big day -- this year, my sextuplets turn NINE years old!! It's so very hard to believe!
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A Lesson Learned From Weeding (PHOTO)

posted by Kate Gosselin May 2 at 12:36 PM in Big Kid

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This past weekend, I decided to experiment a little ... and it ended up being quite a family bonding challenge with a reward sort of experience. I honestly had no idea how it would turn out, or if it would even turn out good, but always up for a challenge, I decided to present it to my little kids anyway to gauge their reaction ...
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All Fish Go to Heaven, Right? (PHOTO)

posted by Kate Gosselin April 25 at 12:31 PM in Big Kid

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Recently, I wrote about the joy that our family pets add to our lives, how they teach my kids responsibility and love us all unconditionally. Today, I'm sad to report, we have experienced a first in our family: the death of one of our pets. Our favorite fish friend, Fabio, who we all loved as much as you can love a fish, passed away, from natural causes ... (?)
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