Martha Stewart

I don't loathe Martha,just that I was very disappointed in "Living"magazine. Everyother page is an ad. One thing I do have to say is she saved me from throwing away bakeware that I thought was junk. I found out that this "very small" piece is worth $50.00. I still watch when I have a chance. Terry nothing is that perfect. She does admit that herself. What I have noticed on her show is she is having other people demonstrate their talents. All I know is that I really wouldn't mind having a kitchen like Martha's.

I agree Donna. She has become such an industry.

would anyone actually want things to actually be that perfect? All your friends would desert you, and it would be nerve-wracking to live is such a place. Imagine spilling red wine on the carpet.

I agree with the above comments. When I occasionally see Stewart on some show or other, I think "what a good idea" and then five minutes later I forget all about it. Can't say I'd want to be that domesticated, but her kitchen does look heavenly. Wonder if she actually uses it every day? ;-)

Inko: " her kitchen does look heavenly. Wonder if she actually uses it every day? ;-)" Yeah right! And Sue Ann Nivens used her real kitchen for her TV show too! ;-)

My favorite Martha Stewart moment was the first time I saw "her" calendar in the front of Living. The entry for October 10 said, "clean around the furnace". I had quite a clear picture of Martha down there in her basement in her grubbies, cleaning around the furnace. And Sue Ann Nivens used her real kitchen for her TV show too! ;-)

:I don't loathe Martha,just that I was very disappointed in "Living"magazine. Everyother page is an ad. I read from WSJ a while ago that the entire Martha Stewart enterprise is actually loosing money, including the magazine, mainly because she wants everything to be so perfect and the cost becomes really high. For example, if she needs to have a pillow picture in the magazine, other magazines will just go out find a nice fabric and make it or even a ready-made one, but Martha has to have the whole thing custom-designed and custom-made starting from the fabric. Being perfect do comes with a price. Zimei

You know that show Sunday Morning on CBS? They had a guy review Martha Stewart as if he were Martha Stewart. They showed him making a wreath out of beer cans, bubble gums wrappers, etc. while juxtaposing shots of Martha's picture perfect wreath made out of handpicked items out of her gorgeous formal garden. Is she married?

I saw that same show Terry. I think she is single at the moment,Terry.

Terry loves geeks?

Martha Stewart is a geek? I think the guy on CBS is a geek.

Single? Amazing.

terry, I know for sure that she is single at the moment. She was married at one time but got divorced. She also has one daughter. Gosh, she's not as perfect as we think she is!

] was married at one time but got divorced. She also has one daughter. Gosh, she's not as perfect as we think she is! __ And precisely what is that supposed to mean?

Janet Rossman, where are you? Janet wrote a great Martha spoof at Amy's old board...I wish she would bring herself to register at Spring! Janet! COme back!

I want this! Come back Janet! (anyone know how to get in touch with her?)

]] was married at one time but got divorced. She also has one daughter. Gosh, she's not as perfect as we think she is! __ ]And precisely what is that supposed to mean? ___ Just saying that she's not perfect! (like the rest of us)

Terry, Janet is a chat regular who is currently in Disneyworld. Unfortunately, she is still mourning the loss of Amy's old board and can't bring herself to post here...perhaps we could break the ice for her by persuading her to share her Martha-P&P parody? ;) I will e-mail her about it!

"...was married at one time but got divorced ... Gosh, she's not as perfect..." Amy - not to offend all the divorced people in the world (who are often only admitting they had better sense at 30 than at 22) but there is a delicious current of irony in the woman who has somehow become a national icon of gracious living being unable to achieve perfection in the basic unit of social living.

Has anyone else heard the stories that she is a very wild woman?

Wild in what way do you mean Terry?

Yeah, did you guys know that Martha was raised in a fraternity house? ;)

Yeah, did you guys know that Martha was raised in a fraternity house? ;) Is that like being raised by wolves?

LOL! Myrette, LOL!

]but there is a delicious current of irony in the woman who has somehow become a national icon of gracious living being unable to achieve perfection in the basic unit of social living. Thank you, Katy! I couldn't have said it better myself!

]gracious living The 'a place for every cushion and every cushion in it's place' effect would probably be easier to achieve living alone; it's not got much to do with real life after all.

Recreation: Home and Garden: Martha Stewart: Parodies

Right on, Myretta! Very much like the wolf thing, I'm sure - but obviously much more strict an upbringing...otherwise, how would she have so completely and successfully rebelled? ;)

One just can't help but wonder if maybe, just maybe, she drove her husband away? I mean, perhaps all those four A.M. wake up calls and re-modeling the interior of the birdhouse pushed him over the edge. Oh, and did anyone see her reciepe(?) fof wrapping paper? Gingerbread. So, do you open the gift one bite at a time with a nice white?

' ... re-modeling the interior of the birdhouse ... " PERFECT - MAD MAGAZINE DOES MARTHA STEWART!

Thanks, now I know the one place that I can get a job! ;)

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