The Chateau Diaries #172 Chateau de LieLande: The Deception runs Deep at the Dump.

[ComtesseRose]

Congratulations to the newest VIP @graciemckitten for naming the thread, an honourable mention to all who aided for the final version of the title.

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Jules100
VIP Member
Monday at 3:31 PM

• #73

I’ve also started 2 new travel channels and an art history channel and 3 new cooking channels and a channel dedicated to renaissance toilets and one where I just talk about starting new channels.

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Clara Burnett
VIP Member
Tuesday at 4:22 PM

• #404

I would just like to drop yet another hint of what's about to come to light if all goes as expected and remind the Snorting Cameltoe that the age of consent in Holland is still sixteen. That message might not mean a whole lot to everybody else, I'm counting on it resonating with him personally though. Sorry Fill-Up, your days of acting in the dark are over....

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Clara Burnett
VIP Member
Tuesday at 8:50 AM

• #357

Some kindly meant words of advice for the charlataine, who by now should frantically be preparing for her patron open days:

• Ask your “boyfriend” about his past indiscretions and how they might come back to not just embarrassingly bite him but you as well.
• While you are at it, teach him the value of NDA’s and how to strategically employ them, even if you don’t believe in them yourself. He might understand if you refer to his past experiences in a not so popular boyband with other not so kind boys, now willing to speak their truth about their former colleague/bedpartner.
• You might want to rethink the Nasty Nutty banishment, as you would probably be better off throwing her under the bus, which you were planning to do anyway, remember? A new episode of the Bullying Argentinian loosing control in front of some of your patrons might be just the distraction you need to keep the focus away from yourself.
• A word of warning about having your mother join in the festivities. You know it’s not going to end well, for no-one. She is going to make a complete arse of herself and even though you still think that’s hilariously funny, it really is not. Having her fat sister Chantal there with her (her own adjective, not mine) will sadly add fuel to her already burning fire.

I can’t wait! As @Jules100 likes to call it: almost done. Just a few bits and pieces to gather.

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Just Grift Wood
Chatty Member
Tuesday at 11:31 AM

• #372

Stefanie Weseau
7 hours ago
Stephanie, it's wonderful to see a real chateau that is beautifully tended and so tastefully decorated by owners who take pride in their home and invest in the legacy of the property. You could learn so much from Chris and Sonia. Imagine how lovely Chateau de la Lande could be if you stayed home and invested the hundred's of thousands of you earn annually from YT and Patron into actually renovating and restoring Chateau de la Lande. No heating, leaky pipes and rising damp - Chateau de la lande is barely fit to live in. Stop spending money on unneeded decorations, tacky brocante purchases and constant vacations. Save Chateau de la Lande.

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Jules100
VIP Member
Monday at 5:50 PM

• #126

JP in SC said:
Jules 100 - loved your video!
Curious how plans are coming along for the Southermost Chateau Patron Party. Did you get the swag bags put together? How about the Villoti gowns I sent? Have you picked out what you’ll be wearing. Spoke with Ty Warner, Beanie Baby fame and he said he’d be sending some left over Hedgehogs, just an FYI on that.

Tartlet Days, September 6, 7 & 8 in Key West, Florida. Is kind of a bust. I have about 150 tote bags / gift bags embroidered with Philip & his sideways mouth, filled with bespoke Spode tiles, pineapples, instant oatmeal packets, Dawn powerwash, magic erasers, Miller Lite $1.50 off coupons and mini hand sanitizers. Unfortunately none of you witches paid your non-refundable deposits. Maybe I’ll ship the tote bags filled with their goodies to Lalande for Patron Days. It is a similar demographic.

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Sadly @Jules100 , I don't think I'll be able to make it.. If I could I'd be wearing my navy Joy Division t-shirt and red Converse shoes.

Adding these two, as commenters seem to have become restless...




Just Grift Wood
Chatty Member
Monday at 9:16 AM

• #13

Robin Lots
7 minutes ago
When are you going to renovate LaLande as you have been promising for 2 years. You must have spent all your renovation money travelling with Philip which is all you have done for 2 years.

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KiKiGee
VIP Member
Monday at 8:21 PM

• #194

Linda V
3 minutes ago
Puts you to shame doesn't it. €33K A Month and your House is a dump. How do you justify taking peoples money to fund your lifestyle and never finish jobs you start. Take a leaf out of Billy Petherick's book, he works hard and doesnt grift like you. What have you done lately apart from put some unwashed second hand curtains up. On a positive not your toyboy isn't making stupid comments, so far.

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As always the wiki is free..
Happy Tattling.

 

[KyBourbon]

Thank you @ComtesseRose !

Congratulations to @graciemckitten , latest VIP!

 

[TorontoGWM]

How did the new thread title get chosen?

 

[LittleMore Cottage]

Congrats @graciemckitten. I will be outside the VIP lounge in the camper van, I will be wearing my pineapple hat

 

[Madame No]

Update on our world traveling FRK. She is having a lovely and refreshing time in Brighton, but the big new is she's headed to SA! Hmmm...any speculations as to why? Does this mean the yacht life is already done and dusted? Is there some connection with the Jarvis or Potter clan? Perhaps with the Pseudo Egyptoligist or the Vitolli OTT gown designer?

 

[Le Comte de Monte Cristo]

So the two SA battleaxes are going to stay the whole winter...maybe even longer....what a treat when your used to the weather in SA.... i guess they both can struggle around with wood...otherwise no heat...Why didnt they come earlier...and left before the winter...there is more going on....that car also makes no sense...its just Fannies...she just bought it for herself...btw i think those two are perfectly capable of buying a car themselves...And Bella is talking she has to do a lott of paperwork...Oh...thats also a bit strange...

Those two are not happy to come to Lalande..but they have to...for what i would like to know..are things not going well in SA?? .At least they make sure they wont do any work...if i had to struggle away with work and my daughter was lying in her bed....i would kick her lazy ass..big time..

That whole vlog only created more questions....

 

[KyBourbon]

How did the new thread title get chosen?

A tradition was started in the early CD threads…new VIPs have the honor of naming the next thread. They can make up their own thread name, or choose a name that’s nominated by another member. In the case of thread #172, @graciemckitten , as the latest VIP, named the thread.

 

[Jeeves]

A tradition was started in the early CD threads…new VIPs have the honor of naming the next thread. They can make up their own thread name, or choose a name that’s nominated by another member. In the case of thread #172, @graciemckitten , as the latest VIP, named the thread.

@TorontoGWM As above. if there isn't a new VIP, the nomination receiving the highest number of likes is selected.

 

[TorontoGWM]

A tradition was started in the early CD threads…new VIPs have the honor of naming the next thread. They can make up their own thread name, or choose a name that’s nominated by another member. In the case of thread #172, @graciemckitten , as the latest VIP, named the thread.

What is VIP status?

 

[Madame No]

So the two SA battleaxes are going to stay the whole winter...maybe even longer....what a treat when your used to the weather in SA.... i guess they both can struggle around with wood...otherwise no heat...Why didnt they come earlier...and left before the winter...there is more going on....that car also makes no sense...its just Fannies...she just bought it for herself...btw i think those two are perfectly capable of buying a car themselves...And Bella is talking she has to do a lott of paperwork...Oh...thats also a bit strange...

Those two are not happy to come to Lalande..but they have to...for what i would like to know..are things not going well in SA?? .At least they make sure they wont do any work...if i had to struggle away with work and my daughter was lying in her bed....i would kick her lazy ass..big time..

That whole vlog only created more questions....

It will be interesting to compare the before and after photos of Ma Belle from the most recent Patreon vlog to images we may see in a few months. I bet that healthy glow will be gone and the damn hair clip will be atop her head once more. Lots of frowning and scolding about overeating from the volunteers and guests. I think the dismal garden may do her in. No help from Selmar or Dan. Phyllis had better make himself scarce if he knows what's good for him. She's onto that lazy ass.

 

[Jeeves]

What is VIP status?

Reaching 1001 posts, nothing more than that. @MojoDublin was our first TL VIP.

 

[KyBourbon]

What is VIP status?

It”s explained in the Wiki (pink button at top of page)…it’s based on number of posts that you make. Right now, you are an “Active Member”

Tattle Membership Levels
New Members 1-19 posts
Members 20-99 posts
Active Members 100-249 posts ("report" button becomes available)
Well-Known Members 250-499
Chatty Members 500-1000 posts
VIP 1001 plus posts

 

[The Simple Life]

Congratulations to @graciemckitten for this title and her VIP status!
Watching the last Patreon video (thanks to our Tattler for posting it!), I had a sort of epiphany, which could be just my opinion, or could be proved true.
I don't think that SJ stroking and cuddling the old hag was just smoke and mirrors for her Patreons. I think it revealed more clearly than ever how much she fears Mummy, which is frankly ridiculous at her age. She fears what the old hag will say at seeing that the dump is in an even worst condition than when she was last there, so she's attempting to curry favor with her. "See what a good girl I am? See what a committed daughter?"
SJ is a narc all right, but the real thing, the original model is IJ. She is ruthless, pitiless, cold and calculating. She never acts on an impulse, unlike SJ. Madame Versaille is much dumber than her mother, she was unable to put coldly her fangs on a money-loaded needy man like she did. IJ will have never fallen pray of a good-for-nothing brat who only went there to take advantage. Because she is the predator. While Madame is weaker, being less steely. So she can be both a predator AND a pray.
Her daughter is but a pale replica of what she is, probably because she wants to show her that she is worthy of the love she never had from her and is still struggling to be accepted and appreciated. Which will never happen. The old hag does not like to part with her power (or her money).
Does this make SJ less of a narc? No, not at all. She is still exploiting, using, manipulating, decepting, duping, lying, but she's not smart. Her mother is, and therefore so much more dangerous. God knows what she went away with in the care home that made her and Daddy so rich.
What is your opinion?

 

[TorontoGWM]

In other words, my thread title getting chosen is less likely than the grand salon being completed!

 

[JackSpratt]

I've sailed into VIP status under the radar

 

[Jeeves]

I've sailed into VIP status under the radar

Congratulations! Get ready to name the next thread!

 

[JP in SC]

Is Stephanie now 47 years old? I think 46 last year when Dan cut the Happy 50th into the lawn?
And Snorts is how old, 26?
Will a kind Tattler please confirm ages?
Has anyone ever researched the “to the manor born” in the Netherlands where Snorts grew up? The town? Grade school, high school?
Just curious.

 

[The Simple Life]

It will be interesting to compare the before and after photos of Ma Belle from the most recent Patreon vlog to images we may see in a few months. I bet that healthy glow will be gone and the damn hair clip will be atop her head once more. Lots of frowning and scolding about overeating from the volunteers and guests. I think the dismal garden may do her in. No help from Selmar or Dan. Phyllis had better make himself scarce if he knows what's good for him. She's onto that lazy ass.

I think some philters were used. I never thought that Mummy has aged well. She's always looked dried up like a turtle, with those terrible dark circles under her deep-set eyes. She has a lot of energy, that's true, but she's much uglier than her sister.

 

[KyBourbon]

Is Stephanie now 47 years old? I think 46 last year when Dan cut the Happy 50th into the lawn?
And Snorts is how old, 26?
Will a kind Tattler please confirm ages?
Has anyone ever researched the “to the manor born” in the Netherlands where Snorts grew up? The town? Grade school, high school?
Just curious.

Stephanie was born in 1975 and Snorts was born in 1996. So, SJ is 47 years old and Snorts will be 26 in September.

What’s sad is I feel like 1996 was yesterday!

 

[TorontoGWM]

Is Stephanie now 47 years old? I think 46 last year when Dan cut the Happy 50th into the lawn?
And Snorts is how old, 26?
Will a kind Tattler please confirm ages?
Has anyone ever researched the “to the manor born” in the Netherlands where Snorts grew up? The town? Grade school, high school?
Just curious.

In the chatelaine’s case, 47 is the new 60! She’s 60…. in looks minus all the filters. She has knickers older than Fill-Up.