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Wow…what a morning and night. Phones ringing off hook. Crazy…Sorry I am late..will start watching over soon. Love jill
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Posted: April 15th, 2009 jill z71 Comments »
Wow…what a morning and night. Phones ringing off hook. Crazy…Sorry I am late..will start watching over soon. Love jill
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April 15th, 2009 at 11:34 am
Jill-
My best friend and I love you on the show and we were wondering: How did you and Bobby meet?
April 15th, 2009 at 11:38 am
First..Hugs to you! You probably need it after the site crashing and everyone ragging on you about your birthday ect. I am by no means in your league, but I too love all things girly on my birthday…jewelry, perfumed ect. My Hubby taught me to be honest about the gifts we exchange…if we really don’t like it we tell each other. I felt like I was watching The Team Jill show, I was pleasantly surprised they showed alot of you and Bobby. I won’t even respond to Mario and some of the other people, as my Mom told me if you can’t say something nice:)! Take care!
April 15th, 2009 at 11:47 am
Hurry up Jill, I have read everyones but yours and LuAnn’s…Yours is always the best and really the only one I wanted to read. I really wanted you to live blog on it but you didn’t which i am so sad about.
April 15th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
Hi Jill,
Just wanted to let you know that I enjoy RHONY so much. You and Bethenny are a hoot!
My husband was watching TV in the same room when one of the first ads for RHONY came on last year. It shows you saying something like “I run with a fabulous group of people.” He said (disgustingly) she’s probably a bitch and I couldn’t listen to that voice. I kind of thought the same thing, I’m sorry to admit.
After watching you in just one episode, I really learned a lot about you, your personality and your big heart. Accents don’t make the person anyway, I should know. I have a southern accent, and I’m not a dumb hillybilly. In fact, a lifetime ago I was a shiksa!
So anyway, my husband and I both are fans of the show. All the best to you and Bobby in today’s tough economy.
April 15th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
I do not chat online ever… but I think you are a great person and
you inspire me. I am a wife, mother of three and my husband
and I own our own Ag staffing business in California. I am
supposed to be working right now oh well when you sleep with the
boss there’s benefits …….. sometimes I have just started to
do some charity work. I have been working with Maria Shrivers’
office(the first lady of California and Arnold’s wife) to speak
to our community about giving back and doing charity work. Her
mom was founder of Community of caring and I have done alot with
my kids’ schools. I would love for you to help me with my charities
even by giving me some great advice and I respect your opinion.
thanks you for your time and I hope you will respond back
thanks again
Donna M Peters
donnafamily@aol.com
April 15th, 2009 at 12:56 pm
Hi Jill,
I love you on the show. You are the reason I continue to watch because you are most real of all them. You handled yourself so well with Mario and I wanted to punch him out for not only being rude but for getting into your personal space he kept saying you are out of control, you wasn’t even saying anything, he is an ego maniac. Being a mom is a full time job, even when our child/children are older. I have 5 children and 2 grandchildren, and I own my own business too. It’s a lot to handle. Let alone being a wife. I was offended when Mario and his wife…. what’s her name said you only shop and eat!!!! Thanks for at least sharing your wealth with the less fortunate and your time. I give props to Bethany too. She is my second favorite, just because you two are REAL. No pretending… what you see is what you get, you can like it or lump it. I like that. I know it IS a show but you guys are still human and have to feel hurt by things people say. Thanks for just being you.
April 15th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
Jill:
You are a true inspiration! After graduating from law school in 2001, I went through a sad divorce. It was like a part of me had died. So, I buried myself with work … not too hard in my profession … and gained 67 pounds.
Watching you, your family, and Bethenny on “The Real Housewives of NY” reminded me of the vibrant person I once was. You totally inspire me …. it’s been 2 months since I started my diet and I’ve lost 17 pounds … and still going.
I record the show every Tuesday and when I feel the urge to eat a cookie or two or three …. I turn you on …. and am immediately inspired to stay on track, look fabulous, and be the best that I can be at all times.
You and your family (including the dog) are FABULOUS! God Bless!
M. Sonia Gross
April 15th, 2009 at 2:10 pm
Hell Jill! Really enjoyed last night…..thought Ramona had gone off the deep end (as usual)….she truly is threatened by you/Bethany….
Love the colors of your apartment…..Look forward to next week….
Joanne
April 15th, 2009 at 2:19 pm
Sorry Jill…..typo…shoul be Hello!
Joanne
April 15th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
hi jill,
i really think you look great. your skin is flawless. what is your secret to having such nice skin. You should be the one to have a skincare line. not ramona
anyway stay real like you are. you totally come across real.
sandi
April 15th, 2009 at 3:13 pm
Jill, love what you are trying to do, but please bear in mind that not all of the little people out here that really enjoy watching you, and all the gang have all of the fancy updates on their computer. I can’t down load flash with out doing a major upgrade, which isn’t currently possible, some of us also don’t have audie, and reading is just super. Was as shocked as youm were about kelly and friend having a pillow fight at Zarin’s, shows what level of class she has. Trust Ally is dong well, and your Bobby is fanstastic. love fran
April 15th, 2009 at 3:20 pm
Hello Jill! I am a huge Canadian Fan-
My Mother will be in New York on holidays next month and Im begging her to get me a Team Jill shirt
where can I tell her to get one?
Have a great day, Sue
April 15th, 2009 at 3:37 pm
Hello Jill. I love your watch!! Its the round face,with diamonds. Looks like a chronograph with a Stainless band and black down the middle. I would love to know the name brand and where I could get one. Thanks Kim
April 15th, 2009 at 3:54 pm
C’mon Jill you said you were writing your blog hours ago and I checked back in just to see if you had finished it and still NO.
April 15th, 2009 at 4:09 pm
Jill,
You and Bethanny make the show. You two are the only real ones. Lueann thinks she is better than everyone, Ramona is just plan weird, Alex & Simon are just plan ridiculous!!! Why does Simon get one on one interviews on the show. Instead of getting Kellie as the new housewife, they should just make Simon a housewife. (Yeah right, thank God they did not) My point, I watch the show for you & Bethanny. Everyone else are RIDICULOUS!!! What is the point of Kellie on the show??? We already have a crazy housewife in Ramona.
April 15th, 2009 at 5:41 pm
Jill: Is everyone tuning into the BRAVO TV AWARDS SHOW tonight? Can hardly wait to see all the Housewives on the fashion show, cat walk style!
All of us Jill & Bethenny fans should start a nation wide fan club! How about that?
April 15th, 2009 at 5:54 pm
HI Jill, you’re great, Just wondering if anyone ever asks you if you are related to Joy Behar? Love the show,
All my best..
April 15th, 2009 at 5:57 pm
Hi Jill!
I adore you! Are you going to be putting any of the “old” apt stuff on Ebay or has it been too long and already all gone?
just curious! Thought it might be fun!
April 15th, 2009 at 6:11 pm
Hi Jill,
Love you and Bethanny on the show. Your personality and gift of gab are to die for. My son is an attorney in New York. When I visit him again in NY, I am definately going to shop at Zarin Fabrics. It would be fabuluous to see you and Bobby there.
April 15th, 2009 at 6:14 pm
Jill, I will definitely have to agree with Katy. I LOVE YOU MY DEAR everything about you. From a girl with the same size curves up top, that hand bag would pay off all my debt and I wouldn’t be filing bankruptcy right now. I do not criticize the fact that you earned what you spend, I think it’s fantastic, just jealous as all get out!
I sat back and thought about things, and honestly with love and from that heart if I had an extra $100 I would be able to take my 8yr old and 3 yr old to Chucky Cheese, to the movies and have something left over to get them a gift if their chores were done. Must be envy! Because I would be in a different place tomorrow if I could drop 16k on my debt. Job market is rough right now out here in Cedar Rapids Ia. And I seem to be interviewing constantly just not landing a flipping job! ERG!
Can’t wait to see you all next week!
Much love Jill- I loved that you took SIMON by the way
April 15th, 2009 at 8:05 pm
Jill,
I have to say if I had to choose 1 of the housewives to be my friend,I would choose you. I really enjoy watching the show and sometimes the things that come out of the housewives mouths make me very uncomfortable/embarassed. I am not sure exactly how to explain it but I am sure it has to do with the way I was raised. I do have to agree with you about Kelly’s girls versus Alex’s boys as different as night and day. As for your purse purchase, I say if you can afford it and it makes you happy buy it. I love looking at all the fashions and expensive items that the show let’s us see. Something I may not ever get to experience personally. It is kind of an escape into a fantasy world once a week.
Thanks,
Penny from Texas
April 15th, 2009 at 8:14 pm
Jill, you are hysterical. Ramona, Alex and Kelly are so awkward they just flat out make me uncomfortable to watch, I usually mute the tv when they are on, and LuAnn is nice enough but seems to be a little out of touch with reality sometimes. You and Bethenny are the reason I watch. I love your wit, your up-front attitudes, and the fact that you are willing to ackowledge your own faults on tv. It’s clear that you are both genuine, caring, funny, real people and I get such a kick out of every minute you are on the screen. You girls remind me of me and my girlfriends, and if I ever bumped into you in NYC, I would take you right to the nearest Starbucks and buy you a cup of coffee. Take care!
April 15th, 2009 at 8:21 pm
I love you!! I watch the show for you and Bethenny! And congrats on the magazine cover, good for you!!
April 15th, 2009 at 8:42 pm
Jill,
You crack me up. I hope to see more of you all next season. When do you start filming again?
April 15th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
Hi Jill, I live in Boston and want to redo my farm house over, mostly curtains! Do you deliver and if so can I send pics of my windows and rooms I love your fabulous selection of fabric. I am not to sure of colors? My house is 300 years old but all gutted and redone I live near the cape about 10 min from Plymouth Mass Very much a horse town I would need something country but just really wanted to know if you delivered out here. Alright enough of my rambeling Love the show Cheryl :0)
April 15th, 2009 at 9:40 pm
Hi Jill! Let me make it short and sweet.. you are one class act! Love watching you, your always dressed to kill and totally a riot. Ramona is so jealous of you she looks green.. maybe she needs some more of her cream? Be well!
April 15th, 2009 at 10:46 pm
I just want to say thanks for you and Bethenny for being real. Your friendship you both share is obviously genuine, she is a trooper who as they say has your back. She is a gorgeous young talented woman and love has to be around the corner for her. For you, well like others have said your beauty is flawless, your relationship with your husband is great to watch and inspiriing, but your daughter and I am a mom of 2 and a young grandma I shutter to say those words lol but anyway my point is she as you know is a beauty and very well poised young lady. Your doing a great job raising her and I pray her health only can improve over time, it is so sad to know or see a child in pain and not only do you handle it for the viewers quite well but she does as well. She should be a poster child and the charities I hope are pouring in. Being a struggling family I can only send my prayers for her but I sure hope a cure comes along or at least some type of relief. God Bless you and yours and get momma on a little more she is great with her no nonsense approach. Have fun with the show and hope to see more of you and Bethenny.
April 15th, 2009 at 11:02 pm
Jill,
I have never written on anyones blog before, but I felt inspired to write on yours and to let you how much I enjoy watching you on the show. I know you hear it all the time, but you and Bethanny crack me up! Because of you two, it’s the best out of all the Housewives shows.
April 15th, 2009 at 11:24 pm
Yes! Please email us at info@zarinfabrics.com
April 16th, 2009 at 1:00 am
Dear Jill,
I love you and B on the show, I was sad to see a preview in which you and her have a disagreement. Please say this isn’t so, I truly think that watching the two of you makes everything better. I think she is really sincere and always sticks up for you (not that you need her to). I loved to see a clip of Ally with B I think she is a great influence for her also. Please don’t ever loose B she is a great addition to you it’s like you are family, only the two of you seem to really share that bond.
April 16th, 2009 at 1:13 am
Hi Jill
You are a terrific! Love your outlook and spirit! I wish I had a mom like you to show me when to be soft and when to be tough.
Not only are you fantastic on the inside but outside! Wow Girl!
Can you share your secret on what you have been doing with your skin (neck and face)? It looks tighter, smoother and plumper. Fabulous!
I am taking a trip to NYC this Fall and want to know where I should book appointments
p.s. what are your top 10 dating tips!
April 16th, 2009 at 6:43 am
Hi Jill,
Missed you for the A-List Awards, where were you? You and Bethenny are my favorite and was sorry you were not there. Thanks for a great show.
April 16th, 2009 at 7:40 am
Hi Jill I think Mario has a thing for u…Ha and its so obvious u could care less .. I got my husband hooked on the show as well..ps the Jersy wives look like a bunch of wackos..
April 16th, 2009 at 7:49 am
hi Jill-I sat thru the A-List awards and didn’t see you. What gives? You are a great lady and make the show fun to watch! thank you! barb from mn
April 16th, 2009 at 8:35 am
Jill,
It’s so obvious Merry O” and Romeana are jealous of you and Bobby! You guys are so sweet as is Ally and your Mother! Try not to stoop down to the Singers, they’re really not worth it. Keep taking the high road and keep being Real!
We Adore You!
April 16th, 2009 at 9:06 am
Jill you rock!! Don’t ever apologize for who you are. You are honest and I love how you handle all the housewives and househusbands. You earned the right to have the car you want and don’t need to apologize for your reaction. I think it was exactly how I would have reacted if something wasn’t how I wanted it. The P.O.P coffee tables are yucky!!
On one eposiode you talked of having your lips done.. don’t you look amazing. You have true natural beauty don’t mess with it.
You and Bethanny together are a hoot!! You two seem to be true friends and are each others best cheerleaders. You relationship seems honest.
I love the show and can’t wait to see what write on your blog next week.
April 16th, 2009 at 9:23 am
Jill,
Keep taking the high road. Your sincerity shines through all. I think Mario is just upset that you and Bethanny are the fan faves and Ramona was not well liked last season. He is INSANE. . .just look at the physical gestures and facial expressions (reminds me of a guy I dated who did speed).
And Bobby is the classiest guy on the show, with one reason being he ISN’T on it much! Guess Bobby is secure a man enough to NOT need to have his 15 minutes like Mario and Simon. . .
Smile and don’t let the ‘others’ get you down!
JMac
April 16th, 2009 at 9:35 am
Jill-
Love the show and you and B are my favorites. Missed you on the runway on Bravo’s A-List awards. You girls are my favorite housewives on Bravo. What color did you use on the wall in Ally’s room? Saw it in tradionalhomes website.
April 16th, 2009 at 9:58 am
Jill, I totally agree with Lynne who posted that mario and ramona are jealous. May I add I think they are INSANELY jealous. I absolutely love this show because it is like a chess game with real people as the players. You are clearly the most intelligent and powerful player of them all and a superb strategist. Ramona is clumsy at the game and when I think how she acted in the first season where she tried to isolate you from the activity I have to laugh. She just doesn’t know who she is dealing with. She also thought she could get Lu Ann to team up with her and then pathetically pimped herself out again with Kelly, all to no avail. Masturio hates Simon because Simon gets more attention and his constant harping makes him look homophobic if not latently homosexual himself. Some of Mario’s gestures are quite in sync with his feminine side IMO. His attempts to humiliate people make him look like a spoiled brat lashing out because he can’t get what he wants. Of course he can’t, he doesn’t call the shots. You do! I love it!!!!!
April 16th, 2009 at 11:21 am
Jill,
My sisters and I love you and Bethenny!!!
Sending the love from Texas,
April 16th, 2009 at 11:51 am
Ms Jill;
The purse – not sure how much crap your taking over that but as I watched the show I got a mental image of what your Bravo Blog was going to be full of… If it gets to be too much and your done with the bag throw it on ebay and donate the proceeds – Good causes promote pats not smacks… just a thought.
I am looking forward to the reunion show!
April 16th, 2009 at 11:54 am
Dear Jill,
To me, one of your funniest deals was when you went to “surf” w/the other gals and wore a Rhoda Morganstern MuMu, hat, Jackie O sunglasses…complaining all the while that you are so fat. It couldn’t be further from the truth! Compared to all 4 housewives shows, you and your NYC gals have the best (natural) bodies, hands down. I do adore your being so humble, though. I was SO happy for you when you fit into that size 0!
I agree with some of the other viewers that Mario (Mary-O, in ‘Jill-speak) maybe has a sexual thang for ya’. You are so pretty and your personality rocks…who can blame him?
You have done a great job, it appears, on your daughter, too. So polite. Happy Mother’s Day!
Love ya’, Tam
p.s. I get why you take the high road…but Kelly is the biggest mess I have ever seen. Worse than Simon, even. I hope to see you check her soon.
p.s.s. I am a (natural) red-head and you give us a good name.
April 16th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
Jill,
I love watching you on RHNYC. Ramona and Kelly I could do without! Luckily with Tivo and DVR I can fast forward through them.
Gretchen
April 16th, 2009 at 1:30 pm
No need to stoop to their level, everyone can see the truth about
Mo-meana (Moron+Rameana)! Don’t even waste your time-you’re better than that. Love watching you on the show-
April 16th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
My husband wants me to quit watching the show. I told him I can’t. I’m addicted. While we were purchasing cookies from a girl scout I told him “You are wasting your money, darling. The Baroness of Bellflower does not eat cookies from a box.” I think he had a mini stroke. He can’t stand LuAnn or Ramona. The Clueless and Ramoutha he calls them. We’ve compromised. We set the DVR to record the show and then if he is home, I only watch the parts where you and/or Bethenny are present. I catch up online. Shhhhhh
April 16th, 2009 at 9:02 pm
Jill,
Love the show…you and Bethenny are my favorites. You both are so real and being from NYC, I can relate to your “accent.” When you said “Put a brar on” and Bethenny joked about it, I thought OMG, how else would you say it? Kind of like saying cawfee, wawdah…just can’t say it any other way when you’re from NY.
Anyway, the main reason I’m posting is regarding your daughter. The moment that I heard she had arthritis, I immediately thought Lyme Disease. Ticks carrying Lyme Disease and co-infections are rampant on eastern LI. Our family is out on the north fork at various times during the summer, and also occasionally on the south fork. Our immediate and extended family members on LI and Westchester County have been diagnosed with Lyme, Babesia, Erlichia and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever.
My older daughter (about same age as yours) has been very sick with Lyme for over 2 years. Thankfully, she is getting better with proper treatment, but it has been a long road. Please, please get your daughter evaluated for Lyme. You are a good mom and I am sure you’ve already been to “the best” and had her tested up the ying-yang, but please know that the average ID doc knows next to nothing about Lyme, eventhough s/he might be from NY Hospital, Columbia, NYU etc. Please seek out a lyme-literate doctor (LLMD). This disease has unfortunately become politicized. Check out lymenet.org and read “Cure Unknown” by Pamela Weintraub. You can also see trailers from the movie “Under Our Skin” by googling. BTW, I have no affiliation with any of these, but they’ve been good sources of information for me in my quest to get my daughter well.
I also noticed that Ramona’s daughter has some sort of arthritis, so I’d give the same advice to her as well. And, I actually cringed when I saw Alex’s boys running through the grass in the yard of the house they rented in the Hamptons.
Oh, and Kelly’s comment of “how cute” when she heard about your daughter’s arthritis was way out of line. A dress is cute. A little girl is cute. Illnesses are not cute. I give you a lot of credit for keeping your cool. I don’t think I would have been able to do that. Thank God for Bethenny! I loved how she called Kelly to the carpet on this. And, Bethenny is right…you either come from a place of “yes” or a place of “no.” Kelly clearly is self-involved and seems to come from a place of “yes” only when it involves herself. She needs to get out of model-mode and step into reality.
I had to give my email address to post this, so if you have access to it and would like to email me for more info, I’d be happy to give you links to various websites and names of docs in the tri-state area that you might want to consult with.
Hope your daughter is feeling well…that’s really all that counts.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:59 pm
JILL, YOU ARE THE ONLY REAL HOUSEWIFE OF NYC.
THE REST ARE PHONY. ESPECIALLY KELLY AND RAMONA.
LOVE YOUR STYLE AND YOUR HONESTY. YOU HAVE REAL CLASS.
LOVE AND BEST WISHES TO YOUR FAMILY
BARBARA
April 17th, 2009 at 12:16 am
Jill,
You and Bethenny are my favorites. I really enjoy watching both of you because you are real. You both have so much class and carry yourselves as such. I can’t wait for my Team Jill shirt to come in!
April 17th, 2009 at 10:47 am
Jill. There is not a handbag in the world worth 16,000 dollars. Nowhere. No way. The only woman’s accessory that would come close to that in price would be worn on neck, ears, wrists, or fingers, and that would be diamonds. I sincerely hope you did not buy that bag.
You are my favorite character on this addictive show….even though our lifestyles have absolutely nothing in common!
April 17th, 2009 at 12:05 pm
Jill,
I think you’re great on RHNY! Looking forward to what comes next.
April 17th, 2009 at 1:50 pm
Hi Jill ~
It is a strange phenomenom….never logged onto a celeb website, let alone send an actual message. But, couldn’t let another week go by without saying that you and Bethany are the only real women on the show. You guys completely crack me up and remind me of hanging out with my best friend. My 17 year old daughter and I are completely hooked and make sure we find the time in our schedules to watch it together – its our guilty little pleasure. Thank GOD for DVR so that we can fast forward through the painful and difficult moments to watch with some of your ridiculous castmates (we all know who they are – they know who they are too). (Truthfully, we always rewind and watch while cringing and talking to the tv – begging some of the others to “get a grip”, “grow up”, “give me a break” or “shut the heck up”!!) Very entertaining and fun to watch. And very reminiscent of a few attitudes, behaviors and way out of wack pretensiousness and posturing of some very similar housewives in my social circle and very scaled down version of your life. Living in the heart of the wine country in northern california, the cattiness is alive and well and just as I do with your show, I just smile and watch in awe as some folks rise to the top and actually do have class, and others, well….you know the rest. YOU, my friend are the kind of woman other women aspire to be. Bethany has good taste in friends. Go team Jill ~
April 17th, 2009 at 2:25 pm
Hi Jill:
I saw that you worked at Filene’s in Boston as an assistant buyer at one time. Can you tell me when that was? My mother worked there for over twenty years and I wondered if you might have known her – she may have there been before your time. She worked in the “Gift Gallery.”
April 17th, 2009 at 3:29 pm
Jill, I LUV YOU! You and Bethenny are my favorites on the show. Ramona and her husband are just really mean, spiteful and jealous. They truly deserve one another! When Mario was going off and waving his hands in the air telling you to go home and play with your toys? He simply looked like the biggest idiot alive – - and I feel very sorry for his daughter, who most certainly watches the show. I loved the way Bobby came up to you and quietly asked if he needed to get involved. Now that is a MAN! Note to Mario – - take a hint! I also think your daughter Ally is a real doll, inside and out. When Ramona mentioned that her daughter was going through some stuff at the meeting for your charity, Ally said she would be glad to talk to her if she needed someone to talk to. What a sweet girl! I wish the best for you and your family and I can’t wait to see more of you on the show!
April 17th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
Hi Jill, I adore you. You are the most classy of the group. You have it all. I wanted to ask you one thing (although I do not believe you would email me) but I just wanted to know, during your fight with Ramona’s husband your husband Bobbie was standing right there and hearing every evil thing this idiot was saying to you, did he respond to this and it was edited out? I cannot believe that Bobbie would stand for this type of behavior towards his wife from anyone. You handled yourself like a lady, I would have punched him in his face and thrown his wife in the pool if there was one. I do not like Ramona or her husband nor do I like Kelly-She is not a housewive and even though I like Bethanny she is also not a housewife. Kelly is a narcistic jerk and a coward. Why did they put this ugly woman on the show? She’s boring as hell.
No Team Ramona or Kelly here!!!!!!! p.s. your daughter is beautiful.
April 17th, 2009 at 6:14 pm
Hi Jill,
I love your show and especially love to see your sweet daughter active and well. My daughter was diagnosed with JRA at the age of 18 months. She is now 25!
I am always excited to hear you talk about arthritis on the show, and to see you active with it’s charity. When my daughter Michelle was diagnosed there wasn’t much help for the little ones, it has been a long, tearful and painful journey for her.
Michelle (my daughter) is still fighting her battle and I keep praying for a cure for this deforming, painful disease that effects so many children.
God Bless you Jill for all your effort…
Sincerely,
Denise Mancini
April 17th, 2009 at 7:10 pm
I just to wanted to say, that I think you’re wonderful! I’m a school teacher from a small town in Oklahoma, but even out in the sticks- YOU’RE amazing. I’ll really miss you until next season. Best of luck in the future.
April 17th, 2009 at 7:40 pm
Jill, you are the reason I watch the show. I love the Home Decor Furniture Fashion Industry. You have incredible taste and style. Congrats on getting your Apt featured in Traditional Home. Of course you that I have to get additional copies to share with my friends. Nothing but the best to you and your family. Go Jill Team~
April 18th, 2009 at 4:54 am
HI JILL ALL WANTED TO TELL U AGAIN IS THAT YOU THE ONLY REASON I WATCH THE SHOW AND HOPE TO SE YOUR DAUGTHER MORE IN THE EPISODES,AND PLEASE GET “KELLY” OF THE SHOW SHE THINKS SHE IS SO BEAUTIFUL AND BETHANY IS RIGHT, SHE IS ALL ABOUT MEETING PEOPLE THAT CAN HELP HER TO GET MORE FAMOUS AND WHAT THE HELL SHE THINKS SHE IS DATING THAT GUY THAT COULD BE HER SON,SHE IS UGLY AND EVERYTIME I SEE HER IN THE SHOW I PUT MY TV ON “MUTE”..IM TEAM JILL AND BETHANY!!!!!!
April 18th, 2009 at 5:03 am
JILL I’M SORRY TO WRITE SO MUCH BUT I WANTED TO SHOW YOU A PICTURE OF MY DAUTHER THAT SHE SAYS SHE WANTS TO BE LIKE YOU WHEN SHE GROWS UP, AND HOPE TO GOD SHE WOULD YOU’RE AMAZING.THANK YOU FOR BEEN SO HONEST AND HAVING I GOOD HEART AND YOUR DAUTHER IS LIKE YOU SHE IS DEFENTILY A GOOD EGG!! O.M.G. I HOPE I CAN PASTE HE PICTURE IM NEW ON THIS COMPUTER,BUT IF NOT HER NAME IS MELANIE AND IF YOU CAN SEND ME YOU EMAIL I KNOW I CAN DO IT LIKE A EMAIL I DO IT ALL THE TIME TO MY FAMILY BUT I WILL TRY RIGHT NOW ,,GO TEAM JILL !!!!!!
April 18th, 2009 at 7:57 am
Hi Jill- I loved last season because of yours & Bethanys’ FAB-u-LOUS senses of humor, your friendship, some of the fun dinners and other outings where we as viewers got to “join in”. So, I was so glad to see you comment on the “promotion” aspect of this season. I said to a co-worker yesterday that I feel like I am watching a season of infomercials this year. I know you make yourself heard- so make sure they know we love you gals, but the infomercials gotta go! All of your products & gifts will sell themselves thru the natural promotion of watching your lives! I did love getting a glimpse of Zarin Fabrics – the best was the Ally phone-operator scene- hysterical!!- but we need more hanging out with the gals time! Also, as far as Mario’s comment about you not working- gimme a break! Store owner’s (especially an interior design center), are mentally working 24 hours a day. Owners are tied to their businesses, even on days that the store is closed because of possible fire, theft, design installs gone wrong or simply the huge mental weight of being a business owner. I had a very wise boss at one point who told me not to worry about the amount of time I put into my business, but to be work “smarter” than my competition. To do all that you do, I’d say you already know how to work smarter!
April 18th, 2009 at 10:45 am
Jill have you seen this video? I think they are definitely on Team Jill and Team Bethenny! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOqJf03xqPc
April 18th, 2009 at 4:46 pm
Hey Jill
I have just about turned everyone on to the Real Housewives of New York, yea even my brother. I truly think you and Bethenny are the real deal. I enjoy watching you on Tuesday nights (it gives me a break from my books)Yes, I am over 40 and going back to school to get my B.S. in nursing. Your mother is a breathe of fresh air and bravo should pay her for being on the show as much as they can! And please tell Bobby to let you be who you are and because that who he fell in love with. We love you just the way you are because you are smart, funny and tell it just the way it is. Don’t get me wrong I like all of you women but Romana is a little out there. And poor Alex can’t get a break.
April 18th, 2009 at 5:39 pm
Jill,
You and Bethenny share a wonderful friendship, and you also have great relationships with both your mother and daughter.
I wanted to mention something to you, about your daughter’s arthritis.
As a Long Islander who has Lyme disease, I can tell you that I’ve been diagnosed with arthritis, fibromyalgia, Epstein-Barre, etc.
If your daughter hasn’t been tested for Lyme, please, go to a Lyme Literate doctor and have her tested.
If her tests are negative, see about possibley having a spinal tap done, as this will reveal if Lyme is in fact, in her spinal fluid.
Lyme disease hides VERY well, and as we with Lyme know, it DOES lead to Lyme-Arthritis, as well as so many other illnesses.
Have a good doctor check for the many co-infections, not just from the deer tick, but also from the Lone Star tick, as that tick has made it’s way to Long Island, and is an aggressive Tick, in that, it will not wait on the grass for a person to brush against it, but rather, a person can be sitting down or standing in a park, and this tick will come to that person from as far as 40 feet away.
Sorry this is so long, I just want to get this word out to you, so that if you haven’t already explored this area of Lyme for your daughter, you can make provisions to do so.
Best wishes.
Roca
April 19th, 2009 at 4:29 pm
Hey Jill, I just love you. You seem to love your husband so much and I love that. I am in a really difficult marriage and when I see how much you love Bobby, it makes me think of how much better I deserve. It is harder than ever getting out. I just don’t know how to do it but want to desperately. We have two little girls that we adopted after raising our own children. The girls were in a horrible home and ended up in foster care. We knew the extended family. We stepped in to help and then long story short, they are now ours. We have had them 5 years. I don’t know why I am telling you this but I just see your love for Bobby and it makes me know that you have exactly what I want in a relationship. Count your blessings; which I know you do.
April 19th, 2009 at 6:08 pm
Jill you lost me at the $16,000 bag and the Mercedes SUV. I am a Jewish Long Island gal – and your spending habits mortify me. The whole world is on economic shutdown and you are spending all this “gelt” on crap and we could feed so many starving and displaced families. I know it’s your money, I know you claim to benefit others,but it seems all wrong to show off these ghastly expenditures. How about just keeping a lower profile? It would be more suitable and show more class, which is a very important thing to you. Your husband is obviously very taken with you – good for you, not so good for him. I have little respect for him when he fawns over you and claims to give you everything you want. When he gets older and feeble I guarantee you will have taken a hike – it would not be in keeping with your lifestyle to keep an old man around.
April 20th, 2009 at 10:34 am
Jill,
I love you guys well at least you and Bethany, Kelly is the worse and what a fake!!
But I have to tell you, I am very upset, I am 54 have a Masters degree and have not been able to find a job for almost 2 years, I went back to school for another Masters degree and so I could use my student loan to pay my rent, but now I am close to being homeless, and then I see you buy a bag for $16,000 and complain about your new car because it won’t fit your phone. Do you have any idea how that makes someone like myself feel? I could pay my rent and buy food for a year with the cost of that bag. I am a hard worker and am very proud of myself for earning a Masters degree but dang I can’t even find a job at Walmart or McDonalds at this point. I am just sick inside
Sorry
Susie
April 20th, 2009 at 3:42 pm
Hi Jill,
Love you on the show!! A first I didn’t love your apartment redo but it’s growing on me. The fabrics look so stunning! I love the colors.
Can you tell me where if possible I can get your blue floral dress (Vera Wang) that you wore in the magazine spread? I have scoured the internet. I will buy it from you – I have wedding to go to in July at the UN building and think it is just stunning.
You & Bethanny are fun to watch and I’m glad Bobby spoils you. I have a wonderful handsome hubby too.
We love you in Florida!
April 20th, 2009 at 10:37 pm
Jill, you are lovely. I don’t know why people come here and then make critical comments. Hey, it’s life people. Some have. Some don’t. Some have more than others, etc. etc.
Enjoy your life. I’ve had, not had, had again and now I’m in a not having cycle! (We lost everything in the stock market and in real estate in less than 12 months).
Listen, nobody has a perfect life, right Jill? Just because we don’t know or see your imperfections or the problems in your life doesn’t mean they don’t exist. I’m shocked at the jealousy and envy people express here. MOVE ON PEOPLE! If it makes you unhappy to watch or talk about, MOVE ON.
Jill, you have a sweet daughter and a wonderful husband. I lived in Malibu for years as a “trophy” wife. I had just about anything you could imagine including a Jag, a house in N. Miami Beach at Turnberry, a home in Jamaica, a home in Malibu, I traveled, ate dinner at the finest restaurants, etc. and you know what? I was MISERABLE! Now, I don’t have the material things and do I miss them? Uh, hell YES! I’m not crazy! But would I trade my life now, or go back to that life? NO Way!
April 21st, 2009 at 3:45 pm
Jill, You and Bethenny are fantastic! You bring so much to the show. As far as Mario and his blog on Bravo, I think he needs to be put on some meds! I agree with others he has a crush on you!
I can’t wait for the reunion show! I see Mario prancing out like Simon did last year trying to defends his judgements of everyone on the show. I love your apartment!
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May 2nd, 2009 at 9:57 pm
Dear Jill: I have to say that you are my favorite persons on the show. You show your true colors and you are such a caring wife, mother and friend. No fakeness I’ve been watching the marathon today and I too think Mario is a jerk and yes I wish you would’ve punched him out. But, that would be putting yourself down on his level. You held your composure just like a lady would and your Bobby was right by your side in case you needed him. Kudos for your wonderful husband.
The reason I am writing is I just found out I have crohns disease. As you may be aware it’s a painful and tiresome disease. Since Christmas I’ve been in the hospital 6 time. I still got to watch The Real Housewives of New York as they had the channel. The banter between you and Bethany is great. She is so smart and witty and you two make me smile. Just what my doctors want to see as I haven’t had much to smile about lately. It’s hard being in pain and I have had to quit working and the bills just keep piling up but I will get them paid some day. Jill, you are an inspiration to me. You do so much good in trying to help people and it’s a beautiful quality in you. I think that’s why I was drawn to you more so than the others. Bethenay is a very close 2nd. Kelly….Hope she’s not on next season. She’s a complete fake and I did not like the way she treated Bethenay. She’s a waste of TV time.
My one wish is that when I am doing better…is to meet you and Bethenay and sit down and just talk about what your lives are. I’ve not traveled very much and now with the diagnosis of crohn, well, It’s quite depressing. I was once very active and now I am inactive. So, hopefully one day my dream will come true and I will get the pleasure of meeting you and Bethenay. Just remember, You’re putting a smile on this sick woman’s face and for that I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Sincerely,
MaryJill Schmidt