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Which is worse, creating cheesy posts to honor (and flatter) Worst Mama Ever or modeling ugly, bedbug-infested modest outfits for Mama's desperation boutique? It's a tough choice, Brianne, but if that was it, you probably made the right decision.

Or maybe too-eager-to-please Brianne wrote all the Best Mama birthday tributes, and Jill stuck the Rodlets' names on them and added extra emojis. These Praise Mama posts have better vocabulary, grammar, and punctuation than any of the Rods, including Jill, can produce. Kaylee's post, for example, has a correctly used semicolon. Neither Jill nor Kaylee has a clue what to do with a semicolon.

Why didn't Jill model the size 14 gray number? It would fit her with little or no pinning, and we could see how it really looks. Poor Renee getting stuck in this dreary blast from the past. At least, she isn't wearing visible modesty tights under the skirt. However, the blouse is sheer and needs a camisole, which isn't being sold with the outfit. So much for modest outfits from the Creamy Schemy boutique. Jill is cheaping out on a fifty-cent used tank top.

David's clothes are so wrinkled and dirty, I'm surprised that sticker stayed on. Jill ought to wash his clothes once in a while. It's her duty as his helpmeet.

Well, it's Jill, so you just never know. The evangelicals do seem to love the Old Testament and all the smiting that goes on.

Is this Jill's idea of a Halloween scare? Kaylee has the face of the corpse bride, and Jill looks like the village hag trying to lure some plump children into her den. I'm sure there are appropriately modest costumes for both in Jill's Ivory Creep collection. Leggings not included.

Jill would help herself to the prizes and get fired.

This "cleaning men's houses" video is just a plea to the churches for more money. Jill doesn't want a job that involves lifting; she likes to supervise while other people work. Why are the Rods suddenly so desperate? It wasn't long ago that Jill was boasting about how Plexus was the perfect supplement to their regular income. Is it possible that donations to the missionary clearinghouse have dropped off and that is reflected in the Rods' monthly checks? My understanding is that the clearing house just handles collections from churches and pays the missionaries from the donations that come in. Jill really needs to get Renee sold married to someone with a good job so there's a new source of in-law income to tap. Nathan and Jonathan are probably at their limit, and Heidi and Brianne certainly won't be of any help. Still, I fully expect Jill and David to continue to take nice vacations, eat out, and shop, even if money is tight. Nothing makes Jill happier than spending on herself.

The real abuse is having to turn to your tormentors for comfort because there's no one else.

At least the heavy shoulder pads are visible in this shot. I kept some stuff from the '80s and tried removing the pads. The garment is cut to accommodate the pads, so the shoulders just have an empty bump without them. Not good. Like Jill, Nurie seems to be having a bad hair day too. I wonder what's going on, where it's going on, and why Nurie is a part of it.

I think some of this stuff is from Goodwill or other outside sources. Jill has a dress in size XL marked as sold. No female in the Rodrigues house would need that size, even when pregnant. Frankly, she'd do better selling a variety of sizes. The grandmothers in her circle might be in a better position to send her money than would an underfed young mother trying to manage a home and ten kids on a lazy husband's salary.

Why is Nurie's hair covering the front of the dress? I guess it's for the same reason that Jill had the camera set on her face and mop of hair instead of on the outfit when she was doing her sexy runway walk for that print skirt and brown sequined top number. Jill doesn't realize that modeling isn't about the model; it's about the item being shown. Narcissism just gets in the way of everything.

That must be her official old-fashion [sic] country girl outfit. It's in the costume section of her closet along with Plexus-pushing Nashville cowgirl, modest-denim drainage-ditch diver, and silver-coated mother of the graduate. If she priced her Etsy stuff properly, she might have Halloween business. The silver schmatta has excellent costume potential.

That sequined top she's wearing is very thin. I can see the waistband of the skirt. I'm praying that there is a cotton t-shirt blouse under that top; otherwise, I have no choice but to be seriously defrauded. In the back photo, is a loose thread sticking out on the left sleeve? I hope not, at her prices.

Considering that Jill seems to be awake at all hours, her time in bed is short and spent with the Hunk. However, bedhead hair was a popular '90s style, and we know Jill still lives in that decade, so she may be going for that look. Whatever she's doing, and it probably involves cheap extensions, the mop is growing by the photo.

What's Jill's return policy? I hope she finds out she needs one.

Phillip is in West Virginia now? I wonder if he's with Jill's parents or sister Amy. Where are his relatives on David's side? He's been in Oklahoma and Ohio that we know of. Is he just moving from place to place randomly? I hope he's OK.

Those "dresses" are possibly homemade, although not by the Rodrigueses. They don't sew at that level. Somebody Jill knows might have made them, but I doubt that too. Other than the collar, the work looks pretty sloppy. Every good home sewer knows that pressing is part of the sewing process. Those hems don't look as if they've ever been near an iron. My bet would be those dresses came from a sweatshop on the other side of the world. The irony that Jill, the queen of no taste, is selling clothing makes my mouth drop open. It's like my trying to sell nuclear reactors.

I wondered what had happened to Jill's plastic cowgirl boots and her white, high heel clogs. Renee is wearing them to model those strange coat dresses.

I wondered why one or two people on the ground didn't hold the ladder to help stabilize it. They all just sat there and watched. I suppose when the producers realized the the climb could be made easier and faster, they came up with a rule.

Jill is still furious at Tim, Heidi, and Phillip for slipping out from under her control. What's worse is that it all played out in public. Her most important possessions, her children, have betrayed her, crushed her, by choosing to live their own lives. She thinks a new puppy will fix everything. Not a chance. It won't be long before Jill is off trying to soothe herself by buying more clothes, taking more vacations, and posting more rants. That poor little dog is just another victim in the dysfunctional mess that is the family Rodrigues.

Why is Jill spending money to buy another dog from a pet shop or from anywhere else for that matter? She can't afford to replace the van or her defunct tablet needed for their singing tours. She can't seem to feed her children. Can she afford to feed the dogs? And who is taking care of these pets while Dave and Jill are on their endless vacations? AndKaylee, I suspect. David dips up but doesn't step up as the headship, it appears.

It takes a long time to get though all those layers of Jill's idea of modest clothing. I see feature-length film in the making.

I also thought the note referred to the cake pans and would have made some kind of spongy cupcake .I didn't think of two different flavors but hope my partner would have.

This is the writing of the world's best homeschooling Mama. She might have said: Nathan, Nurie, and their family had to leave Florida because their home was in the path of Hurricane Milton. They are now with us in Ohio and showing their gratitude by treating David and me to meals at the NICE Olive Garden and decor shopping at Hobby Lobby. Our hearts are with the dear Christians Nurie and Nathan left behind and good luck to everybody else.