[Jill, Derick & the Kids: Moving On!!]

Mods, if this isn’t allowed, please let me know. 

Today Jill posted a link in her Instagram stories for a podcast she and Derick recently recorded.  (Ask Dr Julie Hanks…I wasn’t familiar with it).

I listened to it and most of it was retelling stories from the book.  Except for one fact I don’t recall hearing before.  Derick shared that he had kissed other women before “courting” Jill.  (I read the forum more consistently at that time, I think most of us assumed that to be the case.) But Derick also shared on the podcast that Jim Bob made him call all of those women to apologize.  He said he got some “interesting” responses from the women.  Than they quickly moved on to another topic.  

[Sweet Fellowship: Duggars and Friends (aka the Bates Family and Other Featured Families Thread)]

3 hours ago, galaxygirl76 said:

She's dressed for cold weather, shirt and leggings under her dress too 😦

To be fair, I have a smaller-than-average 8 year old who also dresses like this daily, even in the summer.  Booties, leggings, dress…she even wears a cardigan with it some days.  I buy other options and they  never get worn. 🤷🏻‍♀️  I hope that Sofia picked her own clothes, that this is an outfit that she loves and feels confident wearing.

[Sweet Fellowship: Duggars and Friends (aka the Bates Family and Other Featured Families Thread)]

It seems like it’s not just paint...but a special product that you apply with a paint roller to give the wall texture.  

I am not a great painter and textured walls aren’t my thing, so I may not know what I’m talking about...but the process can’t be that messy can it?  (But maybe the NotNuries are having fun and enjoying a change of pace 🤷🏻‍♀️)

[Sweet Fellowship: Duggars and Friends (aka the Bates Family and Other Featured Families Thread)]

8 minutes ago, farmgal4 said:

I sure his lawn business will bring in big bucks during the winter months. 😒

A lot of lawn services in the north provide snow plowing services in the winter.  So if they have a snowy winter he could do very well.  (Larger companies are able to charge a flat fee for plowing service so whether it snows a lot or a little they get the same income…smaller services usually charge by the hour)

My question is:  was their home listed as a “barndominium”?  Or is Jill’s use of that word proof that she reads here? 

[Jessa, Ben and Their Brood: Making a (Diaper) Mountain out of a Mold House]

I hope Jessa and baby are both doing well.  I also hope baby was born just after midnight to get his/her own birthday.  (Do we know the exact birthdate yet?) I think it would be annoying to share a birthday with JB.

[PBS Edits: What Was Edited? Why Was It Edited? Where Can I See Unedited Episodes?]

I started watching at the beginning of Season 8 and I’ve been catching up on old episodes. I’m watching on Hoopla (service provided by my local library) and the episodes seem to be the PBS/Netflix edit.  
 

As I’ve been reading the episode threads here, there are often recaps linked.  Commenters from the US mention how helpful the recaps are.  The problem is that all of the links to the recaps seem to be broken 😟. Do you know if there’s any way I can still find these recaps?  In some ways now missing the recaps are adding insult to injury.  I just watched S7 E3 and commenters were saying things like “I’m glad the recap told us about Magda’s escape from Hungary and about what happened with her BF in France”...and I’m here yelling at my iPad “What happened???”  Not only did I not see the scenes, but I can’t read the recap.  😭

[S09.E06: Episode 6]

Unfortunately, I think Hoopla has the PBS/Netflix Edit 😞  I’m late to the game and just started watching last season.  I’ve been watching old seasons on Hoopla and reading the corresponding threads here.  There are definitely missing scenes on Hoopla.  I can’t wait until the library is open and I can borrow the DVDs.

Back on topic for this episode, I’m glad to see more of Sister Francis.  A thought I had...would a nun ever be prescribed the pill to help with regulating her period?  

[The Lonely Js Club: Jana, Jason, James, Jackson & Johannah]

10 hours ago, Marigold said:

I think Jana does all her own work with editing. Jana seems to have some minor talent or aptitude for style so she is the most likely one to do them.  She is the only female home except for the younger girls.  Duggar males don't have that skill. 

Maybe Jim Bob made her edit the pictures?  

Am I remembering correctly...didn’t Jessa and Ben have Josh make their wedding invitations because he was the family “graphic designer”?  Could he be the family photoshopper?

[Jill, Derick & the Kids: Moving On!!]

2 hours ago, OpieTaylor said:

I want to know why the Dullards are living in a dumpy-looking little apartment lately? Where is it?? Why are they there?? In an Instagram story, Dreck opened the front door to show that they were inside of what looked like a gymnasium. So my guess is the apartment is located in a school or university. He laughingly said they were hiding out in a bunker. Did Dreck get a summer job on a campus and it came with an apartment? Why aren't they in their brand-new house? Is there a problem with the construction of their home and that's being fixed, so they had to find someplace else to live? They're still in Arkansas, based on the museum visit and Jill's outing with the Tacos4Life friend. 

On Jill’s Instagram post with the Tacos4Life friend and the splash pad, someone asked in the comments if they were living in Conway, Arkansas. (I’m assuming the commenter recognized the splash pad.)  I had to consult with Google Maps and saw that Conway is in central Arkansas...in the general vicinity of Hot Springs (recent museum trip) and Little Rock (Ben’s sister’s salon).  There’s also a university in the area...I’m guessing Derick is taking a class or has an internship for the summer.  Since it’s 3-4 hours from NW Arkansas, it makes sense that they would be staying in some sort of campus housing.  

[Jill, Derick & the Kids: Moving On!!]

1 hour ago, Sculltaclove said:

Every time a Duggar grandchild makes it to a birthday without the mom being pregnant, I breathe a sigh of relief.   Is Jill the first one to have her youngest hit two years old without her being pregnant again?

I just checked birthdates on Wikipedia...and, yes, Sam is the first Duggar grandchild to hit his second birthday without a sibling on the way.  I guess it’s possible that Jill is pregnant and hasn’t announced it yet.  But even then, all the other Duggar grandchildren have had a new sibling announcement before their second birthday.

All the Duggar kids, except Josie, had a younger sibling by their second birthday...

[Sweet Fellowship: Duggars and Friends (aka the Bates Family and Other Featured Families Thread)]

31 minutes ago, momma2seven said:

In the one of them doing a thumbs up and sticking their legs out...did they seriously put a board of notebook or some other similarly shaped object up Nurie's dress so the skirt wouldn't cling and show the shape of her thighs!?

I went back and took another look.  It is weird and it almost looks photoshopped in some way.  The dots on the dress don’t seem to line up right.  It looks like she has a napkin on her lap.

Wouldn’t cropping a photo be easier?  But then they wouldn’t have a picture of their feet sticking out, so I don’t know...