Erin and Chad: Fifty Shades of Pink

[AstridM]

Just now, ranchgirl said:

It was someone else's home to flip but they hired Chad to do the work and hired Erin to do some design and decorating.  It was early on in their marriage.  They showed it on the show.  I thought they were going to start making themselves available to these services or do their own flipping.  But it was never mentioned again.  

And yes, with today's home prices, flipping is pretty much impossible.  

I bet that was all mostly a storyline for the show. 

[ozziemom]

I wonder if Jana Duggar realizes how lucky she is that Chad fell for Princess Erin? Sure Jana had to wait for Stephen to come into her life, but it appears he has a real job. He also seems to like home projects that they do together. Who knows how many kids Jana would have by now if she’d married Chad all those years ago. And Chad looks about 20 years older than he is.

[andromeda331]

On 9/9/2024 at 6:18 PM, babyhouseman said:

My parents grew up on farms. It's hard work and not cutesy at all.

 

On 9/9/2024 at 6:21 PM, Heathen said:

No, and it never was! 

If I could like both of these posts a million times I would. Farming is hard work.  My dad's grandparents and uncles were all farmers. He helped out with the harvest every year with his siblings and cousins. They worked so hard. I could never do it but I'm really glad the are people who can. And love it.

 

[RebeccatheWriter]

On 9/10/2024 at 8:55 AM, AstridM said:

I bet that was all mostly a storyline for the show. 

Erin's participation was completely for the show. She wandered around saying "designer" things. She's not a designer. She decorates. Throwing a throw pillow into a room or putting some books on a shelf (backwards) isn't design. I remember that episode. She wandered around an empty house and said what she would paint or what she would leave the way it was in the first place. The other story was Zach and Whitney (who was trying to show she was still in real estate) renovating their first house purchase. Whitney threw our real estate phrases like checking the comps and resale value. 

[AstridM]

2 hours ago, RebeccatheWriter said:

Erin's participation was completely for the show. She wandered around saying "designer" things. She's not a designer. She decorates. Throwing a throw pillow into a room or putting some books on a shelf (backwards) isn't design. I remember that episode. She wandered around an empty house and said what she would paint or what she would leave the way it was in the first place. The other story was Zach and Whitney (who was trying to show she was still in real estate) renovating their first house purchase. Whitney threw our real estate phrases like checking the comps and resale value. 

 

[Salacious Kitty]

Trace spilled the beans on his YT that the Paines are moving back to TN later this year., and Trace plans to work for Chad. Lydia apparently had to nudge him and he amended his statement to "IF they come back." 

Oops. 

[BitterApple]

Kelly must've strong-armed one of Gil's church members into giving them a house. How long were they down in Florida? Two years at most? 

 

[Salacious Kitty]

Two years at most.  

[Heathen]

1 hour ago, BitterApple said:

Kelly must've strong-armed one of Gil's church members into giving them a house. How long were they down in Florida? Two years at most? 

 

I think a year or year and a half at most. ETA: Not even a year yet, on second thought. 

Kelly strong-arming anyone would require some effort on her part. My guess is some "sweet friend" felt sorry for the kids and put out the word to get them some help. 

Edited October 1 by Heathen

[BitterApple]

The Paines are the prettier version of the Rodriguii. 

 

[Notabug]

21 minutes ago, Heathen said:

I think a year or year and a half at most. ETA: Not even a year yet, on second thought. 

Kelly strong-arming anyone would require some effort on her part. My guess is some "sweet friend" felt sorry for the kids and put out the word to get them some help. 

Looking back in this thread. they moved at the end of December 2022; so a little over a year and a half.  I glanced at a couple of posts from around then, and, in her post announcing the news, Erin says they might be staying only a year or two.  When they left, they said something about working with their new church.  Maybe Chad was involved in some sort of renovation or building project at the church that is now complete?

[ginger90]

12 hours ago, Salacious Kitty said:

Trace spilled the beans on his YT that the Paines are moving back to TN later this year., and Trace plans to work for Chad. Lydia apparently had to nudge him and he amended his statement to "IF they come back." 

Oops. 

So Chad will all of a sudden have a business when they return?

[AstridM]

4 hours ago, ginger90 said:

So Chad will all of a sudden have a business when they return?

And Trace is currently doing absolutely nothing 😆

[ginger90]

1 hour ago, AstridM said:

And Trace is currently doing absolutely nothing 😆

They will make quite the team.

[Salacious Kitty]

1 hour ago, AstridM said:

And Trace is currently doing absolutely nothing 😆

He says that SM is his business now. 🙄

[65mickey]

Oh come on now. Didn't he have a post not too long ago where he said he was picking up work painting stripes in store parking lots. He is coming up in the world. A real business tycoon. 

[AstridM]

50 minutes ago, Salacious Kitty said:

He says that SM is his business now. 🙄

I can’t stop laughing 🤣.

[ginger90]

[Salacious Kitty]

Did they take the animals? All the warnings have said to take them so they don't drown. 

[BitterApple]

I wonder if they've moved back permanently? 

[Heathen]

1 hour ago, BitterApple said:

I wonder if they've moved back permanently? 

Maybe if they were on a month-to-month lease, and another "sweet friend" came through with a place to live in Tennessee. 

[Salacious Kitty]

Didn't they say their lease was up later this year? They implied November/December. Isn't that about the same time they moved down there? 

All that to say, I think they were on an annual lease.

[Notabug]

11 hours ago, Salacious Kitty said:

Didn't they say their lease was up later this year? They implied November/December. Isn't that about the same time they moved down there? 

All that to say, I think they were on an annual lease.

I looked it up a week or two ago; they moved at the end of December, so it is very likely their lease is expiring soon.  I wonder if they'll even bother returning to Florida for the month or two until that happens.

[ozziemom]

I bet Erin won’t go back to Florida or leave Tennessee. Chad can go pack up everything, lol.

[floridamom]

Does anyone remember where Chad and Erin finally settled in Florida? Was it near Brooksville? I am not surprised that they are back in TN. I never thought Erin wanted to leave her family. Hurricane Milton affected my area so Erin came to mind with all of those farm animals and all, children to keep safe, without a TV for visual info, like maps, etc how did they stay informed about this storm? Sometimes having a good TV is needed and it's not "so evil", right?

[BitterApple]

8 minutes ago, floridamom said:

Does anyone remember where Chad and Erin finally settled in Florida? Was it near Brooksville? I am not surprised that they are back in TN. I never thought Erin wanted to leave her family. Hurricane Milton affected my area so Erin came to mind with all of those farm animals and all, children to keep safe, without a TV for visual info, like maps, etc how did they stay informed about this storm? Sometimes having a good TV is needed and it's not "so evil", right?

If I'm not mistaken, they were in the DeLand area. Not sure if it's that specific city, but that's where their church is. 

[AstridM]

52 minutes ago, floridamom said:

Does anyone remember where Chad and Erin finally settled in Florida? Was it near Brooksville? I am not surprised that they are back in TN. I never thought Erin wanted to leave her family. Hurricane Milton affected my area so Erin came to mind with all of those farm animals and all, children to keep safe, without a TV for visual info, like maps, etc how did they stay informed about this storm? Sometimes having a good TV is needed and it's not "so evil", right?

Isn’t half or at least a bunch of “her” family also in Florida? 

[Salacious Kitty]

Sister Alyssa and brother Jackson are in the Orlando area. It doesn't appear that Alyssa evacuated. No clue about Jackson; his SM is virtually non existent. 

[AstridM]

2 minutes ago, Salacious Kitty said:

Sister Alyssa and brother Jackson are in the Orlando area. It doesn't appear that Alyssa evacuated. No clue about Jackson; his SM is virtually non existent. 

Hmm, I thought there was at least one more Bates there.

[Salacious Kitty]

Nope. It just seems like it because someone is almost always visiting. 

[AstridM]

1 minute ago, Salacious Kitty said:

Nope. It just seems like it because someone is almost always visiting. 

So Erin whined a lot about nothing, lol. 

[Salacious Kitty]

She had plenty of visitors. 

[cereality]

1 hour ago, Salacious Kitty said:

Sister Alyssa and brother Jackson are in the Orlando area. It doesn't appear that Alyssa evacuated. No clue about Jackson; his SM is virtually non existent. 

Alyssa and Jackson both didn't evacuate. Alyssa was posting about how she had a generator so NBD, she was getting her coffee, they even had AC at night, they just couldn't run their oven. Lol I don't see her as the type that's baking her own bread or roasting her own chicken daily. And one night while power was out, she said that Jackson and his brother in law came over and BBQed for them - so he was in town too.

[Salacious Kitty]

How cavalier of them. 🙄

[andromeda331]

7 hours ago, AstridM said:

So Erin whined a lot about nothing, lol. 

Per usual.

[65mickey]

Did Erin and family return to Florida? Don't they have to move out of the Florida home pretty soon? Wonder what they will do with all of the animals that they have collected. 

[YupItsMe]

On 10/17/2024 at 7:45 PM, 65mickey said:

Did Erin and family return to Florida? Don't they have to move out of the Florida home pretty soon? Wonder what they will do with all of the animals that they have collected. 

I believed they hauled some of them down there so if they find a place with land they’ll either bring them to TN or sell them before they leave FL.