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

[YupItsMe]

If David was the cream of the crop I wonder just how the other guys have turned out? 

[oliviabenson]

56 minutes ago, YupItsMe said:

If David was the cream of the crop I wonder just how the other guys have turned out? 

If they weren’t lazy they are doing fine. Dave is lazyyyy. 

And what if the class only had like 5 male students?

[ginger90]

Cream of the crop…..Remember, once upon a time Jill said, “I have always loved anything with, well, cream”.

[Salacious Kitty]

3 minutes ago, ginger90 said:

Cream of the crop…..Remember, once upon a time Jill said, “I have always loved anything with, well, cream”.

And that vanity project died a rapid death. 😂

[Natalie68]

On 11/9/2023 at 4:46 PM, oliviabenson said:

Jill needs to see a real doctor. Her hands are SEVERELY swollen.

HOLY SHIT!

[floridamom]

As someone with swollen hands and fingers due to arthritis, Jill does indeed need to see a doctor about this swelling.

[libgirl2]

14 minutes ago, floridamom said:

As someone with swollen hands and fingers due to arthritis, Jill does indeed need to see a doctor about this swelling.

No, she won't.  She'll just chug more plexus.  

[oliviabenson]

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Edited November 13, 2023 by oliviabenson

[oliviabenson]

Plexus elixir of ultimate health… just look at my trim and healthy self!

-Jillpm 

[Fosca]

Next she'll likely start filtering her fingers.  Which is easier than going to see a doctor and actually trying to fix them, after all.  Can't let Plexus lose its reputation as a miracle drug--er, drink.

[Teriacky]

It looks like Jill has had tons of sodium. Maybe she salts everything she eats or maybe her magic Plexus is loaded with sodium. Whatever the cause, those are not normal looking hands. (They look like medical gloves that have been blown into to make balloons!)

[beckie]

I'm sure they were eager to get her out of their house. If Jill was anything like she is now, and I completely believe she was, when the opportunity to marry her off came along, they probably jumped at the opportunity.  That Jill already had the massive hots for him, was a plus.

[libgirl2]

4 minutes ago, Teriacky said:

It looks like Jill has had tons of sodium. Maybe she salts everything she eats or maybe her magic Plexus is loaded with sodium. Whatever the cause, those are not normal looking hands. (They look like medical gloves that have been blown into to make balloons!)

Do we know the sodium amounts in plexus? 

[oliviabenson]

Jill also eats tons of processed food/takeout. Let’s hope she and Dave see a doctor and maybe get life insurance.

[libgirl2]

24 minutes ago, oliviabenson said:

Jill also eats tons of processed food/takeout. Let’s hope she and Dave see a doctor and maybe get life insurance.

More than likely, that is what does it.

I can't find any info on sodium in the "pink drink", so maybe it isn't high in it but something else could cause the bloat. 

Edited November 13, 2023 by libgirl2

[Absolom]

Jill loves to eat out and restaurant food is loaded with sodium.  She also loves to serve the family pizza as their going out food.  There's another sodium bomb.  She should try a low sodium 500 mg a day for a week with 64 oz of water a day and see how she looks and feels.  

[libgirl2]

43 minutes ago, Absolom said:

Jill loves to eat out and restaurant food is loaded with sodium.  She also loves to serve the family pizza as their going out food.  There's another sodium bomb.  She should try a low sodium 500 mg a day for a week with 64 oz of water a day and see how she looks and feels.  

Restaurant food can be the worst, especially if you go to the chains or fast food. I love salt but I still remember one of the last times we went to Outback. They had a mahi special. It was so salty, I couldn't eat it. Fast forward to a few weeks ago and I had a delicious flavorful piece of mahi at a non-chain. Yes, you need salt in recipes but there is such a thing as overkill. Like you end up having to drink water all night from it. 

And this includes her beloved OG. And who knows how the food is on the occasions she cooks. 

Edited November 13, 2023 by libgirl2

[AstridM]

32 minutes ago, libgirl2 said:

Restaurant food can be the worst, especially if you go to the chains or fast food. I love salt but I still remember one of the last times we went to Outback. They had a mahi special. It was so salty, I couldn't eat it. Fast forward to a few weeks ago and I had a delicious flavorful piece of mahi at a non-chain. Yes, you need salt in recipes but there is such a thing as overkill. Like you end up having to drink water all night from it. 

And this includes her beloved OG. And who knows how the food is on the occasions she cooks. 

Outback ruins their Bloomin Onion with WAY too much salt also. It’s a shame. 

[CalicoKitty]

I just did a quick Google search, and Plexus claims to have O sodium.  I'm guessing she "serves" a lot of canned food, when she does feed her family.  Plus eating out and fast food.  She really does need to go to a doctor.  At least have some labs run.  But we all know she won't.

[xwordfanatik]

I bought a can of Campbell's soup in the large can awhile back (on sale) and I couldn't eat it, it was so salty.  And I am one who prefers a salty snack to a sweet snack.  There are low-and-no sodium canned foods when one must have something premade.  I hardly ever add salt at the table, just a dash for fresh-cooked vegetables.  

Those puffy hands look awful.  Jill's so vain, I'm surprised they don't bother her.

[libgirl2]

1 hour ago, xwordfanatik said:

I bought a can of Campbell's soup in the large can awhile back (on sale) and I couldn't eat it, it was so salty.  And I am one who prefers a salty snack to a sweet snack.  There are low-and-no sodium canned foods when one must have something premade.  I hardly ever add salt at the table, just a dash for fresh-cooked vegetables.  

Those puffy hands look awful.  Jill's so vain, I'm surprised they don't bother her.

I try to get low sodium whenever I can. 

[Chalby]

On 11/8/2023 at 7:58 AM, oliviabenson said:

This kid looks so unwell. Too bad she has garbage parents who don’t give a damn.

I have noticed that her posts show herself, and others, with a deathly pallor. (Not sure of spelling) Like movies showing patients in the TB wards. Is it her phone's lens, or are they not getting enough veg and fruit? Kids look thin.

[Chalby]

On 11/11/2023 at 12:28 PM, Absolom said:

From Jill's point of view this is perfect.  It's free "education" and the church is even providing room and board.

What is the point of these schools if they don't have any legal accreditation? Is it just so they can say their children went to college?

[oliviabenson]

[crazy8s]

The urn of weeds covering the half heat vent by the stove is a nice Jill touch.

Also in the after pics there was one that showed they moved that huge hutch from the dining room into the kitchen and covered both the exit door and the window.

[BetyBee]

It looked like a nice, clean kitchen with plenty of storage until Jill cluttered it up and covered up a window and heating vent with a totally unnecessary hutch that doesn't go with anything! This is pure idiocy!

[Trillium]

A picture really is worth a thousand words because I don’t even know where to begin. The place is a fire hazard, complete withSEVERELY FILTHY  rugs. 
 

The before was miles away better.  

Edited November 14, 2023 by Trillium

[oliviabenson]

The before was fine. It looked clean and spacious. Jill sure likes to clutter everything up just like her house.

0 decorating skills.

[oliviabenson]

How is she riding the bike with her SEVERELY injured knee??? 

[BradandJanet]

Poor Kaylee. She and her "cozy abode" are just a bike ride away from BME. That spells endless trouble for the little family. 

The giant hutch appears to block the light switch and an outlet too. I don't get it. There are plenty of cabinets in the kitchen. If Kaylee needed more work space, a simple table would have provided it and not block anything. Given the position of the smaller overhead light, there was probably a table there originally anyway. 

Of course, the woman with a passion for "graphic design" also considers herself a "decorator." It's too bad she doesn't show any examples of either. 

[BetyBee]

I bet she's only ridden a bike there once, if ever. Jill has no problem lying. She can't carry the tchotchkes she wants to unload on KayJon on her bicycle, so I'm pretty sure she usually drives. Knowing Jill, she probably just shows up without calling first. 

I just had a mental flash of Jill on her bicycle, her hoodie blouse blowing behind her and the Wicked Witch music playing from Wizard of Oz!

Edited November 14, 2023 by BetyBee

[crazy8s]

Jill is claiming she rode the electric bike the 4.5 miles to Kaylee girl's but didn't take video along the way, of herself and any waifs that had to pedal a bike?? I say it never happened then.

She is certainly confident in her decorating ability. As far back as when her parents finally got a house in w virginia Jill claimed she would have it "looking like a showcase in no time". whatever that means

 

[ginger90]

The before was better. I think I would have put an island with a sink facing the stove, one you could eat at. Blocking a heat vent, a window, and a door to outside was a choice. The ever present throw rug in all its tattered glory is something.

 

Where did the microwave end up? I don’t see it in the “after” shots.

Edited November 14, 2023 by ginger90

[dariafan]

Did they ask for “help” decorating 

[3 is enough]

OMG the curtains! 😂

[ginger90]

1 minute ago, 3 is enough said:

OMG the curtains! 😂

I don’t personally care for the curtains. Isn’t that a set for a single window stretched out to fit that size?

[whydoiwatch]

Is that a fly swatter by the fridge in the before pics?

 

[crazy8s]

Just now, whydoiwatch said:

Is that a fly swatter by the fridge in the before pics?

 

The fly swatter by the fridge and the black microwave were in the listing pics when Jonathan bought it. Jill is again fudging what it actually looked like "before" she decided they needed an update.  Kaylee and Jonathan have lived there more than a year and certainly didn't have the old flyswatter on the wall.

A smaller white microwave is now between fridge and stove with a place mat  or something on top of it.

I sort of thought maybe they were also working on the dining area and temp moved the hutch to the kitchen. But the thing is fully decorated with fake plant bent by the ceiling and filthy throw rug in front so 🤷‍♀️

[ginger90]

1 minute ago, crazy8s said:

A smaller white microwave is now between fridge and stove with a place mat  or something on top of it.

I missed that the first time I looked. Yet another choice to block vents. 😳

[3 is enough]

It’s bad enough that they are grandma curtains from the 70’s/80’s but yes, they are not nearly full enough.

[oliviabenson]

1 hour ago, ginger90 said:

The before was better. I think I would have put an island with a sink facing the stove, one you could eat at. Blocking a heat vent, a window, and a door to outside was a choice. The ever present throw rug in all its tattered glory is something.

 

Where did the microwave end up? I don’t see it in the “after” shots.

The microwave is probably at Jill’s house lol

[Trillium]

5 minutes ago, oliviabenson said:

The microwave is probably at Jill’s house lol

She probably told Kaylee the old cream one matched better so she could have the newer black one for herself.

She’s the worst. 

[oliviabenson]

I see Jill cleared out her upstairs attic and the garage to give Kaylee everything Jill no longer wanted. 
 

Jill turned Kaykay house into a funeral home lol. That house is so dark and cluttered. 
 

 

[ginger90]

1 minute ago, oliviabenson said:

I see Jill cleared out her upstairs attic and the garage to give Kaylee everything Jill no longer wanted. 
 

Jill turned Kaykay house into a funeral home lol. That house is so dark and cluttered. 
 

 

Did you see the listing pictures? Oh my.

[merylinkid]

I ummm kinda like it.   

Now I didn't notice all the things you all mentioned, but I find it cosy looking.   

This is Jill, it could have looked a lot worse.

[GeeGolly]

My goodness, how about a small table underneath the window. That hutch is freaking huge.

[laurakaye]

I would love to send Jill a book on the art of Feng Shui, but she'd probably gasp and throw it in the firepit.  Even so, I'm pretty sure that blocking a door and a window with a piece of furniture too huge for a room is against even the most basic design principles.

[Notabug]

Just now, laurakaye said:

I would love to send Jill a book on the art of Feng Shui, but she'd probably gasp and throw it in the firepit.  Even so, I'm pretty sure that blocking a door and a window with a piece of furniture too huge for a room is against even the most basic design principles.

It's also against all principles of fire safety.

[oliviabenson]

1 hour ago, ginger90 said:

Did you see the listing pictures? Oh my.

I don’t remember.

[BradandJanet]

9 minutes ago, Notabug said:

It's also against all principles of fire safety.

I was typing as you posted this. This is the major problem here. If there's a fire, the Hills need every way possible to get out of that old house. 

Jill's makeover of Kaylee's kitchen almost feels like retribution of some sort. Maybe Jill is jealous of Kaylee's youth, beauty, and employed husband so she decided dirty carpets, yellowed cabinet paint, cheap stick-on tiles, an oversized piece of furniture blocking a window, door, and a vent, and dried weeds next to the stove would reflect her own feelings perfectly.  

Edited November 14, 2023 by BradandJanet