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

[libgirl2]

13 hours ago, Farmfam said:

My Aldi doesn’t supply bags...does your provide for a fee? Sometimes I want to stop and I don’t have my bags!!

Brown bags sell for I think 5-10 cents, not sure how much the plastic are. 

[Readalot]

11 hours ago, tabloidlover said:

In CA we have to pay 10 cents for every bag at all grocery and drug stores now. So we carry them around in our cars to prevent buying more bags every single time.  Except I forget to bring the bags in with me and end up buying more ??‍♀️

Same. Usually I don’t buy more bags, I bag my groceries once I get to the car. 

[CalicoKitty]

16 hours ago, tabloidlover said:

In CA we have to pay 10 cents for every bag at all grocery and drug stores now. So we carry them around in our cars to prevent buying more bags every single time.  Except I forget to bring the bags in with me and end up buying more ??‍♀️

I absolutely refuse to pay for bags anywhere.  10 cents for a flimsy plastic bag is just wrong.  My grocery boxes go with me everywhere, including Target, Costco, the pharmacy, Lowes, and of course, the grocery store.  I use collapsible tote boxes which are very sturdy, fold easily and are so convenient to handle.  The checkout clerks and baggers LOVE them.

[libgirl2]

I actually prefer to bag my own groceries. I do a better job than most of the kids who do the bagging. Nothing like a bottle of pop in with your bread! The worse is when I buy fresh salsa at the deli. They always just throw the container in and I end up with tomato juice leaking into my bag. 

[Marigold]

jessa sure talks about her amazing childhood, parents etc.

Maybe Jessa has been on a few snark boards and knows their reputation? 

[DkNNy79]

31 minutes ago, libgirl2 said:

I actually prefer to bag my own groceries. I do a better job than most of the kids who do the bagging. Nothing like a bottle of pop in with your bread! The worse is when I buy fresh salsa at the deli. They always just throw the container in and I end up with tomato juice leaking into my bag. 

I do as well.  It saves time as well.  Most grocery clerks scan everything first and then start bagging.  So I just bag as the items as they come down the belt.

With the exception being the folks at Trader Joes, who bag items as they are scanned.

[libgirl2]

56 minutes ago, DkNNy79 said:

I do as well.  It saves time as well.  Most grocery clerks scan everything first and then start bagging.  So I just bag as the items as they come down the belt.

With the exception being the folks at Trader Joes, who bag items as they are scanned.

The chain grocery store I go to used to have this elderly Italian gentleman who bagged. He was fantastic. He would keep cold with cold, make sure things were tossed in willy nilly. He has since retired and I miss him. I used to specifically pick a line he was bagging in because I knew he was so good. 

[Vaysh]

19 hours ago, tabloidlover said:

In CA we have to pay 10 cents for every bag at all grocery and drug stores now. So we carry them around in our cars to prevent buying more bags every single time.  Except I forget to bring the bags in with me and end up buying more ??‍♀️

Oh hi are you me?

We've had to pay for grocery bags for as long as I can remember but they've upped the ante now for environmental reasons so now all shops charge for bags and the price has doubled. I mean, it's a good thing really; plastic is causing so much damage to the oceans, but I always forget to bring my own bag and end up having to pay for a new one.

[graefin]

3 hours ago, Marigold said:

jessa sure talks about her amazing childhood, parents etc.

Maybe Jessa has been on a few snark boards and knows their reputation? 

Oh, 100% girlfriend read boards about herself and her family :) I think there's a chance Jill has in the past, and I could believe the others don't at all.

[Scarlett45]

On 6/20/2018 at 3:16 PM, xwordfanatik said:

Ah, I didn't know that.  I do wonder if one has to spend more at WF overall than at another store chain, for equivalent organic food.  I've never been to one.  I'm a self-proclaimed coupon queen bargain shopper, but I learned to eat healthy stuff at Weight Watchers.

Funny to think of fundies being in any way trendy.  I mean, with their patriarchal beliefs and all.  Like their dress code.

Disclaimer- I’m a vegetarian who only drinks water, coffee and tea, but I shop at Whole Foods regularly and don’t find it to be THAT expensive. (I’m in Chicago) Somethings yes are a mark up (I’d never get aluminum foil there for example), but a family such as Jessa’s (only two adults and small kids) could shop there regularly and not spend a fortune. But I acknowledge that as a vegetarian my grocery bills are usually always less regardless (I love the suggestion to “eat meatless meals” to save money?). 

3 hours ago, CalicoKitty said:

I absolutely refuse to pay for bags anywhere.  10 cents for a flimsy plastic bag is just wrong.  My grocery boxes go with me everywhere, including Target, Costco, the pharmacy, Lowes, and of course, the grocery store.  I use collapsible tote boxes which are very sturdy, fold easily and are so convenient to handle.  The checkout clerks and baggers LOVE them.

I never for get my bags either! And I always keep one in my purse for impromptu trips. Plus the paper bags are just so flimsy they rip and that just frustrates me. 

 

PS I think toddlers are like cats because they love boxes and bags?. 

[frenchtoast]

The grocery store and related bagging is better discussed in Small Talk, please. Thank you!

[RedheadZombie]

On ‎6‎/‎18‎/‎2018 at 9:10 PM, Jynnan tonnix said:

LOL...whenever I hear about kids and Vaseline it takes me back to my early years (and I know I've mentioned this before but we have a lot more new members since then)...When I was about five, I was sleeping over at my friend's house next door, and we woke up early, looking for things to do. Since she had a baby sister in the same bedroom, there was a lot of baby paraphernalia in there, and we discovered that Vaseline made things all shiny! So we slathered Vaseline on pretty much every available surface, thinking we were going to make her mom very happy about how shiny everything was. It didn't quite go over the way we thought!

I was an only child so I framed the dog.   It usually didn't work, but one time I was teasing her with my mom's red lipstick, then ran to my mom to show what Gidget did.  Lol.  I turned out to be an animal fanatic and my dog was never punished for the lipstick.  

[Jynnan tonnix]

3 hours ago, RedheadZombie said:

I was an only child so I framed the dog.   It usually didn't work, but one time I was teasing her with my mom's red lipstick, then ran to my mom to show what Gidget did.  Lol.  I turned out to be an animal fanatic and my dog was never punished for the lipstick.  

We only had a cat. It's even harder to frame a cat! I will admit that I had a bit of what, in retrospect seems like a horrible streak, though. Heck, if one of the Duggars did it, there would be pages of vitriol, but sometimes kids just don't think...As an only child (and an extremely shy one!) myself, I played a lot of solitary "pretend" games and remember, when I was maybe 7 or so, watching the old "Tarzan" TV show (with Ron Ely...one of my very first crushes), and wanting to be Tarzan as well. But I needed wild animals to tame and we didn't have any. So I'd have to antagonize the cat until she started biting and scratching, then placate her again. Mea Culpa. I look back at that sometimes and feel terrible about it!

[Catfin]

On 6/18/2018 at 6:38 PM, farmgal4 said:

Ben’s haircut is called a Fade.  Very much “in” right now.  Yay, Ben.

Currently at an out of town soccer tournament with DS and his teammates. 15 of 15 have some version of this.   A few of them got theirs freshened up, just in case they run into some ladies. ?.  The whole flock of them are at the pool. 

[Love2dance]

On 6/20/2018 at 8:03 PM, tabloidlover said:

In CA we have to pay 10 cents for every bag at all grocery and drug stores now. So we carry them around in our cars to prevent buying more bags every single time.  Except I forget to bring the bags in with me and end up buying more ??‍♀️

Story of my life. We have an SUV with a nice stack of bags that I SOMETIMES remember.

[RedheadZombie]

On June 22, 2018 at 8:31 PM, Jynnan tonnix said:

We only had a cat. It's even harder to frame a cat! I will admit that I had a bit of what, in retrospect seems like a horrible streak, though. Heck, if one of the Duggars did it, there would be pages of vitriol, but sometimes kids just don't think...As an only child (and an extremely shy one!) myself, I played a lot of solitary "pretend" games and remember, when I was maybe 7 or so, watching the old "Tarzan" TV show (with Ron Ely...one of my very first crushes), and wanting to be Tarzan as well. But I needed wild animals to tame and we didn't have any. So I'd have to antagonize the cat until she started biting and scratching, then placate her again. Mea Culpa. I look back at that sometimes and feel terrible about it!

I dressed my other dog in all sorts of clothes.  Although he was a boy, he once posed in full Nurse Halloween costume regalia.  He looked like Florence Nightingale. 

[Natalie68]

8 hours ago, RedheadZombie said:

I dressed my other dog in all sorts of clothes.  Although he was a boy, he once posed in full Nurse Halloween costume regalia.  He looked like Florence Nightingale. 

I had a cat as a kid that was feral and could never be tamed but he came in the house to eat etc (he was shy not mean).  If he was sleeping you could do ANYTHING to him but when he was awake you could only pet him with your feet and not if you made eye contact but he was a sweet boy (Gumbi, nicknamed Gummy).  My mom's great aunt had handmade beautiful clothes for my moms doll when she was little (1940's).  One day I had Gummy in my lap asleep and I was able to put him in every outfit, hats/boots and all and get picks of each and every outfit.  I have no idea how he slept through it because it was a project!  If I tried this with Pippi I would not live to tell the tale.  She has attitude (or tortitude!).  

Kinda on topic, I occasionally shop at Whole Foods because it is really close to my house.  I didn't notice the fruit I got being any more expensive than Von's or Trader Joes.  It is a lot cheaper at Grocery Outlet.  I could see the Seewalds being able to buy some things there but its not a stock up kind of place (or Gelson's, ever notice their carts are SMALL???).  I wonder what they eat on the regular?  We know what the Dillards eat but besides eggs, what do the Seewalds eat?  If talking about Josh, what DOESN'T he eat?

[RedheadZombie]

18 minutes ago, Natalie68 said:

I had a cat as a kid that was feral and could never be tamed but he came in the house to eat etc (he was shy not mean).  If he was sleeping you could do ANYTHING to him but when he was awake you could only pet him with your feet and not if you made eye contact but he was a sweet boy (Gumbi, nicknamed Gummy).  My mom's great aunt had handmade beautiful clothes for my moms doll when she was little (1940's).  One day I had Gummy in my lap asleep and I was able to put him in every outfit, hats/boots and all and get picks of each and every outfit.  I have no idea how he slept through it because it was a project!  If I tried this with Pippi I would not live to tell the tale.  She has attitude (or tortitude!).  

Kinda on topic, I occasionally shop at Whole Foods because it is really close to my house.  I didn't notice the fruit I got being any more expensive than Von's or Trader Joes.  It is a lot cheaper at Grocery Outlet.  I could see the Seewalds being able to buy some things there but its not a stock up kind of place (or Gelson's, ever notice their carts are SMALL???).  I wonder what they eat on the regular?  We know what the Dillards eat but besides eggs, what do the Seewalds eat?  If talking about Josh, what DOESN'T he eat?

Hilarious!

What in the world is a Gelson"s?

[graefin]

18 minutes ago, Natalie68 said:

I had a cat as a kid that was feral and could never be tamed but he came in the house to eat etc (he was shy not mean).

No one (even ferals) is "mean"; just misunderstood :)

 

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Kinda on topic, I occasionally shop at Whole Foods because it is really close to my house.  I didn't notice the fruit I got being any more expensive than Von's or Trader Joes.  It is a lot cheaper at Grocery Outlet.  I could see the Seewalds being able to buy some things there but its not a stock up kind of place (or Gelson's, ever notice their carts are SMALL???).  I wonder what they eat on the regular?  We know what the Dillards eat but besides eggs, what do the Seewalds eat?  If talking about Josh, what DOESN'T he eat?

I think Jessa has said that they usually eat at her family's house. I agree that they are probably not buying all or most of their groceries at WFM. I think probably only an elite few do that.

[Natalie68]

14 minutes ago, RedheadZombie said:

Hilarious!

What in the world is a Gelson"s?

Gelsons is a fancy-ish grocery similar to Whole Foods but better.  I love to just peruse the aisles to see what fancy stuff they have.  They have a great deli, a sushi maker (like WF) but their fresh and frozen sections have cool things that you can't find at other stores.  I like that their produce people are always asking if you want to try something you have never had before.  They had cotton candy grapes which I had never heard of before so I tried them and found out I do NOT need to purchase them.  I have to say I am pretty lucky that I have a Von's, WF, Grocery Outlet, Gelson's, Trader Joes, and a Smart & Final all within walking distance.  

[Natalie68]

19 minutes ago, graefin said:

No one (even ferals) is "mean"; just misunderstood :)

 

I think Jessa has said that they usually eat at her family's house. I agree that they are probably not buying all or most of their groceries at WFM. I think probably only an elite few do that.

True!  He was born at a lumber yard and who knows what happened to him there.  Very shy but when he was asleep the loviest little fella!  I miss ol Gummy.

That makes sense.  I laugh when I go to WF.  It is a certain set.  They all seem to drive a Prius.

[kokapetl]

On 19/06/2018 at 7:38 AM, farmgal4 said:

Ben’s haircut is called a Fade.  Very much “in” right now.  Yay, Ben.

 

It is such a hideous haircut. 

It also requires a lot of maintenance. Like fortnightly touch ups. 

Edited June 25, 2018 by Kokapetl

[graefin]

7 minutes ago, Natalie68 said:

True!  He was born at a lumber yard and who knows what happened to him there.  Very shy but when he was asleep the loviest little fella!  I miss ol Gummy.

That makes sense.  I laugh when I go to WF.  It is a certain set.  They all seem to drive a Prius.

Have you heard of Grandpa Mason and his kittens? They're on FB and you should check him out because he's pretty cool :)

I was in awe the first time I stepped foot in a Whole Foods about 20 years ago. Now there are so many other stores where you can buy what they sell.

[farmgal4]

5 minutes ago, Kokapetl said:

It is such a hideous haircut. 

It also requires a lot of maintenance. Like fortnightly touch ups. 

Still not as bad as the Mullet or the hideous Rat Tail.

[Natalie68]

7 minutes ago, graefin said:

Have you heard of Grandpa Mason and his kittens? They're on FB and you should check him out because he's pretty cool :)

I was in awe the first time I stepped foot in a Whole Foods about 20 years ago. Now there are so many other stores where you can buy what they sell.

I will check them out.  Never heard of them!!!

True dat!

[kokapetl]

Just now, farmgal4 said:

Still not as bad as the Mullet or the hideous Rat Tail.

Yeah, but they’re not quite as everywhere as the fade. 

Fade with the shaven part is most hideous. 

On 23/06/2018 at 9:23 AM, Catfin said:

Currently at an out of town soccer tournament with DS and his teammates. 15 of 15 have some version of this.   A few of them got theirs freshened up, just in case they run into some ladies. ?.  The whole flock of them are at the pool. 

You should be very concerned. Fade haircuts are the gateway to tattoo sleeves. 

[louannems]

5 hours ago, graefin said:

No one (even ferals) is "mean"; just misunderstood :)

 

I think Jessa has said that they usually eat at her family's house. I agree that they are probably not buying all or most of their groceries at WFM. I think probably only an elite few do that.

The only thing they seem to eat at their own house is eggs and yogurt.

[DragonFaerie]

21 hours ago, louannems said:

The only thing they seem to eat at their own house is eggs and yogurt.

And the roast that one time.  You would think with Jessa having learned to be a bit savvy with her IG posts and looking at Jilly Bean posting those horrific recipes, she'd come up with the idea of - Ok, this is a casserole we had growing up and now after doing some research, and looking at some cookbooks, this is what I'm going to try and make as a healthier version of my beloved childhood dish for my kids.  Leghumpers would eat that up and she could probably get more airtime on the show.  

[Lunera]

I think Jessa has learned her lesson about posting recipes ever since she posted that video of her making that gross ground beef and potato casserole. Jill needs to learn from Jessa and just stop.

[Minivanessa]

17 minutes ago, Lunera said:

 Jill needs to learn from Jessa and just stop.

But Jessa's still on the show which TLC promotes, however slightly. She'll be back on somewhere near a million (give or take a few thousand) TVs each night when the next season airs.

All Jill has going for her now to stay in the public eye, is social media. As long as she's not posting fatally poisonous concoctions, it probably doesn't matter how dreadful her recipes are. Likewise with her #worthit and #besthusbandever and other posts, plus the videos of her kids. The leghumpers will keep fawning and even the negative responses will keep her name in play. 

[BitterApple]

Wow, so it looks like Jessica Seewald is attending the real-deal police academy:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BkdMWyulHj-/?hl=en

I'm proud of her. I wish I'd had my shit together like that at such a young age. 

[Lunera]

Does anyone know what Bin has going on these days?

[Catfin]

On 6/25/2018 at 2:16 PM, Kokapetl said:

 

You should be very concerned. Fade haircuts are the gateway to tattoo sleeves. 

Howling! 

[BitterApple]

6 hours ago, Lunera said:

Does anyone know what Bin has going on these days?

Scrubbing Boob's toilets wondering where he went wrong in life...

Edited June 27, 2018 by BitterApple

[ginger90]

4 pictures:

 

[BitterApple]

Spurgie is starting to look more like Bin as he grows older.

[Normades]

She says Uncle John and Uncle Jer.  I thought it was John and Josiah who were pilots.  Is that not correct?

[Lunera]

Does Jessa not want Spurge to follow in his father's footsteps and become a Jim Bob's errand boy.

[galaxychaser]

4 hours ago, ginger90 said:

4 pictures:

 

He is going to be gorgeous when he grows up. He is going to be a dream boat for all the fundie girls.

[Temperance]

3 hours ago, Normades said:

She says Uncle John and Uncle Jer.  I thought it was John and Josiah who were pilots.  Is that not correct?

I would trust that Jessa is correct. So they are John David and Jeremiah. Josiah may have been taken up for lessons, but it appears he did not get his pilot's license. 

[Absolom]

The FAA database has John David and Josiah with licenses.  Jeremiah has a student license.

[Magoo]

8 hours ago, ginger90 said:

4 pictures:

 

These photos are adorable.  Jessa gets social right, in part because she's not Jesusing all over the place.  These are cute photos, with a cute descriptor that doesn't require a nod to the Big Man.  Jill & Derek would have found some awkward way to tie "The Lord" into their post that would have ruined an otherwise completely normal captured moment.

[graefin]

6 hours ago, BitterApple said:

Spurgie is starting to look more like Bin as he grows older.

Really? I think he's starting to look more like Jessa. You can see it, I think, in the nose and in the last photo of his profile.

5 hours ago, Lunera said:

Does Jessa not want Spurge to follow in his father's footsteps and become a Jim Bob's errand boy.

I think "works for my dad" is code for "we derive our income from the TV show" (and JB doles it out as he sees fit, since we weren't smart enough to get out own contract like Jeremy did for him and Jinger).

6 minutes ago, Magoo said:

These photos are adorable.  Jessa gets social right, in part because she's not Jesusing all over the place.  These are cute photos, with a cute descriptor that doesn't require a nod to the Big Man.  Jill & Derek would have found some awkward way to tie "The Lord" into their post that would have ruined an otherwise completely normal captured moment.

Jessa also actually makes it about her kids and not about herself or best hubby ever while posting pics of the kids.

Edited June 28, 2018 by graefin

[Minivanessa]

2 hours ago, graefin said:

Jessa also actually makes it about her kids and not about herself or best hubby ever while posting pics of the kids.

Yes. She knows that her cute kid is her strongest card in the reality TV celebrity biz, and she's been playing it pretty well on social media.

She's no longer the freshest or cutest thing on the family TV show, so she's making the best of what she's got, which is Spurgeon.

As someone commented on another topic around here, Jessa was all that a a bag of chips when Counting On started but has really been knocked, or fallen, off that pedestal. There are younger, fresher, faces now: Kendra, Joy, Lauren. And more interesting storylines: Jinger's first pregnancy, Joe and Kendra's new baby. TLC doesn't need Jessa's sniffly husband and grubby house to fill airtime. But Spurgeon is the cutest toddler and I bet she's shoved him in front of the TLC cameras at every opportunity.

[graefin]

50 minutes ago, Jeeves said:

Yes. She knows that her cute kid is her strongest card in the reality TV celebrity biz, and she's been playing it pretty well on social media.

She's no longer the freshest or cutest thing on the family TV show, so she's making the best of what she's got, which is Spurgeon.

As someone commented on another topic around here, Jessa was all that a a bag of chips when Counting On started but has really been knocked, or fallen, off that pedestal. There are younger, fresher, faces now: Kendra, Joy, Lauren. And more interesting storylines: Jinger's first pregnancy, Joe and Kendra's new baby. TLC doesn't need Jessa's sniffly husband and grubby house to fill airtime. But Spurgeon is the cutest toddler and I bet she's shoved him in front of the TLC cameras at every opportunity.

True. I agree that Jessa is much savvier than Jill and has used that to her advantage, but I also think that she truly delights in her kids in a way that Jill just doesn't. Combine these things with better mothering skills and common sense, and I guess this is what we get.

[queenanne]

Spurgeon has hit one of those stages I really dig, where the kid can only be described as "dewy", lol.

[xwordfanatik]

People that were cute as little kids aren't always the lookers as adults.  There have been more than a couple of child actors that were great-looking as children, but were/are sort of homely as adults.

That said, S. Elliot is a beautiful child, no doubt about it.  Hope he keeps his curly hair.  I'm partial to Henry myself, as a fellow second kid.  It'll be interesting to see when there will be a third baby.  I can't see Jessa & Ben sticking with two.  

[Fuzzysox]

On 6/20/2018 at 3:16 PM, xwordfanatik said:

Ah, I didn't know that.  I do wonder if one has to spend more at WF overall than at another store chain, for equivalent organic food.  I've never been to one.  I'm a self-proclaimed coupon queen bargain shopper, but I learned to eat healthy stuff at Weight Watchers.

Funny to think of fundies being in any way trendy.  I mean, with their patriarchal beliefs and all.  Like their dress code.

Me too! Free is my favorite word. I have only been to WF once. I was shocked at the high prices for stuff you can buy elsewhere for a good $1-$2 less.

Thank goodness I have a big fruit market that we go to. The owner is the king of finding produce deals. (mainly suppliers call him if they have overstock and he buys it for cheap, sells it cheap too) I couldn't imagine not being able to get fresh produce, fruit etc. 

I'm glad that Jill and Jessa are making an effort to at least buy stuff not in a can, frozen, or overprocessed. Having Jana create a garden probably keeps the cost down too.

[toodles]

He looks like a very sweet boy.  Jessa keeps her posts short and to the point without a bunch of stupid hashtags.  I like that.

Edited July 1, 2018 by toodles

[Normades]

19 minutes ago, toodles said:

He looks like a very sweet boy.  Jessa keeps her posts short and to the point without a bunch of stupid hashtags.  I like that.

And she doesn't say YAAYYYY!!! every other word.